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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on January 14, 2013, 07:11:22 PM
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Saturday 19.1.13 KO 5.30pm
A shock 0-2 away win.
Benteke 23, 32
Not really.
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Fuck these twats.
3-1 Villa.
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2-0 defeat
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3-0 defeat.
WBA to clap on the 3rd minute of every game in future. Morons
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4-0 defeat.
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2-1 Villa win.
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Them 1 Us 4. Fuck em, bunch of stripey fuckwitted inbred bitter birds.
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1-1 draw , for some reason I feel more confident about this game than I did about saints.
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Up to the ref I suppose.
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A repeat of anfield hopefully 3-1 villa and Benteke to rediscover his eyesight and finishing
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Up to the ref I suppose.
Please don't say it's Dowd
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called off hopefully bad weather then we can play them when were sorted out ;)
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Everytime I predict we win, we end up losing, so i'll go 1-1.
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Can't find any reason for optimism. I will prepare for a heavy defeat and be pleasantly surprised when we lose 2-1. It's all about managing expectations these days.
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For once, I'm actually dreading this game. Flying to Delhi on Saturday night, here's hoping it isn't the most miserable flight imaginable.
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Right, I'm pissed off with being pissed off.
Those stripey fuckers will be so cocky about this game that they will think they only after turn up to get 3 points.
Shock 2-0 Villa win....AND they can shove their 8 minute piss take applause up their stripey, aldi shopping bag arses!
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Them 1 Us 4. Fuck em, bunch of stripey fuckwitted inbred bitter birds.
Hmmm, yep I'll go with that too.
Apart from the "4" bit. And maybe the "1" bit.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
Not that you're obsessed with us or anything.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
I told you lot that one of them had a computer AND could type. And you didn't fucking believe me.
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Us scoring in the 8th minute wouldn't be a bad idea. Conversely, conceding in the 8th minute would be a very bad thing to happen.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
We know what you are,
We know what you are,
Obsessed with the Villa,
That's what you are.
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A shock 4-0 win.
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It's getting to must win stage.
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It got to that before we lost to Wigan Athletic.
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Can't see anything but a Villa win.
1-3 (Benteke 2, Clark)
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
Not that you're obsessed with us or anything.
Wolves are their main rivals didn't you know?But then they finished above us once
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I also have a good feeling about this game TBH. Like the Pool game, I can't see us losing this. I'll go for 1-1.
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Comfortable defeat, helped by the fact we will not keep a clean sheet.
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They currently sing loads of anti Villa stuff and Wolves not mentioned now they are so great.
A much needed point
1-1
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Fuck it, we're going to win for some reason. UTV!
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Also, a WBA fan I know on Facebook wrote something like this at about 5:00pm on Saturday:
"A good result for the world of football"
He was happy because, even though his team lost, we're in a worse position because of the result. I questioned him on this and got no sense out of him (which is not surprising given he's a WBA fan).
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There on a shit run losing 3 on the bounce and conceded 3 goals in 10 minutes to one of the worst teams in the league.They've gat a game tomorrow night which will hopefully go to extra times and penalties and go out obviously
0-3 Villa
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No surprises here I'm afraid. I just hope WBA are not in ruthless mood or this could go down as our heaviest and most embarrassing derby defeat.
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I'm hoping the fact they have a midweek game and we will have signed a couple of players by the time we play them will help.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
We know what you are
We know what you are
Inbred bastards
We know what you are
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Up to the ref I suppose.
Please don't say it's Dowd
Lee Probert
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Tesco Wankers 1 - 2 Villa
Odemwanker (56) Gabby (8, 79)
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If we can win the confidence the lads would get would be amazing
Come on Villa
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I have absolutely no idea how this will pan out - I've given up any predicting
Would love any kind of result that gets us a point/s including The Day of Judgement (match abandoned)
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Draw for me. Vlaar should be back and I think we can nick something. 1-1
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The misery continues, 2 nil defeat.
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We can do this, we can definitely do this.
0-1, Vlaar.
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Tesco Wankers 1 - 2 Villa
Odemwanker (56) Gabby (8, 79)
I'm definitely going to start calling people 'Odemwanker' from now on.
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Fuck these stripey ******.
Villa win, I hope its as jammy and as flukey a win as possible too, so we can hear those whinny wankers stammer and jabber about moral victories to Tom Toss.
1-2 Villa.
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I hate these wankers. I saw a joke somewhere saying Baggies fans were like Jimmy Saville victims, hear nothing from them in 40 years then they all come out the woodwork.
I want us to batter them. Probably won't. Lambert needs to get this right.
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I'd take a draw right now!
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Up to the ref I suppose.
Please don't say it's Dowd
Lee Probert
Lee Probert will fall ill on Friday night - and Dowd and the idiot we had at the weekend will fight it out to give us further grief.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
I told you lot that one of them had a computer AND could type. And you didn't fucking believe me.
Nah, just has a very dedicated carer who types as he dribbles.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
Get fucked
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Them 3 Us 2
Cue Lambert saying how well played, how he's still looking to do something in the transfer window and reassuring us we definitely won't go down
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
Get fucked
Chill. He's been dealt with.
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3-1 Villa and there we go. There is no way ( after our site has been invaded by a stripey ******) that we are going to lose this game. 3-1 Villa and uck the Tesco's. UTV. Lanzarote Villains.
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im expected a shock 1-0 Villa win . Make up for saturday
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Thing is, we've been crap for three seasons now and the only time they beat us is when we had a player wrongfully sent off. However, 2-0 to them.
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Stripey bastards 3 Vile 0
We'll meet again, don't know where
Don't know when...
Sang to the 16 seals that hang around for second half...
What a miserable git. Wasting his life on other team's forums when he could be wasting his life on his own one like the rest of us.
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Team on shit run play Villa next = end of shit run.
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Their recent league record is W2 D1 L6. Which is worse than we've managed over the last 9. One of those games where first goal could be crucial as neither side is exactly brimming with confidence.
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Their recent league record is W2 D1 L6. Which is worse than we've managed over the last 9. One of those games where first goal could be crucial as neither side is exactly brimming with confidence.
Yep and despite all their crowing they are a mid-table at best and really nothing to be feared.
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
I was just going to say, PL's master plan to start working again and Villa win.
But yours is poetic!
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For no logical reason, I have a feeling we might shock people, mainly ourselves, in this one.
1-2
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Up to the ref I suppose.
Please don't say it's Dowd
Lee Probert
Though before anyone gets too comfortable, we'll be welcoming Mr. Dowd for the second leg of the Bradford game next week.
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Derby's you can't really predict. Hoping for a draw, can't see us keeping a clean sheet without reinforcements so 1-1. Hopefully lambert will realise losing this game badly could really put him on borrowed time and he'll try and field a defence for a change.
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Fortunately I'm not attending this one and the shirt I bought on saturday won't be worn.
2-1 Win.
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Narrow defeat, 2-1.
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Dreading this game also. The position we're in, WBA would love nothing more than to rub salt in the wounds and I expect them to do just that. They look much better than us at the moment and that really is a sorry state of affairs.
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
Great. Nicking this for use later today if that's OK.
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Can't see anything but a home win.
3-0
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Tense, nervous, mistake- riddled 1-1 draw.
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A nervy, ugly, backs to the wall draw.
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sadly, stripey filth to win...
I feel so dirty just for posting that.
