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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Smirker on February 06, 2016, 02:02:12 PM
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Confirmed #AVFC team to face #NCFC: Bunn, Richards, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho, Bacuna, Gana, Westwood, Veretout, Gil, Agbonlahor. #AVLNOR
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Substitutes
1Guzan
6Clark
9Sinclair
18Richardson
38Lyden
40Grealish
45Davis
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come on gabby
show us what youre fkn made of son
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Bacuna again? Dearly me. Play Grealish!
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We'll win this, come on you Villa boys!!!!!!
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Meh. Really don't care about this today.
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Whose Davis ?
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Fucking bacuna???? Bollox. Another defeat then!
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Options are limited but that's a very conservative line up for a home game v Norwich. Surely one of Grealish or Sinclair should be in ahead of Bacuna
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I think the support to Gabby is key today. The pace and skill of someone like Gil can make a big difference if we can get him in the game. Very mixed lineup for me.
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In defence of that line up, Sinclair is every bit as bad as Bacuna, and you can't play Gill and Grealish in the same line up.
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Win please Villa.
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Sanchez still injured?
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Kienan Davis is a young ex Stevenage Youth play maker. Sid rates him highly.
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Shame the young lad ( forgotten his name ) who has been scoring in under 21s recently isn't on the bench.
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Sellars should be an option from the bench imo.
Anyway a solid looking line up, think we'll both Sinclair and Grealish early in the 2nd half if we're struggling to create.
Just win Villa, please!!!!!!!!
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Shame the young lad ( forgotten his name ) who has been scoring in under 21s recently isn't on the bench.
Hepburn-Murphy?
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Going 2-1 to us. Currently trying to find a suitable option to catch the match on the iPad
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come on gabby
show us what youre fkn made of son
...and then get the groundsman to sweep it up before the smell gets too much
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We're going to win this today. Gaby to score.
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We need to keep Holohan quiet. He wanted to move to us last season and was the difference between the teams at Christmas. He'll be up for it and has a touch of class.
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Not conceded yet! excellent - 1.30
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So, must people get their wish - Bacuna injured
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Bacuna is a donkey, no great loss.
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afternoon
lets hope this is noit the last game I watch this season
draw ' lose this we are finished
come on Villa
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Sluggish start
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Bacuna reminds of the mate you bring along just to up the numbers. He is totally shit. I watched him against the Hammers and he was God awful. Terrible player.
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bacuna and westfood in midfielder.no wonder we are dropping
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Bacuna back on.
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Bacuna reminds of the mate you bring along just to up the numbers. He is totally shit. I watched him against the Hammers and he was God awful. Terrible player.
he was shocking that night
hows he get another game
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That sums up Gabby.
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Fit Bacuna crap - how will a half injured Bacuna play
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chance there
typical
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Gabby should've done better with that.
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Fit Bacuna crap - how will a half injured Bacuna play
he just did a shot that was nearly a great pass
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play on ref you twat
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That's a red. But of course not given
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Gabby should've done better with that.
This is quite likely to be written on Gabby's gravestone. Well, that and, 'he should have worn a condom more often'.
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refs hate us
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Why the fuck did the ref stop play there?
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are the refs dressing rooms crap down at villa
they want us out
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"not being helped by the ref" - that is a shocker
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Gueye looking really good so far.
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Shame the young lad ( forgotten his name ) who has been scoring in under 21s recently isn't on the bench.
Hepburn-Murphy?
Legion thinks he's krap.
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The only thing I like so far is how many players we are getting forward, this is rare stuff people.
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WE're also winning the ball back quickly which is stoping Norwich getting any rhythm going.
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hate thos words
This is ashley Westwood
yeah so what
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The only thing I like so far is how many players we are getting forward, this is rare stuff people.
Getting forward and scoring however area long way apart with Gabby as our strike force
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Shame the young lad ( forgotten his name ) who has been scoring in under 21s recently isn't on the bench.
Hepburn-Murphy?
Legion thinks he's krap.
Over-rated
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I thought sellars was getting on the bench?
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that was a villa corner
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Shame the young lad ( forgotten his name ) who has been scoring in under 21s recently isn't on the bench.
Hepburn-Murphy?
Legion thinks he's krap.
Over-rated
I think it was Sellers who I was thinking of...if that makes sense.
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what a ball by okore then
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crap cross mind
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what a ball by okore then
Yeah he's good isn't he.
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Don't they make two footed footballers any more? Everyone seems to be permanently doing a little triangular dance to get the ball onto his "proper" foot.
