Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Smirker on August 27, 2023, 08:43:54 PM
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Anyone got a link to it in full? Every pass, there must have been 50 passes in it. What a goal it was.
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https://x.com/theavfcfaithful/status/1695874711480094732?s=48&t=6J_NF20ghWpAekh1k0i5xw
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https://x.com/theavfcfaithful/status/1695874711480094732?s=48&t=6J_NF20ghWpAekh1k0i5xw
Oh, just the 20 then 😂
Still an amazing goal.
Thnaks mate.
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And it all started with Olsen playing out from the back 😎
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I counted 19, not good enough.
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Poor bastards had no chance.
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I counted 19, not good enough.
I thought it was 21, either way it was a thing of beauty. A real Brazil 1970 feel about it.
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I count 20.
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I lose count, too memorised by the beauty unfolding before me.
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In that build up Torres and Carlos both play a lovely longer pass into midfield. That’ll be exactly what UE wants from his centre halves and why he wanted Pau so much.
Torres played the second highest number of passes yesterday and had the highest completion rate of 94%
Impressive.
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Reminded me of that goal against Sheffield Wednesday under BFR.
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19 passes from the point where Diaby wins it back in midfield but more than the passes it's really interesting to watch the players off the ball, there's almost always a a couple of options for the pass and every time a player gets the ball people are instantly moving into space for him, this is what a properly coached team looks like after years of us watching players looking around desperate for someone to create an angle for them.
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I think we're now moving the ball faster, the passing is crisp every time rather than the softer passes we were making last season. Everything has a purpose now and it must be a nightmare to defend against, being pulled from one side of the pitch to the other, it's beautiful to watch.
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I can honestly say, no exaggeration, if I had to pick just one failing I’ve seen in Villa sides the most in the last four decades it would be a failure to use or create space.
It was a problem that persisted from manager to manager.
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I can't remember seeing a Villa team play like that before. It was like Arsenal under Wenger.
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19 passes from the point where Diaby wins it back in midfield but more than the passes it's really interesting to watch the players off the ball, there's almost always a a couple of options for the pass and every time a player gets the ball people are instantly moving into space for him, this is what a properly coached team looks like after years of us watching players looking around desperate for someone to create an angle for them.
I remember Robbie Keane getting pissed off with the lack of movement off the ball. It's only taken 11 years.
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We just finally look like all those teams I've been jealous of since the latter days of MON.
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Pity motd did not show that, as they would of if it was a scum 6 side. That turn by Diaby.....just wow
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I counted 19, not good enough.
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n Nineteen ! Vietnam - Saigon - Vietnam - Saigon.
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A real Brazil 1970 feel about it.
People watching Brazil 1970 for the first time have been known to say "It's just like watching 2023 Aston Villa".
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Pity motd did not show that, as they would of if it was a scum 6 side. That turn by Diaby.....just wow
Yep. MOTD only showed the move from the pass forward to Kamara immediately before the goal. Unbelievable; were they really that pushed for time?
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Yes after spending most of the programme farming over. Citeh Liverpool and the other lot.
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It was a peach by any standard and what I enjoyed the most was Unai's unbridled joy when it went in.
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It was a peach by any standard and what I enjoyed the most was Unai's unbridled joy when it went in.
Absolutely. Not comparing the two in terms of their tactics, knowledge and planning, but the reaction was very 'early MON'.
Yes, MON only had one plan all of the time, and Unai has probably hundreds of plans within plans per game, but the celebration felt alike because there was no surprise there. No fan-like "oh fuck yeah!" as under Bruce or Lambert or whoever.
It was mapped out, we did it, and the celebration had that real conviction to it, like 'yep, that worked EXACTLY as I wanted'.
If, in some future iteration of reality TV, I had to have an operation performed on my scrotum by a blind surgeon equipped with a breadknife, but was allowed one person to direct proceedings, I'd pick Unai.
I would figuratively and literally put my balls in his hands.
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Pity motd did not show that, as they would of if it was a scum 6 side. That turn by Diaby.....just wow
Yep. MOTD only showed the move from the pass forward to Kamara immediately before the goal. Unbelievable; were they really that pushed for time?
I noticed this as well. I was very disappointed, particularly as I had told friends who support other teams to watch out for all the passes in the goal.
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Brilliant goal.
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The longer we stay out of the limelight the better. All the talk of the geordies being title contenders based on one win looks a bit off the mark now. I'd rather we keep on doing our thing and we can enjoy it for a long time before the hangers-on start to appear.