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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on January 11, 2013, 06:24:56 PM
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@AVFCOfficial: VILLA: Guzan, Clark, Stevens, Baker, Lowton, Holman, Weimann, Westwood, Delph, N’Zogbia, Benteke. #AVFCLIVE
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@AVFCOfficial: Subs: Marshall, Vlaar, Ireland, Lichaj, Agbonlahor, Bowery, Bannan. #AVFCLIVE
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That would be a decent bench if the first team was a bit better.
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Does any one know if the game is on Radio in West Mids?
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Huge game - we need to start well today.
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Ugh how did Delph keep his place? Otherwise, Stevens deserves a chance (Bennett was indeed horrible), good to see Vlaar on the bench and Westwood back is very welcome.
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Great, Delph starts, despite the absence of any evidence that he's actually a footballer at all.
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Does any one know if the game is on Radio in West Mids?
Doubt it as we are at home, I think I heard absolute radio have it live on national radio though today .
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Bit surprised Delph is starting,about time he gave us a good performance so let's hope it's today
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Hmm, Vlaar on bench. Probably just easing his way back to full fitness rather than rushing. Hopefully we don't need him today but I'd be more confident if he was playing.
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Joe Bennett has just tweeted he is at home ill.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Bent has ligament strain will miss the Albion game too.
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One thing we can rely on with Delph is that he will no doubt pick up a yellow card
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Delph probably doesn't deserve to start based on current form, but I think he actually has the potential to become a decent Premier League footballer. That view is mostly based on performances in the tail end of the 2010/11 season, mind.
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Hmm, Vlaar on bench. Probably just easing his way back to full fitness rather than rushing. Hopefully we don't need him today but I'd be more confident if he was playing.
If we need him it will probably be because we're losing, but it might be too late as we' ll have to score
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Do or die game this for lambert in my opinion- we cannot afford another tepid wiganesque display - vital we don't concede early.
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One thing we can rely on with Delph is that he will no doubt pick up a yellow card
I've got 16th minute in the sweepstake.
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I'm very nervous for Villa today. Our confidence took a big hit over the Christmas fixtures, maybe even more deflated after Tuesday. Can't say im looking forward to today's game.
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Clark and baker look dodgy formwise, vlaar must have been struggling or I think if at all possible lambert would have started him.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
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QPR have another point, we definitely must not lose today.
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At least Bennett is sick. Shame he hasn't spent the last few days sneezing all over Delph, mind. If Lambert keeps giving him a starting place I'm going to need to enquire about the cost of taking out a hit on him.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
That seems more palatable to an H&V match thread.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
That seems more palatable to an H&V match thread.
Not enough swearing though. Must do better.
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STH but missing in action today... the trip to Bradford on Tuesday sent me on my way with a week-off-work dose of (non-man) flu. Any links to useful streams once kick-off arrives, much appreciated. Ta
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
I know what you mean, I find him a really tidy player. He needs to work on his tackling though. There's definitely are good player in there, he just needs confidence. Some of the goals he scored for dirty Leeds were amazing, regardless of their division.
Afternoon by the way everybody.
Fucking come on Villa.
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Nervous
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I'm more hopeful with Holman and Westwood back, not to forget Vlaar on bench.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
That seems more palatable to an H&V match thread.
Not enough swearing though. Must do better.
And you can fluff off, you silly sausage.
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We need to start on the front foot and take our chances. If we start as we did against Wigan the result could very well be the same. Like everyone feels, Delph is a liability but the idea is that he will provide some protection to the back four and allow Westwood to push forward. And like everyone, I'm not sure what Villa we'll see and I'm bricking it...just a little
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
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No Bent in the squad... But Balsa Ron on the bench. I may regret saying this but I quite like Delph.
Repent heathen!
Ummm. I hate everyone?
That seems more palatable to an H&V match thread.
Not enough swearing though. Must do better.
And you can fluff off, you silly sausage.
Well I've never been so offended in all my life. How dare you.
I want to like Delph, I just can't cause he's never once had a good game for us in 3 years. Maybe today's the day.
Must win this one.
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To my ears at least, fluff off sounds very rude.
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
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Absolute must win game today, come on me babbies!!
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Just do it Villa.
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
As will Holman.
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I'm more hopeful with Holman and Westwood back, not to forget Vlaar on bench.
Me too.
Come on Villa!!!!!!!!!!
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
I hope so. C'mon Delph prove us wrong.
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
And paraglide onto the pitch.
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
And paraglide onto the pitch.
like Father Christmas in 1998 (I think...)
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
With his right foot...
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Delph to get booked. I might have a bet on it.
...and to give the ball away numerous times at first sign of pressure.
he'll also score.
And paraglide onto the pitch.
He wants to cut that part of his game out, the foofy showboater.
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I feel physically sick
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Right time for action- see you at half time , lets hope we are 3-0 up by then.
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I feel physically sick
Shitting my pants.
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We will win this.
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Mark Halsey. Brilliant.
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live stream, anyone?
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I wanna see some passion from Lambert today, instead of his usual bored look
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well i thought our huddle was better than theirs so that's a good start
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I wanna see some passion from Lambert today, instead of his usual bored look
I don't care what he looks like, as long as the team is winning. Frankly, I'd rather him looking a bit calmer - he either looks mental with delight or sulking in misery on the touchline.
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Mark Halsey. Brilliant.
I feel we will be down to 10 men within 10 minutes
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decent looking crowd
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Good hussle Zog.
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Well, we aren't losing yet, so that's already an improvement on the Wigan game.
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I hate that slowed down version of when the saints go marching in
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Nice bright start.
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Bright start.
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Positive start, an early goal would be nice!
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I wanna see some passion from Lambert today, instead of his usual bored look
I don't care what he looks like, as long as the team is winning. Frankly, I'd rather him looking a bit calmer - he either looks mental with delight or sulking in misery on the touchline.
You've got to agree he needs a shave? He looks like he should be spending his afternoons, down the bookies, placing 20p patents and screaming at the multiple tv screens.
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They look well flaky at the back.
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Benteke looks up for it.
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Wouldn't it be nice if we won 3-0?
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Benteke looks up for it.
They should all be up for it, if not then they can feck right off...
Afternoon chaps
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Wouldn't it be nice if we won 3-0?
It would!!
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Delph with a great tackle!
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Wouldn't it be nice if we won 3-0?
I would take 1-0 mate, tell ya any point is looking like a good one at the moment.
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Word-eating time with Delph so far, looking good.
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We need to get at Clyne, he looks as nervous as a cat in a rocking horse factory.
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Delph times a tackle for once. Next time, he wont, and he'll get a card.
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Wouldn't it be nice if we won 3-0?
I would take 1-0 mate, tell ya any point is looking like a good one at the moment.
A point today wouldn't be a good point, it's a must win I'm afraid.
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I wanna see some passion from Lambert today, instead of his usual bored look
I don't care what he looks like, as long as the team is winning. Frankly, I'd rather him looking a bit calmer - he either looks mental with delight or sulking in misery on the touchline.
You've got to agree he needs a shave? He looks like he should be spending his afternoons, down the bookies, placing 20p patents and screaming at the multiple tv screens.
Agreed. The tracksuit just adds to the whole thing. A suit with no tie and it could look all trendy, but with trackies? Not a good look.
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Delph times a tackle for once. Next time, he wont, and he'll get a card.
Now now.
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We need to to stop the silly free kicks around our area, it's been a feature of the season so far.
