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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on July 18, 2013, 10:56:04 PM
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0-2 away win.
Helenius 23, 40
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Saturday 20.7.13 3pm KO.
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A clean sheet? You crazy man.
2-5 Gladiator 2, Tonev, Gabby, Weimann.
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1-1. I'm wondering if our first team can go through pre-season without being on another scoreline.
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3-3
No clean sheet, a Benteke hat trick.
He'll get some stick from our fans during the match, and take it badly. When the game ends, he'll go on the rampage and destroy most of the housing stock in the town. By the time it's finished, Chiltern will have closed down the station (what's the point, no human can ever live there again), and there will be a stream of refugees heading for the M40.
Oh, sorry, I've slipped into last season's Benteke meme.
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4-1 Villa with no Benteke. Helenius hatrick and one for Gabby.
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
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We are just 90 minutes away from our first clean sheet in 2013.
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Wycombe 1-2 Villa. Still no clean sheet.....
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Although I'd like to see a Villa win I'd be just as happy to see a 'Wycombe Wanderers 0' scoreline whatever we may or may not get.
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3-8 Villa.
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4 - 0 to the Villa
Press will be more interested in what the supporters sing about Benteke
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I don't see why Benteke shouldn't play in this. It's a friendly, it's designed for players to find their fitness. If he plays, he scores. 2-2. Benteke, Helenius.
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
So, you're saying that Benteke playing means we'll concede more? Benteke out!
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Quite looking forward to this one. Not been there before and it's a chance to look our some of our new boys.
1-3. Albrighton, Weimann and Gabby.
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Quite looking forward to this one. Not been there before and it's a chance to look our some of our new boys.
1-3. Albrighton, Weimann and Gabby.
Me too.
Saturday. 3 o'clock. Villa away.
So perfect somehow.
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What are the chances of Benteke playing? Any word from the club, Kendrick, Twitter?
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Think it'll be a comfortable win for us. Wycombe are a poor side, probably more bobbins than they've been for a while now.
4-0 Villa
Maximus Helenius- 2
Gabimus Abgonlahorius- 1
Andreus Wiemanus- 1
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Will you go, Tom?
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My prediction? It'll be hot!
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Will you go, Tom?
Would like to but I've had an inner ear problem in recent months, so I'm not good with crowds etc. Gonna have to watch it on AVTV with Woodwards dazzling commentary. It's frustrating because Wycombes a good little ground, nice pitch. Always a good visit when the Villa play there.
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2-1 Villa - They'll lead at half-time and we'll boo, then we'll come storming back to win 2-1 by full-time, with wild celebrations ensuing. Then Lambert will call us fickle.
Helenius to carry on his scoring and Benteke with the other, for a laugh.
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I doubt Benteke will feature as he probably has no fitness levels for it yet. Of course, the gutter press will say that's due to his imminent departure to poxy Spurs.
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
So, you're saying that Benteke playing means we'll concede more? Benteke out!
Yes, he is now an enemy behind the lines, a spuds infiltrator.
Forgot to mention, Benteke to score 2 own goals......
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Think it'll be a comfortable win for us. Wycombe are a poor side, probably more bobbins than they've been for a while now.
4-0 Villa
Maximus Helenius- 2
Gabimus Abgonlahorius- 1
Andreus Wiemanus- 1
ROMA VICTOR !
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I can see us getting a 3-1 win.
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2-3 to the Villa
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I fancy a 0-0
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Benteke's not playing as he's missed a week's training.
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OK would love to see CB and NH partnership upfront.
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My tickets arrived today, hope Benteke plays.
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I was already excited about tomorrow,now Im like a bumble bee on acid,Saturday,new ground,sun shining,CB comitting to the greatest club in the world and WWFC have laid on a beer tent,Carlsberg dont do pre-season friendlies,but if they did...
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
So, you're saying that Benteke playing means we'll concede more? Benteke out!
With the news we have all just heard, I changed my mind.....pmsl
Wycombe 1 Villa 6 (Weimann, Helenius, Luna, Benteke(3))
The sun is shining the weather is sweet here..
