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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on August 14, 2015, 06:47:53 PM
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Here you go boys and girls
Guzan, Bacuna, Richards, Clark, Amavi, Westwood, Gueye, Veretout, Gabby, Sinclair, Ayew
Subs: Bunn, Baker, Hutton, Sanchez, Gestede, Kozak, Richardson
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Good to see Libor back in. Not surprised it is unchanged.
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Yeah hopefully Libor gets some time. I would probably have put in Hutton rather than Bacuna but in Tim we trust.
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Would have preferred Rudy to start over Gabby.
Also for those of you with access to Bein sports Lambert is the guest and it absolving himself of any blame for our plight, it was all due to lack of investment on Randy's part.
His biggest regret was trying to protect the board and not telling the truth about how his hands were tied.
He had to reduce the wage bill at all costs. He got pat on the back for reducing the losses, they didn't care about performance.
The board didn't understand, and he should have looked after himself, rather than take it all on his shoulders.
Frustrates him watching Tim getting all the money.
Very complimentary as always about the size of the club
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Surprised Gestede doesn't start. But come on Villa end the years of misery.
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Them
Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Mata, Memphis, Januzaj, Rooney.
Subs: Johnstone, Valencia, McNair, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Young, Hernandez
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Reports of traffic chaos everywhere. wonder if they'll delay kick off.
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Gestade should have started but in Tim we trust
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I don't want to appear over confident, but that midfield of Schneiderlin, Mata and Carrick looks very underwhelming for a supposed title challenging side. Big game here for Veretout, Gueye and Westwood.
Shaw bombing on forward is going to be a threat and will need to be tracked back properly with by one of the wider forwards.
Fancied Gestede against Smalling or Blind, good impact to bring on in the second half though.
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I don't care about Lambert or anything he says.
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Guess Gestede is still not quite 100%. I'm hoping Gabby raises his game today. He can be a big game player. Hopefully Ayew is a little more settled too. Our front 3 could conceivably have a lot of joy against that backline. They're susceptible against pace and movement as well as someone like Gestede, who if needs be can come on and bully them.
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Bollocks to Lambert! This is the match thread. Come on you Lions!
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Guess Gestede is still not quite 100%. I'm hoping Gabby raises his game today. He can be a big game player. Hopefully Ayew is a little more settled too. Our front 3 could conceivably have a lot of joy against that backline. They're susceptible against pace and movement as well as someone like Gestede, who if needs be can come on and bully them.
Yeah looks like Tim has gone for pace, pace, pace against their back line. Brave approach versus the safer flooding the midfield and playing a big man up top. I guess we will find out if his bravery will come off.
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Big game for Ayew this one. Our most expensive import needs to show why he is worth more than Traore, Amavi and Veretout.
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having a nightmare I am
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so the radio all day has been warning the Manure fans about a pile up on the M6 coming down from Manchester but.
dont they come up from London
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Big game for Ayew this one. Our most expensive import needs to show why he is worth more than Traore, Amavi and Veretout.
He played on the right last time which I'm not sure suits him. I'd switch him to the left, or perhaps let him alternate with Gabby. Problem is Gabby, Sinclair and Ayew are all better on the left if they're not playing centrally. I don't think any particularly like playing on the right.
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having a nightmare I am
The dream is yet to come. 3-1 to the Villa!
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Any news re potential delayed ko? Need to know whether to get another pint.
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Any news re potential delayed ko? Need to know whether to get another pint.
A very professional attitude if I might say so.
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Any news re potential delayed ko? Need to know whether to get another pint.
Nothing mentioned by the club yet.
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Would have preferred Rudy to start over Gabby.
Also for those of you with access to Bein sports Lambert is the guest and it absolving himself of any blame for our plight, it was all due to lack of investment on Randy's part.
His biggest regret was trying to protect the board and not telling the truth about how his hands were tied.
He had to reduce the wage bill at all costs. He got pat on the back for reducing the losses, they didn't care about performance.
The board didn't understand, and he should have looked after himself, rather than take it all on his shoulders.
Frustrates him watching Tim getting all the money.
