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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Tuscans on September 17, 2016, 02:01:12 PM
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3-5-2 or 5-3-2
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Erm........
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Sounds like wing backs.
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God, don't like the look of that at all. Seems like desperation stakes now.
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At least having Kozak and Adomah on the bench gives RDM a few options up front if they're needed.
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Looks like a 4-3-2-1 formation. Thinking Ayew and Jack playing behind Kodjia.
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At least there's not four strikers playing though McCormack being injured probably explains that rather than a y tactical nuance.
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Hard to believe we're into 'because there's nobody else' territory in some positions.
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Looks like a 4-3-2-1 formation. Thinking Ayew and Jack playing behind Kodjia.
You seeing the three centre backs?
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Yay Westwood starts
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Looks like a 4-3-2-1 formation. Thinking Ayew and Jack playing behind Kodjia.
You seeing the three centre backs?
Fuck completely missed Baker. So 3-5-2?
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Could be that Amavi is playing midfield. Baker at LB
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Westwood yaaay hooray im so pleased
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Westwood in again. Fuck. Looks like 3-5-2. At least we can change it with Adomah on the bench. No Gestede either.
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Looks like a 4-3-2-1 formation. Thinking Ayew and Jack playing behind Kodjia.
You seeing the three centre backs?
Yes 3-5-1-1
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God, don't like the look of that at all. Seems like desperation stakes now.
totally agree and fuck me that bench makes my eyes bleed
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3-5-2 don't mind that if it is. Ayew and Kodija playing where they should..more solid through the middle, a bit of width with Bacuna & Amavi with Jack play making in the middle. That looks a more natural side to me with players playing in their actual positions.
Have we actually sold Traore or just renamed him Tsihbola? :-)
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Phew........... no Hutton.
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So it's 5-2-2-1? Or 3-3-1-3? Or 3-5-2? 1-2-4-1-2?
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Looks like a 4-3-2-1 formation. Thinking Ayew and Jack playing behind Kodjia.
You seeing the three centre backs?
Fuck completely missed Baker. So 3-5-2?
Baker played LB at Bristol City last season.
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So it's 5-2-2-1? Or 3-3-1-3? Or 3-5-2? 1-2-4-1-2?
I'd say 3-5-2
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3-5-2 is fine with me, just make sure we're on our front foot and dictating the play.
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With Grealish in a midfield three? Well it's narrow but it could work.
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Looks like a 4-4-1-1 to me with Amavi on the wing.......interesting?
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Definitely looks 352
Always alarmed when you switch formation with little prep - how many days of training have we spent on that? Just since Brentford? It took sir Brian months before he could get us playing 352 properly
Should in theory give us more control though
But not the team id have picked
Disappointing no Tshibola even on the bench
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With Grealish in a midfield three? Well it's narrow but it could work.
Could if be a 3-4-3?
Where is Tshibola with this knock from weeks ago..?
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No more narrow than we have been all season. In fact I think all 11 I would say are in their right positions for the first time this season.
Worried about Tshibola. Talented but never fucking fit. Desperately short in the centre of midfield.
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I think it's now safe to assume Westwood is undroppable.
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With Grealish in a midfield three? Well it's narrow but it could work.
The last time I held such an opinion, Timmy had just begun his descent into madness and had picked Sanchez as our midfield one.
It didn't go well.
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I think it's now safe to assume Westwood is undroppable.
Is it? One of his potential replacements, Tish, is injured; another, Bacuna, is having to play at right back today. He's in because there's nobody else.
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Ipswich will enjoy the gaping hole occupied by Westwood. I can't put myself through this.
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Fuck off, Westwood. Won't win with that twat playing.
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I recall Reading fans saying Tshibola was very talented but injury prone and missed more games than he played .Starting to think they were right
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I quite like this formation as long as Bacuna and Amavi push on lots. Grealish behind those 2 strikers is also a good move.
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Tishbola is fit. Told from horses mouth.
352 can work and I think suits bacuna better than flat RB. Amavi was total gash when he came on in lm so hopefully this suits him.
Kozak chosen over Rudy?
Let's hope it's the start of something positive or it will be the death knell for RDM
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He had shown clear symptoms Left foot when he picked Sanchez to play centre back at Forest. Three times we led three times they equalized.
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Tishbola is fit. Told from horses mouth
Really? Then what's the problem?
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Any decent streams for the match?
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Just fucking win.