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
So, you're saying that Benteke playing means we'll concede more? Benteke out!
With the news we have all just heard, I changed my mind.....pmsl
Wycombe 1 Villa 6 (Weimann, Helenius, Luna, Benteke(3))
The sun is shining the weather is sweet here..
Apparently Benteke won't be playing as he hasn't been training.
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Without Benteke 2-1 Wycombe (Weimann), with Alien Ears 2-3 us , (Weimann, Sylla, Luna)
So, you're saying that Benteke playing means we'll concede more? Benteke out!
With the news we have all just heard, I changed my mind.....pmsl
Wycombe 1 Villa 6 (Weimann, Helenius, Luna, Benteke(3))
The sun is shining the weather is sweet here..
Apparently Benteke won't be playing as he hasn't been training.
Doesn't surprise me. Anyway we know what he can do. Would like to see more of Helenius, and JB really needs to do something to stake any sort of claim.
I wonder if we might see a few of the forgotten get a run out? Not so much Ireland and Hutton, but maybe Fonz and Bannan may get included?????
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I was already excited about tomorrow,now Im like a bumble bee on acid,Saturday,new ground,sun shining,CB comitting to the greatest club in the world and WWFC have laid on a beer tent,Carlsberg dont do pre-season friendlies,but if they did...
... They wouldn't serve Carling.
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I was already excited about tomorrow,now Im like a bumble bee on acid,Saturday,new ground,sun shining,CB comitting to the greatest club in the world and WWFC have laid on a beer tent,Carlsberg dont do pre-season friendlies,but if they did...
... They wouldn't serve Carling.
They would serve San Miguel on Draught.
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Staropramen, budvar and German beer
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VILLA: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Bacuna, El Ahmadi, Luna, Westwood, Weimann, Grealish, Carruthers.
Subs: Steer, Donacien, Baker, Johnson, Delph, Webb, Sylla, Bowery, Burke, Herd, Gardner.
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Okore still bothered by the hammy. Nice to see Grealish and Sammy in the line up either side of Weimann.
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Is Gabby injured ?
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And don't forget kids, it can be watched live on AVTV.
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Is Gabby injured ?
He picked up a knock in the second pre season game and missed the last one. Probably precautionary that he's missing.
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3-0 Bacuna, Weimann and Gardner now that I've seen the team.
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Is Gabby injured ?
He picked up a knock in the second pre season game and missed the last one. Probably precautionary that he's missing.
Thanks
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And don't forget kids, it can be watched live on AVTV.
Anyone else getting a message saying you haven't got access to this area ?
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my avtv just stuck on the spinning clock thingy! :(
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And don't forget kids, it can be watched live on AVTV.
Mine keeps coming up georestrictedpurchase.AVTV is turd
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my avtv just stuck on the spinning clock thingy! :(
Same here. Have I dropped a bollock by signing up to them?
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This is a bit shit, isn't it?
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my avtv just stuck on the spinning clock thingy! :(
Same here. Have I dropped a bollock by signing up to them?
Likewise. I blame Benteke for this.
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This is a bit shit, isn't it?
Did some dozy twonk forget to take a camera down to shoot the game? Or is Woodward being a prima donna and won't come out his dressing room?
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And don't forget kids, it can be watched live on AVTV.
Mine keeps coming up georestrictedpurchase.AVTV is turd
Same as. Anyone found a solution?
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FFS. They've got ten minutes before I cancel my subscription and demand a refund. Why can't we get a good official website? Total bobbins.
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And don't forget kids, it can be watched live on AVTV.
Mine keeps coming up georestrictedpurchase.AVTV is turd
Same as. Anyone found a solution?
go and support spurs. This would never happen at a big club...
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Quick question: Has anyone ever managed to watch a game on AVTV?
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If you listen to the audio commentary, the sound quality makes it sound like a 1940s wireless set.
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It's free for Season Ticket holders & to be honest it's not even worth that.
Advertise it all over the club website & send emails to every AVFC subscriber & then I'd doesn't work. Pathetic
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I'm getting same problem. Good job I'm not paying for it >:( . Back to the Open I guess
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Bollocks.
