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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on November 25, 2018, 01:54:01 PM
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That will do nicely. Lovely stuff.
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Fuck off the rags. Back into your holes
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We didn’t play all that well but we won. It’s a brilliant habit to learn.
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Never in doubt. In total control for the whole game. *cough*
I love us under Dean Smith.
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Brilliant. Their Cup Final over.
Next!
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Doing the school run then going in to work will be so sweet tomorrow.
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Fucking hell that was weird
Nyland 6
Hutton 8
Tuanzebe 7
Chester 4
Taylor 6
Hourihane 6
Whelan 5
Grealish 7
Adomah 8
Abraham 8
Kodjia 8
Bolasie 7
Elmo 7
Lansbury 10
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Excellent valliant victory, pushes us upwards, keeps it going, really hard game coming up vs Forest, this result will only do us the power of good.
Great win.
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This result will absolutely kill them. Take the lead, hit the post, Jack scores, they make it 3-2, and still got dicked.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
And for 10 minutes they thought today was the day.
"It's the hope that kills ya Tom"
Hopefully that's the last time we've got to play them at Villa Park for a couple of centuries.
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The performance was poor, the result was fantastic.
When Hutton runs 70 yards with the ball and then slots it in the net, I think you can say that it ain’t going to be your day,.
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We played very average and should've scored five!
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Great game. Fully deserved the win, despite not being on it for the full 90. We were patchy but they were very patchy. Albert had a good game, like most of our forwards, but some of our defending was poor and we got punished.
As for them, they had a couple of decent spells but lack quality. They'll do alright under Monk though.
Gardner's a horrible tool but that just adds to the occasions for me. And makes the win sweeter.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
And for 10 minutes they thought today was the day.
"It's the hope that kills ya Tom"
Hopefully that's teh last time we've to play them at Villa Park for a couple of centuries.
Please let that be true!!
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Hutton loving it 😂
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The natural order of things reconfirmed and SHA marketing get to release a DVD for almost going two up at the Vile. Everybody's happy.
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Bloody marvellous.
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My player ratings:
Nyland 10
Tuanzebe 10
Chester 9
Taylor 10
Hutton 200
Adomah 10
Hourihane 10
Whelan 10
Kodija 10
Grealish 10
Abraham 10
Lansbury 10
Bolasie 10
El mohamady 10
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Superb! Some terrible defending, but quality and class shine through like a lighthouse on a stormy night.
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I said on the match thread, despite its failings, I love this team. They are always looking to get on the front foot and have goal threat from all across the park. And we have Alan Hutton too.
You've got to say that Smith has made a massive impact. Add a quality keeper and a defender or 2 and we will finish top 2 I'm sure of it.
As for Blues, they weren't too bad. But still lost 4-2 against their raison d'être. Nice one!
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Feels like we got away with that a bit.
Chester had easily his worst game in his Villa career and the rest in defence were as dodgy as you know what.
What it does show at this level a functioning attacking unit and you can get away with a lot. That's why we didn't have for so long under SB.
Hutton. No words.
Now the important bit...if anyone can find that clip of SHA fans who "celebrated" when Adams hit the post I'll be a very happy man!
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I’ve had worse Sundays.
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Did well in spurts, if that one that hit the post to put them 2 up had gone in we would have struggled to come back and wtf for their 2nd
Hutton though will live with n history with a hat goal could have been more as well
Ps when will small heath learn to play to the rules
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From their forum... :)
BlueNoseinFrampton
13:42, Sun 25 Nov
85Blue
Im 56 passive bloke avoids confrontaion. Right now i would gladly fecking fight any of those vile chunts on the pitch and the ref
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From their forum... :)
BlueNoseinFrampton
13:42, Sun 25 Nov
85Blue
Im 56 passive bloke avoids confrontaion. Right now i would gladly fecking fight any of those vile chunts on the pitch and the ref
Their bitterness tastes so sweet.
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I wonder if that bloke will make another funny video in our shop?
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Feels like we got away with that a bit.
Chester had easily his worst game in his Villa career and the rest in defence were as dodgy as you know what.
What it does show at this level a functioning attacking unit and you can get away with a lot. That's why we didn't have for so long under SB.
Hutton. No words.
Now the important bit...if anyone can find that clip of SHA fans who "celebrated" when Adams hit the post I'll be a very happy man!
I feel the same, the result covers some poor performances.
I think Chester is injured but awful.
Whelan looks like his legs have gone.
Taylor was Taylor and Hourihane did very little.
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Superb! Some terrible defending, but quality and class shine through like a lighthouse on a stormy night.
Waxing lyrically Risso, I love it
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
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Paul Robinson doesn't look very happy, which is a shame of course.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
Please please please...there must be a GIF going round of it.
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That’s one of the weirdest games I’ve ever seen.
We were crap , very good and lucky all rolled into one.
The Jack and Hutton goals nearly put my back out.
You can see we are on a journey back to the very very top of football. It nice to look forward to every game.
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Highlights
Them thinking they would win at 0 1.
Them hitting the post and 5hinking they had scored.
Jacks diving header.
A generous penalty.
And the cherry on the icing, Hutton’s run and goal.
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What's the news on Albert?
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What's the news on Albert?
Bolaise now starting up to new year I'd imagine.
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Blimey, well done boys!
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Oh joy, deep,deep joy.
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Enjoyed that more than the 5-1. Great great day.
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True Brummies posts already starting on their forum, love it!
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Alan Hutton: starring in every noses' nightmares tonight!
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"I think at this stage i would rather stuff villa home and away and get relegated so yes"
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"I think at this stage i would rather stuff villa home and away and get relegated so yes"
Pathetic. It’s great to beat them but the first thing I did was look at the table to see how far we are from the top. They’re just another team to get 3 points against
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Glad for Kodjia that he got a goal...his confidence visibly lifted.
Other than Chester, we weren't too bad and the forward players were great once we got the ball to them.
I do feel sorry for Craig Gardner though...
Not...He's an unwashed, unibrowed, no-class, cheapshot twunt.
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"I think at this stage i would rather stuff villa home and away and get relegated so yes"
Pathetic. It’s great to beat them but the first thing I did was look at the table to see how far we are from the top. They’re just another team to get 3 points against
Same. 4 points off Derby and all the rest now.
Good xmas period, good January window and we'll see what's going on then.
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I have little doubt that they'll still claim a moral victory, say we're jammy, say they didn't see a single Villa fan in town, repeatedly say they don't care as they're shit but always blues, it's the ref's fault, mock us for enjoying a derby win, all they needed was a bit of luck, Villa fans are fannies even though they didn't see any, they are all true Brummies while they have usernames like RedditchBlues.
And all the time we'll know a little bit of them died today.
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Lovely lovely stuff. Especially the Grealish and Hutton goals.
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As a side note when was the last time we had 74% possession?!
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Lee Hendry is like a Cheshire Cat. Brilliant
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Barmy game.
Chester looked yampy at times, a few others had dodgy spells in the match......
Great passion from the players, raised their game once they saw the rags were up for it at the start.
As for Brum.......better than usual, close but no cigar.
Thing is Monk is trying to polish a turd.
I wish him well.........
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They're hurt. Bless.
JPMckeown90
14:11, Sun 25 Nov
Aton
Hmm, rather Grealish hadn’t scored at all but the Hutton one hurt me the most cause it was the weakest goal we conceded and it finished the game off.
Positive for me is a few vile are gonna get a beating tonight, obviously not from me but those ginger Sutton lads are gonna be mouthy at the wrong person and will get there heads smashed in.
Up the blues.
JPMckeown90
14:22, Sun 25 Nov
Ron Saunders
I would’ve bought Bogle on just to fanny Grealish, get a 9 month ban and get sent back to Cardiff but knowing that pokemon had broke his leg,
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
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Dean Post match interview on OS https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1066698929901903872
Tammy and Kod post match OS https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1066694478956847104
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
No....more their chants are pure Brummie or something.
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Feels like we got away with that a bit.
Chester had easily his worst game in his Villa career and the rest in defence were as dodgy as you know what.
What it does show at this level a functioning attacking unit and you can get away with a lot. That's why we didn't have for so long under SB.
Hutton. No words.
Now the important bit...if anyone can find that clip of SHA fans who "celebrated" when Adams hit the post I'll be a very happy man!
The sun on twitter have posted it and trolled them
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3 points are all that matter.
Hopefully McGinn will be back for Forest, we really missed him today. I can forgive the team for not playing to their potential as it was a derby and the Rags are at best a very physical side and with donkeys like Gardner in there kicking every Villa player that moved, it wasn't ever going to be free flowing football. I still worry about our strikers and with Albert probably missing for a few games, we'll need to look at mixing it up. He and Hutton linked up superbly down the right today. He'll be missed.
Overall, to not play that well and still score 4 is some doing and shows the talent we have. I just hope we don't have too many players black and blue after today. Onwards and upwards.
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3 points are all that matter.
Hopefully McGinn will be back for Forest, we really missed him today. I can forgive the team for not playing to their potential as it was a derby and the Rags are at best a very physical side and with donkeys like Gardner in there kicking every Villa player that moved, it wasn't ever going to be free flowing football. I still worry about our strikers and with Albert probably missing for a few games, we'll need to look at mixing it up. He and Hutton linked up superbly down the right today. He'll be missed.