Very complimentary as always about the size of the club
All well and good but how does he explain spending £50m quid and producing a team looking incapable of winning a corner nevermind scoring a goal.
Horrific manager.
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Wish I was at the match tonight. Cast an envious look towards the Villa fans on Shrewsbury train station this afternoon! Might get back down to B6 and Bartons Arms again this season. C'mon Villa...
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Would have preferred Rudy to start over Gabby.
Also for those of you with access to Bein sports Lambert is the guest and it absolving himself of any blame for our plight, it was all due to lack of investment on Randy's part.
His biggest regret was trying to protect the board and not telling the truth about how his hands were tied.
He had to reduce the wage bill at all costs. He got pat on the back for reducing the losses, they didn't care about performance.
The board didn't understand, and he should have looked after himself, rather than take it all on his shoulders.
Frustrates him watching Tim getting all the money.
Very complimentary as always about the size of the club
Hmm, so why leave Norwich then? Or did the board pull some bait-and-switch when they poached him?
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Can we not talk about Lambert. With all due respect chaps. That's for another day and on another thread. It's been a fabulous day and he's dead to us. Who cares what he says or what he thinks? It's one excuse after another. Let's enjoy tonight. It's going to be good!
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Not there this evening, so fingers crossed for Sunderland II.
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Been watching the build up to this on Sky. Does anyone know who Manchester United are playing?
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Well it is now 7.20pm and Sky have only spoken about one team so far. No guesses which one!!
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Newton Heath, by any chance?
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Well it is now 7.20pm and Sky have only spoken about one team so far. No guesses which one!!
Bromsgrove Sporting?
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Well everyone I speak to is riding on some kind of wave of optimism.
I think we will get spanked tonight, pissed up brummie reds will invade the pitch and we will all be thoroughly deflated come 9.45.
Leffe is being imbibed as a preemptive strike against the pain
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Inaugural meeting tonight of the Aberdeenshire Aston Villa Supporters Club (Auchenblae branch). 2 members so far, myself and 7 year old son Fred. Feet up and looking forward to this top of the table clash.
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ate in local pub, going home to watch game.
Would not trust myself if we lose and some plastic manc chirps.
My wife nods and sighs at the same time.
Come on you LIONS, nail the Fuckers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Disappointing news that Gestede isnt starting, hopefully Gabby and Ayew at least swap positions tonight.
Kozak in the squad ahead of Cole, Gil, Grealish and now Traore waiting in the wings for their chance. A lot of competition for the supporting forward positions now
Looking forward to seeing Memphis Depay tonight and hopefully Ayew and Veretout show a bit more tonight for us
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Set my alarm for 4.30am to give myself 5mins to wake up before the coverage starts but my dog had other ideas... It started scratching T my bedroom door half an hour early to let me know, not that it wanted to go outside, but, that it had already shat O the kitchen floor and wanted me to clean it up.
Don't know what score she's predicting but whatever happens from here on in I guess this an omen for the future about whether I bother waking up early for live games around this time in the morning.
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I'm listening to the wireless, shows how optimistic I am, I usually ignore this game as much as possible.
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Well it is now 7.20pm and Sky have only spoken about one team so far. No guesses which one!!
Bromsgrove Sporting?
Same as 5 Live
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Dunno which station i'm listening to but "Villa fans have done a mosaic saying Villans. but they missed out the I" Cue laughs and "maybe they couldn't fit it in."
Are people really paid to be so fucking stupid?
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZdHIIuN.jpg)
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come on you villa boys
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Dunno which station i'm listening to but "Villa fans have done a mosaic saying Villans. but they missed out the I" Cue laughs and "maybe they couldn't fit it in."
Are people really paid to be so fucking stupid?
I heard that too, it was Talksport. So to answer your question, yes.
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Fuck these slimy fuckers, Villa.
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Dunno which station i'm listening to but "Villa fans have done a mosaic saying Villans. but they missed out the I" Cue laughs and "maybe they couldn't fit it in."
Are people really paid to be so fucking stupid?
I heard that too, it was Talksport. So to answer your question, yes.
Enough said.