Don't think much of the pictures from Jack's phone.
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Avtv what a load of bollocks
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I legged it home to watch this. It's a bit annoying.
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I cant believe I just paid £5 to sit watching a spinning clock for 20mins. absolute f**king joke
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AVTV has always been shit.
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I bet they won't even try and sort the problem out. In all honesty I thought we'd see a better side turn out and I was most interested in seeing Helenius. But this is fookin shite. Have to listen to bloody Woodward.
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I cant believe I just paid £5 to sit watching a spinning clock for 20mins. absolute f**king joke
It beats the BBC to be fair.
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I thought it was just me getting "Error: georestrictedpurchase" I figured it was because I haven't renewed yet. What a pile of pants, was looking forward to watching us for the first time this season.
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I can't even get the live audio. Lerner out!
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I can't even get the live audio. Lerner out!
The audio is staggeringly poor quality.
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We'll definitely have video highlights everybody
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5 more preseason games left after this to watch a spinning clock. Brilliant.
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I can't even get the live audio. Lerner out!
I might be telling you to suck eggs,but try the audio/text feed.
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I cant believe I just paid £5 to sit watching a spinning clock for 20mins. absolute f**king joke
It beats the BBC to be fair.
AVTV doesn't work & it's not for the first time, how can the BBC be worse?
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Oh bollocks!
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1-0 Wycombe. McCoy (Steak flavour).
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Cobbleurs
Wycombe score
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It's now telling me I don't have Jave enabled. Only problem is, I do. Benteke Out!
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We need to sort out this defence because collectively we are still completely shit. We've been done by lower league teams four successive games now, and yes, I realise fitness, blah, blah, basic disciplines are still missing.
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It's ok. Jack says he going to sort it out.
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It's now telling me I don't have Jave enabled. Only problem is, I do. Benteke Out!
What browser are you using?
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I can't even get the live audio. Lerner out!
I might be telling you to suck eggs,but try the audio/text feed.
I have, I can see the text but no audio. Although that might be a good thing as we're losing and it means I don't have to listen to Captain Jack.
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The video that is not the defence
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It's now telling me I don't have Jave enabled. Only problem is, I do. Benteke Out!
What browser are you using?
Chrome, I checked the settings and "Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended)" is checked.
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How hard is it to get a live video feed? Have they put Doug in charge of video production at Villa? He'll turn up with a Lumiere camera and get confused when someone asks him if it has a USB slot.
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Defend like last season this coming season, and we're in big trouble.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
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Woodward: "it's even more frustrating for us than it is for you"
I don't think so, you fucking cretin.
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It's ok. Jack says he going to sort it out.
He couldn't find his todger with two hands and a map.
;)
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It's now telling me I don't have Jave enabled. Only problem is, I do. Benteke Out!
What browser are you using?
Chrome, I checked the settings and "Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended)" is checked.
Try exployer it doesnt like Chrome.
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Update
Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's defence.
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It's now telling me I don't have Jave enabled. Only problem is, I do. Benteke Out!
it always does that on mine but still plays the video, check any other video on the site and it should play
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Update
Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's defence.
Can't help but notice that they managed to tweet events from the game from the start, but 20 minutes before tweeting anything about the fact the video coverage is not working.
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Jack must be getting pelters on the text.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
No one obviously thought to test it out beforehand. Incompetent pricks!
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Good old Jack "painting the pictures with words"
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Somebody just told me that there is a thing called a 'clean sheet' in football. Apparently, a team can play a whole match without conceding a goal. Can't be true, obviously.
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Its as if they have literally pressed play 2.45 and completely shit themselves when nothing happened....
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Looks like we're still applauding.
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Its as if they have literally pressed play 2.45 and completely shit themselves when nothing happened....
It's not the first time it's happened.
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Somebody just told me that there is a thing called a 'clean sheet' in football. Apparently, a team can play a whole match without conceding a goal. Can't be true, obviously.
Nonsense. I've never heard such twaddle.
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Well a reboot has got me listening to the silky tones of Captain Jack. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
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Well a reboot has got me listening to the silky tones of Captain Jack. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
Run down VP and do the same to theirs.
