Rugeley Villa

I thought we played very well from the kick off. We looked leggy at times but it’s expected. Rogers  is finding form very nicely and his fresher legs are a big asset to the team at the moment. 

52 minutes ago, WakefieldVillan said:

En route now, it's the first home game I've been to since Dean Smith's first Villa match against Swansea.

My dad used to take me on the train a fair bit when I was younger, so I wanted to return the favour that day and take him. Hopefully we can get the same result (1-0).

Unfortunately he passed away in January, so I feel a little emotional sat on the train, on my own, thinking about all the times he used to take me and now he's not here. Hopefully he's watching and can bring some good luck upon us!

Hoping for a great atmosphere, and can't wait to see Villa Park again in all it's glory, been far too long.

We got this!

UTV

 

 

Hopefully you enjoy the day.  You Yorkshire born and bred? 

26 minutes ago, spiezels said:

I remember liverpool doing something similar for abit, full flares and smokes for the coach, looked mint, got absolutely ridiculed by other fans. 

Everton did the same and still do on occasions. 

Crap that we miss him for first leg as he’s a genuine game winner . 

19 minutes ago, Dodgyknees said:

This is going to be a very hard game. Bournemouth are a very good team, we are thin on numbers, and we will be shattered. I just hope we can get across he line.

Hence the push from the club for the fans to do their part today . 

Tricky game but I’m confident we’ll scrape the win against an half decent team. Just win .

On 19/04/2024 at 16:51, ender4 said:

But i can see individual seats which are showing as unsold. I just can't buy them lol. 

Yeah they’ll be lower grounds or terrace view 

Rather play Olympiakos so that’s good 

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French teams get under my skin. Slimey bastards .  I don’t fancy us semi but if we were to win I think the teams on the other side look weaker than Olympiakos and Fenerbache so who knows. 

Went 2.0 down and got stronger and stronger as game went on , but Jesus that was an hard two games . Had to be Martinez though . 

That was an hard game 

What’s gone on 

Playing much better . Big chance then. 

Just attack . Sitting back hasn’t been working. Try and get a goal in the first half of extra time 

I really don’t like Lille 

Imagine winning this on penalties with Martinez winning it for us 

Cash has been threatening this 

Get in . Right let’s attack them 

1 minute ago, Villa87 said:

Emery has overthought this. 

Tried to take sting out of game but it’s backfired. We were 1.0, we were never going to protect that all game, we should have gone there attack minded. 

CL football would be great for the club financially and to attract top players. Imagine some of the big games we’d have at Villa park. Also it’s what the owners are aiming for. 

First bit of proper pressure on them and they start flapping . Imagine if we’d done this earlier. 

1 minute ago, rjw63 said:

From what I’ve heard tonight we’ve been absolutely embarrassing 

Been shit mate . Lille haven’t even been that good we’ve just allowed them to dominate and frighten us . I didn’t think we’d win this competition anyway and that was even before I’d witnessed some of the dreadful performances we’ve put in prior to this game. 

May as well go out now because we’d be scared to leave the dressing room in the next round away from home. You cannot win European trophies playing this bad for most of the competition. 

That’s it