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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: UK Redsox on January 20, 2016, 09:03:51 AM
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West Bromwich Albion v Villa
Barclays Premier League
The Hawthorns
Saturday January 23
Kick-off 3pm
The games are coming thick and fast at the moment
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I'm nervous about this one.
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We'll carry on our good form and do them 2-1. Gestede and Gana to score.
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Victory. 2-1.
Grealish the hero.
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The Albion are a physical team (as Chelsea found out) we must be able to match their physicality. Which is why Carles Gil should not play except in an emergency.
Craig Gardner would remove him from the field of play very quickly! I would suggest Micah Richards will be brought in for this one and even Clark. They dont score many and we could easily end up with a point from a dreadful game.
1-1 Jordan Ayew.
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Villa to win by the odd goal.
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They are expected to win, so anything else for them would be a failure.
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It's a game between two sides that struggle to score. A nailed on draw for me.
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As usual, Olbion will be pumped up for this one and will be right in our face.
Potential for a humiliating defeat.
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I think it will be tight and cagey, and we'll lose narrowly 1-0.
"We'll meet again..."
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Victory. 2-1.
Grealish the hero.
After Grealish's non performance last night I doubt he will even be in the squad
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If we beat them, Smethwick will sell out of tissues.
If they beat us, Smethwick will still sell out of tissues but for a different reason.
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we will fucking fuck the fucking fuckers
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we are not very good at all and the bitter birds are just as shite but still manage to grind out draws or 1 nil wins....we will do well to beat Tiny Penis and his collection of swarthy neanderthals.
0-0 or 1-0 :(
or we will fuck the fuckers and the stripey's wailing will be heard all over the land...:)
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The Doc
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A few of their fans saying they'd take a draw, as they just don't want to lose and get our season back on track. A draw leaves us still in the mire, we need to win but with no new signings I'm not convinced we've got the quality to score the 2 goals I think we'll need.
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God I hope we win. Really really really fucking hope so. Couldn't stand losing to them under any circumstances, least of all these.
Might be worth starting Adama if we can, because their defensive line might be solid but it's slow.
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God I hope we win. Really really really fucking hope so. Couldn't stand losing to them under any circumstances, least of all these.
Might be worth starting Adama if we can, because their defensive line might be solid but it's slow.
I think Adama might be a tad slow too at the moment :-)
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God I hope we win. Really really really fucking hope so. Couldn't stand losing to them under any circumstances, least of all these.
Might be worth starting Adama if we can, because their defensive line might be solid but it's slow.
I think Adama might be a tad slow too at the moment :-)
Well whoops. Shows how much attention I was paying then!
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As Baguettes are a big strong & ugly side at the back, I would go:-
Bunn
Richards Okore Lescott Cissokho
Lyden Veretout Gana Ayew
Kozak Gestede
Subs: Guzan, Clark, Bacuna, Gil + Sinclair & Richardson(But only if we have to name them!!)
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I sense this will be a frustrating 1-1 draw; Ayew to score early for us to give us hope and then Rondon to equalise late on...
I'd go Bunn, Richards, Lescott, Okore, Cissokho, Gana, Westwood, Veretout, Ayew, Gil, Kozak
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God I'd love us to smash these jumped up horrible Neanderthal bastards.
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They were on BT Sport last night and didn't look much cop!
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
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West Brazil Olbyiun to once again whinge that it "ay fair" and "we'm bayt by them Villa again" 0-1
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CL to post "Jesus fucking wept Villa" after a 0-4 funeralling of West Barcelona.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
Well it's hardly a 'wow' when we've lost nearly every other game this season is it?
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2-1 Villa. Lescott and Ayew.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
Well it's hardly a 'wow' when we've lost nearly every other game this season is it?
Any fan actually wanting to move heaven and earth to get a manager as horrible as Pulis, yeah, it is a wow. Even where they are, Albion fans wish it was not Pulis that has them there.
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1-0 Villa win, from a long ball hoofed into the box. Cosmic justice.
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Yes. Get Pulis.*Maybe* get enough points to be out of the relegation zone. Continue with lack of investment and recruitment of players from the usual sources: 2p Lucky Dips, church raffles, Poundland, Aldi and loans from The Hunter's Moon 2nd XI. Watch horrible football. Die of boredom. Get relegated anyway probably.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
Well it's hardly a 'wow' when we've lost nearly every other game this season is it?
Any fan actually wanting to move heaven and earth to get a manager as horrible as Pulis, yeah, it is a wow. Even where they are, Albion fans wish it was not Pulis that has them there.
Pulis has a history of keeping struggling teams in the PL, so why should you respond with a 'wow' when a poster says we should have moved heaven and earth to employ him at Villa?
What's so outrageous about calling for Pulis to be our manager?
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Yes. Get Pulis.*Maybe* get enough points to be out of the relegation zone. Continue with lack of investment and recruitment of players from the usual sources: 2p Lucky Dips, church raffles, Poundland, Aldi and loans from The Hunter's Moon 2nd XI. Watch horrible football. Die of boredom. Get relegated anyway probably.
Cheeky barsteward, I played for them. Manager said I was his Viera. I think he meant I was a tall, lanky streak of piss that looked like I hadn't quite control of my legs when I ran.
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He wears a baseball cap. Fucking outrageous.
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Yes. Get Pulis.*Maybe* get enough points to be out of the relegation zone. Continue with lack of investment and recruitment of players from the usual sources: 2p Lucky Dips, church raffles, Poundland, Aldi and loans from The Hunter's Moon 2nd XI. Watch horrible football. Die of boredom. Get relegated anyway probably.
