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Offline Nev

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #60 on: February 13, 2019, 12:49:59 PM »
The thing With  a new stadium how do you make it have the charm character and and intensity of the old one?
Well, some things you can't replace ... buildings that've been around since the year dot and so on.  I often think, though, that as far as new grounds go the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is really nice and seems to generate an intense atmosphere, the couple of times I've been anyway.

It helps that the Cardiff stadium is in the City Centre, it's those soulless bowls on retail parks that have little going for them. The uniform way in which they are designed doesn't help, plonk yourself in St Mary's/Stoke/'Boro and you'll find it hard to distinguish which is which. The new Spurs ground has something different in that one end is a single tier, breaking up that sweep of seating that is so popular these days and this is something that should be done more often. The flourish of a gable, a grand tunnel or distinct end always helps a ground gain character, sponsored names don't help either. Ashburton Grove always sat well with the history and grandeur of Arsenal, likewise Eastlands sounds better than the rather parochial City Of Manchester Stadium.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #61 on: February 13, 2019, 01:15:23 PM »
Brentford are just better than us

That must be why they're flirting with relegation.

Let's not talk them up beyond what they. We took the "little cog that didn't matter" in Smith which proved he mattered a good deal. We're not going with a manager with shit for brains who will pair the slowest midfield in history like last time.

They're a poor side. Let's get back to what we can do and get back on course.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #62 on: February 13, 2019, 01:19:09 PM »
Brentford are just better than us

That must be why they're flirting with relegation.

Let's not talk them up beyond what they. We took the "little cog that didn't matter" in Smith which proved he mattered a good deal. We're not going with a manager with shit for brains who will pair the slowest midfield in history like last time.

They're a poor side. Let's get back to what we can do and get back on course.

They're 11 points clear of relegation, and have massively improved of late.  Their defeat to Forest was their first loss in 10 games.

If they beat us tonight, they'll be four points behind us, with a game in hand, so careful about that relegation chat!

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #63 on: February 13, 2019, 01:21:46 PM »
Their forum seemes worried enough (they were talking about focusing on the 5th round).

Either way,they're not better than us and the idea that I must resign myself to test because we're playing Brentford is just odd.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #64 on: February 13, 2019, 01:24:41 PM »
Their forum seemes worried enough (they were talking about focusing on the 5th round).

Either way,they're not better than us and the idea that I must resign myself to test because we're playing Brentford is just odd.

No you're right, they're not, and the league table doesn't lie.  I expect them to play better than us tonight and beat us though.  We've been awful for weeks.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #65 on: February 13, 2019, 01:27:38 PM »
No I fully agree we've not been right. We're not our usual level of awful though that we've come to expect over these past 8 years.

We score plenty and we're very tough to beat, even when we're incredibly sporting.

Form changes. Friday was remarkable in a number of ways. They extreme lack of quality and the extreme turnaround.

What's clear is we're best at putting sides under. I hope we attack tonight, as they'll buckle.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #66 on: February 13, 2019, 01:31:39 PM »
Sheff Utd form to 81 mins = 3-0 defeat

Sheff Utd form 81-90 = 3-0 victory

Obvs

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #67 on: February 13, 2019, 01:34:01 PM »
I'm mostly expecting another gubbing tonight, although I'm still hopeful of us somehow snaffling another point. Folk complain that this league is shite, but I think that's a conclusion drawn from our own level of incompetence. I'm just thankful that we've managed to amass enough points now for guaranteed mid-table mediocrity & not a potential plunge towards the depths. Meh.

2-1 Brentford.

That’s the spirit.

But surely you can see their point? At least a little bit anyway. We aren't a very good team. Certainly nowhere near good enough for the playoffs, currently.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #68 on: February 13, 2019, 01:35:43 PM »
Sheff Utd form to 81 mins = 3-0 defeat

Sheff Utd form 81-90 = 3-0 victory

Obvs

If we get the Sheffield United 82-94 first then we may have enough to be crap the rest of the game and win.

Not many sides are as mental as us and have gift to get back into a game from nowhere.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #69 on: February 13, 2019, 01:44:02 PM »
3-1 to them. We're utter wank.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #70 on: February 13, 2019, 01:51:00 PM »
The sun is shining, the Cider is cold and I’ve got a night off work. 5-0 Villa. Tammy x3, SJM and Taylor.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #71 on: February 13, 2019, 02:07:35 PM »
Nice sunny and mild day here in W5.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #72 on: February 13, 2019, 02:56:59 PM »
need a win and we have been poor recently, if we can (and that is a big IF) keep a clean sheet then I expect us to win as we have a few goals in us...

2 nil Villa or McGrath forbid a 4-4 as we have had a 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and a 5-5  :)

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #73 on: February 13, 2019, 03:00:56 PM »
Sheff Utd form to 81 mins = 3-0 defeat

Sheff Utd form 81-90 = 3-0 victory

Obvs

If we get the Sheffield United 82-94 first then we may have enough to be crap the rest of the game and win

Not many sides are as mental as us and have gift to get back into a game from nowhere.
Have to agree with both of you on this.

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Re: Brentford vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #74 on: February 13, 2019, 03:07:57 PM »
The sun is shining, the Cider is cold and I’ve got a night off work. 5-0 Villa. Tammy x3, SJM and Taylor.

Thats the spirit Bob Marley!

 


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