Ratings & Reactions: UECL: Villa v Zrinjski Mostar

[Jas10]

Ginny just saved our season

[MarkLillis]

I promise I will NEVER follow a game via the Villa Talk match thread again.

I am stuck in. Hotel bar in Egypt with no other way of knowing what is going on.

You lot are miserable as ****.It was depressing but I couldn’t stop looking…

each new post was a new moan and you have the nerve to create threads about the atmosphere at VP.

I genuinely hope none you actually ever go to VP because you will make it worse…

UTV!

[Callum]

That will be the last time Unai puts out a weakened team. 

[KillieVillain]

SJM ,that’s what Captains do .

[Strog]

 FerKin ell. Great win, with Alkmaar winning the group is all square.

[osmark86]

That game was the equivalent of finally getting to shit out an absolute mountain of a steamer after having had to hold it in because you were commuting for about 45min

[HKP90]

1 minute ago, a-k said:

Is it wrong that I feel gutted for Zrinjski? Incredible defending in the 2nd 45.

No they were proper committed. Glad we won but they gave absolutely everything they had.

[flashingqwerty]

For me, Unai got the team selection wrong yet again, tactics wrong yet again, and failed to fix it throughout.

He just doesn't have what he needs outside the starting 11 to play his style and needs to swallow his pride and set the team up to suit the players he selects rather than shoehorn players into a way of playing they are completely unsuitable for.

Mostar fought hard, but Villa never got out of 1st gear.

[troon_villan]

Swap their keeper for Olsen

[LondonLax]

All 4 teams in the group are on 3 points with 0 goal difference.

[Khizzy]

I think today was less about us being poor but the opposition defending as if their lives depended on the game. Fortunately for us we did manage to breach their defence and get the goal just in the nick of time. 

[striker]

Deserved to win on second half performance.

I sincerely hope that is the last we’ll see of Dendoncker.

[Villa87]

Thank **** for that!! Fully deserved, but huge question marks about a couple of these players. 

[tinker]

Playing us is a cup final for nearly every team in this competition,  its a nightmare for us.

Countless chances , they defended well......very well but we never played with Any urgency until the 90 minute, we need more attacking aggression in these type of games.

Motm ,McGinn he wanted it more than everyone and thats why he made that run and.jump for the goal. UTV 

[tomav84]

flippin eck that was hard work...i actually feel for their back 5. the rest of the team were poor but that defence didn't deserve to lose that game. they'll be heartbroken

oh well

[osmark86]

Just now, Khizzy said:

I think today was less about us being poor but the opposition defending as if their lives depended on the game. Fortunately for us we did manage to breach their defence and get the goal just in the nick of time. 

Absolutely, but we also made it unnecessarily hard for ourselves and wasted a good 35min before actually going for it too.

[ender4]

3 minutes ago, slovenian said:

Martinez won us three points tonight.. imagine Olsen making those saves

Oh that game is a loss without Martinez in goal.

[Jas10]

Thanks John, now go n enjoy some…

[HKP90]

Honourable mention to the ref who I thought was easily the best I've seen in ages.

He was right about the pen, and never really put a foot wrong.

[thunderball]

Luiz (or Looeessssss according to the commentator) is the heart beat of this team: drives our game, clever, great footballing brain evolving, he is  key to this side.