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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Smirker on October 01, 2023, 03:34:34 PM
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Sunday 8th October, kick off 2pm.
Can't wait for this one. They'll be up for it but our team is just much better. I'm not worried and we owe them one for last season.
I can't see anything other than an away win here.
2-1 Villa.
FTF 8)
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This isn't our next match.
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This isn't our next match.
I know but it's the next league one. I thought I'd leave Europe to someone else 8)
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I wish I was as confident as you Smirker. Neto looks a massive threat and Hee-Chan looks very good. Also they seem to have cursed us.
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This is how you be confident like Smirker:
- If we have a good record against them, they're shit and we'll beat them
- If we have a bad record against them, we're due a win and we'll beat them
- If we won our last game, we're on form so we'll win
- If we lost or drew our last game, we're due a win so we'll win
Try it guys.
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You've gone dangerously early, the giddiness in the bloodstream is understandable, I just hope other are as ok about it.
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Ha ha! I’m going all out Smirker this week.
Emery to win a cup game and do the Wolves at Molineux.
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This is how you be confident like Smirker:
- If we have a good record against them, they're shit and we'll beat them
- If we have a bad record against them, we're due a win and we'll beat them
- If we won our last game, we're on form so we'll win
- If we lost or drew our last game, we're due a win so we'll win
Try it guys.
What will it be if you consider all life to be meaningless because to consider any alternative would mean embracing all the pain you've buried so deep that it's become the foundation for your existence?
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I worry about the pace they have up front against our defence. If we can adapt accordingly to that then we should get the 3 points
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Smash the mind the gap bastards, Villa!
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This is how you be confident like Smirker:
- If we have a good record against them, they're shit and we'll beat them
- If we have a bad record against them, we're due a win and we'll beat them
- If we won our last game, we're on form so we'll win
- If we lost or drew our last game, we're due a win so we'll win
Try it guys.
What will it be if you consider all life to be meaningless because to consider any alternative would mean embracing all the pain you've buried so deep that it's become the foundation for your existence?
Score draw
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Smiker love your enthusiasm BUT we do have a match before this. Can we silence this for a bit please
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Also Smirker from memory you were very confident pre Newcastle and Liverpool too.
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Think Smirker puts us down to win every match so, hopefully, he gets it right more often than not.
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Sorry lads I really am excited but yes I will focus on the Conference League game first (which we will win, BTW).
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Sorry lads I really am excited but yes I will focus on the Conference League game first (which we will win, BTW).
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Awkward game this one, wolves are very strong on their home soil . I'd be happy with a point
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They'll be lording their apparently fit for purpose shirts over us too, so we must beat them soundly, even in our sweaty binbags.
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Think it will be tricky in that they will sit back and defend then try and hit us on the break. Glad they sprung that on Citeh so Unai has a week to analyse it and figure out how to break them down. Hopefully we get the first goal and go on to win, but it could end up being a frustrating result.
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Hopefully we will have learned a lot from last years viist which was a very frustrating game.
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FIFA predicts a goalless draw despite us battering them for the last 20 minutes. A particularly frustrating performance from Bailey. FIFA has no prediction for HSK Zrinjski Mostar because it has never heard of ‘em.
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2-0.
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1-1
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I bet Smirkodan Smirkovic on Zrinkski Ultras forum doesn't start a pre match thread for their next league game against Sloga Doboj until 10pm Thursday at the earliest.
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This is their FA Cup final, we need to prepare as though it is ours
1-1
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A few years ago we had an unbeaten run against them that was seriously impressive, I’m hoping for another beginning on Sunday 1:2
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I think we’ll beat them to be honest. Massive result for them at the weekend, but it doesn’t always follow for struggling teams, which they are, to follow it up with another win. Unai had the measure of Gary O’Neil when we dismantled Bournemouth back in March and they had decent form at the time.
2-0 us (Watkins, Diaby).
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A very much don’t concede first.
They are a counter attack team, and they have the pace to be threatening.
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A very much don’t concede first.
They are a counter attack team, and they have the pace to be threatening.
This, do not give these fuckers something to hold onto.
