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Author Topic: Press-ing forward at the speed of light  (Read 2505 times)

Online dave.woodhall

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« Last Edit: October 21, 2018, 02:29:45 PM by dave.woodhall »

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2018, 02:38:22 PM »
The headline Dave has been looking forward to writing and we have been looking forward to reading after recent weeks. Good piece and also a fantastic old image of Villa Park thrown in. Where can I get one of those pictures?

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2018, 02:39:26 PM »
The only thing I would hope is that if we do get promoted we are able to sign Abraham permanently. We really do love our centre forwards at Villa Park and as this kid fills out and develops he’s going to be a real star. He’d be £40-£50m well spent.

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2018, 07:40:19 PM »
Short and sweetly summed up. Not sure about Abraham TV if we do go up but that's a discussion for another time and another place.
« Last Edit: October 21, 2018, 08:02:11 PM by olaftab »

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2018, 07:59:00 PM »
Spot on

I agree the biggest difference was the almost complete lack of "side to side side to Elmo and then PUNT down the line"

I'd say they'd worked on it in training but I think they mostly did off the ball work so it was probably as much about the attitude as anything

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2018, 09:27:25 AM »
Another brilliant read Dave.

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2018, 10:06:23 AM »
Another great press Dave, nice words about Doug. Also congratulations on reaching 50k posts, I thought I was doing well getting to 1k!

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2018, 10:29:06 AM »
Didn't realise we had Norwich away before QPR away. 2 matches in 3 days, both away, so it looks like jist Monday, maybe Tuesday morning for training and that's it, assuming the team don't come back to Birmingham after Norwich and go straight to London.

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2018, 10:59:26 AM »
Love the last line.

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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2018, 01:07:45 PM »
The headline Dave has been looking forward to writing and we have been looking forward to reading after recent weeks. Good piece and also a fantastic old image of Villa Park thrown in. Where can I get one of those pictures?

I've looked for that image before.  Found it here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1920&bih=1009&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=27zNW4PfEaXKgAb4lL3wDQ&q=Villa+Park+tram+painting&oq=Villa+Park+tram+painting&gs_l=img.3...3118.10380.0.10778.26.25.1.0.0.0.301.2465.12j9j0j1.22.0....0...1c.1.64.img..3.12.1662...0j0i67k1j0i8i30k1j0i30k1j0i24k1.0.sQ4yd1_tuIQ#imgrc=j6hlr3cMYoH-iM:


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Re: Press-ing forward at the speed of light
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2018, 02:24:33 PM »
The headline Dave has been looking forward to writing and we have been looking forward to reading after recent weeks. Good piece and also a fantastic old image of Villa Park thrown in. Where can I get one of those pictures?

I've looked for that image before.  Found it here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1920&bih=1009&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=27zNW4PfEaXKgAb4lL3wDQ&q=Villa+Park+tram+painting&oq=Villa+Park+tram+painting&gs_l=img.3...3118.10380.0.10778.26.25.1.0.0.0.301.2465.12j9j0j1.22.0....0...1c.1.64.img..3.12.1662...0j0i67k1j0i8i30k1j0i30k1j0i24k1.0.sQ4yd1_tuIQ#imgrc=j6hlr3cMYoH-iM:

You used to be able to buy a postcard of that image!

 


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