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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: YCCMY on September 11, 2013, 11:49:50 PM
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up?
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
9) Scoreline prediction?
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up?
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
9) Scoreline prediction?
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Are you Joe Kinnear?
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up?
Guzan,
Lowton, Okoke, Vlaar, Luna
Delph, Westwood, El Ahmadi
Weinmann, Benteke, Agbonlahor
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
Very good as we got most of transfer done early without paying silly money but there still no number 10 playmaker.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
Fast counter attacking team
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
It is important game to win to bulid up good run and get points.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Benteke
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
Probably one of Senegal striker playing for Newcastle.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
6-8th in the league and good cup run
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Just survive relegation in last 2 games.
9) Scoreline prediction?
3-1 to Villa.
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Grapes as it is a vintage club which make vintage wines :)
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1) How do you think you'll line up?
4-3-3, maybe a bit of tinkering with the centre-halves and the midfield but, unless someone gets injured in training, no drastic changes. Our latest recruit, Kozak, might get a run-out if we're not winning. So hopefully he won't!
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
In terms of friendlies, a mixed bag, but I don't care.
The transfer deals are hard to judge as most of them were unknown to me before the cricket season started. There have been glimpses of potential so far though. Obviously, as any fan will tell you, the main news that excited every Villa supporter occurred on that glorious day when hearts across the West Midlands leapt with joy as we discovered... somebody had finally taken Stephen fucking Ireland off us! Oh, and Benteke signed a new contract, which was nice.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
Run run run run score, concede corner, fall asleep, concede, repeat ad nauseum. Hoping our defence is better than last year but, either way, we won't be boring to watch.
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
About 26 lots of importance, give or take.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
I doubt very much you need to be told this. The bloke who was being linked with every club in Europe before Lambert tricked him into signing a new contract by saying "it's just an autograph for dying kids, honest".
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
Any big, tall fucker you send up into our area when you get a corner.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
Twelfth, but don't worry, it's Our Year For The Cup again.
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Last year I predicted you'd finish top eight and you were rubbish. The year before I predicted you'd go down and you were brilliant.
So, I'll predict that you'll win The Treble just to jinx you.
9) Scoreline prediction?
We'll score and concede, as usual. 2-1 to the Villa.
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
We've changed from a boring granny smith to an exotic guanabana.
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1) How do you think you'll line up? Our usual formation.
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done? Very
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season? Attack. We don't do defending. Our counter attacking can tear apart any side in the country.
4) How much importance are you placing on this match? No more than any other early season game. Be good to get the first home win in though.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat? Gabby if he is on form. Benteke is a given.
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of? Ben Arfa, quality player on his day.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season? 8th
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season? Bottom 5. Pardew and Kinnear are utter twats. Pardew has the most punchable face in football, which is something considering some of the competition.
9) Scoreline prediction? 2-2 knowing us
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be? WTF?
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1) How do you think you'll line up?
I think the same side as Salsa Party Animal posted.
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
Would have liked a dynamic attacking midfielder to have come in and maybe another centre half. That said we've got a good balance in midfield and Vlaar has looked good alongside Okore so these seem less essential. Beyond that we did well. Bought a centre half who looks fantastic in Okore and a number of other players who strengthen the squad.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
A bit of everything. On our day we can do some good stuff passing the ball but we're also good on the counter with our pace and power up front.
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
We've had an absolutely shocking first three fixtures and did better than expected. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are not really games that we expect to get something from. No disrespect, but Newcastle at home is a game we need and expect to win and I think we need another three points on the board from it. So I'm placing a fair bit of importance on it.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Look out for Fabian Delph who has been superb this year. Okore looks an excellent find too. As for our biggest threat It's impossible to look past the Belgian Beast.
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
From what I've heard, Cabaye looks likely to make a come back in this one and I think that he's a terrific player. He might not hog the limelight but he'll make you a better outfit than you've looked in other outings this season. I also think that Ben Arfa is one for us to be wary of, especially if he is in form.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
9th. Maybe a cup run.