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RDM said in his press conference that Ipswich put a lot of crosses into the box which probably explains the thinking behind Baker. Doesn't look desperate to me, lets see how it goes.
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Tactical sage that I am, I like the look of that line up.
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Looks like 3-5-2 which is fine by me - Bacuna and Amavi getting forward but able to drop back and provide more solidity in the middle and give a bit more protection to the defence. If Tishbola was in instead of Westwood I'd be a lot happier. In fact if anyone was in instead of Westwood I'd be a lot happier. Not many options to change it from the bench but maybe Adomah will come on later when Ipswich start to tire.
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I think it's now safe to assume Westwood is undroppable.
Is it? One of his potential replacements, Tish, is injured; another, Bacuna, is having to play at right back today. He's in because there's nobody else.
I heard Tishbola was fit now.
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There's a statue of Westwood outside Portman Road
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I think it's now safe to assume Westwood is undroppable.
Is it? One of his potential replacements, Tish, is injured; another, Bacuna, is having to play at right back today. He's in because there's nobody else.
I heard Tishbola was fit now.
I've now heard that too. So where is he?
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Robbing a bank with Traore
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In to the realms of sherwood pick a formation out of a hat already.
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Come on villa , our usual away fans will be awesome. Let's make sure we're 3-0 up by 85 mins 😜
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I reckon on a 3-5-2.
Both Bacuna and Amavi are good crossers of the ball and won't be under as much pressure to get back, they might even excel!
There also seems quite a bit of flexibility in that squad.
With Hutton and Cissokho on the bench it will be easy to change the formation completely.
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In to the realms of sherwood pick a formation out of a hat already.
Not really but there you go.
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Is this on the radio or the like? Do they not do match commentaries anymore on AVTV anymore? I've got it but I've not had any joy this season (I'm assuming it was part of the cull/cut backs?) Just wanna check it's not me missing something.
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Will AVTV be doing live commentary? Can't find a link to commentary on the site
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Win please Villa. Just fucking win.
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I reckon it's 3-5-2 with Jedinak and Westwood in front of the 3 CB's, Amavi and Bacuna as wing backs, Jack playing as the advanced midfield player playing just behind Ayew and Kodjia.
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In the Brentford match thread somebody linked to a site that always has radio streams for games with instructions to bookmark it. As that game was on 5Live I didn't bother, convinced I'd never need it. Instead I spent my time scrubbing out the meaning of the word Hubris from the dictionary.
Does anyone humble have it to share today?
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If Amavi was in defensive midfield, Baker up front and Tony Parkes in goal then it might be Sherwoodian.
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Can never see us winning and today's no different
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In to the realms of sherwood pick a formation out of a hat already.
Not really but there you go.
What is it ? 4th different formation in 8 games already? There you go.
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In to the realms of sherwood pick a formation out of a hat already.
Please do explain how?
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Will AVTV be doing live commentary? Can't find a link to commentary on the site
Go to avfc.com > Matchday > Match Centre > Live match. There will be a play button which provides commentary
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I think you meant Harry Parkes Mont.
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Will AVTV be doing live commentary? Can't find a link to commentary on the site
Go to avfc.com > Matchday > Match Centre > Live match. There will be a play button which provides commentary
Thank you :-)
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In the Brentford match thread somebody linked to a site that always has radio streams for games with instructions to bookmark it. As that game was on 5Live I didn't bother, convinced I'd never need it. Instead I spent my time scrubbing out the meaning of the word Hubris from the dictionary.
Does anyone humble have it to share today?
http://uktvsportsradio.yolasite.com/ I think it was that one. It worked fine for me during the last game but doesn't seem to be working for me now
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2000 odd of us here and I end up sat/stood next to Joe C. :)
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In to the realms of sherwood pick a formation out of a hat already.
Not really but there you go.
What is it ? 4th different formation in 8 games already? There you go.
No. We've played 4231 literally every game until now haven't we??
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Will AVTV be doing live commentary? Can't find a link to commentary on the site
Go to avfc.com > Matchday > Match Centre > Live match. There will be a play button which provides commentary
Who's doing the commentary these days in the absence of J-Dub ?
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being presented as a 4-3-3?
