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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on May 28, 2019, 09:59:45 AM

Title: Promoted Press
Post by: dave.woodhall on May 28, 2019, 09:59:45 AM

And well worth the wait.

http://thebirminghampress.com/2019/05/mission-accomplished-2/

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Villan For Life on May 28, 2019, 10:04:13 AM

Marvellous stuff Dave

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Clampy on May 28, 2019, 10:09:11 AM

You touched on the one thing which was my one gripe from yesterday, us trying to walk the ball into the net for the 3rd instead of having a pop at goal. I think we did it twice.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Sexual Ealing on May 28, 2019, 10:13:03 AM

Quote from: dave.woodhall on May 28, 2019, 09:59:45 AM

And well worth the wait.

http://thebirminghampress.com/2019/05/mission-accomplished-2/

Perfect!

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Exeter 77 on May 28, 2019, 10:13:19 AM

Love the comparison to Weston.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Clampy on May 28, 2019, 10:16:43 AM

Quote from: Exeter 77 on May 28, 2019, 10:13:19 AM

Love the comparison to Weston.

And me, it was a hoot.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: darren woolley on May 28, 2019, 10:29:14 AM

Brilliantly summed up Dave.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: Whiney MacWhineface on May 28, 2019, 11:16:26 AM

There's a decent novella to be written starting with the final whistle of last year's Playoff Final. The lows and highs (and the moments of pure football barminess in between e.g. the Forest 5-5, the Sheffield comeback) and the sheer number of personalities involved for good or ill  would make a slightly unbelievable story even for the Championship.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: TopDeck113 on May 28, 2019, 11:32:10 AM

The last paragraph!

I would admit to a pang of regret as we wave ta-ra (but not though the a-bit) to the Championship.  If I'll miss anything, it's decent, traditional, historic clubs, without the tourists and a sense that every match could go either way. It's what the Premier League could have been if the money hadn't got crazy and then concentrated in a few hands.

But we're Aston Villa and we have to be part of the top division.  Our absences are historical aberrations and we're back where we should be.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: UK Redsox on May 28, 2019, 02:15:25 PM

Nice back-handed compliment to Weston-Super-Mud

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: London Villan on May 28, 2019, 04:08:23 PM

You couldn't make this season up... definitely worth a longer article/book...

For me Rotherham (lol Rotherham) 1-0 down, ten men, half time... no Villa team I've ever seen would have done what they did in the first 15mins of the second half. That's when I began to believe.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: andyh on May 28, 2019, 04:16:32 PM

A brilliant last sentence.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: FrankyH on May 28, 2019, 04:17:46 PM

Dean Smith interview coming up on Sky Sports News.

He's got the cup , looks like it's at Villa Park.

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: FrankyH on May 28, 2019, 04:19:17 PM

Quote from: FrankyH on May 28, 2019, 04:17:46 PM

Dean Smith interview coming up on Sky Sports News.

He's got the cup , looks like it's at Villa Park.

Sorry wrong thread

Title: Re: Promoted Press
Post by: frank on May 28, 2019, 05:07:14 PM

Very good article, Dave.

What an exciting prospect that Dean Smith might follow those legendary managers you named and lift an even more important cup at Wembley!