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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on April 23, 2016, 04:34:56 PM
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Live from the Factory of...
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What a comeback! Can't believe we won 4-3!!
(Time is 16.36)
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Nurse, this man is obviously delirious.
More drugs!
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All that was happening at that end - until superstar Westwood bagged his brace.
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Mission accomplished. We conceded 4 yet again. And that's 10 defeats in a row chaps. Happy days!
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Boot...
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Face...
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Only 4 points from 3 games to get to that magical 20 points mark.
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When we were demoted to Division 3 I did not feel as empty as this.
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10 defeats on the trot. Just one more to equal the club's all time record. Come on Randy you can do it!
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So many L's :( :( :( :( :(
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
'Relive one of the most distinctive seasons in Villa's history.'
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
it only runs for 10 seconds! it could be the first DVD to ever get to the bargain bin before release!
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the season dvd will be gil's goal vs sunderland, repeated a hundred times
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
It'll be a gif not a dvd.
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This time next year we will be looking for directions to Bury.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
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It's just gone belief now...shit owner. Shit board. Crap management. Pathetic players... Aston villa are now officially a joke. A founder member of the football league now run and played for by shallow inadequate couldn't give a shit wankers.
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When we were demoted to Division 3 I did not feel as empty as this.
nor me
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
There's anyone left to speak to potential managers?
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back pass of the year goes to bacuna
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At least we've got a nice owner. How many clubs can say that?
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the season dvd will be gil's goal vs sunderland, repeated a hundred times
With a bonus: The pitch-side chewing gum spit-off.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Nigel Fuckin Pearson
That'll be the nail in my Aston Villa Supporting Coffin
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
It'll be a gif not a dvd.
Brilliant!
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At least we've got a nice owner. How many clubs can say that?
That's right. He's a lovely lovely man who has just made a few mistakes.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Oh god.
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Today is the saddest day I've felt at Villa Park in over 30yrs as a fan .
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Everyone looking forward to Burton fucking Albion home and away ?
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
It'll be a gif not a dvd.
Brilliant!
Shall I save a bit of time and PM you my address now?! ;D :P
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Sadly there's nobody at the club who actually gives a shit.
Every time we play, I think we'll concede four and we usually do
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Today is the saddest day I've felt at Villa Park in over 30yrs as a fan .
The Lerner era will be looked back on as a stain on this one great club's illustrious history.
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Well I hope that game romantically nourished you Randy you know with all the goals and all.
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Familiarly dismal.
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Sadly there's nobody at the club who actually gives a shit.
Every time we play, I think we'll concede four and we usually do
10 straight defeats. 29 goals conceded, 5 scored. If that's not abysmal, it'll do until abysmal shows up.
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What was the reception like for the new owners?
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I spoke with Chris Nichol in the car park very early on. He was diplomatic about the Villa. For a bloke of 69 he looked many times fitter than Agbonlahor. I said you might get a game today. He smiled and said "wish I could".
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Another record for Randolph.First time in the long history of the club we have lost SIX games at home on the bounce Yes Randolph your to blame!
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Ashley Westwood, Championship top scorer 16/17
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Was this the 'performance' that Lescott was predicting?
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not far off from being Villa top league goalscorer 2015-16
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Ashley Westwood, Championship top scorer 16/17
1617-1 maybe.
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When we were demoted to Division 3 I did not feel as empty as this.
nor me
We were all much younger and still had the hope and optimism of youth.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Nigel Fuckin Pearson
That'll be the nail in my Aston Villa Supporting Coffin
I thought things couldn't get any worse Please please please not Pearson not Pearson
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Was this the 'performance' that Lescott was predicting?
We scored twice! You want the moon on stick.
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There must be some reason for Black's team selection. Or maybe he hates the club/fans?
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
It'll be a gif not a dvd.
Brilliant!
Shall I save a bit of time and PM you my address now?! ;D :P
You have to spoil everything, don't you. ;)
S_H was cheering me up, the above and his post on the Pearson talks, though predictable had me in giggles and now you bring me crashing down to reality. It's not losing our bet that pisses me off, it's the realisation of just how shit we've become.
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Same old rubbish why on earth he keeps picking them is beyond me. Thank fuck there's only one home game left sick to death of watching it.
Well done to the Southampton fans who held up the Proud History, What Future signs.
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Today is the saddest day I've felt at Villa Park in over 30yrs as a fan .
You ain't seen nothing yet, wait til next season.
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Another record for Randolph.First time in the long history of the club we have lost SIX games at home on the bounce Yes Randolph your to blame!
Are there anymore for him to break other than the successive defeats?
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This time next year we will be looking for directions to Bury.
I can help you on that one. An away day at Gigg Lane would be great if only for the fact that I could be home by 5.15.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Knowing Lerner it's probably the Nigel Pearson who works for TalkSport.
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Same old rubbish why on earth he keeps picking them is beyond me. Thank fuck there's only one home game left sick to death of watching it.
Well done to the Southampton fans who held up the Proud History, What Future signs.
If that's right then fair play to them. It's hilarious watching a big club slide in to oblivion but you know that what is happening to us is more than just getting relegated, it's been complete and utter neglect. That is why no Lerner is not a decent chap, he's a twat who turned his back on us and hid when hard work was needed the most. This re-arranging of the chairs in the death throws of his reign is absolutely pathetic and I don't buy in to a word he says. He's a dodgy bastard a bullshitter and an appallingly bad owner.