8). How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Difficult to say at this stage of the season. I'll predict a stormy season of Internecine strife before a 15th or 16th place finish.
9) Scoreline prediction?
2-1 to us.
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Kumquat.
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up?
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
9) Scoreline prediction?
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
1) How do you think you'll line up?
Something new. Lambert likes to tinker and we have played 4-3-3 too often in a row. It would not surprise me if we lined up with 3 at the back for instance. Lambert is like that. Likes to change.
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
Delighted. Lots of exciting new players who get me more excited than the usual over valued dross we have seen in the past. Okore and Luna are excellent in particular. The only downside is the lack of signing a creative mid. But this is Lambert so he just signs more attackers instead. He is like our Keegan, but without the helicopter.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
Counter attacking away, overloading attack at home. At least so far, but as I noted Lambert changes stuff all the time.
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
Not much. It would be nice to beat the teams around us though and I think both our clubs are trying to climb away from the relegation battles this season.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
We are not a one man team so it is hard to say. if I had to pick one guy to mark out of the game then obviously Benteke, but if you do that then space opens up for gabby or weimann. We can be a handful.
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
Cabaye.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
No idea. We are a wildcard team this year. Could be another relegation battle could be pushing for top 8. Ask me in December.
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
No idea. How the hell can you predict a team and manager who went so up and then down over two seasons? Exciting to find out though?
9) Scoreline prediction?
No idea. We will probably concede and probably score though. Thats who we are.
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
Papaya. Once you scrape out the crap from the middle we are pretty tasty.
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Disappointing that PWS didn't go along with the all-important fruit question.
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5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
I doubt very much you need to be told this. The bloke who was being linked with every club in Europe before Lambert tricked him into signing a new contract by saying "it's just an autograph for dying kids, honest".
Brilliant.
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Can't answer anything apart from the fruit question.
We'd be a Kiwi. Kiwi fruit is extremely high in fiber. Watching us defend corners is like eating 6 in one go.
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4-3-3
I think we have strengthened the squad and hopefully pulled off what will prove to be a couple of really good deals at least.
Counter attack. Score goals. Concede goals.
The match is very important. We can't wait till February again to sort out our home form.
Benteke and Agbonlahor.
Remy showed me enough last season to make me think he will score a few goals in the Premier League.
9th.
I think you will struggle and have to pull a few signings out of the bag in January.
2-0. And anyone will tell you that predicting us to keep a clean sheet is either brave or stupid.
Apple. First one I thought of.
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1) How do you think you'll line up?
Probably a 4-3-3 of some kind, although Lambert tends to tinker with formations, and our usual set up hasn't been too effective at home so we might see something new on saturday. Guzan-Vlaar-Delph-Benteke will definently be the spine of the team though.
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
Pretty good all round. Got players in early so they could bed in, upgraded at LB and CB and added some much needed depth elsewhere. And kept hold of one of the best strikers in europe. And shifted Stephen 'Lazy Tit' Ireland. The continung lack of a number 10 is a concern though.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
Not much. That said, we came away from a really difficult start with 3 points (and our dignity intact), so to drop points agaisnt a side we should really be beating on our own patch would be disappointing.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
Any of the Gabby-Benteke-Weimann front 3. Benteke needs no introduction, but as many teams learnt to their cost last season, if you concentrate too much on him then you leave spaces and opportunities for the other two.
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
Ben Afreeee. Also Yohan Kebab will have something to prove given the non-transfer malarkey.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
8-12. A lot depends on whether we can find a way to improve our home form.
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
Anywhere from 18th to 8th, and I wouldn't be suprised. Based on the quality of the squad, you'd expect a top half finish at the very least, but with Pardew, Kinnear and Ashley running the show? I dont envy you.
9) Scoreline prediction?
2-1
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
An Apple - classic, timeless etc etc etc
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1) How do you think you'll line up?
Pretty much as we did against Liverpool, with El Ahmadi replacing Bacuna.