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delph started brilliant
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If anyone fancies PMing me with a useful link I will be eternally grateful...
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Wouldn't it be nice if we won 3-0?
I would take 1-0 mate, tell ya any point is looking like a good one at the moment.
A point today wouldn't be a good point, it's a must win I'm afraid.
Sadly you are right, I think a point here would be as good as 5 chucked away.
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Sunderland 1-0 up.Sigh
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No links today?
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If anyone fancies PMing me with a useful link I will be eternally grateful...
You have mail.
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No links today?
We are not allowed to post links
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care to share?
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Stevens needs to get back quicker when he goes forward. Left a big gap there.
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Southampton have a bitch of a run of games after today, if we beat them they could be cut adrift in 4 games time.
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care to share?
Indeed
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It's a bit pedestrian, this, isn't it?
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Sunderland 1-0 up.Sigh
What they have is players that are established at this level. When they were in trouble they could draw on that experience to get themselves free of it. Now he's also paying them a king's ransom and so as we are the club is screwed down the road off course. Seb Larsson got the goal and it was a belter. One thing they have is the ability to score from long range out of midfield.
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I think a WIBBLE will help here today...
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Reading one down to the baggies
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Afternoon all. Nice and boring so far, thankfully.
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Sunderland 1 - 0 West Sham
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WBA winning.
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Good show from the Southampton fans there.
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looking at the first 20 mins I think this game is winnable. We just need to find a bit of composure and quality from somewhere.
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They're starting to get a grip.
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WBA winning.
Or to put it more relevantly for us, Reading are losing!
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Good show from the Southampton fans there.
Indeed, although I don't think that was ever in doubt today.
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Fuck these guys, we can win here.
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WBA winning.
It feel shit to be thinking 'good' about the stripy fuckers winning.
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They're starting to get a grip.
For those of us without a stream, there's only one thing wrong with this post...
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WBA winning.
Or to put it more relevantly for us, Reading are losing!
Quite.How depressing
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Ricky Lambert is starting to cause us some problems
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It's a bit pedestrian, this, isn't it?
Watching the Norwich - Newcastle and it's not pedestrian at all. Norwich are quick and pass nicely. A team built by Lambert in the main. I know time is as rare as Randy's money these days, but it does make you wonder if he did get two years getting in the players he wants how we'd look. I believe he's as much fighting the players that he's lumbered with from the previous three manager's as much as the general malaise over the club. It will take more than 7 months to rid that.
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FFS our defence look like a load of schoolboys hacking wildly at the ball, all over the place.
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Ricky Lambert is starting to cause us some problems
He's a class player.
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Wigan loosing
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Wigan losing....it gets better slowly
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That's more like the Delph that I know.
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It's a bit pedestrian, this, isn't it?
Watching the Norwich - Newcastle and it's not pedestrian at all. Norwich are quick and pass nicely. A team built by Lambert in the main. I know time is as rare as Randy's money these days, but it does make you wonder if he did get two years getting in the players he wants how we'd look. I believe he's as much fighting the players that he's lumbered with from the previous three manager's as much as the general malaise over the club. It will take more than 7 months to rid that.
Don't get me wrong, I think he should get the time, but he's going to need money, and really quickly, too.
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FFS our defence look like a load of schoolboys hacking wildly at the ball, all over the place.
Theirs doesn't look much better
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We've won a throw in, lets build on it!
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That's more like the Delph that I know.
He's playing well so far
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They're starting to get a grip.
For those of us without a stream, there's only one thing wrong with this post...
The fact that it's 'they' as opposed to 'we'?
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I'd like us to win this game.
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It's a bit pedestrian, this, isn't it?
Watching the Norwich - Newcastle and it's not pedestrian at all. Norwich are quick and pass nicely. A team built by Lambert in the main. I know time is as rare as Randy's money these days, but it does make you wonder if he did get two years getting in the players he wants how we'd look. I believe he's as much fighting the players that he's lumbered with from the previous three manager's as much as the general malaise over the club. It will take more than 7 months to rid that.
Don't get me wrong, I think he should get the time, but he's going to need money, and really quickly, too.
Whoever is manager at the moment will need time to build a new squad, and that will take time.
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They're starting to get a grip.
For those of us without a stream, there's only one thing wrong with this post...
The fact that it's 'they' as opposed to 'we'?
Ah thank you Jimbo, that's better, now I understand and am on your wavelength! ;-)
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I see Southampton are doing that devlish tactic of attacking our left flank.
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I'd like us to win this game.
Post of the day.
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for those without a picture i can confirm that we do not have Southampton on the rack
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The midfield need to come short to give our defence options to pass to. We just seem to be hitting and hoping at the moment.
Get Westwood and Weimann on the ball!
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
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I'd like us to win this game.
Me too :)
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I'd like us to win this game.
Post of the day.
Thank you.
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
They've certainly been on top for the last ten minutes or so, but there's not much in it.
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
Much as I think Murphy is a dick, they kind of are at the moment.
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
What game is he watching?
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
For the last 15 minutes, they have.
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Southampton running the game according to our friend Pat Murphy
Much as I think Murphy is a dick, they kind of are at the moment.
I'd hardly say they're running thee game to be fair.
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Benteke's developing a habit of being a bit careless with his elbows..
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Fecking calamity
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Fuck. Penalty.
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Penalty Southampton
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Halsey. The ******.
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Dive.
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Here we fucking go.....
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Fuck off Halsey. No contact at all.
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That's the worst defending of all time.
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here we go
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Diving ******.
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Fulham are having a good season...
Opta Joe on Twitter: "Giorgios Karagounis' goal for Fulham is the 600th scored in the Premier League so far in 2012-13."
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No contact at all. Diving dirty southampton bastard.
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That should have been cleared before, no penalty though. ffs!!!
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Fuck it.
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And here we go...
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Diving prick
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Shit.
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Fucking robbery.
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That's the most avoidable goal I've ever seen. That's just horrifying.
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FUCK
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Thoroughly predictable.
Terrible defending from Delph and Baker.
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Diving ******, cheating bastard...
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Now we need something like a miracle. or did we use up our miracle against Swansea?
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Fucking diving ******.
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I'm convinced that it began with McLeish where he almost sent the team out not to lose. We just sat deeper and deeper and now it has become a confidence thing. That as soon as the opposition try and step it up we don't have the ability like say Man U do and hit them on the counter as a warning never to do it again. When we now drop deeper there is no real counter to speak of so the opposition gets more and more confident and us the opposite,
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Not a penalty, but fuck me, there was some calamitous defending leading up to it.
This isn't good enough. They look like they're going to cause chaos every single time they come forward.
Do we actually do any defensive training during the week? Because that looked comedically bad, yet again.
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Halsey Relegates Villa
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Halsey again.
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horrible cheating suarez fuck ******
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Cheating bastards
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COME ON VILLA DO NOT CRUMBLE FFS!!!!
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According to Alan Tully they had two better shouts for a penalty before that was given. Never has a good word to say about us, the prick.
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Fuck you Mark Halsey you've cost us the game. can't be bothered with this shit anymore, didn't expect much today.
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No excuse for the wank defending but he nowehere near touched him
Fucking arseholes
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I'm convinced that it began with McLeish where he almost sent the team out not to lose. We just sat deeper and deeper and now it has become a confidence thing. That as soon as the opposition try and step it up we don't have the ability like say Man U do and hit them on the counter as a warning never to do it again. When we now drop deeper there is no real counter to speak of so the opposition gets more and more confident and us the opposite,
We've stopped keeping the ball, we just give it back and invite more pressure.