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Today was unbearable at VP. I have never seen anything like it before. Fans booed every player when team names were announced before the kick off. Some like Lescott, Bacuna, Richards were picked out for special treatment. Fans cheered good play from Southampton in between singing derogatory chants about Lerner, Lescott and a few hearty renditions of not fit to wear the shirt throughout the match up to 65th when I walked out. I am sure it probably got worse after that. Southampton played at about half pace picking us out at will. Could have scored lot more. I am just astonished about our lack of competence any where on the pitch. This is a very embarrassing team in a dreadful time in our history.
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Manager reaction
Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton
Aston Villa caretaker-manager Eric Black, speaking to BBC Sport: “We created more chances. We had two or three chances, and if we’d taken them, we might have got something. But if we have to score five goals at home to win a game, then we’re going to be in for a tough challenge. We did get a response under difficult circumstances, but it wasn’t enough to win the game.
“We conceded poor goals that put us on the back foot. There was a response, and credit for that, but on the day it wasn’t enough.
“The fans are entitled to vent their displeasure. It’s not an ideal atmosphere, but it’s understandable, given the circumstances. We have to continue to be professional."
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You would think at some point the players would start wanting to play for purely selfish reasons.
They can dream about joining premier league clubs all they want but who the hell is going to want a player who was part of "the legendary Villa disasteros of 2016"?
I understand many are just trying to avoid injury till the end of the season when they beleive they can bail or be bought but right now they are looking so comical that is not going to happen.
The only way they can be rid of Aston Villa (a club many of them apparently despise) is to put in a performance or two so your agent has something he can use to offset the stink of being part of this team. Right now they are making themselves unemplayable.
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I found giving dog's abuse to Lescott and Guzan rather cathartic today.
All-in-all probably as enjoyable day as I've had at Villa Park this season.
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When we were demoted to Division 3 I did not feel as empty as this.
nor me
We were all much younger and still had the hope and optimism of youth.
and we had a proud history and bright future to come then
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Oh god.
Hopefully we spoke to him to tell him not to hold his breath, even we're not that desperate.
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Manager reaction
Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton
Aston Villa caretaker-manager Eric Black, speaking to BBC Sport: “We created more chances. We had two or three chances, and if we’d taken them, we might have got something. But if we have to score five goals at home to win a game, then we’re going to be in for a tough challenge. We did get a response under difficult circumstances, but it wasn’t enough to win the game.
“We conceded poor goals that put us on the back foot. There was a response, and credit for that, but on the day it wasn’t enough.
“The fans are entitled to vent their displeasure. It’s not an ideal atmosphere, but it’s understandable, given the circumstances. We have to continue to be professional."
I needed a laugh today.
Is he under the impression that the players have been "professional" up until this point?
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Black's a caretaker manager for a reason - he's no fucking manager.
Team tactics and selections straight out of the Kevin Mac schools of shitscarededness
Fuck him off too.
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Sadly there's nobody at the club who actually gives a shit.
Every time we play, I think we'll concede four and we usually do
Black's team selections are making a bad situation worse. If he brought the likes of Green and Traore into the fold the crowd might muster some enthusiasm, but he regularly puts out the dullest possible team.
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Eric Black. Why you feel that selecting the same wasters week after week, the ones who relegated us is a good idea is beyond paraody.
The likes of Green, Grealish, Adama, Lyden, Gestede should all be getting 90 minutes now as we build up to next season.
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Eric Black. Why you feel that selecting the same wasters week after week, the ones who relegated us is a good idea is beyond paraody.
The likes of Green, Grealish, Adama, Lyden, Gestede should all be getting 90 minutes now as we build up to next season.
Makes you wonder why he hasn't done it, I mean it's not like we've anything to play for and we couldn't possibly be humiliated anymore than we already have.
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At least the fans would be behind them.
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Black = pathetic pile of shit. .I love villa black. You don't you arsehole.
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Eric Black. Why you feel that selecting the same wasters week after week, the ones who relegated us is a good idea is beyond paraody.
The likes of Green, Grealish, Adama, Lyden, Gestede should all be getting 90 minutes now as we build up to next season.
Makes you wonder why he hasn't done it, I mean it's not like we've anything to play for and we couldn't possibly be humiliated anymore than we already have.
Exactly. I've heard a few commentators saying that the 'atmosphere at VP' isn't right for bringing young lads in. Think they simply fail to grasp that the atmosphere would actually be better. The fans would be totally behind the young lads and ecstatic to see the back of the wasters that have sent us down
Ironic really
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The 'Weight off his shoulders' chant was a cracker. And their no17 was the most feminine looking male player I've seen - think it was the hips that gave that impression.
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I think Black is making the trouble makers play and keeping the rest out of the picture.
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All I can say to all of the players and management team is this.
WHERE IS YOUR FUCKING PROFESSIONAL PRIDE?
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For the first time that I can recall, they kept the music going at full blast right up to kick off rather than read the team names out once the players came out from the tunnel. And two warnings on the video screens about pitch encroachment being illegal and would result in arrest and a ban. The club is now officially treating us with contempt. And if the club isn't then Eric Black certainly is and he can just fuck right off with the rest of them. That team selection was a disgrace. One up front, at home, when we're already relegated. On the way back I heard him say he did this to protect the back four - so playing for damage limitation or 0-0. Well that worked a treat - for all of 2 minutes before they hit the bar and missed a sitter. Lescott, Bacuna Richards and Guzan still being picked. And when he got round to changing it he replaces one striker with another - still one up front. Why not play Ayew off Gestede? And why was Bacuna on the pitch at all let alone not being substituted? Also heard on the way back that as the players went off at half time Bacuna had 'offered a supporter out'. It's gone beyond the club just being a laughing stock - it's a complete basket case.
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What was that keep off the pitch thing all about?