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That attack had a bit of potential before Co platelet breaking down when a diagonal ball could have opened it right up.
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZdHIIuN.jpg)
Looks good. No typo.Twats.
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Good start by us
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Hoof!
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Gueye looks a very good player, really impressed with both him and Amavi in both games so far
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Glad to see the Ref hasn't given Manyoo a free kick every time they've fallen over on a couple of occasions.
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we are looking ok here
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We're keeping the ball well, but it's all a bit Thickbertball at the moment - no end product.
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Glad to see the Ref hasn't given Manyoo a free kick every time they've fallen over on a couple of occasions.
And he missed a blatant handball by Gueye I think it was.
I think we need to cut out some of this passing across the back though. Can see Shrek nipping in and nicking it and going on to score.
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Is the pitch a bit cut up?
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well done brad
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The morons were joined by Stuart Pearce who is really annoying as a co-commentator so have found another station doing commentary.
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Can see that some of our new guys are not quite settled in yet enough to play the risky pass. A couple of times breaks have ended up going backwards.
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They are looking to expoit Bacuna's shakey defence by putting it down the left wing to Memphis as much as possible but they haven't gotten any clean ball yet. edit: Good save by Guzan on that lucky deflection on Westwood's clearanc.... phew
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We're holding our own, pressing well, but it's a bit hard to see how we're going to score at the moment.
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Bit frustrating to see us play so many long balls that really aren't on. It's predictable.
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was expecting a shot then
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Close from Gana.
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Idrissa GG is very impressive so far.
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Idrissa GG is very impressive so far.
He has, seems to have grasped the role he's playing very quickly.
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containing them well
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Wishful thinking perhaps from G Neville about Villa's fitness levels there. Hope so anyway.
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******
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fuck
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That's what we do.
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Here we go
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fuck off.
Are we going to try and have a go now or what?
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Fuck sake!
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Fuck me
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Oh.
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Killer pass.
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deflection fucked it there
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Not good by Richards that. Lost his man then went extravagantly to ground. What's Ray 'stay on yer feet' Wilkins doing?
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They have far too much time on the ball. We don't, even in our own half.
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Fuck, Richards should have stayed on his feet there.
Fair play it was a beautiful ball from Mata.
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No way back unless we attack with purpose.
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sigh, the usual then.
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Come on Villa. More attacking threat, please. And less of those wanky, floaty hoofs forward from our centre backs
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Twats
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I hate this fixture
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Fuck off with these fucking long balls, they're just not working.
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Not good by Richards that. Lost his man then went extravagantly to ground. What's Ray 'stay on yer feet' Wilkins doing?
Shit defending indeed.
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Fuck off with these fucking long balls, they're just not working.
Fucking right. It's absolute shite.
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Fucking jacksy manure ******.
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These long balls don't look like working any time soon.
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I think we know the rest
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Ayew = Bent mk 2
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Every time we jump against smalling he gives a 2 handed shove and has got away with all of them
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Nothing to aim for up front. Gabby is a waste of a kit. Ayew not in it at all.
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Nothing to aim for up front. Gabby is a waste of a kit. Ayew not in it at all.
To be fair, we're looking for them constantly with straight 40 yard through balls. What are they meant to with that?
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Need to get to HT without conceding again and get this sorted, with Rudy on for starters.
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Nothing to aim for up front. Gabby is a waste of a kit. Ayew not in it at all.
To be fair, we're looking for them constantly with straight 40 yard through balls. What are they meant to with that?
Agreed, it's Lambertesque at the moment, but are the front pair making space?
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Not good by Richards that. Lost his man then went extravagantly to ground. What's Ray 'stay on yer feet' Wilkins doing?
Shit defending indeed.
Richards has a worrying habit in switching off re runners off him. Very lucky deflection in fairness, Clark covered for Richards very well.
Front two have offered us nothing. Smalling bullying both physically. Wide men not suited to 442. Need to change it tactically as we don't look remotely threatening
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They take the ball from us too easily.
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westwood come on
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Normal service is resumed I see - no shots on goal.
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Need to get to HT without conceding again and get this sorted, with Rudy on for starters.
