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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on February 28, 2013, 08:00:58 PM
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Monday 4.3.12 (H) KO 20:00 (8pm)
Shock 2-0 home win
Benteke 34
Westwood 56
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1-1 draw - tight game which will see city grab a late equalizer.
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0-3
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1-0 victory that incites belief once again.
Gabby to score.
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Is there any word on if Vlaar will be fit?
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Us 3 Them 2
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Dunno why but i've got a feeling we'll get a point from this. Probably because the title race is pretty much over.
1-1
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Is there any word on if Vlaar will be fit?
Heard he would be out a week so going by his last knock he should be fit for the wigan game in may.
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1-3 Defeat
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Another nail in our coffin.
1-4
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1-4 for me too.
Benteke with ours.
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1-4 Even though they're not going to catch Man U, they'll still be too much for us.
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We will win. Fuck'em all. UTV
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Oh please God let it stop.
Villa win.
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0-1 to them
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We will win. Fuck'em all. UTV
I like you Dan. We seem to share the same attitude in all the pre-match threads ;)
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Strangely confident about this one, don't think we'll lose so 1-1.
But Lambert can't be kamikaze in this one and play al 4 forwards. City don't have that much width but obvious class in central midfield as Silva drifts in all the time and Aguero and Tevez will also drop back into there off the frontline.
We need 3 central midfielders probably just to try to nulify Toure. I would leave Gabby out and bring in Sylla to see what he's like.
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I think we're capable of getting something out of this game. I just don't feel confident enough to predict it though. Thought we had a better chance of beating arsenal last week than city this week. We can only hope they'll ease up a bit now they've effectively conceded the title.
City win, I'm afraid. But would love to be proved wrong.
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2-1 home win
Benteke, Agbonlahor
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If Man Utd beat Norwich at home then we might stand a chance of grabbing a point with Citeh again chasing a 15pt gap at the top of the table...or could we be an unlikely candidate to have a say in the race for the Premier League title by taking alll 3 points? I doubt it but its a funny old game!
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Airspace over the West Midlands has been shut to all pig traffic for the foreseeable future. Comfortable Man City win.
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1-4, second half capitulation I'm afraid...
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Draw
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3-0 to them.
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Citeh win, hope Reading and Wigan lose, Saints & QPR to draw. At least it'll then be out of the way and we can move on to winning the next two.
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Can't see anything other than them giving us a sound beating. Get this one out the way then focus on the ones we HAVE to get points from
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I was going to pop down the local to watch this. A season ticket holder at work asked to swop shifts so he could make the game. I agreed, there is little pleasure watching the Villa these days and this is the second season in a row I have felt like this.
I'd rather work than watch my team. What a fuckin' shit state of affairs.
Defeat.
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Shit. It's like that fight in 'Cool hand luke' - I reckon we'll get knocked down again.
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If we can put our chances away for once and defend from the front I reckon we could win this.
Worst case scenario..we lose and go again!
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Villa 0-5 Man City.
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@AVFCOfficial: Darren Bent struggling with a foot injury ahead of Man City game. Shay Given and Chris Herd are back. Ron Vlaar set to train today. #AVFC
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1-0 Aston Villa.
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premier league record defeat. At least the mad italian has gone.
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0-3 City.
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premier league record defeat. At least the mad italian has gone.
Fortunately for us the other mad italian is still going great guns at the helm of the cash juggernaut.
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0-4 Citeh.
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Either we get battered 4 or 5 nil or its 1-1 until the 85th minute and Aguero scores a late winner
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We'll get tonked and then onto the next 10 Cup Finals. Sigh!
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What I'm actually hoping is that QPR either win or draw, Reading lose, Wigan lose, West Ham lose and Man Utd win. Those results may give us a boost and Man Citeh a knock before our game.
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Darren Bent is still struggling with a foot injury ahead of Villa's clash against Manchester City.
But there is better news for Ron Vlaar, Chris Herd and Shay Given as Paul Lambert's team prepare to take on the Barclays Premier League champions at Villa Park.
The City encounter could come too soon for Bent, who missed the weekend trip to Arsenal with a bruised foot.
Vlaar also sat out the defeat at The Emirates with a calf problem but he was set to join in training today.
The club's medical staff will monitor the Dutch defender's fitnessbetween now and Monday.
Goalkeeper Shay Given has recovered from a groin strain, while utility player Herd has resumed training after a foot injury.
"Darren is still struggling with his foot," said boss Lambert.