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Big second half needed now
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Halsey Relegates Villa
You can't blame 1 bad decision over an entire season for this shower of shit.
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Since the 15th minute or so we've been a bag of turd. They've played pretty decent we look clueless once again.
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Fuck you Mark Halsey you've cost us the game. can't be bothered with this shit anymore, didn't expect much today.
He wouldn't have had a decision to make if we could defend, its pathetic
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Why can't we take decent corners?
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Have we had a shot on target yet?
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According to Alan Tully they had two better shouts for a penalty before that was given. Never has a good word to say about us, the prick.
Did they fuck.
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Wonder if Halsey had a big shit-eating grin on his face as usual when he blew for the penalty?
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Long ball after long ball to nobody or over hit pass after over hit pass.
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Another shit corner.
Do they not practice set pieces at all?
A load of fucking wank. Not a single one has reached a Villa player.
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Halsey Relegates Villa
You can't blame 1 bad decision over an entire season for this shower of shit.
It was a poor decision, but we're fucking rubbish and keep losing games. That's what will relegate us. Other than the first 15 minutes, we have looked utterly disjointed, keep giving them the ball, and are being made to look totally second best on our own patch by fellow relegation strugglers.
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Halsey's helped them on their way, but Southampton are totally in control of this match. We need to battle and hassle the fuck out of them. Make them sweat for their dominance.
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OI RANDY you watching this? Pay peanuts and this is what you get, wake the fuck up....
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Sack him at half time.
This manager is calamitous.
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You can just see our lot and their heads drop. There is not one player out there that can lift them, and they are looking to each other for a tiny bit of inspiration.
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Halsey Relegates Villa
You can't blame 1 bad decision over an entire season for this shower of shit.
It was a poor decision, but we're fucking rubbish and keep losing games. That's what will relegate us. Other than the first 15 minutes, we have looked utterly disjointed, keep giving them the ball, and are being made to look totally second best on our own patch by fellow relegation strugglers.
It's completely unacceptable
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We've earnt 2 points from losing positions this season.
Joy.
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Agreed. Every game this season we can point to a spell of 10-15 minutes when we played okay, but a few minutes over an hour and a half isn't good enough.
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It's beginning to look a bit like the Bradford game again. Decent first 15 where we don't score, gradually evaporating confidence, go a goal behind.
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too many of them ball watching waiting for the ball to come to them .
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Halsey Relegates Villa
Villa don't need any help from him.
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that's about the 4th-5th shit penalty decision weve had go against us this season, refs really do seem to like to kick us when we're down.
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It's beginning to look a bit like the Bradford game again. Decent first 15 where we don't score, gradually evaporating confidence, go a goal behind.
It's beginning to look loke every game
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Relegation staring us in the face - we deserved it last season and are going to get our just desserts this time round. It's looking more and more likely every week now
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This is the saddest Villa team I have ever seen. Absolutely bedraggled.
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fuck me sideways, it may well be time to stick my head in the oven and turn it on
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if they scoe a second there could be a revolt down there
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I defy Lerner or Faulkner to watch this game and conclude our side doesn't need a shedload of money spending on it.
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Zero attacking.
Just waiting for the inevitable.
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Our U18s won
Yay
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I dont want to see the same side come out second half.
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Hopefully Lambert will give them as kick up the arse. We're only down to a dodgy penalty and not out of it yet.
...Who am I kidding.
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Watching Villa really is dull.
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I defy Lerner or Faulkner to watch this game and conclude our side doesn't need a shedload of money spending on it.
Its not just this game....
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Wonder if Halsey had a big shit-eating grin on his face as usual when he blew for the penalty?
He did. You all know my view, but we will not win a game with Halsey as the ref. 15 years he has been fucking Villa up the arse, he ain't going to stop now the ******. Sorry, the man gives us fuck all. It was about a foot clean air between the dive and Stevens leg.
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Not a single shot on target AT HOME!!
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I don't watch us often, but every time I have seen us play this season it amazes me we have as many points as we do (Man U game excepted).
Watching QPR earlier and now Soton, we are the worst team in this division by a mile.
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Is Ireland wearing make-up?
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Watching Villa really is dull.
Not for the opposition it aint.
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Not a fucking single shot on target!! If this is the performance we get after an embarrassing result and the players wanting to 'put it right' then god help us.
Plus point is I've never been away to half the championship clubs
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For fucks sake forget Halsey, its the team thats shit!!
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bit like the away game , all soton since the first goal
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Not a single shot on target AT HOME!!
Are we at home?
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We are a shadow of a team.
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Is Ireland wearing make-up?
He should fuck off and wear a Bluenose shirt, the lazy good for nothing ******....
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no excuse for Delph today, should feel well at home with all that yellow around him
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Guzan prevents it from being 2
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This is Southampton for fuck sake villa
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Not a fucking single shot on target!! If this is the performance we get after an embarrassing result and the players wanting to 'put it right' then god help us.
Plus point is I've never been away to half the championship clubs
There'll be some great days out as there were back in 87, used to love the way we almost invaded some towns and stadia..
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Not a fucking single shot on target!!
Things are bad enough without you inventing stats.
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Miserable.
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about as much cutting edge as a feather duster
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boooooooooooooooooo
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Fucking shit half. Terrible, just terrible.
0/10
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Hopefully Lambert will give them as kick up the arse. We're only down to a dodgy penalty and not out of it yet.
...Who am I kidding.
No ammount of kicks of arse will rally this team.We are completely and utterly cack
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Shit as per usual.
If that team comes out for the second half Lambert needs to go.
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I dont want to see the same side come out second half.
I don't want to see the second half. Watching Villa is really dispiriting.
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Never a penalty in a million years but they deserve to be in front: they've made all the running, look lively, inventive and up for it. We look awful.
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I really don't know what to say.
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
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Wonder if Halsey had a big shit-eating grin on his face as usual when he blew for the penalty?
He did. You all know my view, but we will not win a game with Halsey as the ref. 15 years he has been fucking Villa up the arse, he ain't going to stop now the c***. Sorry, the man gives us fuck all. It was about a foot clean air between the dive and Stevens leg.
Agree you just know if he is the ref he will do what he has just done.
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42% possession at home. Fuck me.
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
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Hopefully Lambert will give them as kick up the arse. We're only down to a dodgy penalty and not out of it yet.
...Who am I kidding.
as Lambert got a clue? I am starting to worry about this bloke
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Awful first half, their heads are down, this is not looking good.
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
Hope springs eternal
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
If he thinks that he needs to sack him, now.
He has two choices, as clichéd as they are, back him, or sack him. Dithering between them and keeping the manager with no funds will see us relegated, guaranteed.
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:-\we dont know how to pass , we dont how to pass ?!
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What worries me is the near total lack of fight. A bit of fire and passion isn't ever going to replace quality, but it should be a minimum.
That was fifteen decent minutes followed by thirty minutes of utter crud. Southampton look totally comfortable.
Not only do we need reinforcements this month, we need quite a lot of them, and they need to be fucking good, because this just looks like a whole side of teenagers way, way out of their depth.
I can't believe anyone - even our fucking clueless absentee owner and the blond boy wonder - thinks there is enough quality in this squad to avoid the drop.
It reminds me of 86-7, match after match of just looking second best, and uninterested, too.
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Poor half , being outplayed by a poor team , sloppy defending led to the penalty which obviously wasnt a pen , but we created the problem.
Not an effort on target , dismal dire stuff indeed.