UTV
The Doc
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The fact that every time the Hawthorns gets near capacity they can't cope, the Alex Cropley game when they set out for ninety minutes to kick anything in claret and blue, Alan Baker, John Woodward, Ray Graydon, their sanctimonious holier-than-thou we're only a little team and we're going to enjoy ourselves everybody likes us attitude, the fact that their most famous supporter made a career out of humiliating their most famous ex-player - a man who it is now known was suffering from a degenerative brain disease, their absolute hatred of us (and me or Coops can supply a list of places to pop into before or after the match for anyone who thinks that they're all nice and friendly), the time we beat them 7-2 in a reserve match then in the return a month later they had nine of their first team playing because they couldn't bear losing again, their pretence of being nowhere near Birmingham despite their post code and phone number, their stupid jumping up and down and making twats of themselves in the name of atmosphere, letting the likes of Soccer AM makes fools of them and degrading all football supporters everywhere by implication, still going on about Ronnie Allen and 1959 like it's the most important thing to ever happen in their sad, woebegotten lives and it probably is, not being able to get a drink anywhere near the ground, constant whining of it ay fair and the world's against them, just watch tomorrow how many of them blame the referee for all seventeen of our goals, moaning that the local press are biased against them despite the fact that they've got more supporters in the media than us and Small Heath put together, Adrian Chiles, Skinner again, endlessly complaining that they would have won the league in 1979 if the weather hadn't turned cold in January like it wasn't the same for every other club in the first division, bleating on and on and on about how loyal they are just because their crowds didn't get as low as the Wolves like that makes any difference, having the highest percentage of middle aged fat blokes walking round supermarkets in football shirts of anywhere in the world including Newcastle, having a civic reception for finishing third in the third division, showing Ossie Ardiles what Smethwick looks like from the top of a double decker bus then wondering why he fecked off the next week, every time a player leaves them they always moan he's only gone for the money even when they're swapping Smethwick for Madrid, Willie Johnstone, that bloody stupid bird stuck on the top of the scoreboard, those executive boxes with corrugated iron roofs, playing the Liquidator just like their big bad rivals in the Stadium of Yellow, that stupid metal sheeting at the back of the old away end that meant I missed every goal when we were three up at half time there, having to play in the morning in the FA Cup 1990, the half time message in the second division "Will Villa supporters please move forward, there are still some trying to get in", boasting about giving a policeman brain damage at Villa Park in 1978 but they're still nice & friendly, being surrounded by the bastards in the Witton Lane stand in 1974, never enough buses back down Holyhead Road, being the only local league club to insist on playing Birmingham Senior Cup games at home and thus depriving the local non-league teams of a decent gate, thinking they have a God-given right to park anywhere they like and moaning when they get tickets for parking on double yellow lines, you can bet there'll be more face paint and stupid wigs per supporter than at any other ground in the country and I include Newcastle in that again, the six wankers shouting their gobs off on the bus when I was going back home after the game in 1982, the very quiet one who was left when his five mates got off, the 1887 cup final when they planned to get the train back via Worcester to avoid travelling through Birmingham with the cup, except the cup went straight back to Aston without them ha fucking ha, coming up and saying that they weren't going to spend any money because they wanted to go straight back down and use the parachute payments to get back again, Skinner and Chiles walking up and down Witton Lane looking for camera crews, making out Bryan Robson was a returning hero when they'd hated him ever since he left, forgetting now that they wanted him hung a month after he became manager, the day they stayed up and reckoned everybody in the country loves them because they're such a nice inoffensive club with wonderful fans, having to get coaches to come three miles down Island Road, that fucking sanctimonious Grorty Dick fanzine that used to call us arrogant yet made out that they were such a big club, then had a celebration issue when they beat us in a youth match I kid you not, being the only Villa supporter in a school of 1,600 of the bastards when they didn't care about Wolves, getting a manager sacked because of a low crowd for a pre-season friendly, Alex Cropley again, Eric Clapton and I'm sure UB40 used to say they supported them when they were good, the fucking Albion that is not UB40, having their end named after a city they hate, an evening paper that treats playing Manchester United in the league in the same patronising way that Kidderminster Harriers would get in the FA Cup, Jim Cumbes dropping down two divisions because our crowds were bigger, treating reserve matches as something really big and important, having a shopping centre in the town and gates at their ground named after a player who scored in a cup final and cost England the World Cup, this supposed 'big club' making a fuss of winning the third division play-offs, Terry Wills who although he is a very nice man should be told that he does not have to go on every radio station after every match,asking us to play friendlies and still treating our supporters like shit, wanting every manager sacked after three defeats, Bob Taylor, every one of their supporters over fifty was at the ground when they relegated us in 1959 and will talk forever about it but none of them remembers us stopping them winning the league four years earlier, you're not telling me it's a coincidence that Alistair Fucking Brown got a job working for them after his thuggish career was mercifully brought to an end, knowing more about how Bayern Munich should have won the European Cup in 1982 than Bayern Munich do, my irritating little shit of a cousin who used to support Manchester United then got a season ticket up there when they got into the Premier League, including Prisoner 820468 Hughes, L, in a book called Cult Heroes and I bet the family of the bloke he killed have got a better and similar description for him, some knobhead I heard saying all he wanted to do when they went down was come back up win the cup and kick fuck out the Villa then talked about football for ten minutes and never once went off the subject of how much he hates us, I bet that Everton fan they blinded thinks they're lovely, a town centre where the best pub is a Wetherspoon's and the best restaurant is McDonalds, how every time we beat them and there's a lot to choose from they always complain that they'd rather lose than play like us like they have a choice, putting reserve teams out in games they're going to lose anyway but it's alright for them to do it, every time they come up saying they don't intend to spend any money because we're only a little team and we're doing ever so well to be here in the first place, Tony Mowbray always claiming moral victories..
It just wouldn't be derby day without this. Without doubt, the best summery of the Tesco Bags.
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1-2
Benteke (2)
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
That is Genius and should get a round of applause. :)
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4-1 to the carrier bags
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Up to the ref I suppose.
Please don't say it's Dowd
Sad to say he has been confirmed as ref against bradford.
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A Villa win.
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For some unknown reason I fancy us for this one and I think this will be the match we turn the corner. We will sneak a result here and then get a result on Tuesday.
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I just hope we dont lose - I hate those bastards!
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Their form had dropped lately but they do have Yacolb back.In general we can't defend and they have Lukaku hitting some form now need Vlaar back and maybe even Dunne to stem tide.LB god knows all 3 we have played there have been poor overal
If we lose badly say 3-0 I can see PL walking
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Their form had dropped lately but they do have Yacolb back.In general we can't defend and they have Lukaku hitting some form now need Vlaar back and maybe even Dunne to stem tide.LB god knows all 3 we have played there have been poor overal
If we lose badly say 3-0 I can see PL walking
Cant see him walking on the eve of a semi final , it that goes badly then who knows.
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I really fancy us hear to nick something.
They’re in a terrible run of form too and have lost six out of their last ten. They may have been the better side against Reading, but to concede three so quickly shows they’re fragile with the amount of injuries on show.
Morrison is their key player, but with Vlaar back, I fancy a 2-1 win. They can have the moral victory.
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2-2 I reckon they'll go 2 up & we finally show a bit of fightback
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By the by, anyone unconvinced by Bannan playing in a more advanced role should take note of the fact that he has the highest cross-completion rate in the league by miles - all the other top six are at around 30-35%, while Bannan is at 46.6%. Considering how few chances we create, his inclusion in the team and up the pitch, in place of of the likes of Holman or Zog, should be obvious. Hopefully we'll have someone more aggressive behind him in midfield as a compensation as well.
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His crosses are so harmless though. No whip or shape on them.
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His crosses are so harmless though. No whip or shape on them.
I disagree. His crosses create pretty much most of our chances which get missed so frequently. That and Weimann's movement, which is our best attacking asset IMO.
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His crosses are so harmless though. No whip or shape on them.
The free kick to Benteke which forced a good reflex save from the Southampton keeper was brilliant. He had a few good crosses in that game, in fact.
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2-2
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
That is Genius and should get a round of applause. :)
That should be Lambo's team talk, but not a word of it would be understood, what with him mumbling and the illiterate players being distracted by their diamond-encrusted Iphones.
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Watched the highlights of their amsuing collapse against the mighty Reading last night. Morrison looks a very useful player, as does Lukaku. We'll still beat 'em mind.
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0-0 - snoozefest.
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0-0 - snoozefest.
Would anyone not take that?
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Albion and their lumpen ilk have been transformed, from the elementary sub-amoeba found in the sediments of the primordial stew, to puddle-dwelling lungfish-type creatures as yet unknown to science. They are but sticky, peanut-studded turds squished between the feculent bum cheeks of Birmingham and the Black Country, dangling precariously from frazzled arse hair, awaiting their eventual dispatch into their natural habitat, Satan's eternal lavatory. They are the gnarled calluses on the arthritic wanking hand of the Devil's idiot half-brother. They give the sputum-chomping subterranean rat people of the Dark Ages a bad name and, whatever the score, they will always occupy the slippery rung at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder. Yes, they've certainly gone up in the world.
That is Genius and should get a round of applause. :)
That should be Lambo's team talk, but not a word of it would be understood, what with him mumbling and the illiterate players being distracted by their diamond-encrusted Iphones.
From peanut-studded turds to diamond-encrusted Iphones. Can we stamp-out all the studding and encrusting FFS?
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Albion 3 Villa 0
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I'd be battering up the hatches for this one
4-5-1
Guzan
Lowton Dunne Vlaar Bennet
Gabby Westwood Delph Clark N'zog
Benteke
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I'd be battering up the hatches for this one
4-5-1
Guzan
Lowton Dunne Vlaar Bennet
Gabby Westwood Delph Clark N'zog
Benteke
Is Dunne fit?
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Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne is poised to return to training later this week after undergoing three operations this season, Press Association Sport understands.
Republic of Ireland international Dunne, who is out of contract at Villa this summer, has been sidelined all season by groin and hip problems.
Villa have sorely missed his experience at the heart of their defence, particularly during the absence of captain Ron Vlaar with a calf problem.
It has been a nightmare 12 months for 33-year-old Dunne who was also out injured for nearly three months with a shoulder problem before returning at the very end of last season.
Villa boss Paul Lambert said: "If you look when Richard did his shoulder, he only came back for a couple of games and then had the groin problem at the Euros.
"He's not played much football for a year really. But the (latest) operation in America was successful and the main thing for everyone is to get him back fit."
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p,s seems to be ;)
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p.s probably sign for QPR on saturday morning
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Dunne won't be available but Vlaar surely to come back in place of Baker I suppose.
We need to turn it around sooner rather than later so I'm going for a draw, 1-1.
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0-0 - snoozefest.
I'd still be on the edge of my seat with nails bitten clean off.
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
To celebrate their highlight of the last 25 years. Us losing 8-0.
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Tossers
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Flicking through the channels and Reading - West Brom was being shown in full. Thought I'd watch the first ten minutes and didn't even manage that long due to the constant stream of anti-Villa songs from the away end. I hope we smash these tossers at the weekend and each goalscorer mimics their pathetic clapping.
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Flicking through the channels and Reading - West Brom was being shown in full. Thought I'd watch the first ten minutes and didn't even manage that long due to the constant stream of anti-Villa songs from the away end. I hope we smash these tossers at the weekend and each goalscorer mimics their pathetic clapping.
Dont the tipton tossers sing about the wolves anymore?
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Hopefully West Brom and QPR have game that is shattering and goes to penalties.
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
To celebrate their highlight of the last 25 years. Us losing 8-0.
This is how it feels to be Albion
This is how it feels to be small...
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
To celebrate their highlight of the last 25 years. Us losing 8-0.
This is how it feels to be Albion
This is how it feels to be small...
This is how it feels when your club's won next to fuck all.