"Ron is doing okay at the minute and I need to monitor him and how he is going to be.
"He did a little bit yesterday. We've still got a few days to see how he progresses. We will have to wait and see.
"He would be a big miss because I think he has been playing really well of late.
"But I thought Nathan and Ciaran were exceptional against Arsenal so I don't have a problem there."
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Can't see anything positive coming out of this one i'm afraid......another shit first half performance 0-2 down i'll then do one at half time and another spirited 2nd half where we score but concede another one. 3-1 to City!!!
Sorry can't see anything but!!!!
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They should beat us comfortably with the players they have, but the times I've seen City recently they have looked very ropey by their standards. Admittedly I missed the Chelsea game but could it have been a different story had the pen gone in?
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Is it on the TV? If so then - it's bloody time we won!
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Is it on the TV? If so then - it's bloody time we won!
Yes and yes!
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We won in our last tv game. Our last two actually!
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Face it the titles over and City are coasting home for second, we're playing well without getting any luck and its about time we gave someone a right going over at home. I'm going all in Villa victory by 2 goals or more*
* unless its being reffed by the fat controller.
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Lose or draw after letting in a goal with minutes to go.
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Villa 1-3 Man City
No way our inexperienced defence and centre midfield will be able to stop Silva, Aguero, Tevez and co.
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0-2 City
I'm afraid they'll have too much quality for us, regardless of being in or out of the title race. TBH I want this game out of the way and then concentrate on 2 games that really are cup finals. A defeat against City will quickly be forgotten if we take 4 or 6 points from the Reading and QPR games.
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0-2 City
TBH I want this game out of the way and then concentrate on 2 games that really are cup finals.
It would'nt surprise me if a lot of fans are thinking like this. The Reading and QPR games are massive, whatever we pick up against Man City.
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Paul Lambert on season-finale.
Paul Lambert heads into the season finale in confident mood, insisting: "It's going to be one hell of a ride."
Lambert expects plenty of twists and turns before the end of the campaign, with Villa searching safety.
Lambert has been very happy with performances over the past few weeks and admits Villa would be sitting pretty in mid-table if they had finished games at Everton and West Brom better.
But he's confident results will come if they can keep up their dynamic displays.
He said: "There are 33 points available and that's a hell of a lot of points to play for.
"I've said before it's going to be one hell of a ride to the end of the season that's for sure.
"It's never a dull moment. It never ever is!
"There always seems to be one or two twists. Other teams can get caught up. There are things that will happen.
"It's frustrating for us because of the points we've dropped. We've been in strong positions when we should have seen games through.
"If we had done that we would have been sitting in mid-table. That's the reality of it.
"You are disappointed to be where you are but it's not as if I'm sitting here thinking 'I can't see what we are doing or where we are going.'
"If we keep playing the way we are playing, we will certainly more games than not.
"Sometimes you can hold your hand up when you've been beaten by better players and better teams.
"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
"Now, you either deal with it and meet it head on or you roll over and die with it. I always meet things head on. I do relish it.
"It's a great honour to be the manager of the club. It's a massive club with a great history.
"I've never been one to shy away from things."
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Us 1 city 3. Can't see our defence holding this lot out. Lets get it out if the way and concentrate on reading!
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
Actually chum, some of the games I've seen we've been 'lucky' not to concede more than ten goals!
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
It was his fault that Swansea scored in the 94th minute? His fault that Felani lost his man? That Odenwinge did the same thing? That Andi didn't follow his man?
Players get managers the sack.
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4-0 stuffing I'm afraid.
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.........* unless its being reffed by the fat controller.
Mike Dean's named as the ref for our game. Phatty Dowd hasn't got a game, just 4th official according to the officials section (http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/feb/match-officials-appointments-2-4-march.html) of the PL site
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
Actually chum, some of the games I've seen we've been 'lucky' not to concede more than ten goals!
that was a Lambert quote ;)
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.........* unless its being reffed by the fat controller.
Mike Dean's named as the ref for our game. Phatty Dowd hasn't got a game, just 4th official according to the officials section (http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/feb/match-officials-appointments-2-4-march.html) of the PL site
That's a relief, Deano's ok. Dowd will turn up at Wigan last day of the season.
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
It was his fault that Swansea scored in the 94th minute? His fault that Felani lost his man? That Odenwinge did the same thing? That Andi didn't follow his man?
Players get managers the sack.
