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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: UK Redsox on April 09, 2015, 12:24:21 PM
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Saturday 11 April, 3pm @ White Hart Lane
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I fancy us for a point here for some reason
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I take it that was you doing the stickifying Mr Shin. If so, that was quick
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2-2
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The result depends on the current level on the "National Harry Kane Wankometer"
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Yep. I'm faster than a speeding bullet, so my ex's say anyway.
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3-1 to them as the Kane fairytale achieves vomit inducing magnitude
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Benteke to interrupt the Kane wanking circle by barging in with his beast and spaffing a couple of goals all over the biscuit.
1-2.
We're due a surprise result.
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I'm gonna say 1-1. Benteke for us.
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I fancy us for a point here for some reason
Would be very welcome considering some of the other fixtures.
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I think we will beat them.
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It's laughable to think we can beat them.
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Just win please Villa.
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(http://i57.tinypic.com/2n7e1rs.jpg)
Really poor viewing that is. I think a draw is as good as it's gonna get i'm afraid.
Them 1 Us 1
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we are gonna bitch slap those peckerheads....
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The Doc
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That Wright goal though..........
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all 3 were contenders....
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The Doc
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We are due a surprise win. This could be it. Spurs 0 Villa 2. Gil 35 and Gil 58. There that's surprised you...and Tim Sherwood!
Didn't know he got injured last night at Wolves. Better make that Benteke then!
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I don't know why we are bothering to be honest, what with them being in the top 7, in London and having Harry Kane.
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I hope Benteke gets a proper revenge on that twat Mason by showing who's boss when it comes to playing football, rather than face-shoving.
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Hopefully he will Smalling him a few times, the snide little shitehawk.
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7-0 to Spurs.
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Cant see us getting anything with our defence as it is. Shame as Spurs was always a guaranteed 6 pts a season in the 90s. Things have really turned about face now though. 0-2 defeat
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Nope. A team that lets QPR put three past them at home in in for a whupping.
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im with Levico
qpr are shit, the only soap weve got is that spurs dont get out of first gear.
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for anyone not going, the game is live on irish setanta so should be on in the irish pubs, if you ask nicely.
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0-0
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I hope I'm wrong but I can see a Spurs win 2-1.
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the defence will be ok for this match
cissokho is back
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Score draw me thinks.
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We'll go 1-0 up then lose 3-1. Eriksen running the show and Kane with at least one.
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Tim Sherwood said Villa still have injury issues ahead of the weekend clash with Tottenham - although he was pleased with the return of Aly Cissokho and Libor Kozak.
Sherwood has big doubts about Alan Hutton, Ashley Westwood and Scott Sinclair on the eve of the trip to White Hart Lane.
Hutton - who Sherwood described as a "warrior" and someone you'd want in a survival battle - is unlikely to face Spurs due to a foot problem.
Sinclair and Westwood, meanwhile, are still struggling with hamstring issues picked up on the eve of the Man Utd clash.
There was good news, however, with the manager confirming that Aly Cissokho had returned to training this week.
He also spoke of his delight at seeing Libor Kozak back, the Czech Republic striker having played almost 70 minutes for the U21s in their 1-0 win over Wolves on Wednesday.
The boss will assess Cissokho for the capital clash while he warned of expecting too much, too soon with Kozak, who was out for over a year.
He said: "It's pretty much how it was - chronic.
"There were some players the other night who hadn't really trained but it was a needs-must situation.
"I am hoping the boys who played against QPR will benefit from their time out on the pitch and be a lot stronger for the game at the weekend.
"We haven't done a lot today. We won't do a lot tomorrow. It's about recovery - and knowing what their jobs are."
On Kozak being available against Spurs, he added: "No. It's great he's back. I am pleased for him. But he's been out for 14 months.
"You're asking for a disaster to happen. He's a good lad. We have to be careful with him.
"He's come this far. We have to make sure we give him the right preparation.
"Hopefully he will be in time for the end of the season. At the moment it's too soon.
"He realises this as well. He is going to need a bit more time."
Sherwood will assess Carles Gil, who came off against Wolves in the U21 clash on Wednesday with a deadleg.
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It will be interesting to see how we play against Spurs under Sherwood. We have put in some pretty dire performances against them in recent times (including a game under McLeish which was perhaps our worst).