True, probably, and I'm no fan of Pulis, and a couple of years ago I'd have been tearing my hair out at the thought of Mr. Anti-football being Villa manager but these are different times now, and I wouldn't have a problem with any fan who'd call for Pulis now.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
Well it's hardly a 'wow' when we've lost nearly every other game this season is it?
Any fan actually wanting to move heaven and earth to get a manager as horrible as Pulis, yeah, it is a wow. Even where they are, Albion fans wish it was not Pulis that has them there.
Pulis has a history of keeping struggling teams in the PL, so why should you respond with a 'wow' when a poster says we should have moved heaven and earth to employ him at Villa?
What's so outrageous about calling for Pulis to be our manager?
For someone who is always on about what it means to be Villa and the heritage, history, class act etc. wanting to be associated with someone who missed his true vocation coaching rugby league is a bit surprising.
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Fletcher, Morrison and Brunt could be out for them so they are likely to park the bus at home...the problem is we dont have the creativity to break them down and are likely to concede on the counter. A draw is the most likely result but we really need the 3pts (stating the obvious!)
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2-1 to the Villa.
Them scoring first from a set piece, corner or free kick, and taking great delight in waving goodbye to us.
Only for us to equalise and then win it late on with a one on one goal from Kozak, after they have spent the whole match battering us possession wise.
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2-0 loss and more proof that we should have moved heaven and earth to get Pulis when we had a chance.
Wow.
Draw for me.
Well it's hardly a 'wow' when we've lost nearly every other game this season is it?
Any fan actually wanting to move heaven and earth to get a manager as horrible as Pulis, yeah, it is a wow. Even where they are, Albion fans wish it was not Pulis that has them there.
Pulis has a history of keeping struggling teams in the PL, so why should you respond with a 'wow' when a poster says we should have moved heaven and earth to employ him at Villa?
What's so outrageous about calling for Pulis to be our manager?
People of this parish hate MON for walking out a week before the season started, yet some would also happily have Tony Pulis manage us. (This isn't the first murmuring of this on here)
This is forgetting Pulis walked out two days before the season started, and is being sued by palace for a £1m bonus he took which he shouldn't have.
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2016/01/18/crystal-palace-want-to-reclaim-1m-bonus-paid-to-albion-boss-tony-pulis/
That, and that he's a horrible anti-football playing bum-nugget mean that I'd never tought him with a bargepole.
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Fletcher, Morrison and Brunt could be out for them so they are likely to park the bus at home...the problem is we dont have the creativity to break them down and are likely to concede on the counter. A draw is the most likely result but we really need the 3pts (stating the obvious!)
That's hilarious - the idea that a team (even West Brom) would perceive a need to park the bus against us.
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
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No songs about Wolves last night from the Sandwell fans which is funny 'cos they hated them a few years ago. But then, we weren't so bad in those days.
Now we have become their deadly rivals again.
At least Small Heath are consistant about us.
0-0.
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Fletcher, Morrison and Brunt could be out for them so they are likely to park the bus at home...the problem is we dont have the creativity to break them down and are likely to concede on the counter. A draw is the most likely result but we really need the 3pts (stating the obvious!)
That's hilarious - the idea that a team (even West Brom) would perceive a need to park the bus against us.
That'll do it.
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
Just think about what you've said there.
Tony Pulis 'keeps teams up'. So fucking what! It's hardly an achievement to be proud of. You can't put 10 'survived relegation' plaques up in your house when you retire. At least McLeish has a raft of winners medals to be proud of.
What has Tony Pulis ever done for football?
I'm not having a go, just really don't get why anyone would clamour for merely 'staying up'
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
Just think about what you've said there.
Tony Pulis 'keeps teams up'. So fucking what! It's hardly an achievement to be proud of. You can't put 10 'survived relegation' plaques up in your house when you retire. At least McLeish has a raft of winners medals to be proud of.
What has Tony Pulis ever done for football?
I'm not having a go, just really don't get why anyone would clamour for merely 'staying up'
Because we're going down?
Anyway, fuck the fuckers.
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
Just think about what you've said there.
Tony Pulis 'keeps teams up'. So fucking what! It's hardly an achievement to be proud of. You can't put 10 'survived relegation' plaques up in your house when you retire. At least McLeish has a raft of winners medals to be proud of.
What has Tony Pulis ever done for football?
I'm not having a go, just really don't get why anyone would clamour for merely 'staying up'
A bit of realism never hurt anyone. This is where we are as a club now.
The very thought of Pulis or Allardyce as Villa used to send a shiver down my spine but I'm sure I don't have to point out to you the team who is 10 points adrift at the foot of the table after 5 years of misery do I?
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
Just think about what you've said there.
Tony Pulis 'keeps teams up'. So fucking what! It's hardly an achievement to be proud of. You can't put 10 'survived relegation' plaques up in your house when you retire. At least McLeish has a raft of winners medals to be proud of.
What has Tony Pulis ever done for football?
I'm not having a go, just really don't get why anyone would clamour for merely 'staying up'
A bit of realism never hurt anyone. This is where we are as a club now.
The very thought of Pulis or Allardyce as Villa used to send a shiver down my spine but I'm sure I don't have to point out to you the team who is 10 points adrift at the foot of the table after 5 years of misery do I?
So employing a manager that makes Harry Bassett look sophisticated is being realistic.
How about wanting to throw an unspecified, but presumably £30-50M* per season at it?