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Steve Clarke don't know what he's done
Long don't know what's up with Brunt
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Flicking through the channels and Reading - West Brom was being shown in full. Thought I'd watch the first ten minutes and didn't even manage that long due to the constant stream of anti-Villa songs from the away end. I hope we smash these tossers at the weekend and each goalscorer mimics their pathetic clapping.
Dont the tipton tossers sing about the wolves anymore?
No, they only become theyre rivals if they're below us
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Looking at the weather forecast for the weekend, I'd be surprised if the game goes ahead.
Birmingham and the Black Country are on severe weather alert after forecasters predicted an Arctic blast would hit the region bringing up to four inches of snow.
Temperatures are set to struggle to climb above freezing and there is a real risk of substantial falls on high ground during the weekend as winter arrives with a vengeance.
There could also be coverings of several inches of snow in lower-lying parts of the region and it will feel bitterly cold throughout the weekend with a significant wind-chill factor, according to the Met Office.
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Looking at the weather forecast for the weekend, I'd be surprised if the game goes ahead.
Birmingham and the Black Country are on severe weather alert after forecasters predicted an Arctic blast would hit the region bringing up to four inches of snow.
Temperatures are set to struggle to climb above freezing and there is a real risk of substantial falls on high ground during the weekend as winter arrives with a vengeance.
There could also be coverings of several inches of snow in lower-lying parts of the region and it will feel bitterly cold throughout the weekend with a significant wind-chill factor, according to the Met Office.
At least we can guarantee a clean sheet
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A clean sheat would be a fine thing, our players look like they piss the bed.
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Hopefully West Brom and QPR have game that is shattering and goes to penalties.
Yes with us not playing midweek we will be fresher for the game than West Brom...
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Hopefully West Brom and QPR have game that is shattering and goes to penalties.
Yes with us not playing midweek we will be fresher for the game than West Brom...
If the game tonight goes to extra time, watch the Albion do nothing to play us on Saturday and have the game postponed.
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WBA 0 QPR 1 we need to go for it Saturday they will be edgey after two defeats in a row ....
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Villa win, cause them baggy arsed bastards arn't as good as they think they are!!!
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11K at the Yawnthorns tonight. Not very impressive for the *ahem* "Pride of the Midlands"
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Walsall have more claim to that title than they do.
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I'd be quite happy for our next few games to be postponed due to bad weather. Give us time to get in our new lads, nurse our remaining absentees back to health and give the young lads a bit of a break/more time to put things right on the training field.
Our poor form and injuries pile-up just had to fucking coincide with the busiest time of the season.
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This is what Clarke said after the match...
"But as a group, we know what we are trying to do. There's no better team to try and turn it around than against Aston Villa at the weekend."
Now, if I were Lambert I would pin this up in the changing room and say that the little shower down the road are taking the piss out of you.
What are you going to do about it?
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This is what Clarke said after the match...
"But as a group, we know what we are trying to do. There's no better team to try and turn it around than against Aston Villa at the weekend."
Now, if I were Lambert I would pin this up in the changing room and say that the little shower down the road are taking the piss out of you.
What are you going to do about it?
Having the piss taken out of them usually just leads to another thrashing, if recent games are anything to go by.
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He meant it in terms of a Derby, but I agree Maz, I would twist it to say they are the taking the piss, ram it down their sniggering throats and get the 3 points we are in fucking dire need of.
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They're probably best mates from back in Sco'land.
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This is what Clarke said after the match...
"But as a group, we know what we are trying to do. There's no better team to try and turn it around than against Aston Villa at the weekend."
Now, if I were Lambert I would pin this up in the changing room and say that the little shower down the road are taking the piss out of you.
What are you going to do about it?
To be honest I took that to mean because it's a derby rather than because he thinks it will be easy for them.
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
To celebrate their highlight of the last 25 years. Us losing 8-0.
This is how it feels to be Albion
This is how it feels to be small...
This is how it feels when your club's won next to fuck all.
brilliant, try and get it going saturday, i will back you 100%
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What is this 8th minute applause thing?
To celebrate their highlight of the last 25 years. Us losing 8-0.
This is how it feels to be Albion
This is how it feels to be small...
This is how it feels when your club's won next to fuck all.
brilliant, try and get it going saturday, i will back you 100%
just tweeted this, already been retweeted loads. if you want to follow we are @kfordlions get this retweeted so we can sing this to the dimwits on saturday!
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Looking at the forecast for friday and saturday i would not be at all surprised if the game is postponed , the west midlands could be hit by really heavy snow over the next 5 or 6 days and football may well be a victim.
With temperatures likely to remain below freezing as we head into the weekend, a wall of Polar air will meet the rain that will edge towards our region on Friday, turning readily to snow, driven by a strong south-easterly wind into blizzards over the hills of warwickshire. This snow may well persist throughout the day and overnight into Saturday, with futher snowfalls likely over the weekend. We may not have to rely on anecodotal memories of deep snow in our region for very much longer!
It looks as if it will be bitterly cold over the weeken into next week, with some forecast models expecting it to remain cold into mid-February
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Bloody hell, Michael Fish has come out of retirement.
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Looking at the forecast for friday and saturday i would not be at all surprised if the game is postponed , the west midlands could be hit by really heavy snow over the next 5 or 6 days and football may well be a victim.
With temperatures likely to remain below freezing as we head into the weekend, a wall of Polar air will meet the rain that will edge towards our region on Friday, turning readily to snow, driven by a strong south-easterly wind into blizzards over the hills of warwickshire. This snow may well persist throughout the day and overnight into Saturday, with futher snowfalls likely over the weekend. We may not have to rely on anecodotal memories of deep snow in our region for very much longer!
It looks as if it will be bitterly cold over the weeken into next week, with some forecast models expecting it to remain cold into mid-February
Not too many Premiership games cancelled due to weather these days, except if it's dodgy for fans
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Bloody hell, Michael Fish has come out of retirement.
I know how you hate being caught out without your brolly clamps! :)
If the snow is as bad as forecast then i guess conditions could be deemed dangerous to fans , regardless of the pitch .
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Shows how bad things are if we have to hope for match postponements. Would be helpful though.
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Shows how bad things are if we have to hope for match postponements. Would be helpful though.
I'm hoping for a match postponement against Bradford! That's how bad things have become!
lol
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Another savage beating is on the cards
5-0
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Another savage beating is on the cards
5-0
Based on their current scintillating form, no doubt.
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Another savage beating is on the cards
5-0
Oh, I dont know. I think the Boggies will get one at least.
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I'd go with:
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Lichaj
Holman Westwood Delph CNZ
Weimann Benteke
Weimann is not, in my opinion, a winger or midfielder. His movement and link up with Benteke is good so we need to capitalise on this. Delph, Westwood and Holman should have enough solidity to protect the back 4, leaving our strikers plus a motivated (hopefully) CNZ to run at the Albion's defence.
1-0 Villa. C'mon!
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I'd go with:
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Lichaj
Holman Westwood Delph CNZ
Weimann Benteke
Weimann is not, in my opinion, a winger or midfielder. His movement and link up with Benteke is good so we need to capitalise on this. Delph, Westwood and Holman should have enough solidity to protect the back 4, leaving our strikers plus a motivated (hopefully) CNZ to run at the Albion's defence.
1-0 Villa. C'mon!
have you been to a game lately? Why would Lichaj and Holman be anywhere near the team if there are other players, even our crap ones, available?
When Holman first came in, he masked his lack of ability by charging around the pitch and putting the oppo under pressure. He doesn't even do that anymore.
You watch him next time he plays. He spends a lot of the time walking around the pitch with his head down. As soon as a player gets past him, he gives up and starts walking. No thoughts about chasing back and putting the player under pressure from behind.
And Lichaj I'm afraid will never be anymore than a last resort squad player.
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I'd go with:
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Lichaj
Holman Westwood Delph CNZ
Weimann Benteke
Weimann is not, in my opinion, a winger or midfielder. His movement and link up with Benteke is good so we need to capitalise on this. Delph, Westwood and Holman should have enough solidity to protect the back 4, leaving our strikers plus a motivated (hopefully) CNZ to run at the Albion's defence.
1-0 Villa. C'mon!
have you been to a game lately? Why would Lichaj and Holman be anywhere near the team if there are other players, even our crap ones, available?
When Holman first came in, he masked his lack of ability by charging around the pitch and putting the oppo under pressure. He doesn't even do that anymore.
You watch him next time he plays. He spends a lot of the time walking around the pitch with his head down. As soon as a player gets past him, he gives up and starts walking. No thoughts about chasing back and putting the player under pressure from behind.
And Lichaj I'm afraid will never be anymore than a last resort squad player.
The alternative to Holman is either Ireland (lazy), Gabby (not a midfielder) or Bannan (still loses the ball a lot). I agree Holman is not great (to put it politely) but is probably the best bet of those that I mention.
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When will Carruthers get a chance?
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I'd go with:
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Lichaj
Holman Westwood Delph CNZ
Weimann Benteke
Weimann is not, in my opinion, a winger or midfielder. His movement and link up with Benteke is good so we need to capitalise on this. Delph, Westwood and Holman should have enough solidity to protect the back 4, leaving our strikers plus a motivated (hopefully) CNZ to run at the Albion's defence.
1-0 Villa. C'mon!
have you been to a game lately? Why would Lichaj and Holman be anywhere near the team if there are other players, even our crap ones, available?
When Holman first came in, he masked his lack of ability by charging around the pitch and putting the oppo under pressure. He doesn't even do that anymore.
You watch him next time he plays. He spends a lot of the time walking around the pitch with his head down. As soon as a player gets past him, he gives up and starts walking. No thoughts about chasing back and putting the player under pressure from behind.
