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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: kippaxvilla2 on April 06, 2022, 09:44:11 PM
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Plucky for 72 minutes. Penalty given for a none foul on Son. Lose 2-0. No glove laid on them. Gerrard to moan about a poor half argue with Des who claims rightly that we were shit. Is my prediction.
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Villa 1.3 Spuds
Spuds hit their stride quickly and we get a late consolation.
I have zero faith that Gerrard has any plan B and plan A v better teams doesn't work
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4-0 Spurs. I can see this being an absolute horror show.
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0-2.
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Poll added.
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Bloody amateurs.
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We will be soundly beaten.
1-3.
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We've forgotten how to beat teams in the top 8.
We rarely do draws.
Conte vs G'rrr'd on the touchline.
I can only see this going one way, but I shall remain hopeful right up to kick-off.
UTV!
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What the hell.
Fantastic Villa win topped off with a last minute winner from the boot of Jacob Ramsey.
2-1.
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Kane to win a shitty penalty or score or assist. Loves playing us more than Lukaku does.
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5-0
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Arry Kane will do for us, no fucking doubt.
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Frowns may become grimaces if the new manager doesn't get a victory here, a draw may be enough to to keep the wolf from the door. Confused tactics, lack of pace and intensity in the team and 3 defeats on the spin has raised questions again about the qualities of Gerrard. A win will banish those questions but a defeat, particularly comprehensive or with little fight will only increase the focus on what future we have with him.
I find little optimism but will use that distant light, and the law of averages to predict a score draw.
2-2
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'Spursy'?
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'Spursy'?
“Spursy”
To under achieve, to fail when success appears most likely.
To feel a bit Spursy is a feeling of general despondency having convinced yourself that this time it will be different.
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Easy 3 points.
For Spurs.
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I fancy is here for some unknown reason.
Think SG will have us hitting the ground running, I’m going 2-1
Little Phil and Watkins to score
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A few will be playing for a move / their futures. If Gerrard can channel that and get the most from the ones who are going to (hopefully) be here next year and we have nowt to fear. I hate Spurs.
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Hope for the best but expecting the worst to be honest. They are inconsistent too but we seem to be the most benevolent of teams. The only consistent thing about Villa is the size of the crowd! Win ya feckers!
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Suprs to stroll it without breaking sweat. Son to get a brace as I swapped him out for Kane in my FPL team last week.
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My Brother who is a massive Spurzzz fans is always moaning about how just when they look good they lose to a poor team.
So 2-1 to Villa then.
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Unless Emi Martinez has the game of his life, we're in for a Kaning from Tatering Hotspuds. They looked fully committed and on their game last weekend with a big CL incentive, unlike...
1 - 3, if we're lucky.
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Spurs in very good form at the moment, we are off the back of three straight defeats. Blind optimism but I think we will win as a result. Spurs like Arsenal are flaky when at this stage of the season. All the pressure is on them. So at a minimum, no sitting off them like we did v Arsenal. Likes of Dier, Doherty, Davies are no world beaters if put under pressure.
Luiz will come back in. Watkins always struggles against three centre backs so think we need to try something different and get players near him. McGinn played very well v Spurs last year given a bit of a free role to press them. Have been saying it all season but get him away from sitting deep and push him forward. I'd also ask Ramsey to play a much more disciplined role in midfield. He needs to contribute a lot more defensively and to the general midfield play.
-------------Martinez
Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne
----Sanson, Luiz, Ramsey
McGinn, Watkins, Coutinho
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Struggling to raise the enthusiasm for a 1730 k-o and the 2 hours drive each way, against a side that perennially beat us.
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Isn't Marv fit for this game? I thing SG is desperate to bring him on.
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Couldn't have been meeting them at a worse time 2 nil Spurs.
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Isn't Marv fit for this game? I thing SG is desperate to bring him on.
He should be on the bench, if he starts he won't be lasting more than an hour.
Not sure how the team is going to look as feels like Ollie or Ings upfront on their own and they'd just get submerged by their three CBs. One of Bentancur or Hojiberg will likely sit on Coutinho. Perhaps we'll start Buendia aswell but would leave us outnumbered in central midfield unless he plays deep.
And with form Kane is in he'll find all sorts of space between our defence and midfield and dragging out Mings or Konsa for Son to run into.
Probably one of Gerrard's most difficult selections since becoming our manager as it feels a bit of a nightmare match up.
I wouldn't actually be against bringing in Chambers and switching to 3-5-2 and just matching them up and seeing what happens but then I assume it's a formation Gerrard hasn't played in his managerial career so would be alien to him compared to Conte who uses it at every club he manages.
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I want to see us look like the home side at the very least.