*Based on the returning theme of the MON days.
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I'd love to return to the O'Neill days. Top 6 finishes, packed Villa Park, fantastic players...
Aaah those were the days!
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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I certainly don't hate O'Neill, nor would I have a problem with any fan calling for Pulis as manager. After all what he does is keep struggling clubs in the PL, and why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
If Lerner's only ambition for the club is to keep it in the PL he may as well employed Pulis or Allardyce instead of charlatans like Lambert, McLeish and Sherwood.
Just think about what you've said there.
Tony Pulis 'keeps teams up'. So fucking what! It's hardly an achievement to be proud of. You can't put 10 'survived relegation' plaques up in your house when you retire. At least McLeish has a raft of winners medals to be proud of.
What has Tony Pulis ever done for football?
I'm not having a go, just really don't get why anyone would clamour for merely 'staying up'
A bit of realism never hurt anyone. This is where we are as a club now.
The very thought of Pulis or Allardyce as Villa used to send a shiver down my spine but I'm sure I don't have to point out to you the team who is 10 points adrift at the foot of the table after 5 years of misery do I?
Of course not. The realism I see is that relegation and rebuilding may be what is necessary in a medium term plan. A forward thinking coach of the Flores, Martinez, Howe (or hopefully Remi) etc building something sustainable, rather than Allardyce or Pulis just getting us to survive. It's going to hurt like fuck (if it happens, I still hope it doesn't), but we could be better off for it long term.
Anyway.
1-1, Keeps the 'run' going. Gil for us, some gobshite for them
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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Didn't Brian Little walk out on Leicester in order to join us? Ron Atkinson?
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I'd love to return to the O'Neill days. Top 6 finishes, packed Villa Park, fantastic players...
Aaah those were the days!
And still can't see how it was
1.) A shite return for the money thrown at it.
2.) Completely unsustainable.
Maybe one day you'll actually answer the question you were asked at least 5 times in a week before Christmas.
How much should Lerner have continued pouring in?
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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Didn't Brian Little walk out on Leicester in order to join us? Ron Atkinson?
And who did Pulis walk out on Palace in order to join?
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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Didn't Brian Little walk out on Leicester in order to join us? Ron Atkinson?
Little resigned mid season with Leicester doing OK as I recall.
Atkinson left early enough in the summer to complete the signing of how many players?
Both a bit different to bailing a week / 2 days before the start of the season because you can't get your own way with the board.
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I'm not nervous as I expect us to lose as I now expect us to lose every game. BUT, I'd feel for the fans there having those inbred upstarts thinking they can lord it over us for an afternoon. 1-0 Villa.
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The day we sign Pullis or Allardyce is when the How Low have we Sunk mantra sticks.
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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Didn't Brian Little walk out on Leicester in order to join us? Ron Atkinson?
And who did Pulis walk out on Palace in order to join?
Managers walk out on jobs, it happens.
Mind you it doesn't happen at Villa much these days, as they tend to hang around waiting for a pay-off.
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Why should anyone care that he walked out on Palace other than Palace fans?
Well, in the same way that if a player goes on strike in order to join you, you can't then really complain if they then do it to you in order to move again.
If a manager has a history of doing things that you wouldn't want him doing to Villa, then maybe it's better not taking him in the first place.
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Didn't Brian Little walk out on Leicester in order to join us? Ron Atkinson?
Little resigned mid season with Leicester doing OK as I recall.
Atkinson left early enough in the summer to complete the signing of how many players?
Both a bit different to bailing a week / 2 days before the start of the season because you can't get your own way with the board.
Indeed. If Remi Garde does a great job with us and Arsenal decide they want him to replace Wenger, then very best of luck to him.
If he does a great job and then quits two days before the start of the season because he's told that he can't buy somebody for £20m, then my wishes towards him wouldn't be quite so warm.
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The day we sign Pullis or Allardyce is when the How Low have we Sunk mantra sticks.
True but the original point I was trying to make was that it was understandable that some fans would call for Pulis when it was clear our only ambition in life was to stay in the PL at any cost.
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The day we sign Pullis or Allardyce is when the How Low have we Sunk mantra sticks.
True but the original point I was trying to make was that it was understandable that some fans would call for Pulis when it was clear our only ambition in life was to stay in the PL at any cost.
If it makes you feel any better, it looks like that's not our ambition anymore.
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The day we sign Pullis or Allardyce is when the How Low have we Sunk mantra sticks.
True but the original point I was trying to make was that it was understandable that some fans would call for Pulis when it was clear our only ambition in life was to stay in the PL at any cost.
If it makes you feel any better, it looks like that's not our ambition anymore.
It doesn't make me feel better. I'm a Villa fan for f#ck sake.
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What about the manner of Ron Saunders' exit from Villa?
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I still can't understand it. I would sooner go down and try and find a way of building a better side in the future than live season to season under Pulis.
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I still can't understand it. I would sooner go down and try and find a way of building a better side in the future than live season to season under Pulis.
I said exactly the same last night...
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The Doc
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I still can't understand it. I would sooner go down and try and find a way of building a better side in the future than live season to season under Pulis.
I'd rather stay up.
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
Because Aston Villa belong in the Premier League.
Let's face it we've hardly played like Barcelona these last 6 years have we? Stay in the PL till that muppet Lerner finally sells us then hopefully things improve again. Relegation would be utterly disastrous though.
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The day we sign Pullis or Allardyce is when the How Low have we Sunk mantra sticks.