And Lichaj I'm afraid will never be anymore than a last resort squad player.
I couldn't agree more on Holman. Lost his man at Swansea for their equaliser with a pathetic attempt to win the ball and then no effort to get back. And simply jogged towards the Villa box on Saturday as Southampton broke and got their penalty. Like you, I've watched him closely. If the ball or an opposing player is not within ten yards of him, he isn't interested and the head goes down. Disgraceful attitude and absolutely infuriating to see from the stands. Shouldn't be anywhere near a team that's in a relegation battle if he doesn't want to contribute.
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When will Carruthers get a chance?
I'd throw him in against Bradford personally.
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Forecast? we will not lose.....match will be postponed due to heavy snow!
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Forecast? we will not lose.....match will be postponed due to heavy snow!
Yep, batten down the hatches and get your spades ready.
Maybe bradford too i think , could be a blessing in disguise if it means a stronger side when the games do go ahead.
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I doubt this game will be postponed, local games don't tend to be because the fans don't have as far to travel.
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I doubt this game will be postponed, local games don't tend to be because the fans don't have as far to travel.
Health and safety of supporters is the key , if the forecast is correct of possibly 6 inches or more and freezing temperatures then approaches to the ground become a major issue of safety.
Met office have already issued a heavy snow warning for the west midlands for friday .
The thing with it being local is they can possibly wait longer before making a decision depending on how bad the snow is.
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We'll get beat. Probably convincingly.
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The health and safety of some supporters will be in question whether there is ice or not, given its kick off time.
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Does anyone know if any of the pubs in atherstone will be showing the game on Saturday? Just moved over that way and haven't ventured into any of them.
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Game will be off lads
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Game will be off lads
I hope it is, would suit us.
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Game will be off lads
I hope it is, would suit us.
Me too, but if others around us win, we start to be cemented in the bottom 3, then the mind games begin.
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Is the snow going to be that bad ? Have not seen the forecast for the weekend in the UK. Must be nasty if the game could be off.
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In two minds, wouldn't be a bad thing to call off (but then you could apply that to all our remaining games this season!) but then again they have injuries to key players like Long and Yacob and Mulumbu's at ANC. They've also lost 4 in a row so good time to play them if that means anything anymore.
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On the other hand it could be re-arranged for towards the end of the season when they could have the opportunity to relegate us, that'd be fun!
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Game will be off lads
I hope it is, would suit us.
Let's hope for a "Day After Tomorrow" style new ice age then.
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I hope it's on They're on a shit run at the moment Best possible time to play them
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Does anyone know if any of the pubs in atherstone will be showing the game on Saturday? Just moved over that way and haven't ventured into any of them.
White lion will have on the big screen.They have Church End Beers in there has well.
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I hope it's on They're on a shit run at the moment Best possible time to play them
just seen a few of the dimwits and they arent confident, say their hunger and desire seems to have departed and lots of players playing with injuries, foster, olsen, long, jacob, and odemwingie wanting to leave , mulumbu away. i think perfect time to play them. lets hope they do their 8th minute clap, it can only spur our lads on.
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They've generally lost by the odd goal in their bad run though - not been hammered numerous times like us.
Clarke is proving himself to be as good a manager as coach.
I'd still fancy them to do us at the weekend so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Please.
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I want the game on as I reckon we'll do them. Although I wouldn't be totally gutted if it was off as it's a bit more rest before the Bradford game.
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Just looked at fixtures , looks like there will be alot of pressure on us for this one.Could quite easily find ourselves 2nd bottom going into this...
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I hope it's on but the weather coming in looks bad.
Remember seeing us smash these in the snow in the 80s at their place . Think it was a league cup game though.
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Looking at the latest weather forecast the big snow that was coming for Birmingham on Accuweather is not going to hit us anymore, so the game will likely be on.
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Good.
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Blues home Saturday as well. Busy day ahead for WMP
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The health and safety of some supporters will be in question whether there is ice or not, given its kick off time.
ESPN will decide if it goes ahead or not, they and SKY dictate everything!
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Not that I want the game called off because I think its a good time to play them but it looks like it will be snowing like a boss from the early hours of tonight through to Sunday.
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Not that I want the game called off because I think its a good time to play them but it looks like it will be snowing like a boss from the early hours of tonight through to Sunday.
Yep just seen that , if so then it will be off although it looks as if most games in england could be off if the forecast is correct.
Also interesting is that extremely heavy snow is bing forecast again to hit the west mids on monday too which would probably put the bradford game in doubt.
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It won't snow that bad, It'll be Ok on Sat. Friday will eb the crap day. Let's play. Let's win.
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It won't snow that bad, It'll be Ok on Sat. Friday will eb the crap day. Let's play. Let's win.
Talk on the local radio of the heaviest snow in 22 years - thats bad enough.
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Snow will build up from tonight through to Sunday and some if it will be very heavy. 50+ hours of snow is a shitload.
The problem is that it wont get above freezing at any point so the snow wont go anywhere.
The pitch probably isn't the main problem, the transport situation and conditions for supporters is.
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It won't snow that bad, It'll be Ok on Sat. Friday will eb the crap day. Let's play. Let's win.
Talk on the local radio of the heaviest snow in 22 years - thats bad enough.
It's all bad. But, we just got to get on with it and beat the Baggies.
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I'm in two minds about the Albion game. It might be a good time to play them i suppose but then again form goes out the window in derbies to an extent. If it is postponed, we may have new players in by the time we do end up playing them.
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Yep would help us if it was postponed to get players in for the re-arranged game. On the other hand Lambert could possibly get away with playing a couple of snowmen in defence instead of the usual suspects.
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Yep would help us if it was postponed to get players in for the re-arranged game. On the other hand Lambert could possibly get away with playing a couple of snowmen in defence instead of the usual suspects.
the snowman was better in the air.
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Looking at the weather I don't think there's a chance this will go ahead.
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Tickets still available for the big match (home areas only)
We know what you are
Struggling to sell out
We know what you are
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Looking at the weather I don't think there's a chance this will go ahead.
Same as, the odds for bradford arent great either if mondays forecast comes true - could be another 8 inches on monday in the west mids.
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The only other plus to having the game called off on Saturday would to be to give us a rest for Bradford. Hopefully both will go ahead though.
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Just thinking if bradford is off and we draw at millwall we could find ourselves with a bit of a fixture pile up looming should that happen.
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Just thinking if bradford is off and we draw at millwall we could find ourselves with a bit of a fixture pile up looming should that happen.
That's the price you pay for being a successful club and why it's important to have a strong squad. Oh, wait....
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Just thinking if bradford is off and we draw at millwall we could find ourselves with a bit of a fixture pile up looming should that happen.
Apparently we're the only team in the Football League that are still in all the competitions we have have entered.Blues were in a similar position the year they were relegated and ended up with about 3 games in hand which was their lifeline.Of course they ended up losing them all
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This is shaping up to be a long weekend with hopefully no chance of getting to work on Friday or Monday possibly Tuesday too !
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Meaning Evil:
Gritters poised to prevent Baggies v Villa derby being cancelled
Gritters on standby to ensure West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa clash gets the green light to beat the predicted snow
Gritters have been booked to keep pavements and car parks around The Hawthorns clear of snow as the Baggies battle to make sure the crunch derby against Villa beats the blizzards.
Heavy snow and high winds are forecast throughout Friday with local falls of up to 12ins predicted for high ground.
The Hawthorns is the highest ground in England so preparations are already well-advanced to safeguard the televised teatime clash tomorrow.
An Albion spokesman said pre-match work was well-underway to enable the fixture to go-ahead.
The club spokesman added: “We’re making all of our usual pre-match preparations. The undersoil heating is on and doing its job and we’ve got gritters booked to service both inside the stadium and the immediate vicinity outside.”
A capacity crowd is expected for the 5.30pm kick-off and police confirmed they had contingency plans in place to deal with any adverse weather.
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Meaning Evil:
Gritters poised to prevent Baggies v Villa derby being cancelled
Gritters on standby to ensure West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa clash gets the green light to beat the predicted snow
Gritters have been booked to keep pavements and car parks around The Hawthorns clear of snow as the Baggies battle to make sure the crunch derby against Villa beats the blizzards.
Heavy snow and high winds are forecast throughout Friday with local falls of up to 12ins predicted for high ground.
The Hawthorns is the highest ground in England so preparations are already well-advanced to safeguard the televised teatime clash tomorrow.
An Albion spokesman said pre-match work was well-underway to enable the fixture to go-ahead.
The club spokesman added: “We’re making all of our usual pre-match preparations. The undersoil heating is on and doing its job and we’ve got gritters booked to service both inside the stadium and the immediate vicinity outside.”
A capacity crowd is expected for the 5.30pm kick-off and police confirmed they had contingency plans in place to deal with any adverse weather.
Good luck with that baggies ,i cant see it having a hope in hell of being on.
If was a couple of inches that might work but is expected to be far heavier than that .
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
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Meaning Evil:
Gritters poised to prevent Baggies v Villa derby being cancelled
Gritters on standby to ensure West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa clash gets the green light to beat the predicted snow
Gritters have been booked to keep pavements and car parks around The Hawthorns clear of snow as the Baggies battle to make sure the crunch derby against Villa beats the blizzards.
Heavy snow and high winds are forecast throughout Friday with local falls of up to 12ins predicted for high ground.
The Hawthorns is the highest ground in England so preparations are already well-advanced to safeguard the televised teatime clash tomorrow.
An Albion spokesman said pre-match work was well-underway to enable the fixture to go-ahead.