Since the tactic clearly seems to be to win it back and immediately look for the direct ball, I can't understand why Rudy wasn't on from the start. We played exactly the same against Bournemouth and looked rubbish until he came on.
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better villa
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Kozak and Gestede on for Ayew and Gabby in the second half?
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Fuck off Sinclair!
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
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We are slipping over under no pressure too frequently and this is our own pitch. FIre the boot studder.
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Penalty shout.
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WM reckon we should had had a penalty from Darmien on Richards on that corner.
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Should have been a penalty.
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Reckon on the radio it should have been a pen for us.
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
I would agree with that. Shame they are both coming back from injuries.
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
Desperately!
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Sinclair is a winger not a striker. Need gestade and kozak on
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def pen
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What was Darmian doing there? And how the referee missed it?
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It was a borderline headlock on Richards while he was jumping.
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
I would agree with that. Shame they are both coming back from injuries.
Hopefully back soon...
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Dean was looking straight at that. C**t.
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WM reckon we should had had a penalty from Darmien on Richards on that corner.
The way he'd got his hands round Richards' neck he could have been done for attempted murder.
Even Jan Mølby who hates us said it was definite.
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manure are making mistakes
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What was Darmian doing there? And how the referee missed it?
There's a difference between missed and ignored.
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Is Traore still in his kit?
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
Wouldn't mind Veretout being given a shot in the role. Really worry about Sinclair's temperament, clearly has ability but if things don't go well for him initially not sure about his bottle
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I'm going to be charitable and assume that the defenders and Westwood have been specifically told to keep attempting these shit long balls down the channels because the new players need time to gel.
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What was Darmian doing there? And how the referee missed it?
There's a difference between missed and ignored.
Very true.
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Both teams are flooding to put 10 men behind the ball as soon as possession is lost just taking any space ahead of the ball, and we just aren't moving well enough to string short passes together anywhere in our forward half.
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How much have they paid for that Darmian?Because he's shit to the extent I'd be worried about them trying to swap him for Hutton.
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No shots. Where have we seen that before?
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Ayew looks like he has something about him, if only we can find a way to unleash him properly.
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I'm not quite sure why, but Shaw reminds me of a cartoon pepper pot.
In the real world,I like Veretout, his quick one touch passes need to be taken advantage of by our players.
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Ayew and Gabby both stood static when they could have attacked the near post on Veretout's cross there and actually put a challenge on Romero... flat footed in attack.
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We are lacking ambition here and the front line looks blunt. Like the last game they are playing too far apart. I don't like this system.
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We missed Benteke that half.
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On the plus side, by the sounds of it we can definitely get something out of this. Come on Villa!
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Not a great half. We need to work on defence.
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Early days yet only 1-0
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Not a great half. We need to work on defence.
We need to work on everything.
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Ayew looks like he has something about him, if only we can find a way to unleash him properly.
Really? I'm nervous it's quite the opposite. I think we're pretty well organized and sharp on the ball but we just have no driving force up top. Gabby needs to give us more, he's having trouble holding the ball up top.
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Too much diving in by Richards there....and as someone said Gabby is a waste of a shirt
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For me Gabby is a weight we can no longer afford to carry, he's almost always completely ineffectual. Fails to complete nearly all of his passes and can't shoot for toffee.
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No shots. Where have we seen that before?
Well we can't even say the players have reverted to type, as so many weren't part of the last 4 soporific seasons.
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Need the creativity of a Grealish or Gil it seems...
Wouldn't mind Veretout being given a shot in the role. Really worry about Sinclair's temperament, clearly has ability but if things don't go well for him initially not sure about his bottle
I very much doubt his ability. All fart, no shit.
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Set my alarm for 4.30am to give myself 5mins to wake up before the coverage starts but my dog had other ideas... It started scratching T my bedroom door half an hour early to let me know, not that it wanted to go outside, but, that it had already shat O the kitchen floor and wanted me to clean it up.
Don't know what score she's predicting but whatever happens from here on in I guess this an omen for the future about whether I bother waking up early for live games around this time in the morning.
Haha. Similar situation here in Tokyo, mate. Early mornings, but without the poo.
