by Colly » Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:21 pm
Very late report from me (since I got home at 3am and am knackered), but I'm now 2 for 2 this season for stupid midweek late away kickoffs so they should give me tickets...
Wasn't expecting anything, but to return to the superb pressing game was brilliant and exactly how we should be playing for 60 minutes. We did flag though as usual and we're crying out for subs, the last 20 minutes were awful and we were lucky with that tight offside flag. Burn looked shattered as did Trippier, both could have gone (or been shuffled as Burn did when Tino came on) and it does make you wonder why we let Manquillo go if he's fit? We should be being proactive, not reacting really late to their scary attacking subs.
Murphy looked good again, and I'll echo a few in saying he was never as bad as some thought and even in his "bad" spell he was still quite productive at the level we were at, but I never thought he'd get as good as he is. I always thought he'd be one of the first casualties of the takeover, but he's earned his spot and he's so bloody likeable.
Defensively excellent throughout until tiredness kicked in, and Schar continues to be our best value for money signing ever. Few key saves from Dubravka too.
Villa Park a nice old fashioned ground, to the extent that the commentary gantry was at the back of the away fans. We arrived so stupidly early we just missed out on a photo with Ally McCoist who we thought was just a fan getting a photo until he climbed up the ladder. At full time though he returned with Townsend and Le Saux, Townsend getting audibly annoyed that he was going to be chatting to us all night before they went back up to find an alternative route (or hide?).
Hope we never adopt the fire and "phone light show" though. Cringeworthy.
Very late report from me (since I got home at 3am and am knackered), but I'm now 2 for 2 this season for stupid midweek late away kickoffs so they should give me tickets...
Wasn't expecting anything, but to return to the superb pressing game was brilliant and exactly how we should be playing for 60 minutes. We did flag though as usual and we're crying out for subs, the last 20 minutes were awful and we were lucky with that tight offside flag. Burn looked shattered as did Trippier, both could have gone (or been shuffled as Burn did when Tino came on) and it does make you wonder why we let Manquillo go if he's fit? We should be being proactive, not reacting really late to their scary attacking subs.
Murphy looked good again, and I'll echo a few in saying he was never as bad as some thought and even in his "bad" spell he was still quite productive at the level we were at, but I never thought he'd get as good as he is. I always thought he'd be one of the first casualties of the takeover, but he's earned his spot and he's so bloody likeable.
Defensively excellent throughout until tiredness kicked in, and Schar continues to be our best value for money signing ever. Few key saves from Dubravka too.
Villa Park a nice old fashioned ground, to the extent that the commentary gantry was at the back of the away fans. We arrived so stupidly early we just missed out on a photo with Ally McCoist who we thought was just a fan getting a photo until he climbed up the ladder. At full time though he returned with Townsend and Le Saux, Townsend getting audibly annoyed that he was going to be chatting to us all night before they went back up to find an alternative route (or hide?).
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Hope we never adopt the fire and "phone light show" though. Cringeworthy.