Hopefully Sherwood who knows them better can help us get the points. Regardless Tim needs to watch what he says this week, don't do a Houllier Tim, there is no way back from that!
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Can't see us getting anything here... 3-1 to Spuds... Kane to score wonder goal... then another and then another. Benteke to squeeze one in, in the first half.
We never get anything at their place.
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Guzan
Lowton
Cissokho
Clark
Okore
Cleverley
Delph
Bacuna
Grealish
Agbonlahor
Benteke
Hutton and Sinclair are big misses for me.
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Sherwood will assess Carles Gil, who came off against Wolves in the U21 clash on Wednesday with a deadleg.
Oh wow thats great news! Woodward made it sound like something very serious on the audio stream. Something recoverable like a deadleg is a massive bonus.
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Well let's hope the management team have been working on defending at the training ground this week as another defensive display like Tuesday will see us on the receiving end.
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im with Levico
qpr are shit, the only soap weve got is that spurs dont get out of first gear.
What happens in the showers should stay in the showers!
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Hope I'm wrong but I think Spurs will win easily with Kane waltzing through our very mediocre defence.
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if they hit us down the left side we will get hammered
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Would bite your hands off at the chance of a draw
Really hope we don't play a flat 442
Guzan - okore vlaar clark lowton - Cleverley Sanchez delph - nzogbia - benteke gabby
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It will be interesting to see how we play against Spurs under Sherwood. We have put in some pretty dire performances against them in recent times (including a game under McLeish which was perhaps our worst).
Hopefully Sherwood who knows them better can help us get the points. Regardless Tim needs to watch what he says this week, don't do a Houllier Tim, there is no way back from that!
Wasn't that the theory when we played QPR, managed by his former number two?
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It will be interesting to see how we play against Spurs under Sherwood. We have put in some pretty dire performances against them in recent times (including a game under McLeish which was perhaps our worst).
Hopefully Sherwood who knows them better can help us get the points. Regardless Tim needs to watch what he says this week, don't do a Houllier Tim, there is no way back from that!
Wasn't that the theory when we played QPR, managed by his former number two?
Not really as he didn't spend months managing the QPR players knowing their strengths and weaknesses from working with them every day.
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Going to this & I've only seen Villa twice at Shite Tart Lane, one we won 4-3, the other was 4-4.
This will be a routine 2-0 home win.
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Defeat
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4-1 to us.
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4-1 to us.
Are Ossie and Ricky making their Tottingham debuts ?
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I've given up trying to predict Villa's results so I won't bother. That said, we really could do with pulling a rabbit out of the hat somewhere before the end of the season.
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A high scoring game, I've a feeling it'll be us to edge it for some reason.
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A repeat of Jim Barron's finest hour will do me. The day of the first national lottery draw if I recall correctly. Great day out.m
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A repeat of Jim Barron's finest hour will do me. The day of the first national lottery draw if I recall correctly. Great day out.m
Yes it was. 4-3. And a Villa manager with a 100% career win record! ;)
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4-1 to us.
I reckon we'll be 4-1 up then Harewood will balls things up. It all turns to shit from there onwards.
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They are not great at the back but will score goals with our defence depleted, so all out attack it is and lets hope we can score more than them.
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5-5
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A repeat of Jim Barron's finest hour will do me. The day of the first national lottery draw if I recall correctly. Great day out.m
Could be me. Could be you.
Tim said beating West Brom in the league was preferential to winning the Euromillions lotto.
I'm guessing he'd suffer burst gonads for a result at his former stomping ground on Sat.
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We always do worse than I predict. So I'm gonna make my prediction so preposterously pro-Villa that it has to go a long way to be dragged back. So:
"Club with only 2 championships the last of which was in 1961 yet regarded bafflingly as one of the most famous clubs in world football" 0 - 9 "Club with 7 championships and a lot more besides yet constantly denigrated".
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We always do worse than I predict. So I'm gonna make my prediction so preposterously pro-Villa that it has to go a long way to be dragged back. So:
"Club with only 2 championships the last of which was in 1961 yet regarded bafflingly as one of the most famous clubs in world football" 0 - 9 "Club with 7 championships and a lot more besides yet constantly denigrated".
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Both sides are not to clever in defence at the moment and seem capable of scoring ,so i am going for 2-2
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A win would be marvellous, a draw acceptable, a loss sadly predictable. Oh sod it - 2.1 away win.
