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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on February 03, 2018, 02:01:03 PM
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Side for today boys and girls. Hoping for a fun afternoon for all of us.
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Their line up
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No Grabban as Bruce has said he wants to see him practice for a week. So expect him to score a few in the second half vs the Noses next week.
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My only criticism is that bench again.
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Win please.
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Would've had Grabban on the bench.
He's match fit isn't he?
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Come on you Lions!
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No Bruce said yesterday he needs a week of training as he hasn’t played for a month.
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No Bruce said yesterday he needs a week of training as he hasn’t played for a month.
We must have started doing training these days then. Probably why results have improved.
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Green for Whelan is the obvious bench change
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Green for Whelan is the obvious bench change
agreed. Against Burton at home we don't need to DM players on the bench.
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I don’t think Bent has made their side so at least that won’t be happening.
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Green for Whelan is the obvious bench change
agreed. Against Burton at home we don't need to DM players on the bench.
But Whelan has done extra hours on his stepovers, lollipops and rainbow flicks.
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Green for Whelan is the obvious bench change
agreed. Against Burton at home we don't need to DM players on the bench.
But Whelan has done extra hours on his stepovers, lollipops and rainbow flicks.
Probably though I’d rather he worked on passing to players wearing the Aston Villa badge.
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I don’t think Bent has made their side so at least that won’t be happening.
It wouldn’t have happened if he was playing for them either.
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Same 18 as the other night? Hope they won't knacker themselves. I want to see Green, Hepburn and O'Hare on the bench or at least one of them. Otherwise they should be playing on-loan to someone in League One.
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Come on Villa. The first team looks good.
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whats the point in whelan AND Jedi on the bench ? Its like when bruce played them both in the first team , bloody awful.
Is green injured?
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Is this on radio anywhere?
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Sort it out Villa! Still 0-0 FFS!
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My only criticism is that bench again.
Bigtime - where are O’Hare, RHM and Green?
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I see Lambert’s Stoke have the lead at Bournemouth
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we don’t look convincing. Burton are getting way too much of the ball. We’ve scrambled it away twice from their attacks.
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So far so underwhelming.
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Jesus, come on. Terrible from Elmo and Chester then.
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They walked through us there
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Cardiff winning
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All Burton at the moment.
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Fuck me. I’ve downgraded not convincing to we’ve been shit so far
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This is all very Villa.
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Come on you plonkers
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Another really good chance for them. What the fuck is going on?
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This is just like the first half v Sheff U. Why do we take so long to get going?
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Is there any, ahem, information via pm?
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Avtv audio commentary not working again !!
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It might help if we stop passing the ball backwards at every opportunity.
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Don’t think we’ve put two passes together yet
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Mass hysteria alert.
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Their winger on the left has got the beating of Elmo every single time.
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Is there any, ahem, information via pm?
It's on the Pravda official feed, which obviously as an overseas user you are perfectly entitled to use.
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Better move. Offside
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Is there any, ahem, information via pm?
It's on the Pravda official feed, which obviously as an overseas user you are perfectly entitled to use.
I’m watching on AVTV
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Oh.
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That was better.
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Hourihane needs to sort himself out, this is two games running when he's been utterly anonymous.
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Why dain't I look there? Doh!
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They are looking for Dyer down the left every single time and so far we’ve not been able to contain him. Snodgrass now booked for fouling him.
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Snodgrass booked for pulling Dyer back.
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Real lacklustre start by the sounds of it.
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Need to sort Dyer out he’s running rings round Elmo
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Hogan just offside but another decent move
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Snoddy doesn’t need to get himself sent off ahead of next week does he.
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Pretty tepid performance so far. A bit more urgency required, Villa
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Good tracking back from Bjarnasson.
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We really are living dangerously. And funnily enough had Bent been playing with these chances I wouldn’t have been surprised if he scored from one of them.
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Hourihane needs to sort himself out, this is two games running when he's been utterly anonymous.
Two games!?!??! Two, whole, games? Fuck me - get rid of him quick.
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Fcuk me 2-0 to the shit.
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Brentford down to 10 men
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Pretty tepid performance so far. A bit more urgency required, Villa
I’d say more composure. It’s urgency that’s making us not play our game. We’ve not concentrated well so far.
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Brentford down to 10 men, doubt Derby will be dropping points today so we need to wake up.
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Better. Corner again
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At last we are starting to look like the team near the top
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Good tracking back from Bjarnasson.
Wasn't it just. Saved our bacon there.