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Freddie Sears hasn't scored since December last year.....Hmmm
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Will AVTV be doing live commentary? Can't find a link to commentary on the site
Go to avfc.com > Matchday > Match Centre > Live match. There will be a play button which provides commentary
I've done that but no play button
edit: but as it happens I've found a live stream - don't know how long it will last
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really looking forward to Tony's thoughts on this
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There's tv streams for this one
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In the Brentford match thread somebody linked to a site that always has radio streams for games with instructions to bookmark it. As that game was on 5Live I didn't bother, convinced I'd never need it. Instead I spent my time scrubbing out the meaning of the word Hubris from the dictionary.
Does anyone humble have it to share today?
http://uktvsportsradio.yolasite.com/ I think it was that one. It worked fine for me during the last game but doesn't seem to be working for me now
http://uktvsportsradio.yolasite.com/SPORTS-RADIO-1.php
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there is a live link on firstrowsports, its on and playing, not sure if i am allowed to put a link, but you can work it out yourselves anyway probably.
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It's on WM, simulcast on the website.
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Ohhh - so close. Good start
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In the Brentford match thread somebody linked to a site that always has radio streams for games with instructions to bookmark it. As that game was on 5Live I didn't bother, convinced I'd never need it. Instead I spent my time scrubbing out the meaning of the word Hubris from the dictionary.
Does anyone humble have it to share today?
http://uktvsportsradio.yolasite.com/ I think it was that one. It worked fine for me during the last game but doesn't seem to be working for me now
Thanks mate!
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I like how players to watch has just flashed up ....Ward and McCormack. Has nobody told them?
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Close by them
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Is it 352 then? It occurred to me that it could be Chester at right back
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When was the last time we won away?
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When was the last time we won away?
Bournemouth August 2015
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really looking forward to Tony's thoughts on this
What thoughts do you mean?
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Started well I reckon. Kodjia and Ayew look a handful. Grealish looks good too.
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Great block from Baker - certain goal if he didn't make that
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Great defending Baker. Absolutely terrible from the centre half.
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Good tackle by Baker
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Defence looks suspect.
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After a decent start, we have now pressed the button marked "Become your own worst enemies".
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Just thinking that Joe.
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It's also known as the button marked "Villa" :-)
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Is it 352 then? It occurred to me that it could be Chester at right back
He's centre back in a three with Bacuna and Amavi as wing backs.
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super tackle from Baker, saved a certain goal
look very flat so far, no control in midfield
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Our defence just doesn't look like a unit.
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Going in hard on Grealish seems to be a tactic.
Baker is injured again FFS!!!
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Baker down......
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Baker injured and to make matters worse Richards on.
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Baker injured, Richards coming on.
I think we all know how this one is going to end.
If it doesn't, and we somehow win this, then this match really will mark our turnaround I think.
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Baker injured now. Richards coming on. What could possibly go wrong
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Richards...we are fu*ked!
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For all our summer spending we look a really dull outfit
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Baker injured?
what a surprise!
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FFS - here comes Richards
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Whoever had 27 minutes in the 'Baker Injury' sweepstakes, please collect your prize from Reception
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Baker going off injured - the least surprising thing whenever he plays.
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Shit. Richards on. We're fucked. Yet another injury.
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Baker injured what a shocker.
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When was the last time Richards played in a winning team?
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How many times can they go through Grealish without so much as a word.
Richards on, we are truly shafted
No chance of winning this.
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Fucking fuckety fuck, how many times in his career has Baker failed to see out the first half before being injured. He's got all the toughness of a bloody snowflake. FFS.
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Yet he seemed to play a million games for Bristol last season
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Fuck off Westwood
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Brilliant from Westwood. Sorry my mistake, utter shite.
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Yet he seemed to play a million games for Bristol last season
Yeah, should have added in "for us".
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Fuck off Westwood
I wonder if this is the most used phrase on H&V? I must've contributed a fair few times.
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When was the last time Baker completed a match in a Villa shirt ?
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This looks like what it is, a game between two average to poor Championship sides. You'd never guess that one of the teams had spent £50m this summer.
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Doesn't sound that great even filtering for a match thread negativity
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Fuck off Westwood
I wonder if this is the most used phrase on H&V? I must've contributed a fair few times.
Baker off injured , more likely
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Westwood really is fucking useless. He hasn't a clue. I've seen him run into areas several times now, only to check himself and run back. All the while, the ball is travelling over his head.
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Nathan Baker, what's the fuckin point of him?
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We need to get some kind of exorcism done to the club. Everything that can ever go wrong, does. For 5 years straight.