I wish Sherwood would stop bloody talking about Spurs...
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I've given up trying to predict Villa's results so I won't bother. That said, we really could do with pulling a rabbit out of the hat somewhere before the end of the season.
And that's just it. We really need a surprise win in one of the next two league games just to give us the belief.
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5-5
If only Alan Deakin had put that chance in at the end we would still be celebrating a 6-5 away win! 49yrs later!
Well I would!
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Bugger! Due to other commitments on Saturday night I've got 2 tickets going spare. If anyone wants them then send me a message
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I am going to go for a point here - 1-1.
We need a result from somewhere and this could be an unexpected draw.
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Would bite your hands off at the chance of a draw
Really hope we don't play a flat 442
Guzan - okore vlaar clark lowton - Cleverley Sanchez delph - nzogbia - benteke gabby
No room for Grealish?
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I wish Sherwood would stop bloody talking about Spurs...
I'm far from his biggest fan, but this is a bit harsh.
He's not sending out press releases with his thoughts on Spurs, he's contracted to hold pre-match press conferences and he'll answer the questions that are posed to him.
Against any other opponent I would hope that he goes with the standard "I'm here to talk about Villa, not Spurs" approach, but when we're playing Spurs it's to be expected that he'll be asked questions about them, he'll answer them and those are the bits that will be most-widely reported.
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We might scrape a draw I suppose?
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I was living in Rushden, Northamptonshire when I attended my first Villa match v Spurs away on 19th March, 1966 - It so happened that one of the teachers at our school had moved to Enfield. At this time I was 14 years old. So, he arranged for us to go down in the morning to play his new school team and then to go to the match at Spurs in the afternoon. The vast majority of my team mates decided that Spurs was their team but, I just loved the name - ASTON VILLA so, I was about the only one to cheer on the side. Of course, I thought I'd made a bad mistake as we were 5-1 down at half time and, you can all imagine the ribbing I was taking. By the end of the match, I was the one that was smiling as we pulled it back to 5-5 by full time and had Mr Deakin scored, when presented with a great chance a couple of minutes from the end we would have pulled off a real miracle .... I was totally hooked and, imagine my pleasure when my job enabled me to come to live in Brum 6 years later and, have lived here ever since.
So, come on you Villa boys - you can do it!!
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as the game draws closer, I'm feeling strangely optimistic. I think we can win the toss.
Seriously though, a think a draw isn't beyond the realms. We can do this.
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I wish Sherwood would stop bloody talking about Spurs...
I'm far from his biggest fan, but this is a bit harsh.
He's not sending out press releases with his thoughts on Spurs, he's contracted to hold pre-match press conferences and he'll answer the questions that are posed to him.
Against any other opponent I would hope that he goes with the standard "I'm here to talk about Villa, not Spurs" approach, but when we're playing Spurs it's to be expected that he'll be asked questions about them, he'll answer them and those are the bits that will be most-widely reported.
I take your point - it just seems that hardly a week goes by without a mention of Spurs, Kane etc etc. I think he could have nipped it in the bud earlier... Hopefully on Saturday evening he'll be talking about Benteke and a fantastic away win.
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I would go:
Guzan
Lowton
Okore
Clark
Cissokho (if fit).
Delph
Sanchez (only as we need to play 3 in mid, and we've got nobody else)
Cleverley
Grealish
Benteke
Gabby
Spurs backline are quite clumsy so I'd stick with Grealish. Those weaving runs might win us a few freekicks.
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Nope. A team that lets QPR put three past them at home in in for a whupping.
Probably about as shit as a team that concedes 3 at home to Leicester.
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Lose this and sherwoods stats will start to look a bit scruffy
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Score draw me thinks.
Me hopes !
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Lose this and sherwoods stats will start to look a bit scruffy
They already are, 7 from 21 and if we don't put in a hard shift tomorrow it could be 7 from 24 which would be very poor.
Just heard they've scored more goals at home than anyone......not good!
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Our defence is so hideously cobbled together right now. That's been the biggest issue for Timmy since he got here. I don't think he's a defence minded manager by any stretch. But he certainly could do with our best 4 at the back, fit and playing. At least to keep the scores down.
At the other end he's made significant improvements.