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
Good Summer. Some good additions to the squad. Especially please with Luna and Okore so far.
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
An emphasis on passing the ball, and pressing the opposition, when not in possession. Lightning quick on the break. If all else fails, pass it to Benteke!
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
Personally this is a big one for me. Firstly because I live in the North East, and have got quite a few mates who follow the Toon. Secondly, because this is going to give us a good idea of what we're capable of this season, after 3 games against clubs who are likely to finish above us both.
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
There's an obvious answer to this question, Jordan Bowrey! Just kidding, I think you know Benteke is about as good a striker as any in the league at the moment.
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
Ben Arfa and Cabaye. Cisse has scored a couple past us, in the last few games too.
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
Anywhere between 12th & 8th is possible.
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
If the team can hold it together, amidst all the crap that's going on behind the scenes, the same as us. If not, a relegation battle is a strong possibility.
9) Scoreline prediction?
Don't do score predictions, but I can't see it being 0-0.
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
In honour of last season's away kit, a lime.
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton and replaced him with the next gen rubber face (after Harry) Alan f in Pardew!
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Do respect the 50K plus poor bastards who turn up at every home match. You are great supporters.
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Do respect the 50K plus poor bastards who turn up at every home match. You are great supporters.
Can you advise our friends at Birmingham City how you all manage to get time off work to go to games. Because apparently, once they get a nice new big stadium that will be the only thing holding them back.
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1. Plum
2. 2 plums
3. Lots of plums
4. Mango
5. Plum (Sidwell, 75)
6. Joe Kinnear, auto-erotic asphyxia, tangerine
7. Shit load of plums
8. The rise of Balkan nationalism
9. Damson (like a plum, but smaller)
10. Mike Ashley
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the question you forgot to ask - are Newcastle the laughing stock of the premier league?
I'm afraid the whole of the league is laughing at you at the moment, you really need to get rid of Ashley.
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the question you forgot to ask - are Newcastle the laughing stock of the premier league?
I'm afraid the whole of the league is laughing at you at the moment, you really need to get rid of Ashley.
They can't get rid of Ashley. It is his club. Which makes it even funnier.
Kinnear on the other hand...
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the question you forgot to ask - are Newcastle the laughing stock of the premier league?
I'm afraid the whole of the league is laughing at you at the moment, you really need to get rid of Ashley.
They can't get rid of Ashley. It is his club. Which makes it even funnier.
Kinnear on the other hand...
he must be mentally ill, can you imagine owning villa and running it that way!
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i feel sorry for Newcastle, disgrace what's going on there with Kinnear. How he is involved with football i have no idea. Decent bunch of fans and don't deserve that.
as for the questions;
1/standard team - guzan, lowton, okore, vlaar,luna, westwood, delph, prob KEA, Weimann, Gabby, Benteke
2/pleased so far, not bothered about the no 10 as don't think thats really a role in the way we play as much as we my like to have that kind of player.
3/counter attack with pace
4/it's a game we should be winning at home and need to win to help our season kick on after a good start
5/Benteke, or Gabby.
6/Cabaye if he plays? or Ben Arfa
7/between 8th - 12th
8/between 14th - 18th
9/2-1 villa - we don't do clean sheets.
10/erm, water melon. they taste nice. that's my only logic behind that answer.
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton
Harsh.
Arthur Cox? Bobby Robson?
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton
Harsh.
Arthur Cox? Bobby Robson?
Older posters will remember Joe Harvey who was more than decent in my book.
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton
Harsh.
Arthur Cox? Bobby Robson?
Older posters will remember Joe Harvey who was more than decent in my book.
He won them a trophy. That makes him a miracle-worker.
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Is Ben Arfa injury free? He always worries me.
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton
Harsh.
Arthur Cox? Bobby Robson?
Yeh sure I was just being cantankerous!
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We're still laughing.
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Do respect the 50K plus poor bastards who turn up at every home match. You are great supporters.
Seconded.