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Just Nah. 0-3
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Villa 3 - Spurs 1
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Villa 3 - Spurs 1
I concur. FTNLCSDF!
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Please de-abbreviate for the masses.
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That would be too easy. It's not that hard. Think lazy and inaccurate clichés.
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Ok, i'll try and decipher... Fcuk the North London cockspur-sucking degenerate...fools ?
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Fuck the Norf Lahndahn Cockerney Shandy Drinking Fuckers!
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I have zero confidence for this one. 0-2
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Fuck the Norf Lahndahn Cockerney Shandy Drinking Fuckers!
Aha!
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I want to see us look like the home side at the very least.
Yes I agree; this would be a start. Sitting back and letting them play around us for 45 minutes before there is a reaction won't do.
Our record against them is fairly dreadful as it is in general against the better sides. Since we beat them on New Year's Day in 2008, we've played them 10 times at VP in the league and drawn twice and lost the other 8, and we've lost the last 6.
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1-1 Draw for me.
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Isn't Marv fit for this game? I thing SG is desperate to bring him on.
He should be on the bench, if he starts he won't be lasting more than an hour.
Not sure how the team is going to look as feels like Ollie or Ings upfront on their own and they'd just get submerged by their three CBs. One of Bentancur or Hojiberg will likely sit on Coutinho. Perhaps we'll start Buendia aswell but would leave us outnumbered in central midfield unless he plays deep.
And with form Kane is in he'll find all sorts of space between our defence and midfield and dragging out Mings or Konsa for Son to run into.
Probably one of Gerrard's most difficult selections since becoming our manager as it feels a bit of a nightmare match up.
I wouldn't actually be against bringing in Chambers and switching to 3-5-2 and just matching them up and seeing what happens but then I assume it's a formation Gerrard hasn't played in his managerial career so would be alien to him compared to Conte who uses it at every club he manages.
Yep, good analysis. Ive been thinking maybe he should play Coutinhio and Beundia wide left and right cutting in, but then i think we also need Ings and Watkins on the pitch, which would just leave us light in centre mid.
Head says an uncomfortable evening and comprehensive defeat, heart says 3-2 villa (Coutinhio, Watkins, Ramsey).
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Mings
Digne
Luiz
McGinn
Ramsey
Coutinhio
Watkins
Beundia
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'Spursy'?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spursy
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Think BE was being rhetorical, showing chagrin for such a cringey term unrelated to the Villa and therefore of little importance, on this thread.
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Villa 3 - Spurs 1
I concur. FTNLCSDF!
What BE and Risso said!
Stevie G's claret & blue army to silence the doubters.
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Hope Stephen Gerrard's Aston Villa can pull off a shock this weekend.
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2-0 to us. Just fancy us for this one
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'Spursy'?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spursy
Yup. Spursy is basically another way of saying 'all fart no shit'.
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No way can I see a 2-0 to us score line as can’t see us scoring 2 plus, can’t see Spurs not scoring. Maybe a lot closer than most of us think but I’d snap your hand off for a draw.
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Hope Stephen Gerrard's Aston Villa can pull off a shock this weekend.
Yes what better way to show he is fit for Liverpool then guiding his plucky underdogs to an unlikely victory with his sheer famousness
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Hope Stephen Gerrard's Aston Villa can pull off a shock this weekend.
Yes what better way to show he is fit for Liverpool then guiding his plucky underdogs to an unlikely victory with his sheer famousness
Ultra cynical
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Isn't Marv fit for this game? I thing SG is desperate to bring him on.
He should be on the bench, if he starts he won't be lasting more than an hour.
Not sure how the team is going to look as feels like Ollie or Ings upfront on their own and they'd just get submerged by their three CBs. One of Bentancur or Hojiberg will likely sit on Coutinho. Perhaps we'll start Buendia aswell but would leave us outnumbered in central midfield unless he plays deep.
And with form Kane is in he'll find all sorts of space between our defence and midfield and dragging out Mings or Konsa for Son to run into.
Probably one of Gerrard's most difficult selections since becoming our manager as it feels a bit of a nightmare match up.
I wouldn't actually be against bringing in Chambers and switching to 3-5-2 and just matching them up and seeing what happens but then I assume it's a formation Gerrard hasn't played in his managerial career so would be alien to him compared to Conte who uses it at every club he manages.
tend to agree with the 3-5-2. What we’ve done in the last three matches, hasn’t worked and a full strength Spurs are arguably a better side than Wolves and Arsenal. If not the 3-5-2, then maybe bring Nakamba back in, but it’s a massive ask for somebody with no first team football for so long.
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My lad predicts 0-3. He's definitely a Villan.
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Hope Stephen Gerrard's Aston Villa can pull off a shock this weekend.