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Spuds 3 . 2 Villa
Crooks
Archibald
Galvin
Bremner
Geddis
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Spuds 3 . 2 Villa
Crooks
Archibald
Galvin
Bremner
Geddis
or
1-4 Villa
Hoddle (pen)
Evans
Gregory
Little
Shelton
http://hotspurhq.com/2012/08/23/ardiles-and-villa-home-debut-for-tottenham-on-23rd-august-1978-know-your-tottenham-history/
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We do have a problem with injuries in defence but just getting the basics right would eliminate some of the goals we give away.
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Aston Villa have lost nine of their last 12 league games, and only won two out of 17.
They have suffered seven defeats in eight away games, with the exception being the 4-0 win over Sunderland.
Villa are still nine points adrift of their lowest final tally in a Premier League campaign: 38 points in 2011-12 and 2013-14.
Doesn't make good reading
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Aston Villa have lost nine of their last 12 league games, and only won two out of 17.
They have suffered seven defeats in eight away games, with the exception being the 4-0 win over Sunderland.
Villa are still nine points adrift of their lowest final tally in a Premier League campaign: 38 points in 2011-12 and 2013-14.
Doesn't make good reading
Sounds like a relegation season when put like that. Looking back we haven't got enough from the 'new manager bounce', 2 wins from his opening 7 in the league when only one of the games was against top 6 opposition, we needed a bit more. The Stoke, Swansea and Newcastle games ought to have yielded 3-4 points at least for us.
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Those Swansea and Stoke last minute defeats could prove crucial
The classic thing to do in a relegation battle is tighten up at the back. Two years ago we scored a bundle to get ourselves our of it but that involved a lot of very late winners (QPR, Stoke, Norwich)
I'm worried were so open at the back
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Unfortunately the Newcastle/Stoke games came too early into Sherwood's tenure and we were still struggling to get over the demons from Lambert's. No doubt we would have been a lot more comfortable had the change of managers been made sooner.
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The away game I most want Villa to win every year but sadly I think it's too much of a stretch for us this season. Spurs are absolute pricks to a man but I think they'll rattle in a few if we continue to make such schoolboy errors at the back. Unless we score with every decent chance it could be 4-2. Would bloody love it if we kept Kane quiet and won it 2-1 though, come on the Villa!!
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Given in goal tomorrow?
Sherwood and others on bench were not happy with Guzan first half on Tuesday
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I would be shocked especially as Given will start the semi final anyway.
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Midfield - as ever - is the interesting issue.
Delph....and...?
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I was just behind the dug out on tues and they was giving guzan pelters in the first half because of some of his decisions
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I was just behind the dug out on tues and they was giving guzan pelters in the first half because of some of his decisions
He's been a bit off of late to be honest. Given on the other hand has been superb in the cup games. I don't think Guzan will get dropped yet though. He's got away with a few, but he's not really had a huge rick yet. If he drops an absolute clanger he may well get benched.
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2-2
Withe 2, Falco 2 (both with his enormous hooter)
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Guzan had definitely been on a bit of a bad run. Not clangers just poor decisions. Still not sure I would drop him though.
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I was living in Rushden, Northamptonshire when I attended my first Villa match v Spurs away on 19th March, 1966 - It so happened that one of the teachers at our school had moved to Enfield. At this time I was 14 years old. So, he arranged for us to go down in the morning to play his new school team and then to go to the match at Spurs in the afternoon. The vast majority of my team mates decided that Spurs was their team but, I just loved the name - ASTON VILLA so, I was about the only one to cheer on the side. Of course, I thought I'd made a bad mistake as we were 5-1 down at half time and, you can all imagine the ribbing I was taking. By the end of the match, I was the one that was smiling as we pulled it back to 5-5 by full time and had Mr Deakin scored, when presented with a great chance a couple of minutes from the end we would have pulled off a real miracle .... I was totally hooked and, imagine my pleasure when my job enabled me to come to live in Brum 6 years later and, have lived here ever since.
So, come on you Villa boys - you can do it!!
One of the great games - you were lucky to be there. I believe that the score was regularly updated on the old manual scoreboard at Villa Park during the reserve game.
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Guzan needs a rest
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Them 1 v 1 Us.
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Fucking fuck the fucking fuckers.
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Fucking fuck the fucking fuckers.
Stop sitting on the fence. Tell us what you really think!
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We're winning this tomorrow. This shit is coming to an end. I demand it!