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Thanks lads for bothering to do this, its massively appreciated
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Can't respect a club who sacked the only decent manager they had in their history Chris Hughton
Harsh.
Arthur Cox? Bobby Robson?
We should always remember Arthur Cox after the time he spent with us.
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up?
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done?
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?
4) How much importance are you placing on this match?
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat?
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of?
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season?
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season?
9) Scoreline prediction?
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be?
1 same as last game
2 not sure yet
3 gung ho
4 7 out of 10
5 CB
6 Ben A & Cabaye
7 12th
8 14th
9 1-2 Newcastle win
10 passion fruit
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Hi I'm from toonforum.co.uk and we ask opposition fans questions about the upcoming games. We'd love it if you could help out this week ahead of Saturday's game. The questions are:
1) How do you think you'll line up? As before
2) How was Villa's summer? Are you happy with the transfer deals done? Its been good
3) What is your style of play going to be like this season?Counter attacking with pace or long to benteke
4) How much importance are you placing on this match? very we need a win to get momentum
5) Who should we watch out for / who is your biggest threat? The Big Guy up front
6) Which of our players are you most afraid of? Malcolm Mcdonought
7) What is your prediction for Villa this season? 8th
8. How do you think Newcastle will do this season? you guna struggle like, Joe Kinnear Ha
9) Scoreline prediction? 2-2
10) If your football club was a fruit, what fruit would it be? napple
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Here are some post match questions if you would be so kind as to answer:
How do you rate your performance?
How do you rate our performance?
Who do you think was your best player?
Who do you think was our best player?
Do you think the score was a fair reflection of the match?
Have your season predictions changed for either team?
Thanks.
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Shit.
Less shit.
Delph.
Ben Arfa.
Yes.
Yes.
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Same as Legion for me, thought you looked better yesterday than what I had seen of you so far this season and last.
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I thought you were quite good to be honest. You have players with good technique and used it to keep the ball well while we chased shadows. Think we might have had a better result if we hadn't hoofed it for the last twenty minutes though.
All the best.
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We were very poor .
We made you you better than you are and too easy for you.
Delph
Ben Arfa
Newcastle deservedly won.
Villa i thought top 8 , now think maybe 12 th if that.
Newcastle i bought bottom 6 and still do - we made it easy for them , others won't.
Newcastle have decent players but not sure the squad is strong - pardew i don't see lasting the season .
Please pass my regards to joe kinnear :)
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Here are some post match questions if you would be so kind as to answer:
How do you rate your performance?
How do you rate our performance?
Who do you think was your best player?
Who do you think was our best player?
Do you think the score was a fair reflection of the match?
Have your season predictions changed for either team?
Thanks.
Tactically inept
Very well played
Delph
Ben Arfa
Yes
Yes
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Just to clarify , my answers are not disrespectful to you, I just think we let you play and gave you space and you deservedly won - we were turned over by wigan here last season and played badly too.
I think newcastle need everyone fit and firing to do well , and the likes of Taylor, ameobi, are not good enough if needed- you will however finish above sunderland if that helps :)
I doubt newcastle will have an away game this season as easy as yesterday was for you .
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I think everyone will finish above Sunderland. Even the Stripies.
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Would also like to add, fair play to NUFC , totally outplayed and out sang us and saw nothing but good positive support from their fans.
Would like to apologise about the idiots who bricked your coaches. Idiots and bad losers.
Good luck to you and see you at st James park.
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If i was a Geordie i would ask this question.
Why is your home form so incredibly shit ?
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Would also like to add, fair play to NUFC , totally outplayed and out sang us and saw nothing but good positive support from their fans.
Would like to apologise about the idiots who bricked your coaches. Idiots and bad losers.
Good luck to you and see you at st James park.
Seconded.
Shame about the 70s throw-back Geordie morons outside the ground around about half an hour before kick-off. Both those walking down Witton Lane and those thumping the coach windows.
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I wouldn't. Newcastle fans acted like dicks before, after, and during the game.
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If i was a Geordie i would ask this question.
Why is your home form so incredibly shit ?