That's the job every manager signs up for though. What about far more often than not making the wrong substitution when we're either chasing a game or holding a lead? Or the persistent inability to get our defence sorted. Or not buying a decent centre half in jan?
First man in the firing line for blame this season has to be Lambert unfortunately. It's part of being a manager firstly, but more so he's been very poor, way over his head. For the most part it hasn't been for the want of trying with our players, particularly the young ones. It's only really been Ireland, and Bent at times who should have been working harder.
He's signed over half a potential new side, and most haven't been good enough for this league unfortunately.
As for tomorrow. I can only see a pasting from City. Their far superior. They're a bogey side, and given we've beaten them once already this season, I can't see us doing it again.
0-4
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If Citeh bring their B game, never mind their A game we'll get battered!
Will be in the pub watching with a load of Man Citeh fans all telling me how shit we are as they take us to the cleaners... I can hardly wait!
1-3 Benteke for us, Milner, Barry and Tevez for them
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
It was his fault that Swansea scored in the 94th minute? His fault that Felani lost his man? That Odenwinge did the same thing? That Andi didn't follow his man?
Players get managers the sack.
That's the job every manager signs up for though. What about far more often than not making the wrong substitution when we're either chasing a game or holding a lead? Or the persistent inability to get our defence sorted. Or not buying a decent centre half in jan?
First man in the firing line for blame this season has to be Lambert unfortunately. It's part of being a manager firstly, but more so he's been very poor, way over his head. For the most part it hasn't been for the want of trying with our players, particularly the young ones. It's only really been Ireland, and Bent at times who should have been working harder.
He's signed over half a potential new side, and most haven't been good enough for this league unfortunately.
As for tomorrow. I can only see a pasting from City. Their far superior. They're a bogey side, and given we've beaten them once already this season, I can't see us doing it again.
0-4
Tomorrow?
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Would like to see Lichaj being given a go right back. Lowton has been really poor for a while now and needs to be taken out of the firing line. Also Kea for Gabby to try and get another body in midfield. 3-1 to them though. I can see them getting back into the title race and we won't be able to put up much opposition
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We will win. Fuck'em all. UTV
I like you Dan. We seem to share the same attitude in all the pre-match threads ;)
We have to keep believing Chipsticks or else there is no point to anything. UTV. 8)
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
It was his fault that Swansea scored in the 94th minute? His fault that Felani lost his man? That Odenwinge did the same thing? That Andi didn't follow his man?
Players get managers the sack.
That's the job every manager signs up for though. What about far more often than not making the wrong substitution when we're either chasing a game or holding a lead? Or the persistent inability to get our defence sorted. Or not buying a decent centre half in jan?
First man in the firing line for blame this season has to be Lambert unfortunately. It's part of being a manager firstly, but more so he's been very poor, way over his head. For the most part it hasn't been for the want of trying with our players, particularly the young ones. It's only really been Ireland, and Bent at times who should have been working harder.
He's signed over half a potential new side, and most haven't been good enough for this league unfortunately.
As for tomorrow. I can only see a pasting from City. Their far superior. They're a bogey side, and given we've beaten them once already this season, I can't see us doing it again.
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Monday.
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"But there are games which I've been really frustrated and we should have had more points than what we've got. If we had done that, we wouldn't be in this position.
you have only got yourself to blame for this
It was his fault that Swansea scored in the 94th minute? His fault that Felani lost his man? That Odenwinge did the same thing? That Andi didn't follow his man?
Players get managers the sack.
That's the job every manager signs up for though. What about far more often than not making the wrong substitution when we're either chasing a game or holding a lead? Or the persistent inability to get our defence sorted. Or not buying a decent centre half in jan?
First man in the firing line for blame this season has to be Lambert unfortunately. It's part of being a manager firstly, but more so he's been very poor, way over his head. For the most part it hasn't been for the want of trying with our players, particularly the young ones. It's only really been Ireland, and Bent at times who should have been working harder.
He's signed over half a potential new side, and most haven't been good enough for this league unfortunately.
As for tomorrow. I can only see a pasting from City. Their far superior. They're a bogey side, and given we've beaten them once already this season, I can't see us doing it again.
0-4
Monday.
Yep. Forgot it was monday. An extra two days of a bubbling gut, waiting for the painful inevitable.
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going for a shock 1-0 win .
Im band rehearsing , so wont see it live but will have it on about 12.30 in the morning with out knowing the score.
Suprise me Villa . Suprise me
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Standard 2-0 win for City. We go again
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This is the one we win, and then in a month we look back and laugh and wonder what the fuss was all about after our fifth straight win.
