Ratings & Reactions: Olympiacos v Villa

[DeepDish]

The Olympiacos crowd was great. Not so much our players.

[Made In Aston]

Maybe it would have been different if we didn't have so many injuries. But with the players we had over 2 legs we didn't deserve anything.

Let's not **** up 4th spot otherwise that will be a real kick on the teeth.

Edited May 9 by Made In Aston

[Aston_Villan4]

Just looking at the minutes/games played and injury list compared to Olympiacos’. Crazy disparity between the two. Not to use that as the sole reason why we lost but you can’t tell me that doesn’t have a major impact on the team performance. Can’t get lucky and scrap by on all of them.

[villa4europe]

olympiacos werent shit, their manager cooked us 

cash needs to do something when he gets it out wide in acres, he's too predictable, its not him its the instructions

think it was telling that tonight was our 12th game in the EL, it was also coincidently the 12th game of any type of european football for mcginn, ollie, luiz, konsa...at least emi has 18 european nights to his name...we just dont have that experience as a squad, its been a good competition, im gutted we didnt win it but im not pissed off, we had no god given right to it, hopefully the fans had a good night out

[Herman22]

A few takeaways:

Cash isn’t good enough at this level. He will get killed at CL. 

Diaby’s confidence is shot. He needs a big pre season to get back on track. 

Konsa just isn’t good enough to start at CB or RB. 

Luiz and McGinn in midfield isn’t enough. They need a good DM to cover them and do the dirty work. 

[ChesterDad]

6 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said:

We had to score goals today and we played Cash RW. Subs should have been made at HT. 

 

I’m sorry but come on ? Cash has played there before right ? He is not a stranger to the role.

And what subs could realistically have been made? Whilst we enjoy the maverick who is Duran - he is still very wet behind the ears.

Look for whatever reason - they had our number of these two legs.

I don’t believe they are a better team than us and given the opportunity to go against them - I believe we would overcome them next time.

But I give them credit and wish them well.

Hopefully this defeat will put the fire back in our bellies and allow us to claim the 4th spot that we fully deserve.

Given our injuries - just to be having this conversation is truly remarkable imo.

The guy is truly a footballing genius and we should pay him full homage for what he is doing.

Big Ron has always been my favourite manager, and yes I saw 81/82 - but Unai is surpassing Big Ron in almost every aspect.

Whisper this - We’re so lucky he’s ours !

 

[AVTuco]

Quite disappointed. Emi didn't save all the shots like I've been told on VT that he does.

[numbersix]

Olympiakos played very well over both legs, we looked jaded. Great for the kids to get some play ( abroad - in a European semi!! Incredible experience). Been fun all the way to 1/4 final, these 2 legs not so much. Be good for them to win the comp 

[OutByEaster?]

I thought we were the better side in both games, but we need to learn how to manage games and how to make it count - that's certainly a lesson we can take from the opposition - they're brutally efficient.

Olympiacos were smart, they were organised, they were calm, they defended absolutely brilliantly and they took their chances, they deserve to go through to the final and I hope they win it.

We're out for the count, the players are knackered, but I don't think you can fault the effort, I thought we played well in the first half and though our heads dropped in the second half, this will still do them a lot of good next season and in the long run - they'll have learned an awful lot from this run and it'll stand them in good stead for the future.

Tonight we were out-thought and lacked the creativity to break them down, individually, we were mostly okay, I thought Doug did well in the middle of the park, McGinn too, but we really needed another midfielder - when we were on top, too often the ball bounced off Diaby - Bailey looks like he's playing in a lot of pain and Cash lacks a little composure in forward areas - but the effort was there, I don't think anyone can complain of lack of effort or heart - we just came up against a brick wall of very smart footballers and we ran out of ideas.

We'll strengthen and we'll come again, I have no doubt about that. It's a shame to lose this tie, but it's been good to be back in Europe and we've done plenty we'll remember.

[ferguson1]

So let me get this coefficient thing straight in my head……

[osmark86]

Just now, Herman22 said:

A few takeaways:

Cash isn’t good enough at this level. He will get killed at CL. 

Diaby’s confidence is shot. He needs a big pre season to get back on track. 

Konsa just isn’t good enough to start at CB or RB. 

Luiz and McGinn in midfield isn’t enough. They need a good DM to cover them and do the dirty work. 

eh what?

[UpTheVilla26]

They ain't even a decent side. 

If Fiorentina get at them, like we didn't, they will win the final at a canter. 

Over the 2 legs, I thought we were pathetic. Several players have been utterly useless. For a semi-final, you'd be hard pushed to see a weaker, slower, lacklustre display. 

Yes, it's been a long season but these players need to get used to that if we have ambitions of being top 4 and getting into Europe every year. 

Squad needs plenty of work over the summer. 

[sne]

[Derryvillan]

1 minute ago, DeepDish said:

The Olympiacos crowd was great. Not so much our players.

Great?Constant booing/whistling when we had the ball.

[rjenkins]

It is what it is. The good thing is we've got European football again next season. 

[The Fun Factory]

I feel less bad for Luiz on the penalty after tonight. They deserved to win but I am totally gutted, this was a great chance to win a trophy for the first time in nearly 30 years. 

I thought our name was on the cup after Lille but not to be. It was nice to dream but with Villa that is what is, a dream.

The lads are knackered, we have run out of steam.

Kamara was a big blow and Tielmans has basically finished us off. We are not functioning properly anymore.

Booked my flight to Athens anwyay, I hope Olympiaos go and win it. It is going to be a bit lively.

Edited May 9 by The Fun Factory

[Davkaus]

1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said:

I thought we were the better side in both games

I always appreciate your match opinions, even this one that I disagree with, but I'm genuinely stunned by this. I think we were the better team for the opening 10 minutes, got sucker punched, and proceeded to look lethargic and out of ideas for the following 80 minutes. 

[villa4europe]

i dont think its that he played cash at RW, the 3 at the back and using digne / cash to stretch the field looked alright, its more that diaby and bailey pushed up didnt make us more attacking and more importantly that cash again was seemingly under instruction not to whip it in, digne crosses, cash doesn't, its so apparent that it cant be cash making that decision and its shit, he has to cross in that much space

[HalfTimePost]

Proper gutted

[Herman22]

2 minutes ago, osmark86 said:

eh what?

He’s fallen off a cliff in the last few months. At fault twice for their second goal tonight.