Overall, to not play that well and still score 4 is some doing and shows the talent we have. I just hope we don't have too many players black and blue after today. Onwards and upwards.
A few changes will now have to be made and I don't think that will be a bad thing, everyone remembers what happened after Wolves at home last season.
Bolasie is surely ready to start now.
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just home - Dean's gpt lots to do defensively in the transfer window. We looked awful at times at the back but what a result and tremendous atmosphere.Hopefully McGinn will be back on Wednesday. I sort of felt sorry for Ange - comes on for the first time in an age and then goes off again.
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In large chunks we played well, created a few chances, done well down the wings. Few things still worry me, the keeper, Taylor's inability to close down his man, Whelan too slow on the ball. What doesn't worry me is the fact that Smith will sort all of these things out sooner rather than later.
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Hutton's goal reminded me of Dalian's against Wimbledon but without the umbrella. Pure magic. The Scottish Messi indeed!
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
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As a game for the neutral football fan to watch that was probably the best game against them I can recall. For anyone planning to celebrate our win with a few drinks tonight may I suggest 'The Garry Monk Drinking Game'.
1 Buy lots of alcohol
2 Find Garry Monk's full time interview on SKY
3 Take a swig of your chosen drink every time Garry says "learning curve"
I'm glad that sad old bloke enjoyed his trip to Villa Park for his visit to film himself in the club shop the other day. At least he has enjoyed one day at Villa park this week.
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https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11563392/aston-villa-4-2-birmingham
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
Superb!
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As a side note when was the last time we had 74% possession?!
Maybe when we beat them 5-0 and 6-0 in 1988 or 5-1 in 2008.
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I enjoyed that.
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Sky Highlights (https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11563392/aston-villa-4-2-birmingham)
Dean Sky interview (https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11563401/smith-it-was-an-emotional-roller-coaster)
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
Today it will be a moral victory. In months to come they will have rewritten their history wall scrawlings to an actual victory that they will wax lyrical over to their 6 fingered offspring for generations to come.
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
Today it will be a moral victory. In months to come they will have rewritten their history wall scrawlings to an actual victory that they will wax lyrical over to their 6 fingered offspring for generations to come.
A DVD of the game will be on the shelves for Christmas.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
Superb!
In that shot there is a Jack Grealish lookalike, a Gregg Wallace lookalike and a Bobby Charlton lookalike.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
Superb!
Let them keep it 4-3
I'm sure they have already claimed it.
Wait for the pin badge to come out i'm sure that will be the score on it.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
I had a quick stab at one:
https://twitter.com/manxvilla/status/1066707119641190401?s=21
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
Today it will be a moral victory. In months to come they will have rewritten their history wall scrawlings to an actual victory that they will wax lyrical over to their 6 fingered offspring for generations to come.
A DVD of the game will be on the shelves for Christmas.
And edited in a way that North Korea would be proud of as they win 2-0.
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
Today it will be a moral victory. In months to come they will have rewritten their history wall scrawlings to an actual victory that they will wax lyrical over to their 6 fingered offspring for generations to come.
A DVD of the game will be on the shelves for Christmas.
And just in time for inclusion in their official club 2019 diary.
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Back you go *waves stick*
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
That is quite remarkably fantastic.
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We shouldn't even acknowledge their bitterness as it should be more or less just another game to us. But it's hard to ignore the sheer level of vindictiveness and bile emanating from South Birmingham every time there is a derby on, and not feel a tremendous amount of schadenfreude.
In any case, Smith is a breath of fresh air and I'm feeling some man-love for the fella at the moment. Better performance and results, scoring goals, way more entertainment and all this despite a somewhat ropey defence. It should improve when the window reopens. A shame we didn't get him in at the start of the season.
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Are they claiming moral victory for scoring twice at Vile Park?
Today it will be a moral victory. In months to come they will have rewritten their history wall scrawlings to an actual victory that they will wax lyrical over to their 6 fingered offspring for generations to come.
A DVD of the game will be on the shelves for Christmas.
And just in time for inclusion in their official club 2019 diary.
Right next to that time they beat Bayern in the European Cup in '82. Oh those were the days kids when the Blues, the only team in this city ruled Europe...
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https://twitter.com/balsport2/status/1066690981733588992?s=21
You decide
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https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1066701785929326593
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That SHA forum is comedy gold. This is my favourite so far.
"The red was a disgrace. Not saying we would have won or drawed."
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Loved jack’s response when asked if smith can get us up. I know there was only one answer but no hesitation whatsoever. He’s got the belief back into the players no question.
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That SHA forum is comedy gold. This is my favourite so far.
"The red was a disgrace. Not saying we would have won or drawed."
It's going to provide endless entertainment as they go through the emotions. From disappointment to anger to sorrow to resentment on their path to acceptance and bitterness.
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If ever there was game to make them feel bitter, this was it.
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Good game for the neutral. We didn't turn up for the first half hour and if they'd gone 2-0 up instead of hitting the post we'd have had an uphill struggle, but with our striking options and Deano's tactics we'd still have got a result. Missed McGinn hugely, Whelan is too negative for my liking, and we were pretty poor defensively with numerous sloppy errors by Chester of all people. But they did hit the post and we punished them clinically. Monk's complaining about the penalty but fuck him. And the noise in the Holte when Hutton calmly slotted the ball home after waltzing through their entire team was absolutely phenomenal. If Carlsberg made derby results.....
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I thought Albert was excellent until the injury - bad tackle. Hopefully he's not out too long.
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To put 4 past them is a great feeling. Again, Deano spots the tactical mistakes of the first half and that sets us up nicely. Hutton what a run - I notice agent Gardner didn't do anything except put his arm out to stop him.
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Bob Latchford! Kenny Burns! Paul Tait! Robbie Savage! Gary Gardener, Jasper Carrot! Tom Ross! Beelzebub! Can you hear me Beelzebub? Your boys took one hell of a beating!
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I thought Albert was excellent until the injury - bad tackle. Hopefully he's not out too long.
Seemed to hyperextend his knee as he fell.
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Crazy, what the fuck have I watched?
Defensively awful, Chester was attrocious.
Other thsn our 4 goals we barely had a shot.
Should've been 0-2 down, 3 minutes later we're 2-1 up.
Grealish and Hutton scoring, the latter running from the Halfway line.
No real stand out performers.
Absolute crazy game.
Fucking brilliant stuff.
We win the game, they win the 'scored at Villa Park' moral victory.
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https://twitter.com/balsport2/status/1066690981733588992?s=21
You decide
Maradona easy, it was against a good team.
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I'm going to cut Chester some slack. He looked way off his game and not ready to play. In fact had it not been this game and if we had any kind of reserve that could fill the role I don't think he would have.
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https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1066701785929326593
I knew Huttons goal reminded me of another.
Lets not get carried away though. We can all accept Maradona and Hutton are equal in terms of football skill, but Diego has the better all round sports ability due to his basketball skills.
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For a neutral, entertainment wise that's as good as it gets for derbies. Blues on top up to the time Adams hit the post, but once we scored there was a big improvement in our play, in the 2nd half were the better team and looked fitter and stronger, apart from a few defensive lapses.
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I was criticising Albert before the match, but today was his best performance of the season, hopefully he's not too badly injured. Well taken goal Kodj, great header Jack, I admired your brilliant precision with the pen Tammy and as for the Scottish Cafu, I shall remember that goal forever.
Up the Villa
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What a shambles our defence is at times yet we managed to beat them comfortably. Now they can take the moral victory and shove it where the sun don’t shine in their troll holes.
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I thought Albert was excellent until the injury - bad tackle. Hopefully he's not out too long.
Seemed to hyperextend his knee as he fell.
Looked more of ankle problem. What happened to Lansbury? Only on for a few minutes.
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Whenever I watch Jack's goal and they show Craig Gardner all I hear in my head is "look at his face, just look at his face".
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1066674223312187394
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Some of the passing we engaged in across our back four was fucking terrifying.
It's nice that we patiently keep the ball, but fucking hell, it was edge of seat stuff at times I thought, so close did we come to giving it away.
Thought Blues were the better team the first half hour.
Fuck them, though, the dirty ******, they got what they deserved.
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I thought Albert was excellent until the injury - bad tackle. Hopefully he's not out too long.
Seemed to hyperextend his knee as he fell.
Looked more of ankle problem. What happened to Lansbury? Only on for a few minutes.
Lansbury went off with hamstring problem apparently
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The Hutton goal was one of those mouth open 'What Did I Just See?' moments. Bloody wonderful.
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I wonder if that bloke will make another funny video in our shop?
We could hire him to play Santa in the club shop between now and Christmas.
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I wonder if that bloke will make another funny video in our shop?
We could hire him to play Santa in the club shop between now and Christmas.
You have to be CRB checked to be a shop Santa though.
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Some of the passing we engaged in across our back four was fucking terrifying.
It's nice that we patiently keep the ball, but fucking hell, it was edge of seat stuff at times I thought, so close did we come to giving it away.
Thought Blues were the better team the first half hour.
Fuck them, though, the dirty c***s, they got what they deserved.
Not defending the back four because you're right but imagine giving the ball to McGinn the past few weeks to take forward and the drop off to Whelan who sits too and is a liability when on the ball or with his distribution. This back four needs more protection and it ain't Whelan.
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For some reason I thought play had stopped before their second goal went in, so it was a nasty surprise when everyone started walking back towards the centre circle.