The club spokesman added: “We’re making all of our usual pre-match preparations. The undersoil heating is on and doing its job and we’ve got gritters booked to service both inside the stadium and the immediate vicinity outside.”
A capacity crowd is expected for the 5.30pm kick-off and police confirmed they had contingency plans in place to deal with any adverse weather.
It will be off - it'll be the 'wrong' sort of snow. Every time the Council say they're prepared for the snow it ends up as gridlock everywhere. Anything more than 3'' of snow will be chaos!
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
Roker park in 85 for me - no roof and wind and rain hammering in off the north sea - we did win 4-0 though.
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Seems like WBA are desperate to play us
Wankers
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Seems like WBA are desperate to play us
Wankers
your last word on them is correct, but they are nearly on an equally bad run of form and have players missing, injured etc, vlaar returning for us, i really fancy us to win this one! perfect time to play.
on the weather front, i just tweeted our police liason officer stuart bladen and asked' if we have what has been forcast, do you think the game will be on'? he came straight back and said the olbeyun are supremly confident it will go ahead. come on boys, lets rip into these small time wankers!
this is how it feels to be albion
this is how it feels to be small
this is how it feels when your clubs won next to fuck all!
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Be pissed off if it goes ahead and can't get there due to no public transport
Have shelled £80 on 2 tickets
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If it's still snowing on Saturday it'll be off.
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Be pissed off if it goes ahead and can't get there due to no public transport
Have shelled £80 on 2 tickets
Dont worry - it won't!
I remember blackburn making the same noises as albion before our semi up there and we all knew there was no chance.
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Be pissed off if it goes ahead and can't get there due to no public transport
Have shelled £80 on 2 tickets
If you start walking at 5.30 tomorrow evening you will make it in time for the game. Thermos flask the size of a tank, full of soup and you will be fine ;)
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I will get the sledge and huskeys ready just in case
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I will get the sledge and huskeys ready just in case
I will fly my 3 across if you want. Passports are ready. They have never seen snow though, might confuse them, especially the closer you get to the Hawthorns, all they will smell is shite! :D
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They can plan as much as they like, if it's snowing on Saturday at 5.30 the pitch won't handle regardless of what they do with the surrounding areas.
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Does anyone know if any of the pubs in atherstone will be showing the game on Saturday? Just moved over that way and haven't ventured into any of them.
White lion will have on the big screen.They have Church End Beers in there has well.
Cheers looks like that's the one.
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It will be off, they can't handle a crowd when it's sunny.
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If the game goes ahead I think West Brom will nick this game 1-0...
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I have a feeling that our next game is now Millwall.
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I have a feeling that our next game is now Millwall.
Probably right, lets hope that we win at the den and avoid a replay or we could end up with a fixture backlog.
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According to Lucy on Central News, games should be on as they have under soil heating. So there.
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Is Lucy generally to be relied upon?
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I have a feeling that our next game is now Millwall.
Probably right, lets hope that we win at the den and avoid a replay or we could end up with a fixture backlog.
Let's take one none called off game at a time shall we?
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Is Lucy generally to be relied upon?
Well, she seems to know her weather but not the implications of disruptions it can cause.
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Is Lucy generally to be relied upon?
Well, she seems to know her weather but not the implications of disruptions it can cause.
lucy tupper?
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The Ozal woman would take great delight in saying something was off.
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We need this as a banner when we play them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/EnglishPride2004/wbawonker_zpsfae1288a.jpg)
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Be pissed off if it goes ahead and can't get there due to no public transport
Have shelled £80 on 2 tickets
If there is no public transport, the game won't be on.....
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Whats the worst defeat in our history against this lot? I'm hoping it'll be called off otherwise it will be another bad record to add to PL growing list of achievements.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
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According to Lucy on Central News, games should be on as they have under soil heating.
They say they've got showers,
we know it's not true,
they've holes in the roof where the rains leaking through.
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According to Lucy on Central News, games should be on as they have under soil heating. So there.
I think it's more likely to be a case of safety conditions near the ground and public transport problems that dictate whether it goes ahead.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
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According to Lucy on Central News, games should be on as they have under soil heating. So there.
I think it's more likely to be a case of safety conditions near the ground and public transport problems that dictate whether it goes ahead.
Exactly.
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Anyone of a certain age remember a snow covered cup tie played at The Hawthorns in the 80's? I'm sure we won the match and it was played with an orange football.
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Anyone of a certain age remember a snow covered cup tie played at The Hawthorns in the 80's? I'm sure we won the match and it was played with an orange football.
Yes. Kicked off with a white ball, and they changed it after not very long. And the ski-slope exit from the Smethwick end. Where was health and safety when you needed it!
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Vlaar to inspire us and the chances to finally go in. Lambert might be guilty of making some mistakes in recent weeks but he must be in as much shock as all of us at the chances we've spurned. It's so deflating and when you add that to a defence that lacks stability and confidence, it's just pressure they don't need. It has to turn, and I believe it will turn this weekend, followed by a massive boost as we blow away Bradford. We've had a couple of really poor weeks, but it can and will change.
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The Ozal woman would take great delight in saying something was off.
Her'd probably complain about the noise coming from the ground anyway. From the away end of course.
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Vlaar to inspire us and the chances to finally go in. Lambert might be guilty of making some mistakes in recent weeks but he must be in as much shock as all of us at the chances we've spurned. It's so deflating and when you add that to a defence that lacks stability and confidence, it's just pressure they don't need. It has to turn, and I believe it will turn this weekend, followed by a massive boost as we blow away Bradford. We've had a couple of really poor weeks, but it can and will change.
I love your optimism brother. A man of me own heart. VTID 8)
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
Chrissy Price Cup game, perhaps? That game still makes me believe the yawnthornes altitude stat is a lie!
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That's better...Lawro predicts we will lose 2-0. He nearly always gets our results wrong.
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That's better...Lawro predicts we will lose 2-0. He nearly always gets our results wrong.
We'd have been relegated by now,going by Lawros predictions
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They are going to have to do something remarkable for this game to go ahead, regardless of their plans.
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Game will be off I reckon, gives us more time to work on the Sneijder and Coutinho deals ;)
Also probably the first time ever I wouldn't be upset for a game to be called off. Says something that!
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How is it down there?
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They should call it off today, but they won't will they?
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They will wait till I have driven down and sunk a few in the pub before they do that!
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That's better...Lawro predicts we will lose 2-0. He nearly always gets our results wrong.
We'd have been relegated by now,going by Lawros predictions
Not sure about that. He predicted we would beat Soton and Wigan.
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The snow is bad, really bad in Dudley, but they have know about it and should have made the relevant preparations to make sure it goes ahead.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
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The snow is bad, really bad in Dudley, but they have know about it and should have made the relevant preparations to make sure it goes ahead.
the olbeyun liason officer has just tweeted that the club are very positive but a lot depends on what we get over the next 24 hours. sitting on the fence at the moment it seems but it is in doubt i think!
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
I bet they are not hoping to train this morning!
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'Proud to be a Villan' Facebook page: WM Police have confirmed that the pitch is fine for tomorrow but there is a concern about fan safety and travel routes.
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Bit of experience back in the squad which is good.
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It doesn't really matter what the snow's like today as it can be cleared. Tomorrow morning will be the tester.
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this is how it feels to be albion, this is how it feels to be small, this is how it feels when your clubs won next to fuck all!
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
sorry Dave , I was thinking of The Cup game 3-0 , got it wrong , the later one and it was the coldest for me . I actually left early as I had enough and then could not get out of the ground car park as the Oldham fans had blocked us in and we had to wait for them to come out all laughing at us through the windscreen , horrible night .
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This is how it will look rutski
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
Great stuff. If the game is delayed, we might even have more time to get them all fit.
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Bit of experience back in the squad which is good.
And where is the 'experienced' cover if Vlaar gets injured again? No sign of new players joining. Still, ''we'll be fine'' ''Aston Villa won't be relegated'' Quote: Paul Lambert
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Lawrenson has picked us to lose 2-0. I am feeling much more positive.
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I'm going for a confidence building P-P draw.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
Great stuff. If the game is delayed, we might even have more time to get them all fit.
Id throw Vlaar , Dunne and Bent straight in . We need them. Not that he will.
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Bit of experience back in the squad which is good.
And where is the 'experienced' cover if Vlaar gets injured again? No sign of new players joining. Still, ''we'll be fine'' ''Aston Villa won't be relegated'' Quote: Paul Lambert
I didn't say it would save us, I said it would help. We need new players everyone knows that.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
Great stuff. If the game is delayed, we might even have more time to get them all fit.
Id throw Vlaar , Dunne and Bent straight in . We need them. Not that he will.
Put Vlaar in. Give Bent and Dunne some minutes in the cups and start all three against Newcastle.
We need to win some of our home games.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
sorry Dave , I was thinking of The Cup game 3-0 , got it wrong , the later one and it was the coldest for me . I actually left early as I had enough and then could not get out of the ground car park as the Oldham fans had blocked us in and we had to wait for them to come out all laughing at us through the windscreen , horrible night .
I remember at league game at the Hawthorns around 84/5. It was sooo.. cold. I had about 3 jumpers, my hat, gloves, scarf and thick coat on. But was still freezing. I do remember on villa fan who was wearing just an open necked shirt and one of those thin leather waist length jackets, completely unzipped He was swinging back larger on the terrace. I remember thinking he must be hard.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v WBA injury news:
Paul Lambert confirms Ron Vlaar is available for the clash. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent are hoping to train this morning. Full update to follow.
Great stuff. If the game is delayed, we might even have more time to get them all fit.
Id throw Vlaar , Dunne and Bent straight in . We need them. Not that he will.