Lowton looking really poor again today , little to be positive about except that its only 0-1.
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We are a shadow of a team.
The shadow of a shit team.....
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Pen was never a pen but fuck me how did we conced from our own corner.It's same every game we can't defend the fullbacks are left with no support EVERY game is money tight yes ,could we do with better players yes but FFS what do they do in training.
After a bright start once again we are back to hoping for Benteke flick on's
We are going down on this viewing
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
Exactly this for me.
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
I don't think that is the problem.
Randy is just an owner who knows fuck all about football.
We have had a series of managers who have been unsuitable for running a modern football team.
We are fucked.
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Another shit Saturday night on the cards unless we see a miracle
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And Blues have scored
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Is Lerner there today?
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On the plus side at least Lambert got up off his arse in the first half - Other than that there nothing positive to speak about.
Shit as usual
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I'm really bothered if we don't get anything from this match we've played like this consistently all season it's the norm now. Take off the first 15 from this match and we've been worse than dire. Least i've got Chicken & Rice for dinner though ;)
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
Who in their right mind would replace him?
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Pen was never a pen but fuck me how did we conced from our own corner.It's same every game we can't defend the fullbacks are left with no support EVERY game is money tight yes ,could we do with better players yes but FFS what do they do in training.
We'd have 5 corners. Not a single one has been met by a Villa player. In fact, half of our throw ins have gone to the other team.
We'd be better off picking up 11 random blokes up off the street before the game, for all the good training this bunch of fucking wasters does.
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Laughable. We are the poorest team in the division in my opinion. Utterly inept
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Oh and doesn't Pat Murphy sound chipper........I loathe that tosser
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And Blues have scored
So? Fuck them
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
If he thinks that he needs to sack him, now.
He has two choices, as clichéd as they are, back him, or sack him. Dithering between them and keeping the manager with no funds will see us relegated, guaranteed.
Spot on apyadg, back him with money or sack him .
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Lambert's fucking stubborness not to play Bent to fit his formation when we could not score for love or money as come back to bite his stubborn arse , because your football formations are shite mate.
F**k Im angry
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Is Lerner there today?
Who's Lerner.
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
Who in their right mind would replace him?
I'm up for it...
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Maybe Randy doesn't want to invest in new players this January because his patience with Lambert is wearing thin and doesn't want to give money to a manager who he thinks might not have much time left.
If he thinks that he needs to sack him, now.
He has two choices, as clichéd as they are, back him, or sack him. Dithering between them and keeping the manager with no funds will see us relegated, guaranteed.
I agree. don't like this limbo situation, however even fucking mcleish was given a season.
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
Who in their right mind would replace him?
I'm up for it...
Anybody
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
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Get Holman and N'Zogbia off and bring on Bannan and Gabby.
We are as threatening as a half delated balloon.
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The most frustrating thing is the occasional bursts of very neat football indeed. They have ability - there's just no focus, no calm determination, no direction. It's actually horrible to watch.
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Get Holman and N'Zogbia off and bring on Bannan and Gabby.
We are as threatening as a half delated balloon.
Holman has been near invisible.
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Things looked more rosy when Mcleish was in charge. Now that is saying something.
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For people saying to forget the penalty, they hadn't created a chance until that, I'd guarantee it'd still be 0-0 if he hadn't given that. Yes we've not played great but neither have they and we'd done enough to deserve to be level for me.
Shocking referee, always gives shit against us and has done it at a critical point yet again.
What's happened since the goal is what we'd expect from a team with no confidence, yet again midfield are too deep so we have, effectively, 6-0-4, means we can't keep the ball and end up punting it up to Benteke and asking him to control the game for us. Someone needs to drag Delph and Westwood 10 yards further forward andd nzogbia and Holman 5-10 yards back, we'd be much better for it.
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There are no positives at all. None
We cant defend, cant score, cant keep possession, shit at set pieces both attacking and defending.
Utterly utterly fucking terrible, for the first time in my villa supporting life I am 90% sure we will be relegated
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
[/quotefor me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
And lose the compensation. No chance. They all love screwing us over.
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I think there's no chance at all of Lambert walking out.
This sport rewards failure when it comes to management. He can quit, due to some sense of normal human decency and self respect, or stay until he's sacked and be given millions of pounds for being shit.
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Unless there are at least 2 very decent signings we are down who ever the manager is.
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Unless there are at least 2 very decent signings we are down who ever the manager is.
Yes
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For people saying to forget the penalty, they hadn't created a chance until that, I'd guarantee it'd still be 0-0 if he hadn't given that. Yes we've not played great but neither have they and we'd done enough to deserve to be level for me.
They must have been in our area six times for every one time we've been in theirs.
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Do you reckon he's told them to 'go again' yet?
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Pen was never a pen but fuck me how did we conced from our own corner.It's same every game we can't defend the fullbacks are left with no support EVERY game is money tight yes ,could we do with better players yes but FFS what do they do in training.
After a bright start once again we are back to hoping for Benteke flick on's
We are going down on this viewing
what annoyed me from that corner was a Villa player ( not sure who ) just staring at the ball and not going to meet it and challenge and Soton went on the break . No fight and no passion and just inept .
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people tell me we'll be ok because there's 3 sides worse than us, I couldn't name one never mind three
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Unless there are at least 2 very decent signings we are down who ever the manager is.
Agreed, I'd prefer more, but I think a decent LB and a center mid could do it. With Vlaar back CB isn't so urgent.
Hell, we might be able to forget a LB if a less stubborn manager can get Warnock playing again.
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We need Gabby to come on and have the half of his life, simple as that. Get the ball in the channels, flood the box, and dare I say, BINGO ?
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
If offered it should be accepted, he won't quit as he will not get a payout , he will wait to be sacked and walk away a rich man .
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people tell me we'll be ok because there's 3 sides worse than us, I couldn't name one never mind three
Reading.
I'd have said QPR, but with Redknapp I expect them to finish above us, now.
At least we won't finish bottom.
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At this point with Sunderland winning we are being cut adrift of anyone but the bottom of the table.
Shocking
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It just seems so utterly relentless.
Week after week after week of horrendous performances and results, it honestly looks like it is never going to stop, and all the while, what brittle confidence is left in the better younger players is getting utterly destroyed.
It's so depressing. I haven't watched any televised football or football discussion programs on telly for about two months now, because it is all so disgracefully embarassing.
If we're not going to get bodies in, then sorry, but he's going to have to go cap in hand to Warnock and get him in, because right now, that defence looks like it desperately needs someone with a scintilla of an idea how to organise things, because there are absolutely no hints that it is getting better.
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
Who in their right mind would replace him?
Exactly. There are no suitable candidates out there. And, even if there were, they'd still be saddled with the squad we've got.
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Unless there are at least 2 very decent signings we are down who ever the manager is.
Well he says he doesn't want to ruin our finances by spending too much. I'm not sure relegation will be great for our finances, particularly as apparently most of our players have no relegation clauses. Dark times for Villa.
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people tell me we'll be ok because there's 3 sides worse than us, I couldn't name one never mind three
No, nor me.
I certainly couldn't name a side showing less determination and desire than us. It's horrible to watch.
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Get Holman and N'Zogbia off and bring on Bannan and Gabby.
We are as threatening as a half delated balloon.
Id get Holman off for a start
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I can't see how sacking the manager will change anything. This team is simply not good enough. What is needed and we all know it is a couple of solid experienced players in the spine of the team to get them going again.
