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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on April 30, 2022, 02:03:19 PM
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Good luck Tim.
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Changes! Finally!
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Deano's Norwich
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Win please - good to see Digne back, huge for our balance.
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Like it, Digne back, Chambers in and Big Tim gets a start.
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I quite like this line up.
Please Villa Win.
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They must be seeing something in Bailey that I'm not.
Still mcginn which is a shame
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I'm happy with the starting line up.
Great to see Tim start, Chambers also deserves his chance and a earlier than thought return for Digne.
Although would have liked to see Buendia start.
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Tim gets picked after two appearances.
Carney on the bench despite coming on several times.
The difference?
Is one a Billy Big Bollocks?
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Could see Carney coming on for Iroegbunam later in the game.
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The difference?
Is one a Billy Big Bollocks?
Or a more pressing need in Big Tim's position?
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Strong bench too. Got to win this. Good for Tim.
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What has happened with Buendia?
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What has happened with Buendia?
Coutinhio
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Leon Bailey? Man alive!
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Good to see Lucas back, thought he might be out for the season, and good luck to Tim have a good one.
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Interesting selection especially in midfield. Nice to have an increased hope of something actually happening instead of same old, when it's clearly struggling to work. Come on the Villa boys let's do these! UTV!
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If Ramsey truly is knackered, why not have Buendia there? Still, good to see some changes and a strong side.
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At last. Changes and some hope for the future.
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Would have liked JJ rested with buendia coming in but great to see changes ,suprised Digne is fit .
Bailey needs a run so at home against Norwich he has a good opportunity to do something and get some confidence.
Chambers should have started weeks a go .
UTV
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I have no issue with him sticking with Bailey. He needs a run of games. We didn’t sign a dud. Everyone saw the player he was in Germany, the player he looked in his early games for us and then he got hurt and was never the same. Now he’s fit again he needs a good set of games to get match fit and simply improve his fitness. He’s a top player and he just needs to believe in himself again.
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I mean this in the nicest possible way but I hope we smash these. Sorry Dean
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I would love this weekend not to be ruined by us… again! Come on Villa!
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Just win, please.
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Line up looks better. Some changes in there that a lot of people have been calling for for weeks. Good to see the management have finally caught up. Nothing but a win will do today as six in a row without a win would be too much and Norwich are rubbish.
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Looks a good line up. Would have liked to see Buendia start against his old club, but I'm sure he'll come on at some point.
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Leon Bailey? Man alive!
Surprised he's been given a starting spot again given how dismal he was against Leicester, but if he can't do it against Norwich, he never will.
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Leon Bailey? Man alive!
Surprised he's been given a starting spot again given how dismal he was against Leicester, but if he can't do it against Norwich, he never will.
I wonder if Gerrard is giving him a run to see if he keeps or gets rid
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Weill in Tim.
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Too much fannying around in their box.
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If we could somehow get a 3-4 year older version of Tim I think it would solve most of problems. He's started really well.
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Bailey is a big pile of rubbish.
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Anyone have any you know whats? I'm not getting anywhere with it.
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Could do with an early goal to settle us down
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Come on you Villa boys! It's pissing down here on the Causeway Coast so I'm able to watch the game from the comfort of our rental house. Get in!
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we are very huff and puff and not a lot else so far
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I assume chris is going to demand a red card for Williams there.
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I assume chris is going to demand a red card for Williams there.
There is no doubt he is out to nobble Bailey. Just hope Bailey man’s up
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After a decent-ish start it's gone very very flat.
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We move forward so slowly and ponderously.
Bailey looks fucked.
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I assume chris is going to demand a red card for Williams there.
There is no doubt he is out to nobble Bailey. Just hope Bailey man’s up
He’s already answering my question. Get him off!
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Good move.
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Norwich are terrible. Dean's got a lot to do to get them back up next season.
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Midfield not offering a lot. Again.
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Great bit of play from Tim there.
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Oooh Bailey almost with a belter!
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Leon Bailey? Man alive!
Surprised he's been given a starting spot again given how dismal he was against Leicester, but if he can't do it against Norwich, he never will.
I wonder if Gerrard is giving him a run to see if he keeps or gets rid
I suspect that is the case.
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Norwich are worse than us at keeping the ball.
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So close from Bailey! Some technique that.
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What an effort from Bailey!
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Unlucky Bailey
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It was on target too.
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It was on target too.
Excellent save from Krul.
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Looking decent so far.
Just need better quality with the final ball.
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Superb tackle from SJM
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McGinn really is one of those players whose work rate and tenacity cover a multitude of sins. Watkins is another.
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Looking decent so far.
Just need better quality with the final ball.
And more precise passing
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Keep the fucking ball!
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Norwich on 65ish% possession so far. A lot of that is knocking it about the back four but more than I would have thought.