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4-0 Man City
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Assuming Wigan don't turn this round, this is a real 'free shot' at Citeh. We really need to have a go, because a win considering we have Reading and then QPR would be a huge boost.
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A draw would be a bloody good result and would lead us nicely into the two biggest league games in years against Reading and QPR.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
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This game could define our season, if we get something it could propel us while the sides around us wilt.
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A Money City fan, I presume.
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I think we'll have to take the beating squarely on the chin and move on. I just hope we compete and make City break sweat.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
Probably a brummie new to football who supports Manchester City. I find it hard to blame people for this kind of thing any more. They want to support a team that plays well, with exciting players who might win things. There is no local team that fits that description.
Well aside from Kiddy harriers who might go up this year! :)
Anyways, I dont expect anything from the City match, routine loss.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
Probably a brummie new to football who supports Manchester City. I find it hard to blame people for this kind of thing any more. They want to support a team that plays well, with exciting players who might win things. There is no local team that fits that description.
Well aside from Kiddy harriers who might go up this year! :)
Anyways, I dont expect anything from the City match, routine loss.
Harriers won again today.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
Probably a brummie new to football who supports Manchester City. I find it hard to blame people for this kind of thing any more. They want to support a team that plays well, with exciting players who might win things. There is no local team that fits that description.
Well aside from Kiddy harriers who might go up this year! :)
Anyways, I dont expect anything from the City match, routine loss.
Harriers won again today.
Awesome. Those supporters could use some good times. God knows they have kept the faith long enough.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
Probably a brummie new to football who supports Manchester City. I find it hard to blame people for this kind of thing any more. They want to support a team that plays well, with exciting players who might win things. There is no local team that fits that description.
Well aside from Kiddy harriers who might go up this year! :)
Anyways, I dont expect anything from the City match, routine loss.
Harriers won again today.
Awesome. Those supporters could use some good times. God knows they have kept the faith long enough.
Had some great days out watching Harriers when i could not afford Prem football. Back to the thread anyway, Villa win.
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When I was in the ticket office in town the chap in front of me was booking 2 tickets to his first match, had no idea what any of the stands were called etc. Am I just being a cynical bastard for wondering why he's waited for Man City at home to break his cherry?
Probably a brummie new to football who supports Manchester City. I find it hard to blame people for this kind of thing any more. They want to support a team that plays well, with exciting players who might win things. There is no local team that fits that description.
Well aside from Kiddy harriers who might go up this year! :)
Anyways, I dont expect anything from the City match, routine loss.
Harriers won again today.
Awesome. Those supporters could use some good times. God knows they have kept the faith long enough.
Had some great days out watching Harriers when i could not afford Prem football. Back to the thread anyway, Villa win.
heh, me too. Used to be on my walk from kiddy college to the train station. Good times.
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A gloryhunter is a subhuman ******.
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Any ideas on team?
Hope concrete lol Ron is fit, will go
Guzan
Lowton vlaar clark Baker
Westwood Delph
Weimann Gabby
Benteke
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Any ideas on team?
Hope concrete lol Ron is fit, will go
Guzan
Lowton vlaar clark Baker
Westwood Delph
Weimann Gabby
Benteke
We're not so badly off we can only put out 10 players are we?
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Any ideas on team?
Hope concrete lol Ron is fit, will go
Guzan
Lowton vlaar clark Baker
Westwood Delph
Weimann Gabby
Benteke
We're not so badly off we can only put out 10 players are we?
Well we do need to give City a chance. It wouldn't be fair on them if we fielded 11 players.
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I think it will be a tight game with us ending up losing 0-1.
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0-0 in a game we should have won.
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Getting quite excited for this one strangely, I hate Sky as much as the next football fan but there's nothing like a big game under the floodlights.
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I know it has got to a bad stage when I found myself thinking "if we only lose by one goal then that is pretty good compared with Wigan letting in three". When did this mind-set begin? Hate myself for it.
Looking at a dull, dour nil-nil and will cheer them to the rafters on the final whistle.
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2-1 Villa and a great performance.
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Any ideas on team?
Hope concrete lol Ron is fit, will go
Guzan
Lowton vlaar clark Baker
Westwood Delph
Weimann Gabby
Benteke
We're not so badly off we can only put out 10 players are we?
What an eejit, few too many beers :(
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1-0. Bent to profit from a Young shot spilled by Hart. Yeah, that's what Ł20m was for, bitches.