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I thought it was a gritty and resilient performance under very difficult circumstances, well co-ordinated, and full of dignity. Not the fucking players, the poisonous wastes of oxygen, but the fans.
This season has become less and less about the football (for obvious reasons), and more about witnessing how the fans spirits won't be broken by the complete fuck-wittery on and off the pitch. Long after the stain of Lerner and this current team has been purged from B6, these fans will still be there showing what loyalty and dedication truely means.
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What was that keep off the pitch thing all about?
Next match there will be a sign saying "No ball games".
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I enjoyed myself down Bromsgrove. Such a weird feeling actually enjoying watching a game. Most damning thing of all is not once today did I wish I was at the Villa.
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There was another weird moment on the screens at half time. Usually they cut to Sky Sports but instead they showed a cleaner putting paper planes into a black bag. Also they weren't quick enough to cut away from the shot of a plane in the dugout - that warmed my spirits.
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Another awful afternoon. I really don't know what Black is thinking and as others have said, he is making things worse with his ridiculous team selections. I would like to congratulate the Protest Group. Great effort to get the leaflets together and distributed. If only those on the playing staff had the same kind of committment.
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What was that keep off the pitch thing all about?
Next match there will be a sign saying "No ball games".
I assume that's the slogan we use to start our training sessions.
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Black can fuck off, and when he gets there, he can fuck off some more.
Then he should come back, pick up Lescott, Richards, Guzan, Agbonlahor, Bacuna, Richardson, Sinclair, Gana, Sanchez, and Okore, and then fuck off with the lot of them.
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What was that keep off the pitch thing all about?
Next match there will be a sign saying "No ball games".
I like that Tony.
Then at the end they can change it to.
"No balls".
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
Fuck off with the rest of them, you patronising wanker.
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Black can fuck off, I don't want to hear from him again.
With the warnings about pitch invasions on the screen...surely it proves the Club read the forums.
That was one of the weirdest atmospheres I have ever been in.
I want more of it against Newcastle.
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I found giving dog's abuse to Lescott and Guzan rather cathartic today.
All-in-all probably as enjoyable day as I've had at Villa Park this season.
Fair play to you. They fully deserve it. Glad it helped.
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I thought it was a gritty and resilient performance under very difficult circumstances, well co-ordinated, and full of dignity. Not the fucking players, the poisonous wastes of oxygen, but the fans.
This season has become less and less about the football (for obvious reasons), and more about witnessing how the fans spirits won't be broken by the complete fuck-wittery on and off the pitch. Long after the stain of Lerner and this current team has been purged from B6, these fans will still be there showing what loyalty and dedication truely means.
Hear hear!
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Thank goodness the weight is lifted off the players' shoulders, as I can't even imagine how much more soundly we'd have been thrashed had they still been cowed by the weight of expectation.
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Thank goodness the weight is lifted off the players' shoulders, as I can't even imagine how much more soundly we'd have been thrashed had they still been cowed by the weight of expectation.
I think what Lescott meant was the lifting of the weight off the players' shoulders of the deception of them trying to keep us up.
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It's five minutes to go till half-time and we're two-nil down. The three pints of Titanic's Plum Porter I had pre-game are biting me in the bladder. I have to go for a piss. I'm mid-waz when I hear....not so much a roar but more of a happy whimper. I knew we'd scored - I'm in P8 right by the Saints fans and if it had been them it would have been much louder! I only saw the second goal. Of course I saw is gift Saints four other fuckers though. Fucking Bacuna - that backpass was almost Hodgesque! >:(
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I don't know what was funnier today, the paper planes or the announcement that there was 29000 there...a good job Southampton didn't get out of 2nd gear, it could have been embarrassing.
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https://goalhighlights.com/video/aston-villa-vs-southampton-highlights/
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I thought tonight the fans would be happy?
We scored two goals at a home match. What more can you want? Ungrateful bastards. We work hard you know.
Sorry, I don't know what come over me. I had a bit of the Lescotts I think.
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Anyone else notice that Guzan did not come into his goal until right on kick-off - he didn't face the Holte at any point in the warm up and ran backwards for the start of the match. Can't even look us in the eye...
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Waited until 2.05 to hear the team. Westwood, Hutton, Bacuna & Lescott playing. Stayed at home. (could easily made the kick off if i left at 2.20 nowadays)
When you have a manager (Black) wanting to rely on the fitness of Richardson to select a side. You know you have plumbed the depths.
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Anyone else notice that Guzan did not come into his goal until right on kick-off - he didn't face the Holte at any point in the warm up and ran backwards for the start of the match. Can't even look us in the eye...
Yep. Also noticed that he never went behind the goal once to retrieve the ball and instead waited for the ball boy to throw it back to him.
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Waited until 2.05 to hear the team. Westwood, Hutton, Bacuna & Lescott playing. Stayed at home. (could easily made the kick off if i left at 2.20 nowadays)
When you have a manager (Black) wanting to rely on the fitness of Richardson to select a side. You know you have plumbed the depths.
I have no doubts Richardson would have played today had he been fit.
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Strange atmosphere today. People didnt know whether to cheer or boo a Villa move.
Lescott must have ears of steel and skin thicker than a rhino.
Not the worst 11 individuals ever but by far the worst ever Villa team.
PS congrats to the fella in the Upper Trinity who handed a plane on the pitch - quite a glide.
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Well I had a grafting afternoon stripping woodchip wallpaper off my dining room ceiling. I looked at my phone just after 5 to see we'd lost, shrugged my shoulders and carried on. Hope everyone had fun with the paper planes.
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I hate most of the players that played today, so much, I couldn't be bothered to boo them. They don't even deserve booing.
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Strange atmosphere today. People didnt know whether to cheer or boo a Villa move.