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defence has improved with okore back and lescott to be fair
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and aly ;)
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baucna fcuk why
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baucna fcuk why
Just my thought... You know what will happen when he runs with the ball...counter
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We have absolutely nothing up front.
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chance missed by norwich , all from bacuna giving it away earlier and then gana
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good block by aly
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It really is hard work watching us.
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Gueye gives ball away, and Basing misses a great chance.
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someone else gave it away
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think it was gabby
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free kick Villa
come on villa beat the first man
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not doing ourselves any favors atm..
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he used to be ok with free kicks bacuna
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terrible FK
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Fuck you Bacuna - it might be a foul on Veretout - but FFS keep up with play - strolling like in a park. FUCK OFF
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Any form of passing is pointless if we pass it back, at the point of us taking a chance.
Get players in the box and get those crosses in.
Otherwise, we have zero chance.....
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Shit free kick.
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Dreadful freekick
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so hard to improve a team with bacuna , westwood and gabby
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We have nothing in the final third. No creativity at all.
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I was thinking of a joke about Hepburn Murphy along the lines that half his name is RoboCop the other half Eliza Doolittle. It had evaporated from my mind then I read "nothing up front" and started thinking about Audrey Hepburn again.
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Fuck you Bacuna - it might be a foul on Veretout - but FFS keep up with play - strolling like in a park. FUCK OFF
Yup that wound me up. It was an obvious free kick but if it hadn't been given they'd have broken on us.
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kate moss boobs have more up front than us
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If Andi Weimann was still at the club he'd be far and away the best forward on the books. That's how poor we are up front.
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I'm getting that familiar waiting-until-they-score feeling.
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Newcastle a goal up.
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If Andi Weimann was still at the club he'd be far and away the best forward on the books. That's how poor we are up front.
and albrighton on the wing
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Any form of passing is pointless if we pass it back, at the point of us taking a chance.
Get players in the box and get those crosses in.
Otherwise, we have zero chance.....
Villa have been guilty of this most matches, probably because of the lack of confidence
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I look at bacuna and think how the f**k have you got a Villa shirt on
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Not criticising those who are there, particularly as I'm sat here in bed, and God knows they've nothing to shout about, but I'm sure I heard somebody in the Trinity picking their nose a second ago.
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he gets the ball a lot but what does he do with it
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I look at bacuna and think how the f**k have you got a Villa shirt on
I think the same when I look at Gabby.
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what a poor bunch
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I look at bacuna and think how the f**k have you got a Villa shirt on
I think the same when I look at Gabby.
gone pass caring about him
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If Andi Weimann was still at the club he'd be far and away the best forward on the books. That's how poor we are up front.
Selling Weimann is strange one really, we got peanuts for him, presumably we weren't paying him much, but he was at least a known quantity. To think that we put all our goalscoring eggs in the basket of Gabby, Sinclair, Kozak and untried Gusted and Ayew is pretty amazing.
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This is crap, let's hope Remi gives them one of his half time team talks
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If Andi Weimann was still at the club he'd be far and away the best forward on the books. That's how poor we are up front.
Selling Weimann is strange one really, we got peanuts for him, presumably we weren't paying him much, but he was at least a known quantity. To think that we put all our goalscoring eggs in the basket of Gabby, Sinclair, Kozak and untried Gusted and Ayew is pretty amazing.
I thought he was rubbish but looking at these lot . it shows how low we have sunk
and he cant get in a derby team
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Andi Weimann was simply never coached properly
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Weimann can't get a look-in at Derby, nice lad but not worth the mourning/morning.
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so the first time we have players in box , no cross
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I look at bacuna and think how the f**k have you got a Villa shirt on
I think the same when I look at Gabby.
gone pass caring about him
But it still surprises me. I think they only go up to XXL.
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If Andi Weimann was still at the club he'd be far and away the best forward on the books. That's how poor we are up front.
He wasn't great, that's for sure, but when you look at the pathetic lack of cover we have I wonder why we let him go.
Selling Weimann is strange one really, we got peanuts for him, presumably we weren't paying him much, but he was at least a known quantity. To think that we put all our goalscoring eggs in the basket of Gabby, Sinclair, Kozak and untried Gusted and Ayew is pretty amazing.
I thought he was rubbish but looking at these lot . it shows how low we have sunk
and he cant get in a derby team
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This is where we miss Ayew. If only we had him, Amavi and Adama, even Kozak. What a joke not buying or loaning a striker - well done Almstadt, Fox and Hollis!
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Just in from the mountains. Had a great day. Normally I would be expecting us to spoil it. I'm well past that now.
Come yeeeeees!
