PSG v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[London Villan]

The difference when Ollie came on was that he was forcing the passes square by closing down the backwards passing, this forced them even narrower when playing in front of our back 6. He worked much harder than Rashford in doing this and to be fair our best passage of play was probably the last 10 minutes of normal time, where we created a couple of chances and had a little bit of pressure.

I'd start them both in the return leg.

[dorsetvillian]

Yes it was great to meet AV82EC of these parts at the game. 2 of us are on are way back to Cherborg by train. The other two are trying to sort out how to get the broken down Volvo back to the UK as it's stranded in Caen. The local French Volvo dealership said they could look at it in 10 days time. Not ideal...
 

[Hopadop]

I was feeling a bit deflated after their third last night, but we're still in with a shout. But fucking hell they sounded good.

It's all about moments that stick in the memory. The big ones are the trophies, obviously, but there's plenty more to be had. And listening to the radio when we scored last night, having been horribly outplayed, was a great one.

[AV82EC]

Yes it was great to meet AV82EC of these parts at the game. 2 of us are on are way back to Cherborg by train. The other two are trying to sort out how to get the broken down Volvo back to the UK as it's stranded in Caen. The local French Volvo dealership said they could look at it in 10 days time. Not ideal...

Safe travels dv. Hopefully they can get the Volvo sorted. Doesn’t the owner have breakdown cover?

[VillaTim]

He worked much harder than Rashford in doing this and to be fair our best passage of play was probably the last 10 minutes of normal time, where we created a couple of chances and had a little bit of pressure.

This is what i was alluding to when i said we seemed to chase it a bit more at 1-2 and ended up shipping a 3rd when we might have been better shutting up shop totally and accepting 1-2.

[dorsetvillian]

Volvo 24/7 care which isn't living up to the promise in any way
 Infact a shit show of incompetence...

[AV82EC]

Volvo 24/7 care which isn't living up to the promise in any way
 Infact a shit show of incompetence...

You have my sympathies.

[Grande Pablo]

I guessed 2-1 to PSG beforehand so wasn’t far out.  We defended low which was always going to be a risk if we saw a quick break.  As the game expanded in the last 10-15 minutes we had more going forward but left more gaps.

Disasi was fine.  However I wonder if a match-warmed Konsa had gone out right the 2nd goal might not have happened.

Onana looked very effective, perhaps against a tiring PSG midfield.  Maybe some food for thought for Unai.

Their first 2 goals went in off the post.  Clutching at straws but an inch either way might have been a different outcome.

Both sides are quite rightly getting plaudits this morning.  It isn’t quite over yet, but we need to go hard next week.  They might not like it up ‘em.

[LeeB]

I guessed 2-1 to PSG beforehand so wasn’t far out.  We defended low which was always going to be a risk if we saw a quick break.  As the game expanded in the last 10-15 minutes we had more going forward but left more gaps.

Disasi was fine.  However I wonder if a match-warmed Konsa had gone out right the 2nd goal might not have happened.

Onana looked very effective, perhaps against a tiring PSG midfield.  Maybe some food for thought for Unai.

Their first 2 goals went in off the post.  Clutching at straws but an inch either way might have been a different outcome.

Both sides are quite rightly getting plaudits this morning.  It isn’t quite over yet, but we need to go hard next week.  They might not like it up ‘em.

Try and get crosses in, they were all over the shop the few times we did. Old skool shit is probably the way to go against this lot, start Onana, long throws etc.

[TheTimVilla]

Volvo 24/7 care which isn't living up to the promise in any way
 Infact a shit show of incompetence...

If they are anything like the Volvo in Southern France that my dad uses they probably won't even identify the problem.

[brontebilly]

This Rashford was lazy stuff is just tiresome bullshit and totally fails to understand what he’s there to do in this set up. Come on people try and keep up. The days of getting your shorts dirty and putting in a shift are best kept with your memories of rickets, white dog shit and a functioning Health Service.

He could at least look like he is attempting to win the ball in the air. Like he did in his first minutes with us - maybe Chelsea? He cracked one of their defenders within minutes with an elbow.

[trinityoap]

I keep telling myself we didn't get to the quarter -finals of the champions league without being a bit good. We can still do this.

[Paul.S]

We gave it everything but were beaten by a very good team. The best team we’ve faced in a long time. They seemed to have more people on the pitch than us and closed us down all over the pitch when we had the ball.
Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and say we were beaten by a better team. No criticism of any of our team on the night, they are the best team in this.
We can turn it around but will have to play better than we’ve even done under Emery and they will have to have an off night.

[The Edge]

Rio Ferdinand coming in for some criticism over last night's commentary. Of course PSG were superb but his constant gushing over them became very nauseating. He seemed to find it very difficult to give our boys any credit at all. Why they find it necessary to have him in the commentary box is a mystery. They already had the main  commentator and Ally McCoist on co comms so what was the need for Ferdinand anyway?

[Smirker]

We're 9/1 to qualify BTW. Which is not that long at all. It's more likely than Leicester beating Brighton this weekend.