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Every year I go, sit amongst the Spurs supporters, mostly watch us lose and get miserable. I can't see tomorrow being any different.
I'm looking forward to it immensely.
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Every year I go, sit amongst the Spurs supporters, mostly watch us lose and get miserable. I can't see tomorrow being any different.
I'm looking forward to it immensely.
I hope your run comes to an end tomorrow! I will be watching it on TV so if at the end of the game I see the camera panning across the Spurs fans and I see something like this, I will know its you :)
(http://i.imgur.com/BcGMTAg.gif)
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I live in hope. Hope that Spurs play as badly as they did at Burnley last week. Shocking game. Surprise win for Villa.
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I will be on the boulevards of Edmonton nice and early tomorrow winning hearts and minds ahead of the big battle.
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Every year I go, sit amongst the Spurs supporters, mostly watch us lose and get miserable. I can't see tomorrow being any different.
I'm looking forward to it immensely.
I hope your run comes to an end tomorrow! I will be watching it on TV so if at the end of the game I see the camera panning across the Spurs fans and I see something like this, I will know its you :)
(http://i.imgur.com/BcGMTAg.gif)
That's exactly how it will be (if you swap the women for two massive fatties from Hertfordshire).
Here's hoping
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Hopes of a CL spot have gone so hopefully they're looking forward to their hols. Maybe they'll be battling out to avoid a Europa League spot?
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Hopes of a CL spot have gone so hopefully they're looking forward to their hols. Maybe they'll be battling out to avoid a Europa League spot?
Good point, may explain the performance v burnley ?
No excuses then, draw minimum
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I've overdid the pre-match night out in London a bit! Hoping I''ll wake up tomorrow! Really think we're gonna do them, timmy will show us the way
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I've overdid the pre-match night out in London a bit! Hoping I''ll wake up tomorrow! Really think we're gonna do them, timmy will show us the way
I'm taking no notice of you, you're pissed.
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I fancy this today. Come on lads
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Just left Manchester. Come on you Lions!
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I am overwhelmed with an irrational boost of confidence.
Villa to win, wonderful weekend for all Villa fans.
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Guzan had definitely been on a bit of a bad run. Not clangers just poor decisions. Still not sure I would drop him though.
I would. He's been poor for a while now.
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Leave Richardson at home and we can win this
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Please win Villa.
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There's no reason why we can't at lest get a point down there today. We need to keep an eye not only on Kane but also Eriksen.
I'm going for 2-2.
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we've had goals just before half time and lots of goals near full time. Spurs early goal today.
Spurs 1 villa 5
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3-1 I reckon - We'll score first, start acting like it's easy and then get shown up.
Don't see many points being picked up below us in the table this weekend, so not a disaster, and I predict a "no change at the foot of the table" from Gary Lineker on MOTD.
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Spurs last 5 home games have seen them ship 9 goals. Both teams will score, can we get a break today? 3 pts would be massive and I'd go as far as to say it would be the defining result and we would definitely stay up.
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Dropping Guzan would only be an option if he had a better understudy. Given's a good shotstopper but offers nothing else. He has no control of his box (so would put more pressure on a weak defence) and makes too many mistakes. The save he made against Leicester which he got praised for was due to a mistake in the first place. It was bad enough dropping Okore and Lowton, the last thing we need is more change at the back. We need to pick our best back 5 and stick to it until the end of the season (injuries/suspensions permitting). For me that's Guzan-Hutton-Okore-Clark-Lowton, with possibly using Bacuna at right back when it suits us.
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I've overdid the pre-match night out in London a bit! Hoping I''ll wake up tomorrow! Really think we're gonna do them, timmy will show us the way
Rrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg!
Are you up yet? Bet you don't remember posting this!
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Bloody hell it's a bit early for this, off to White Hart Lane in a bit - on the plus side travel lodge breakfast is spot on my God I can't even
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Dropping Guzan would only be an option if he had a better understudy. Given's a good shotstopper but offers nothing else. He has no control of his box (so would put more pressure on a weak defence) and makes too many mistakes. The save he made against Leicester which he got praised for was due to a mistake in the first place. It was bad enough dropping Okore and Lowton, the last thing we need is more change at the back. We need to pick our best back 5 and stick to it until the end of the season (injuries/suspensions permitting). For me that's Guzan-Hutton-Okore-Clark-Lowton, with possibly using Bacuna at right back when it suits us.
