Aston Villa v Bologna Post-Match Thread

[London Villan]

Passed to a Villa player once out of 29 attempts. That must be a record.

To clarify he lost possession 29 times and passed to a Villa player 10 times out of 24.

[ADVILLAFAN]

That was like watching Pau from 2024, he was back to his best.

Kamara was great too and the first half was good from Buendia.

Rogers continues to be a liability, although did win a few physical duels in the last 10 minutes and put a good pass through to Ollie.

Could see the nerves in Ollie's face when taking then pen, but other than that, he played okay.

[RamboandBruno]

The highlights I watched seemed to show Torres looking away as Watkins set up to take the penalty. Almost like he knew.

I was looking away until the last second, I knew and I’m no mystic meg.
Torres was excellent, Ill be really disappointed if him and Mastsen don’t start on Sunday, Kamara excellent as well.
For the second game in a row I was gutted when I saw the line up, this time Beundia, Guessand/Maeln instead of Sancho and Elliot. To be fair Beundia had a good first half and tried to make things happen in our better spells in the game, he just lacks that pace that 2023/2024 Bailey and Diaby had that turns all that energy into goals. Malen started brightly then faded pretty quickly.
Emery is trying to get Rogers to work through this spell and given some of the crowds reaction I was glad in the end he didn’t get taken off. He doesn’t hide and he’ll come up, confidence is everything.

Ive resigned myself to both Beundia and Guessand starting again on Sunday, I really would like to see Elliot and Sancho starting though, even if it means Rogers pushed wide right.

Baby steps in the right direction.

[sid1964]

Great to win last night - but we will need to play better on Sunday to beat Fulham

Pau was very good with the ball, passing into midfield made such a difference for us.

[caster troy]

On that evidence Pau, Maatsen and Sancho need to start all the home games.

Watkins needs a goal somehow. I was saying the last thing he needed was a penalty really as it’s too much time to think and too much pressure.

[N'ZMAV]

Rogers was turd.

Matsen, Torres, McGinn were good.

Malen and Guessand, although poor end product worked hard. Cash needs to chill a bit.

[Bobby Boy]

To clarify he lost possession 29 times and passed to a Villa player 10 times out of 24.
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It feels almost cruel to be playing him at the minute. He is so off it it is painful.

Playing someone into form is laudable but this feels more like sadism.

Give the fella a bit of time on the bench. He'll be all the better for it.

[PaulWinch again]

After Sunderland, Rogers shouldn’t have been anywhere near that squad, let alone starting!?
And to avoid the hook when the 3 players subbed were 3 of our BETTER players tonight is beyond me!?
Really can’t be arsed to go on Sunday, and ruin yet another weekend. If I see Rogers’ name on the team sheet, that’ll make my mind up I think. It’s not a one off, he’s been shite for most of this calendar year, and that’s on Unai for not dropping him.

Nothing like a bit of overreaction. Also this “useless for most of this year” thing, he might have struggled a bit but he got 6 assists and a goal in the last 8 league games of last year. He missed placed lots of passes last night, but had Malen finished better his passing would have set up two goals. Also he never hid and was trying difficult passes, he wasn’t that far off. Maybe give him a break, it’s evident he was trying bloody hard.

[Percy McCarthy]

Passed to a Villa player once out of 29 attempts. That must be a record.

Is that true?  If so, that’s quite something.

I remember two, including the one that got cheered. Another one was a little lofted lay-off to Buendía.