kingysilvers Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, R.Bear said: Let me put it this way. If an away tie against Lille intimidates us, we have no business being in the Champions League. They have appeared in the CL frequently and recently tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I don't find the atmosphere intimidating anyway, loads of half naked blokes jumping up and down. More like Pride 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, The_Rev said: We are trying to get in behind their press. It’s been a hallmark of the team since Unai took over as manager. As the half progressed it became more obvious what their triggers have been (a lot of it has been one man running at whoever has the ball for us then two running at whoever passes to while a fourth guy stays spare) and I guess the theory is that if we do get in then we’ve taken half their outfield out of the game. It’s not working brilliantly, we’ve been pushed right back so there’s still a lot to do even if the passing is accurate. Very true - it was a gut reaction. Just seems we are doing it much more than usual and are even more ponderous. There needs to be occasions where we try and pass ourselves up the pitch! Lille are doing very well in stopping our play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 18 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18 1 minute ago, Joshie2000 said: That's because he gets the ball and starts going forward, but as soon as the opposition look at him he turns back, he does it every time, never wants to push the ball past the fullback and run, every team knows how he plays so don't have to worry about him attacking the full back , it amazes me that he was a winger previously. It looks like we turned up for a nil nil, of we don't wake up and up the tempo we're going out sadly. Our RB options, Cash and Konsa, are diabolical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Just remember Man City lost this game (on pens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Hope the refs had a cold shower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I hope people asking for Konsa to be moved to RB in place of Cash are at least doing so with a sense of irony (ref. the 7 million posts in the past few weeks asking for the exact opposite to happen). I actually thought we got more of a grip of the midfield as the game went on and ended up with a couple of decent chances - in particular Douglas Luiz’s. Let’s hope we can build on that in the second half. I reckon one goal now will settle this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Well I'm sure Emery can see how utterly shit we were that half. We knew that atmosphere would be intense and that they'd come at us from the first whistle, but we just can't seem to string 2 passes together. Not pressing them at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 These European clubs put our home atmosphere to shame 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastVillan Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Positives are we're only 1-0 down and still in the tie despite their dominance. Negatives are that Lille look like they have a lot more energy than us and I can see us tiring as the match goes on. Hoping for a second half similar to Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I think we tried to play the same way we did against Ajax in the away leg of that tie, keep it tight, more long balls than usual to conserve energy, in that game it essentially worked because we didn't concede, but like that game when we do have the ball we're not keeping it well enough, and obviously we conceded early today. Can't help but feel that our best form of defence might actually be to attack, I know LIlle have good home record in that regard, but we showed we can cause them trouble in the first leg. I imagine the intention would have been to bring on Bailey later, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him on at halftime now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 18 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18 Europa League just might be better for us than CL next season. We'd get killed in CL. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, chrisvilla4 said: Hope the refs had a cold shower In acid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 The two Lille centre midfielders are both booked so we could with running at them and seeing if we can get one of them sent off. Big 2nd half performance needed. Come on Villa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I've changed into my lucky socks now everyone so all should be fine. Apologies for not wearing them in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Changes will come at 2-0 down I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Big let off already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Emery got a yellow for that!?! This effing ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Fing hell 29 seconds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 6 minutes ago, R.Bear said: Let me put it this way. If an away tie against Lille intimidates us, we have no business being in the Champions League. How are we intimidated when we've been knocking it around the back for 30 mins? Forward passes haven't presented themselves, so we've not taken chances. We now have a half of football to play at 0-0. Intimidated 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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