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The one positive on Ayew is that he is making smart runs that Gabby never does. One in particular did not come off when Gana tried to slide him through from the top of the box, but it was still a savvy run and had not Carrick or Smalling gotten a foot to it, he would have been in. Let's face it, longs balls are probably not the way to go with either Ayew or Gabby...
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The ref has got to have seen that, he's looking straight at them as Darmian is holding Richards by the throat, I'm calling cheat on it.
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Ayew looks like he has something about him, if only we can find a way to unleash him properly.
Really? I'm nervous it's quite the opposite. I think we're pretty well organized and sharp on the ball but we just have no driving force up top. Gabby needs to give us more, he's having trouble holding the ball up top.
Yes, I think the times he's had the ball at his feet and was driving forward he's looked like he might have something.
Re: Gabby. Oftentimes, Ayew has been the furthest forward with Gabby almost in midfield.
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Well Im not to upset with the first half. Okay too many long balls up to the strikers but with all the new faces we've had we've made Man Utd look very ordinary. Our closing down has been decent and we should have had a penalty.
The goal was also a bit unfortunate Guzan probably had it covered.
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Im worried about Ayew. Reminds me of myself when ive played against opposition well above my own ability. Cant evenget on the ball to make a mistake
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Gil Grealish Traore Gestede in that team would make a huge difference - I like the look of Gueye so far but Bacuna worries me at full back and Gabby is shit tbh
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Now his pace and exuberance has gone Gabby just hasn't got the brains to play at this level.
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No shots. Where have we seen that before?
I hate this fixture I really do.
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No focal point going forward
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Same old same old so far. They're getting the rub of the green and finding life quite easy without having to really get out of second gear.
This front 3 just isn't ever going to work. You can't play 3 players who are all essentially the same. None of them are team players. They're all about pace. Knock it and run. That's good if you play 1 or 2, but 3? No. Not gonna work. You need something different in there. Either a target man, or someone to drop off. It's time to get Gestede on. He'll make a difference.
Veretout is struggling again. I'd consider putting Sanchez on to sit and pushing Westwood further forward.
We're still in the game though. But we need the next goal.
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
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Ayew looks like he has something about him, if only we can find a way to unleash him properly.
Does he? His first 90 odd mins for the club have been distinctly underwhelming, hope he bangs in a hat trick in second half mind but he looks lost so far and wouldn't be surprised if Gestede replaced him at break
To be honest, sherwood got it wrong tactically first half. Carrick and Schneiderlin have sat on their two centre halves. Granted Ganby and Ayew have been very static but it was calling out for a change early on that one of them go wide right and Veretout move central.
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1-0 is a fair reflection on the balance of play but it doesn't half help when you can bring your own Ref and Rulebook.
How was that not a penalty?
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For me Gabby is a weight we can no longer afford to carry, he's almost always completely ineffectual. Fails to complete nearly all of his passes and can't shoot for toffee.
True but get used to it. He's the first name on the teamsheet.
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Sure to see Gestede at some stage, hopefully while we are still only a goal down
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
Not sure the kick to Yanuzaj's (spl?) face was too fair...
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Very disappointed we haven't put Romero under any sort of pressure.
Surely worth a Vertout punt or two
Anyway, Richards to equalise from a header
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1-0 is a fair reflection on the balance of play but it doesn't half help when you can bring your own Ref and Rulebook.
How was that not a penalty?
Because Mike Dean now has a joint account with Phil Dowd?
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Pretty even first half apart from 5 minutes where we sat off.
We look ok at times when we pass the ball through midfield. Some of the long balls Westwood in particular has tried have been mystifying. If we want to play direct then Gestede should have started.
Gabby really is a pointless footballer these days
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
Not sure the kick to Yanuzaj's (spl?) face was too fair...
"Edge"
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We need to change the shape and the midfield need to support the front 3 more when we win the ball back. When we've done that it's looked better. The long balls aren't working as Manure are defending quite deep.
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
Not sure the kick to Yanuzaj's (spl?) face was too fair...
"Edge"
"I read your post".
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I absolutely detest these Fuckers .Please get something out of this.