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Weimann down injured. Just what we need.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Perform - hmm very apt
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
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Nice goal.
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Super Matty Lowton.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Perform - hmm very apt
We get the cheapest service going for everything.....
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1-1 Lowton header.
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Looks like we're still applauding.
About time we stopped this
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Weimann off injured.
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Woodward: "it's even more frustrating for us than it is for you"
I don't think so, you fucking cretin.
I'll second that! >:(
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Looks like we're still applauding.
About time we stopped this
Ditto that, Its going to lose its significance soon and become embarrassing. More than anything Stan is better
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Perform - hmm very apt
We get the cheapest service going for everything.....
I write software that connects to, and uses, Perform's video streams, and their service is usually very good.
They cover tens of thousands of events every year, obscure horse races, the lot, so I would be amazed if this is their fault.
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December 8th 2012, last time we kept a clean sheet. 27 competitive matches and now 4 friendly games. 31 fecking matches!
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Burke on for Weimann.
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Burke on.
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Having promoted the bejeesus out of the live stream and taken our subs, the club should refund the first month or something as a gesture of goodwill for this mess-up.
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Sorry, Jack, that "lots of issues involved" line is bollocks.
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Sorry, Jack, that "lots of issues involved" line is bollocks.
The Americans managed it easily enough last year.
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Looks like we're still applauding.
I'm going to give it a miss this year I think.
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Aston Villa FC - Official
We apologise for the technical problems with this afternoon's live AVTV stream. Our technical partners Perform are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Perform - hmm very apt
We get the cheapest service going for everything.....
I write software that connects to, and uses, Perform's video streams, and their service is usually very good.
They cover tens of thousands of events every year, obscure horse races, the lot, so I would be amazed if this is their fault.
Ill take your word for it mate. this is my first experience of avtv though, I have just signed up to pay 5 a month and I am currently listening to jack ass on his mobile phone! :)
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Wycombe back ahead.
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2-1 bollocks.
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Having promoted the bejeesus out of the live stream and taken our subs, the club should refund the first month or something as a gesture of goodwill for this mess-up.
Here, here. If it's gonna be the same for the rest of the games I'm gonna go mental.
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Bloody hell. This team don't deserve to start at Arsenal.
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I wonder if we'll win 8-3 and Lambert will call us fickle?
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Jack being optimistic "well we've ended the run of 1-1 games"
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I reckon 3-1 at half time. We'll win 8-3.
We can't seem to handle big center backs at the set pieces. I'm worried about our backline still, very much. Okore has missed too much pre-season too. That won't help him in his bedding in. A decent, experienced CH is a must.
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for all the good feeling around the club, we cannot keep a bloody clean sheet! I just don't get the ineptitude that allows this to continue happening
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Bloody hell. This team don't deserve to start at Arsenal.
I very much doubt 'this team' will
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The Cornalty Is Back.
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Conceding from a corner, who would have thought it.
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2-1 bollocks.
Another headed goal from a corner. When are they going to get the set-piece defending sorted?!
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Bloody hell. This team don't deserve to start at Arsenal.
I very much doubt 'this team' will
I wasn't being entirely serious, obviously.
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Well, this is super fucking annoying.
It clearly isn't going to be fixed at any time soon, so bollocks to it, I give up.
I mean AVTV, obv, not the defence.
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Anyone still got audio?
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Anyone still got audio?
Sadly yes.
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Bloody hell. This team don't deserve to start at Arsenal.
I very much doubt 'this team' will
I wasn't being entirely serious, obviously.
That's probably our first choice defence, at least until Okore is fit / up to speed!
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Well, this is super fucking annoying.
It clearly isn't going to be fixed at any time soon, so bollocks to it, I give up.
I mean AVTV, obv, not the defence.
The same principle might apply to our defence. I think our aim might have to be a lot of 4-3 wins.
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Seems like some unshaven tech geeks are frantically switching everything off and on again in a dark room somewhere in London. One of the pizza-fed loons just unplugged the audio connection.
