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Author Topic: Easter in Como (hoping that the NEXT GENeration is better than the previous)  (Read 5404 times)

Offline Archie

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It's well known that if you are not a glory hunter Villa is the club n° 1 in the world, and if you are (glory hunter) you have chosen the wrong team

At Villa we won't win many trophies but surely we don't risk to annoy.
First of all, we are not arrogant.
We don't want to buy the best players in order to win easy. Where Liverpool have Coutinho, we have Barry Bannan, where they have Gerrard, we have Sylla.
It's so exciting. . .

And we always give a hope to our opponents. Every game we have 15 minutes of complete black out (normally in the second half) in which our manager fells asleep, the players limit to belt the ball clear, and the opponents smell the blood, they know that they can score one, two, or three goals, it is all (and only) a question of time.
This is the main reason why managers like Alex Ferguson are so glad to play at Villa Park. 

And we also are a charitable institution: we go all around the world, for instance to Holland, we pick two players, one CM and one CD, that are depressed because in Italy wouldn't play even in Fourth Division, and we tell them: "hey mates, we make your dreams to come true, you are in Premier League now.
Mister Vlaar, let me introduce to you to el Senor  Suarez.       
Mister El Ahmadi, the ball is that white or yellow spherical  object, you can even try to hit it".
 
But in the Next Gen Series all change.
In that competition, you really have a good team, some promising players, for instance a gifted and tricky winger like Jack Grealish, and a midfielder that knows the art to pass the ball like Samir Carruthers.

So, you can't miss  the fantastic occasion to follow the boys in claret and blue in a beautiful small city, Como, laid on the banks of a lake with  excellent wineries, to see the Next Gen Series Semi finals.








Como have an old, maybe decadent, but  proper english-style football ground




With the Villa staff attending Arsenal Chelsea.




The perspective from  the bench.




Tactics repetition before the start of the extra times (ok, they only said: "come on" and "calm down", Lambert docet).




After the game, with the MOM Jack Grealish, the new hero.

   
« Last Edit: April 01, 2013, 02:21:24 PM by Archie »

Offline eastie

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Great stuff Archie!

Online Billy Walker

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Great pictures Archie.  I so hope the young lads win today.

Offline Archie

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I also hope, but realistically I know that it will be difficult as Chelsea have a strong squad with two or three players ready for the Premier, beginning from Baker. 

Offline arnie66

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Lake Como's a shithole....I wanna go home .........

Come on you Villa youngsters


Online Billy Walker

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Give them a shout from me lads.

Offline villasjf

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2 - 0 Villa 2 Pens well done the Villa

Online eamonn

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Grande Archie! Bravo.

Offline frank

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I also hope, but realistically I know that it will be difficult as Chelsea have a strong squad with two or three players ready for the Premier, beginning from Baker.
But we outplayed them and they couldn't match the class of Grealish and Robinson or get the better of Donacien. And most of our players are British too.

Offline Ron Manager

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Well that was extremely impressive. An organised Villa side who could defend well. Impresive peformance from Carruthers in midfield. In the Lisbon semi I thought he came across as a Billy Big Potatoes arguing with the ref  far too much But he was excellent throughout in the final and can deal with the physical side to the game.

Obviously Robinson and Grealish stood out because they have the skill but Brad Watkins was excellent in both games and Barton looked as if he might have something.

Burke took his penalties well but only looks a possible Championship player with his general play

All in all it was a pleasure to watch and shows the club is developing some considerable talent.

Offline PeterWithe

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Well done lads, suberb

Offline Ron Manager

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Mods can you merge the two threads please

Online bob rowe

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Well done lads, at least we'll end the season with some silverware.

Offline nigel

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European Champions, again  :)

Offline Dave Clark Five

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I also hope, but realistically I know that it will be difficult as Chelsea have a strong squad with two or three players ready for the Premier, beginning from Baker.
But we outplayed them and they couldn't match the class of Grealish and Robinson or get the better of Donacien. And most of our players are British too.
This was a point that was made when we played them in the Youth Cup. It would probably be the biggest game that most of the Chelsea players would ever play in, such was the remote chance they would ever get into the first team.

 


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