True but the original point I was trying to make was that it was understandable that some fans would call for Pulis when it was clear our only ambition in life was to stay in the PL at any cost.
Sure I understand it because the Preeemiership is now the only thing that matters to lots of fans. Not a very edifying choice, relegation or Pulis.
The good news is, we chose relegation :(
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
Because Aston Villa belong in the Premier League.
Let's face it we've hardly played like Barcelona these last 6 years have we? Stay in the PL till that muppet Lerner finally sells us then hopefully things improve again. Relegation would be utterly disastrous though.
Why though. So you would rather play in games (and a number of them) that your side will not even have a shot, just to cling on to being a "premier league" side. With no possibility of it getting better etc.
I would sooner take my chances with a manager who might in the long term see us be better than a Tony Pulis side. I would sooner not get relegated this season, but I would take Garde and relegation over Pulis and staying up right now.
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
Because Aston Villa belong in the Premier League.
Let's face it we've hardly played like Barcelona these last 6 years have we? Stay in the PL till that muppet Lerner finally sells us then hopefully things improve again. Relegation would be utterly disastrous though.
So you'd rather continue as per the last 4-5 years under Pulis than give someone who it appears took about 5 minutes to identify where the problems were the chance to actually enact some long term sustainable improvements.
And you've still not answered the how much more money should Lerner have poured in question.
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Was talking to an Albion fan the other day who has been a regular for years. He said that he has now stopped going as the football is painful to watch.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
Because Aston Villa belong in the Premier League.
Let's face it we've hardly played like Barcelona these last 6 years have we? Stay in the PL till that muppet Lerner finally sells us then hopefully things improve again. Relegation would be utterly disastrous though.
Why though. So you would rather play in games (and a number of them) that your side will not even have a shot, just to cling on to being a "premier league" side. With no possibility of it getting better etc.
I would sooner take my chances with a manager who might in the long term see us be better than a Tony Pulis side. I would sooner not get relegated this season, but I would take Garde and relegation over Pulis and staying up right now.
I still think Garde has done precious little so far to suggest so much confidence in him, and what on earth gives you the confidence to think things will improve in the championship? You'd really trust the men in charge to reignite the club next season after what's happened to us over the last 6 seasons?
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
This isn't the most outrageous thing I've ever read on here. I'd certainly take it over relegation any day.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here preaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead men, having stunk the league out for the last 3 seasons or so.
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Why? Genuinely why would you sooner stay up and play the game Pulis plays?
Because Aston Villa belong in the Premier League.
Let's face it we've hardly played like Barcelona these last 6 years have we? Stay in the PL till that muppet Lerner finally sells us then hopefully things improve again. Relegation would be utterly disastrous though.
Agree with that
Shit football (please see our last 5 seasons and stinking the league out) and PL survival comfortably and the riches that it brings
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having our principles of wanting to see decent football but being in the championship, having £300 quid in tv money and playing at Rotherham
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
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If they get the first goal it's going to be very tough. Their stock in trade is suffocating the life out of games (even when they're not winning), so we'd better have some ideas up our sleeve should we fall behind.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
This in a nutshell.
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i see Pulis has influenced things already, the twat was not happy that Craig Pawson was set to referee Saturday's game so he will now be officiating at West ham, we now get Robert Madley, how do Oilbiun get so much clout?
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we will fucking fuck the fucking fuckers
Your grounded.
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we will fucking fuck the fucking fuckers
Your grounded.
What about his grounded?
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Them 1 Us 3
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i see Pulis has influenced things already, the twat was not happy that Craig Pawson was set to referee Saturday's game so he will now be officiating at West ham, we now get Robert Madley, how do Oilbiun get so much clout?
Bert Millichip pulling strings from the other side.
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i see Pulis has influenced things already, the twat was not happy that Craig Pawson was set to referee Saturday's game so he will now be officiating at West ham, we now get Robert Madley, how do Oilbiun get so much clout?
Bert Millichip pulling strings from the other side.
must be i'm off to cofton tonight to carry out an exorcism on his grave
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Irrelevant. It's the here and now that matters. Pulis has got Albion organised and very hard to beat, not weak and easy to play against like us. Haven't they got something like 50 points in the 12 months he's been there? We haven't got close to that for 5 years. It was folly to ignore him and West Broms gain is very much our loss sadly. I would take Pulis over Garde any time. Same with Pulis and Sherwood. He's simply a far superior manager.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
All in the past now, but totally agree. We have desperately needed to go through the couple of seasons you mention above with a manager like Pulis, but instead have lurched from disaster to disaster. The football would have been dull (let's face it, our football has been genuinely awful at times over the past few years anyway), but someone like him wouldn't have stood for wasters like Agbonlahor and N'Zogbia and wouldn't have stood for things like us not being able to deliver a decent set piece. It would have at least given us a foundation to build on.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
Have to agree. In hindsight Pulis would have been preferable to Sherwood, only for a couple of years. Everywhere he's been has been left stable, with something solid to build on. We tend to turn our noses up at the likes of Pulis, but we really aren't too big or too good for him as things stand. It's too late now, we're heading for the drop, and I'm happy to back Garde in rebuilding us.
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I'd love to return to the O'Neill days. Top 6 finishes, packed Villa Park, fantastic players...
Aaah those were the days!
And still can't see how it was
1.) A shite return for the money thrown at it.
2.) Completely unsustainable.
Maybe one day you'll actually answer the question you were asked at least 5 times in a week before Christmas.
How much should Lerner have continued pouring in?