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We’re slowly starting to get on top. Slowly. Jack’s passing, running and vision is making the difference.
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Rudy has been sent off for Boro.
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Hull winning at Preston that’s better.
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Slowly improving but their keeper still nothing much to do.
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We’ve been really very poor at the back today. Hesitant, no really movement. Uncertain about how to handle their running and positioning.
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Bastard payment taking ages. ******
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Get in!!
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Yessssssssss
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Goooooooooooool
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GGGGoooooALALLLALALlllll
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Hogan. 1-0.
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Brilliant goal. Hogan.
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Fucking great goal. Fantastic movement, passing and lovely simple finish for Scotty
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Hogan
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Hogan again.
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What a move. Amazing Snodgrass' pass for Albert.
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Super Scott
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And a lovely, lovely goal it was too. What a pass.
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Started by Thor with a convincing run. Then great passing between Conor and Snoddy with a cracking throughball to Albert. Simple pass to Scott to score.
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Great stuff! I'm chuffed for Hogan! Come on Villa.
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What a move. Amazing Snodgrass' pass for Albert.
Thing of beauty that was.
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Let’s push them back now Villa. Good chance for Hourihane.
Derby winning Huddlestone with the goal
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Fucking Derby have scored though.
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Brentford down to 10 men as well
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Fucking Derby have scored though.
We need to accept they might very well win today. Brentford down to 10 men and a goal down doesn’t present a positive picture for us.
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2-0 to Derby.
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2-0 Derby. Let’s just concentrate on ourselves today.
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Bastard Derby two up.
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Not winning isn't an option Derby will win today after Brentford being down to 10.
Need to push Button back and pressure them
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What would be good is if we can close the GD a bit against Derby.
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Preston level with Hull.
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Come on Villa.
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Great chasing back by Jack
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Yellow card to them for diving in the box
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Akins booked for diving.
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Cardiff 2 up now.
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Actually been very impressed with Burton. They pass and move really well and not all like a side that have been battered three straight games. We certainly didn’t look remotely this confident sitting bottom of the table of the PL.
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Smethwick losing 2-1 at home to Southampton.
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Sunderland really are going down. American owners are shit.
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Outside of the goal and a couple of other decent moves it hasn’t been a great half. We’ve looked less than convincing at the back, hesitant going forward. They’ve had way too much of the ball and if we’re not careful they will score. We need to be far more convincing in the second half.
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Any more action?
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Actually been very impressed with Burton. They pass and move really well and not all like a side that have been battered three straight games. We certainly didn’t look remotely this confident sitting bottom of the table of the PL.
They've got a manager that can coach and they trust. We'd got a poisonous dressing room and a 3 no marks as coaches.
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Sunderland really are going down. American owners are shit.
The ones at Man U have won everything. I don’t think nationality has anything to do with Sunderland’s demise.
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Smethwick losing 2-1 at home to Southampton.
Having been 1-0 up 😁
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Sunderland really are going down. American owners are shit.
The ones at Man U have won everything. I don’t think nationality has anything to do with Sunderland’s demise.
Arsenal and Liverpool are doing ok too.
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Jesus what a shit day otherwise. Leeds had a player sent off against Cardiff.
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Actually been very impressed with Burton. They pass and move really well and not all like a side that have been battered three straight games. We certainly didn’t look remotely this confident sitting bottom of the table of the PL.
They've got a manager that can coach and they trust. We'd got a poisonous dressing room and a 3 no marks as coaches.
No different circumstances for sure. But even so, to be playing with the freedom that they are is more than just having a manager they trust. They’re still rock bottom of the league and on a very bad run. I’d be very confident of them coming straight back up if they played like that every week in League One
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3-0 to Cardiff.
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3-0 to SHA.
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Smethwick losing 2-1 at home to Southampton.
Having been 1-0 up 😁
As it stands they're 5 points from safety.
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Geezer Butler on the pitch. Other than the goal probably the highlight until now.
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Smethwick losing 2-1 at home to Southampton.
Having been 1-0 up 😁
As it stands they're 5 points from safety.
I'll be happy when it's 16 points from safety with 15 to play for.
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Jesus what a shit day otherwise. Leeds had a player sent off against Cardiff.
You'd be hard pushed to convince anyone Stan Kroenke's stewardship of Arsenal is a positive thing to be fair.
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Sunderland really are going down. American owners are shit.
The ones at Man U have won everything. I don’t think nationality has anything to do with Sunderland’s demise.
Arsenal and Liverpool are doing ok too.