Lescott must have ears of steel and skin thicker than a rhino.
Not the worst 11 individuals ever but by far the worst ever Villa team.
PS congrats to the fella in the Upper Trinity who handed a plane on the pitch - quite a glide.
There were some lovely delta wing paper aircraft zooming about today with various levels of success. The one you referred to WW was obviously prepared by an experienced pair of aeronautical hands- a real delight in both style and duration of flight. My sons effort was an absolute fecking disgrace which went four rows forward and 20 seats to the side before crash landing - I feel completely let down by him, what on earth do they teach them at school nowadays?
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Strange atmosphere today. People didnt know whether to cheer or boo a Villa move.
Lescott must have ears of steel and skin thicker than a rhino.
Not the worst 11 individuals ever but by far the worst ever Villa team.
PS congrats to the fella in the Upper Trinity who handed a plane on the pitch - quite a glide.
There were some lovely delta wing paper aircraft zooming about today with various levels of success. The one you referred to WW was obviously prepared by an experienced pair of aeronautical hands- a real delight in both style and duration of flight. My sons effort was an absolute fecking disgrace which went four rows forward and 20 seats to the side before crash landing - I feel completely let down by him, what on earth do they teach them at school nowadays?
That's right, blame the fans.
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Please tell me it's to inform him that his application was laughed at, then thrown in the bin.
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I wonder how we will advertise the 2015/2016 Season DVD?
It'll be a gif not a dvd.
Brilliant!
Shall I save a bit of time and PM you my address now?! ;D :P
You have to spoil everything, don't you. ;)
S_H was cheering me up, the above and his post on the Pearson talks, though predictable had me in giggles and now you bring me crashing down to reality. It's not losing our bet that pisses me off, it's the realisation of just how shit we've become.
Fear not, they'll probably go and win the next two games just to piss me off.
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Guzan , Lescott, Bacuna have been terrible all season like many others.
The three of them were instrumental again in another pitiful defensive display especially the first two goals.
Despite the ineptitude, I found the abuse uncomfortable though Black was totally at fault today. Why on earth pick them to start with? Given the reception they got in the last two games it just beggared belief.
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I made a duck, a cube and a yacht, this arifuckingarmy's great
Beats watching that bag of shit
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Collymore has just said we spoke to Nigel Pearson this week
Please tell me it's to inform him that his application was laughed at, then thrown in the bin.
I know what you mean, but on the other hand it would prove that RL is in the process of relinquishing control as there is not a chance in hell that he would consider Pearson as a candidate. I am inclined to believe SVC and bet on NP as manager and new ownership before too long.
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I was so busy calling Lescott a ****** for their second goal, I missed the fact that Bacuna was an even bigger ****** attempting a 90 yard back pass.
There are too many ****** to keep up with.
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I don't know what game you lot were watching this afternoon. I thought we were excellent.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
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Watching that Bacuna 'pass' again I'm struggling to believe that was an error it was so horrendous.
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What's that smell that's arrived in here?
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Sorry N, detrimental to what?
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Thanks for sharing. I'm sure the players appreciate how you feel. I'm also sure that those people facing redundancy because the players refuse to turn up fit or bother to turn up at all, also feel upset about booing their own players.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Think you'll find you might be in the minority there
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Detrimental, how?
Had we applauded the team, every kick, every tackle, every shot, what difference would it have made?
We might have won the game; fair enough.
Would it have saved us from relegation; y'know, that thing that became a mathematical certainty last Saturday? Um, well, actually no.
What has been more detrimental is a custodian who has gone into hiding across the pond.
What has been more detrimental is seasons of austerity, of chopping and changing managers.
What has been more detrimental is professional-footballers (sic!) treating the club like a holiday camp.
So, actually, if its all the same to you I will continue to boo and abuse the people that I think have let us all down, thankyou very much.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
That's quite interesting, as it's been the one thing that's made me proud to call myself a Villa fan this season.
I think under normal circumstances I could possibly understand your point, but after suffering the despicable treatment and performances from club and players, they deserve everything they got today and pretty much every other match day this season.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Yeah, thanks for that.
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Even I booed us today. And I was at the Bromsgrove game!
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
What's that smell that's arrived in here?
A small heath dog shitter ?
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Think you'll find you might be in the minority there
Maybe the vitriol has gone over the top. Not all the players deserve to be castigated. Being not very talented is not their fault.
Some players have let us down very badly and we need to be rid of them but others need encouragement and simply wither under the onslaught of venom.
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The banners really need to come with origami instructions on the back
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Think you'll find you might be in the minority there
Maybe the vitriol has gone over the top. Not all the players deserve to be castigated. Being not very talented is not their fault.
Some players have let us down very badly and we need to be rid of them but others need encouragement and simply wither under the onslaught of venom.
You are right of course, but I only booed the wankiest of them, not all of them, I was quite specific
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Think you'll find you might be in the minority there
Maybe the vitriol has gone over the top. Not all the players deserve to be castigated. Being not very talented is not their fault.
Some players have let us down very badly and we need to be rid of them but others need encouragement and simply wither under the onslaught of venom.
Guzan, Lescott, Richards and Bacuna are the ones who get the vitriol in that lineup. They deserve it and it's Eric Blacks fault for playing them when everyone can see that their inclusions are detrimental. None of them have a future here so we should drop them immediately.
