Aston Villa (H) 2/4/22 - Build-Up & Match Thread

[The Bear]

I've since found a much more up to date CNBC stream.

 

[Alan]

I've since found a much more up to date CNBC stream.

Same comms as me, then!

 

[The Bear]

Great tackle from Marcal just inside the box then.

 

[The Bear]

Same comms as me, then!

All the English streams have the same World Feed comms of Oatley/Osman.

 

[Alan]

Neat!

Been great to see Boly back at his best.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Jonny is so good you could probably stick him in central midfield and he'd be like a fish to water.

As it is, I'd go Jonny LWB and Nelson RWB.

This post aged well!

 

[The Bear]

Will be happy to get to HT 1-0 up. We look neat in possession but still a bit toothless. With Villa attacking regularly.

This ref doesn't want to give us much!

 

[t3ch]

Luls Ashley

 

[Alan]

Marçal really can put in a good cross, I don’t care what anyone says.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Lovely stuff

 

[The Bear]

Lol get in Ashley.

Only could have been better if it was Mingings.

 

[Jinky]

Bruno selecting Marcal is a tactical masterclass - knowing that Ashley Young would come on due to an injury and then sticking one in his own net. Beautiful stuff!

 

[Throbber3]

interesting finish from Young

Marcal doing ok today

 

[The Bear]

Marcal's 2nd cross for an assist for an OG this season. His first at home against Watford.

 

[The Bear]

I have a love/hate with being 2-0 up.

It feels comfortable, but one slip and it's 2-1 and you're bang under pressure of throwing two points or even more away (see Leeds).

 

[Jinky]

Now if we could keep 11 players on the pitch and not throw the three points away, that would be excellent.

 

[The Bear]

Podence always gets smacked round the head, purely because his head height is everyone else's arm/elbow height

 

[The Bear]

Kin hell Trincao, square that back and it's a tap in.

 

[Alan]

Fabio has been great.

 

[The Bear]

Fabio has been great.

He's done well. So have all the front three tbf.