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
Not sure the kick to Yanuzaj's (spl?) face was too fair...
"Edge"
"I read your post".
You also spelled Januzaj with a Y.
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Really like Gueye and Veretout. They seem to have an edge about them. They're chippy and aggressive but fair.
I think Gueye is showing tackle abilities greater than that snake.
Not sure the kick to Yanuzaj's (spl?) face was too fair...
"Edge"
"I read your post".
You also spelled Januzaj with a Y.
"(spl?)"
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Very disappointed we haven't put Romero under any sort of pressure.
Spurs didn't really either last week. Van Gaal seems to have their defence working pretty well unfortunately.
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On reflection, we can knock the front two but they've had zero service. With Bacuna and Amavi (ignoring Sinclair), we really should be getting more balls into the box.
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Why leave your most potent attacking threat on the bench? This is Man Utd, not Bournemouth. We can't contain for 45 then hit them; we have to give ourselves the best possible chance for the whole 90 minutes.
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Very disappointed we haven't put Romero under any sort of pressure.
Spurs didn't really either last week. Van Gaal seems to have their defence working pretty well unfortunately.
We've got someone on the bench who will be ideal to give them a proper test. The soon Rudy comes on the better.
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Those average formation diagrams put up on the coverage showed a pretty interesting story.
Utd were almost symetrical and evenly spaced around the field whereas we were a bit all over the shop. Gueye and Westwood were in the same positions and Gabby, Ayew and Sinclair were way too close together.
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A shot!
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That was bullshit the free against Gabby there. Smalling has pushed our forwards more blatantly at least 3 times so far.
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A shot? Off target by about 10-feet.
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A shot? Off target by about 10-feet.
He's no Tonev!
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Get Rudy on. Now.
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For all the complaints about Gabby in the first half and I don't disagree with them, he was still better than Rooney.
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Amavi, class player. Where the fuck is his support?
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Ayew and Einstein getting under each other's feet.
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Fantastic between Sinclair and Amavi.
Pity about the forwards.
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ARGH Gabby and Ayew both attacking the same fucking space...
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brainless Gabby taking up same position as his strike partner as the cross comes in
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Great move by us!
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Need Rudy on to get on the end of a bit of Amavi
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Ayew and Einstein getting under each other's feet.
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Thought Sinclair did well there.
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I sometimes wish Gabby were a completely shit player, rather than just a vaguely decent one. At least then he might get fucking dropped occasionally.
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How the fuck was that not a booking?
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For all the complaints about Gabby in the first half and I don't disagree with them, he was still better than Rooney.
Movement from front two is a disgrace, how much more is Amavi supposed to do with that cross
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Get Rudy on now!
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Better, come on fuck these fuckers.
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Sounds good from us so far this half.
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Better, come on fuck these fuckers.
fuck the fucking fuckrilites
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ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here comes Rudy, as soon as Timmy gives him a message.
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ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
A nail!
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Come on lads, counter goal from the corner.
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This is better. A bit of pressure.
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Gabby stays on?
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Weird to take off Sinclair. I thought he was just getting into it
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Sinclair off? He had them on toast.
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Amavi. Already the best left-back we've had in absolutely years.
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Gabby stays on?
Yeah , not sure why.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
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Based purely on the commentary but Sinclair sounded more effective than Gabby and Ayew.
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Gah, never make a sub when you're defending a corner!
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Based purely on the commentary but Sinclair sounded more effective than Gabby and Ayew.
Gabby and Ayew have come across as being ineffective.
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Based purely on the commentary but Sinclair sounded more effective than Gabby and Ayew.
He was. He seemed to be building up a head of steam then got hooked.
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Sinclair off? He had them on toast.
Did not go down well in P6, where Gabby's footballing credentials ate coming under intense scrutiny.
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Based purely on the commentary but Sinclair sounded more effective than Gabby and Ayew.
Gabby and Ayew have come across as being ineffective.
Ayew's movement has been quite good in this second half.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
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We are not scoring in a million years here
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
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Amavi is excellent isn't he?
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
I wish he would self-combust
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How quiet has Rooney been
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Amavi is excellent isn't he?