Not this again lol. IMO it's not about "how much Lerner should have continued pouring in" O'Neill was fulfilling his obligation on the pitch. Top 6 three years running, coming very close to top 4. FA cup semi and robbed of a League Cup win by a star struck twat of a referee. The money and contract situation was down to the muppets who were at the helm. If they had kept pace with what MON was achieving on the pitch we would be sitting pretty now at the top end of the premier league.
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As amfy said - fuck! The albion
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we will fucking fuck the fucking fuckers
Your grounded.
What about his grounded?
I've grounded him due to his potty mouth.
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I'm nervous about this one.
see I'm not. I've almost become immune to losing so I know the feeling all too well. Anything else is a massive bonus.
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Just beat the ****** and ruin their day.
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Just beat the stripey shite I hate them more than anythng
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I see some people saying that a draw's no good to us, but I'm not so sure. That would mean 5 points from the last 3. If we could keep up the same ratio for the rest of the season that would, unless my maths are up my arse, work out to 38 points.
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We will win this one, and go on to stay up. 2-0 to the Villa, Gestede* Bicycle kick and Ayew header.
*well maybe a scuffed shot anyway.
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0-2
Ayew
Veretout
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How on earth in 11 games here can you make the call that an anti football spoiler like Pulis is a far superior manager to Garde I will never know. 4 centre backs across the back and at least 4 games without even a shot on target this season. Just because we have been crap doesn't mean you can't be picky about what you how for in the future.
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I'll never understand this feeling that 'stabilising' football or 'survival' football has to be eye-hurtingly shit football. It reminds me of the puritans in Blackadder: 'in our house we have no chairs - Nathaniel sits on a spike.' Why do good things have to make you suffer? There's no connection.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
Have to agree. In hindsight Pulis would have been preferable to Sherwood, only for a couple of years. Everywhere he's been has been left stable, with something solid to build on. We tend to turn our noses up at the likes of Pulis, but we really aren't too big or too good for him as things stand. It's too late now, we're heading for the drop, and I'm happy to back Garde in rebuilding us.
Agree and Garde would have been the ideal type of appointment to follow a manager like Pulis. As it is, Remi is going to be the one tasked with the rebuilding job and after initial doubts, I think he is starting to turn a corner.
As for Saturday, would love to beat them. They are only six points ahead of Newcastle so could still get sucked back into it.
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
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I'm nervous about this one.
see I'm not. I've almost become immune to losing so I know the feeling all too well. Anything else is a massive bonus.
Yep, I'm with ya there TV. That said, I think we'll upset the Smerrick Simpletons & see them buggering off early to the sound of "F*** The Albion"ringing in their jug-ears.
1-2 to us, with a late bundled goal for them c/w the Goal-Down-Retriever desperately sprinting back up the pitch with ball in mitt.
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I don't think we are in any position to go on about the style of football teams play when we've played some of the worst stuff the divisions seen the last few years. A couple of years of stabilising under a Pulis type manager before moving onwards and upwards from him wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.
I does make me smile when I see some people on here peaching about how absolutely shite some other teams in our league are while we're down with the dead mean, having stunk the league our for the last 3 seasons or so.
Bit late to the thread but I was going to reply in similar vein to aj2k77. If you appoint Pulis it doesn't mean you are married to him for 5 years (although our leaders would probably grant him a 5 year contract) it means you have a very high chance of stopping the rot and settling into a mid table position for a couple of seasons. After that you move on, in terms of results and style, but from a secure base. Stoke and Palace don't seem any the worse off for his efforts in guaranteeing top flight football.
Have to agree. In hindsight Pulis would have been preferable to Sherwood, only for a couple of years. Everywhere he's been has been left stable, with something solid to build on. We tend to turn our noses up at the likes of Pulis, but we really aren't too big or too good for him as things stand. It's too late now, we're heading for the drop, and I'm happy to back Garde in rebuilding us.
Agree and Garde would have been the ideal type of appointment to follow a manager like Pulis. As it is, Remi is going to be the one tasked with the rebuilding job and after initial doubts, I think he is starting to turn a corner.
As for Saturday, would love to beat them. They are only six points ahead of Newcastle so could still get sucked back into it.
Bollocks, theres never a good time or amount of time to appoint Tony fucking Pulis ffs.
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I'd love to return to the O'Neill days. Top 6 finishes, packed Villa Park, fantastic players...
Aaah those were the days!
And still can't see how it was
1.) A shite return for the money thrown at it.
2.) Completely unsustainable.
Maybe one day you'll actually answer the question you were asked at least 5 times in a week before Christmas.
How much should Lerner have continued pouring in?
Not this again lol. IMO it's not about "how much Lerner should have continued pouring in" O'Neill was fulfilling his obligation on the pitch. Top 6 three years running, coming very close to top 4. FA cup semi and robbed of a League Cup win by a star struck twat of a referee. The money and contract situation was down to the muppets who were at the helm. If they had kept pace with what MON was achieving on the pitch we would be sitting pretty now at the top end of the premier league.
It'll be this again for as long as the myth is peddled that O'Neill performed miracles with the resources available and while in some unexplained way he was divorced from the financial side. Do you really think that the players he signed (that's he, Martin O'Neill) would have joined were it not for the contracts provided by the "muppets at the helm"?
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Just beat the c***s and ruin their day.
Ruin their day? More like ruin their season or in some cases their entire lives.
