Club Brugge vs Aston Villa CL Match Thread

[AlexAlexCropley]

It feels like they're happy to stay on 9 points

[Martyn Smith]

Tielemans has made all sorts of misplaced passes this game and it's been like a wet bar of soap with Watkins

[kippaxvilla2]

Have we even tested their keeper?

Yes during the half time quiz he was asked ‘what’s the daftest penalty you’ve ever seen given away?’  He got it wrong.

[Reuben]

Have we even tested their keeper?

Not had a shot this half...according to stats

[dicedlam]

The mental approach is all wrong. Like Bournemouth, Bruges were probably expecting an onslaught, but realised early on that we are ponderous in our approach. Lackadaisical turgid shite.

Completely agree.
When you play with so little intensity, you become sloppy in thought and action.

Correct.

[VillaTim]

30 years since Brugges beat an English side in Europe

[Astnor]

The mental approach is all wrong. Like Bournemouth, Bruges were probably expecting an onslaught, but realised early on that we are ponderous in our approach. Lackadaisical turgid shite.

Yes we are doing our system of play regardless of it is working giving us goals or not and when not we continue the same and the opposition battle us down with willpower or something like that. Watkins seems to have no belief now.

[Paul.S]

If they could finish we’d be 3 or 4 down by now.

[Demitri_C]

Getting out played by brugges.

This is simply not good enough

[enigma]

Totally outplayed tonight. Don't deserve anything.

[ROBBO]

When you get a player like Bailey seriously out of form yet still gets picked it sends a negative message to the rest of the team.

[PeterWithesShin]

1-0 flatters us.

[Skerra]

The only good thing is it’s only 1-0. Against a really good side, we would be at least 3 down.

[TonyD]

Watkins and Bailey have been beyond shite.

[cdbearsfan]

It feels like they're happy to stay on 9 points

Playing for the cash bonanza of the extra round, IMO.