PSG v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[tomd2103]

I don't think he was supposed to be busting a gut. He was deliberately hanging on the half-way line in the hope we could get a ball over / through to him.

I thought he was pretty poor last night to be honest.  We were under a lot of pressure at times and really needed him to be the outlet and a real threat on the occasions we did have opportunities. 

As it was, he ended up giving the ball away too often and I thought he should have gone off earlier. 

[Dave]

I don't think he was supposed to be busting a gut. He was deliberately hanging on the half-way line in the hope we could get a ball over / through to him.

I thought he was pretty poor last night to be honest.  We were under a lot of pressure at times and really needed him to be the outlet and real threat on the occasions we did have opportunities. 

As it was, he ended up giving the ball away too often and I thought he should have gone off earlier. 

I don't think that's unfair - just that his performance wouldn't have been made better by tearing around after their centre-backs, as that isn't what he was supposed to be doing.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I thought we were pretty good. PSG (as Liverpool found out) have a team that are fast, agile, and technically excellent. Their first two goals were amazing, especially the second, where they went from back to front playing one touch football. We scored a very good one too, and at home I think we can get a couple back.

[rob_bridge]

Rashford gave us a glimpse of what we have to look forward to if we sign him for next season. A couple of runs but, his work rate was woeful. A complete contrast to his team mates who ran their socks off all evening.

I hope signing permanently isn't an objective. This 5 months jobbie works for him and us.

No way could we pay him 250k per week without upsetting others and without having to sell a couple as well.

Better options than he.

If ever a player needs a proper change of scenery it is him. Be it Germany or Italy.

[VillaTim]

If we don't requalify for the Champions League there's no hope of keeping Rashford, or Ascencio anyway.

[Flamingo Lane]

First half I thought Rashford was good, second half poor. And did Jacob Ramsey look pretty pissed off when he was subbed, and I don't just mean disappointed?

[Dave]

Dunno about no hope, but it's hard to see how the hole in the numbers gets filled. I don't think Asensio would be out of the question, but I'm pretty sure Rashford would be.

[Flamingo Lane]

Their third goal was very cleverly done, as they had two players tip tapping the ball to each other in midfield, looking like they'd settled for 2-1, and then bang, they'd scored.

[ez]

Well if we get through from here it's going to be one of the great European nights at Villa Park.

[tomd2103]

I don't think he was supposed to be busting a gut. He was deliberately hanging on the half-way line in the hope we could get a ball over / through to him.

I thought he was pretty poor last night to be honest.  We were under a lot of pressure at times and really needed him to be the outlet and real threat on the occasions we did have opportunities. 

As it was, he ended up giving the ball away too often and I thought he should have gone off earlier. 

I don't think that's unfair - just that his performance wouldn't have been made better by tearing around after their centre-backs, as that isn't what he was supposed to be doing.

They had so much of the ball, it would have been a pretty pointless exercise anyway as he was up there on his own and wouldn't have got near it. 

[VillaTim]

Maybe someone needs to man mark Vitinha next game as he is their engine room .

[Richard]

Maybe someone needs to man mark Vitinha next game as he is their engine room .

Onana is my bet.

[PeterWithesShin]

6 years ago today we were playing Rotherham away. Not yet being as good as PSG in a CL QF is no disgrace.

[PaulWinch again]

Man marking them won’t work, because of the way they interchange. The midfield do it almost as well as the forwards. If we try that they’ll just end up creating space and confusing us.

What we do need to do is get closer to them to pressure them and break the line. That’s what Onana did well. Ollie is key as well, he will help get the team up the pitch and give us a chance of engaging further up.

[Chris Smith]

The fact that we’re playing in a Champions League quarter final reminds us how far we have come in the last few years. The level that PSG showed last night demonstrates that there is still room for improvement.