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Us to win 2-1. We start brightly. They go one up through some calamitous defending after 35 minutes. Two minutes into the second half, Ayew cuts in off the left and unleashes a curler. Fifteen to go, and a little cut-back from Gil finds Gana, who takes one touch before neatly side-footing home from twenty yards. We see out the game remarkably calmly, apart from a header over the bar from a corner needlessly conceded in the 88th minute.
And me to be thankful that because we never employed Pulis, I still care. Each to their own, and I know we've had to watch some stuff these last four or so years that has left one wishing to unsee things, but I never expected it. Even under McLeish, I didn't expect, to its extent, what got dished up. I've never stopped hoping that something will "click". Stoke, Palace, them lot, I really couldn't give a monkey's what he did/does there. All I know is Pulis' appointment could well have pushed me away at a time when I suddenly had a lot more distractions other than matters B6. I may not have returned.
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1-1 Draw.
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I want to be hearing lots of "it aye fair" and "we am the bigger club" come Saturday night.
Unbeaten run to five. A win please boys.
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Irrelevant. It's the here and now that matters. Pulis has got Albion organised and very hard to beat, not weak and easy to play against like us. Haven't they got something like 50 points in the 12 months he's been there? We haven't got close to that for 5 years. It was folly to ignore him and West Broms gain is very much our loss sadly. I would take Pulis over Garde any time. Same with Pulis and Sherwood. He's simply a far superior manager.
Luckily for you, you haven't got to go too far to enjoy his work in the flesh.
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I believe we will win 2-1.
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Don't forget the classic line "Pride of the Midlands"
I hope we beat them, the thought of losing to that lot is horrible!
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I'll never understand this feeling that 'stabilising' football or 'survival' football has to be eye-hurtingly shit football. ........ There's no connection.
There's no connection between Tony Pulis being a club's manager and that club staying in the top flight? I'd swap places with Palace and Stoke right now, who are both post-Pulis and competing well in the Premier League, without resorting to horror-football.
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I'll never understand this feeling that 'stabilising' football or 'survival' football has to be eye-hurtingly shit football. ........ There's no connection.
There's no connection between Tony Pulis being a club's manager and that club staying in the top flight? I'd swap places with Palace and Stoke right now, who are both post-Pulis and competing well in the Premier League, without resorting to horror-football.
I'll give him that, evidence suggests he leaves his clubs in rude health.
Unlike some bespectacled arseholes I could think of.
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I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering Pulis and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome on his own up front at home.
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I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering him and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome up front at home.
3-1? But yes, he was getting pelters at the time and they were sliding towards relegation. I think they got a result a QPR on the penultimate weekend but it looked like they were in free fall.
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I remember coming away from Stoke after the game where we beat them 2-1 thanks to that Lowton goal and we had their local radio on in the coach. Their fans were absolutely slaughtering him and his football. This is also the man who played Cameron Jerome up front at home.
3-1? But yes, he was getting pelters at the time and they were sliding towards relegation. I think they got a result a QPR on the penultimate weekend but it looked like they were in free fall.
Oh yes, I'd forgot about that 3rd goal, where 4 of our players all broke on the counter attack. Good day was that.
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I fear a 1-0 to them but I'd just love it if we beat them
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
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we will fucking fuck the fucking fuckers
I'm convinced
Im also going so nailed on
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Irrelevant. It's the here and now that matters. Pulis has got Albion organised and very hard to beat, not weak and easy to play against like us. Haven't they got something like 50 points in the 12 months he's been there? We haven't got close to that for 5 years. It was folly to ignore him and West Broms gain is very much our loss sadly. I would take Pulis over Garde any time. Same with Pulis and Sherwood. He's simply a far superior manager.
Luckily for you, you haven't got to go too far to enjoy his work in the flesh.
I'd rather gouge out my eyes then watch that utter fucking shit he produces, even the inbreads moan about his negativity.
Fuck pulis and fuck the Albion
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
We must keep our focus out there.
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
We must keep our focus out there.
We'll be in the frame for 1-1 I think...
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Any news on the lad we're meant to be getting from Lens?
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Another last minute winning penalty would be highly amusing or a last minute Lescott header, I'm not fussy.
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Gardner own goal for me. Hate that little runt.
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Any news on the lad we're meant to be getting from Lens?
I believe we're still looking into it.
*awaits even more eyesight-based gags*
ps I've just heard Warren Haughton on Talkspite & he said that he'd talked to Vidic's agent & he told him he (Vidic) ain't coming 'ere. Phew.
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someone has just told me that apparently the match on Saturday is live on Talkshite...
I'll check...
EDIT: it's not according to their crap website.
UTV
The Doc
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
John Carew had a special talent for monstering lumbering arsehole centre halves, I used to love him for it.
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
We must keep our focus out there.
We'll be in the frame for 1-1 I think...
Wish you would stop the puns, it's making me want to lie down in a dark room.
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Will vidic be measured up for new kit by then? The new daveed ginola.. I want to see him in villa.colours!
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Villa gonna win. Vidic to score!
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
John Carew had a special talent for monstering lumbering arsehole centre halves, I used to love him for it.
That's why he's a legend. He's bigger than me and you, you know.
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
We must keep our focus out there.
We'll be in the frame for 1-1 I think...
Wish you would stop the puns, it's making me want to lie down in a dark room.
We need composition in the final third.
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
John Carew had a special talent for monstering lumbering arsehole centre halves, I used to love him for it.
That's why he's a legend. He's bigger than me and you, you know.
He never seemed to do much against Chelsea though.
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
John Carew had a special talent for monstering lumbering arsehole centre halves, I used to love him for it.