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
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With your back to it.
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With your back to it.
Brilliant.
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This looks like what it is, a game between two average to poor Championship sides. You'd never guess that one of the teams had spent £50m this summer.
I don't imagine RDM imagined we'd be setting up like this even a few weeks ago. It does scream a little bit of panic to switch to this formation today I think
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Good move Villa
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in a darkened room?
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Nice move that
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We can't even deliver a fucking corner by the sound of it.
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Good lad, Jack. Looking for the ball.
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i think the formation has been born from necessity though - not strong enough through midfield so strengthen the back, only fit forwards are out there, and injuries around the pitch.
We miss McCormack.
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Fucking hell Gollini.
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ffs Gollini when will you learn not to fuck about under pressure.
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Urgency from Westwood...... followed by utter shit from Bacuna
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muck from Ayew
the outball to Amavi is starting to look dangerous
midfield duo have been non existent
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Nathan Baker, what's the fuckin point of him?
In this game...only viable option not having to play Richards or Hutton. So that idea just got shafted...
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Bacuna....sigh....
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That cross by Ayew was really shit.
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Wish Jack would try to shoot now and then
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If Grealish wasn't playing we'd have nothing from midfield.
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Agree re shooting, but think we would have scored more had he played on Wednesday. He finds space so well
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
check your messages
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Just put the cross in first time Amavi instead of trying a fucking trick.
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Westwood couldn't pass wind after a month of eating beans. Fuck hes bad at the moment.
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Agree re shooting, but think we would have scored more had he played on Wednesday. He finds space so well
Agreed - think we missed him hugely on Wednesday. Always provides an outlet
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What a fucking stupid corner to concede.
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Shit - my stream's suddenly gone to la liga and I can't get AVTV commentary to play
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Elphick still fails to convince me.
Am I allowed to venture that Richards has done ok so far?
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
check your messages
could you message me please
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This is all very hum drum
What gets me is that the majority of sides in this league are absolutely shit but we still can't win games
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
Can I have one please!!!!
check your messages
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Close Jack....
See he hasn't got a bad shot in fairness
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I am with you there on Elphick Ozz.
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Shit - my stream's suddenly gone to la liga and I can't get AVTV commentary to play
PM sent!
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Jeez, that was like watching Ceefax.
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Can I have a message too please bud!?
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We have two major problems. There is fuck all communication between the defence and goalkeeper. Also we have absolutely no urgency. We have to up the tempo massively in the second half.
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Jack looks like our leader out there, but he needs to start fucking lads out of it. Westwood tries, but he's not up to it. Ayew has been in the dressing room for the last 10 mins - he needs to do a lot more.
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
Can I have one please!!!!
check your messages
done
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Woeful. The midfield is the obvious problem area, as it has been for years. Westwood is a nothing player as we all know, Jedinak looks very ordinary so far, so all hopes rest on young Jack.
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This is all very hum drum
What gets me is that the majority of sides in this league are absolutely shit but we still can't win games
I think our confidence is very low though. It will be so different if we can win a couple.
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Close Jack....
See he hasn't got a bad shot in fairness
He didn't need to shoot there, if Ayew didn't run so far up or came back into the massive open space.
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Only positive is my stream is ace
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Only positive is my stream is ace
Mines just died - any chance of a PM?! :(
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Show some fucking urgency in the 2nd half please Villa. Elphick needs to get a fuck load better.
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We are just so drab. But I will take a drab 1-0 win today.
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Only positive is my stream is ace
literally.
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
Can I have one please!!!!
check your messages
done
And me uf you dont mind
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Shit.
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Need to get Kodija into the game!
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Done
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We are just so drab. But I will take a drab 1-0 win today.
So will I be, but that's a step from here.
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Anybody recommend a way of viewing the game please?
Other than through my fingers ;)
Can I have one please!!!!
check your messages
done
Me too please matey😀
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Brace yourselves! The first half highlights are coming up after the break on Bein Sports....
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Only positive is my stream is ace
Mines just died - any chance of a PM?! :(
sent hope it helps
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Brace yourselves! The first half highlights are coming up after the break on Bein Sports....
ive just watched it on there .... highlights won't be very long
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Score you bastards!
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Not great. Not horrific either.
Ayes looks less dangerous not coming in from the wing. Amavi and Bacuna could do with trying to go past their full back once in a while.