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I bet Smirkodan Smirkovic on Zrinkski Ultras forum doesn't start a pre match thread for their next league game against Sloga Doboj until 10pm Thursday at the earliest.
https://sportnet.hr/sportnetklub/nogomet-1/hsk-zrinjski-178171/31/
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2-1 Villa win.
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3 - 0 to us!
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Netto is a major threat and if we can stop him we should be ok.
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The Dingles at work say they are back on for world domination again and that they now expect to beat us. Right up to Friday just gone they all said they were terrified of playing us and that we would be ripping them a new one, now its how many they will score against us. Please win Villa
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I wish they would just fuck off to the wilderness again
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The Dingles at work say they are back on for world domination again and that they now expect to beat us. Right up to Friday just gone they all said they were terrified of playing us and that we would be ripping them a new one, now its how many they will score against us. Please win Villa
Changeable fellows!
For what it's worth, given that both teams are coming off massive highs this weekend, the Law of Anticlimax states that this will be a rare Emery draw.
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The Dingles at work say they are back on for world domination again and that they now expect to beat us. Right up to Friday just gone they all said they were terrified of playing us and that we would be ripping them a new one, now its how many they will score against us. Please win Villa
I've lived here 39 years and to a man this is how they all are. I've met one level headed decent one in nearly 40 years.
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Lopetgui seemed to have the upper hand on Emery last season. Interesting to see how we get on against them with him gone.
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
It was probably the worst perfomance under Emery last season at their place, and we need to put our recent poor run against them right. 2-0 to us please.
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
It was probably the worst perfomance under Emery last season at their place, and we need to put our recent poor run against them right. 2-0 to us please.
I came away thinking we'd just gone, no more left in the tank.
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Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
Off down to Mr Byrite for a new pair of snow-washed jeans to cheer themselves up.
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
And the rustle of thousands of blue parker coats ay it
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
And the rustle of thousands of blue parker coats ay it
Nothing that a Vesta curry and a couple of Hoffmeisters won't solve.
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I can't take another trip to Wolverhampton watching those slack jawed weebles emerging from the custard bowl, punching the air in victory.
Wolves 0 Villa 2
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
Not just Hi-Tec, they're a proper black school shoes with blue jeans and their Fruit of the Loom polo tucked in this lot, the fucking scruffy tatters.
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Dingles 0 A.V.F.C 3
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
Not just Hi-Tec, they're a proper black school shoes with blue jeans and their Fruit of the Loom polo tucked in this lot, the fucking scruffy tatters.
Shout out to the ladies too, with their shoulder padded blouses, ski pants and sling backs.
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They're well overdue a good shoeing, last season there it may as well have been Allardyce in the dugout the way they set up.
Hopefully we'll hear the soft sounds of Hi-Tec trainers leaving en-masse well before the end.
Not just Hi-Tec, they're a proper black school shoes with blue jeans and their Fruit of the Loom polo tucked in this lot, the fucking scruffy tatters.
Shout out to the ladies too, with their shoulder padded blouses, ski pants and sling backs.
Ready to go dancing in town after bay they to a bit of Black Box.
Scruffy, deluded fucking wankers. Its like they've won the World Cup when they beat us. I think part of the problem is they see it as a derby and we see them as a more inbred Coventry.
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If their performance against City is anything to go by, expect 11 men behind the ball defending the edge of their box every time we go over the half way line
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Think we went from something like 1980-2011 without losing to these (Jarvis got their winner at Villa Park). They seem to be a bit of a bogey side for us now, along with West Ham.
Time for us to break the hoodoo please Villa.
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We couldn’t have played them much during that period? I remember a cup game I had tickets for and Tommy Johnson scoring the only goal in a match where they were quite unlucky to lose.
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League Cup 1/4 final (I think) 95-96.
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Yep I’m sure you’re right. Was it Arsenal up next? I vaguely remember coming up with the South West Lions and getting mouthfuls from Arsenal fans when we got off the bus.
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I went to the 2-1 win when Heskey scored in the last few minutes.
The wolves fans above us in the stand were spitting down on us.
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0-2
They're not going to get freak results two weeks in a row are they.