Yes what better way to show he is fit for Liverpool then guiding his plucky underdogs to an unlikely victory with his sheer famousness
Ultra cynical
It was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek
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If Nakamba is fit to start I'd be interested to see us play two DMs in a 4-2-3-1 (or 4-4-1-1)
Cash Konsa Mings Digne
Nakamba Luiz
Buendia Coutinho Ramsey
Ings
I guess he'll never leave McGinn out but this would make us a bit more solid and we'd still have plenty of flair on the field.
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You could swap McGinn for Buendia.
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You could swap McGinn for Buendia.
Yes that would work. But I love Buendia and felt with the two 6's we could use the extra creativity. I also think McGinn could do with being taken out for a game or so.
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Meatball will never be taken-out. Managers love him too much.
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I hate to say it but I cannot see us winning after recent performances.
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We're already on the beach. 0-2.
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Gerrard: Lads, it's Spurs
Team: <Forms a disorganised queue for the bogs>
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They are no world beaters 2-0 villa
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They are no world beaters 2-0 villa
They don't need to be right now.
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On current form, not a chance. It might be too early to say they are on the beach, but....
But, trying to be positive, there have been games recently that on then current form we should have got something, and didn't.
Maybe Spuds will be overconfident and we will do them. To a draw.
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Martin bloody Chivers, and Steve bleedin' Perryman.
FTF 2-0.
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Not feeling it, but it's a day away from the missus so will try to enjoy it regardless of the 0-2 limp display.
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Not a chance of getting anything here. If we can't beat a poor wolves and Arsenal side on the night, we've got no chance of beating a spurs team who are just coming into form.
Spurs have strengthened in the area we badly needed too.
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Not feeling it, but it's a day away from the missus so will try to enjoy it regardless of the 0-2 limp display.
You still love her though, right?
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I’m fully expecting another nothing performance in a routine 2-0 win for Spuds.
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Not feeling it, but it's a day away from the missus so will try to enjoy it regardless of the 0-2 limp display.
You still love her though, right?
H & V
Villa
Wife
In that order
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I just looked at the BBC fixture list , it gives our next game on 30th April , what happened to Easter games ?
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I just looked at the BBC fixture list , it gives our next game on 30th April , what happened to Easter games ?
Was our game postponed due to the FA Cup Semi?
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I just looked at the BBC fixture list , it gives our next game on 30th April , what happened to Easter games ?
Was our game postponed due to the FA Cup Semi?
Don't we play Leicester away on 23rd April?
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You are right, I missed that one, but still no Easter game
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I've gone 3-3...70/1
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You are right, I missed that one, but still no Easter game
As above, clashes with Liverpool cup semi-final so moved.
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Not feeling it, but it's a day away from the missus so will try to enjoy it regardless of the 0-2 limp display.
You still love her though, right?
I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I am in big trouble.
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Good weekend if you're a sports fan, Grand National, Australian Grand Prix, The Masters and Man City v Liverpool. However the biggest sporting event of the weekend is of course Villa v Spurs, still going 2 nil Spurs.
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Spurs will have too much for us. Their midfield 2 are better than any 3 we will play today.
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If Kane and Son are playing we are buggered
Mind you that shorty baldy one also tends to score against us
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They have better players than us
They are in better form than us
They have a better manager than us
They have a midfield worthy of the name
0-3
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We're at home
We've got a fully fit squad
We'll tear in to them from the very start
The crowd will be massively behind the team
2-0
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Risso, only problem is that our players may be sporting their new beach wear for the match!!
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Risso, only problem is that our players may be sporting their new beach wear for the match!!
I know I will be…
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I'm hoping a midfield without the quickly becoming liability mcginn.
I'm hoping we go 2 up top with countinho back on form behind.
I'm hoping we surprise them by actually getting a foot 8n before 80 mins and being behind
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Virtually no confidence for this game. Spurs have hit their stride and we’re a bit of a mess at the moment.
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Unless Spurs put in a Manure type performance and we play with the grit that Everton did today.
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Virtually no confidence for this game. Spurs have hit their stride and we’re a bit of a mess at the moment.
Sums it up nicely, absolutely no chance!
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Spurs play 3 at the back. Having seen how we set up against the same formation at Wolves I have little hope today. Spurs seem nailed on for 4th. They look very good at the moment. A difficult evening ahead!!
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Changed my mind. 0-3. Allen hat trick.
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Not looking forward to this. I'm going 0-3 with at least one of their goals being a penalty after a VAR review.
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We are the two teams with the lowest number of draws in the division with 3. So....
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We're at home
We've got a fully fit squad
We'll tear in to them from the very start
The crowd will be massively behind the team
2-0
No wonder you're so pissed off when we lose! 😁