Put Vlaar in. Give Bent and Dunne some minutes in the cups and start all three against Newcastle.
We need to win some of our home games.
Vlaar should be straight in, Bent a second half sub as long as there is a tactical change to give him something to feed on but save Dunne possibly for Millwall or even Newcastle to give him more time to get fit.
Looking at the weather though I think they might all get longer to get fit.
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Not many left injured now, only Albrighton, Herd and Gardner, maybe Given? If 4 guys had to be out, I'd probably hand pick those 4, the reserve keeper and 3 others I personally wouldn't have in the matchday squad if everyone was available.
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Can't see it being on to be honest, pitch might be OK but it will be down to the walk up to the stadium and if it will be safe. Planed on going on the train. If off though will give us more time to be prepared for Tuesday
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Maybe we can sign a cpuple of Icelandic defenders in time for tomorrow. They'll be spot on for this weather.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
sorry Dave , I was thinking of The Cup game 3-0 , got it wrong , the later one and it was the coldest for me . I actually left early as I had enough and then could not get out of the ground car park as the Oldham fans had blocked us in and we had to wait for them to come out all laughing at us through the windscreen , horrible night .
I remember at league game at the Hawthorns around 84/5. It was sooo.. cold. I had about 3 jumpers, my hat, gloves, scarf and thick coat on. But was still freezing. I do remember on villa fan who was wearing just an open necked shirt and one of those thin leather waist length jackets, completely unzipped He was swinging back larger on the terrace. I remember thinking he must be hard.
'swinging back larger'? Did he have his cock out despite the cold or was he swigging lager?
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I've just been out for a stroll round and i'd be pretty surprised it it goes ahead. Hagley Road is in a fair old state and the pavements are treacherous.
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'Proud to be a Villan' Facebook page: WM Police have confirmed that the pitch is fine for tomorrow but there is a concern about fan safety and travel routes.
So Off in other words
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Same FB Page:
Hearing WBA staff have been told not to bother going in tomorrow.
Looks like the game is off, unless circumstances change.
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'Proud to be a Villan' Facebook page: WM Police have confirmed that the pitch is fine for tomorrow but there is a concern about fan safety and travel routes.
So Off in other words
He/she just claimed
"Hearing WBA staff have been told not to bother going in tomorrow.
Looks like the game is off, unless circumstances change."
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I've just been out for a stroll round and i'd be pretty surprised it it goes ahead. Hagley Road is in a fair old state and the pavements are treacherous.
What concerns me is after the game when/if temperatures drop to the predicted -4. Pavements could be bloody slippy.
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Well, it's annoying not to have a game this weekend, but in terms of getting Vlaar back fit especially and maybe getting in new signings, we might benefit as a team long term.
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I guess it depends what it's like tomorrow, if the snow has stopped by midday they'll probably make best efforts to have it on.
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
[/qquote]sorry Dave , I was thinking of The Cup game 3-0 , got it wrong , the later one and it was the coldest for me . I actually left early as I had enough and then could not get out of the ground car park as the Oldham fans had blocked us in and we had to wait for them to come out all laughing at us through the windscreen , horrible night .
I remember at league game at the Hawthorns around 84/5. It was sooo.. cold. I had about 3 jumpers, my hat, gloves, scarf and thick coat on. But was still freezing. I do remember on villa fan who was wearing just an open necked shirt and one of those thin leather waist length jackets, completely unzipped He was swinging back larger on the terrace. I remember thinking he must be hard.
'swinging back larger'? Did he have his cock out despite the cold or was he swigging lager?
Nearly spat my coke out over the bloke opposite me on the train after reading that! Nice one!
If game on I think we'll get a 1-1 draw.
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West Bromwich Albion say "concerted efforts" are underway to ensure Saturday's West Midlands derby with Aston Villa goes ahead.
"We hired gritters to service both inside and outside the stadium yesterday and they will remain on site for the rest of today and tomorrow," says Mark Miles, Albion's head of facility operations and development.
"The under-soil heating has been on for several days, which is keeping the pitch temperature at ten degrees celcius. We are making concerted efforts to remove the heavy snowfall from in and around the stadium and this operation will continue tomorrow morning."
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What grass?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/EnglishPride2004/wba1_zpse61c3c1a.jpg)
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I just hope that they don't leave it until the last minute to call the game off. I know that its a local derby but not all of us have the pleasure of living in the second city.
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I just hope that they don't leave it until the last minute to call the game off. I know that its a local derby but not all of us have the pleasure of living in the second city.
Bloody out of towners! Glory hunters the lot of ya!
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As long as we don't hoof it to Benteke, he becomes pretty poor when we do that.
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As long as we don't hoof it to Benteke, he becomes pretty poor when we do that.
This
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I just hope that they don't leave it until the last minute to call the game off. I know that its a local derby but not all of us have the pleasure of living in the second city.
It should have been called off today. There isn't cat in hell's chance of the game going ahead.
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I just hope that they don't leave it until the last minute to call the game off. I know that its a local derby but not all of us have the pleasure of living in the second city.
It should have been called off today. There isn't cat in hell's chance of the game going ahead.
Why do you say that ?
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Leicester played tonight didn't they?
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Leicester played tonight didn't they?
yes
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Thing is it will be more to do with what it is like around the ground the roads and pavements etc if that is dangerous and public transport is cancelled it will be off for those reasons.
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If the tram isn't running again, game probably won't go ahead.
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Remember this bullet header?
(http://i3.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article1211750.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/PM1166677@TE111210ASTO-18.jpg)
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Tell you what the Bent equaliser against them late at our place earlier this season was one of the best moments this season for me. Really got the blood pumping.
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Tell you what the Bent equaliser against them late at our place earlier this season was one of the best moments this season for me. Really got the blood pumping.
I watched the game on holiday in Rhodes. Woke the complex up with my keyed-up bellowing.
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Why is this game played at 5:30 when its a derby game? so strange... all local rival games like this are played at 1:00.
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Why is this game played at 5:30 when its a derby game? so strange... all local rival games like this are played at 1:00.
It does seem like they're asking for it, doesn't it?
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Snowball fights at the station?
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Why is this game played at 5:30 when its a derby game? so strange... all local rival games like this are played at 1:00.
Because it's on TV and they aren't all played at 1.
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I can't remember any derby games being played at 5:30...
there are no games on TV tomorrow except ours, hence why its strange its not played at 1:00
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Wait we are on UK TV again? We know how that goes.
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Surprised the Leicester game went ahead, only than 8.5K were there. Well under half their average for the season.
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Surprised the Leicester game went ahead, less than 8.5K were there. Well under half their average for the season.
When somebody gets killed, as a result of playing games in dangerous conditions, we will be back to 'lessons learnt' again. Greed will always prevail over safety, with those who gain the benefit from the greed being at the forefront of the self-righteous do-gooders after the event.
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If the game goes ahead, team I would play
Guzan
Lichaj, Vlaar, Clark, Baker
Bannan, Westwood, Delph, Gabby
Wiemann, Bent
Benteke I think needs a breather, would be good to come on. Think Lowton certainly needs a break but not expecting Lambert to drop either of Benteke and Lowton.
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Surprised the Leicester game went ahead, only than 8.5K were there. Well under half their average for the season.
The snow hit mid afternoon and it was taking people over three hours to travel a couple of miles. Many just gave up, so that probably explains the attendance.
It must snow in Bordesley Green every Saturday.
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Is the game still likely to go ahead? What is the weather situation ?
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According to people in the area, the gritters have been out and so far its game on
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Drove past on my way to work earlier.
Roads are fine, Metro is running, trains are running. Unless there's a blizzard I reckon it'll be on.
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Oh balls. So yet again a fun day in the pub will be ruined by having to go too the game!
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Unlikely, but hoped it would be called off.
Much easier to change your fortunes against a Div 2 team than WBA (he says!!!).
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anyone know what time the inspection is? I need to plan my day, am I heading to a Jewellery Quarter pub en route to West Brom or am I building a snowman with the kids?!
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Well the Blues game is on so I think we can assume it wil go ahead
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The game, at present, is expected to be on. (Football police on twitter)
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Extremely buzzing for this now. Time to put these small time twats back in their box. Relegation next year for them
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The game, at present, is expected to be on. (Football police on twitter)
Well hopefully a win today and a Southampton collapse on Monday.
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Extremely buzzing for this now. Time to put these small time twats back in their box. Relegation next year for them
This x 1000
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I have just looked at the other fixtures for today.
Because I am all consumed with Villa, I haven't looked at anyone else for a while.
Blimey, there are some big games today. I don't know how I want those games to end up, best for us.
Newcastle v reading and wigan v sunderland.
I guess the main thing is that we bloody win.
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I have zero evidence our squad is likely to win or even draw today. I guess I will try blind faith. Its gets harder every week though.
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I think we will win today, I really do.
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I have zero evidence our squad is likely to win or even draw today. I guess I will try blind faith. Its gets harder every week though.
How could Stevie Winwood and Ginge improve us?
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I never knew the Hawthorns is the highest ground in England, always though it was Boundary Park, it was like the Arctic Circle up there.
Boundary Park in 87 was the coldest I have ever been at a football match.
and me and very depressing too
We won.
[/qquote]sorry Dave , I was thinking of The Cup game 3-0 , got it wrong , the later one and it was the coldest for me . I actually left early as I had enough and then could not get out of the ground car park as the Oldham fans had blocked us in and we had to wait for them to come out all laughing at us through the windscreen , horrible night .
I remember at league game at the Hawthorns around 84/5. It was sooo.. cold. I had about 3 jumpers, my hat, gloves, scarf and thick coat on. But was still freezing. I do remember on villa fan who was wearing just an open necked shirt and one of those thin leather waist length jackets, completely unzipped He was swinging back larger on the terrace. I remember thinking he must be hard.