I honestly think Lambert has a plan long term but he has to be backed in the transfer window. Without backing we are down.
Lerner is a businessman surely he knows the cost of relegation will be far higher then the cost of bringing in some experienced pro's,
Lerner over to you.
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What formation are we playing I would love to know who is supposed to be helping the FB's
Lambert was seen as being tactically very good ..yet to see this all season
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I used to think there would be three teams worse. I just don't see it right now that there is. It's not about quality as much as it is about confidence and belief. We simply have none it appears
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42% possession at home to Southampton, FFS
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This isn't rocket science: we need several quality players. Lambert's talking about not spending big but that is exactly what is required. Lerner / Faulkner must see that surely?
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Regardless of how this game finishes unless we sign at least 3 decent players next week we are going down.
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Lambert is stubborn like o Neill - he won't go for warnock, Hutton or makoun, he will say "we"ll be fine , we go again"
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Get Holman and N'Zogbia off and bring on Bannan and Gabby.
We are as threatening as a half delated balloon.
Holman has been near invisible.
he put a half decent cross in the first few minutes and since turned into David Hunt
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I can't see how sacking the manager will change anything. This team is simply not good enough. What is needed and we all know it is a couple of solid experienced players in the spine of the team to get them going again.
I honestly think Lambert has a plan long term but he has to be backed in the transfer window. Without backing we are down.
Lerner is a businessman surely he knows the cost of relegation will be far higher then the cost of bringing in some experienced pro's,
Lerner over to you.
Sacking the manager won't make any difference, which is why we're fucked.
Too many players who will either never be good enough, or won't be good enough for a while yet.
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Lambert needs to go if we lose this I'm afraid - we are going down as things stand
Who in their right mind would replace him?
Exactly. There are no suitable candidates out there. And, even if there were, they'd still be saddled with the squad we've got.
I would challenge anybody to oversee a more disastrous month than Paul Lambert has just done.
Holman off, Bannan on. At least he's changed it.
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I used to think there would be three teams worse. I just don't see it right now that there is. It's not about quality as much as it is about confidence and belief. We simply have none it appears
And that comes down to the manager
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Bannan on for Holman. Shit or bust.
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Bannan on for Holman
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Right everyone. Let's just not worry for the next 45 minutes and hope we can do these.
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
Why shouldn't he go? If this season had been under TSM he'd be absolutely vilifed by now. I'm sorry but this is appalling from top to bottom.
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Yes that's it, Bannan will save us.
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people tell me we'll be ok because there's 3 sides worse than us, I couldn't name one never mind three
Reading.
I'd have said QPR, but with Redknapp I expect them to finish above us, now.
At least we won't finish bottom.
We've got a worse goal difference than Reading...
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Bannan on yay!
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guzan kicking been shite
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Well that was a good start.
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Let's try and keep them down to three - bit of a moral victory
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Misses is having a nap, so figured I'd watch the second half. Saw on twitter that they'd scored due to a dive for a penalty. Aside from that, have we been shit?
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The defending down our left hand side is largely non existent.
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WTF was that from our left back. Utter fucking shit. Just pathetic.
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See how excited our crowd get when we have a sniff of a chance?
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Misses is having a nap, so figured I'd watch the second half. Saw on twitter that they'd scored due to a dive for a penalty. Aside from that, have we been shit?
Yes. Dog shit in particular.
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Misses is having a nap, so figured I'd watch the second half. Saw on twitter that they'd scored due to a dive for a penalty. Aside from that, have we been shit?
Yes
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The defending down our left hand side is largely non existent.
And people still seem to think it's not worth giving Warnock another chance.
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Misses is having a nap, so figured I'd watch the second half. Saw on twitter that they'd scored due to a dive for a penalty. Aside from that, have we been shit?
Started well for 15 mins and then allowed Southampton to take over and boss the game.No shots on target and 42% possession
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Sunderland two up....
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Stevens been awful
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Just not good enough. Not even championship level.
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Sunderland winning 2-0
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Thank fuck we have Weimann,.
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Afternoon, all.
Not a great half - where's Bennett?
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The defending down our left hand side is largely non existent.
And people still seem to think it's not worth giving Warnock another chance.
Not people,our stubborn manager !!
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where was fucking benteke then?!?
Fucking wake up!
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We have barely ever tried to close them down, we're giving them so much time on the ball.
One time we finally chase them down and Weimann creates a chance.
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Afternoon, all.
Not a great half - where's Bennett?
ill
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didnrt get hold of that weimann but he showed fight
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Afternoon, all.
Not a great half - where's Bennett?
He's ill, doesn't specify how exactly, but we should probably be grateful.
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Afternoon, all.
Not a great half - where's Bennett?
he's been our most effective player and he's not on the pitch
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Is it too early to crack in to the single malt?
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Weimann is our player of the season.
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The defending down our left hand side is largely non existent.
And people still seem to think it's not worth giving Warnock another chance.
Not people,our stubborn manager !!
I've championed Warnock on here all season and been shot down every time, for me he'd walk into this defence.
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No shots and 42% possession is horrible. Glad I missed the first half. We need a win.
Defence aside this isn't a bad team, it's shocking how little we create and threaten.
Stevens and Bennett aren't good enough. Need Warnock back.
Though Stevens shot then was nice.. Benteke fluffs a tap in. FFS.
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where was fucking benteke then?!?
Fucking wake up!
At least he wasn't offside.
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FOR FUCKS SAKE
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Jesus wept.
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fooooook me
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Great Strike from Stevens
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For fuck sake Benteke.
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Unlucky for the young lad there.
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good effort . benteke got to be scoring
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Sitter missed.
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where was fucking benteke then?!?
Fucking wake up!
At least he wasn't offside.
There saying he was
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COME ON VILLA!
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Fuck me that should have been in...
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This is actually better. Fucking shoot, Bannan!
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Better.
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for me his job depends on this half time team talk
I think he will walk tonight.
I don't think he should go, but, looking at recent results, and the fact there has not been a single sign of things getting better for weeks now, it is really hard to argue that he should not at least offer his resignation.
Why shouldn't he go? If this season had been under TSM he'd be absolutely vilifed by now. I'm sorry but this is appalling from top to bottom.
Who would be a viable replacement / caretaker? That's the killer question.
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well done scottish messi, you are shite
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fooooook me
Jesus wept.
FOR FUCKS SAKE
Thought we'd let another one in then!
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Bannan has a feeble mind.
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Bannan did the right thing. Benteke moved away from where the ball went.
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at least we're showing a bit of attacking intent this half
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We need this so badly, fuck me...
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well done scottish messi, you are shite
No he's left footed.
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at least we're showing a bit of attacking intent this half
We are, but I'm somewhat worried at how easy Southampton find it to get up the other end straight away and cause us problems.
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We need this so badly, fuck me...
OK-But its a high price to pay Fergal
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Why the hell don't we start games like this
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Fight, Villa, FIGHT!
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come on lads! we can still win this
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Why are we waiting to bring in the players we will be fucked without?
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Why the hell don't we start games like this
It must be something in the preparation. It can't be anything else.
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The Beeb gives us 51%, more shots and more corners.
Why aren't we winning?!
(I don't have the game on-screen).
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Just came on, have we been bad or unlucky with the penalty?
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Just came on, have we been bad or unlucky with the penalty?
both
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Our team is a busted flush. Pretty much all of them need to be taken out of the firing line but most of the replacements are every bit as bad without any prospect of improvement. When will the Fabian Delph experiment end? He wouldn't be a starter at a championship club and has done nothing to provide any doubt around that assertion. It's just relentless misery supporting us now. Some of these players will go on to do well, unless as is looking likely playing for this rabble mentally destroys them.