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Commentators lording Steven Gerrard's villa. Haven't they looked at the table or our current form.
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Norwich on 65ish% possession so far. A lot of that is knocking it about the back four but more than I would have thought.
Right now they are better than us. Our passing and possession has been woeful
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Tim given it away a few times, too.
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Tim twice astray passing in 10 seconds
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Led to a shot for them too.
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We are terrible.
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Very meh - 30 mins gone and we have hardly troubled them. This is Norwich FFS!
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We are playing with pretty much no urgency. So flat.
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I know Norwich are playing for their PL lives, but we are making them look like so much better than they are. Or they are making us look like a bottom 6 side which we actually are as it stands
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I know he's not the answer to everything, but can't help but feel Buendia would be having a really good time here. We need someone linking the play, we just seem to have a gigantic empty spot in our midfield.
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Tim twice astray passing in 10 seconds
2nd one he looked annoyed at the movement in front of him.
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So, an aggressive game-plan to get a win, Steven?
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This is threatening to turn into another insipid performance attack-wise. It's like we're waiting for them to make a mistake or something - they probably will too.
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No more Bailey please.It's patently obvious he's not up to it
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Even Coutinho can’t pass now
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If this was McLeish there would be calls for him to go everywhere.
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Get Bailey off, he is clearly fucked.
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If this was McLeish there would be calls for him to go everywhere.
It's that same level of hopeless, aimless football.
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Booed off at half time I reckon
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At least Buendia might show a bit of bite.
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We have a coaching team the size of Polyphonic Spree, yet we still manage to look mostly uncoached.
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We have a coaching team the size of Polyphonic Spree, yet we still manage to look mostly uncoached.
Haha, very good.
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Even Bella's body language is flat haha
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Another £10m compensation scheme for next years accounts upcoming.
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
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The good news is Watford are beating Burnley
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I did that because I always jinx it positively.
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Fucking Ings again?
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
It worked for a bit
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Maybe it'll work this time.
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yesssssssss
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The staff look nonplussed too.
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Cooks and broth Paulie
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Ollie!!!!’
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YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
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It appears to be 1-0
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
I say as Ings passes to Watkins who scores.
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That was a superb individual goal by Ollie
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Gooooooooooooooooooool!
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Thank fook for that, good goal Watkins. Ings with the pass?
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Yessss
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There you go you miserable bastards! 😉
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There you go, they made a mistake. God finish though
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Gerrard In.
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Good finish.
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
I love posts like this, although it's usually me who posts them!
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I said Watkins would score today. He's great against teams that are liable to make mistakes.
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There you go, they made a mistake. God finish though
It was an unholy error.
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Glad it was Williams who fucked up after crocking Bailey
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
I say as Ings passes to Watkins who scores.
Ha!! Nothing like being made to look a mug a matter of seconds. That's not the first time we've seen Ings make superb long passes like that. Ball to Bailey vs Everton and the cross field pass for Cash at Leeds come to mind
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That was a superb individual goal by Ollie
Some pass too.
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Maybe we should play Ings in midfield? He can pick a pass better than the others there.
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Ah, joy, the proven-not-to-work Ings and Watkins.
I say as Ings passes to Watkins who scores.
Nothing like being made a mug off in a matter of seconds. That's not the first time we've seen Ings make superb long passes like that. Ball to Bailey vs Everton and the cross field pass for Cash at Leeds come to mind
I am going to try to do similar again in the second half.
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A goal.
Somewhat of a miracle as we've looked so dreary and flat.
Bailey getting injured is no surprise-he looks slow, weak, uninterested.
A bit of urgency second half please, Villa.
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I been thinking all half we don't look comfortable with crosses into the box. It's an area we should be dominating.
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I make that three wins and a draw needed for Burnley to catch us, as it stands, because of the goal difference.
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How was that a free kick against Tim?
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How was that a free kick against Tim?
And why the hell is having a word with him?!?
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Fair play to Ings asking the ref why he didn't give him a free kick after the Tim one.
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Decent finish to a poor 1st half. Unbelievable that we were outplayed by Norwich for periods there.
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Goal aside it has been really poor. Players give the impression they are looking forward to their holidays. Great ball from Ings and Watkins finished it very well. One decent shot by Bailey but that aside nothing to write home about. Norwich have nothing about them.
Also I really have no idea what Digne offers. Weak and one paced. Gets the ball in good areas but delivers nothing of note ever.
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Goal aside it has been really poor. Players give the impression they are looking forward to their holidays. Great ball from Ings and Watkins finished it very well. One decent shot by Bailey but that aside nothing to write home about. Norwich have nothing about them.
Also I really have no idea what Digne offers. Weak and one paced. Gets the ball in good areas but delivers nothing of note ever.
I may be wrong but feels to be that by the time we've finally gotten to a crossing position, the other team have everyone back. Same for the right hand side too.