That's why he's a legend. He's bigger than me and you, you know.
And liked a lap dance or two, apparently...
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a game for the twin towers up front?
Cant see Gil getting any joy from the likes of Yacob
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Nervous about this - usually because I've become resigned to expecting defeat whenever we play you lot.
Depends which Albion turns up - losing Fletcher and Morrison will be massive blows for us as they instigate a lot of our forward play.
You need to win so I would hope you open up the game, allowing us to catch you on the break.
I'm not expecting a pretty football game - 1-0 either way.
Hopefully us.
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Nervous about this - usually because I've become resigned to expecting defeat whenever we play you lot.
Depends which Albion turns up - losing Fletcher and Morrison will be massive blows for us as they instigate a lot of our forward play.
You need to win so I would hope you open up the game, allowing us to catch you on the break.
I'm not expecting a pretty football game - 1-0 either way.
Hopefully us.
Welcome back.
Neither am I.
Hopefully us.
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I can see the shittest 0-0 in the history of world football.
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Nervous about this - usually because I've become resigned to expecting defeat whenever we play you lot.
Depends which Albion turns up - losing Fletcher and Morrison will be massive blows for us as they instigate a lot of our forward play.
You need to win so I would hope you open up the game, allowing us to catch you on the break.
I'm not expecting a pretty football game - 1-0 either way.
Hopefully us.
Hi Liam, what is going on with Berandinio? Will he play?
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We'll play better than we did at VP without ever look like breaking them down and they'll nick it from a set piece, someone like Olsson.
1-0.
can't stand that long haired, lanky, whining,whinging streak of piss. I'd love to see one of our players bully him into submission better still he bungles an own goal that turns out to be the winner.
John Carew had a special talent for monstering lumbering arsehole centre halves, I used to love him for it.
That's why he's a legend. He's bigger than me and you, you know.
And liked a lap dance or two, apparently...
nothin wrong with that; )
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Ideal time to play these, they were hammered last weekend. Likely to have a midfield with Evans, Gardner and McClean. Our team simply has to be up for a physical scrap, getting our two quality players, Veretout and Ayew, more involved is the priority. They were quiet enough last weekend. 1-0 is the likely scoreline, hope it's us. Looks like Bacuna may be out, might not be a bad thing
-------------------Bunn
Richards, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho
Westwood, Veretout, Gueye, Ayew
--------------Kozak, Gestede
Guzan, Clark, Gil, bare bones
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Feeling optimistic. I think we go 5 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win. Kodak with a 76th minute winner.
I can 'picture' it now... :0)
Don't be so negative
It's in black and white!
Well get exposed.
We'll have to see how it develops
Yep, no snap decision-making!
We must keep our focus out there.
We'll be in the frame for 1-1 I think...
Wish you would stop the puns, it's making me want to lie down in a dark room.
We need composition in the final third.
Hopefully a Villa win. I can picture it now...
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Nervous about this - usually because I've become resigned to expecting defeat whenever we play you lot.
Depends which Albion turns up - losing Fletcher and Morrison will be massive blows for us as they instigate a lot of our forward play.
You need to win so I would hope you open up the game, allowing us to catch you on the break.
I'm not expecting a pretty football game - 1-0 either way.
Hopefully us.
Hey Liam. Feel the same about us :) How you feeling about Pulis these days? From a distance he seems to be making slow but steady progress.
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Baggies fielded almost a 1st team against Bristol City~~ only Sad-O missing really.
Got injuries ~~ we ain't !
Them - 0
Us - 2 ~~~ one a penalty in the last 5 minutes which they owe us and a pitch invasion by the disabled spectators in their 3-Wheelers.
Cruel ~~ I know.
:D
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Baggies fielded almost a 1st team against Bristol City~~ only Sad-O missing really.
Got injuries ~~ we ain't !
Them - 0
Us - 2 ~~~ one a penalty in the last 5 minutes which they owe us and a pitch invasion by the disabled spectators in their 3-Wheelers.
Cruel ~~ I know.
:D
I don't understand the disabled reference?
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Baggies fielded almost a 1st team against Bristol City~~ only Sad-O missing really.
Got injuries ~~ we ain't !
Them - 0
Us - 2 ~~~ one a penalty in the last 5 minutes which they owe us and a pitch invasion by the disabled spectators in their 3-Wheelers.
Cruel ~~ I know.
:D
I don't understand the disabled reference?
Alf often throws in a non sequitur to keep us on our toes, WW. He's a great man for the fonts as well.
Understanding is beyond those who are not prepared to embark on a post structuralist asymptomatic reading of the text.
Least said, soonest mended.
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Baggies fielded almost a 1st team against Bristol City~~ only Sad-O missing really.
Berahino has barely played this season. He's very much not in their first team at the moment.
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2 goals in last 2 games v us so he's got the knack of scoring even if it's just as sub.
Would imagine it will be Rondon, Sessegnon behind and then 8 defenders behind them sitting deep/.
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2 goals in last 2 games v us so he's got the knack of scoring even if it's just as sub.
Would imagine it will be Rondon, Sessegnon behind and then 8 defenders behind them sitting deep/.
And someone with a very long throw.
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This could really kickstart our season, looking at the last two performances although improved the best we can hope for is a draw. I don;t think we'll get that. Comfortable 2-0 win for The Baggies.
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Think we will win this one.
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We've played worse teams and lost convincingly so...
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Baggies fielded almost a 1st team against Bristol City~~ only Sad-O missing really.
Got injuries ~~ we ain't !