Westwood has done ok I think; movement in front of him doesn't seem that good to be honest. Think we are missing McCormack as the link dropping into the space between their defence and midfield.
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I have sent a pm to all who asked
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Let's turn up and fucking play in the second half.
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Brace yourselves! The first half highlights are coming up after the break on Bein Sports....
ive just watched it on there .... highlights won't be very long
One of the highlights they showed on my stream at half time was of Mick McCarthy signing an autograph.
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Don't bother to send it to me. I am trying to sleep. Wake me when we have sold Westwood.
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Cheers Murf!
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0 shots on target. ::)
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Newcastle and Barnsley losing at home show what a competitive league it is.
Just sneak a win off a reflection of bounced off someone's arse, it'll do.
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Hopefully Adomah comes on and sparks us into action.
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Newcastle and Barnsley losing at home show what a competitive league it is.
Just sneak a win off a reflection of bounced off someone's arse, it'll do.
Yep I don't care how, just win.
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Hey... at least there's room for improvement
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0 shots on target. ::)
Having 27 shots on target didn't work that well either. Perhaps they are saving themselves for later?
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Perhaps that will have been our crap half (clutching at straws).
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Don't bother to send it to me. I am trying to sleep. Wake me when we have sold Westwood.
Prepare for a long sleep Brian. Get some nuts and a warm blanket. A long winter ahead
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I feel like Amavi's match fitness is starting to improve.
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This looked to all intents and purposes like many of our games from the last couple of years. Start brightly then shrink back and midfield going AWOL. The only difference is this time we didn't concede a silly goal just before HT (but we gave it a good go).
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Highlights? Livefootball.com stats suggest nowt whatsoever happened in first half at all.
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Fuck off chester
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My God such sloppy passing at times.
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I caught 5 mins towards the end. Seems like we've now gone 442?
Hope adomah can come in for the last 30
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I know people hate Westwood, but he's the one trying to add urgency to our midfield.
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19,249
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Not great. Not horrific either.
Ayes looks less dangerous not coming in from the wing. Amavi and Bacuna could do with trying to go past their full back once in a while.
Westwood has done ok I think; movement in front of him doesn't seem that good to be honest. Think we are missing McCormack as the link dropping into the space between their defence and midfield.
Agreed, whenever there is a clamour to play Ayew down the middle he tends to disappoint. He has been anonymous.
Would be shifting him to the right wing for the second half. Richards and Bacuna behind him so he could pretty much just stay up there. Ipswich are playing a very high line.
We were shocking for about 15 mins in the middle of that half but Amavi/Grealish are combining well and Kodija looks dangerous. Midfield duo a real problem and all the shifting around at the back has caused more problems than the Ipswich forwards.
Ipswich are dogged but very lacking in quality. Grealish is key for us second half. Kind of game where Gestede would be a very handy option, guess we will see Adamoah on at some stage.
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I caught 5 mins towards the end. Seems like we've now gone 442?
Hope adomah can come in for the last 30
Nope, still playing wing backs
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That's better from Jedi and Westwood, actually trying to drive the game.
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Spend a fortune and look shit..... its the villa way.
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No way should we have put that out after the gamesmanship Forest were at all game
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Where is the urgency?
Where is the pace?
We just look like a bunch of fucking plodders.
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WBA 4-0 West Ham. Bloody hell.
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Imagine if watching villa actually made you happy consistently?
Or even sporadically?
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Sounds like we would all take the draw right now if we were offerred it!!
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To be honest we don't look like we're going to score.
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Or even very occasionally
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Still not properly fit. I would have them down Birchfield Harriers twice a week. Make them run then run some more.
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We are going to lose this.
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Oh - so close. Good closing on the keeper by Ayew
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Wow.....how did Ayew not score?
Great tackle ?
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It doesn't sound like it
Last 5 will be interesting if it stays like this . .
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Good defending that!
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Why make 3 or 4 passes when you can take 15?
We really look like a poor, lower table championship team now.
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Nearly got there, but good effort from Ayew.
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Wow.....how did Ayew not score?
Great tackle ?
That first sentence. How many times has someone said/typed that this season? Just change the name, same story.
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We look more likely to go down than up.
No urgency, no shape, sloppy passing, no drive
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The games got draw written all over it but Im sure we can rectify that. Not in the positive sense either.
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Ipswich are thugs.