As a Villa fan I would ask this question:
Why is our home form so incredibly shit ?
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I wouldn't. Newcastle fans acted like dicks before, after, and during the game.
Ok apologies, I must have missed that.
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If i was a Geordie i would ask this question.
Why is your home form so incredibly shit ?
As a Villa fan I would ask this question:
Why is our home form so incredibly shit ?
Spot on.
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As i've said I don't condone what happened, but you act like they did and it is going to piss off the wrong person/people.
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As i've said I don't condone what happened, but you act like they did and it is going to piss off the wrong person/people.
Pardon ?
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As i've said I don't condone what happened, but you act like they did and it is going to piss off the wrong person/people.
Pardon ?
An element of their supporters acted, as they do every year, like arseholes. The strange thing is that when they do it, it's great support. When Manchester United supporters do exactly the same it's disgraceful arrogance.
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An element of fans always act like Arseholes especially when on the road and on the beer. A coach load banged windows and flicked us the V's wow.
Throwing house bricks at coaches is a different matter.
Would you like that aimed at you when we go to St James ??
99% of their support yesterday was superb and denying that is I'd suggest a bit of sour grapes.
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An element of fans always act like Arseholes especially when on the road and on the beer. A coach load banged windows and flicked us the V's wow.
Throwing house bricks at coaches is a different matter.
Would you like that aimed at you when we go to St James ??
99% of their support yesterday was superb and denying that is I'd suggest a bit of sour grapes.
I'm sure that every single Newcastle supporter you saw outside the ground behaved perfectly.
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An element of fans always act like Arseholes especially when on the road and on the beer. A coach load banged windows and flicked us the V's wow.
Throwing house bricks at coaches is a different matter.
Would you like that aimed at you when we go to St James ??
99% of their support yesterday was superb and denying that is I'd suggest a bit of sour grapes.
Funny because me, Leeg and Dave were talking before the game about what utter twats some of their fans were acting like. Maybe we could see into the future and were getting the sour grapes in early?
I'm guessing you didn't spend much time on the coach route to VP or on Witton Lane before the game? I did, for 2 hours. I was also in the Lower North and could see the goading they were doing, including running at R1 both in the stand and across the pitch. So i'll base my view on what I witnessed thanks.
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Fine, not going to argue with you. Walked from Holborn Hill all the way down Witton lane from about 225pm to 250pm and saw very little trouble.
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Do you think the initial poster on this thread was actually Joe Kinnear and we basically assisted in him masterminding the victory over us? Just a thought. ;)
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Also thoroughly unimpressed by Newcastle fans.
I know they've got a bit of an axe to grind with us, which is fair enough (you give it, you take it) but every other song was a comment on our support, and also I have never seen a set of fans more concerned with goading the home fans than watching the game or supporting their team.
Also walking down Witton Lane before the match a lot of the Geordies were pissed up, arrogant and borish. They encapsulated everything that is wrong with the average football fan.
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Also thoroughly unimpressed by Newcastle fans.
I know they've got a bit of an axe to grind with us, which is fair enough (you give it, you take it) but every other song was a comment on our support, and also I have never seen a set of fans more concerned with goading the home fans than watching the game or supporting their team.
Also walking down Witton Lane before the match a lot of the Geordies were pissed up, arrogant and borish. They encapsulated everything that is wrong with the average football fan.
It was the same last season
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Also thoroughly unimpressed by Newcastle fans.
I know they've got a bit of an axe to grind with us, which is fair enough (you give it, you take it) but every other song was a comment on our support, and also I have never seen a set of fans more concerned with goading the home fans than watching the game or supporting their team.
Also walking down Witton Lane before the match a lot of the Geordies were pissed up, arrogant and borish. They encapsulated everything that is wrong with the average football fan.
Agree entirely. Walked from Witton Island to the Holte at 2.50 ish and there were loads of them gobbing off. By the Holte steps there were about 10 of them singing at / goading Villa fans whilst walking alongside a small police escort. One of them looked about 13 years old, and every time he shouted at the Villa fans with his arms outstreched he nearly fell over, he was that pissed. Similar after the game. I know our fans sometimes don't cover themselves in glory, but I was cringing at their support.