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Oh and happy birthday Craig, hope you enjoyed your day so far.
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Oh and happy birthday Craig, hope you enjoyed your day so far.
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Beavis.
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I think what we're seeing is our back four (centre halves in particular) trying to play out in the new way they're being coached to. They struggle with it at times, and especially when being pressed high, which is something the Blues did well in spells - teams will do that more often no doubt. The good thing we get in return is more space behind with our very good (in this league) forward players.
To be fair, Chester looked like he was playing with an injury to me. And yes, McGinn makes a huge difference in there.
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They really are a strange bunch
Jaykae
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@Jaykae10
2h2 hours ago
If the city is yours come to town loool
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They really are a strange bunch
Jaykae
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@Jaykae10
2h2 hours ago
If the city is yours come to town loool
Is Jaykae offering to buy us all a celebratory round of drinks? 'loool' ;)
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They really are a strange bunch
Jaykae
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@Jaykae10
2h2 hours ago
If the city is yours come to town loool
I haven't seen a single Blues fan all day other than in the ground, there myths get displaced more and more by the year.
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Listened to Dean Smith’s interview on the way home and think he summed it up perfectly really. He said we moved the ball too slowly in the opening stages and they were able to exert a bit of pressure as a result. We also kept giving the ball away and committing silly fouls in areas that allowed them to get the ball into the box. We then had a spell though where we did move the ball quickly and cut them open twice to go 2-1 up.
I really thought we would run away with it when we went 3-1 up, but we kept giving the ball away in bad areas and let them back into it. And then it happened - if you ever wanted a goal for us in that situation to effectively seal the game, it would be that goal and it would be Alan Hutton who scored it.
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They really are a strange bunch
Jaykae
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@Jaykae10
2h2 hours ago
If the city is yours come to town loool
Is Jaykae offering to buy us all a celebratory round of drinks? 'loool' ;)
Love his tunes but I love rinsing him on his Instagram live videos even more
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Whenever I watch Jack's goal and they show Craig Gardner all I hear in my head is "look at his face, just look at his face".
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1066674223312187394
Calm down Craig and make yourself feel better tonight by pretending you are a life long Villa fan again.
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Every time they mention town on a match day all I hear is beepity beep beep beep
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Whenever I watch Jack's goal and they show Craig Gardner all I hear in my head is "look at his face, just look at his face".
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1066674223312187394
Calm down Craig and make yourself feel better tonight by pretending you are a life long Villa fan again.
You'd think he'd be happy his club won
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any news on Albert and Ange's injuries?
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https://twitter.com/BCFC/status/1066633993758666752
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Whelan looks a lot better playing for Smith, transformed! I thought he did a good job today.
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I think what we're seeing is our back four (centre halves in particular) trying to play out in the new way they're being coached to. They struggle with it at times, and especially when being pressed high, which is something the Blues did well in spells - teams will do that more often no doubt. The good thing we get in return is more space behind with our very good (in this league) forward players.
To be fair, Chester looked like he was playing with an injury to me. And yes, McGinn makes a huge difference in there.
In his interview with WM, Dean Smith said that the idea was for Whelan to drop in and make a back three at time to protect against their two up top. I just thought that with both Whelan and Hourihane in midfield, it was too slow at times. I thought Lansbury looked quite sharp when he came on and made some decent forward runs, so it was a sham3 to see him go off so early.
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That was as jumping and raucous as the 5-1. Genuinely noisy and electric. Couldn't grab enough bodies when we scored.
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Felt we could play a lot better.
Too slow in moving the ball which allowed them opportunities to catch us in possession. We were incredibly deep too for the first half an hour and then responded when they hit the post.
It was a foul throw anyway, but 2-0 would have been tough to come back from.
But we're a threat when we attack and rattled in 4 and probably should have had more.
2nd half there was a lot more control.
Hutton's goal was superb and the atmosphere excellent.
Pleasing win. Pleasing indeed.
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Great win, in a great Villa atmosphere! Pleased for Kodjia that he got his goal. Hutton's was immense. We gave them a half hour headstart and a 1 goal lead and still they were no match for us. Well done Villa boys and Deano! UTV! SOTC!
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Whenever I watch Jack's goal and they show Craig Gardner all I hear in my head is "look at his face, just look at his face".
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1066674223312187394
Calm down Craig and make yourself feel better tonight by pretending you are a life long Villa fan again.
You'd think he'd be happy his club won
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I spent most of the match downstairs getting covered in beer and making new friends.
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Higginbotham is good as a co-commentator. He actually provides interesting insight and you get the impression he’s actually done some research.
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Whenever I watch Jack's goal and they show Craig Gardner all I hear in my head is "look at his face, just look at his face".
https://twitter.com/AVFCchats/status/1066674223312187394
Calm down Craig and make yourself feel better tonight by pretending you are a life long Villa fan again.
You'd think he'd be happy his club won
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fake apparently
according to my unwashed friends
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I think a fair summary of today's game, we were given a fright by an inferior team in talent and status, we didn't play well but the difference in class shown through at the end. And there was the worldie moment.
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https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1066701785929326593
I knew Huttons goal reminded me of another.
Lets not get carried away though. We can all accept Maradona and Hutton are equal in terms of football skill, but Diego has the better all round sports ability due to his basketball skills.
Hutton's is better - it wasn't scored by a cheat.
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fake apparently
according to my unwashed friends
What's fake?
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Like a few others have already said, we didn't play that well, rode our luck a little but still managed to score four which is a nice feeling. We deserved the win overall but they didn't play too badly either. We missed Mcginn but I thought Whelan did well, first half anyway.
I just hope that blue nose who visited the club shop enjoyed it.
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https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1066701785929326593
I knew Huttons goal reminded me of another.
Lets not get carried away though. We can all accept Maradona and Hutton are equal in terms of football skill, but Diego has the better all round sports ability due to his basketball skills.
Hutton's is better - it wasn't scored by a cheat.
Agreed.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
That is quite remarkably fantastic.
That’s a beautiful thing.
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I knew, and I'm so glad Dean Smith would see it exactly as I did.
At times we were woeful at the back, they hit the post at 1-0 and the game changed. We looked every bit a Steve Bruce side at times, plodding, messing around at the back.
When that ball hit the post, they got a verbal kick up the arse from the fans and it started to change.
I thought Bert did so well, especially for the first two goals, just hope he's going to be OK. The Scottish Cafu? The Scottish Maradona more like. Haven't celebrated a goal like that for some time!!
Today was about sending the vermin scuttling back to where they belong. It was about hugging strangers with a force you can't describe.
It was about my boys first derby game, and he loved it! Onwards and upwards. UTV
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https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1066701785929326593
I knew Huttons goal reminded me of another.
Lets not get carried away though. We can all accept Maradona and Hutton are equal in terms of football skill, but Diego has the better all round sports ability due to his basketball skills.
Hutton's is better - it wasn't scored by a cheat.
Agreed.
As I said, Maradona has the better basketball skills.
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Steve Bruce would have won that 13-0.
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Whelan played well, but can’t pass forward. Mcginn gives us that drive from midfield too, which was mussing today.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
My pleasure! Enjoy!
https://twitter.com/TheTremontiPick/status/1066758379652243458/video/1
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"Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!"
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McGinn to start on Wednesday. Worrying amount of injuries building up. Why wasn't Bolasie wearing his kit in the dug out? When Albert got injured, he was hastily putting his shirt and socks on..... there was no wam-up which risks hamstrings and other soft muscle injuries. Did Lansbury warm-up properly I wonder? Soon off with a hamstring injury....
Perhaps I'm being picky but this is a professional business with millions at stake.
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I wonder where the Gardner boys are off out tonight to celebrate Craig's birthday and of course managing to actually score at Villa Park.
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We looked as bad defensively today as any time this season under Bruce. Their big lump up front bullied our defence all afternoon. Thankfully very different at the other end of the pitch where finally Adamoah and Kodjia's came into form. Abraham was vastly improved today.
I don't think we have any real chance of promotion until we make changes at centre back, left back, holding midfielder/deep lying playmaker and keeper. Whelan and Hourihane lack the quick feet to play the football Smith wants. Hourihane offers no presence at all defensively, watch him again for their second, so lazy.
Great result but performances won't improve significantly until we change some of the individuals in the team.
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"Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!"
It's the same as this.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
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Steve Bruce would have won that 13-0.
It took three games and a few weeks but SGT did beat them 13-0 in 1988. ;)
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"Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!"
Really? Oops, try this??
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheTremontiPick/status/1066758379652243458
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I knew, and I'm so glad Dean Smith would see it exactly as I did.
At times we were woeful at the back, they hit the post at 1-0 and the game changed. We looked every bit a Steve Bruce side at times, plodding, messing around at the back.
When that ball hit the post, they got a verbal kick up the arse from the fans and it started to change.
I thought Bert did so well, especially for the first two goals, just hope he's going to be OK. The Scottish Cafu? The Scottish Maradona more like. Haven't celebrated a goal like that for some time!!
Today was about sending the vermin scuttling back to where they belong. It was about hugging strangers with a force you can't describe.
It was about my boys first derby game, and he loved it! Onwards and upwards. UTV
I am delighted for your lad. My first derby game was a 2-1 win at the sty in 1980 and we ended the season as champions. Hopefully your lad will see us become champions this season.