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I had assumed that by now, after a takeover and a summer transfer window, we'd have a manager who knew how he wanted his team to play and had recruited the players to fit his system, rather than simply buying a load of names and desperately casting around for some way to shoehorn the decent ones into the side and avoid playing the shite ones too often.
It seems I was being uncharacteristically optimistic.
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just win 1-0 villa. that'll do.
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Chedter's passing has been particularly bad
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Astonishing lack of urgency Di Matteio does my box in.
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Is that Pointy down ?
Difficult to see from here
Edit - yes, it was
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Is that Pointy down ?
Difficult to see from here
Yes
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I actually think Jedi and Westwood have tried to up the tempo. We'll lose though.
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streams dead!
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De Laet getting a serious knee injury while Westwood gets a nick to the forehead could be an exemplum for our luck in recent years.
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Where on earyh has anyone managed to find a stream?
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Chedter's passing has been particularly bad
Some of his defending has been too since hes joined us.
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Any one else think Di Matteo would be delighted with a point? Even before a ball was kicked?
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For the championship we have assembled a very expensive squad but I just don't see a decent side in amongst it all...just a collection of individuals.
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Why can't our players shoot?
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I don't think that Villa are playing any better than last season, it's just that the standard of opposition is worse
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Geordies 0-2 Wulves
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Cissokho for Amavi
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This game is spectacularly shit.
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I don't think that Villa are playing any better than last season, it's just that the standard of opposition is worse
Spot on.
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Not the most positive change.
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Geordies 0-2 Wulves
This league is fucking mental, they got gubbed 4-0 at home in the week
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Better, come on Villa.
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Cancel that, found it
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I shouldn't even ask this but what the fuck is wrong with this club?
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For the championship we have assembled a very expensive squad but I just don't see a decent side in amongst it all...just a collection of individuals.
if only we had any standout individuals. I've been mostly unimpressed by many of our signings so far. The defence and keeper especially.
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Where on earyh has anyone managed to find a stream?
Check your messages
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We are banging on the door....
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Desperately poor game. We look anything but a team no link up, no direction, what is the game plan?
Having being conditioned to losing and the lowest standards some may make excuses for our start but the Dr isn't a loser and wont be happy watching this drivel.
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We're never scoring here, we're not actually creating chances.
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Taxi for Bobby..
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Pretty much indistinguishable from last year.
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Desperately poor game. We look anything but a team no link up, no direction, what is the game plan?
Having being conditioned to losing and the lowest standards some may make excuses for our start but the Dr isn't a loser and wont be happy watching this drivel.
that's one consolation.
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We are abysmal.
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I shouldn't even ask this but what the fuck is wrong with this club?
6 years of what almost feels like sabotage, that's what's wrong with it. It's like turning around an oil tanker trying to reverse the damage done to this club
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They like a block
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Sounds absolutely shite. Pretty around the area with no confidence in the box. Like a shy virgin...
I will leave that there
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What a dreadful game apart from Jacks skills.
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Just waiting for the 89th minute when we know what will happen.
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I must confess if I was Tony and had spent as much money as he had in the championship I would be a tad disappointed with our performances so far.
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its weird as you can pinpoint EXACTLY when it happened.
Milner leaving.
That 1 moment, all that time ago, and it has been solid downhill, with a couple of bumps ever since.
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They have a player on a 33 game goal drought or some such.
I think we know what happens next.
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I shouldn't even ask this but what the fuck is wrong with this club?
6 years of what almost feels like sabotage, that's what's wrong with it. It's like turning around an oil tanker trying to reverse the damage done to this club
That's not the reason for this shit though.
The players are easily good enough but the team just look a disorganised shabby mess
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Poor.
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60% possession and not a single shot on target according to the BBC match follow thingy.
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Kodjia has had no service at all.
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Re Jacks skills-he has been caught in possession several times this half leading to dangerous situations.Keep it simple
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I shouldn't even ask this but what the fuck is wrong with this club?
6 years of what almost feels like sabotage, that's what's wrong with it. It's like turning around an oil tanker trying to reverse the damage done to this club
That's not the reason for this shit though.
The players are easily good enough but the team just look a disorganised shabby mess
Agree, but I would add the words uninspired and unmotivated.
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score a god damn goal already
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Oh well, getting close to THAT time isn't it??
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I only picked up a stream for the second half.
So far, I haven't seen their goal keeper need to touch the ball.