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The Beeb gives us 51%, more shots and more corners.
Why aren't we winning?!
(I don't have the game on-screen).
The BBC tends to get their match stats from some sort of alternate reality.
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Fucking fucking shit corner again!!!!
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Bannan playing well.
Sorry.
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Another shit corner.
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Get N'Zogbia off FFS. Gabby on.
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Bannan playing well.
Sorry.
How very dare you, we must not praise him on here!
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N'Zo off for Gabby. Good.
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GABBY coming on
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The Beeb gives us 51%, more shots and more corners.
Why aren't we winning?!
(I don't have the game on-screen).
The BBC tends to get their match stats from some sort of alternate reality.
Must be the same place Randy thinks we will get premiership players for fuck all and will only have to pay them fuck all...
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Gabby for Zog sounds like.
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Our team is a busted flush. Pretty much all of them need to be taken out of the firing line but most of the replacements are every bit as bad without any prospect of improvement. When will the Fabian Delph experiment end? He wouldn't be a starter at a championship club and has done nothing to provide any doubt around that assertion. It's just relentless misery supporting us now. Some of these players will go on to do well, unless as is looking likely playing for this rabble mentally destroys them.
Difficult to counter this, S'man. Lambert ain't managing to get any traction with them.
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we cant defend corners
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we cant defend corners
We can't take them, either.
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we cant defend corners
or take them.
or attack them.
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we cant defend corners
Sounds familiar - a three-year problem?!!
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Charles N'Zogbia: only turns it on against League 2 opposition.
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we cant defend
or take them.
or attack.
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Our team is a busted flush. Pretty much all of them need to be taken out of the firing line but most of the replacements are every bit as bad without any prospect of improvement. When will the Fabian Delph experiment end? He wouldn't be a starter at a championship club and has done nothing to provide any doubt around that assertion. It's just relentless misery supporting us now. Some of these players will go on to do well, unless as is looking likely playing for this rabble mentally destroys them.
Difficult to counter this, S'man. Lambert ain't managing to get any traction with them.
Reminds me of the old saying 'you can't polish a turd' and we, my fellows, are a turd.
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we cant defend corners
You didn't need to add the corners at the end of the sentence.
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He fucking hates passing does Insomnia.
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we cant defend corners
You didn't need to add the corners at the end of the sentence.
True :(
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baker was slow then
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woeful
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Charles N'Zogbia: only turns it on against League 2 opposition.
Whereas the rest of the midfield are just awesome!
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They carve us open every time they go forward.
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Christ, we're shit.
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Looking like the first half.
Decent fifteen minutes, then we let them take control again.
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I just can't see us scoring.
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This is not what any of us thought we were getting when we acquired Lambert.
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Get pissing Clark off, he hasnt a clue about positional sense or anything in fact
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Jesus, I know our players aren't the best but fuck me, you think we'd drill some organised discipline into them, surely we can't be the only ones to see it's not working.
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Charles N'Zogbia: only turns it on against League 2 opposition.
Whereas the rest of the midfield are just awesome!
The rest didn't cost millions, don't earn as much and aren't experienced "proven" Premiership players though.
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Get pissing Clark off, he hasnt a clue about positional sense or anything in fact
I'd rather see Baker off, but one of them should get the hell off the pitch to get Vlaar on.
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Do well to score 1 never mind 2
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E48-32 No Signal
says the stream.
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next 6 league games -
albion
newcastle
everton
west ham
arsenal
man city
if we cant beat wigan & soton at home i can't see many points from these games, maybe 5?
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I'm really surprised at how little shit Lerner and Lambert are getting from fans in this game.
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Lambert's Pussies
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I am beginning to get resigned to the fact that we are going down. Unless we get some decent players back from injury and buy some decent players we are fucked.
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I am about to board a plane at Heathrow airport for a transatlantic flight, when I arrive I am hoping to see a text that says we at the very least drew, even better we turned this around and won.
That said I'm expecting to see one that says we lost and 24 hours later to see one that says Paul Lambert has parted company with Aston Villa.
Good luck my friends, here's to Villa surprising me.
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next 6 league games -
albion
newcastle
everton
west ham
arsenal
man city
if we cant beat wigan & soton at home i can't see many points from these games, maybe 5?
2 is a realistic guess
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next 6 league games -
albion
newcastle
everton
west ham
arsenal
man city
if we cant beat wigan & soton at home i can't see many points from these games, maybe 5?
Lose this and we won't even get 5
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Charles N'Zogbia: only turns it on against League 2 opposition.
Whereas the rest of the midfield are just awesome!
The rest didn't cost millions, don't earn as much and aren't experienced "proven" Premiership players though.
I take your point but I don't think it's fair to single anyone out for critisism, collectively we're absolute shite
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Lambert's Pussies
Lambert's Lions are Lambs.
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Lambert looks lost on the touchline.
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Can't believe what's happening. We must sign new players. We can't go on like this.
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I am beginning to get resigned to the fact that we are going down. Unless we get some decent players back from injury and buy some decent players we are fucked.
I feel the same. With all the positivity and best will in the world, the team is just lacking in every single department and those that run the club seem unwilling to try and amend this.
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Lambert looks like he's wearing the thousand-yard stare.
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I am about to board a plane at Heathrow airport for a transatlantic flight, when I arrive I am hoping to see a text that says we at the very least drew, even better we turned this around and won.
That said I'm expecting to see one that says we lost and 24 hours later to see one that says Paul Lambert has parted company with Aston Villa.
Good luck my friends, here's to Villa surprising me.
They have surprised me, I didn't think we could get this shit this quick...
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Wigan and Reading are both a goal down but I still don't feel very well.
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of the biggest clubs down at he bottom I now reckon without any significant change in players for us by Jan 31st that one of us or Newcastle will be gone in May. They look almost as inept as us.
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As much as he doesn't appear to know how to arrest this sharp decline, I can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's basically being asked to keep an U21 side in the Premier League.
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Jesus.
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Can't believe what's happening. We must sign new players. We can't go on like this.
They'll be queuing up to sign.
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Charles N'Zogbia: only turns it on against League 2 opposition.
Whereas the rest of the midfield are just awesome!
The rest didn't cost millions, don't earn as much and aren't experienced "proven" Premiership players though.
I take your point but I don't think it's fair to single anyone out for critisism, collectively we're absolute shite
Agree completely, but I expect certain things from certain players. A player like N'Zo (who we've seen what he can do at previous clubs) should have done so much more since he joined us. Especially now when we're struggling, we need players like him to step up.
And that was a fucking foul on Weimann.
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I'm really surprised at how little shit Lerner and Lambert are getting from fans in this game.
I'm really surprised at how little shit Lerner and Lambert are getting from fans in this game.
I always said the shit McLeish got was nothing to do with where he came from. I now feel sad that I was wrong.
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We regularly lose at home to teams below us.
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Reading 2 down
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Reading 0 Albion 2
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As much as he doesn't appear to know how to arrest this sharp decline, I can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's basically being asked to keep an U21 side in the Premier League.
With respect,he bought a lot of the under 21 players
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Lambert's Pussies
Lambert's Lions are Lambs.
I still think Lambert's Lemmings (c) KevinGage is the best description of our team.
If there was someone we could bring in as a red adair to keep us up and leave at the end of the season I'd sack Lambert. But none of the obvious candidates are available.