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If anyone can post the video of the nose celebrating a goal when Adams hit the post i'd be eternally grateful.
https://twitter.com/Nozza_/status/1066673507709407233
That is quite remarkably fantastic.
That’s a beautiful thing.
What a tool
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Steve Bruce would have won that 13-0.
A long touchdown and two field goals?
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Celebrating with this legend !!
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Great result even if we didn't play that well. Really pleased for Kodjia, Grealish and Hutton for their goals and another one for Tammy. I thought Nyland played well and has started to come for the ball at last. A win is a win but we have to lift ourselves again against Forest.
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Superb, wonderful result.
But, what was all that tippy, tappy shite at the back for large periods of the game? We got caught out too many times pissing about and a decent team might have taken advantage.
Deano better put a fucking stop to that.
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Just Home. Strange game. 74% possession, but played really poorly for long periods, yet won 4-2. The big plus for me, apart from winning against Blues, is that we know have goals all over the pitch. Looking forward to Forest.
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Fucking yes, yes, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
I feel extremely relieved (& a tad pished).
UTV & SOTC. ALWAYS. 8)
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fake apparently
according to my unwashed friends
What's fake?
The newspaper quote
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fake apparently
according to my unwashed friends
What's fake?
The newspaper quote
The picture of him kissing the badge isn't fake and probably led to him being treated for an STD.
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Great result, after a very lacklustre opening twenty minutes, which reminded me of Bruceball. Hitting the post seemed to wake us up thank God because the way we were playing at that stage, I felt that at 2-0 we may not get back into the game.
Highlights, great atmosphere, Alberts best game this season, a rare Jack headed goal and The Scottish Cafu scores a Derby goal that will rank alongside Cahill's .
Thoroughly enjoyable day!
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fake apparently
according to my unwashed friends
What's fake?
The newspaper quote
They're talking shit, surprisingly.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6562813.stm
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Superb, wonderful result.
But, what was all that tippy, tappy shite at the back for large periods of the game? We got caught out too many times pissing about and a decent team might have taken advantage.
Deano better put a fucking stop to that.
Indeed: that was annoying the hell out of me too.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
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I don't know whether to call Hutton Moses now the way they parted and let him through.Fuckin brill.
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John Carew tweeted...
My Villans whooped ass today!! Blue nose ass whooping!😄❤️
I love John Carew
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Very poor until Adams hit the post and that seemed to jolt everyone into gear. Chester was very poor, but not sure he was fit. Whelan was dropping too deep for me although its seems that was part of the plan. I thought we looked better with Hourihane in the deeper role. Missed SJM energy. Actually thought Lansbury started well and was a shame he got his hamstring when he was fouled. He had warmed up for some time before he came on by the way, someone was asking. When we scored early in the second half I had visions of a proper beating but sloppy play for their second goal. I suppose we have to accept that errors will be made while the players get used to these new tactics. Hope Albert is not too badly injured and am excited to see Bolasie unleashed as well. Great to hear the manager after the game stating it as it was. Quite interesting to hear him say we had 5 or 6 players in the area for the first two goals. Under Bruce, it would be an offence if we had 5 or 6 in the opposition half. Also he said that SJM wanted to play but they thought it best he didn't. Again something the previous manager would not have done.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
No, we can play out from the back, that’s fine.
But, when you are aimlessly passing across the back line and not going forward you risk getting caught out.
And we did...a few times.
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Superb, wonderful result.
But, what was all that tippy, tappy shite at the back for large periods of the game? We got caught out too many times pissing about and a decent team might have taken advantage.
Deano better put a fucking stop to that.
Indeed: that was annoying the hell out of me too.
It was annoying Deano as well from his post match comments.
However Monks is more telling. All he can say is his team weren't tough in the last three matches. TBH their only hope is to get a load of points on the board now because their players are going to blow up at some point as they are mostly having to chase the ball most matches. We have seen ourselves what happens when you try to play fast attacks and give possession to the opposition in the majority of your matches.
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Just been told the result. I got my grandchildren to bury me in the sand dunes behind Sizewell nuclear power station.for the afternoon. The radiation blocks radio and telephone signals.
Alan Hutton reminds me, in toto, of Stan Lynn. A very flawed, slow, technically inept right back whom the fans adored.
Assured legend status.
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We'll fuck up at times, after all we're changing 2 years of anti-football mentality in a lot of these players. I'd prefer to fuck up playing football than fuck up anyway playing whatever that out-dated garbage Bruce served up was.
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
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If you ever wanted to know the difference between them and us. They gave legendary status to a RB for giving fans the wanker sign in yet another derby defeat. We'll give it to a RB that scored a goal Messi would be proud of in yet another derby victory.
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I thought Whelan was an absolute liability today. Slow and ponderous on the ball, and involved in a negative sense for both of their goals. For their first, he lost his player who he was supposed to mark at the set piece, who then scored, and for their second, he dithered on the ball, had to do a silly step over, then gave Kodjia (I think) a really poor pass that lost possession and led straight to their goal. He's not quick enough in mind or body to play Dean Smith's game.
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We'll fuck up at times, after all we're changing 2 years of anti-football mentality in a lot of these players. I'd prefer to fuck up playing football than fuck up anyway playing whatever that out-dated garbage Bruce served up was.
Totally agree, it is going to take time to adjust and we have to be patient. That said, some of that passing was abysmal lol
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Just to remind some on here, we beat the ass off Blues 4-2. Still not enough for some.
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In one of the twitter Cafu/ Maradona comparisons, a boggie is complaining we are using an Argentinian scoring against England in comparison and that is bad.....
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I think McCafu's name is well in the hat for what we name the new north stand.
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I think McCafu's name is well in the hat for what we name the new north stand.
They should rename the Doug Ellis after Hutton. It runs the entire length of the pitch, as did he.
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In one of the twitter Cafu/ Maradona comparisons, a boggie is complaining we are using an Argentinian scoring against England in comparison and that is bad.....
Maybe he would have preferred us to remind him of Jeff Astle's missed sitter against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup.
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We'll fuck up at times, after all we're changing 2 years of anti-football mentality in a lot of these players. I'd prefer to fuck up playing football than fuck up anyway playing whatever that out-dated garbage Bruce served up was.
Yep
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Post-match on WM (https://audioboom.com/posts/7097260-dean-smith-reacts-to-the-4-2-win-against-birmingham-city)
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Just back after a great day. My daughter's first derby and she was buzzing. I thought Whelan had one of his better games and Adamoah was back to last season's form. For me I thought Tuanzebe was brilliant and his poise with the ball at the back was a joy to behold. How Bruce couldn't see he was the answer at CB beggars belief!
Finally I was delighted Jack got his derby goal he has craved for. I just love watching him play and all those criticising him for hitting the deck to easily won't half miss him if he left.
UTV
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Just to remind some on here, we beat the ass off Blues 4-2. Still not enough for some.
Don’t talk stupid
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"I think at this stage i would rather stuff villa home and away and get relegated so yes"
Another idiot on WM post match phone in described a scenario how after the next 3 games they will be above us and that's all that matters.
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They are, and always will be in our shadow 🤣👍
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Back in 2002 and 2004 I used to get text from my Rags supporting mates. Strange not heard much in the last 13 years.
They never hear from me post game regardless. Pity them and their pathetic existence of Not Being Villa
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Now the dust has settled a few points from today
The foul on Grealish within seconds why no yellow
We got lucky when they hit the post and for their first it was poor marking don’t try to detract
Adomah was poor today but the foul on him merited a red and would have been in the prem. saying that Grealish’s lunge second half was no better
Their second goal why. Slack all round
Hutton worldie up their with Gary Thompsons
Why did villa give them what looked to be a full allocation and try to disguise the same in the official attendance figure. But how quiet were they
McGinn is needed. He is our Gareth Barry from years gone by
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Lots of gaps in their section, which is no doubt due to the allocation restriction.
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As if a Blose fan would understand what a library was.
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4-2 nothing else to say 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
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They get 500 less than we normally give. Front rows aren't used, bigger segregation and so on.
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Martin, either side stands would bear McCafu's name with pride. He has put the ball into to Holte and Witton End stands too many times for those to be so named.
".. now Villa's new flying wing back puts the ball across into the er... Alan Hutton stand"
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
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Beepity beep beep beep
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He had me at "should of".
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Just to remind some on here, we beat the ass off Blues 4-2. Still not enough for some.
Don’t talk stupid
No need for the comment
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
Stuff Titanic! It needs something either like Bolt Thrower or the theme from Black Beauty.
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Adomah was poor today
Damn you Albert and your crossing for two goals, damn you ::)
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
The only thing missing was to pan round at the end to see the noses faces.
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It was great to see their sad little faces on the on-line highlights packages.
With luck, their misery will last until Christmas.
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It was great to see their sad little faces on the on-line highlights packages.
With luck, their misery will last until Christmas.
Christmas 3018
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
Stuff Titanic! It needs something either like Bolt Thrower or the theme from Black Beauty.
Personally, into the Valkyries, hilts
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Loads of Villa and ex-Villa on Twitter toasting the Scottish Cafu.
Even when we're off colour we still have far too much for fodder like the Noses.
Whelan was so deep at times dropping into the centre half slot, but Smith said these were his instructions. Felt that it really affected the midfield ability to dominate and it didn't change too much till after the half hour mark.
We missed McGinn but as Deano said, it's hard to press a side that only has 24% of the ball.