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Sorry, Jack, that "lots of issues involved" line is bollocks.
Wycombe is a long way away...
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Jack Woodward is fast approaching Kismet's place on the list of people I'd like to punch in the face
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Maybe Joe Root can get the ton up at half time. Sky Sports 2 can do pictures.
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Jack still saying they care and want to get the live feed up. And Jack has cleared. We're dead professional ay we.
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Our expert team are working on the problem as a matter of priority and we hope to have the problem fixed as soon as possible.
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Jack is back with his connected telephone call.
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I wish jack wouls stop typing so loudly, its quite annoying!
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I wish jack wouls stop typing so loudly, its quite annoying!
at a guess that is the comments people post up. you can mute those sepatrately and still hear the commentary.
alternately you can mute the commentary and listing to the sounds made by the comments being posted
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2-2 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
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2-2 Westwood.
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Westwood, everything good is bad.
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And a pitch invasion.
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go on ash!
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2-2 yessssss
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Westy. Long may this continue. If he added a few goals to his game we'll have quite the player on our hands.
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Century for Joe Root. Audio, pics, good defensive play when needed, the lot.
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You can see all the goals.............later on AVTV.
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Good to see Westie score (not that I saw it).
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Woodward reads a tweet: "Westwood, future Villa and England captain."
Woodwards response: "I dunno about that."
Fucking tosser.
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The front 3 sound promising. Perhaps a bit early this year for Burke and Grealish, but it's time Carruthers made an impact on the first team.
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Delph's taken the armband.
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Delph's taken the armband.
whole team replaced on the hour.
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Delph's taken the armband.
It's no time to be swimming in a circle.
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You can see all the goals.............later on AVTV.
Just got in and logged on to AVTV but I cant get the match. I thought it was live for us season ticket holders..
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Thanks for the apologies Jack (said in sarcastic tone). I'd rather have my money back.
Bet they'll bugger the highlights later too. That said it doesn't sound like we've missed much today.
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Now the official site doesn't seem to be working. Total and utter bobbins.
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You can see all the goals.............later on AVTV.
Just got in and logged on to AVTV but I cant get the match. I thought it was live for us season ticket holders..
They've got technical issues. I think the precise term is it's fucked
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They've found the culprit responsible for our technical difficulties:
(http://i.imgur.com/pd1U6.jpg)
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Jack reckons we have a live feed, I say differently when I clicked it.
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http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wycombe-wanderers-v-aston-villa-5151149
Can follow it here...Up the Villa!
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Jack reckons we have a live feed, I say differently when I clicked it.
Same here.
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Jack reckons we have a live feed, I say differently when I clicked it.
Nope, no live feed for me either...
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it's 2-2 according to Matt Kendrick. Westwood free kick-that's surely his first goal for the club?
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Woodward out!
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What odds I get live pictures 3 seconds before the final whistle.
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I'm watching it Jack
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it's 2-2 according to Matt Kendrick. Westwood free kick-that's surely his first goal for the club?
Hey Nikk, shouldn't you be getting frivolous in a bar in the French concession at this time of night?
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What odds I get live pictures 3 seconds before the final whistle.
I went live with 30secs remaining. piss off villa
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Nope, final whistle and no pictures.
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it's 2-2 according to Matt Kendrick. Westwood free kick-that's surely his first goal for the club?
Hey Nikk, shouldn't you be getting frivolous in a bar in the French concession at this time of night?
haha. Hello mate, how are things? I should be Paul, but I am flying back to Birmingham on Monday for a couple of days, mainly to see the parents, before heading to Amsterdam for a stag do...followed by 3 days in Paris for a mate's wedding...hilarity should ensue. When are you heading back to this part of the world? I'm off to Tokyo at the end of September-would be good to see both you and Aftab out here soon!
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'We'll show you some pictures of the Villa fans at the end'! How exactly?
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After watching the game, I think we definitely need a quality centre back. I can only recall Wycombe having one corner in the first half and yep they scored from it.
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Villa followed up a trilogy of 1-1 draws in Gemany with a 2-2 score-line in their first pre-season friendly on English soil.