Fulham’s owner is American too.
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Cardiff just won’t go away. They have a game in hand too. Fair play to Colin Wanker. He’s done a superb job there with very limited resources.
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Jesus what a shit day otherwise. Leeds had a player sent off against Cardiff.
You'd be hard pushed to convince anyone Stan Kroenke's stewardship of Arsenal is a positive thing to be fair.
Only if you are suggesting he needs to fire Wenger. Because if not the buck stops with Wenger who is the most influential person at the club.
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The atmosphere is pretty flat in the Holte.
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3-0 to SHA.
So 3-3?
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Cardiff just won’t go away. They have a game in hand too. Fair play to Colin Wanker. He’s done a superb job there with very limited resources.
We'll just have to give them a good shoeing in April then.
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The players need to step up and be counted 2nd half instead on relying completely on Grealish and Snodgrass to do something.
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It's in our hands.
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Are the refs in the chumpship doing opposite of EPL giving big teams nothing? (Maybe they like having us there)
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The players need to step up and be counted 2nd half instead on relying completely on Grealish and Snodgrass to do something.
The absence of offensive-minded players on the bench doesn’t help.
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Glorious run from Grealish, stopped by out and out thuggery.
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Got a nice picture on me phone now! Coudn't get it working on the TV via the laptop. Ace our kid!
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Smethwick 3-1 down
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That McFadzean has put a couple of decent tackles in for them.
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Jesus what a shit day otherwise. Leeds had a player sent off against Cardiff.
You'd be hard pushed to convince anyone Stan Kroenke's stewardship of Arsenal is a positive thing to be fair.
Only if you are suggesting he needs to fire Wenger. Because if not the buck stops with Wenger who is the most influential person at the club.
Well there's more to it than just Wenger but I disagree that the buck stops with Wenger. If he's more powerful than Kroenke then that's a huge problem that Kroenke is to blame for.
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Alberts having a mare today
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It would have been nice to have had Green available to bring on
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We're looking far from assured and have taken the foot off the gas.
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It would have been nice to have had Green available to bring on
Yes I agree
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Goooooaaaaallllllll!!!!!
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*gooooooooool
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think AA stops much of our threath... and he scores
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Thank God for that.
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2-0
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Alberts having a mare today
What was I saying?
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Nice one
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Another well worked goal. Adomah.
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Phew. Come on Villa.
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Alberts having a mare today
Fate successfully tempted.
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think AA stops much of our threath... and he scores
Hahah
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This is 8)
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Snodgrass for Axel
Adomah for Onomah.
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Get in Albert. I was just moaning about him to my wife, saying he should be taken off.
She was having none of it. He scored the first goal for us against Sheff Utd at Christmas in her first Villa game. And so is her current favourite, which is ok. Better than her last favourite; Guzan.
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THE REFEREE'S A WANKER!
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Grealish booked for diving. Looked a certain penalty.
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You total fucking ******, ref.
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Looked a certain pen that
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2-1
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Fucking hell what a disaster
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Boo
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Elmo...fuck me
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Elmo you absolute moron.
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Fucking Elmo OG!
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Elmo buried that one.
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what the fuck ref is crap and was that an own goal?
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OG after a brilliant save from Sam.
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33,022
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Att. 33,022
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I do think it’s an odd bench. How can you need Whelan, Jedi and Axel? It’s like he doesn’t want to piss off wheelan by leaving him out. I’d much rather have Green as an option
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From a very comfortable position to now being nervous again.
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Now Elmo in trying to make up for things gets a yellow card in their box
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Get Elmo off, having an absolute nightmare.
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I do think it’s an odd bench. How can you need Whelan, Jedi and Axel? It’s like he doesn’t want to piss off wheelan by leaving him out. I’d much rather have Green as an option
No idea. Really
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Bollocks.
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Villa corner. Come on:
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Jack off the bar
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Grealish effort off the bar.
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Grealish hits the bar.
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How are we playing this half, please?
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The audio on Pravda is lamentable.
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Lambert is prepping his we go again speech as Stoke are now behind
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I'm hitting the bar if these fuckers equalise.
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The audio on Pravda is lamentable.
And a minute behind sky sports
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We’re playing Burton on the back of 5 straight wins and it’s massively nervous inside Villa Park. Corner to Burton
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This is terrible stuff.
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Lambert is prepping his we go again speech as Stoke are now behind
When they won the other day he said ' I thought we were excellent '
Pretty sure he'l use that line tonight regardless
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I hate this division 's refs
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Looks like taking Albert and Snodgrass right after 2 nil has completely messed things up.