Anyway, McGinn back for Forest and Bolasie for Adomah. That isn't a bad use of the squad.
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
The only thing missing was to pan round at the end to see the noses faces.
Like melting drops of sludge after the gritter lorry has passed.
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Beepity beep beep beep
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As if a Blose fan would understand what a library was.
Someone doesn't know it's 'should have', not 'should of'.
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watching the game again I can not believe what a niggly bastard Gardner is . treading on players while they are on the floor
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It was great to see their sad little faces on the on-line highlights packages.
With luck, their misery will last until Christmas.
Christmas 3018
*applause*
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
I put him In there as a few of our over excited "fans" we giving him a lot of stick when he sat in the stands. If their fans acted like that we would be furious.
It's his brother who is the nose not him.
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watching the game again I can not believe what a niggly bastard Gardner is . treading on players while they are on the floor
Gardner violates the beautiful game on 2 counts. 1....he Can't play football....2....he's a right ugly sod.
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Disagree with a previous poster about Whelan, I thought he was a liability with the ball always passing square or backwards. New keeper needed badly I've wanted this guy to prove us wrong but for his size he's a bit of a mouse. Love the way Smith sets us up we just need a decent centre back someone of a decent size we look dodgy against tall forwards.
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
I put him In there as a few of our over excited "fans" we giving him a lot of stick when he sat in the stands. If their fans acted like that we would be furious.
It's his brother who is the nose not him.
Fair play to you.
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
I put him In there as a few of our over excited "fans" we giving him a lot of stick when he sat in the stands. If their fans acted like that we would be furious.
It's his brother who is the nose not him.
I always wonder what on loan players actually do for games like this (more so when it's actually local rivals involved). Personally I'd have wanted to watch the match at home in Gary's situation but guess Monk wanted the players not involved to travel and give support in the dressing room as Jota was also with the subs on the bench.
Difficult one for Gary and he was missed by them today as he's much better than his brother nowadays.
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As if a Blose fan would understand what a library was.
There’s a big one in the centre of Brum where we never go and they have the run of.
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Great result, if not a performance. Fortunate when they hit the post & that we then got 2 quick goals. Great to see Jack score & Hutton's goal was a sight to behold.
Only disappointment was the behaviour of some of our fans in the Lower Trinity trying to get at some Nose's in the boxes behind. Grown men acting like dickheads & frightening the life out of young kids.
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Loads of Villa and ex-Villa on Twitter toasting the Scottish Cafu.
Even when we're off colour we still have far too much for fodder like the Noses.
Whelan was so deep at times dropping into the centre half slot, but Smith said these were his instructions. Felt that it really affected the midfield ability to dominate and it didn't change too much till after the half hour mark.
We missed McGinn but as Deano said, it's hard to press a side that only has 24% of the ball.
Anyway, McGinn back for Forest and Bolasie for Adomah. That isn't a bad use of the squad.
We always sit too deep with Whelan.
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The problem with Whelan is that he looks off the pace and gave the ball away too often.
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The Hutton goal was one of those mouth open 'What Did I Just See?' moments. Bloody wonderful.
A run like that poses a real dilemma for opposition. They think he is going to pass any second and back off to cover runners and than can not change course as he sweeps past them. Having ran 75 yards and still have the composure to slot it in the perfect place with the precision of world class player was amazing.
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
I put him In there as a few of our over excited "fans" we giving him a lot of stick when he sat in the stands. If their fans acted like that we would be furious.
It's his brother who is the nose not him.
Nice one.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
No, we can play out from the back, that’s fine.
But, when you are aimlessly passing across the back line and not going forward you risk getting caught out.
And we did...a few times.
Yes agreed. Whilst the intent is good execution is terrible. When our back players receive the ball from Nyland they are not moving it forward quickly enough. Only Tuanzebe is comfortable with the ball on his feet. A lot of work and maybe change to personnel is required to make it work better.
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there's a couple of us villa drinking in a pub in Newport Pagnell this afternoon
no blues to be seen anywhere
the town is ours
although there is a Cobblers fan at the bar who I know is pretty handy so maybe we will have to share town ownership for now
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Great result, if not a performance. Fortunate when they hit the post & that we then got 2 quick goals. Great to see Jack score & Hutton's goal was a sight to behold.
Only disappointment was the behaviour of some of our fans in the Lower Trinity trying to get at some Nose's in the boxes behind. Grown men acting like dickheads & frightening the life out of young kids.
That will probably be the noses in the boxes in the Trinity Middle who were giving it large when they scored their first calling the Villa fans in front of them - including the lady in front of me with her 6 year old daughter - "wan*ers", "loser cu**s" and "scum". The one nose was goading the Villa fans close to him and disappeared into the safe refuge of his box as soon as the stewards arrived....which took some time!
So yes, you're right...grown men acting like dickheads!
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So a neat controlled composed finished by Kodjia.
A header by the hungry Grealish,
A penalty kick dispatched by Tammy Abrahams
And then : amazing solo by Hutts leading to an all piled on top of one another celebratory scrum in the holte for that beautiful goal .
It was all deserving for the attitude (if not overall performance) of the villa today .
We , Villa , the better team won. And that we scored 4 times we can all be entitled to feel there was some style in the victory .
Fittingly, this match delivered some twists and turns, and individual superlatives for Our Grealish and Our Hutton.
4-2 is a wonderful result that seemed blessed for the villa after they 'only' struck the post.
We never looked back.
And with Head coach Dean Smith I don't think we ever will as we just keep moving forward.
Thank you Dean Smith .
Up the Villa.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
No, we can play out from the back, that’s fine.
But, when you are aimlessly passing across the back line and not going forward you risk getting caught out.
And we did...a few times.
Yes agreed. Whilst the intent is good execution is terrible. When our back players receive the ball from Nyland they are not moving it forward quickly enough. Only Tuanzebe is comfortable with the ball on his feet. A lot of work and maybe change to personnel is required to make it work better.
Yes the key to it all of is speed. The benefits should outweigh the risk, but the frequency and impact of making a mistake does make us vulnerable at present.
The tag team fouling on Grealish did have an effect for the first half an hour and he must've been fouled about 10 times in total. Kieftenbeld's foul in the first minute would've been a yellow if it had occurred after about 15 mins. We overtook Norwich as the most fouled team in the division.
Great derby game and a great comeback after an insipid 30 minutes. I would still prefer ElMo ar Rb and Hutton at Lb.
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They really must hate playing us.
They looked the better team for 30mins, then the near shock of going 2 down jolted us into action.
The penalty was a stupid one to concede, and they just let Cafu run through them.
We won both halves 2-1.
They are even getting trolled by Bet365 on Twitter now.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
No, we can play out from the back, that’s fine.
But, when you are aimlessly passing across the back line and not going forward you risk getting caught out.
And we did...a few times.
Yes agreed. Whilst the intent is good execution is terrible. When our back players receive the ball from Nyland they are not moving it forward quickly enough. Only Tuanzebe is comfortable with the ball on his feet. A lot of work and maybe change to personnel is required to make it work better.
Yes the key to it all of is speed. The benefits should outweigh the risk, but the frequency and impact of making a mistake does make us vulnerable at present.
The tag team fouling on Grealish did have an effect for the first half an hour and he must've been fouled about 10 times in total. Kieftenbeld's foul in the first minute would've been a yellow if it had occurred after about 15 mins. We overtook Norwich as the most fouled team in the division.
Great derby game and a great comeback after an insipid 30 minutes. I would still prefer ElMo ar Rb and Hutton at Lb.
Agreed.
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Would you prefer we hoof it in the general direction of Elmo, or even worse, Hogan? We play football now, time to get used to it :D
No, we can play out from the back, that’s fine.
But, when you are aimlessly passing across the back line and not going forward you risk getting caught out.
And we did...a few times.
Yes agreed. Whilst the intent is good execution is terrible. When our back players receive the ball from Nyland they are not moving it forward quickly enough. Only Tuanzebe is comfortable with the ball on his feet. A lot of work and maybe change to personnel is required to make it work better.
Yes the key to it all of is speed. The benefits should outweigh the risk, but the frequency and impact of making a mistake does make us vulnerable at present.
The tag team fouling on Grealish did have an effect for the first half an hour and he must've been fouled about 10 times in total. Kieftenbeld's foul in the first minute would've been a yellow if it had occurred after about 15 mins. We overtook Norwich as the most fouled team in the division.
Great derby game and a great comeback after an insipid 30 minutes. I would still prefer ElMo ar Rb and Hutton at Lb.
Agreed.
I understand this argument, and it has some merit, but I would make the point that most of our attacking threat originated from Hutton and Albert linking up.
Judging from Dean Smith's post match comments, he rates Hutton even more than SB, who said the player picks himself and that he would be a Villa player this season if he had anything to do with it.
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I was screaming at Hutton to pass, when McGinn shaped to shoot vs Shef Wed I was thinking FFS don't shoot from there, what do I know.
I thought it would be a long time before I saw a better goal than McGinns, but that goal today, for how it was scored, who scored it & who it was against was a moment of absolute joy.