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Most predicted line ups seem to think we'll stick with the same team as Arsenal but Vlaar back in as the only change.
I really don't think that's very clever tbh, Delph and Westwood will struggle big time against Man. City's central three so I'd take Gabby out and put another body in the middle.
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One way to look at this is that because of yesterday's results we've got away with playing this fixture now and probably ending up with nothing from it.
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http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11677/8533239/Paul-Lambert-pays-tribute-to-Aston-Villa-supporters
Fair play to him for these comments. Maybe he is expecting some backlash if we lose to City or maybe he has a plan ?
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Most predicted line ups seem to think we'll stick with the same team as Arsenal but Vlaar back in as the only change.
I really don't think that's very clever tbh, Delph and Westwood will struggle big time against Man. City's central three so I'd take Gabby out and put another body in the middle.
Agree with the three in the middle.
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We just need to go all out attack and give it a right go, this is pretty much a free shot and it's an opportunity for bonus points.
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As long as this match doesn't have a negative impact on our confidence then OK i.e. not another Chelsea / Spuds, anything more is a Brucey Bonus.
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We just need to go all out attack and give it a right go, this is pretty much a free shot and it's an opportunity for bonus points.
We can do them!
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We certainly can, they're not perfect and if we perform we can do it.
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One way to look at this is that because of yesterday's results we've got away with playing this fixture now and probably ending up with nothing from it.
What?
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One way to look at this is that because of yesterday's results we've got away with playing this fixture now and probably ending up with nothing from it.
What?
I'm assuming he means that we can afford to lose tomorrow. If Wigan or Reading had won it might have been a different story but we'll still be only in the bottom 3 on goal difference if we get a tonking which isn't the end of the world.
Not that we should be writing this game off already, of course.
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We can lose tomorrow and go no further down. A win or a draw moves us up. Then we have QPR and Reading. 4 or 6 points would do very nicely.
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Any points from this could be a season defining boost and give us belief before playing Reading and QPR.
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My predictions are normally pretty woeful, so i'm going for something off the wall.
Yaya Toure will rape our midfield so badly that West Midlands Police will arrest him after 27 minutes, thus bringing on James of Milner fame who will show us that he still can't cross it but has still got the 25 yard daisy cutter in his armoury to make it 1-0.
Hart in goal will have so little to do until the 65th minute that he has been crocheting a baby blue mankini, alas from a rare villa corner a rogue thread of the light blue sexy boddice trips him and most of the city defence up thus allowing a marauding Christian 'box head' Benteke plenty of time to shin in the equaliser off the post.
Delusion grips Villa Park, but little do the faithful know that Sky have it written into their contract that a commentator must be able to scream 'Agg-wwwwwwwwwwwwwherrrrrrrrrrrr-oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' at least twice a season and this game was picked for one of the quota! Hence it's movement to a Monday night, whereby a floodlight failure allows the south american to don the only pair of night vision goggles in Aston to pounce as a calamitous Villa defence go crying for their Mommies as they are scared of the dark.
Collapse is inevitable at this point, as soon as day becomes night and night becomes day the third comes shortly after by James Milner delivering a woefully underhit corner which somehow clears the first man (presumably Bannan) and hitting Lowton square amidships and rolling into the net whilst Guzan demands a yellow flag is thrown for a personal foul as dirty boy Tevez has let fly a doozy of a poot as the corner was struck.
So in essence 1-3.....
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I thought we could get something from the Arsenal game so its back to some reality again and yet another defeat, just hope that its not too many!
Then we pick ourselves up and go again!
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Heart says we can get a draw. Head says we will be behind within the first ten minutes and lose 4-1.
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RE the interview with Lambert where he praises the fans, isn't it tiresome when managers come out with lines like 'I won't roll over, I will face this head on' etc. What the fuck does that even mean? What kind of credit is he here trying to take? For not resigning, or for bothering to get out of bed in the morning? The worst he can reasonably do is send the team out and not secure points and not avoid relegation. And in this scenario there are no bonus credits available.
Managerial claptrap, as Gregory once lamented.
Anyway, slightly arbitrary rant over, 1-1 tomorrow night.
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I've got a feeling it'll be like the David White show all over again. He could probably do it as well, despite being the size of a house.
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We'll lose, but the other results going largely our way for a couple of weeks means we'll have gone through these two games still in touching distance of safety. Next week's is a slightly important game.
