Aston Villa v Olympiacos - Post-Match Thread

[Axl Rose]

Car crash of a performance. Everything we could do wrong we did. No composure. Spewing goals at home again. The better team won. Worst performance of the season.

Just as well you're not one to overreact.

We were shit.

My hope is that although we were pretty poor overall, we still scored two.

I have a feeling that this tie is going to penalties.

[PaulWinch again]

Well at least the situation forces us to be proactive in the second leg. We’ve put in some ropey displays in Europe this year, tonight probably being the nadir, but many have been really laboured sit back type displays away from home. We can’t do that now, we have to go at them and use their hostile atmosphere against them.

[VillaTim]

That performance was like watching a train crash in slow motion. Truly hideous.

[Axl Rose]

That performance was like watching a train crash in slow motion. Truly hideous.

😂

We did look alright going forward, though. When it clicked, we scored.

I may be clutching at straws, I'm not sure.

[Toronto Villa]

I hope the players are pissed off with the game and their performance tonight and want to put it right, but no way should they feel shame, be called bottlers etc. It's them that have turned us from a relegation threatened piss poor side to a side that's clear in 4th and in a European semi final. A few dodgy games at the end of an injury plagued and still successful season doesn't change that.

I want a trophy. That's what matters, not getting battered against shit teams from other countries every fortnight.

But they are not shit. Just because we play in the PL doesn’t make other teams shit. There is a massive arrogance amongst PL fans, media that our league is the best. Clearly that’s not the case and there are plenty of good sides across Europe. And not just in the so called top leagues.

[KRS]

We were piss poor but if that soft disallowed goal stands then it’s a totally different game and most likely very different result. Throw in the penalty that should have been, their penalty decision, their deflected goal and Luiz missed penalty; and we’d be looking at a totally different outcome…but everything that could go wrong did go wrong tonight, and we have a mountain to climb next week to turn this shit show around. I personally don’t think they looked that good at all, but we played so shit that it made them look decent…if we get players back and put in a good performance then this tie isn’t over. It won’t be easy in the hostile environment, but if we go at them then it’s doable.

[taylorsworkrate]

Well that was a huge pile of donkey 'The Mighty Reds YNWA'. The ridiculous thing is we didn’t play that badly all told but we were exceptionally sloppy with the ball at times both offensively and defensively. We seemed to get utterly terrified of their press and certain players seemed to have no confidence in playing the ball around. Scores on the doors

Olsen - 6 did ok but his lack of a longer pass to Cash or Digne didn’t help in us beating the press, I didn’t think he could have done better with any of the goals.
Cash - 7 played well tonight both up and down the pitch.
Konsa -3 I thought he was terrible tonight, unsure in posesssion bullied by their front men and seemed to shit his pants every time he got pressed.
Lenglet - 6 I thought he did ok tonight was progressive with the ball.
Digne - 6 played ok gotmforward but delivery wasn’t great
McGinn - 5 not the best of nights with several
Wayward passes and losses of possession.
Luiz - 3 had a stinker, missed a penalty, got an on pitch bollocking from Unai. In poor form.
Rogers - 5 a real in and out game for Morgan, disappeared for bits then some lovely surging runs
Diaby - 7.5 gets my MOTM, sharp incisive and his goal was superb. Linked well with Bailey.
Bailey - 6 not one of Leon’s vintage games as he ran down a few too many blind alleys but was generally ok.
Watkins - 6.5 no service so was feeding on scraps but another great goal.

Unai - 6 thought he needed to change the approach on their press as it caused us problems all night.

We’re still in this imv. I didn’t think much of them tbh, neat tidy and well organised but they just capitalised on our lack of precise play. I’ll be intrigued to see how they approach the second leg and if we play Martinez, Pau and Tielemans how they cope with a stronger Villa team.

I thought their celebrations at full time were well over the top as well.

Anyway with no away goals rule anymore, we have to believe we can go and get a result.