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How about we show a bit more intelligence and not call folks that have a different opinion a sha fan? Not to mention it pisses us off which is why it's in the site rules not to do it. So knock it on the head.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
You really think that if we didn't boo or abuse the players the performances would improve? I think the fact that we have lost 25 games this season kind of dispels that theory. Plus it isn't just the performances, though they are pretty abject, it's the couldn't give a shit attitude, the laughing after making a mistake, the not performing the basic requirement of putting in some effort and most of all the crass insensitivity of the players post match and in their personal lives. I've sat through some shit performances this season and paid £550 for the privilege as well as the cost of travelling to a number of away games, so I think, given all that I have earned the right to vent my spleen from the first whistle to the last.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
You really think that if we didn't boo or abuse the players the performances would improve? I think the fact that we have lost 25 games this season kind of dispels that theory. Plus it isn't just the performances, though they are pretty abject, it's the couldn't give a shit attitude, the laughing after making a mistake, the not performing the basic requirement of putting in some effort and most of all the crass insensitivity of the players post match and in their personal lives. I've sat through some shit performances this season and paid £550 for the privilege as well as the cost of travelling to a number of away games, so I think, given all that I have earned the right to vent my spleen from the first whistle to the last.
We are all pissed off yes but I do think performances would improve. Does it matter? No, the odd draw or win doesn't matter now.
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I was talking to a mate at the Bromsgrove game today and he said something I thought i'd mention. He was at Warwick on Thursday, and a late equaliser for Warwick meant that Bromsgrove's title hopes were as good as over. After the final whistle some of the players were devastated, one even went to the Bromsgrove fans and was apologising for letting them down and my mate said you could see he really meant it. These are players at step 6 of the pyramid that don't get paid for playing.
Very few of ours strike me as giving a flying fuck we are being relegated. Ain't the PL grand?
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Had to laugh at the "Lescott is a Goat" banner in the lower NS. I think the lads got thrown out?
Also comedy the photo of Hollis with a "Proud History, What Future" card in his hands....see the Meaning Evil site...
Worth remembering that Black is ex-Cov so no doubt hates us like them wankers do.
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I was talking to a mate at the Bromsgrove game today and he said something I thought i'd mention. He was at Warwick on Thursday, and a late equaliser for Warwick meant that Bromsgrove's title hopes were as good as over. After the final whistle some of the players were devastated, one even went to the Bromsgrove fans and was apologising for letting them down and my mate said you could see he really meant it. These are players at step 6 of the pyramid that don't get paid for playing.
Very few of ours strike me as giving a flying fuck we are being relegated. Ain't the PL grand?
Well put. I dont enjoy seeing our own players abused by us but lets face it, they have made it abundantly clear they do not want to be here, dont like us, dont give a shit this club has bene relegated by them and are marking time to try and leave.
Given that I dont begrudge fans giving it a boo if it gives them some comfort after this terrible season.
The club should be grateful anyone shows up at all.
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The biggest problem we face is that the majority of our players are not 'professionals ' in all senses of the word.they are just professional in the sense that they pick up a load of money from us
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
Jesus H fucking Christ. Are you for real?
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It says it all that the first goal was at least a yard offside and no one is claiming that a bad decision gave us a mountain to climb.
Amid all the crap and dissent, Westwood has kept his head down and kept going. He deserved his goals today. Black needs his bumps feeling for picking Richards and Lescott together, as a partnership it has never looked at anything other than a disaster waiting t happen.
Toner looked very nervous when he came on, but acquitted himself well, which is a great deal more than can be said of the player he replaced. Hutton took it seriously and got a bash on the head for his trouble, Grealish showed a bit of confidence on the ball and that was about it.
If it hadn't been four it would have been 6 or 7. Bacuna's ball over the top was an absolute killer pass. Still, I guess you just have to grin and bear it.
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Westy could have had a hat trick today !
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Grealish must wonder wtf is happening if he don't get a start for that pile of shite.
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
I suggest you go and follow SHA - then you'll know the meaning of shame.
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Has Bacuna done that on purpose?!
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Grealish must wonder wtf is happening if he don't get a start for that pile of shite.
I honestly think they've decided that the ones for next season are being left out purely so the main culprits (minus Gabby) can take the abuse for the rest of the season.
Basically if you're currently in the starting line you're toast (with the odd exception).
#crossedfingers
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
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Everyone looking forward to Burton fucking Albion home and away ?
After going there for a friendly match definitely
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Albrighton was always a class act. The Villa fans never appreciated him. Gestede would score many goals from his crosses but he can score lots of goals from Hutton's crosses next season instead. Neither Gestede nor Hutton are class players but they'll do well in the Championship.
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
His last assist was Dec 14th. He's got 7 this season. 3 were in the first 2 games of the season. All according to FPL.
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Grealish must wonder wtf is happening if he don't get a start for that pile of shite.
I honestly think they've decided that the ones for next season are being left out purely so the main culprits (minus Gabby) can take the abuse for the rest of the season.
Basically if you're currently in the starting line you're toast (with the odd exception).
#crossedfingers
Surely this is the time to give the kids a chance and the fans will get behind them instead of the overpaid useless feckers currently appearing on the pitch
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have a good left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
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I noticed Toner was on the slow side if there is one thing you need in the premiership these days it is leg speed.
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From da Beeb website
Southampton midfielder Shane Long went on Twitter to tell fans that there was still more to come this season a 3-2 victory at relegated Aston Villa on Saturday.
Midfielder?
3-2 ?
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Im gutted Villa are going down and that the season has gone so bad
but a lot of fans were pathetic today.
Booing your own team and players and hurling abuse at them is so detrimental
I was ashamed to be a Villa fan at the game today
im ashamed of a team of pussies who have had 10 straight defeats, set a club record 6 straight defeats at home etc etc
detrimental? bugger me its hardly like they were performing before they started getting the dogs abuse they deserve
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Grealish must wonder wtf is happening if he don't get a start for that pile of shite.