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Couple of coachloads of Geordie horse-punching wannabes acting up in Lichfield on Saturday, I see?
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I drove down with my brother, from the North East, and when we stopped at Woodall Services, it was full of Newcastle fans, and my brother commented on how young they all were (between 14 & 18). It was the same when we walked up to the ground from the Ads, before kick off. Two coaches passed us, and it was all young lads banging on the windows. I said to our kid, something along the lines of, "I remember when I had my first pint too".
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It seems they think our fans are a throwback to the 70s too. Just found this post on one of their forums:
vile fans - back to the 70's
vile fans showed their class again last night
smashing the bus windows
and some couldn't handle it that we scored a 2nd goal.. tried to get in at the nufc fans
laughable, good job they didn't succeed, i know who i would back
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I need glasses as it must have been an mirage of their fans on the pitch and in the stand heading straight for R1, which in turn caused some Villa to retaliate. And I must have been hallucinating when I saw one of them close enough to the front of R1 that he got slapped by a Villa fan in R1 who still in his seat.
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What I don't understand is why the club cannot install those fan traps at the front.
I am trying to think which ground I have seem them at, but the trap is essentially a bar that comes out from the hoardings and has five or six lose metal wires running horizontally through the middle, so if some fat Georide dick head trys to get on our pitch, he gets tangled up and arrested. Its not fair having stewards game in, game out, getting crushed by these morons trying to get on the pitch.
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There were some very pissed and quite gobby Newcastle fans meandering down Trinity Road just before kick off.
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There were some very pissed and quite gobby Newcastle fans meandering down Trinity Road just before kick off.
They got out of the fire exits on the coaches that were parked up just past the underpass. They were very gobby and giving it the big one, but most people seemed to ignore them and were neither arsed nor impressed.
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One of our lot took the bait and tried some goading back which was silly.
"Newcastle, United, will never be defeated" they chanted at me whilst walking next to them.
"Never defeated?", my response, "There must be some other Newcastle then that HAVE won a trophy since God was in short trousers".
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What I don't understand is why the club cannot install those fan traps at the front.
I am trying to think which ground I have seem them at, but the trap is essentially a bar that comes out from the hoardings and has five or six lose metal wires running horizontally through the middle, so if some fat Georide dick head trys to get on our pitch, he gets tangled up and arrested. Its not fair having stewards game in, game out, getting crushed by these morons trying to get on the pitch.
Wembley has these in front of the seats. That's a good shout actually.
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What I don't understand is why the club cannot install those fan traps at the front.
I am trying to think which ground I have seem them at, but the trap is essentially a bar that comes out from the hoardings and has five or six lose metal wires running horizontally through the middle, so if some fat Georide dick head trys to get on our pitch, he gets tangled up and arrested. Its not fair having stewards game in, game out, getting crushed by these morons trying to get on the pitch.
Cost and space maybe?
Safety regs will require a certain number of stewards so installing those (at a fairly significant cost I imagine) won't cut down on the number of stewards needed. They also take up quite a lot of space, something Wembley has/had a we don't.
As with anything like this, it would probably (and unfortunately) take a steward or player to be seriously hurt by someone encroaching on to the field of play for something to be done about it.
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The cameraman in front of the invading hordes probably nearly sh*t himself when their second goal went in.
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What I don't understand is why the club cannot install those fan traps at the front.
I am trying to think which ground I have seem them at, but the trap is essentially a bar that comes out from the hoardings and has five or six lose metal wires running horizontally through the middle, so if some fat Georide dick head trys to get on our pitch, he gets tangled up and arrested. Its not fair having stewards game in, game out, getting crushed by these morons trying to get on the pitch.
Cost and space maybe?
Safety regs will require a certain number of stewards so installing those (at a fairly significant cost I imagine) won't cut down on the number of stewards needed. They also take up quite a lot of space, something Wembley has/had a we don't.
