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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: UK Redsox on March 18, 2017, 02:00:20 PM
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so happy Gardners playing :)
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Scotty on the bench, that's great news!
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Is that 4-4-2 with Adomah up front with Kodjia?
Odd, would rather we stick with 4-3-3.
At least no Richards or Elphick though.
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Good to see Hogan on the bench as well- curses, Mossie beat me to it
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A bench to rival Middlesboro! These are the things, these are the things, the things that dreams are made of.
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[Homer has changed his to Max Power]
Max Power: Kids. From now on there are three ways of doing things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way.
Bart Simpson: Isn't that just the wrong way?
Max Power: Yes, but faster.
[Homer walks into a cactus]
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Not sure whether that's 4-4-2 or 4-5-1, either way quite a defensive line-up, probably by force of circumstances as much as anything else. Good to see injuries coming back, albeit only to the bench, but bodes well for April. Still going for Villa win
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I'm going to have to start walking to the ground eventually but it's still pissing down
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I reckon that will see us line up
Johnstone
Hutton Chester Jedi Taylor
Bree Gardner Hourihane Amarvi
Kodjia Adomah
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Random thought - I wonder what Hutton would be like in central midfield, where he could kick the opposition and not be forever thirty yards from where he should be.
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I reckon that will see us line up
Johnstone
Hutton Chester Jedi Taylor
Bree Gardner Hourihane Amarvi
Kodjia Adomah
Isn't it more likely to be Bree at full-back, Jedinak in front of the defence, Hutton at centre-back and Amavi and Adomah either side of Kodjia?
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Come on Villa.
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even with the obvious weaknesses that team should be capable of giving Wigan a good hiding today
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4 full backs...it's an interesting tactic. Absorb the early pressure, hit them on the counter and field the tricky lads once fellas start tiring. I suppose.
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Horribly negative selection
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Jedi on the back line.. again?
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I presume Lansbury not 100% so probably our only fully fit starting 11
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I presume Lansbury not 100% so probably our only fully fit starting 11
That's how I see it - Lansbury, Grealish and Hogan all coming back from injury so probably not 100%
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Looks like commentary's on WM on FM, so hope AVTV works OK
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I'm still upset about 'pea wet'.
"No actual mushy peas, love, just a splash of the piss-weak residual green bilge-water that comes off 'em, please."
We need to fuck these fuckers forward into the Stone Age. 0-12 to Villa.
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Today's coverage of the game will be brought to you from 3pm here on www.mearnsfm.org.uk in the company of the following bands and plenty of mindless waffle from me...
Hurricane Smith
King Creosote
Specials
Ride
Slowdive
Wedding Present
Charlatans
David Holmes
Depeche Mode
Smiths
...and many more!
requests welcome and ps. we ain't lost a game since i started doing this gig, gonna pay the station to let me broadcast every Saturday next season.
Good lad Russon. From a poor line up to grest one!
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Hogan on the bench is good to see.
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I'm still upset about 'pea wet'.
"No actual mushy peas, love, just a splash of the piss-weak residual green bilge-water that comes off 'em, please."
We need to fuck these fuckers forward into the Stone Age. 0-12 to Villa.
Pea wet cracks me up, it's a Manchester thing too
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Random thought - I wonder what Hutton would be like in central midfield, where he could kick the opposition and not be forever thirty yards from where he should be.
I think his lack of positional awareness and his penchant for kicking blokes up into row Z would see a fair few bookings and reds.
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It looks like it should be full of 40' containers...
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AVTV cutting it fine - still no commentary on there
edit - on there now
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I'm still upset about 'pea wet'.
"No actual mushy peas, love, just a splash of the piss-weak residual green bilge-water that comes off 'em, please."
We need to fuck these fuckers forward into the Stone Age. 0-12 to Villa.
Pea wet cracks me up, it's a Manchester thing too
Troglodytes.
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90/1 on a Villa 3-0 win with Kodja first goal seems very generous.
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Looks like McCafu ahead of Cheeseboy at the start
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Great start, Russon.