I honestly think they've decided that the ones for next season are being left out purely so the main culprits (minus Gabby) can take the abuse for the rest of the season.
Basically if you're currently in the starting line you're toast (with the odd exception).
#crossedfingers
Spot on about the starting line up.
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I have only just seen Bacuna's Hodge moment. Crikey.
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I have only just seen Bacuna's Hodge moment. Crikey.
Just my opinion, but I think that's deliberate.
Unless he really is that stupendously crap?
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I have only just seen Bacuna's Hodge moment. Crikey.
Just my opinion, but I think that's deliberate.
Unless he really is that stupendously crap?
I honestly think that's he's not intelligent enough to make it deliberate - he's just that incompetent.
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have so he'll if a left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
i heard blacks comments driving home and nearly crashed
what he has learnt in 35 years could be written on a the back of a stamp in marker pen
having lescott as captain tells you everything you need to know about black
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Bacuna fucked up for their second but I am not impressed with Lescott's running with no weight on his shoulders!
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Every day its getting shitter I never went yesterday I was in baccuna mode I couldnt be arsed
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Watching the first half yesterday I kept thinking this is like a top tier team playing non-league opposition due to shear quality difference but that was unfair as non-league boys would put in a decent amount of effort.
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I wonder if our temporary Manager was "romantically nourished" by the events of yesterday. Shall we compare the shocking back pass to a Shakesperian "Summers day" or "to excrement floating hither and thither on the top of the canal."
After 35 years in the game lets hope he views it as the latter.
Looks as if he may preside over a team that may well lose all of their matches on his watch.
Credit to the much maligned Westwood yesterday - two goals scored is a real Villa rarity.
Saints had plenty left in their tank and really should have had six. Some good last ditch individual defending by Villa but no real "team" defending.
Gazoon a good shot stopper. First Saints goal was offside.
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Credit to the much maligned Westwood yesterday - two goals scored is a real Villa rarity.
Unfortunately It's likely to cement the ultimate crisp packet of a midfielders place in the squad for another 5 years.
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35 years in football eh? Haven't exactly been pulling up trees have you, Black?
Tosser.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
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The second half was a bit more entertaining than the first and the defending was still shambolic. Seeing Westwood score two in a match wasn't something I was expecting though.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
Just because I can say "I was there" doesn't make me a better or worse supporter.
We all love the Villa.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
Just because I can say "I was there" doesn't make me a better or worse supporter.
We all love the Villa.
Most games this season have been the kind where you long to tell your grandchildren: 'I wasn't there'
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have so he'll if a left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
i heard blacks comments driving home and nearly crashed
what he has learnt in 35 years could be written on a the back of a stamp in marker pen
having lescott as captain tells you everything you need to know about black
Well apparently after 35 years in the game Eric knows best so his decisions were all correct and we are deluded fools with little or no intellect.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
Just because I can say "I was there" doesn't make me a better or worse supporter.
We all love the Villa.
Shut uppppp! I would like to hang on to any glory I can this season😊
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
Just because I can say "I was there" doesn't make me a better or worse supporter.
We all love the Villa.
Shut uppppp! I would like to hang on to any glory I can this season😊
Maybe we deserve some sort of recognition for being present at this farce since August.
Some sort of commemorative plaque somewhere.
Absolute respect and all that to the heroes that have followed Villa on the road though.
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have so he'll if a left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
i heard blacks comments driving home and nearly crashed
what he has learnt in 35 years could be written on a the back of a stamp in marker pen
having lescott as captain tells you everything you need to know about black
Well apparently after 35 years in the game Eric knows best so his decisions were all correct and we are deluded fools with little or no intellect.
Oh come on. The man was assistant to Steve Kean at Blackburn. You couldn't buy that sort of footballing education, learning from one of the all time greats.
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have so he'll if a left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
i heard blacks comments driving home and nearly crashed
what he has learnt in 35 years could be written on a the back of a stamp in marker pen
having lescott as captain tells you everything you need to know about black
Well apparently after 35 years in the game Eric knows best so his decisions were all correct and we are deluded fools with little or no intellect.
Oh come on. The man was assistant to Steve Kean at Blackburn. You couldn't buy that sort of footballing education, learning from one of the all time greats.
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
He got poisoned
By eating chicken
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
Whatever happened to Eric Black
He went to Villa
And wont attack.
God I loved the Stranglers😊
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
A mate of mine couldn't be bothered to go either, he preferred to do some jobs round the house and can't say I could blame him though although he did miss out on some very good paper plane flying.
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
A mate of mine couldn't be bothered to go either, he preferred to do some jobs round the house and can't say I could blame him though although he did miss out on some very good paper plane flying.
Yes, the planes were good. One landed on my brother, he picked it up and chucked it again only for it to loop the loop and come straight back to him.
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
A mate of mine couldn't be bothered to go either, he preferred to do some jobs round the house and can't say I could blame him though although he did miss out on some very good paper plane flying.
Yes, the planes were good. One landed on my brother, he picked it up and chucked it again only for it to loop the loop and come straight back to him.
I threw one which pathetically travelled two rows down, took a sharp right turn and flew past three blokes faces much to the amusement of the people behind me.
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I stood on the Holte with my brother and his son, chatting about this and that, watching the paper planes fly overhead and occasionally glancing down at the pitch. This was supposed to be a football match. Where was the tension, the drama, the excitement - all the elements that made the semi-final against Liverpool, just one year ago, so memorable? Above all, where was the desire and commitment of our players? I find our decline depressing beyond words.
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
A mate of mine couldn't be bothered to go either, he preferred to do some jobs round the house and can't say I could blame him though although he did miss out on some very good paper plane flying.