A good shot stopper and nothing else is how I'd describe Guzan rather than Given.
Guzan's distribution and decision making is woeful. I drop him in a heartbeat. I think Guzan is the most overatted player in the team.
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Could really do with a win today otherwise it looks like new manager bounce is over and we're falling back into old habits.
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Spuds 3 . 2 Villa
Crooks
Archibald
Galvin
Bremner
Geddis
or
1-4 Villa
Hoddle (pen)
Evans
Gregory
Little
Shelton
http://hotspurhq.com/2012/08/23/ardiles-and-villa-home-debut-for-tottenham-on-23rd-august-1978-know-your-tottenham-history/
UTV
The Doc
The game where Sid completely outclassed the Argentine debutants ... happy days
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Dropping Guzan would only be an option if he had a better understudy. Given's a good shotstopper but offers nothing else. He has no control of his box (so would put more pressure on a weak defence) and makes too many mistakes. The save he made against Leicester which he got praised for was due to a mistake in the first place. It was bad enough dropping Okore and Lowton, the last thing we need is more change at the back. We need to pick our best back 5 and stick to it until the end of the season (injuries/suspensions permitting). For me that's Guzan-Hutton-Okore-Clark-Lowton, with possibly using Bacuna at right back when it suits us.
A good shot stopper and nothing else is how I'd describe Guzan rather than Given.
Guzan's distribution and decision making is woeful. I drop him in a heartbeat. I think Guzan is the most overatted player in the team.
Guzan does come and catch crosses though which reassures the defenders in front of him. His distribution can be good (see Weimann's goal against Man City last season) but isn't nearly consistent enough. Guzan seems a better talker too. Even if they were the same, it would still be disturbing an already unsettled defence, which we need to get away from.
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Sunny with cloud, blustery conditions in North London, we will need to keep it on the deck this afternoon.
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I'm convinced we'll win today.
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I'm convinced we'll win today.
Let's hope Spurs are on the beach.
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I'm convinced we'll win today.
Let's hope Spurs are on the beach.
I just think if you keep Kane quiet then you keep Spurs quiet, they're nothing special.
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Grealish gets fouled on average every 22 minutes. Which, over 10 appearances, is the most frequent in the league. Spurs defence is pretty clumsy, so I would expect Jack to win us a few free-kicks. I think this is a game he could shine in. He deserves to keep his place after tuesday too.
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Goals from Ormondroyd and Platt should see us though today.
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Yes, I was happy with Grealish's performance the other night. A number of times he did that 'ball's attached to my foot' thing that the best kids you played football with had a habit of doing. It seems the most popular way to try and get the ball back is to foul the bloke.
One thing that I'd like to see him do is leather the ball once he gets into the box. I have no idea if he can kick the ball really hard, but against QPR he had a shot which came to him on the rebound which Green comfortably smothered, and there didn't seem to be much zest behind it.
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Sweet Jesus Richardson and Sanchez both start again.
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Richardson has kept his place. Looks the same team as the other night. I'd rather have put Lowton back in.
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I'd put Okore back in personally and played Lowton left back rather than Richardson.
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Yes, I was happy with Grealish's performance the other night. A number of times he did that 'ball's attached to my foot' thing that the best kids you played football with had a habit of doing. It seems the most popular way to try and get the ball back is to foul the bloke.
One thing that I'd like to see him do is leather the ball once he gets into the box. I have no idea if he can kick the ball really hard, but against QPR he had a shot which came to him on the rebound which Green comfortably smothered, and there didn't seem to be much zest behind it.
He got a bit of zip behind his freekick. I don't think we'll ever see him unleash a Hitzlsperger special though. To be fair to Jack, that chance he had, Green was very quick to it. I thought it was more excellent keeping as opposed to a poor finish.
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I guess Sherwood just really would prefer a left footer at left back. I dunno. Had Lowtons performances not dropped in the previous couple of games, he might have stayed in at left back. But he was only ever plugging a gap.
My only hope is that Richardson looks fitter this week. But honestly, I'm expecting him to get targeted from the off.
Sanchez has to play, for no other reason than we need 3 in midfield and we've only got 3 fit.
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2-2 which I think should be a better point for us than on Tuesday considering our rivals have tough fixtures this weekend and are unlikely to pick up much.