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Having won only one match and that being against Rotherham is so far from being good enough it's untrue
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What a poor standard of football it is outside the premier league.
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Brace, brace.
Ipswich will probably notch a brace.
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I shouldn't even ask this but what the fuck is wrong with this club?
6 years of what almost feels like sabotage, that's what's wrong with it. It's like turning around an oil tanker trying to reverse the damage done to this club
That's not the reason for this shit though.
The players are easily good enough but the team just look a disorganised shabby mess
Well it is and it isn't. We went down with one of the worst PL teams ever. The other relegated teams are better than us because we had to do a total rebuild. That said the manager has done nothing of note so far and if he ends up getting the sack very soon I wouldn't have much sympathy for him.
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teams make mistakes all the time late on - except when they play us. come on Ipswich and fuck up!
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TV what is wrong with the club is that ever since Ellis sold the club to Lerner, everybody taking money from the club has been living in the comfort zone. All that has happened is that the cheques used to be signed by an American billionaire now they are signed by a Chinese billionaire.
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Get Adomah on.
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where can i find the stream ?
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Get Adomah on.
He's getting instructions on the bench
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What a poor standard of football it is outside the premier league.
and we drag it down further
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where can i find the stream ?
you don't want to see this match from what I'm reading!
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My bet is for a wayward Ipswich shot that is heading for the corner flag - hits Richards' back side and flies into the top corner of the net.
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A draw wouldn't be a bad result today - not that I'm taking it for granted.
But two bad performances in a row is a concern. As is the sense that RDM doesn't have a well developed plan.
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where can i find the stream ?
I'd find something deeper
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I should have recorded the commentary to play to my son when he can't sleep. Jesus.
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Adomah for Bacuna.
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About time. 8 minutes ish to try and inject some pace into the game.
Edited
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A draw wouldn't be a bad result today - not that I'm taking it for granted.
But two bad performances in a row is a concern. As is the sense that RDM doesn't have a well developed plan.
In the context of getting promoted and actually trying to win games, it would be an abysmal result.
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Come on Albert.
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Ayew should have dived then.
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Too fucking greedy Ayew. Simple lay back to the edge of the box was on
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fucking shoot!
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We haven't had a shot on target..!!!!
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No one ever fucking moves. they all stand still and watch.
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87th minute coming up
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We go from shooting like it was going out of fashion to John Gregory's Villa.
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I was worried it would take more than one season to undo last season's mess but i expected us to be doing better than this.
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85 minutes and McCarthy bringing forwards on on 85 minutes. Everyone knows don't they
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Nice view of the Ipswich flag for ages there.
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87th min double substitution by Ipswich (includes a debut)...
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It's just a case of how it's going to happen.
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Even the live stream has got bored and gone into a loop of the flag.
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Here it comes.
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Oh FFS Elphick gets the ball there.
89th minute. Complete the set
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And there it almost was!
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8 minutes stoppage time for us to get an equaliser.
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Tenner on Ipswich just in case
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8 minutes of injury time!!!
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It would be nice to be on the delivering end of a late kick to the bollocks for once.
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Free kick deflected just wide and then Kod clears off the line from the corner
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And there it almost was!
Twice! Off the line.
Instead of Fergie time, we should call it Villa time.
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Played Kodja
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Great stop Kodjia
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8 mins added
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Kodja off the line - superstar!
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Eight more minutes of this hell
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Imagine if we scored a late winner, how good would that feel.
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Was never, ever a free kick in the first place.
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* mins, c'mon lads, be a hero.
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Audio stream sounds like a bad rapper. FML
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8 minutes extra time so technically it's not 85th minute goal concession time yet
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We've got to wise up to this division.All the teams seem to know how to go down easily,to waste time when the opposition has a head of steam going.So naive.
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we don't exactly look like the likeliest to score here..
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Imagine if we scored a late winner, how good would that feel.
what an amazing dream. please lord god McGrath grant us some happiness.
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We're fucking hanging on. How glorious.
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Oh FFS villa. Come on.
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Paul Merson to chip the keeper with last kick of the game
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Clinging to a point at Ipswich
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Ref's blowing for every tackle
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This ref is a ****** flap
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Nice one Richards you camel!
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We're going to get these bombardments every game now.
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We seem determined to let them win with the number of free kicks we're giving away in dangerous positions
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Bull shit ref
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We are we so incapable of this "bit between the teeth" type of football that Ipswich are doing now and 99.9999% of all the other teams do when they need a goal?
