Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on August 30, 2023, 09:11:52 PM
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https://heroesandvillains.info/2023/08/30/meaningless-matches-what-do-they-really-mean/
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Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend
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What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'
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Done.
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Great read Dave.
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I’m looking forward to it. In my lifetime we haven’t played a Scottish club in a European competition so this is a first for me and many more if not all I imagine. It’s Hibbs and if I have to like a Scottish club they’d be my club because I have friends who support them and I have a great fondness for Edinburgh. To not go to the game would be disrespectful. Hopefully we see Tielemans start along with some fringe players.
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Great read Dave.
A pleasure Daz.
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I’m looking forward to it. In my lifetime we haven’t played a Scottish club in a European competition so this is a first for me and many more if not all I imagine. It’s Hibbs and if I have to like a Scottish club they’d be my club because I have friends who support them and I have a great fondness for Edinburgh. To not go to the game would be disrespectful. Hopefully we see Tielemans start along with some fringe players.
Agree on all that Bren
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Brilliant stuff Dave delivered with the usual tone.
And you almost avoided Trainspotting references.
At least you didn't mention Gregory's Girl.
Ah shite!
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What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'
To be fair, we did just stroll to a 5-0 away win against them without breaking a sweat. If you can’t have a degree of confidence after that, when can you?
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Brilliant stuff Dave delivered with the usual tone.
And you almost avoided Trainspotting references.
At least you didn't mention Gregory's Girl.
Ah shite!
Wasn't that Cumbernauld or somewhere like that?
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Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend
Never understood this "rule". If you lost 1-0 at home and lost 5-4 away you didnt go through 8-7 on aggregate.
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Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend
Never understood this "rule". If you lost 1-0 at home and lost 5-4 away you didnt go through 8-7 on aggregate.
It was aimed at discouraging the “park the bus” approach for away teams but only applied if the aggregate scores were equal, e.g. if you win 1-0 at home but lose 2-1 away then you go through on the away goals rule.
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I miss it, it's taken away some drama.
Yes, it was horribly cruel at times, but you can no longer see a tie swing from one team going out to a sudden reversal with just one goal.
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What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'
It's just dry humour. It's reasonable to be confident when you're 5-0 up. Ribbing opposition fans is part of the culture of being a football fan, particularly when they're Scottish.
But do go ahead and flagellate yourself because someone had a mild joke regarding a sporting event.
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It may be disrespectful but we have decided not to break our necks for the 300 mile round trip for this tonight after all.
If any H&V friends would like our 2 Holte End tickets to be passed on to them, then PM me and I’ll reassign them to you according to the terms and conditions.
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Brilliant stuff Dave delivered with the usual tone.
And you almost avoided Trainspotting references.
At least you didn't mention Gregory's Girl.
Ah shite!
Wasn't that Cumbernauld or somewhere like that?
Correct Dave.
1981 bloody hell!
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I miss it, it's taken away some drama.
Yes, it was horribly cruel at times, but you can no longer see a tie swing from one team going out to a sudden reversal with just one goal.
Same here, I was disappointed when they did away with it.
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Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend
Never understood this "rule". If you lost 1-0 at home and lost 5-4 away you didnt go through 8-7 on aggregate.
no you lost 6-4 on aggregate.. the away goals double rule only applies when the score over 2 legs is level