The prestigious UEFA cup ( europa league) 20/21

Vilareal and Maccabi Tel Aviv suspended till at least 9pm due to a deluge in Spain

Jesus that was poor. Bitton not great again.

Woeful 3 minutes from Celtic.

Alan Thompson is insufferable on co-commentary. But thatā€™s the least of my concerns for now.

Itā€™s on Virgin Media 2 as well. Donā€™t think itā€™s Alan Thompson on Co-Com there.

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Iā€™ve Alan Stubbs on BT. Is that who youā€™re on about ?

Yes, thatā€™s a scouse accent on reflection rather than a geordie one.

Insufferable is a fair description

Heā€™s meant to make snappy interjections but heā€™s waffling on for ages.

That was very unlucky. Fantastic pass by Christie and a great run by Elyounoussi.

Some ball by Christie there.

Shut the fuck up Stubbsy

Jesus christ

Duffy is out of his depth.

Fucking hell

McGregor was poor there too .

That 17 year old lad terrorising Duffy looks like a right good player.

Thatā€™s an awful half.

Frimpong has been good. Laxalt decent. Centre backs are rotten. Midfield useless. No control of the game at all. Nothing from Brown when weā€™re struggling. McGregor should be taking control but heā€™s too passive. Rogic getting pushed off it too easily. Elyounoussi very hit and miss. Good pass from Christie but wasteful otherwise. Edouard taking far too much out of it.

Second goal from Christie losing it poorly. Frimpong probably pissed off at that after heā€™d gone ahead but he took an age coming back. No shape at all in our midfield and defenders coming back just like Milan at home.

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Time to address Edouard too. He looks like he needs someone beside him. But we cant afford to so that. The whole 3-5-2 was to accommodate that and it really didnā€™t work at the back or up front.

Yeah I donā€™t think the front four have been great individually or collectively, but the two centre backs and the two holding midfield players are a bit all over the place alright. Thereā€™s a lack of mobility there too, we look very open and slow when they break. Agreed that was weak by Christie for the second goal, he seemed to try to take the ball across his opponent but wasnā€™t strong enough to get in front of him. McGregor then sold himself at the end of the move, but there were other chances to stop it. The start to the game had been fairly promising too. Iā€™m not ruling out a 3-2 Celtic here yet, although thereā€™s no reason to think the others wonā€™t be able to score on the counter attack.

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Bitton should have blocked the cross. Brown should have headed it wide instead of just behind him. McGregor should have done much better on his challenge.

revised KO time of 9 10pm in villareal