As with anything like this, it would probably (and unfortunately) take a steward or player to be seriously hurt by someone encroaching on to the field of play for something to be done about it.
Too close to the side of the pitch a player going at full tilt running into that could do himself serious damage. At Wembley you have plenty of space.
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I think we should horde off the first few rows then.
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I think we should horde off the first few rows then.
H&S would have a go then as the front of the stands is the access to the tunnels to exit the ground. They would have to do some right structural work to make something like this to work.
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I think we should horde off the first few rows then.
H&S would have a go then as the front of the stands is the access to the tunnels to exit the ground. They would have to do some right structural work to make something like this to work.
No, I mean put mesh over the first five rows and build those ticket sales into the cost of the matchday tickets. Hit them in the pocket and in the numbers all those who cannot behave.
The message should be clear, stay off our fucking pitch you ****** bags.
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Couple of coachloads of Geordie horse-punching wannabes acting up in Lichfield on Saturday, I see?
Yes, we were in Lichfield prior to the game and they were well tanked up, mostly just noisy but some trouble around the bus station we were told
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I think we should horde off the first few rows then.
H&S would have a go then as the front of the stands is the access to the tunnels to exit the ground. They would have to do some right structural work to make something like this to work.
No, I mean put mesh over the first five rows and build those ticket sales into the cost of the matchday tickets. Hit them in the pocket and in the numbers all those who cannot behave.
The message should be clear, stay off our fucking pitch you c*** bags.
Yes, because higher ticket prices is just what we need!!!!
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There were some very pissed and quite gobby Newcastle fans meandering down Trinity Road just before kick off.
They got out of the fire exits on the coaches that were parked up just past the underpass. They were very gobby and giving it the big one, but most people seemed to ignore them and were neither arsed nor impressed.
I saw them too, straight out of the 80s, trapped in a time warp or what?.
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Apparently there have been some v. stiff words had with north-eastern coach operators this week.
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There is no defending the twats who pretended to attack the Newcastle coaches. People like that just cause problems for those who travel away.
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Can do links just bone idle...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-24650261
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What a nobber!
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I hope they get stuffed again this weekend.
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They're playing Sunderland. I don't.
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Oh i do. Put them in their place.
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I agree that the guy is a knob an all, but a year in jail sounds a bit steep for punching a horse. Surely being from Newcastle is punishment enough?
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Put him in a room with the horse. I bet the horse wins.
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Watched one of our fans punch a police horse at our last Wembley appearance. There are plenty of knobs everywhere.
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I agree that the guy is a knob an all, but a year in jail sounds a bit steep for punching a horse. Surely being from Newcastle is punishment enough?
It is a really dangerous thing to do. The horse could have bolted-despite its training. In a crowd someone could easily get badly injured or even killed. At least he gets to wear stripes for a year :)
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I agree that the guy is a knob an all, but a year in jail sounds a bit steep for punching a horse. Surely being from Newcastle is punishment enough?
It is a really dangerous thing to do. The horse could have bolted-despite its training. In a crowd someone could easily get badly injured or even killed. At least he gets to wear stripes for a year :)
Besides being dangerous, it's just fucking wrong.
Why in the name of God would you want to punch a harmless beast? It's not like he's actively signed up for the Police force is it?
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I like his name, Bud.
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poor horse bet it is still having nightmares
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poor horse bet it is still having nightmares
It's condition is stable.
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poor horse bet it is still having nightmares
It's condition is stable.
*applause*
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Why would anyone punch a horse! FFS incredible.
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Why would anyone punch a horse! FFS incredible.
Mongo did. But Mongo only pawn in game of life.
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Police horses are fascist lackeys. Ask any ordinary horse.
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Are police horses also pigs?
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cleaning out stables every day for a year would have done him better .
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Why would anyone punch a horse! FFS incredible.
I remember a Villa fan being arrested and fined for head butting a police horse outside VP in the late 70s / early 80s.