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I have a hunch we'll be much better without Bailey
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The ref is a total twat. Blowing up for every Norwich player falling over, missed a clear foul on Ings, and gave Ibuprofen a bollocking on his debut for winning a ball fair and square. Absolute clown.
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Ibuprofen? Villa do make me reach for a bottle of them each week.
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I'm expecting a more better second half now that we are a goal up. Hopefully the goal will give them some much needed confidence though that said, Norwich don't seem to lack it despite being the worst team in the league. We're our own worst enemy, giving the ball away far too often. For me, the set up just doesn't suit us.
Hopefully Ollie 'Fenton!' Watkins can get another. Despite not being able to lead the line due to his poor hold up play, until we get somebody better in we have to play to his strengths. Not sure playing Coutinho so wide is playing to his strengths either.
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Ibuprofen with IrnBru creates a Tim!
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I really don’t think we will see much of Mings next season
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I really don’t think we will see much of Mings next season
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Close twice we should have a second.
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Ings off the post. Great header, unlucky. He's doing well.
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Ings should be hitting that first time.
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Hooray passes!!
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Should be 2, Ings has to take one of those.
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Looking a lot better since half time.
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Look at that ball from Coutinho. Majestic.
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Coutinho is unbelievable. Watkins, less so.
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Brilliant from Ramsey again, if he can add end product to these driving runs he'll score andxassist a hatful.
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I’d like a second clean sheet in a row please Villa. Don’t fuck it up please gents
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We need a striker in the summer defo.
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Looked better but we remain very ponderous - you look at the speed and movement when the top sides regain the ball. We seem to slow it down instead
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Much better since Ings came on, but we really must have one of the worst chances - goals ratios in the top flight, we waste so many.
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We need a striker in the summer defo.
He's on loan at Preston.
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Looked better but we remain very ponderous - you look at the speed and movement when the top sides regain the ball. We seem to slow it down instead
True. Our counter attacks are so lethargic.
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We need a striker in the summer defo.
He's on loan at Preston.
Agreed. We don’t need a new striker, we need to rebuild a midfield that creates chances that strikers thrive on
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Ref seemed determined to book Tim.
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Fucking ref has been looking for an excuse to book Tim all through this game
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We’re playing a risky game here giving them free kicks outside our box. Thank fuck we are playing Norwich
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Fucking ref has been looking for an excuse to book Tim all through this game
That was a yellow card foul though
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Much better since Ings came on, but we really must have one of the worst chances - goals ratios in the top flight, we waste so many.
It's the number of shots we get on target that's the problem, 3 out 14 today.
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We are racking up the yellows here. Now JJ booked
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We need a striker in the summer defo.
He's on loan at Preston.
True but we need somebody he can play with. Archer from what I've seen doesn't play the lone striker.
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Malcolm McClaren coming on
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How was it not a foul by Williams just before the jj booking? The ref has been very inconsistent.
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Ollies played well today
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This has all gone a bit flat inside VP. Norwich have most of the possession even if they’re not doing much with it. We really need to get players who can keep possession of the ball. And importantly pas and move into open spaces. We are so very poor at that
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Looks like we've stopped playing again.
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This has all gone a bit flat inside VP. Norwich have most of the possession even if they’re not doing much with it. We really need to get players who can keep possession of the ball. And importantly pas and move into open spaces. We are so very poor at that
This
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Come on for fuck's sake Villa, pick up the pace a bit!
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No pace or energy in our game - and it’s really concerning that it’s the same week in, week out. Norwich are awful yet we keep standing off of them.
Perplexing
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Luiz with a fucking heart cut into his hair.
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Ollies played well today
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Jesus Ollie fucking look up for other players around you
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Ollies played well today
Apart from the goal he’s been poor. Decision making and passing abysmal.
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The usual Buendia on for Coutinho sub
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I wish Ings could hold the ball up.
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The usual Buendia on for Coutinho sub
Something to prove, hopefully the tempo will up a bit.
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Why the fuck didn't Buendia start.
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Why the fuck didn't Buendia start.
Politics
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Dreadful Watkins, look up ffs.
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Wasteful again by Ollie
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Today settles the Coutinho deal for me.
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And again, shit from Watkins.
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The usual Buendia on for Coutinho sub
Something to prove, hopefully the tempo will up a bit.
He’s look very good so far. Unfortunately he’s supplying forwards who are incredibly profligate
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And now sodding Burnleh are level.
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Finally! Buendia suits what we're trying to achieve far more than Coutinho despite his little bits of magic. He's a luxury we don't know how to use.
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The usual Buendia on for Coutinho sub
Something to prove, hopefully the tempo will up a bit.
He’s look very good so far. Unfortunately he’s supplying forwards who are incredibly profligate
Agreed. I just think Buendia is the only player we have who's linking play, always ready for the ball, plays some wonderful throughballs, etc. He's almost single-handedly lifted the tempo of this game.