Yes he really is.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
I doubt it.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
My cooker was on fire the other week. It would still be more effective in a front three than Gabby.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
His wages double when he doesn't play, so Randy forces the manager to play him
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Amavi is excellent isn't he?
Just seems to be getting better with every touch.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
Unlikely though. I would guess it's his high wages.
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Apart from the lack of an equaliser, I am extremely concerned about the fact that we are fielding a player with a Seventies moustache.
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Gabby must have files on someone.
It is very strange how he gets so much game time over the last few seasons. Even Sherwood seems obliged to play him.
He's probably on fire in training.
He wants a kick up the arse in matches
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How quiet has Rooney been
Don't say that! You know how always ends up scoring against us.
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We seem to have gone right off the boil since the sub. Maybe better to have waited while we were top?
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Based purely on the commentary but Sinclair sounded more effective than Gabby and Ayew.
He was. He seemed to be building up a head of steam then got hooked.
Don't think Sherwood really rates Sinclair, we will see how many chances he gets when Traore, Grealish and Gil are available
Would have hooked Ayew myself
LVG changes have totally checked our momentum
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We seem to have gone right off the boil since the sub. Maybe better to have waited while we were top?
They took off one of the main reasons we were looking better.
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Come on lads!
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We miss Delph
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I'll be astounded if we score tonight. And we're now asking them politely to score. This is old-school Villa.
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How quiet has Rooney been
Don't say that! You know how always ends up scoring against us.
Not at Villa park he doesn't....hope that doesn't come back to bite me.
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Ayew booked for diving.
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ManU bought another ref I see.
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Harsh yellow from that cuntish ref. I don't think Ayew dived
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We miss Delph
you might!
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We've run out of steam here.
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Oh, Mike Dean can see after all.
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MIKE DEAN IS AWFUL.
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And now they kill the game off. Fuckers, I fucking hate them.
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Ayew booked for diving.
But Dean didn't see the penalty on Richards
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We miss Delph
I don't. Worthless snake.
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Sounds like we just had a right let off then.
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I feel like Ayew didn't appeal for a free there and we've been slipping over a lot so I'm not going to tar him with a diver brush as of yet, but I don't want to see that too often.
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Harsh yellow from that cuntish ref. I don't think Ayew dived
I think he did!
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a 70s/80s moustache for you BE
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We miss Delph
I don't. Worthless snake.
Yeah me neither..
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Should have scored, Depay. Might be a turning point
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Can't believe there's only 70 Mins gone
Should have been 0-2
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Mata is brilliant, isn't he.
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Dean is a total prick.
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Ayew needs to fucking get a grip. Stupid yellow for diving. And then gives the ball away that should have been 2 for them.
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Haven't heard Rudy mentioned since he came on
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a 70s/80s moustache for you BE
David Go Go Geddis. Top tache.
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Mata is brilliant, isn't he.
No.
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Sanchez coming on.
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For Vertout maybe?
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Westwood and gueye have been very good this half.
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We really don't shoot very much do we? It's not a this season problem. It's been going on for a while.
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Sanchez coming on.
Great. We need to close the game out now.
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Amavi is really brilliant
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Veretout has no more left to give.
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For Vertout maybe?
seems tired.
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I'd get either Ayew or Gabby off and stick Kozak on. We've got fuck all to lose and just try and whack crosses in.
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One of the main things we lack is composure I think.
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Come on Villa we can still get a point
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I'd get either Ayew or Gabby off and stick Kozak on. We've got fuck all to lose and just try and whack crosses in.
Seems good shout. Better than this.
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Ten minutes to go and we've just worked out we need to cross it.
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Fuck me. Gabby and Ayew, the 50p shin twins.
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We are, at times, simple, basic control away from being decent. A frustrating match
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I'm dreading us still being crap after all these signings.
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We are, at times, simple, basic control away from being decent. A frustrating match
Yes, we've shown some good flashes. We just look like a team that met each other all last week.
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Fuck me. Gabby and Ayew, the 50p shin twins.
Never has a truer word been said about Gabby, I've not got it in for him just completely exasperated by him.
