Brugge v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[charlatan]

Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.

JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.

 

[BoVillan esq]

At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.

[The Edge]

At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.

We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.

[brontebilly]

Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.

JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.

 

Issue wasn't taking off Watkins. It was moving Cash out of right back at that stage of the game. Not sure if we finished with a back 5 but neither did the players and it nearly cost us a goal in injury time. Could have stuck Bogarde into midfield and pushed Tielemans further up, less disruption.

[LeeS]

At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.

We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.

I hope you are right. But they don’t need to come at us. They just need to play the same as today. They had plenty of chances and also stifled our attack. No need for them to change anything.

[jon collett]

Loved tonight.

Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.

Great support from the Villa faithful.

Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?

Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂

In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!

[The Edge]

At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.

We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.

I hope you are right. But they don’t need to come at us. They just need to play the same as today. They had plenty of chances and also stifled our attack. No need for them to change anything.

I know. I was responding to a post that said they were going to come down on us like a ton of bricks. I don't see them doing that because it would be suicidal for them at our place.

[Villa Lew]

On another day could easily have been different, but who cares unbelievable result. Tyrone was magnificent, that goal line clearance was brilliant MOM, great also to see Kamara back, hopefully he stays injury free until the end of the season. Interesting to see how Unai is going to play the 2nd leg.

[Percy McCarthy]

Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.

Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.

JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.

The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.

Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.

Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.

[Beard82]

Great result - we looked a long way off clicking but fuck it - great to get one away from home go our way.

Think the constient changes in defense and our knackered midfield is why we struggle for consitency.  I dont think Youri is a great athelete (but a very good footballer) - as in he cant keep going in the way Digne and Ollie can - but hes done well considering he needs a rest.

Barkley has been a big miss there - a squad player is all well and good - but they need to be there when you need them. 

Hopefully with Pau and Kamara on there way back we can get enough together to achieve something specual,  It feels like Unai is feeling the pressure - he seems more angery involved than normal. 

Shout out to Mings - was my MOTM.

[Gareth]

Excellent performance away from home in Europe to a good side with a number of very good players who will move onto to bigger clubs.  Is there room for improvement? Absolutely, there always is but I felt we were pretty solid throughout and the substitutions worked very nicely.

The scintillating football of parts of last season is always going to be more difficult now we are acknowledged as a good side and teams look to shut us down more than they did beforehand.

Job done!

Now for 3pts on Saturday and then we can focus on the 2nd half of this game

[brontebilly]

Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.

Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.

JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.

The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.

Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.

Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.

Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍

[RamboandBruno]

I thought Brugge probably shaded it for much of the match, in particular they seemed to win most second balls and we just couldn’t get going forwards wise, as they broke up play really well. They also created three really good chances in the second half.

I thought Mings defended very well and obviously unreal clearance off his laces. But he can be so frustrating bringing the ball out from the back and some really aimless long punts upfield. As well as he defended tonight, I can’t wait to have Torres back in there.

Thought Watkins was really poor tonight, but no one really shone until the subs came on. Asensio’s pen was great.

Unai was going mad at 1-1 and it felt like he was so annoyed as the players weren’t giving him enough.

Saying all of that a really great result and its really unbelievable that we have one foot in the QFs. We really need to start on the front foot next wee, like against Celtic, if we can grab a goal in the first 10-15 it kills any momentum from them.

[Demitri_C]

Dont think he was a disaster. He didnt start great but did ok. He is better at cb no question

[Ian.]

Thought our throw ins were poor.

Toss up between MacPhee’s or Monchi’s fault.