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Now the dust has settled a few points from today
The foul on Grealish within seconds why no yellow
We got lucky when they hit the post and for their first it was poor marking don’t try to detract
Adomah was poor today but the foul on him merited a red and would have been in the prem. saying that Grealish’s lunge second half was no better
Their second goal why. Slack all round
Hutton worldie up their with Gary Thompsons
Why did villa give them what looked to be a full allocation and try to disguise the same in the official attendance figure. But how quiet were they
McGinn is needed. He is our Gareth Barry from years gone by
I totally agree with the foul in early seconds against Jack, was so obvious and the ref needed to show some authority. Dont agree with Albert, I don't think any player stood out tbh but he made the first two goals.
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Oh, and for the 3rd year running, from the time of parking up, walking to the pub, walking to the ground, getting back to the car after the game, I never saw a single nose.
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After the game I had to go to Edgbaston and on the way back there was a Police blockade on the roundabout at Watery Lane/Garrison Lane. We waited a short while and then about 6 coaches, coming from Aston Uni side, were escorted past travelling towards Cov road flanked by what appeared to be dozens of Police outriders. WTF was all that about and who is paying for it?
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Oh, and for the 3rd year running, from the time of parking up, walking to the pub, walking to the ground, getting back to the car after the game, I never saw a single nose.
That is down to the policing
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I parked by the Villa tavern and little queue after star city, but said to my lad why do people park right near the ground?
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Express and Star (https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2018/11/25/aston-villa-hero-jack-grealish-dedicates-second-city-derby-goal-to-late-brother/)
Aston Villa hero Jack Grealish dedicates Second City derby goal to late brother
An emotional Jack Grealish admitted he had been unable to hold back the tears after dedicating his Second City Derby goal to his late brother.
By Matt Maher | Aston Villa | Published: 1 hour ago
The lifelong Villa fan netted his first career goal against Blues to help Dean Smith’s men record a 4-2 victory over their rivals in a pulsating encounter.
Grealish revealed he had tears in his eyes when he headed home Albert Adomah’s 39th-minute cross, later dedicating the strike to his brother Keelan, who passed away when the Villa star was just four years old.
He said: “It’s a moment I dreamed of as a fan. To score, I got emotional because of my little brother who passed away. I dedicated the goal to him.
“I had tears in my eyes. I was crying because I have all my family here. I have 20 people in the box and ten more tickets, about 30 people here. Since I have been a kid I have always wanted to play against Blues.”
Grealish now hopes to succeed Gabriel Agbonlahor, who scored in five games against Blues, as Villa’s hometown derby hero.
He continued: “I have always watched the derbies. You have the games against Wolves and West Brom but I don’t think any of them are as big as this one.
“I remember playing on a Sunday, in the morning, then rushing back for the match. Gabby would score. That’s why he is my all-time hero. He scored in so many derbies, didn’t he? Often late on. I would love to do what he has done. To contribute with a goal today was unbelievable for me.”
Grealish’s goal put Villa 2-1 ahead and came just two minutes after Jonathan Kodjia had cancelled out Lukas Jutkiewicz’s opener for the visitors.
Tammy Abraham increased Villa’s advantage from the penalty spot early in the second half and though a Kristian Pedersen goal gave Blues hope, Alan Hutton extinguished it with a superb solo effort, which saw the Scot run 50 yards from his own half before slotting past Lee Camp.
Grealish said: “It was unbelievable, wasn’t it? I was next to him. I think he ran past Craig Gardner and I thought Craig was going to give him a kick. He just carried on! It was a great goal and I know how much it means to Hutts. He is a great player and has been a great servant to this club. I am over the moon for him.”
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I’m thinking this would fit today
https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q
Hope it’s what I think it is!
Yesssss, the ride of the Valkyries!
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I’m thinking this would fit today
https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q
Hope it’s what I think it is!
Yesssss, the ride of the Valkyries!
Love it Lou
Spot on!
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Went to the match and just watched it on TV. Fair play to them, they were on top until we equalised, they never gave up, Gary Monk is too good for them and a really entertaining match for the uncommitted viewer
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Joy!
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After the game I had to go to Edgbaston and on the way back there was a Police blockade on the roundabout at Watery Lane/Garrison Lane. We waited a short while and then about 6 coaches, coming from Aston Uni side, were escorted past travelling towards Cov road flanked by what appeared to be dozens of Police outriders. WTF was all that about and who is paying for it?
Same as most clubs do i'd imagine, certainly happened the one time i've used an official coach in recent times to Hull. The outriders are for traffic control.
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Lovely feeling to send these gimps packing again. UTFV you tramps.
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Hello, didn’t think we were at our best but we always had too much for them. Laughed my leg off when they hit the post instead of going 2-0 up and within a couple of minutes they were 2-1 down. They’ll always break yer ‘eart Tom 😀
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Obviously you can’t stop watching Hutton’s worldly, next time you do see how after he scores Kleftenbellend swings a kick at Hutton, they just can’t help themselves.
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Beepity beep beep beep
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As if a Blose fan would understand what a library was.
Someone doesn't know it's 'should have', not 'should of'.
Genuinely surprised they even know how to spell Library never mind actually knowing what one is.
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There's a video on Twitter of the unwashed standing silent, as they did for most of the game, being drowned out by four sides of Villa Park singing. Lee Hendrie posted it.
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If the unwashed had strained their porcine ears they would have heard me singing in Suffolk and my younger son singing in Cologne. We reach further than the pubs of Birmingham city centre.
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Disagree with a previous poster about Whelan, I thought he was a liability with the ball always passing square or backwards. New keeper needed badly I've wanted this guy to prove us wrong but for his size he's a bit of a mouse. Love the way Smith sets us up we just need a decent centre back someone of a decent size we look dodgy against tall forwards.
Whelan played well as a covering MF, albeit he did pass into danger a couple of times.
Nyland is getting better ... I can't really fault him for the 2 yesterday, since on the first he was blocked out by the #9 and the second Hourihane was not covering back.
We definitely need another CB!
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This a wonderful feeling this morning love it what a day beating the scum 4-2 great drinking with the lads after the game ruined Small Heaths big day out absoulutely buzzing thank you Villa.
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Great result, if not a performance. Fortunate when they hit the post & that we then got 2 quick goals. Great to see Jack score & Hutton's goal was a sight to behold.
Only disappointment was the behaviour of some of our fans in the Lower Trinity trying to get at some Nose's in the boxes behind. Grown men acting like dickheads & frightening the life out of young kids.
That will probably be the noses in the boxes in the Trinity Middle who were giving it large when they scored their first calling the Villa fans in front of them - including the lady in front of me with her 6 year old daughter - "wan*ers", "loser cu**s" and "scum". The one nose was goading the Villa fans close to him and disappeared into the safe refuge of his box as soon as the stewards arrived....which took some time!
So yes, you're right...grown men acting like dickheads!
Well said. I saw it all. The Villa fans in question probably did over react but it was the obnoxious Blue nose that was the instigator. The stewards were pretty poor too. One guy told the steward that the blues fan was being abusive to people and his reaction was to tell the villa fan to sit down or risk being ejected from the ground. That was the cue for people to erupt. Not good all round.
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I thought Nyland played well yesterday. I certainly didn’t feel as though he was in anyway a liability, he couldn’t do anything about either goal and generally his kicking and distribution was excellent. I thought our poorest players were Chester and Hourihane, Chester hasn’t been quite right all season and Hourihanes passing, set pieces aside, was off all
game. I thought Kodjia was alright as well, not brilliant but certainly worth persevering with.
But fuck it, we beat them 4-2 so who cares. I’m one of Hutton’s biggest critics I just don’t think he’s that good but fuck me I’m still smiling about that goal yesterday.
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Brian - why weren't you there. if you don't mind me asking?
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Great result, if not a performance. Fortunate when they hit the post & that we then got 2 quick goals. Great to see Jack score & Hutton's goal was a sight to behold.
Only disappointment was the behaviour of some of our fans in the Lower Trinity trying to get at some Nose's in the boxes behind. Grown men acting like dickheads & frightening the life out of young kids.
That will probably be the noses in the boxes in the Trinity Middle who were giving it large when they scored their first calling the Villa fans in front of them - including the lady in front of me with her 6 year old daughter - "wan*ers", "loser cu**s" and "scum". The one nose was goading the Villa fans close to him and disappeared into the safe refuge of his box as soon as the stewards arrived....which took some time!
So yes, you're right...grown men acting like dickheads!
Well said. I saw it all. The Villa fans in question probably did over react but it was the obnoxious Blue nose that was the instigator. The stewards were pretty poor too. One guy told the steward that the blues fan was being abusive to people and his reaction was to tell the villa fan to sit down or risk being ejected from the ground. That was the cue for people to erupt. Not good all round.
I saw the commotion from my seat in the Lower Holte but I didn't know what had happened.
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Special mention to Chester, who didn't have the best of games, but did have the clarity of thought to stay in their half to prevent Blues kicking off after Hutton's goal. Well played, skip.
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Anyone going to start the Forest Prematch thread? whilst it’s good to beat them down the road we’ve now got bigger fish to fry.
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Great result, if not a performance. Fortunate when they hit the post & that we then got 2 quick goals. Great to see Jack score & Hutton's goal was a sight to behold.
Only disappointment was the behaviour of some of our fans in the Lower Trinity trying to get at some Nose's in the boxes behind. Grown men acting like dickheads & frightening the life out of young kids.
That will probably be the noses in the boxes in the Trinity Middle who were giving it large when they scored their first calling the Villa fans in front of them - including the lady in front of me with her 6 year old daughter - "wan*ers", "loser cu**s" and "scum". The one nose was goading the Villa fans close to him and disappeared into the safe refuge of his box as soon as the stewards arrived....which took some time!