'swinging back larger'? Did he have his cock out despite the cold or was he swigging lager?
Nearly spat my coke out over the bloke opposite me on the train after reading that! Nice one!
If game on I think we'll get a 1-1 draw.
Many thanks. Coke is best spat out, I always find.
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Saw this on the BBC's sportsday/transfer window page, timed at 9.37am:
"West Brom against Aston Villa is today's 1730 GMT kick-off and that game is under threat. Albion are saying they are making 'concerted efforts' to get The Hawthorns ready"
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1--0 to Villa Wieman to score
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Saw this on the BBC's sportsday/transfer window page, timed at 9.37am:
"West Brom against Aston Villa is today's 1730 GMT kick-off and that game is under threat. Albion are saying they are making 'concerted efforts' to get The Hawthorns ready"
you know what the BBC are like . Probably has we have signed David Platt from Crewe
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Saw this on the BBC's sportsday/transfer window page, timed at 9.37am:
"West Brom against Aston Villa is today's 1730 GMT kick-off and that game is under threat. Albion are saying they are making 'concerted efforts' to get The Hawthorns ready"
you know what the BBC are like . Probably has we have signed David Platt from Crewe
Great that's all we need. We're struggling and the only signing so far is some nobody from Crewe. Ellis out!
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@thegoalzone: West Brom v Villa is on and goes ahead. LIVE on 990am, 1017am, 1152am and DAB Digital Radio. Free Radio 80s
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@WMPFootballUnit: #wba have confirmed that unless there is a severe deterioration in the weather later the game will go ahead #villa
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http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/its-game-on-608059.aspx
PUBLISHED
09:57 19th January 2013
Barring severe deterioration in weather, Villa derby will go ahead
BARRING a severe deterioration in the weather conditions, today’s derby against Villa will go ahead (ko 5.30pm).
The pitch has been cleared of snow and is perfectly playable thanks to the under-soil heating.
All seating areas, concourses, turnstile approaches and pathways around the stadium, on land owned by the club, have also been cleared of snow and gritted.
All supporters are strongly urged to leave plenty of time for their journey to The Hawthorns and also to wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
Fans should also note that several car parks and pavements around the stadium that are not owned by the club may not have been gritted and are therefore urged to take extra care.
Mark Miles, Albion’s head of facility operations & development, said: “The ground staff and extra help we’ve hired in have done a terrific job in clearing the snow and we’re now making all of our usual pre-match preparations.
“Unless there is a sudden deterioration in the weather, which is not forecast, the game will go ahead as planned.”
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Mr Sox, I'm about to text you to let you know the game should be on.
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Mr Sox, I'm about to text you to let you know the game should be on.
Text me anyway, so that I have your number
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Right well Villa I think we'll lose, but please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease win.
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As Danny Baker just said, fingers crossed its called off.
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Mr Sox, I'm about to text you to let you know the game should be on.
Text me anyway, so that I have your number
Good job I double checked the text i'm about to send, predictive text chose 'perverted' instead of 'requested', which could have been awkward!
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As Danny Baker just said, fingers crossed its called off.
I can't be doing with that defeatist attitude, we should be seeing this as an opportunity to start a recovery. They're in bad form as well.
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I have just looked at the other fixtures for today.
Because I am all consumed with Villa, I haven't looked at anyone else for a while.
Blimey, there are some big games today. I don't know how I want those games to end up, best for us.
Newcastle v reading and wigan v sunderland.
I guess the main thing is that we bloody win.
draws keep everyone in the mire but I would imagine Slumberland being ok so a wigan defeat would be fine.
3 points for us would be such a boost and could save our season.
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I have just looked at the other fixtures for today.
Because I am all consumed with Villa, I haven't looked at anyone else for a while.
Blimey, there are some big games today. I don't know how I want those games to end up, best for us.
Newcastle v reading and wigan v sunderland.
I guess the main thing is that we bloody win.
draws keep everyone in the mire but I would imagine Slumberland being ok so a wigan defeat would be fine.
3 points for us would be such a boost and could save our season.
Indeed, we really really need to win today but I've been saying that for weeks if not the last couple of seasons and we rarely do.
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Paul Lambert believes courage is the most precious commodity in a derby - and he's backed his players to show it in abundance tonight
Lambert sends his players into an early evening encounter with West Brom insisting that they have what it takes to emerge victorious.
The boss admits Villa have not clocked up the best results of late but, importantly, he says he's seen "no negativity" in training, with the lads buzzing ahead of the Albion encounter.
He said: "You don't need lifting for the game.
"Form also goes out of the window because you don't know what's going to happen. It's a good game.
"It's important for both teams. It's important for the fans. It's vital.
"We have been beaten in a couple of games and West Brom the same.
"You need a lot of courage on and off the ball. You have to handle the atmosphere and the crowd. You have to have players who can step up to the plate.
"You also have a better chance of winning with 11 players on the pitch, that's for sure. You can't get drawn into over-aggression. You have to play your own game.
"I see the lads in training. I don't see any negativity at all. The way they train, they are very, very good. It's about transferring that into matches.
"I have never once come in and thought we're miles off it."
Lambert says his players are looking forward to experiencing the red-hot atmosphere at The Hawthorns - and he's relishing pitting his wits against former St Mirren pal Steve Clarke.
He continued: "Steve's done really well there. They're on a bit of a run that's not great for them either. They started the season incredibly well.
"They're a good side with some really good players and experienced lads and it will be a great atmosphere there. You don't need to be lifted by it. We have to go to try to win."
Lambert, of course, will be boosted by the return of skipper Ron Vlaar.
Vlaar is looking forward to coming back for the Baggies bash.
He's eager to help the team to three points - and the "prestige" that comes with winning a derby.
He said: "They are a very good team. They are very solid. Physically, they are very good.
"We should have scored in the first half in the game at Villa Park to get that first goal but we didn't.
"After half-time they scored but it was good that Benty scored. We deserved that goal.
"I really look forward to this latest game. It's a derby which is always nice. We need points, that's obvious.
"It's always more passion in a derby, also for the fans because it's two clubs from the same city.
"It's also prestige. You want to win that game, like every game, but it's just a bit more important for the fans and also for us to win this game.
"We can feed off the atmosphere. That's my feeling always. But we have to be focused. What happens in the crowd, we have to try to get the benefit of it. But we have to focus."
MATCH INFO
West Brom v Villa
Barclays Premier League
Saturday January 19 - KO 5.30pm
Referee: Lee Probert
TICKETS
Sold Out
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We should never fear the yam yams.
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We need to show courage, which we haven't done a lot of but we also need to show quality which we've shown virtually none of lately.
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I can't see us getting anything in this 3-0 to them.
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If they hammer us given the form they're in as well then Lambert should be sacked today. I haven't been in support of getting rid, but eventually there has to be a line.
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"Form also goes out of the window because you don't know what's going to happen. It's a good game.
"It's important for both teams. It's important for the fans. It's vital.
"We have been beaten in a couple of games and West Brom the same.
A couple of games !!!!
Oh dear, I hope we are not suffering a case of denial here.
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I know it sounds obvious, but for those going make sure you wrap up. Temperatures here aren't expected to go above -1 all day.
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It's all about taking our chances. If we get a sniff we have to score otherwise they'll pick us off.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
Sounds good, although my fear is the defense will be letting just as many goals in at the other end.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
Sounds good, although my fear is the defense will be letting just as many goals in at the other end.
Well yeah but that'll happen regardless of how many we score.
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As Danny Baker just said, fingers crossed its called off.
I can't be doing with that defeatist attitude, we should be seeing this as an opportunity to start a recovery. They're in bad form as well.
I'd still rather get back on form by playing Bradford. Not sure away to WBA is what we want.
As for being a defeatist, it comes with being a Villa fan. They go hand in hand.
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Oh and also Clark and Baker need to stop stepping out to intercept, they're not good enough at it. They constantly get turned.
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It should have been called off today. There isn't cat in hell's chance of the game going ahead.
What do I know eh?
I thought the snow already fallen + the ice + the snow to come would somehow produce an outbreak of common sense. I didn't factor in the financial implications for ESPN and West Bromwich Albion, meaning we'll be asked to fork out another 39 sheets, if the match is abandoned.
That said, I may as well get dressed, obtain some beer tokens and make my way down to the social for some pre match fun.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
No. Not at the expense of Weimann anyway.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
No. Not at the expense of Weimann anyway.
Agreed. To be honest, if anyone's going to drop out it's got to be Benteke, he looks like he really needs a rest, but not to be replaced by Bent who hasn't done anything to suggest he should be recalled.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
No. Not at the expense of Weimann anyway.
Agreed. To be honest, if anyone's going to drop out it's got to be Benteke, he looks like he really needs a rest, but not to be replaced by Bent who hasn't done anything to suggest he should be recalled.
No but at least he has a track record and frankly if a chance dropped to anyone I'd want it to be Bent.
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I'd go with Bent and Weimann. Benteke has missed a few chances lately. Lets go with Bent's experience.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
Yep. Bent/Benteke has to be the shout today.
No. Not at the expense of Weimann anyway.
Agreed. To be honest, if anyone's going to drop out it's got to be Benteke, he looks like he really needs a rest, but not to be replaced by Bent who hasn't done anything to suggest he should be recalled.
Agreed. Benteke looks tired recently and Gabby just never produces so it has to be Benteke or Bent with Weimann who never looks tired.
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I've stopped being worried. Balls to that
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I no longer have any fear of death. But I am in a pretty lonely place. No-one will have sex with me
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:)
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There are 6 Words I do not wish to here.
