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Online dave.woodhall

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Press-ed into history
« on: November 10, 2014, 12:57:07 AM »

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2014, 07:29:39 AM »
Good article and utterly utterly depressing to face the reality of it all.

Regarding BFR I honestly thought he would turn it round and wasn't sure about Sir Brian at first, not familiar with him as a player, to me  he seemed totally glum and low key after the exuberance and high profile of Big Ron. Thankfully he more than proved his credentials and character as he established his own team and  provided us with pretty much four years of bliss and a consistent level of high performances. My two favourite Villa bosses back to back and arguably the two best sides we've had in my time as a supporter. The only other ones that come close are the Graham Taylor team of 1990 that finished runners-up and the MON team.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2014, 07:35:23 AM »
Yes good article Dave. Oh wouldn't it be great to have that injection of flair and resilience we achieved under Little.
As said above we had a really great spell with Ron, then to have Little come in and do what he did was brilliant.

I can't see a turning point at the moment, like you said it was a good result on Saturday, but I feel so beaten and drained of belief, I can't see us building on it and other than trying to squeeze another stalemate from the next game.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2014, 07:38:59 AM »
Yes good article Dave. Oh wouldn't it be great to have that injection of flair and resilience we achieved under Little.
As said above we had a really great spell with Ron, then to have Little come in and do what he did was brilliant.

I can't see a turning point at the moment, like you said it was a good result on Saturday, but I feel so beaten and drained of belief, I can't see us building on it and other than trying to squeeze another stalemate from the next game.

Like I said in another post we seem incapable either tactically or technically of beating teams that are cannon fodder. Newcastle did it to us late last season, the only game they won in about 10 matches but those three points acted as a cushion for them, same as Spurs who beat us last Sunday yet lost again yesterday. We are everybodys dream to play regardless of whatever form they are in but we seem incapable of snatching a win at all. The minute we score - if we score - it feels like we retreat back to our own goal and try and hold out but its always a matter of time before we concede.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2014, 08:20:10 AM »
Mentioning Grealish and Okore has reminded me, why did we have two center halves on the bench? Unless Vlaar and Baker were both carrying knocks, one of those spots could have gone to Grealish.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2014, 09:31:49 AM »
Good article and doesn't that all seem light years away. I remember being gutted that Ron had gone, recall his interview on Central News where he said something like "yesterday I was trying to buy Collymore , today I'm out buying Cauliflower ". Always the joker and showman .

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2014, 09:51:47 AM »
A good, honest article Dave.

Helps to confirm that it's quite a bit shit all round, but with a tad more eloquence.
:-)

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2014, 10:16:21 AM »
Can someone please remind me of the score at home against Wimbledon. I need cheering up.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2014, 10:22:11 AM »
7-1

Offline rob_bridge

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2014, 10:30:08 AM »
7-1

And about 24k present.

A horrible day weatherwise.

They had about 150 fans and some started doing the conga when the 6th one went in.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2014, 10:44:00 AM »
Yeah, I remember they started cheering the Villa goals and responded to our "we want ten" chant with a cry of "we want two".

I think we beat them five-nil the year after too, looking like genuine title contenders for about two days before a rotten home defeat by Chelsea.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2014, 10:54:11 AM »
The Wimbledon fans also chanted, "1-7, 1-7....." and, "Villa, Villa what's the score, Villa what's the score!" Happy days indeed.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2014, 11:11:26 AM »
What i'd give for a Brian Little to step in right now.

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2014, 11:24:43 AM »
Thanks for depressing me Mr Woodhall!

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Re: Press-ed into history
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2014, 11:30:44 AM »
   
7-1 vs Wimbledon

 


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