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https://www.periscope.tv/paul_1874/1YqKDXLoavwKV
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Lied about AVTV - just crashed
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Great start, Russon.
lost on the aberdeenshire public but not on us, i'm nearly blartin!
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Great start, Russon.
lost on the aberdeenshire public but not on us, i'm nearly blartin!
They'll learn.
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Stadium looks a quarter full.
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Bloody hell, we still can't pass a ball. Lucky let off.
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Close by them
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Lied about AVTV - just crashed
I can never find the live streams on AVTV. Either my ad-blocker is too sensitive or the AVTV site is shit! Any chance of a link to the AVTV stream?
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Can't see the match but I've looked at the line up yet still can't work out the formation. Is Jedinak in central defence? Amavi pushed further forward?
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Lied about AVTV - just crashed
I can never find the live streams on AVTV. Either my ad-blocker is too sensitive or the AVTV site is shit! Any chance of a link to the AVTV stream?
It's back on here (https://www.avfc.co.uk/Fixtures/2010%20to%202019/2016-2017/English%20Football%20League%20-%20Championship/Wigan%20Athletic%20vs%20Aston%20Villa?matchdetails=1) but that periscope link is better and a bit ahead of AVTV
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Kodjia coming alive. He'll score today
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Lied about AVTV - just crashed
I can never find the live streams on AVTV. Either my ad-blocker is too sensitive or the AVTV site is shit! Any chance of a link to the AVTV stream?
It's back on here (https://www.avfc.co.uk/Fixtures/2010%20to%202019/2016-2017/English%20Football%20League%20-%20Championship/Wigan%20Athletic%20vs%20Aston%20Villa?matchdetails=1) but that periscope link is better and a bit ahead of AVTV
Cheers CJ. I'll stick with the Periscope lik then :)
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Sounds lively. Come on villa.
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Come on you Lions!
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That's twice we've been caught on the break through careless passing
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Sounds like a home game.
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4,700. Amazing support considering.
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Can someone give me a nudge when something happens.
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Gotta be the quietest match thread ever.
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Free kick in a decent position. Apparently
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From what I can see, there's not much to comment on. Two poor teams chasing a balloon up until now.
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If this game were a 'foodstuff' it'd be pea wet.
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Playing Jedi at CB is just conceding the midfield
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Opportunity for them again through careless passing
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Should be a couple down really
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Just fucking score Villa! I've got no stream, no commentary and this waiting for a goal is getting on my tits.
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I'd like SB to explain this totally shite team formation.
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Hopefully that was our poor half
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I'd like SB to explain this totally shite team formation.
I think he'd say It's the same 442 that won the game v Wednesday and he had very little alternatives given injuries.
I'm not really following but any midfield with Hutton and Gardner in a four isn't going to pass the ball very well. Hopefully the subs are fit enough to get on
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
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It's bad, and even worse when you're piss wet through
Ref is a joke again.
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Hi All!
Just joining in now - what have I missed?
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I think I should have missed all of that and just read the weekly post match comment of how we dominated them and should have scored 3 or 4. Reality stinks.
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Off out. Hope they wake up second half.
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Hi All!
Just joining in now - what have I missed?
Bugger all
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It's bad, and even worse when you're piss wet through
Ref is a joke again.
One random booking when there's been some serious hacking down going on
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Hi All!
Just joining in now - what have I missed?
Bugger all
Fair enough. I wasn't expecting a thriller if i'm honest.
Still, second half could be wild...
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I'm listening to commentary of the Bromsgrove game and following Villa via this thread and RedSox texts. Neither game seems to be much cop so far.
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Has the crowd been announced yet. After deducting the ST no shows, Villa will have around 40% I'd expect
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Wigan finished that half stronger and WM's Gary Thompson says we do not look comfortable playing 4-4-2. On the on the other hand, if the BBC stats are to be believed we have had 4 corners to their none, and both teams have had 1 shot on target.
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Pea wet, Villa, fucking pea wet. This is what these bottom feeders eat. This should be all the inspiration you need to smash them into a low frequency sound wave. Come on.
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I'm listening to commentary of the Bromsgrove game and following Villa via this thread and RedSox texts. Neither game seems to be much cop so far.