Yes, the planes were good. One landed on my brother, he picked it up and chucked it again only for it to loop the loop and come straight back to him.
I threw one which pathetically travelled two rows down, took a sharp right turn and flew past three blokes faces much to the amusement of the people behind me.
I thought the standard of plane was much better with more success at reaching the playing surface yesterday.
At the Bournmouth game somebody professed to being a design engineer near to us. He crafted a plane with vents(!) only to see it drop at his feet when he attempted to fly it.
He didn't turn up yesterday....
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Fair play to the Saints fans who were giving it the Lerner song with us and clapping us when we sang it in the witton, holding up the "proud history" banners on 74 as well - good stuff folks.
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
Fuck off with the rest of them, you patronising wanker.
35 years of experience but never a manager
and I can see why
now piss off to Blackpool
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I was offered two free tickets but needed to clean out the garage of rats piss and shit.
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I was offered two free tickets but needed to clean out the garage of rats piss and shit.
I would have thought Richards could afford more salubrious lodgings.
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Bacuna fucked up for their second but I am not impressed with Lescott's running with no weight on his shoulders!
Until his, 'Moment' I actually thought Bacuna was doing ok.
I thought he should have been substituted at half time, but, even in the second half he was ok. The booing noticeably died down for him as the second half progressed.
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Eric Black on WM.
"the supporters pay their money, they're entitled to their opinion.
"I made my decisions based on 35 years of experience in the game".
See, there it is. "I've been involved in the game for 35 years and the fans haven't, so they know nothing". Had obviously hasn't learnt too much in 35 years if he thinks the sides he has put out over the past few weeks are acceptable.
Wanted to make a mention for Toner who came on. Looked a little on the slow side, but seems to have so he'll if a left foot. He hit some great balls with it in the second half.
i heard blacks comments driving home and nearly crashed
what he has learnt in 35 years could be written on a the back of a stamp in marker pen
having lescott as captain tells you everything you need to know about black
Well apparently after 35 years in the game Eric knows best so his decisions were all correct and we are deluded fools with little or no intellect.
Oh come on. The man was assistant to Steve Kean at Blackburn. You couldn't buy that sort of footballing education, learning from one of the all time greats.
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
He got poisoned
By eating chicken
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
Whatever happened to Steve Kean
Whatever happened to Eric Black
He went to Villa
And wont attack.
God I loved the Stranglers😊
To the tune of 'No more heroes'
Quite apt really
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
I am a much worse than yow.
I crossed the city to the dark side where trees are scarce and stayed in the pub when the team was announced.
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Eric black
Eric black
"Whys bacuna on the pitch whys bacuuuuna on the pitch"
Eric black
Eric black
"Whys jack grealish on the bench whys jack grealish on the bench"
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Another wasted Saturday. Of the six of us with season tickets only three turned up yesterday. One cleared off at half time and me and my son went after their third.
A mate of mine couldn't be bothered to go either, he preferred to do some jobs round the house and can't say I could blame him though although he did miss out on some very good paper plane flying.
Yes, the planes were good. One landed on my brother, he picked it up and chucked it again only for it to loop the loop and come straight back to him.
Impressive. Well if Paddy was watching he might sign him up next summer.
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I had 5 empty seats to my left and a few more that than to my right.
I was shuffling around betweens seats depending on who I wanted to talk to in the row in front. Sometimes it was my mate Mark and sometimes it was SligoTom and ClaretandBeer
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Yeah had empty seat next to me, great time, banging the seat up and down.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
I am a much worse than yow.
I crossed the city to the dark side where trees are scarce and stayed in the pub when the team was announced.
I am worse than all of you: I flew to Shanghai to miss that shit.
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I had 5 empty seats to my left and a few more that than to my right.
I was shuffling around betweens seats depending on who I wanted to talk to in the row in front. Sometimes it was my mate Mark and sometimes it was SligoTom and ClaretandBeer
I took 3 youngster with me aged 4, 5 and 7. We sat in the family area in upper Trinity A1. After 15 minutes the kids were bored so there being loads of empty seats I let them runaround and after 5 minutes they were having whale of a time running and banging seats. Just before HT a lady about 6 rows down complained that kids doing that was annoying her. I thought about saying "you are not in a theatre" and "you should be more annoyed about those grown ups on the pitch" but didn't say it and tried to remonstrate with the kids but gave up. We left 15 minutes into the second half.
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I am worse than all of you: I flew to Shanghai to miss that shit.
Bet you still watched it?
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I had 5 empty seats to my left and a few more that than to my right.
I was shuffling around betweens seats depending on who I wanted to talk to in the row in front. Sometimes it was my mate Mark and sometimes it was SligoTom and ClaretandBeer
I took 3 youngster with me aged 4, 5 and 7. We sat in the family area in upper Trinity A1. After 15 minutes the kids were bored so there being loads of empty seats I let them runaround and after 5 minutes they were having whale of a time running and banging seats. Just before HT a lady about 6 rows down complained that kids doing that was annoying her. I thought about saying "you are not in a theatre" and "you should be more annoyed about those grown ups on the pitch" but didn't say it and tried to remonstrate with the kids but gave up. We left 15 minutes into the second half.
Which is why I moved from the Upper Trinity back to the Holte years ago! Fancy making noise at a football match - tut!
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I am worse than all of you: I flew to Shanghai to miss that shit.
Bet you still watched it?
I didn't! Pub was showing bloody rugby then went to watch live music at the Cotton Club. Very weary today....
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I am worse than all of you: I flew to Shanghai to miss that shit.
Bet you still watched it?