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Usual Villa stat approaching half time - shots on target ZERO
My post must have touched a nerve, a shot on target :D
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Get in
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gggooaallllll
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Scored some biggies has the big man
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YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
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lecott I love you x
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Get in.
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They said can't get a look in about Marc at Leicester but he is an an integral part of a winning team.
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GET THE FUCK IN!
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What the... is that.... was that a goal?
What happens now?
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proper cross
there you go westwood and bacuna
cross properly
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Gooooaaallllll
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wasnt expecting that
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get in you beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLAAZZZZZZZOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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proper cross
there you go westwood and bacuna
cross properly
Bang on pal!
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Great time to score a goal.
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This is where we miss Ayew. If only we had him, Amavi and Adama, even Kozak. What a joke not buying or loaning a striker - well done Almstadt, Fox and Hollis!
I just hope we keep them
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Finally a decent delivery.
Lescott & Okore have looked our most promising attacking threats.
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Get in Jolean!!!!!
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Just in from the mountains. Had a great day. Normally I would be expecting us to spoil it. I'm well past that now.
Come yeeeeees!
Go back up there, and come back in...before the match ends
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they had not looked like scoring at all
let's hope its the Palace game repeated...
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Lescott is our key goal scorer.
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Lescott is our key goal scorer.
owes us for all the time he did it to us
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but Im growing on him
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unbeaten for the rest of the season!
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For the sons of Gaul amongst us: Veretout - is it pronounced, as the commentators do, 'Verr-tu' or should it be 'Ver-e-tu'?
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Just in from the mountains. Had a great day. Normally I would be expecting us to spoil it. I'm well past that now.
Come yeeeeees!
I started so I'll finish: come on you fucking Lions!
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That's the key for me, I don't mind us not making many chances in live play right now, we've clearly not got a striker to take the chances and we're concentrating on keeping ourselves in a solid defensive shape. I can live with that for the time being if we're making the most of set pieces, the one that Gil put 5 yards over the bar needed to hit the target and we need to give ourselves a chance with wide free kicks and corners. If we put them in well Lescott and Richards will score goals for us. It might not be enough but it really should've been a key part of the work on the training ground all season, when you add Kozak and Gestede we should be one of the strongest sides in the league for set plays.
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For the sons of Gaul amongst us: Veretout - is it pronounced, as the commentators do, 'Verr-tu' or should it be 'Ver-e-tu'?
Either. "Verr-tu", as you put it is correct but people in southern France might say "Ver-e-tu".
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For the sons of Gaul amongst us: Veretout - is it pronounced, as the commentators do, 'Verr-tu' or should it be 'Ver-e-tu'?
Either. "Verr-tu", as you put it is correct but people in southern France might say "Ver-e-tu".
Thanks. There's me calling them ignorant c*nts all season for no reason then!
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For all the talk of Leicester being unlikely winners of the title, if it stays like this we are only 37 points behind them with 13 games left to play...the dream is still on!!
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Sky reckon his 2nd goal of the season. Does that mean the Palace winner now officially an OG?
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Won't it be our luck that if we win today our closest rivals will too. And like the game this week it would have been great to pick up three points and we managed to not take advantage. Still we can only do our bit today.
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Sky reckon his 2nd goal of the season. Does that mean the Palace winner now officially an OG?
I was thinking that. This is his third goal? Saints, Palace and today?
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Won't it be our luck that if we win today our closest rivals will too. And like the game this week it would have been great to pick up three points and we managed to not take advantage. Still we can only do our bit today.
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I think the horse has bolted anyway
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If Huth can score two, so can Lescott, he's aiming to be the Villa's leading scorer
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If results stay like this it means we will have gone from 10 points from safety to 8 points from safety. We've left it too late though.
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ggggooaallll
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FUCKING HELL.
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fucking gabby
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Yes! Flabby!
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GABBY!
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yes yes yes!
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Lean, mean, goal machine, GABBY!
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GABBYYYYY!!!!!!
Bollody hell, two goals!!
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YESSSSSS GABBY
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better finish than his earlier effort
garde is excited
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Told you he'd score!
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That's a lovely finish
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gabby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good goal by Gabby that but madness from their GK.
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Fuck me, Gabby makes it 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2-0 up and Gabby has scored? Well fuck my old boots!
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He did take that well!
Get in!!!
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This feels.....well weird!
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My brain is struggling with this. We seem to have entered a parallel universe.
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Yes get in great finish Gabby.
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Poor goalkeeping but great run from Gabby and a smart finish.
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Blows dust off record books to see when Gabby last scored.
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Now that is a pissed off Gabby - no celebration in front of Holte after his drought - who gives a shit :)
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What kind of madness is this?!
