Aston Villa v Celtic Post-Match Thread

[brontebilly]

Great achievement to get through. Rogers and Ramsey were outstanding. Bailey and McGinn improved a lot in second half. Kamara did very well at LCB. Watkins a whole other story. Cash injury a disaster. We cleared our heads at half time but it was a messy performance. Better cameo from Maatsen too.

Celtic are such a limited team and caused us far too many problems. At 3-2, I think it was Hatate whizzed one just past the post. Idah surprisingly did well and Kuhn? roasted Digne I thought. Their CBs are far too weak for this level, kamikaze tactics from Rodgers at the back going 1 on 1.

Martinez 6, Cash 6 (McGinn 7), Konsa 6, Kamara 8, Digne 4 (Maatsen 6), Tielemans 6, Bogarde 5, Bailey 6, Ramsey 9, Rogers 9, Watkins 6.

[ChicagoLion]

Yes Ramsey was really good, pleased to see him getting back to his best.

[Meanwood Villa]

Well done lads. I was incredibly annoyed/shit scared after they scored. I really need to take time to smell the roses sometimes.

[Le Lapin]

Well done to Leon, he had a bit more about him in the second half. Hopefully he can build on that.

[Garyth]

Yes Ramsey was really good, pleased to see him getting back to his best.

Yes! After all this time it's so nice to see him showing his quality.

[steamer]

Bit harsh on Digne, BBC have him at 7 which is where I also would put him.

[Demitri_C]

Thought maatsen was pretty good when he came on as well. Much improved from him

[lovejoy]

Does this mean we can try against Spurs in the fa cup?

[taylorsworkrate]

Bit harsh on Digne, BBC have him at 7 which is where I also would put him.

Thought Digne was poor to be honest. Giving him a pass for Sunday as he should never have been put in that position but not for tonight.

Been one of our most consistent players this season so hopefully just a rough patch

[Hillbilly]

How was Kamara as a centre back?

[Tayls_7]

Does this mean we can try against Spurs in the fa cup?

Don't be ridiculous. We're going to make Spuds look like Real Madrid.

[Olneythelonely]

How was Kamara as a centre back?

Good. Would prefer him to be in midfield though

[CT Villan]

Brilliant to get automatic qualification, though we will need to play significantly better to advance much further.

Special mention to Bouba who slotted in to LCB and never missed a beat. Hopefully that means we never need to see Digne there again. Bogarde did very well in midfield but struggled at fullback and now we wait on Cash...

...and the enigma that is Ollie Watkins, from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again in the blink of an eye. Nice touch to let Rogers get his hat-trick.

[astonvilla82]

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?

They were flooding that area before kickoff

[IFWaters]

TNT coverage after the match was just disgusting. Man City as the main story, us the plucky underdogs about to have our best players taken off us by the entitled rich. Seriously it's rob the poor to keep the rich in the manner to which they're accustomed.