I didn't! Pub was showing bloody rugby then went to watch live music at the Cotton Club. Very weary today....
But still up at about 2AM? I suffer with this as well when out there.
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I had 5 empty seats to my left and a few more that than to my right.
I was shuffling around betweens seats depending on who I wanted to talk to in the row in front. Sometimes it was my mate Mark and sometimes it was SligoTom and ClaretandBeer
I took 3 youngster with me aged 4, 5 and 7. We sat in the family area in upper Trinity A1. After 15 minutes the kids were bored so there being loads of empty seats I let them runaround and after 5 minutes they were having whale of a time running and banging seats. Just before HT a lady about 6 rows down complained that kids doing that was annoying her. I thought about saying "you are not in a theatre" and "you should be more annoyed about those grown ups on the pitch" but didn't say it and tried to remonstrate with the kids but gave up. We left 15 minutes into the second half.
Which is why I moved from the Upper Trinity back to the Holte years ago! Fancy making noise at a football match - tut!
And why I'd like to stay in the Upper Trinity.
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On the plus side we got 'Chant of the Day' in The Observer today for reminding Lescott of last week's remarks - "It's just a weight off your shoulders"
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Decided for the first time this season to have a bet at the match. I had villa 0 v Southampton 4 and separately Westwood to be last scorer.
At 88 mins I left the ground thinking well done westy, at 22-1 that was a sound bet only to hear on the car radio it had finished 2 v 4.
I laughed about as loudly as I did when bacuna played that killer through ball for their second. Oh what a joyous afternoon.
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First time I ever sat in the Upper Trinity yesterday, what a cracking view! I shall miss it next season..
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Got to say the view in the Upper Trinity is second to none. The atmosphere is not as good as some of the other stands.
Have met some good people up there - think it would be great on a big match day with the stadium full and people actually sitting next to you.
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I had 5 empty seats to my left and a few more that than to my right.
I was shuffling around betweens seats depending on who I wanted to talk to in the row in front. Sometimes it was my mate Mark and sometimes it was SligoTom and ClaretandBeer
I took 3 youngster with me aged 4, 5 and 7. We sat in the family area in upper Trinity A1. After 15 minutes the kids were bored so there being loads of empty seats I let them runaround and after 5 minutes they were having whale of a time running and banging seats. Just before HT a lady about 6 rows down complained that kids doing that was annoying her. I thought about saying "you are not in a theatre" and "you should be more annoyed about those grown ups on the pitch" but didn't say it and tried to remonstrate with the kids but gave up. We left 15 minutes into the second half.
Which is why I moved from the Upper Trinity back to the Holte years ago! Fancy making noise at a football match - tut!
And why I'd like to stay in the Upper Trinity.
You really don't like noise at a football match? Blimey...
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Noise isn't a problem but I had a kid near me the other week who kept flipping seats and kicking them and it was fucking annoying. Multiply that by three and I can understand why somebody would be irritated!
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
His last assist was Dec 14th. He's got 7 this season. 3 were in the first 2 games of the season. All according to FPL.
I don't think selling MA was necessarily a mistake .The problem wasn't him leaving but the lack of a better replacement and the players coming in being shitter.
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Bacuna fucked up for their second but I am not impressed with Lescott's running with no weight on his shoulders!
Until his, 'Moment' I actually thought Bacuna was doing ok.
I thought he should have been substituted at half time, but, even in the second half he was ok. The booing noticeably died down for him as the second half progressed.
Thats because everyone had fucked off home.
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Well done to everyone who went yesterday. You are a better supporter than I am, and I salute you.
I can only agree, after 43 years of supporting the Villans, for the first time in my life I was in Birmingham after 4 years and did not go to a home match.
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
His last assist was Dec 14th. He's got 7 this season. 3 were in the first 2 games of the season. All according to FPL.
I don't think selling MA was necessarily a mistake .The problem wasn't him leaving but the lack of a better replacement and the players coming in being shitter.
When Albrighton first came on the scene he looked a potential World-beater, i remember a Tournament he played close season for us when he was superb but he seemed to lose the confidence to go past a player and just started hoofing in early crosses to no-one, i`m glad he`s rediscovered his game and wish him well.
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
His last assist was Dec 14th. He's got 7 this season. 3 were in the first 2 games of the season. All according to FPL.
I don't think selling MA was necessarily a mistake .The problem wasn't him leaving but the lack of a better replacement and the players coming in being shitter.
When Albrighton first came on the scene he looked a potential World-beater, i remember a Tournament he played close season for us when he was superb but he seemed to lose the confidence to go past a player and just started hoofing in early crosses to no-one, i`m glad he`s rediscovered his game and wish him well.
As do I
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But he's no Sid Cowans is he ? Where has all the talent disappeared to ? Think of all those we've lost including Albrighton for example ! Ideal for crosses to Gestede.........but no. Crosses for Leicester instead. It's a travesty.
I have no idea how many assists Albrighton has this season but , from MOTD viewings, it would not appear too many - he was powder-puff with us so I can see why he was let go - with a decent manager/coaches maybe he has blossomed?
His last assist was Dec 14th. He's got 7 this season. 3 were in the first 2 games of the season. All according to FPL.
I don't think selling MA was necessarily a mistake .The problem wasn't him leaving but the lack of a better replacement and the players coming in being shitter.
When Albrighton first came on the scene he looked a potential World-beater, i remember a Tournament he played close season for us when he was superb but he seemed to lose the confidence to go past a player and just started hoofing in early crosses to no-one, i`m glad he`s rediscovered his game and wish him well.
As do I
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I wish Marc all the best and hope he wins the champion's medal but I really don't see any thing special there. He just works as part of that team that's all.