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How many days since Gabby last scored ?
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Blows dust off record books to see when Gabby last scored.
must be WBA late last season?
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Wooooooaaaahhhh what's this I see and hear 2, 2, 2 goals?
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Blows dust off record books to see when Gabby last scored.
21 games
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Walking in a Villa wonderland.
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Give that man a new contract.....
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Swansea drawing now.
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What the Ruddy hell is going on?
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nearly 3
wide from bacuna
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Give that man a new contract.....
now now oldtimer, steady on there
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great cross thou
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Oooooh Bacuna close
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Now that is a pissed off Gabby - no celebration in front of Holte after his drought - who gives a shit :)
I'd rather see a pissed off Gabby with a goal under his elastic belt than a happy Gabby with none.
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I might have to walk the dogs. Not sure if I like this winning lark
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Ver2 shows he can assist - excellent vision
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Give that man a new contract.....
now now oldtimer, steady on there
i got so excited a bit of wee came out
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Oooooh Bacuna close
That was lovely all round play.
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It's weird what a bit of confidence does.
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Bollocks, I missed it!!!
Anyone have a little gif/ link/ vid of the goal?
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why of why did we not invest in January?
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Fucking hell Gabby looks like a player today.
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Has anybody got a defibrilator I can use ?
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329 days since Gabby scored
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so why did on villa player go back there instead of attacking with gil
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'The Mighty Reds YNWA' one up
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sunderland behind now
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So if we manage the impossible with the Great Escape by Leicesters standards we're favourites for the title next year?
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Sunderland losing
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easy chance for norwich there
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Liverpool 1 up against Sunderland
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We did not invest TV because the board are a chicken shit bunch of bastards. My next question comes from a fan in Ulan Bator. Why didn't Barry take the penalty?
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Will Albion be the wankers they are an find a way to lose when we could do with them winning?
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329 days since Gabby scored
Biblical drought.
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That chance all started by Gil giving the ball away yet again! There's a proper player in there somewhere, but his mistakes drive me nuts!!
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We did not invest TV because the board are a chicken shit bunch of bastards. My next question comes from a fan in Ulan Bator. Why didn't Barry take the penalty?
Yes quite Brian. File my question with he Barry one for future use.
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Gabby playing like a fucking man possessed.
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another half chance for norwich
no one in box
we need a third
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We are going to concede here at some point.
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Will Albion be the wankers they are an find a way to lose when we could do with them winning?
You never know, we could need Albion to lose as they are in some danger if they continue poor form.
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Great work from Gabby then. We look like we could score or concede any minute. It's like Leicester all over again, we should probably try and close this game down, but the confidence we could take from scoring another would be ridiculous.
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Will Albion be the wankers they are an find a way to lose when we could do with them winning?
You never know, we could need Albion to lose as they are in some danger if they continue poor form.
I've accepted we are down, and given that i'd rather Newcastle didn't join us, such conflicting emotions.
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right, Gil and Bacuna off for Grealish and Sinclair, fresh legs to keep a counter-attack threat.
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Gabby playing like a fucking man possessed.
He looks angry, which from our point of view is so much better than how he usually looks, which is comfortable.
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Will Albion be the wankers they are an find a way to lose when we could do with them winning?
25% possession and 0 shots on target suggest they are trying their best
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Gana has been excellent today
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Gabby playing like a fucking man possessed.
Maybe he's just received a letter from yet another woman's solicitor after child maintenance and realises he'll need a contract extension.
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I have to comment on Lescott, knowing I am tempting fate a bit, but since the whole Wycombe thing Lescott has been really very good indeed.
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thats why hes championship
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Fuck me Bacuna
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that has to be a goal poor
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You twat Bacuna!!
Great move too
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gana looking good
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Bacauna should have made it 3-0
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That should've been 3 & job done.
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Sinclair would have scored there.
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Ver2 again brilliant with Bacuna shocking
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That's what I hate about us, always becoming to cocky and playing dodgy shit at the back
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Burn nearly Guzanning it up
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We should be out of sight by now. And yet we continue to live on the edge of potential fear and misery.
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Sunderland 2 down
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Looked like their keeper was down early that time too, anything on target was pretty much a goal there.
Great play from Veretout
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Liverpool two up. Come on Villa!!
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we have to build on ayew,Ver2,Gana,adama and amavi if we can but get rid of bacuna , that was just third division
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Bacauna should have made it 3-0
He should have had 2 today.
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Come own you baggie bastards
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That's what I hate about us, always becoming to cocky and playing dodgy shit at the back
Me too. Complacency and misplaced arrogance are always ready to raise their heads in B6 of late.
