Bruges v Aston Villa PMT.

[Goldie.7]

Maatsen 6
Everyone else 2

Maatsen was one of the worst. How does Digne get so many touches of the ball and this bloke's anonymous?

No, watch again he was actually making runs but for some bizarre reason we just kept stopping any forward momentum to pedestrian walking. There's no way most of these players are fatigued, they don't make any runs anymore.

[nick harper]

Why would a footballer bend down to pick a ball up rather than just kick it?

That's actually a very good point. If I passed a football to a three year old child and he/she picked it up I'd be disappointed that he/she didn't kick it.

I think it was the mentality of slowing the game down. I’m sure we came for a 0-0, but Mings picked it up from outside the six yard box so it looked like Martinez had taken it.

Konsa and Carlos must have had the ball for 10 minutes between them in that game. It was ridiculous how slowly they played given Bruges were not going to press.

[Monty]

All in all, with the exception of personal stuff etc, one of the more aggrevating weeks I can remember.

[Somniloquism]

Why would a footballer bend down to pick a ball up rather than just kick it?

No idea. He wasn't looking at Martinez but was looking up the field so he didn't see Martinez had kicked it to him. But still he could have easily rolled it back with his foot. You would have thought he might have realised we don't just hoof it up the field after watching us most of last season from the stand. Although we didn't deserve a point anyway on todays showing so.....

[Chip Butty 111]

Was it obvious in real time that the game had restarted?

To anyone who has ever played football..yes. What went through Mings head only he knows. He'll have nightmares about it. Why some on here said it wasn't in play was bizarre..

[Demitri_C]

I'm going to numb this awful day out with alcohol.

Hahaha  can i join you?

[eamonn]

Onana was the chosen player for media duties, possibly due to his Belgian links. I think Bailey was last season ahead of someone, was it Ajax away?

Neither player started the subsequent games and we were shite in both. Let Olsen field the questions next time.

[Villatillidie25]

That was truly awful, only matched by the performance of the referee who on top of the bizarre penalty decision made countless poor calls.
Maatsen seems to be getting the better ratings but I thought he was truly abject and I actually thought Bailey was a little better than he has been, certainly didn’t give it away as much. Kamara was just about the best player but tired badly. Everyone's was shocking, particularly Watkins, Maatsen and Rogers

[Clampy]

Not too much to add from what's already been posted. Emi and Kamara apart (who was decent and worked his arse off), everyone else looks shot of confidence. We wouldnt have scored had we played for another hour.

As for their goal, like someone else said, I can't work out why he wasnt booked if it was deemed handball.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm going to numb this awful day out with alcohol.

Hahaha  can i join you?

Go on then. It's your round. 🙂

[VillaTim]

There has to be something going off in the background for this spectacular fall and decline , it smells like there are contextual issues underneath. Then again we haven't really played well all season , we've been getting away with it to an extent but now this looks like a serious fall off and major issues unfolding .

[jon collett]

https://x.com/villatil1die/status/1854242281165140025?s=46&t=1A7xfLJNUgdI6215TY6YlA

[Skerra]

Sounds weird but we haven’t played anyone outside the bottom 12 of the CL league. Due to Brugge beating Villa tonight, they have just sneaked out of the bottom 12

[caster troy]

Watkins looked better when he was our only fit striker, when ‘competing’ with Ings/Duran he’s been poor. Bailey has lost his pace and carries no threat. Take out Diaby too and it’s no wonder we look toothless. This season it’s been Rogers and Duran wonder goals that have got us this far really.

It’s having an impact on the rest of the team now as they either play it too safe or panic and try hollywood balls. McGinn is also in a slump which isn’t helping.

[taylorsworkrate]

That was truly awful, only matched by the performance of the referee who on top of the bizarre penalty decision made countless poor calls.
Maatsen seems to be getting the better ratings but I thought he was truly abject and I actually thought Bailey was a little better than he has been, certainly didn’t give it away as much. Kamara was just about the best player but tired badly. Everyone's was shocking, particularly Watkins, Maatsen and Rogers

It was a stonewall oenalty. Mings picked up the ball when clearly in play