So yes, you're right...grown men acting like dickheads!
Well said. I saw it all. The Villa fans in question probably did over react but it was the obnoxious Blue nose that was the instigator. The stewards were pretty poor too. One guy told the steward that the blues fan was being abusive to people and his reaction was to tell the villa fan to sit down or risk being ejected from the ground. That was the cue for people to erupt. Not good all round.
I saw the commotion from my seat in the Lower Holte but I didn't know what had happened.
From my seat on the back row of the Trinity Middle - right in front of the boxes - it was the celebrating of the Noses, the Villa fans telling them to sit down/shut up and then the overt abusive comments and gestures of the Noses...."our" steward, the only one nearby, made his way over but by then it was getting nasty and out of control...and as Edge says, it was overreaction by everyone. But it is something of an issue there...Sheff Wed fans did the same recently and caused trouble as have Arse and ManU fans over the years. They buy a ticket in the boxes, completely ignore the terms and conditions and think they can do wtf they like because they have paid for a box. Yesterday was the worst I've seen in the last 10 years and it only calmed down when the Noses went indoors.
And then the football took over......
UTV!
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I was screaming at Hutton to pass, when McGinn shaped to shoot vs Shef Wed I was thinking FFS don't shoot from there, what do I know.
I thought it would be a long time before I saw a better goal than McGinns, but that goal today, for how it was scored, who scored it & who it was against was a moment of absolute joy.
it was lovely to watch, but it was terrible defending. He is slow as fk and they just stood off him, while he jogged past 3 or 4 of their players, one of them should have dived in,as it was obvious where he was heading. The finish was absolute quality, cool and calm, picked his spot to perfection.
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I've not been paying attention to football recently due to family matters so can anyone tell me what the sustained applause was for around the 22 minute mark?
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Victims of the pub bombings.
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thanks been living in a family bubble for a while
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In the history of Villa Blues derbies I can't think of a better goal to decide the match than the one from the Scottish Cafu.
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In the history of Villa Blues derbies I can't think of a better goal to decide the match than the one from the Scottish Cafu.
Alan Evans in 81 was pretty close
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I was screaming at Hutton to pass, when McGinn shaped to shoot vs Shef Wed I was thinking FFS don't shoot from there, what do I know.
I thought it would be a long time before I saw a better goal than McGinns, but that goal today, for how it was scored, who scored it & who it was against was a moment of absolute joy.
it was lovely to watch, but it was terrible defending. He is slow as fk and they just stood off him, while he jogged past 3 or 4 of their players, one of them should have dived in,as it was obvious where he was heading. The finish was absolute quality, cool and calm, picked his spot to perfection.
Hutton is not slow. I believe he’s still one of our fastest players. They should’ve have took him out. Great celebrations all round the ground
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I was screaming at Hutton to pass, when McGinn shaped to shoot vs Shef Wed I was thinking FFS don't shoot from there, what do I know.
I thought it would be a long time before I saw a better goal than McGinns, but that goal today, for how it was scored, who scored it & who it was against was a moment of absolute joy.
it was lovely to watch, but it was terrible defending. He is slow as fk and they just stood off him, while he jogged past 3 or 4 of their players, one of them should have dived in,as it was obvious where he was heading. The finish was absolute quality, cool and calm, picked his spot to perfection.
Hutton is not slow. I believe he’s still one of our fastest players. They should’ve have took him out. Great celebrations all round the ground
just watched it a couple of times again and I concede your point, he wasn’t slow. He got shoved at one point that put him off his stride. Brilliant finish.
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He's not slow. Don't forget that run also came after 75 minutes of a pulsating game, where he had been up and down that pitch dozens of times. He must be as fit as fuck!
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Apologies if this has been posted before but it is pure class.....
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Alan Fucking Hutton.
I love it.
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I made the sensible decision to work from home today. I have an almighty hangover.
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In the history of Villa Blues derbies I can't think of a better goal to decide the match than the one from the Scottish Cafu.
Alan Evans in 81 was pretty close
Evans was a one-in-a-million strike - i was stood on the Tilton at the time and my reaction was just sheer disbelief.
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Gary Cahill bicycle kick was nice too.
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Hourihanes from last season was pretty good too.
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Apologies if this has been posted before but it is pure class.....
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I'd love it if that was genuine.
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I think it's telling that our most memorable goal in the derby could be a choice between an overhead kick, a 25 yard dipping volley and a 70 yard run from a fullback, whereas theirs is a throw in that rolled under our goalkeepers foot.
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Which should have been disallowed.
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Which should have been disallowed.
Why?
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My nose mates were telling me beforehand that they were playing the best football they'd seen in a generation, now I know thats firmly in tallest dwarf territory but they didnt try and play any, just whacked it forward to the big bloke. They were very similar to most other sides in the division, well drilled and competitive but unable to cope when/if we step it up a gear.
Of all the great play going forward I was probably most impressed with Hourihane, he was very calm in possession when we most needed it.
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Which should have been disallowed.
Why?
You cannot score direct from a throw-in.
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Which should have been disallowed.
Why?
You cannot score direct from a throw-in.
That 'goal' has always annoyed me - I can't believe the ref let it stand.
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Wasn't the thinking that Enkleman touched it?
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If Encks hadn't reacted the way he did maybe the ref would have disallowed it. His reaction made it seem he had touched it.
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Very poor until Adams hit the post and that seemed to jolt everyone into gear. Chester was very poor, but not sure he was fit. Whelan was dropping too deep for me although its seems that was part of the plan. I thought we looked better with Hourihane in the deeper role. Missed SJM energy. Actually thought Lansbury started well and was a shame he got his hamstring when he was fouled. He had warmed up for some time before he came on by the way, someone was asking. When we scored early in the second half I had visions of a proper beating but sloppy play for their second goal. I suppose we have to accept that errors will be made while the players get used to these new tactics. Hope Albert is not too badly injured and am excited to see Bolasie unleashed as well. Great to hear the manager after the game stating it as it was. Quite interesting to hear him say we had 5 or 6 players in the area for the first two goals. Under Bruce, it would be an offence if we had 5 or 6 in the opposition half. Also he said that SJM wanted to play but they thought it best he didn't. Again something the previous manager would not have done.
Agree with a lot of that. I too thought Lansbury made a decent start when he came on and made a good forward run down the right. Shame he got injured as he has been waiting a while for a chance.
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In one of the twitter Cafu/ Maradona comparisons, a boggie is complaining we are using an Argentinian scoring against England in comparison and that is bad.....
Maybe he would have preferred us to remind him of Jeff Astle's missed sitter against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup.
Unless you want to hear a very long winded rant don't ever mention Jeff Astle's 1970 World Cup miss in earshot of my dad. Probably best to avoid any mention of Gracie Fields and Ant & Dec too. Oh, and he wasn't very keen to talk to me about yesterday's game either when I spoke to him earlier. ;)
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If Encks hadn't reacted the way he did maybe the ref would have disallowed it. His reaction made it seem he had touched it.
I thought Enkleman touched it, but apparently not. I haven't watched it since it happened.
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I thought Whelan was an absolute liability today. Slow and ponderous on the ball, and involved in a negative sense for both of their goals. For their first, he lost his player who he was supposed to mark at the set piece, who then scored, and for their second, he dithered on the ball, had to do a silly step over, then gave Kodjia (I think) a really poor pass that lost possession and led straight to their goal. He's not quick enough in mind or body to play Dean Smith's game.
Absolutely this
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I’ve just seen Hutton’s goal 🥅 to the music of Titanic 🎵 and it doesn’t get much better.
The only thing missing was to pan round at the end to see the noses faces.
Like melting drops of sludge after the gritter lorry has passed.
That reminds me that I heard earlier today that a new council gritter lorry has been named 'Spreddie Mercury'.
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By the way, great of the less ugly Gardner brother to sit himself in the Blues dugout. I hope the fans near there gave him what for.
I put him In there as a few of our over excited "fans" we giving him a lot of stick when he sat in the stands. If their fans acted like that we would be furious.
It's his brother who is the nose not him.
He was in a no win situation and probably should have just stayed away.
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Joining Small Heath is most definitely a ‘no win situation.’ As is supporting them.
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Apologies if this has been posted before but it is pure class.....
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I hope my nose cousin who lives there sees that. Although even if he does he might not get it .
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That's been done using an app or something, i'm pretty sure the actual sign hasn't been written on.
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I was thinking of posting a list like that to sum up how long it had been since they beat us in the league but then decided to simply point out that my youngest daughter, who is now in her second year of Comprehensive school was not born the last time they took three points of us.
I think our concerns about how Nyland would cope in the derby proved unfounded.
Craig Gardner has a very punchable face.
Why are they all so obsessed about how many of us do or do not drink in town and what about those of us who try to avoid pubs and drinking in general?
Unfortunately I don't know how to post clever linky things but if you want to see a movie clip and accompanying piece of music that really sums up Alan Hutton's run and goal just go onto YouTube and type in 'Flash Gordon Movie Clip Football Fight'. I wish I could put the music track and the goal together on here. Maybe somebody else can.
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In the history of Villa Blues derbies I can't think of a better goal to decide the match than the one from the Scottish Cafu.
Alan Evans in 81 was pretty close
Evans was a one-in-a-million strike - i was stood on the Tilton at the time and my reaction was just sheer disbelief.