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Read on man city site they are expecting Kolo Toure and that guy from eastern europe to play centre back. If that is the case, I think Benteke can bully the two of them and get us chances.
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Can't see us beating them. But stranger things have happened.
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Beats Lawro's musings that's for sure.
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weel, all the results went for us this weekend, so we need to get at least a point, to make use of this. 3-1 win, with 2 dodgy 6 yard melees and a 30 yard beauty from someone... please
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A hard earned 1-1.
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0-3.
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I am not a betting person but, according to Talksport:
Villa to win 11-1
Draw 100-30
Benteke to score first 7-1
Worth a flutter?
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Read on man city site they are expecting Kolo Toure and that guy from eastern europe to play centre back. If that is the case, I think Benteke can bully the two of them and get us chances.
Whenever the opposition have an injury doubt against us they always make a miraculous recovery just in time. I'll be amazed if Kompany doesn't start.
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I have gone for a draw. I am treating this as a 'anything would be a bonus' game, although I know I won't be as relaxed and philosophical come kick-off.
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I'm not sure why but I feel strangely relaxed so far about tonight, I haven't been able to say that too many times recently.
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I'm not sure why but I feel strangely relaxed so far about tonight, I haven't been able to say that too many times recently.
Maybe it's because you're not expecting too much from the game and anything other than a defeat would be a bonus. I'm relaxed about it to. I'll be needing a few drinks on Friday night before the Reading game though.
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Low teams will have always have a good result and sometimes shock win against a top 4 team . Reading do it , Wigan a few times , QPR etc etc .
Its about time we pulled one off. I can feel a 1-0 .
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to be honest we need to win tonight if we are to make a late push for a top 6 finish
i'm going for a valuable point with a 2-2 draw
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I've just booked tomorrow off so looking forward to a couple more drinks at the pub tonight. Just hope Villa don't ruin the night too much.
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In a moment of frivolity I predicted a Villa win. Now it's come to the big matchday I think we're going to lose 3-1.
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I'm setting off for Birmingham shortly. It's a lovely, sunny spring day down here in Sussex: new life, new hope. 2-1 Villa
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We just need to go all out attack and give it a right go, this is pretty much a free shot and it's an opportunity for bonus points.
That's been Lambert's tactics all season - gung-ho. It hasn't really been working that well, has it?
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I'm surprised so many have voted for a Villa win. Optimistic, but then again we need a bit of that right now.
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We just need to go all out attack and give it a right go, this is pretty much a free shot and it's an opportunity for bonus points.
That's been Lambert's tactics all season - gung-ho. It hasn't really been working that well, has it?
I'm not sure he's been that gung-ho. I'm not sure "Lambert" and "tactics" works in the same sentence without the words "doesn't have a clue about."
We've been so poor in attack. At times I'm not sure we've actually been direct and adventurous enough. Too much pondering on the ball in the middle of the pitch.
I'd like to see us using the pace of Gabby and Zoggy to break against teams better. And CB for that matter. The amount of times someone's been in a position to get a ball in and there's normally at best, 1 other person in the box.
So yet, I further vote a switch to being more gung-ho. The defence is totally fucked. I think it's easier to sort our attack so I'd concentrate on that and try and outscore teams. I felt we attacked West Ham quite effectively. We got at them and we won the game. If we really turn it on, there's no reason why we couldn't put a few past Reading and QPR.
IF.
Lambert doesn't have it in him to sort the backline, nor does he have the players. Sadly.
Attack, attack, attack!!! It is after all, the best form of defence. Isn't it?
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We score first but end up losing heavily.
Lambert says he's proud of his boys but we pick ourselves up and we go........ Yada yada etc.
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3-1 to the Villa.
Game Set and fucking Match.
I'm off to Ladbrokes.
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Bent out for 3 games
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/9906797/Darren-Bent-to-miss-Aston-Villas-next-three-matches-with-foot-injury-as-side-prepare-to-take-on-Manchester-City.html
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A loss but not a heavy one, 1-2, 0-1 maybe.
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Bad news regarding Bent. That article just reminded me that Stephen Ireland is a Villa player. I'd really forgotten all about him.
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Vlaar struggling.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-v-manchester-city-1717038
For a hard looking bastard, he's a right fucking big girls blouse.
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They're head, shoulders and most of the upper torso better than us. I doubt we'll even manage a shot as we'll defend* the 18 yard line for 90 minutes
Villa 0 Man CiŁy 4
*defend as in, sit on the 18 yard box, but they'll still score from a corner where they win the first ball and then someone on the 6 yard box (unmarked) scores.