Them - 0
Us - 2 ~~~ one a penalty in the last 5 minutes which they owe us and a pitch invasion by the disabled spectators in their 3-Wheelers.
Cruel ~~ I know.
:D
No need for the disabled spectators reference at all
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We've played worse teams and lost convincingly so...
We've played a better team and won.
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We've played worse teams and lost convincingly so...
We've played a better team and won.
Made me chuckle.
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Gabby, expected out with a hip injury now.....
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Is it the side he keeps his wallet?
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I'm sure this time people can agree with me that following his utterly shit display against Wycombe, we don't want to see Sanchez tomorrow.
EDIT - He's injured anyway isn't he? ;D
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Sanchez doubtful, those definitely out are Amavi, Traore and Hutton. Not even sure it's worth mentioning Agbonlahor's mythical injuries, he wouldn't be in the 18 even if he declared himself fit.
Morrison out for them, Fletcher, who I think is a key player for them in midfield, is doubtful.
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Gabby will flounce for the rest of the season now, doesn't have the stomach for a fight, only for burgers.
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Gabby will flounce for the rest of the season now, doesn't have the stomach for a fight, only for burgers.
im not surfriesed
he an have as many mythical injuries as he likes at least it keeps him away from the first team.
to be honest i would come to an arrangement and just pay him off
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My son went to the Bristol /Albion match the other night and reckons City's small skilful players caused all sorts of problems for the Bitters
So on that basis, Gil and Grealish to both feature at some time .
1-1
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Going for a 0 - 0 to continue our unbeaten run.
Have been without a PC for over a week. So just going back to the Leicester game. When Bunn saved the penalty, made me think of when was the last time Guzan saved a pen. Does anybody know, disregard any penalty shootouts, just in open play?
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I can see the Bitters causing us all sorts of problems at set pieces so can't see us keeping a clean sheet i will go for 1-1
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No good continuing our unbeaten run if we don't win though. A draw is no good for us at all.
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I can see the Bitters causing us all sorts of problems at set pieces
It wouldn't surprise me if he started Gestede for that reason alone. I hope he doesn't though.
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I think it's important to now express the sentiment of fuck the Albion.
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really don't get the pessimism its a 2 0 to us , up the football league we go
UTV
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Going for a 0 - 0 to continue our unbeaten run.
Have been without a PC for over a week. So just going back to the Leicester game. When Bunn saved the penalty, made me think of when was the last time Guzan saved a pen. Does anybody know, disregard any penalty shootouts, just in open play?
Last I remember was the 8-0 at Chelsea
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I think it's important to now express the sentiment of fuck the Albion.
Amen Brother.
Fuck 'em and fuck 'em hard
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really don't get the pessimism its a 2 0 to us , up the football league we go
UTV
This could be a good time to play them, as they've got a few injuries and there are rumblings of discontent starting to come out of Sandwell.
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We'll win, there is no other option.
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Fuck the Albion, Fuck the Albion, and repeat...
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Any chance Gabby cameo ?? Whatever reason he could have a sniff. But also lets say 0-1 lescott the hero who I hope wildly celebrates
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We'll scrap and play all the decent football, they'll play hoof ball and be surprisingly negative, we'll look to have contained their one dimentional turgid style until Craig Gardner or some other talentless prick they've got scores with a deflected shot in injury time. Cue the sanctimonious stripey inbreds thinking they've won the WC.
It's just the way our season has gone, 1-0 to the bitters in a piss poor advert for football.
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2-1 to the Villa boys with a devastating contribution from Ayew. Tony anti football Pulis to spend 5 minutes on MOTD moaning about the officials. But in the end footballs the winner.
Fuck the Ollbeyun.
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2-1 to the Villa boys with a devastating contribution from Ayew. Tony anti football Pulis to spend 5 minutes on MOTD moaning about the officials. But in the end footballs the winner.
Fuck the Ollbeyun.
He always moans about the officials when they lose.
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We've played worse teams and lost convincingly so...
We've played a better team and won.
I think consistency is the winning card here.
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I think we will end up losing by 1-0 in a very drab and dreary game.
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Not a game for the purists. I'd play Richards at RB, Bacuna RM, two lumps up front, get the ball in the box as much as possible.
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Not a game for the purists. I'd play Richards at RB, Bacuna RM, two lumps up front, get the ball in the box as much as possible.
We will get mullered if we try and play them at their own game. Power pace and skill will fuck up pulis's caveman football. Do we posses the players to do it? That's the million dollar question imo.
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Everyone going take all their piss taking songs in good humour and come back with even better retorts. Sing your hearts out lads and lasses.
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Not a game for the purists. I'd play Richards at RB, Bacuna RM, two lumps up front, get the ball in the box as much as possible.
I'd keep the same team personally. We've got a bit of momentum going, there's no need to change it.
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Everyone going take all their piss taking songs in good humour and come back with even better retorts. Sing your hearts out lads and lasses.
there'll be a rousing rendition of "shit on the villa" cos the thick yam yam twats can't come up with anything of there own
We should give them -oh I do like to be beside the seaside etc....
And "your mom's ya dad ya dad's ya mom yer interbred ya baggie scum"
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Lescott to do well today. Villa.first half lead and last full 90mins
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Any chance Gabby cameo ?? Whatever reason he could have a sniff.
Agbonlahor doesn't sniff, he devours.
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Away win. There's a Baggies fan I work with that makes me want to abandon my anti violence views.
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No good continuing our unbeaten run if we don't win though. A draw is no good for us at all.
One point is better than no points