Villa on here, and enjoying Russon's lilting tones on the wireless, seeing how TuneIn has him, but not WM.
There should be more Brummies on the radio, we have a voice for it.
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Can someone give me a nudge when something happens.
Some pigeons just landed on the pitch
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a lot of comments on another thread about how we're going to walk this league next season, just like Gestede and McCormack would score goals for fun this season and we had the best squad in the league etc etc. The cold hard reality is that we have mediocre players with a dull, uninspiring, conversative manager. And buying half a new team in the summer again would just repeat the cycle.
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Pea wet, Villa, fucking pea wet. This is what these bottom feeders eat. This should be all the inspiration you need to smash them into a low frequency sound wave. Come on.
He he - I have no idea what any of this means, but I like it!
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Looks like Hogan's coming on
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how many times does GG give it away!!!!!
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Yet again loose passing nearly costs a goal. That's 3 times now
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Villa's best move of the game ends with CH shooting wide
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Angie coming on as well
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Pea wet, Villa, fucking pea wet. This is what these bottom feeders eat. This should be all the inspiration you need to smash them into a low frequency sound wave. Come on.
They have upped the the tempo to a techno 150 bpm and are throwing some dandy disco shapes while we have dropped it down to a 70 bpm death sludge metal groove using a dropped tuning.
Don't worry, Brucie has some jazz funk moves in his locker and we we will be on them like a strong moss.
Change something quickly SB, for the love of Jazz Fusion.
Scott Hogan and Lansbury about to come on.
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Lansbury and Hogan coming on
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Blatant dragging back of Kod ignored by ref
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Bree & GG off
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Bree and Gardner off
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Johnstone keeping Villa in this
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wigan on top
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fuck me we are boring
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fuck me we are boring
Beat me to it. I never expected fireworks with Bruce but fuck me, this is dull, dull, dull.
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No need to play Jedi at CB against this lot.
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how much we cost again?
Fucking appalling.
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Seem to be playing better and creating more since the changes
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the albion whack arsenhole and we struggle against feckin wigan ffs
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Weimann has scored for Wolves.
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fuck me we are boring
Beat me to it. I never expected fireworks with Bruce but fuck me, this is dull, dull, dull.
I know the injuries haven't helped with team chemistry but there are sides in this league with far more invention with a fraction of our resources. How are they managing to create chances and score goals?
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Off the line by Kod
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Jeez, come on Villa!!
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Lethargy runs through this Club.
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We're not great are we?
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Chester
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yes
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CHESTY!
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Yessss
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gooalll
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Thank fuck
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YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS
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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Boring boring Villa! ;D
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Weimann has scored for Wolves.
Another man I'm happy to see do well.
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That goal was coming.
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A jazz groove move from a short corner. Chester scores.
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Piebarmtastic!
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fuck me we are boring
Beat me to it. I never expected fireworks with Bruce but fuck me, this is dull, dull, dull.
I know the injuries haven't helped with team chemistry but there are sides in this league with far more invention with a fraction of our resources. How are they managing to create chances and score goals?
Mainly because our manager is too old school and lacks the nous for the modern game
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Variation on the corner routine delivers results again
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Boring boring Villa! ;D
We're fucking ace. I told you all we'll win this game and probably 2-0. But fuck me we make hard work of it.
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Well done James Chester.
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Handbags
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good save by our goalie
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That might have been a great save
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Looks like we want to gift them one.
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Handbags
What happened?
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
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Been lots of criticism about Johnstone but he's played well today
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C'mon boys. Shut them out now.
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Come on, let's not Villa this up.
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Win or no win, I won't be happy until someone scythes their no.8 in two
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Handbags
What happened?
Don't know but sounded like a bit of a 'gathering' after a foul resulting in Lansbury getting booked
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
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Wigan threatening and have a corner
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Oh dear, elphick
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We sound determined to do a Villa here. And Elphick is the man who'll help us do it.
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
I think we need to look at this like Southampton did and move to a more progressive manager once promoted. Doesn't have to be immediately, but certainly within 12 months of securing it.
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
But he's only managed shite clubs. Has to be given a chance.