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They're head, shoulders and most of the upper torso better than us. I doubt we'll even manage a shot as we'll defend* the 18 yard line for 90 minutes
Villa 0 Man CiŁy 4
*defend as in, sit on the 18 yard box, but they'll still score from a corner where they win the first ball and then someone on the 6 yard box (unmarked) scores.
It'll be Dzeko unmarked. I mean, their biggest aerial threat and an excellent finisher, of course we'll just let him be.
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A draw (although unlikely) would be a fantastic result and set us up nicely for the next 2 games.
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They're head, shoulders and most of the upper torso better than us. I doubt we'll even manage a shot as we'll defend* the 18 yard line for 90 minutes
Villa 0 Man CiŁy 4
*defend as in, sit on the 18 yard box, but they'll still score from a corner where they win the first ball and then someone on the 6 yard box (unmarked) scores.
It'll be Dzeko unmarked. I mean, their biggest aerial threat and an excellent finisher, of course we'll just let him be.
Their strikers will make a run to the near post closely followed by our central defenders and Milner/Barry will ghost in to nod home unchallenged from the penalty spot or the back post. Millner/Barry will not celebrate, but merely shrug their shoulders. PL will scratch his head and adjust his spectacles and I will take another swig from a bottle of Morphine Oral Solution and try and concentrate on the pretty patterns made by the floodlights.
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Bigmelonface has pondered on this and Bigmelonface says we will win 2 - 0
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I think this may be a case of hoping we don't let in a load of goals to make our goal difference even worse. Defeat is more than likely, any other result is likely to be by fluke or City being shit.
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I've got a strange feeling we'll win this, not really sure why.
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It'll be Dzeko unmarked. I mean, their biggest aerial threat and an excellent finisher, of course we'll just let him be.
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Dzeko Unmarked? Isn't that the new Tarantino movie?
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I've got a strange feeling we'll win this, not really sure why.
drugs
dont work
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Either 1-0 to Villa or 3-0 to Citeh.
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I'm over tired and deluded so I've gone for a villa win. Repeat of the cup match, 4-2 villa. Benteke 2, gabby and weimann both 1 a piece...i need to go to sleep!
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City's away form is not great. They have Lost/Drawn more games than the have Won, and they have only scored 4 more goals away than we have.
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Any idea who the referee is?
If the answer is Dowd or Halsey, please make someone up, to make me feel better.
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Bent is useless to us now. Ditto Ireland, Dunne and Given. Not in the manager's plans and/or injured and haemorghing money from us every week. Depressing to read about the four of them. Earning the most money and contributing fuck all.
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They'll score early on, sit back and give us plenty of possession, which we'll do bugger-all with. Then they'll get a second, a third and possibly a fourth as they pick us off with 15 minutes to go.
Unless......
City play with the same mentality they showed away at Southampton a few weeks back. In which case, we have a real chance.
The only unrealistic result I can see is a goalless draw.
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I've got a strange feeling we'll win this, not really sure why.
drugs
dont work
Can I try some anyway???
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Us 0 them 4.
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I've got a strange feeling we'll win this, not really sure why.
drugs
dont work
Can I try some anyway???
Our defence would probably share the drugs they must be on with you.
Recreational drugs that is, obviously not performance enhancing.
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3-0 to the Lottery winners I'm afraid.
UTV
the Doc
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Bizarrely I have had a funny feeling we might win this one all day. It hasn't left me yet even though kick off approaches.
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Bizarrely I have had a funny feeling we might win this one all day. It hasn't left me yet even though kick off approaches.
Your trouble is you're always too optimistic
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Any idea who the referee is?
If the answer is Dowd or Halsey, please make someone up, to make me feel better.
Mike Dean.
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0-4 to them.
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I have been accused of many things in my life Adam but too optimistic is a new one on me I must admit!
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Any idea who the referee is?
If the answer is Dowd or Halsey, please make someone up, to make me feel better.
Phil Halsey.
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We just need to go all out attack and give it a right go, this is pretty much a free shot and it's an opportunity for bonus points.
That's been Lambert's tactics all season - gung-ho. It hasn't really been working that well, has it?
I'm not sure he's been that gung-ho. I'm not sure "Lambert" and "tactics" works in the same sentence without the words "doesn't have a clue about."
We've been so poor in attack. At times I'm not sure we've actually been direct and adventurous enough. Too much pondering on the ball in the middle of the pitch.