"We re-group and we go again"
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TEAM NEWS
West Brom will assess Claudio Yacob and Marc-Antoine Fortune, both of whom have been sidelined recently because of hamstring injuries.
Shane Long is doubtful with a dead leg and Steven Reid is ruled out, but Chris Brunt has recovered from illness.
Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar could start his first game since suffering a calf injury in November.
Joe Bennett is fit again but Darren Bent (knee) is doubtful, while Chris Herd and Marc Albrighton are ruled out.
MATCH PREVIEW
Firstly, I just hope that this game beats the weather to go ahead, because it's being played on the perfect date: 19 January marks 124 years to the day of Albion and Villa playing each other in the league for the first time in the inaugural season of the Football League. What a shame that neither founder member is particularly in the mood to celebrate anything much at all at the moment.
West Brom's FA Cup defeat by QPR on Tuesday was a fifth game without a win. A run of six defeats in their last nine in the league, including losing their last three, means a colder feel to the air at The Hawthorns when compared to early season and the club's best ever start to a Premier League campaign.
They shouldn't have lost last Saturday of course. With a 2-0 lead and fewer than nine minutes of the 90 to go, defeat at Reading seemed unthinkable.
Steve Clarke admitted to feeling "shell-shocked" afterwards and he looked it too. Now his team must give him a response against another side fighting to preserve their Premier League skins.
Aston Villa's recent story is even more woeful, and it's getting harder to find reasons to back them to stay up.
When they were struggling early on in the season I thought I'd seen enough from their young team to suggest that the (very) green shoots of recovery weren't far away, but until they stop conceding, start scoring again and generally just wise up, they're in deep trouble.
The '12 goals of Christmas' conceded to Chelsea and Tottenham clearly hit confidence hard, but I think that Bradford's third goal in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg might have a bigger impact on their fight - or appetite for one.
Turning that tie around on Tuesday could give the team the boost it desperately needs. Going into it off the back of a win in the West Midlands' oldest derby wouldn't half help too.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
West Brom are unbeaten in their last four games against Aston Villa. They have won two of those matches, with the last two ending in draws.
Prior to that run, Villa were unbeaten against the Baggies in 17 league and cup games, a sequence that lasted 26 years.
West Bromwich Albion
The Baggies have lost six and won just two of their last nine Premier League games.
West Brom have lost their last three top-flight matches. Defeat on Saturday would represent their longest losing run since a sequence of five successive losses between December 2010 and January 2011.
Romelu Lukaku has scored seven goals in the eight Premier League matches he has started for West Brom, failing to net only twice.
Aston Villa
Villa's tally of 19 points is the lowest they have ever collected from their opening 22 Premier League matches.
They have won five of their last 38 league matches (W5, D15, L18), and two of 19 away from home (W2, D7, L10).
Villa have conceded six penalties this season, the joint-highest figure in the top flight (along with Wigan).
Paul Lambert's men have failed to score in seven of their last 11 Premier League matches.
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Firstly, I just hope that this game beats the weather to go ahead, because it's being played on the perfect date: 19 January marks 124 years to the day of Albion and Villa playing each other in the league for the first time in the inaugural season of the Football League.
We won that game 2-0. We'll do the same today!
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I think we just need to go with a normal formation of 4-4-2. This makes it easier for the players to know what they're supposed to be doing.
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Bennett
Gabby Westwood Clark N'Zogbia
Benteke Weimann (or Bent if fit)
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Christ, some of that makes grim reading. 30 points from last 38 games, shit.
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I think we just need to go with a normal formation of 4-4-2. This makes it easier for the players to know what they're supposed to be doing.
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Baker Bennett
Gabby Westwood Clark N'Zogbia
Benteke Weimann (or Bent if fit)
Dont mind that, personally would have Holman in the team ahead of Gabby and try and stay a bit tighter. That said, Jordan is tighter than the Villa defence at the moment
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I no longer have any fear of death. But I am in a pretty lonely place. No-one will have sex with me
You must be in Coventry Damon.
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If Bent is fit I'd have him in the team, Lambert needs to ditch his daft ideas and we need goals.
wise words
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What's the best away pub to aim for today folks?
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What's the best away pub to aim for today folks?
Depends what you're aiming at it.
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What's the best away pub to aim for today folks?
Somewhere in the Jewellery Quarter then get the Metro.
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I no longer have any fear of death. But I am in a pretty lonely place. No-one will have sex with me
You must be in Coventry Damon.
LOL.
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I was going to go without beer for a while as I've drank a lot recently, but have changed my mind. I'm going to need some beers to help me get through this one.
I picked the wrong day...
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Quote from my mate Dave on Facebook:
" I refuse to give em 40 quid for their cup final. If I spend 40 notes in the Black Country I'd expect a nice 2 up 2 down with a garden and at least a tenner change."
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Vlaar to score Villa to win 50/1 with bluesquare
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Terribly mean odds.
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well hats off to all the committed/mental villa fans going to this. I was thinking of showing solidarity by sitting in my shed with a laptop and a fan blowing freezing air in my face for 90 minutes, but meh.
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well hats off to all the committed/mental villa fans going to this. I was thinking of showing solidarity by sitting in my shed with a laptop and a fan blowing freezing air in my face for 90 minutes, but meh.
my garden shed..........................
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well hats off to all the committed/mental villa fans going to this. I was thinking of showing solidarity by sitting in my shed with a laptop and a fan blowing freezing air in my face for 90 minutes, but meh.
Come on Villa, turned the heating off especially! Obsessed with the Villa.... We know what you are.
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well hats off to all the committed/mental villa fans going to this. I was thinking of showing solidarity by sitting in my shed with a laptop and a fan blowing freezing air in my face for 90 minutes, but meh.
Come on Villa, turned the heating off especially! Obsessed with the Villa....
heh. think you'll need a walk-in fridge to get the authentic 'feel' of this game
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Soccer Saturday about to 'analyse the reasons for Villa's woes' and have just finished raving about Shaun Maloney. FFS.
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Surprised the game is on after yesterdays snow , but may be a good time to play them- villa win 2-1
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Charlie Nicholas blaming Randy, saying Lambo knows he needs signings and before now in January. Merson repeating youngsters not ready and saying defeat today and Tuesday would threaten Lambert's job. Thommo baffled by lack of signings and saying relegation would be perilous. Le Tiss saying Vlaar will make a difference.
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Live from outside the slope to the away end..........
I could have left it a lot later to leave the Forest. Roads were no problem and very quiet.
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Charlie Nicholas blaming Randy, saying Lambo knows he needs signings and before now in January. Merson repeating youngsters not ready and saying defeat today and Tuesday would threaten Lambert's job. Thommo baffled by lack of signings and saying relegation would be perilous. Le Tiss saying Vlaar will make a difference.
They're pretty much right, other than Lambert needs to take responsibility as well.
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Our father, who art in heaven ...
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well hats off to all the committed/mental villa fans going to this. I was thinking of showing solidarity by sitting in my shed with a laptop and a fan blowing freezing air in my face for 90 minutes, but meh.
Fall over in the snow, slip on the ice, get to the shed then realise you forgot the bottle opener!
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Our father, who art in heaven ...
Just about to leave for the game and very slightly cacking my pants...
Amen
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Baggies here we come!
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West Brom midfielder Yousouf Mulumbu, currently on Africa Cup of Nations duty with DR Congo, on Twitter: "Checking every single channel to see if I can watch our win today in this derby game!! We know what we are..."
...I think a few of us could finish off that sentence!
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Live from outside the slope to the away end..........
I could have left it a lot later to leave the Forest. Roads were no problem and very quiet.
It's a lovely place to spend a couple of hours sight seeing. And you will see some real sights over there!
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I don't predict the score anymore.....I just hope for the best.
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Charlie Nicholas blaming Randy, saying Lambo knows he needs signings and before now in January. Merson repeating youngsters not ready and saying defeat today and Tuesday would threaten Lambert's job. Thommo baffled by lack of signings and saying relegation would be perilous. Le Tiss saying Vlaar will make a difference.
All tossers quoting all the usual pundit comments without anything new or real local knowledge.
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Live from outside the slope to the away end..........
I could have left it a lot later to leave the Forest. Roads were no problem and very quiet.
It's a lovely place to spend a couple of hours sight seeing. And you will see some real sights over there!
Went to the chippy, had a wander round Morrisons..... Well, that's all there is
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Live from outside the slope to the away end..........
I could have left it a lot later to leave the Forest. Roads were no problem and very quiet.
It's a lovely place to spend a couple of hours sight seeing. And you will see some real sights over there!
Went to the chippy, had a wander round Morrisons..... Well, that's all there is
You went to James Morrison's house?
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I don't predict the score anymore.....I just hope for the best.
Just recently I've been watching in a near fetal position, cringing when the opposition are attacking and wondering how much more of this we're going to have to take.
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3.45 on a Saturday afternoon and the Villas not loosing !! Happy days :-)
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3.45 on a Saturday afternoon and the Villas not loosing !! Happy days :-)
Probably because Spurs don't play until tomorrow.
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I don't predict the score anymore.....I just hope for the best.
Just recently I've been watching in a near fetal position, cringing when the opposition are attacking and wondering how much more of this we're going to have to take.
Wincing rather than cringing, surely.
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Depends how poorly we're doing.
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Oh dear.
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Win 12-0 and we're up to 16th, 15-0 and it's 15th.
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John Barnes saying we are the biggest club in the midlands. PL let the team hear that and then go out and show everyone we are. 0-1 Weiman ........
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Weimann's not in the squad
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3-1 defeat