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we have to build on ayew,Ver2,Gana,adama and amavi if we can but get rid of bacuna , that was just third division
Absolutely, but will we be able to keep those players?
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Veretout and Gueye have been excellent today, class above anyone else on the pitch.
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I feel physically sick.
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Are we going to have the usual defensive fuck-up?
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This is the reason we are ahead
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Veretout and Gueye have been excellent today, class above anyone else on the pitch.
True dat.
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Bacuna will be fine in the Championship. He's more than good enough for that level.
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Naismith is a dirty bastard
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They have Miroslav klose
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we have to build on ayew,Ver2,Gana,adama and amavi if we can but get rid of bacuna , that was just third division
Add Okore as well and that's 6 of the side we should be looking to use next season. Then there are 6-7 others who are good enough to fill gaps and be part of the matchday squad.
Naismith is very lucky to get away with that, terrible challenge.
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sums him up
great turn and then no football brain
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we have to build on ayew,Ver2,Gana,adama and amavi if we can but get rid of bacuna , that was just third division
Absolutely, but will we be able to keep those players?
Or the manager that has confidence in them?
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sums him up
great turn and then no football brain
Norwich defence were over him. Closed him down very well and left him only one option.
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sums him up
great turn and then no football brain
I can cope with that, if he performs like this for the remaining games. Not a world beater by any stretch of the imagination, but always a handful when his mind is on the job.
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Good and bad from gabby there but still so much more than Gestede Sinclair or Kozak
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Bunn proving why he is really a back up keeper.
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two off the line
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Okore don't mess about!
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Blimeyu Okore off the line
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Mbokani's beard is utterly shit.
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Need some fresh legs in the middle - Running out of steam now.
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Gabby really should be further up just so they keeps couple of players back to counter his pace. We are being sucked in with no outlet. It goes out and just comes back in immediately. Only leads to one outcome after a while.
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Love Gil, but needs to be subbed. Losing it every time it comes to him!
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Ref yet to get an assist - must be soon
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Such is the Villa way, if we do win, we win with a gnashed arsehole.
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Okore fucking immense
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Ref yet to get an assist - must be soon
I'm expecting them to bring Mike Dean on
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Sunderland pull a goal back. Come on you Villa boys!!!!
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Sunderland get one back at Liverpool
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Our ball boys gone on strike ?:)
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Love Gil, but needs to be subbed. Losing it every time it comes to him!
He struggles after about an hour, him off for Grealish on the hour should a regular change.
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Great chants for Remi
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Urgh. In didn't know Blues were in the playoffs. We'll have less of that, thank you.
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Bloody hell how lucky were we not to concede a penalty there with Cissokho being Cissokho in the box?
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swap him ffs
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Wow Bacuna. Just wow
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id bring sinclair for bacuna hit them on the break
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Leandro, Leandro, Leandro!! FFS!
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off the line again
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Gil > Grealish, Bacuna > Sinclair please!
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We still seem so determined to throw it away at times.
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How the fuck have we not conceded there?
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lescott , okore and gana excellent today
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If the answer is Bacuna, what on earth is the question?
He is truly shocking.
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Gana and Okore have been immense today
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6 mins wtf
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oh 4 hes changed it
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How much injury time?
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incredible that we didn't concede then
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id bring sinclair for bacuna hit them on the break
Sinclair would be great for taking the ball down to the corner flag.
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Oh Leandro! Don't say my name
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Richards coming off because he is getting murdered down the right. Clark to CB, Bacuna to RB
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Sunderland equalise
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Liverpool shits
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Sunderland , Jesus 2-2.
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Black cat bastards!!! Defoe, this little shit!!!!
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Sunderland have just equalised.
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Fuck me Sunderland are level
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You can never rely on scousers
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Sheff Wed equalise with Blues
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Who gives a shit about Sunderland? Just concentrate on winning our games.
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and they have missed another one norwich
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okore again block
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Fuck me - we won? Nervy
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Phew
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Okore - MoM with knobs on!
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win 2-0 great
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Yes, yes, yes!
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yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sheff Wed equalise with Blues
Bannan assist
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Get in.
Man of the match. Gueye and Okore joint winners.
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The dirtiest clean sheet ever. :)
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how typical - we win but Toon and Sunderland pick up points too. Never mind, will enjoy tonight.
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we are defintely their bogey team
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My God, we made it difficult for ourselves. Still, a great 3 points & a clean sheet - although how we didn't concede in that last quarter was bloody miraculous! Have a good evening all.
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RESULT!
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we are defintely their bogey team
them ruining our transfer window says otherwise