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I'm looking forward to many complaints about "wots the point of beating city if we go and play like that against that shower of shite?" following a comprehensive drubbing.
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Wasn't it a few seasons ago that Norwich beat Man City 3-0 at home and then went on to be completely useless for the rest of the season and got relegated? I expect similar with Wolves.
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The Dingles at work say they are back on for world domination again and that they now expect to beat us. Right up to Friday just gone they all said they were terrified of playing us and that we would be ripping them a new one, now its how many they will score against us. Please win Villa
I've lived here 39 years and to a man this is how they all are. I've met one level headed decent one in nearly 40 years.
I've always thought they were largely ok, until recently when they started doing better than us and then realised that they are largely a bunch of ******. The previous 30 odd years being conveniently forgotten. ******.
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I work with a dingle. He's a right misery guts. He's not looking forward to Sunday.
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I am old enough to remember the time when we were in Divisions 2 and 3 and the ATV programme "Star Soccer", which aired on Sunday, was mostly Wolves or Albion. Ghastly.
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When I was growing up it was Saint & Greavsie and it always seemed to be Steve Bull's Wolves that were featured.
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I am old enough to remember the time when we were in Divisions 2 and 3 and the ATV programme "Star Soccer", which aired on Sunday, was mostly Wolves or Albion. Ghastly.
Derek Parkin and Mike Bailey.
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I work with a dingle. He's a right misery guts. He's not looking forward to Sunday.
You trying to say there’s a wolves fan out there who has conceded that they aren’t going to take over the world?
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I am old enough to remember the time when we were in Divisions 2 and 3 and the ATV programme "Star Soccer", which aired on Sunday, was mostly Wolves or Albion. Ghastly.
Derek Parkin and Mike Bailey.
Dave Wagstaff, Derek Dougan, John Richards, Phil Parkes, and off course Peter Knowles. (Still alive but not kicking)
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Hopefully we show up at Molineux and make a proper fist of it at long last. Been far too easy for Wolves in their games against us in the Championship and Premiership, with exception of AEG last minute penalty winner in Covid times.
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A win would be massive and could propel us into the top 4 . Huge game
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I am old enough to remember the time when we were in Divisions 2 and 3 and the ATV programme "Star Soccer", which aired on Sunday, was mostly Wolves or Albion. Ghastly.
Highlight of the week back then. Hugh Johns commentating. Derby featured a tonne as well.
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I am old enough to remember the time when we were in Divisions 2 and 3 and the ATV programme "Star Soccer", which aired on Sunday, was mostly Wolves or Albion. Ghastly.
Derek Parkin and Mike Bailey.
I worked with Derek Parkin's nephew.
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I’m really hoping we’re just being prudent with Diaby and Kamara.
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I work with a dingle. He's a right misery guts. He's not looking forward to Sunday.
You trying to say there’s a wolves fan out there who has conceded that they aren’t going to take over the world?
Yes. He's a smart guy. Probably the main difference between him and the rest of them
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I work with a dingle. He's a right misery guts. He's not looking forward to Sunday.
You trying to say there’s a wolves fan out there who has conceded that they aren’t going to take over the world?
Yes. He's a smart guy. Probably the main difference between him and the rest of them
So he tucks his polyester paisley shirt into his sta-prest?
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I work with a dingle. He's a right misery guts. He's not looking forward to Sunday.
You trying to say there’s a wolves fan out there who has conceded that they aren’t going to take over the world?
Yes. He's a smart guy. Probably the main difference between him and the rest of them
So he tucks his polyester paisley shirt into his sta-prest?
You must know him
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I don't know why this is even considered a derby. Isn't Wolverhampton a suburb of Stoke?
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They think it’s a Derby, you never heard this when Blues and the Albion were in our division
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We have a thing where I work called "Old Fashioned Month" and you could assume that it's the case all year 'round in Wolverhampton. They will be bouncing after their last result but then, so will we and we are a better side. Hopefully we are at "almost" full strength to give them a gubbing and amaze them with tales of the World Wide Web, vaping and reality TV.
0-3
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Huge game before the break then 6 games in 21 days.
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My considered view after close forensic analysis of the upcoming fixture: we are going to exploit the gaps and batter the Dingles into another level.