I'd like to see us using the pace of Gabby and Zoggy to break against teams better. And CB for that matter. The amount of times someone's been in a position to get a ball in and there's normally at best, 1 other person in the box.
So yet, I further vote a switch to being more gung-ho. The defence is totally fucked. I think it's easier to sort our attack so I'd concentrate on that and try and outscore teams. I felt we attacked West Ham quite effectively. We got at them and we won the game. If we really turn it on, there's no reason why we couldn't put a few past Reading and QPR.
IF.
Lambert doesn't have it in him to sort the backline, nor does he have the players. Sadly.
Attack, attack, attack!!! It is after all, the best form of defence. Isn't it?
Erm, not always. We went Attack, attack, attack!!! against Chelsea and look what happened there. It will be interesting to see what happens tonight, whether the players and more importantly, Lambert have learned anything over the last few months. We can't just play an open game and expect not to come off second best against far superior opposition. We need to make things difficult for them, get in their faces, limit the space and make the bastards work for everything.
Citeh tend to play a very patient game, stringing lots of passes together that generally lead to nothing. Give them the space and they'll rip us apart, the quality of their strikers is probably the best in the PL. Reduce the space and catch them on the break and we'll have a chance. The damage from a heavy defeat tonight could effect the rest of our season.
I'm hoping (praying) Lambert learns what is 'caution' and tonight we take advantage of the opportunities the game offers us. "Attack, attack, attack!!!" is most definitely not the way to go.
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i cant bring myself to actually believing we will win tonight,
but if we do we will definitely definitely definitely stay up
imo
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Any idea who the referee is?
If the answer is Dowd or Halsey, please make someone up, to make me feel better.
Phil Halsey.
better not be Mike Jones . He is awful
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I got a man city boss and 2 man city fans working for me and they are not confident
We either get battered or win 1-0
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We will get at least a point tonight against these plastic bitches.
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We will get at least a point tonight against these plastic bitches.
Word.
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We will get at least a point tonight against these plastic bitches.
Word.
Safe.
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We will get at least a point tonight against these plastic bitches.
Word.
Safe.
Yuh dun know!
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Heart says win, testicles say it's bloody cold.
If Herd is fit I'd stick him in midfield. We need a bit of graft and sweat there.
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2-1 win and a sighting of this mystery Canadian billionaire...
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Honestly, I hate this season.
I am a bag of nerves already, just thinking about this match.
I don't expect us to take anything from it, but if we do lose, then it is absolutely imperative we manage to avoid doing so in a manner which will detract any more from our confidence.
A twatting would see our confidence shattered - again - as we approach more winnable games.
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Just heard a load of the plastic cockends in the Hilton services.
Tossers.
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Don't expect anything but a stuffing tonight. The next couple of games are the big ones though, so anything less than a 0-3 would be a bonus. And even a respectable loss will boost confidence when you're up against a quality team like MC.
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A draw will be fantastic, but if we lose its important its not another thrashing. Our goal difference is bad enough as it is.
Come on Villa!!
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3-1 win with us to win will suit me down to ground; Benteke to score. 300-1!!
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Head says 1-3 hearts going with 2-1 so fuck off head
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15 mins to another Glorious Meltdown...Come On Villa, fight for your LIVES.
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I don't feel particularly jumpy about tonight. Reading and QPR, by contrast, will bring on chills and nervous breakdowns.
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Head says 1-3 hearts going with 2-1 so fuck off head
Yeah, fuck off head. Due to the storms over here i am relying on HnV to keep me up to date with the score. Tv is down and the weather is so bad we are not leaving the house to watch the game. 130 KH winds and torrential rain over here today and due to get worse. So i wait with baited breath and a few cans in the fridge to here from any body who is on the Match thread. UTV. 2-1 Villa. C'MON YOU VILLA BOYS.
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Good start by us, high tempo pressing game so far.
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Head says 1-3 hearts going with 2-1 so fuck off head
Yeah, fuck off head. Due to the storms over here i am relying on HnV to keep me up to date with the score. Tv is down and the weather is so bad we are not leaving the house to watch the game. 130 KH winds and torrential rain over here today and due to get worse. So i wait with baited breath and a few cans in the fridge to here from any body who is on the Match thread. UTV. 2-1 Villa. C'MON YOU VILLA BOYS.
Ill keep you posted Mate. Good luck with the storms
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12 mins, brighter start by villa, man city starting to settle
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Benteke header cleared off the line by Tevez