Ratings & Reactions: UCL4: Club Brugge v Villa

[limpid]

Your ratings and reactions please. Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong.

A mod will add the players to the MoTM poll later.

[jimmygreaves]

Just asking in advance if it's ok to discuss the selection and tactical approach of the game tonight? 

People seemed reluctant to listen to criticism after the 4-1 pasting at the weekend.....

With 5 mins left to play it looks like a repeat of the last 3 games. Poor set up, odd subs and lethargic approach.

Edited November 6 by jimmygreaves

[R.Bear]

We've got problems and I don't want to hear any bullshit excuses like small squad blah blah blah.

Surrendering that League Cup tie was a disgrace and looks even more ridiculous now. And as it often the case when we hit bad form, we have the worst possible fixture next.

[NoelVilla]

So shit right now. I am happy I have other plans Saturday night. Will be carnage.

[est1874]

Some questions need answering after that.

• Is Maatsen really an upgrade on Alex Moreno? How on earth did we spend 37.5m on this guy when he can't justify a single start right now? And we give Moreno to Forest for a free season, who ironically are tearing it up
• Why do we persist trying Watkins and Duran up top together? It doesn't work 
• Why do we play in first gear all game? It's like walking football, as some people said
• Why does Bailey get a pass to keep starting games? He has done nothing all season and is, quite frankly, awful
• Are Kamara and Mings really fit to be starting Champions League matches?
• Is Diego Carlos actually a footballer?

[LxYoungAVFC]

Feel sorry for the travelling fans. They deserved better.

[Pongo Waring]

Just now, R.Bear said:

We've got problems and I don't want to hear any bullshit excuses like small squad blah blah blah.

Surrendering that League Cup tie was a disgrace and looks even more ridiculous now. And as it often the case when we hit bad form, we have the worst possible fixture next.

We should of played a stronger side/stronger bench against Palace for sure. A win and quarter final draw would of been massive for the players and fans confidence.

Right now I don't get why he keeps trying Duran and Watkins uptop and losing the teams shape. 

[grobs]

The football we are playing is absolute horror. This is every bit the same as what Gerrard was at the moment 

[foreveryoung]

Never seen a CL team play that bad. Even Man City looked half decent losing 4-1.

[Davkaus]

Just now, grobs said:

The football we are playing is absolute horror. This is every bit the same as what Gerrard was at the moment 

In isolated games, sure. But one man kept that style up for over a year, and the other took us to heights we haven't seen in 40 years.

I'm absolutely **** livid about the shit I've just watched, but if there's one man to put it right, it's Emery. We definitely need a reset though, and I fear it's going to get worse before it gets better. Play like that at the weekend and Liverpool will put 8 past us. I don't think I even want to watch.

[tonyh29]

A disgusting performance  , even worse than the Palace  non event  

players need a long hard look at themselves 

yous oissed off in Bruges 

[villa4europe]

Twice in a week I've seen us to a man not give a single **** and phone a performance in

Not acceptable at the best of times but when we're not winning the league games around those games is not **** good enough 

[CVByrne]

Have to say, our form collapse has come out of the blue.

We need this international break and a reset

We're in good positions in League and Champions League if we can regroup 

[Davkaus]

**** disgrace that, and I mean us, not the ref.

[jimmygreaves]

Just now, Pongo Waring said:

Right now I don't get why he keeps trying Duran and Watkins uptop and losing the teams shape. 

Abso-f'kin-lutely

Also why isn't Kamara the holding midfielder and Teilemens pushed forward?

[villa4europe]

1 minute ago, foreveryoung said:

Never seen a CL team play that bad. Even Man City looked half decent losing 4-1.

Ive seen teams look that bad, even worse ( I watched Celtic Vs Dortmund...) but to look that lazy and like they don't care?

Our 4th CL game and it looked like it was an inconvenience during a tough week in the PL, we played like we didn't want to be there 

[bose]

Every Villa out there should get refunded from the club. Dreadful lack of application, just unacceptable.

[Davkaus]

3 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said:

Right now I don't get why he keeps trying Duran and Watkins uptop and losing the teams shape. 

Turned off when that happened. Absolutely unsurprised that nothing changed.

[kidlewis]

Absolutely shocking from the players, that’s three rubbish performances in a row. 

hope Unai makes them walk back home. 

[Wainy316]

Garde’s 15/16 team would have put up a better fight than that