Aston Villa v Celtic Post-Match Thread

[adrenachrome]

More importantly, how much dollar we made?

Many dollar.

Emoluments coming in left, right and centre.

[Smirker]

That was closer than it should have been. Should have scored 10.

Glad to be top 8 though.

[PeterWithesShin]

Deserves a mention that we should some heart the way we dominated that second half after those disasterous few mins at the end of the first half.

[Rory]

Fuck the BBC though.

Exactly my thoughts after seeing that headline.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Villa, Villa, Villa, why do you make us suffer so? Well done Morgan & Ollie!

At least we might have a half-decent team against Spurs in the Cup game now that we don't need the play-offs!

[Mellin]

Fuck the BBC though.

I'm cancelling my TV licence over that. Fuck 'em.

[Olneythelonely]

What a brilliant match. Hated every bit of it.

The most Watkins performance ever. Absolutely brilliant, 2 assists, 1 goal, should have scored 5, the pitch disintegrating when he takes a penalty. He’s all the chaos we need. Morgan Rogers was unplayable. A year ago he was playing for Middlesbrough, today he bagged a hat trick in the Champions League, playing like R9.

We even found time to sell Duran at half time.

What a fucking time to be alive!

Got any sniff left?

Does it look like it?

[RichardBatchelor]

Top 8 is a magnificent achievement. It wasn’t flawless these last two games, but 16 points is superb and we deserve to be there. UTV!

[Stu]

What a brilliant match. Hated every bit of it.

The most Watkins performance ever. Absolutely brilliant, 2 assists, 1 goal, should have scored 5, the pitch disintegrating when he takes a penalty. He’s all the chaos we need. Morgan Rogers was unplayable. A year ago he was playing for Middlesbrough, today he bagged a hat trick in the Champions League, playing like R9.

We even found time to sell Duran at half time.

What a fucking time to be alive!

Got any sniff left?

Does it look like it?

Next time!

[Hampshire Villa]

Discovery plus is Man City TV

[Smithy]

Brilliant night, and entertaining game.  Should have been 8. 

Any mention of the pitch in that area we attacked in the second half? Ollie's slip for the pen, and Morgan nearly missed at the end when his left foot gave way underneath him in the exact same way.  Is that a studs issue? Or a pitch issue?

[SamTheMouse]

We should have scored eight. A fine performance, all things considered. Ramsey in particular was brilliant, but Kamara... Well, he's just about the finest player we've had at the club in many, many years.

[eye digress]

Nuts game.

Kamara my man of the match by a country mile, yet again. His quality on the ball is very distinctive.

For the second game running, wasn’t impressed with our forced subs (let you off, Unai), which worked against us: should we have left Bogarde in midfield where he was doing very nicely, thank you, and brought Ned on for Cash?

Must admit, between 30 mins and 60 mins, I was in a serious funk with Ollie (that easy chance where he tried to be too clever for 3-0, plus the other ones) and SJM (taking the ball off Kamara’s foot for the first goal). But they pulled round in the end.

[Somniloquism]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cn4zw8824kgo

[ChicagoLion]

Brilliant night, and entertaining game.  Should have been 8. 

Any mention of the pitch in that area we attacked in the second half? Ollie's slip for the pen, and Morgan nearly missed at the end when his left foot gave way underneath him in the exact same way.  Is that a studs issue? Or a pitch issue?

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