Onwards…../

Those are some incredibly generous ratings

[Forge10]

Positives for sure where the 2 goals scored.
Watkins and Diaby finishing was superb!
Seemed a bit over run in midfield areas in transition however another day Villa score several more.
Prayers and thoughts to the supporter who was taken to hospital I hope that they will be ok.
Does anyone have any info or knowledge on this.
God bless them.
That's the most important thing tonight the welfare of supporter

Medical attention will almost certainly be more useful than prayers.

Mods….. what the rules for getting me banned again. I can’t read the absolute bollocks that comes out of the mouths of Risso,Demitri C and Paulie. What a bunch of pricks. At least DC is only annoying the other two are just Cs. If they spoke to people the way they do on here the other side of a keyboard they’d be seeking medical assistance pretty urgently.

Is that good enough?

[Bad English]

I think that people who wish to bring religion into the discussion should be aware that many people have strong feelings about it being a load of old twaddle, and will say so.

[WarszaVillan]

Or one could just show a bit of respect for other people's beliefs. All he wrote was thoughts and prayers, hardly opening a theological debate. On the game, it was a comedy of errors at the back as it has been for a few weeks now. We'll do them in the second leg though. Top four and a trophy is still very much on.

[Rigadon]

I don’t think we deserved to lose the game.  The pen against was harsh, we had a stonewall penalty waved away and missed a fucking penalty.  We’ll beat them in Greece.

[algy]

Villa and Spurs doing what they do best on the same night.

I was joking with my dad before the game that if us & Spurs run true to form, we would both lose every game remaining this season.

It was a bloody joke, Villa. A bloody joke.

[Nelly]

Now you've done it, Algy!

I don't feel it was anywhere near our worst performance of the season, we created loads and were competitive throughout. The players are obviously shattered and that will lead to poor decision making and things of that nature. They've been heroic this season and while it's a shocker of a scoreline, they deserve our backing.

The moves for both our goals were excellent. Olsen didn't really do too much wrong other than not being the best keeper in the world. For the goals our problems started further up the pitch - Watkins giving the ball away cheaply with an attempted flick around the corner, leaving us out of shape, for instance.

I didn't think McGinn was that bad at all, in the second half he was the one driving us on and playing passes all over the pitch.

We have it in us to do some special in the next game and this tournament. Let's see what happens.

[Demitri_C]

Positives for sure where the 2 goals scored.
Watkins and Diaby finishing was superb!
Seemed a bit over run in midfield areas in transition however another day Villa score several more.
Prayers and thoughts to the supporter who was taken to hospital I hope that they will be ok.
Does anyone have any info or knowledge on this.
God bless them.
That's the most important thing tonight the welfare of supporter

Medical attention will almost certainly be more useful than prayers.

Mods….. what the rules for getting me banned again. I can’t read the absolute bollocks that comes out of the mouths of Risso,Demitri C and Paulie. What a bunch of pricks. At least DC is only annoying the other two are just Cs. If they spoke to people the way they do on here the other side of a keyboard they’d be seeking medical assistance pretty urgently.

Is that good enough?

Excuse me but why are you calling me a prick ? What have i fucking done to you to label me that.

You might not agree with my match reactions where i admit i get emotional as i care deeply about the club and felt this was best chance if a trophy.

But this post is fucking pathetic you owe us all apologies

You should be banned for shit like this. Talking about violence too god grow the fuck up. No one wants to read this shite

[Malandro]

Positives for sure where the 2 goals scored.
Watkins and Diaby finishing was superb!
Seemed a bit over run in midfield areas in transition however another day Villa score several more.
Prayers and thoughts to the supporter who was taken to hospital I hope that they will be ok.
Does anyone have any info or knowledge on this.
God bless them.
That's the most important thing tonight the welfare of supporter

Medical attention will almost certainly be more useful than prayers.

Mods….. what the rules for getting me banned again. I can’t read the absolute bollocks that comes out of the mouths of Risso,Demitri C and Paulie. What a bunch of pricks. At least DC is only annoying the other two are just Cs. If they spoke to people the way they do on here the other side of a keyboard they’d be seeking medical assistance pretty urgently.

Is that good enough?

I hope it’s good enough.