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I am beginning to get resigned to the fact that we are going down. Unless we get some decent players back from injury and buy some decent players we are fucked.
I feel the same. With all the positivity and best will in the world, the team is just lacking in every single department and those that run the club seem unwilling to try and amend this.
All the positivity has been drained out of me. Can't even be arsed to WIBB.....
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Come on Villa.
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I'm really surprised at how little shit Lerner and Lambert are getting from fans in this game.
I'm really surprised at how little shit Lerner and Lambert are getting from fans in this game.
I always said the shit McLeish got was nothing to do with where he came from. I now feel sad that I was wrong.
He didn't get any shit til the Bolton game
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Lambert's Pussies
Lambert's Lions are Lambs.
I still think Lambert's Lemmings (c) KevinGage is the best description of our team.
If there was someone we could bring in as a red adair to keep us up and leave at the end of the season I'd sack Lambert. But none of the obvious candidates are available.
More like Randys wankers...
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gone off the boil since gabby been on to be honest
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As much as he doesn't appear to know how to arrest this sharp decline, I can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's basically being asked to keep an U21 side in the Premier League.
U23 with half a dozen players over that age at least and he could have brought in more experienced players in the summer if he wanted to.
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Stream's died. Probably a blessing.
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At this point we don't need a messiah with a master plan. We need a motivator who will get them disciplined and fighting. And bring in some older players to help the kids.
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As much as he doesn't appear to know how to arrest this sharp decline, I can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's basically being asked to keep an U21 side in the Premier League.
He signed young kids though Hilts and has ostracised some senior players. I don't think there is a single valid argument for keeping Lambert if we lose this one. As for the "who else" one, anybody would struggle to be as bad as the last month or so.
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As much as he doesn't appear to know how to arrest this sharp decline, I can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's basically being asked to keep an U21 side in the Premier League.
With respect,he bought a lot of the under 21 players
True but he now needs to be able to buy some grown ups too.
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Stream's died. Probably a blessing.
Wish mine would....
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Lambert's Pussies
Lambert's Lions are Lambs.
Lambert's Lemmings more like.
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Lambert's Lost its
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No wonder OGS wouldn't come....
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Lambert's Pussies
Lambert's Lions are Lambs.
Lambert's Lemmings more like.
Lambert's Lepers: rather ugly and prone to falling apart.
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I believe in Lambert but not unless we make new experienced signings who will make a significant impact on the team.
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Stoke getting hammered 4-0 at home by Chelsea
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Wigan level at Fulham
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Wigan equalise
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Wigan equalise were in the bottom 3
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We look like we've just accepted defeat.
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urgh looks like we're back in the bottom 3
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Stevens gets turned inside out so much he must be cross eyed.
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I believe in Lambert but not unless we make new experienced signings who will make a significant impact on the team.
I don't
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We look like we've just accepted defeat.
Yes we do. Just unbelievably poor all across the pitch.
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i want my mummy
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We look like we wouldn't score if we played all night.
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On the plus side...
...nope, I got nothing.
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I started going 'down the Villa' in the 60's and have seen some shit in my time but I don't ever remember being as fucked off as this. Perhaps it's because if we go down now it will be impossible to get back up for a long time and by then the financial gap will be impossible to close.
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My weekend is getting even shitter than I imagined.
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Given the results as they stand, I think we're fooked.
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This is not good viewing, Bowery is coming on
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Wigan have shown in the past few years that they can pick things up in just enough time to get out of trouble. That's my fear with us. I just don't see it happening at all.
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Lambert's limpdicks
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
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I started going 'down the Villa' in the 60's and have seen some shit in my time but I don't ever remember being as fucked off as this. Perhaps it's because if we go down now it will be impossible to get back up for a long time and by then the financial gap will be impossible to close.
Yes, this is the worst possible season to be relegated.
You'd think our owner would realise this.
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We are bringing on a player from Chesterfield, the great Villa hope.
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Wigan have shown in the past few years that they can pick things up in just enough time to get out of trouble. That's my fear with us. I just don't see it happening at all.
The other thing with Wigan is they arguably have a better starting XI than we do.
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On the plus side...
...nope, I got nothing.
We're not playing in midweek so you have a week before you have to watch us again?
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Wigan have shown in the past few years that they can pick things up in just enough time to get out of trouble. That's my fear with us. I just don't see it happening at all.
They've been all over Fulham according to the R5 reporter at Craven Cottage. They are a much better team than us these days
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Close.
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Hit the fucking target, Benteke.
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Wigan have shown in the past few years that they can pick things up in just enough time to get out of trouble. That's my fear with us. I just don't see it happening at all.
The other thing with Wigan is they arguably have a better starting XI than we do.
I'm struggling to find any rays of hope in what I'm seeing right now. How in the hell did we win at Liverpool and at Norwich, let alone Man City to have somehow become this? We need a minimum of 2 goals against Bradford. I can't see us doing that either.
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
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Some luck, some luck, our kingdom for some luck.
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I feel like we have 10 mins to save the season...
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
My wife's nan.
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I think I need a fresh bottle of scotch.
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I am back and I 'm sorry to say that Pick of the Week Woman's Hour has no positive answers for us
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with wigan equalising we are now in the bottom 3
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Ah well. Surprisingly I thought Les Mis was pretty good yesterday.
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You just know what would happen if it were us holding onto this lead.
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
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The defence is clearly shit, but it's the midfield that's quite shockingly poor. We have no attacking mids, and no defensive mids. So they all end up doing neither, with zero movement and zero impact.
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I feel like we have 10 mins to save the season...
and my life.
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Watching this, it is on the whole, pretty pathetic again.
The mad thing is, though, that although this side is fucking awful, it wouldn't really require huge investment to improve the side considerably.
Centre back, left back, midfielder - they don't need to cost 10m each, in fact, you could probably get all three for a total of 10m, but they absolutely must be experienced heads, more kids is going to achieve nothing.
If Lerner can't sanction that kind of expenditure or strain on the wage bill, then he doesn't deserve to own a top flight club, frankly, and pretty soon, he won't.
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You just know what would happen if it were us holding onto this lead.
Yeah, but when was the last time we won the game or equalised in the last minute?
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Think it's time to agree and start getting out heads around that we will go down. Nothing to even give a glimpse
Of hope
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
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Reading have one back.
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Ah well. Surprisingly I thought Les Mis was pretty good yesterday.
missed it but caught Cirque Du Soleil was very good though
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show a bit of fight during play not now FFS
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
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Fuck off Halsey you cock.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
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For a big bloke, Benteke sure does go down easily.
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Watching this, it is on the whole, pretty pathetic again.
The mad thing is, though, that although this side is fucking awful, it wouldn't really require huge investment to improve the side considerably.
Centre back, left back, midfielder - they don't need to cost 10m each, in fact, you could probably get all three for a total of 10m, but they absolutely must be experienced heads, more kids is going to achieve nothing.
If Lerner can't sanction that kind of expenditure or strain on the wage bill, then he doesn't deserve to own a top flight club, frankly, and pretty soon, he won't.
Agree but can we get hold of them in the next couple of weeks and can they hit the ground running
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Instead of aiming for Benteke to knock the ball across goal at set pieces, why don't we aim for him more in the centre so he can head at goal???? He's won more headers than any player in the league.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
I actually think Delph has been one of the less shit for us today.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
Bannan's been our best player second half.
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
Yes, but it has to happen so that there is still some time in January for the new bod to select some players that will keep us up!