Mine too. I was perfectly placed behind the goal to see it. As I recall it was the one available place in the goal not covered, a super strike.
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I have to be honest and admit that it was difficult to express much genuine joy as our 4 goals went in yesterday as all I could think about was the fact that we do not carry the name of the city and also, due to me having to drive yesterday, I was unable to make it into town for a drink. It felt like a hollow victory to be honest.
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Evan's goal was a beauty & a last minute bolt out of the blue. But every goal against that shower is beautiful.
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Why are they all so obsessed about how many of us do or do not drink in town and what about those of us who try to avoid pubs and drinking in general?
That’s definitely their big thing with us at the moment. “If the city is yours, why do you all fcuking drink in Lichfield or Sutton.” Etc. Really gets their goat. Even my normally sound mates was giving it the “we had 200 waiting for you lot yesterday in town” Bertie big Bollox shit. Fcuking tools.
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Why are they all so obsessed about how many of us do or do not drink in town and what about those of us who try to avoid pubs and drinking in general?
That’s definitely their big thing with us at the moment. “If the city is yours, why do you all fcuking drink in Lichfield or Sutton.” Etc. Really gets their goat. Even my normally sound mates was giving it the “we had 200 waiting for you lot yesterday in town” Bertie big Bollox shit. Fcuking tools.
200 what ? scouts ?
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Why are they all so obsessed about how many of us do or do not drink in town and what about those of us who try to avoid pubs and drinking in general?
That’s definitely their big thing with us at the moment. “If the city is yours, why do you all fcuking drink in Lichfield or Sutton.” Etc. Really gets their goat. Even my normally sound mates was giving it the “we had 200 waiting for you lot yesterday in town” Bertie big Bollox shit. Fcuking tools.
Was that before or after they arrived in their buses. I had the misfortune of having to walk through their away end once it was almost full and just smiled to myself in disbelief when they referred to villa fans as scum and genuinely commented on what fucking shithole Vila park is.
It then dawned on me they probably have not been to the temple of doom to compare.
4-2 on your big day out just epitomizes what It means to them.
I enjoyed It for a change but now I am looking forward to Deano locking horns with a decent team and manager.
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Why are they all so obsessed about how many of us do or do not drink in town and what about those of us who try to avoid pubs and drinking in general?
That’s definitely their big thing with us at the moment. “If the city is yours, why do you all fcuking drink in Lichfield or Sutton.” Etc. Really gets their goat. Even my normally sound mates was giving it the “we had 200 waiting for you lot yesterday in town” Bertie big Bollox shit. Fcuking tools.
200 what ? scouts ?
That's nothing, you should have seen how many old men they had muttering in our club shop.
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Why were they waiting in town when they already know we never go there?
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How many did the Villa score?
(https://i.ibb.co/f14QhBY/46970598-1966740543405356-6553354382631501824-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f14QhBY)
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Did anyone notice their No12. Dean when Albert had been brought down
he went over & seemingly gave Albert. Kick or scrape his studs on him, I thought he was at it all match even when they got the first he was running with his hand cupped on his ear saying cant hear the Holte now!
The other notable thing was Tammy Abraham went over to the lad who was being escorted out after running on the pitch after final whistle & gave him a big hug,
I know you shouldn’t go on the pitch but Tammy’s action was kind also
he generally gets it here & what we are about, hope we can sign him if we go up
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Was in a few pubs after match unless they were disguised as normal shoppers I didn't see any .
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I wonder how many of those hard Zulus will be at the New Den on Wednesday night Not to many i would say!
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Are these the same hard zulus that confronted a 90+ year old man leaving sty andrews last season?
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Apparently their away end was full of "corporates" yesterday according to a poster on SHA.
Always love browsing that forum the day after we beat them at VP.
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Saw four "lads" in the Troc afterwards but there were so many Villa in there they left.
Not without mouthing as they exited about "That fucking shit shirt " some Villa fan was wearing. Probably now being talked of as a "result". Also didn't see one nose in the Windsor. Or on New St,Corporation St,Temple Row,Colmore Row,Bull St,Lower Bull St, St Philips Churchyard,Waterloo St, Newhall St
Maybe they were all down Sherlock St
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Comedy gold on BCFC away days as usual. They really are a hilarious bunch.
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Sorry for your loss...and happy for your win!
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I take it that is your mother you are talking about FL. Sincere condolences to you, your family and her friends. As you say, a nice story.
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Brilliant!
And best wishes.
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Comedy gold on BCFC away days as usual. They really are a hilarious bunch.
A new game, watch it and count the beepity beep beep beep moments.
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The gift that keeps giving=small heath. sorry for your loss thick_mike stay strong mate
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The gift that keeps giving=small heath. sorry for your loss thick_mike stay strong mate
It was Flamingo Lane’s loss, I was just offering condolences
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Condolences to you and your family.
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Sorry for your loss...and happy for your win!
Both of these.
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Sorry for your loss...and happy for your win!
Both of these.
Same here.
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Always amuses me when they say "we're proper blues" as I remember our word filter and think "yes, yes you are".
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The thoughts of Mr K Dragger from SHA
Booked work off today ......and I don’t even live in Brum anymore.
However, as much as it hurts now (and to be honest for a while), I know we will get our revenge and it will be sweet. Them rubbing our noses in it was a huge mistake.You reap what you sow. I don’t care if it’s a 4am kickoff on a Thursday morning; St Andrews will be a nightmare for them when they come in March. A full on nightmare. I didn’t think there was any room to hate them more but I was wrong.
The filth have set us up for one of those ‘days to remember’ in March. It would have been vociferous without them carrying on, but now the anti has been upped. Thank you filth, see you in March.
SOTv
Bless ;D
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But, but, but, they all live in Birmingham! Mr see you in March sound likes a right dopey see you next Thursday.
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Flamingo Lane sorry for your loss mate and thank you thick_mike
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It's "ante", you barely literate Knuckledragger.
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Many thanks all, for your kind thoughts.
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Funniest thing about yesterday was when Whelan nicked the ball as Gardiner was about to kick it back to the keeper.
There was a nose at work today who was still fuming about it. We're cheating bastards apparently.
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It's "ante", you barely literate Knuckledragger.
All he knows is that his mum is also his "Anti" so please forgive him.
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Apparently their away end was full of "corporates" yesterday according to a poster on SHA.
Well whatever it was it certainly wasn't full.
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Joining Small Heath is most definitely a ‘no win situation.’ As is supporting them.
Their team turning up at Villa Park is also a "no win situation"
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Twitter has been fucking brilliant this last 24 hours.
Shouldn't laugh, but here's Lee Hendrie responding to a bit of stick from the Sky box.
https://twitter.com/LouuC92/status/1067050487004958720
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Funniest thing about yesterday was when Whelan nicked the ball as Gardiner was about to kick it back to the keeper.
There was a nose at work today who was still fuming about it. We're cheating bastards apparently.
Does anyone trust Gardner to do the right thing? I fully expected him to shoot, or leather it into the Holte.
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Not sure if already posted. Love this
https://twitter.com/robertavfc_/status/1067157075728437248?s=21
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Remember mum buying my season ticket when we were kids didn't have a lot of money with rasing six children, Some times wanted to pack it in during the last seven years, but thinking of her I then think she wouldn't let me.Seeing the younger fans celebrating the goals brought back good memories when I was young and know why I still go, thanks mum
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Here's a nice (and I think quite amazing) story.
My mom, bless her, passed away on Friday. That night, my sister had a dream, that we won 4-2. So my sister and my niece each put a £1 bet on the result, at 70-1.
Mom and Dad both looking down on us.
Sorry for your loss...and happy for your win!
Both of these.
Same here.
And here.
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The thoughts of Mr K Dragger from SHA
Booked work off today ......and I don’t even live in Brum anymore.
However, as much as it hurts now (and to be honest for a while), I know we will get our revenge and it will be sweet. Them rubbing our noses in it was a huge mistake.You reap what you sow. I don’t care if it’s a 4am kickoff on a Thursday morning; St Andrews will be a nightmare for them when they come in March. A full on nightmare. I didn’t think there was any room to hate them more but I was wrong.
The filth have set us up for one of those ‘days to remember’ in March. It would have been vociferous without them carrying on, but now the anti has been upped. Thank you filth, see you in March.
SOTv
Bless ;D
Hilarious, those knuckledragging goons cant even sell out at home to us anymore. We're truly blessed to have them we really are.
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But, but, but, they all live in Birmingham! Mr see you in March sound likes a right dopey see you next Thursday.
They had one arrest in the ground. The guy with the flare after they scored. He was from Bristol.
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Funniest thing about yesterday was when Whelan nicked the ball as Gardiner was about to kick it back to the keeper.
There was a nose at work today who was still fuming about it. We're cheating bastards apparently.
Does anyone trust Gardner to do the right thing? I fully expected him to shoot, or leather it into the Holte.
Aren’t they the same thing ? I certainly wouldn’t have trusted him to pass it back to Nyland so saw the sense in what Whelan did.
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Twitter has been fucking brilliant this last 24 hours.
Shouldn't laugh, but here's Lee Hendrie responding to a bit of stick from the Sky box.
https://twitter.com/LouuC92/status/1067050487004958720
Very good.
''Just think, if he was a small heath fan he could have done the 4-2 scoreline with one hand''.