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Watkins misses again because he has no left foot.
Also, I really like Buendia.
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Watkins ffs poor
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Look better with bendia
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Burnleh winning.
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Finally! Buendia suits what we're trying to achieve far more than Coutinho despite his little bits of magic. He's a luxury we don't know how to use.
This this this !
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And now sodding Burnleh are level.
Burnley ahead now
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
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This ref has given us fucking nothing
Also Burnley winning now vs Watford so Norwich go down if things stay as they are
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Buendia is the one signing from last summer I have some faith in.
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
Puts Norwich down though, doesn't it? Changes things at VP.
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Tara a bit Dean.
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
Puts Norwich down though, doesn't it? Changes things at VP.
Fuck Norwich too. Take care of ourselves. No one gave a shit when we went down, quite the opposite in fact.
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
Puts Norwich down though, doesn't it? Changes things at VP.
Fuck Norwich too. Take care of ourselves. No one gave a shit when we went down, quite the opposite in fact.
Quite. Just thought it might have to force Norwich out.
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Our movement off the ball is just horrendous
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Christ this is painful lads
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
Puts Norwich down though, doesn't it? Changes things at VP.
Fuck Norwich too. Take care of ourselves. No one gave a shit when we went down, quite the opposite in fact.
Quite. Just thought it might have to force Norwich out.
Wasn’t having a go at you mate.
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Poor Delia. Let’s be havin’ ya
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How’s that not a yellow card for the foul on Cash?
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Fuck Burnley, let’s take care of our business!
Puts Norwich down though, doesn't it? Changes things at VP.
Fuck Norwich too. Take care of ourselves. No one gave a shit when we went down, quite the opposite in fact.
Quite. Just thought it might have to force Norwich out.
Wasn’t having a go at you mate.
I know, don't worry.
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How’s that not a yellow card for the foul on Cash?
Because the threshold for them to get bookings is far higher than it is for us for some reason.
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Are we going easy on Norwich because of Deano.
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Are we going easy on Norwich because of Deano.
No we are just shit
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Should have been 2-0. Buendia has to at least hit the target
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YESSSSSSSSSSS 2-0 game over
Sorry Dean
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That’ll do.
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Are we going easy on Norwich because of Deano.
No we are just shit
I really want this season to end. Roll on the summer. It’s been really poor.
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Thank goodness, aaand relax!!
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Buendia winning that high ball to get it back and off to Ings.
Well done boys!!
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Sorry Deano. Hopefuly you bring them back up with a more competative team. We have a lot of work to do ourselves.
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Burnley are going to be really hard to play against in the two games we have against them in the next couple of weeks.
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Watkins deserves most of the credit for that.
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Refs an idiot.
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2-0 but let’s be honest, it was a very flat performance AGAIN.
Why Buendia doesn’t start is quite beyond me - he brings more energy and determination than half our squad.
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2-0 but let’s be honest, it was a very flat performance AGAIN.
Why Buendia doesn’t start is quite beyond me - he brings more energy and determination than half our squad.
Given when Gerrard came in it was all about how he uses "two number tens", it's odd that he hasn't worked out how to get him and Coutinho to work together.
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Burnley are going to be really hard to play against in the two games we have against them in the next couple of weeks.
Burnley will finish above us at this rate
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2-0 but let’s be honest, it was a very flat performance AGAIN.
Why Buendia doesn’t start is quite beyond me - he brings more energy and determination than half our squad.
He does
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Playing Sweet Caroline on full time in front of Deano is a bit tough.
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Burnley are going to be really hard to play against in the two games we have against them in the next couple of weeks.
Burnley will finish above us at this rate
No they won’t. They are 6 points back and we have a game in hand and two against them.
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Grateful for the points but still many questions, many concerns.
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I can't understand why Buendia does not start either. He seems to have the most energy and the most ideas in terms of finding a way through defences.
I think watkins would be a lot better with Buendia on the pitch from the start.
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Absolute shite.
Sell Ings and Luiz, both crap. Don't buy Couthinio.
Build the team around Buendia, Ollie and Ramsey.
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Why the fuck didn't Buendia start.
Politics
He was caught watching porn at BMH?
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Why the fuck didn't Buendia start.
Politics
He was caught watching porn at BMH?
Buendia is the only one who looks like he hasn't left himself deflated after a marathon wank.
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2-0 but let’s be honest, it was a very flat performance AGAIN.
Why Buendia doesn’t start is quite beyond me - he brings more energy and determination than half our squad.
Given when Gerrard came in it was all about how he uses "two number tens", it's odd that he hasn't worked out how to get him and Coutinho to work together.
To play two tens he needs a centre forward to lead the line. There lies the problem.
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Coutinho and Buendia need a run of games together in my opinion.