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Fuck me, sign someone, It'll onlt be a financial burden until we fuck Dunne and Ireland off in the summer...
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Halsey is a massive ******.
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Watching this, it is on the whole, pretty pathetic again.
The mad thing is, though, that although this side is fucking awful, it wouldn't really require huge investment to improve the side considerably.
Centre back, left back, midfielder - they don't need to cost 10m each, in fact, you could probably get all three for a total of 10m, but they absolutely must be experienced heads, more kids is going to achieve nothing.
If Lerner can't sanction that kind of expenditure or strain on the wage bill, then he doesn't deserve to own a top flight club, frankly, and pretty soon, he won't.
This is so frustrating, there is so much potential with the squad and like you say it would not take too much tinkering to be a good side who would probably not tear the league apart but would be comfortable in the top half. It's mental why nothing is being done.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
Bannan's been our best player second half.
Agreed and Delph has not had a shocker by his standards
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
That was who I was going to say. Even Curbs would get us playing better than this.
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Halsey again
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
I actually think Delph has been one of the less shit for us today.
I think they've both been good.
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Cor, I wish Metal Mickey was still on.
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
maybe - long time out of the game mind
He should have got the job when that arrogant Liverpool loving tool got it
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
John Gregory on a 6 month contract, perhaps? Knows how to organise a defence at the very least.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
They've both been good today. (excluding a few spots for Delph in the first half)
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
That was who I was going to say. Even Curbs would get us playing better than this.
Is it 1999?
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I can't believe how wrong this season is going.
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please can bannan and delph never play for us again
Has Westwood really done any better?
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Watching this, it is on the whole, pretty pathetic again.
The mad thing is, though, that although this side is fucking awful, it wouldn't really require huge investment to improve the side considerably.
Centre back, left back, midfielder - they don't need to cost 10m each, in fact, you could probably get all three for a total of 10m, but they absolutely must be experienced heads, more kids is going to achieve nothing.
If Lerner can't sanction that kind of expenditure or strain on the wage bill, then he doesn't deserve to own a top flight club, frankly, and pretty soon, he won't.
This is so frustrating, there is so much potential with the squad and like you say it would not take too much tinkering to be a good side who would probably not tear the league apart but would be comfortable in the top half. It's mental why nothing is being done.
agreed.
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Brian little with Peter Withe for 6 months
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I did trust in Lambo. He was my first choice - but it hasn't worked. Whether it's all his fault or not, the club's short term future of staying up is the main priority. If he can't do it, find someone that will.
Any suggestions?
Can't think of many who would do a worse job..
I am asking for someone who will do a better job.
Alan Curbishley
That was who I was going to say. Even Curbs would get us playing better than this.
Is it 1999?
I wish it was
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Reading showing fight,wish we would do that
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Well we are fucked, win lose or draw this I honestly think we are down...
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Reading equalise
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Reading showing fight,wish we would do that
And now level, what a great day it has been, we are as good as down and quite deservedly so
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Brian little with Peter Withe for 6 months
Withe's record in Asia was pretty poor.
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Reading 2 WBA 2
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Albion doing us no favours
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I know for most manager's it's a job but Lambert is lifeless and it transfers to the team. The is no energy at all in the side. None. No player has it, the manager doesn't have it, the board doesn't have any and it ends up that the life is sucked out of the fans too. I used to get really upset about this, but honestly I can't be arsed. And I really, really hate myself for it.
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Reading players have a pair of balls between them, that's more than our team has.
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Aaaargh.
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Billy Mcneill with Graham Turner as his assistant
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off the bar for fucks sake!!
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Shit and unlucky - the perfect relegation mix.
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Reading can pull back a two goal deficit with 12 minutes to go. We've no fucking leadership or guts in us at all.
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Lady Luck, where art thou?
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Albion doing us no favours
They done that last year by not scoring against us and then drawing with Bolton when their season was over
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Fucking hell Bowery. Unlucky.
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FOR FUCK SAKE CLARKE.
A Premier League player and he can't control a fucking ball.
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Reading 3-2
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Reading winning
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Fucking reading winning
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Reading now ahead
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You have to respect Reading for that. We'd never come back like that.
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Ah fuck right off you useless twat.
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I wonder how many of these players have run themselves into the ground today? They should all be....
Fucking Bentekkkkkkkkeeeeeeee useless fucking wanker.
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Holy fucking shit Benteke
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Benteke you fucking idiot. Should be his second.
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For fuck's sake. This is embarrassingly bad. They're fighting but are just so shit.
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Reading 3-2
Fucking marvellous. Just fucking marvellous. The boost in confidence they will get from this will be massive if they hold on.
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Shocking.
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benteke for fucks sake, thats unforgivable
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I'm starting to think it's our attack that is the problem.
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If we convert the sitters...
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I know for most manager's it's a job but Lambert is lifeless and it transfers to the team. The is no energy at all in the side. None. No player has it, the manager doesn't have it, the board doesn't have any and it ends up that the life is sucked out of the fans too. I used to get really upset about this, but honestly I can't be arsed. And I really, really hate myself for it.
I always want us to win but yep win lose or draw I don't get excited or upset - more observer nowadays.
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oh FFS...thing is they'll be dancing in the streets of Smethwick and the thought of making things even worse for us
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I'm starting to think it's our attack that is the problem.
It's the whole team in front of Guzan.
In turns out a decent result against Liverpool didn't transform Beneteke from a big useless turd in to the new Drogba.
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Well we are fucked, win lose or draw this I honestly think we are down...
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Starting to think we are cutting our cloth for the championship with Lambert to build a young team to bring us back. There will be little spent in next few weeks
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benteke for fucks sake, thats unforgivable
What happened?
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Halsey. NOTHING wrong with that tackle
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Fucking hell, this is a joke.
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benteke for fucks sake, thats unforgivable
What happened?
Open net, horribly wide shot.
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Benteke isn't the messiah...he's a very naughty boy.
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Aston Villa Nil FC
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Gawd we've been unlucky this second half. It should not be getting to this stage however. A very very bad result for us this
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IWell we are fucked, win lose or draw this I honestly think we are down...
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Starting to think we are cutting our cloth for the championship with Lambert to build a young team to bring us back. There will be little spent in next few weeks
Have been shot down for saying it but I think that was the plan from day one.
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only team in the bottom 6 not get anything today then, shit the bed
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Fucked fucked proper fucked....
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Well, we've had 16 shots and 9 corners and have not scored.
The defence has rightly been vilified this season but our attack is toothless.
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heartbreaker considering what we failed to put in and how they scored their only.
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Judging by his performance against Chelsea, perhaps a Bid for Jon Walters...
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Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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down down down ffs
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enough is enough, fuck off Lambert.
Goodnight all
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Paul Lambert looks completely and utterly lost
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Just found this post August 2010.
Think it was the last time I was happy after watching us :
Now that, THAT, was how to play football.
No plodders, no-one out of position, everyone motivated, everyone confident, everyone very very happy.
Thank you, Albrighton.
Thank you, Ashley.
Thank you, Milner.
And a BIG Thank You, Kevin Mac!
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bringing on Bowery to get you a goal. ffs . sorry not good enough
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I can't believe we lost again.
I can't believe we didn't score again.
I'm so fucking angry at this shit fucking football club.
Fucking joke.
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I started giong down in 1989, I can't comprehend us not being in the top flight, I genuinley can't.
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out of all the teams around us we have the least amount of bottle.
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too many kids in at one time,and that will cost us,the back four were woeful