Ratings & Reactions: UECL6: Zrinjski v Villa

[Awol]

Workmanlike. Done the job, saved two fixtures in Feb’, Zannylola off the mark, some more for Unai to think about in the Jan window. Shame for those who travelled but back to business on Sunday. UTV.  

[It's Your Round]

3 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Just got back from the game. Meh....job done and at least Zaniolo broke his duck.

Up the villa

Where did you get the teleportation machine?!

[VILLAMARV]

Just now, MNVillan said:

Are you staying the night in the stadium?

what stadium?

[Mantis]

Poor performance but got the point and preserved key players.

[Talldarkandransome]

I'd struggle to get up for a game in the local park

[MWARLEY2]

Every fit player has now had minutes including our 3rd keeper. A draw that is actually a win. Emery has balls to do this with the squad when we needed a result . He does believe in ultilising everyone . And the workload has been low yet again. Those minutes and inclusion will prove important in the long run, whether selling someone or including them in games. The manager has done well yet again. I think his experience over the years is to just get through a group stage with no injuries and then conserve energy for the league. When it gets to the business end in March we will see some very different performances i think in this Competition

 

[Rugeley Villa]

Job done , what’s not to like ? Wasn’t pretty but some of these obscure foreign teams are not just going to roll over, they are more likely to raise their game against premier league clubs. 

[holteend1982]

Job done 

[HanoiVillan]

4 minutes ago, osmark86 said:

Damn that was fast

He lives in Mostar mate. Most of us stop and settle in the shires, but he just kept going mate. 

[briny_ear]

At least we got a bit of excitement in the end but I would rather it wasn’t about whether we would concede a second!

However, job done - not the best performance ever but we did enough to win the group & skip the knockout round so see you in the round of 16.

Scratching my head a bit over MOTM - between Douglas Luiz and Torres. Maybe Zaniolo cos he actually scored at last?

 

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by briny_ear

[osmark86]

Just now, HanoiVillan said:

He lives in Mostar mate. Most of us stop and settle in the shires, but he just kept going mate. 

Even so, that was still fast af

[AVFCDAN]

Can’t win them all, especially dead rubbers. Players got minutes and we finished top. Job done for me.

[Tomaszk]

Loved the end of that game. Really funny.

[markavfc40]

Topped the group, didn't get out of first gear/exerted very little energy and got 60 minutes into both Moreno and Ramsey.  Job done.

[stewiek2]

Job done. Top of the group. Two less games.

[Spoony]

6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Mate we just played a Bosnian team in a tiny stadium.

Things will get more " exciting " when/if we progress through the rounds and teams get better and more at stake.

There’s something about it though. Like we can play a tiny English team in the FA Cup and the players would be more up for it and the game a bit more meaningful. All these ECL games feel a bit like a pre-season tour. 

[VILLAMARV]

yeah good to see Ramsey and Moreno back. Nice for Zaniolo to get the goal he needed and so obviously wanted.

[HanoiVillan]

Never a game we were going to exert ourselves overly for, and that's exactly how it panned out. Doesn't matter how many points you get as long as you finish top of the group, so job done. 

Can't wait for the draw now! The teams from Iceland and the Faroes are out now sadly, but depending on the result this evening and then a playoff if it goes the right way still possible for a 'trip of a lifetime'/annoyingly long journey to Astana. 

[KentVillan]

Not much fun to watch. I thought Torres was our best player, played some nice progressive passes, but difficult on that pitch against a parked bus.

[sheepyvillian]

Shows ypu how far we have come when the opposition goes berserk after getting an equaliser.