Too much youth on the pitch who can't control or slow things down
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Fucking hell Villa. This is shit. It’s literally all Burton
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From a very comfortable position to now being nervous again.
And I don’t really understand bringing both Axel and the Spud on - yes, the former gets gametime but it has blunted our attacking capability, surely.
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How are we playing this half, please?
Like the Nag's Head Second XI
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Jedinak coming on
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Now we need a manager that knows how to calm things and make things better
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How are we playing this half, please?
Like the Nag's head Second XI
Is Curtis Davies at CB?
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From a very comfortable position to now being nervous again.
And I don’t really understand bringing both Axel and the Spud on - yes, the former gets gametime but it has blunted our attacking capability, surely.
It's completely ruined our shape and attacking intent. Awful subs.
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How many times has Hogan been office today?
Conor off for Jedinak
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Jedinak coming on
For whom? And, why?
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Jedinak getting ready to come on for Hourihane.
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Why so feckin negative three defensive subs.
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Jedinak getting ready to come on for Hourihane.
so, 10 minutes of digging the trenches.... I really do not get this manager at all.
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Sheffield 2 players sent off!!
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We've already conceded from a corner so Jedi will help in that respect.
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Elmo has been awful today. Just awful
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I’m not confident at all right now.
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Fucking hell Villa get a grip!
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Elmo has been awful today. Just awful
He hasn't been that good, but then I rarely think he's decent.
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I feel physically sick.
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Jedinak getting ready to come on for Hourihane.
so, 10 minutes of digging the trenches.... I really do not get this manager at all.
Me neither, mate.
Come on Villa, get a third.
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3-1.
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The best form of a defence would have been Davis to hold the ball up
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3 1
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Yessssssssssssss
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get in
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Fucking cracker from Jack
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3-1
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Greaaaaaaaaaalisssshhhhhh!!!!!!!
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I don’t feel physically sick anymore.
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Great finish Jack.
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That fucking ref stopped time for a throw in kicked in the stand.
Jack i love you
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yesssss
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Great finish, Grealish
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Jaaaaaaaackooooooooooooo!
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And after slagging Elmo, very good cross from him after a nice run down the right by Axel
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golgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgolgol
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Thank fuck for that.
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Three points is all that matters with Derby and Cardiff winning.
Same again next week please.
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He deserves that. Been battered today, and that non penalty was a terrible decision.
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Well a hard fought win. Not one of our best days but we’re going to get the points
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Good recovery Elmo.
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Thank fook for that!
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I love the Villa.
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Elmo has been awful today. Just awful
Great cross for Grealish though.
Hutton gets my MOTM Award.
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Oh thank fook for that. Well done Jack.
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He deserves that. Been battered today, and that non penalty was a terrible decision.
Wasn't it just. The ref has been a penis of the highest order. Again.
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Jack seems to have really matured this season. Games seem to revolve mostly around him now, he's got that swagger that the top players have. Great stuff.
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Good recovery Elmo.
He had a stinker against Sheff Utd but then assisted/contributed to the 90th min winner.
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He deserves that. Been battered today, and that non penalty was a terrible decision.
Agree with all of that.
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Burton scored again!
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wtf 3 2
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FFS
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Oh fuck off Villa.
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No surprise.
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Fcuking hell Villa! What about the GD? FFS!
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How long left?
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oh bloody hell
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Bollocks. Totally switched off. Boyce 3-2. 3 minutes stoppage time left.
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Come on lads, a fourth please.
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Fcukin Villa.
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Fuckin hell villa
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2.5 minutes
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Why. Why is it 3-2?
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FFS, my sphincter was nicely relaxed then, as well.
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gone to pot since those loaness come on
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How is there five minutes, there's only been 4 subs made this half.
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For fucks sake. What is going on in the defence?!
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Good claim, Johnstone
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Why do we have to spend the closing stages of nearly every game shitting ourselves
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Why. Why is it 3-2?
It's Villa, mate
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Why. Why is it 3-2?
Im not going to fall for your cunning trap.
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Peeep! Peeep! Peeeeeeep!
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Unbelievable.
Well not really it's the villa way.
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Full time.
Made very hard work of that, think we'll struggle to win next week tbh.
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fuck that was tense
3 pts move on to the scum
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Phew.
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Sort of predicted it in the pre match thread. Had this feeling.
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First game for 8 years. I’m exhausted.