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Sorry neither were free kicks. Richards just ran and got the ball!
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Aly off the line
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Great stop Gollini
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Good good save
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Next game I expect another formation. Doesn't know what to do.
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We're getting bummed
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We look like a plucky conference team.
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Clinging to a point at Ipswich
The opening track of the next HMHB album
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Off line again. This is ridiculous.
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Bloody hell it really sounds like it's coming
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Ipswich hit the post
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Naively and relatively speaking to our predicament I had high hopes for RDM/Clarke. I'm bleeding faith, life slipping away.
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Stop fucking around Jack and pass
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The ref just gave 2 less obvious free kicks than the shove on Grealish. Twat.
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Off the post from Ipswich.
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Just in. How have we played?
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Post.
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fecking hell!
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Fucking hell twice off the ,line and now they've hit the post
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Is that two off the line, a great save and off the post all in injury time??!
What is it with this team?
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How much do you want to back of Micah.... all the way into the fucking box and lets Sears shoots.
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Off the post now. This is so far from good enough I don't know where to start.
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Just in. How have we played?
Not very well at all and massively under the cosh now
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The ref just gave 2 less obvious free kicks than the shove on Grealish. Twat.
He's doing his best to play his part in the Villa-concede-late-on narrative.
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Oh another free kick to them.
Ref will give a pen here at any opportunity.
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I've had enough of this shit, RDM is clearly the weak link here, pull the trigger Dr. Tony, please!
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It's a good job that Ipswich are mostly shit as well
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At least we are battling for a point rather that folding. Terrible performance, selection and formation though. Have they moved off the bench or doing a collective Sherwood and Wilkins impression and just staring?
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We're trying hard to lose this.
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It occurs to me we are trying to draw our way to 40 points. Can someone let the club know we are no longer in the PL.
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10 minutes of the most biased officiating you can get
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Shoot at the fucking goal and NOT the opponents' legs. How many fucking blocked shots?
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Fair do's they're mean at the back.
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FT
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Thank fuck that is over. I see they got 0. Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow to find we edged it.
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Horrible.
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Taxi for Robbie
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
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What a hysterical over reaction
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
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Nothing changes from match to match . 400 mile round trip for that shite .
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Tishbola is fit. Told from horses mouth
Really? Then what's the problem?
Yes, do tell
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
He should be doing much, much better with what he has. The fact that we have gone from having such a high shot total to precisely the opposite is a complete miracle and even then we nearly threw it all away in the end.
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We don't look anything more than plodders . nobody looks outstanding at all.
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...even then we nearly threw it all away in the end.
But we didn't did we
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Barely followed the match but no shots on target according to the stats is a disgrace considering how much we've spent in forward areas.
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We look like a shoe-in for promotion, do we not?
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
with no sign of improvement and a team randomly set up in a different (unsuccessful) formation every match..
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
That's a cheap shot.
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Someone start a post-match thread. This one is condemned.
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
Silly person.
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What's all this about different formation every match?
Wasn't today the first time we've varied it? I'd rather we went back to the 4231 or a 433 though
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If we get relegated at least we might win some games.
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What's all this about different formation every match?
Wasn't today the first time we've varied it? I'd rather we went back to the 4231 or a 433 though
Looks like he hasn't got a clue.
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
That's a cheap shot.
Is it?
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
Silly person.
You seriously need to grow up
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If we get relegated at least we might win some games.
Isn't that a quote from last year?
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Not good enough and not improving. That squad should be near the top and hitting its stride by now.
RDM out please.
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The league table makes terrible reading. No one was up to scratch today. Looked they've already reverted back to last seasons mindset. It's going to be a long season and I don't know if RDM will be around for all of it. Terrible management thus far.
And finally...Ashley Westwood - please f**k off.
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I think I've already had enough of Di Matteo. Probably an hysterical overreaction but let's face it the results have been shite.
You are absolutely correct. A hysterical overreaction it is.
1 win in 8. When do you start to get worried?
When I can't afford to put food on the table, how about you?
Silly person.
You seriously need to grow up
What's up with you?
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We don't look anything more than plodders . nobody looks outstanding at all.
And this after a huge amount of money was spunked by Dr Tony to give Di Matteo the tools for the job. He (RDM) really isn't proving to be any better than the clowns who've failed with far less in the way of resources at their disposal. Pathetic scenes.