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
The problem though is that if you are having to sack a manager at that time of year, you are usually heading for relegation as you are that bad.
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FA Vase semi final second leg latest scores for those 1 or 2 interested.
Cleethorpes 1-0 Bromsgrove (2-1 agg)
Cheating South Shields 2-0 Coleshill (4-1)
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
But he's only managed shite clubs. Has to given a chance.
He's managing a club who has given him tremendous resources and the football is every bit as turgid as most feared. I'm glad we are winning and I am glad we have him at this level. I don't want him for any great length of time in the PL.
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BBC stats show Wigan all over Villa except the important one
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Mad Tom coming on
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All three Wigan subs, so no Max Power.
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Scotttyyyyyyhhy
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
The problem though is that if you are having to sack a manager at that time of year, you are usually heading for relegation as you are that bad.
HOGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
EDIT: LOL I was about to say not necessarily. If the right manager becomes available we should act.
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HOG WILD!
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hogan
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HOGAN !!!!!!! Delighted for him.
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2-0 great header
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Mad Tom coming on
Ah fuck it.
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hogan first goal for Villa
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YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS HHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN
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Good goal by Hogan, powerful leaping header.
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Terrible how boring we are...
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
The problem though is that if you are having to sack a manager at that time of year, you are usually heading for relegation as you are that bad.
Nah, it'll be because our title challenge is faltering and a delegation of senior players (Hazard, Lukaka, Neuer) will go to Tony to demand a change in direction.
Edit: GET IN HULKSTER
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Thank fuck we got the second before Mad Tom comes on
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
But he's only managed shite clubs. Has to given a chance.
He's managing a club who has given him tremendous resources and the football is every bit as turgid as most feared. I'm glad we are winning and I am glad we have him at this level. I don't want him for any great length of time in the PL.
Spot on, not the manager to take us to bright future ;D
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Get in Scotty!
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On a completely separate note, Gareth Barry looks very good today playing for Everton. He'd be a superb addition to bring us back up as skipper.
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Shame we have a break next week, look to be on a roll. A boring one, but a winning one! Hogan, really pleased for him.
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
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Only 11 points off play offs now 🤔
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Sweet header from Hogan from yet another Albert Adomah assist.
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Delighted for Hogan.
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Well done Scott, great to see you score today
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
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Hutton getting his songs sang again.
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
Fuck there's always one who reads the fine print
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Pour that down your pea-wet pipes, Wigan!
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
Yeah TV, you said Kod would score.
Well??
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Under Bruce we will grind our way to promotion next season. It's going to be tough to watch even if we get the desired end result. It's also why he can't be trusted in the PL and has come up short every time he has managed any club at that level.
I'd be happy with having to sack him in the Premier League aroudn December/January. It'd mean we're in the Premier League.
I think we need to look at this like Southampton did and move to a more progressive manager once promoted. Doesn't have to be immediately, but certainly within 12 months of securing it.
Walk before we can run, and all that.
But if we did somehow scratch, grimace and grind our way to promotion in a similar manner to the past few months, I'd be looking to pot him by the end of May 2018.
Give a manager from this century the chance to build something worthwhile.
Might seem harsh, but there it is. He'd get a big juicy pay-off (and be one of the few managers who's earned it) plus his reputation would be enhanced.
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One more goal please so we can go 11th.
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
Yeah TV, you said Kod would score.
Well??
I'll be referring this to my legal counsel, but I believe that is an alternate fact
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Saturday night is nicely set up so far.
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
Yeah TV, you said Kod would score.
Well??
I'll be referring this to my legal counsel, but I believe that is an alternate fact
See you in Court! Lol.
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We've been a pretty decent second half team recently. I still expect us to win 2-0
Told ya
ps. I'll be happy if we win 3-0
You said Kod would score TV!!
Yeah TV, you said Kod would score.
Well??
I'll be referring this to my legal counsel, but I believe that is an alternate fact
It wasn't TV, he was hacked by the Russians
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That's that. Job done
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Nice scoreline to wake up to :)
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not pretty but good enough
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Never in doubt, was it..?