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We'd be totally different if we had our full side out. I'd fancy us to have got something out of this if we had.
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Mata is brilliant, isn't he.
No.
He is
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I'm dreading us still being crap after all these signings.
I know im going to hate Ayew
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I fucking hate Darmian. He should have been given two pens against and that yellow should have been his second if he wasn't off already for hanging onto Richards neck at corners.
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Why allow Westwood to take set pieces? The lad can't kick a football.
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Why is Westwood taking our deadballs?
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Fucking hell!!!! Those Westwood freekicks/just seeing Gabby on the pitch, make me feel nauseous
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a 70s/80s moustache for you BE
That looks, unlike where Gabby is concerned, a goal or an equaliser.
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Same old story against these ******.
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I fucking hate Darmian. He should have been given two pens against and that yellow should have been his second if he wasn't off already for hanging onto Richards neck at corners.
awful defending, should be off
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Amavi and Traore. Fuck me, I wouldn't fancy being the full-back that has to defend against those two.
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What's maddening is we are going down with a whimper. I know Man U cost a billion quid and they should be able to see this out, but fuck me, we look so devoid of ideas.
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Did they just announce 42,200? As it's a sell out, is VP shrinking with old age?
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We just about deserve a draw from this. Much better in the 2nd half.
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I'm dreading us still being crap after all these signings.
I know im going to hate Ayew
That's the spirit!
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Who's the commentator who sounds like a less funny Jimmy Carr?
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We desperately need a forward who understands movement.
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Same old story in this fixture.
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Come on Villa!!
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Whats frustrating is we've matched them
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I know we've a few injuries but Gabby in the starting 11 can't be happening for much longer surely.
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That Dean is a right twat
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Just the 3 tonight then....
Well, I don't think we'd score if it was 3 hours.
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That Dean is a right twat
he looks a ****** and acts like one
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Does Rooney have to get his hair done after every game? He had a full mop as they came out of the tunnel for the first half. If he heads the ball one more time people will be confusing him with Mike Dean.
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Dean needs to swap shirts with Blind.
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Teams like utd always look they will score at least one a match regardless of how they play. We make it seem like an almighty effort.
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I'm dreading us still being crap after all these signings.
I know im going to hate Ayew
That's the spirit!
i hope he makes me eat my words
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Ayew does not look like a striker. He looks better when he runs from deep.
Potentially a good inside forward?
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And the smug twats go away with their usual 3 points.
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Ayew does not look like a striker. He looks better when he runs from deep.
Potentially a good inside forward?
He looks like a Gabby clone with slightly better technique. We could do with a striker.
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I's pretending we beat them and lost to Bournmouth
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Fuck the fuckers. I hope their fans all get stuck in operation stack on the M20 the fuckers.
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Bollocks
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Ayew was better than Rooney at least
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And the smug twats go away with their usual 3 points.
Difficult to win when we don't have any shots on target and the ref's playing for ManUre as well
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Why was Sinclair taken off?
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It was an awful game. Both teams looked unfit and sluggish. Rooney was abysmal. One of the worst Utd teams I have ever seen and one that wouldn't have beaten many teams playing like that. Like so many Villa sides of the last 20 years we looked happy to lose 1-0 against them. That is worrying for us. We looked like a team of strangers and very light weight in midfield and attack. We had no creativity. Their goalie, (who is a bag of nerves) only had to throw his cap on one Gabby header. This was despite Man U presenting us with the ball in their half on 6 to 8 occasions. Like everyone else I am mystified what the manager sees in Gabby. Years ago he was young and rubbish, now he is old and rubbish and a stone overweight by modern footballer standards.
Albeit early days, I am not wowed by Ayew for the money we paid, (his brother looked better for Swansea last week on a free). The other 2 midfield players we have bought were no better and I remain unconvinced. I hope they are not Jean Makoun and/or Yacuba Silla revisited. Bacuna is not good enough. I like Gestede & Richards and the left back looks very good. We definitely need better players or the best we can achieve is bottom half of the table. I would have liked him to try & get Huddlestone from Hull. we will wait & see...