Aston Villa v Celtic Post-Match Thread

[ADVILLAFAN]

We went mad for 10 minutes after Cash went off injured, but otherwise dominated the game and the scoreline flattered Celtic.

Showed good energy, considering they had a break at the weekend.

Do worry about us defensively, particularly when we play more physical teams.

[London Villan]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

[LeeS]

Shout out to Tyrone Mings. Our potential opponents in the last 16 are: Sporting, Club Brugge, Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund. If he hadn't picked the ball up against Brugge our opponents would be : Celtic, Man City, Real Madrid,Bayern Munich.

I love little snippets like this but, blooming heck, you have to work the gods of football extremely hard to conclude that. Mings doesn’t have a brain fart and every single minute of every single game played across the whole competition still pans out the same.

Sorry, football counterfactuals are my biggest pet peeve. 

[andyh]

Shout out to Tyrone Mings. Our potential opponents in the last 16 are: Sporting, Club Brugge, Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund. If he hadn't picked the ball up against Brugge our opponents would be : Celtic, Man City, Real Madrid,Bayern Munich.

I love little snippets like this but, blooming heck, you have to work the gods of football extremely hard to conclude that. Mings doesn’t have a brain fart and every single minute of every single game played across the whole competition still pans out the same.

Sorry, football counterfactuals are my biggest pet peeve. 

says the man who just posted this

'If we sell both our strikers at the same time then you can only conclude that our owners are actually Blues fans who’ve played a fantastic long game'

[VILLA MOLE]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

Did Bailey not track the runner for the first ?

[The Edge]

Shout out to Tyrone Mings. Our potential opponents in the last 16 are: Sporting, Club Brugge, Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund. If he hadn't picked the ball up against Brugge our opponents would be : Celtic, Man City, Real Madrid,Bayern Munich.

I love little snippets like this but, blooming heck, you have to work the gods of football extremely hard to conclude that. Mings doesn’t have a brain fart and every single minute of every single game played across the whole competition still pans out the same.

Sorry, football counterfactuals are my biggest pet peeve.

Unai Emery is such a master of European football I believe he'd worked out how all the results would go and instructed Tyrone to give a penalty away.

[Olneythelonely]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

That was due to Bailey not tracking his man

[Smithy]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

Did Bailey not track the runner for the first ?

I thought it was Bogarde ball-watching, but I could be wrong.  I think he was still in "defensive midfielder" mode.

[darren woolley]

I'm still buzzing from last night what a brilliant win fantastic night.

[Bosco81]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

Did Bailey not track the runner for the first ?

Yes he switched off to let the full back overlap, McGinn was a bit panicky with his clearance, as Kamara was covering it.

Like most goals it's usually a few things going wrong, their 2nd goal came from a neat flick, but I suppose we should have been closer to him, sometimes it's a nice bit of play from the opposition, without us getting the pitchforks out to blame someone/anyone.

[Olneythelonely]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

Did Bailey not track the runner for the first ?

I thought it was Bogarde ball-watching, but I could be wrong.  I think he was still in "defensive midfielder" mode.

Just watched it again. Bailey misses an interception, then doesn’t track back. Bogarde followed his man.

[Exeter 77]

I think Bailey and Bogarde were unsure of what each other were supposed to do defensively until after half-time because it wasn't a problem in the second half.

[LeeS]

Shout out to Tyrone Mings. Our potential opponents in the last 16 are: Sporting, Club Brugge, Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund. If he hadn't picked the ball up against Brugge our opponents would be : Celtic, Man City, Real Madrid,Bayern Munich.

I love little snippets like this but, blooming heck, you have to work the gods of football extremely hard to conclude that. Mings doesn’t have a brain fart and every single minute of every single game played across the whole competition still pans out the same.

Sorry, football counterfactuals are my biggest pet peeve. 

says the man who just posted this

'If we sell both our strikers at the same time then you can only conclude that our owners are actually Blues fans who’ve played a fantastic long game'

Oh balls and botheration. You’ve got me there Andy. I feel like such a fool now.

[Smithy]

Their first goal is a direct result of Cash going off. Bogarde letting the cross come in and McGinn charging around, deflecting the ball, which Kamara would have cleared easily.

McGinn more than made up for it though.

Did Bailey not track the runner for the first ?

I thought it was Bogarde ball-watching, but I could be wrong.  I think he was still in "defensive midfielder" mode.

Just watched it again. Bailey misses an interception, then doesn’t track back. Bogarde followed his man.

yep, you're right - just watched it back.  Good job no one important is relying on my memory of what happened!

[VILLA MOLE]

I think Bailey and Bogarde were unsure of what each other were supposed to do defensively until after half-time because it wasn't a problem in the second half.

At the time I though it was a mistake to move Bogarde from the middle , but we settled down