Bologna v Aston Villa Match Thread

[charlatan]

To be fair Onana should be doing far better with the first corner. Couldn't trap a bag of sand.

Can someone explain the trap cement sand thingy? I’ve never really understood it.

Inertia...if somehow propelled at your feet they don't bounce away from you like footballs. Almost impossible not to trap.

But can easily run away from you in a wheelbarrow heading downhill.

[brontebilly]

Need to change a few second half.Digne first.Awful.

He played well v West Ham but he's been poor all season. For one, we have a very flat back four when he plays and he's safety first. Not sure he would be first off, mind. Rogers has been our worst, Watkins at least is trying hard but failing miserably. Hard to know who gets a pass for that first half, Torres maybe. But winning 0-1 we are.

If they equalise the first sub will be Luiz for Buendia with Tielemans pushing forward. Tielemans has struggled to get to the pace of the game so far, most of them have.

[Chip Butty 111]

At least dick turpin wore a mask.....we will take it!

I think we turned up in a 70's Transit van, with sawn off shotguns and tights over our heads...daylight robbery at its best..love it..

[Demitri_C]

How the hell we winning this 😂

[KevinGage]

Bernadesci is already tired.

So’s Rogers by the looks of it!

Be tempted to take him off and stick Luiz on, get more control in the middle of the park.

But Rogers is the kind of player who can pull summat out of nothing, even if he's having a stinker.

Maybe give it 60-65 mins to see.

Lindlehof for Cash, with Konsa switching to RB might be worth looking at as well. They're getting plenty of joy down our right flank.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

classic away game in europe, suffer for long periods rode our luck then nicked one before half time.

[Mister E]

Buendia needs to come off. Get Luiz on, move Tielemans further forward and Rogers further left.

[PeterWithesShin]

and away to a team who have never lost at home in Europe. I think at least some people seem to forget that the opposition are actually trying to win the game as well.

We weren't great and got lucky with the disallowed goal but they've defended really well and given us no space to play in and pressed us very high. That's normally tough to keep up for a full match and especially now we've taken the lead.

They've lost at home in Europe before.

[CT Villan]

Be tempted to take him off and stick Luiz on, get more control in the middle of the park.

When we have the ball they have been playing 5 in the middle against our box 4 and because we have no natural width our only option is backwards then hoofing.

[PaulWinch again]

Rogers has been excellent for us over a period of time - cut him some slack.

[PeterWithesShin]

Hopefully we sold Rogers at half time.

[villadelph]

PSA: We're winning.

[Demitri_C]

Rowes looked far better than rogers tonight thus far

[itmustbe_it is!]

classic away game in europe, suffer for long periods rode our luck then nicked one before half time.

It's what we did in Berlin and Kiev in 1982 !

[PaulWinch again]

Bologna put a lot of energy into that half. There’s no way it’s sustainable.