Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa Pre Match Thread.

[olaftab]

Don’t be nervous, it’s very pleasant and sunny in Brugge😊

[ADVILLAFAN]

Whilst the penalty moment was a madness and unfortunate, we deserved to lose. Only chance I can remember us having was Watkins putting one just wide from the edge of the area.

Hopefully we have learnt from it. I'd like to see us use the pace of Rashford and Maatsen against them.

[olaftab]

I love this from UEFA UCL website:

The top eight from the league phase enter the fray in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League round of 16

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I think he might go

Maatsen, Mings, Desasi, Konsa - be solid and not let in a goal.

We’d be more solid with Digne then. No way imo Maatsen starts.

[London Villan]

If you have the other three solid defenders starting, then maybe…

[LeeB]

No I can't see him starting Maatsen in this one unless Digne wasn't fit.

[Clampy]

He'll start Digne if he's fit, unless Brugge struggle with pace at the back and he plays him and Rashford on that left hand side.

[PeterWithesShin]

https://x.com/AVFCSupport/status/1896863194297307327

[Jon Crofts]

https://x.com/AVFCSupport/status/1896863194297307327

Charming.

[eamonn]

Their ground is a shit-tip.

[Brazilian Villain]

https://x.com/AVFCSupport/status/1896863194297307327

I'm surprised they haven't fixed the broken seats, it's over 13 years since Blose played them.

[eamonn]

It's 6.45pm if you're in Belgium, though.

But is it Pancake Tuesday there?

[Brazilian Villain]

Don’t be nervous, it’s very pleasant and sunny in Brugge😊

Enjoy the day, hopefully the beers taste as good afterwards.

[tomd2103]

Will be tight but there's no way we play worse tonight than in November. Everyone remembers the penalty award but we hardly created anything.

I fancy us to edge this 1-2 with the attacking options we'll have on the bench ready to come in on the hour as think Ramsey and Rogers will start this one.

Also possible we bring in Kamara and move SJM to the right.

We were really poor that night, yet they still needed a bizarre penalty to beat us.  If we're on it, I can see us getting a result tonight.

[lovejoy]

Those confident of an easy win obviously haven't seen us play away recently. Give me some contemporary evidence which might suggest an easy win?