Paul Lambert's men trailed twice at Adams Park but hit back with equalisers from Matt Lowton and Ashley Westwood.
Despite the absence of several key players, it was another useful work-out for Villa in front of more than 1,500 travelling fans who almost filled the away end.
Lambert again took the opportunity to make wholesale substitutions, this time changing the line-up for the final half hour.
The starting XI included 17-year-old Jack Grealish and the youngster almost made an explosive entrance to the senior stage.
Andi Weimann latched on to Matt Lowton's pass for a low cross from the right, and Grealish was moving in for the kill until Anthony Stewart intercepted at the expense of a corner.
Villa dominated the early stages and in the 10th minute Weimann wasn't far wide with a low right-footer, but a minute later the home side went ahead.
There seemed to be no imminent danger when Marvin McCoy delivered a deep cross from the right but the flight of the ball completely deceived Brad Guzan and the ball dipped wickedly into the far corner.
Despite the game's "friendly" tag, both Ciaran Clark and Weimann needed treatment after over-zealous challenges, although Villa were level on 24 minutes when Leandro Bacuna curling in a right-foot cross from the left byeline and Lowton planted a well-angled header back across keeper Matt Ingram and inside the near post.
Three minutes later Weimann, who had been badly winded by Charles Dunne's crude challenge, went down again and was clearly in pain as he was replaced by Graham Burke.
The home side regained the lead in the 32nd- minute, Leon Johnson heading home from close range after Matt Spring's left-wing corner had been flicked across the goalmouth.
Grealish was close to levelling things up almost immediately, meeting Lowton's cross with a clever near-post flick which was only marginally too high.
The visitors eventually drew level for a second time in the 52nd minute, Westwood sending a 20-yard free-kick past Wycombe's defensive wall and into the bottom corner.
On the hour mark we had the unusual sight of every Villa player except sub Burke leaving the pitch and being replaced by a totally different team for the remainder of the game. That meant a first senior outing for another youngster, Janoi Donacien.
New keeper Jed Steer soon made his mark with an excellent save, fisting the ball away from Jo Kuffour's fierce drive but otherwise there were few chances.
Villa's best effort in the closing stages was an 84th-minute Jordan Bowery header which went over after Nathan Baker had nodded Gary Gardner's corner across the face of goal.
It was Bowery's final contribution, the striker limping off injured a minute later.
Wycombe: Ingram (Horlock 79), McCoy (Arnold 71), Dunne, Stewart (Fletcher 79), Johnson (Hause HT), Cowan-Hall, Lewis, Spring (Kewley-Graham 71), Wood (Kuffour 57), Pittman (Kretzschmar 57), Morgan (Morias 79).
Villa: Guzan; Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Luna; El Ahmadi, Westwood; Carruthers, Bacuna, Grealish; Weimann (Burke 27).
Villa (from 60 mins): Steer; Donacien, Herd, Baker, Webb; Gardner, Delph, Sylla, Gardner, Delph; Burke, Johnson.
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After watching the game, I think we definitely need a quality centre back. I can only recall Wycombe having one corner in the first half and yep they scored from it.
Let's see what we're like when Okore is playing again. As a general rule none of Lambert's previous sides could defend well either.
To those who went, does Luna look better than Bennett at LB?
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Not long got back. It was'nt the greatest game ever but freindlies never are. No-one really stood out that much. Not sure what all that spilling onto the pitch after our 2nd goal was all about.
Nice little ground though, you walk though an industrial estate type road and end up at a ground surrounded by hills and trees, which was nice. Oh and it was a bit warm.
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Great day out,beer tent was a nice touch,wycombe fans friendly enough.shame about the football...should be giving league 2 teams a spanking.
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To those who went, does Luna look better than Bennett at LB?
Luna's supposed to be good going forward, but since we haven't really attacked in the 2 games I've seen him in it's difficult to judge. Defensively there's not much in it.
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Have to say I thought we looked a lot stronger defensively with Baker at centre-back, rather than Clark. Their number 9 won everything in the air.
We were light up front, with no Benteke, Weimann (after the injury), Gabby, Helenius or Bent.