1-3. FTF!
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a few members of my family are working at the Wolves, a couple of them have quite important roles within the club
They are confident that they will beat us, hopefully we win as I don't want them phoning me on Sunday evening telling me how brilliant they are!!
1-4 to us hopefully
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a few members of my family are working at the Wolves, a couple of them have quite important roles within the club
They are confident that they will beat us, hopefully we win as I don't want them phoning me on Sunday evening telling me how brilliant they are!!
1-4 to us hopefully
Don't tell me, one is in charge of lighting the Gas Lamps after dark and the other oversees the daily coal delivery?
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It's the closest we have to a local rival at the moment I guess, but don't think either set of fans really thinks of it as a proper Derby.
They hate West Brom and dislike Blues. We hate Blues and dislike West Brom.
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Their fans more than dislike us! - if they beat us on Sunday they will crow about it for months to come
The 1 player they currently have who I would like us to try and sign is Neto
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They hate West Brom and dislike Blues. We hate Blues and dislike West Brom.
I agree, but there may be some here that argue with that analysis.
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Proper defensive job on Neto and we should win!
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Would be very nice to put these lot in their place and go into the latest international break on a high.
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So no Ramsey no Moreno, as expected. Kamara and Diaby are training with the team tomorrow and will be assessed, they might play, might not.
He didn't confirm Ramsey had broken the bone in his foot again but did say he'll need time to recover again. Moreno he hopes will be back working with the team after the break.
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No worries even with our star players missing we will have far too much for these dirty whipper-snappers.
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Matty to put us one up on 70 minutes followed by a late Wolves collapse. 3 nil us.
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They're not all one-eyed troglodytes, one of my good mates is a Dingle and he's sound. He reckons they'll be lucky to get a point on Sunday and will be in a relegation fight for the rest of the season.
I'm hoping for a comfortable victory - controlled and clinical without undue stress.
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No worries even with our star players missing we will have far too much for these dirty whipper-snappers.
Even after last night's game? - I think this will be a close call, but with a narrow victory to us.
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No worries even with our star players missing we will have far too much for these dirty whipper-snappers.
Not sure about that after they beat Ci£y. They got some decent players who can hurt the high line
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It's probably not the case but it feels like we've had a pattern all season of bad performance/result - reaction good performance/result - bad - good - and repeat....
This feels like the first game we're going into off the back of a great performance/result followed by an ok-ish performance but good result. I don't know what to expect!
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Got a shit feeling about this one
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I'm relatively confident which normally means a terrible defeat.
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Fully fit I’d fancy it. As it is I think it’s a tough game.
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They hate West Brom and dislike Blues. We hate Blues and dislike West Brom.
I agree, but there may be some here that argue with that analysis.
I just pity them.
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The amount of times lately,that we should beat them and don’t means take absolutely nothing for granted from fixture.
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No worries even with our star players missing we will have far too much for these dirty whipper-snappers.
Not sure about that after they beat Ci£y. They got some decent players who can hurt the high line
Neto's a very good player. He could really hurt us if Digne gets caught upfield when we lose possession.
Beyond that though they simply don't have the quality they did even last season. Big reason our record is so poor v them recently is we could never impose ourselves on Neves-Moutinho and they'd generally control the tempo of the games.
Now their central midfield is more workmanlike and physical so we should be o.k there.
Think because of the big respect UE had for Lopetegui he overcomplicated both games last season. With Gary O'Neil in charge and them having a more basic way of playing it shouldn't be a problem.
Think we'll grind out a 1-2 win and make no mistake that would be a huge win for us when you look at the other fixtures this weekend.
Fancy Zaniolo to score in this and wind up the South Bank.
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I don't hate Blues, Wolves or West Brom. They're not a threat. No local team has ever caused a rage in me like the Sky 6 and especially MC. That is real hatred. The way the rest of the league is ignored and belittled in favour of these 6 clubs gets me very angry. I don't care that a shit club down the road doesn't like us.
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I don't hate Blues, Wolves or West Brom. They're not a threat. No local team has ever caused a rage in me like the Sky 6 and especially MC. That is real hatred. The way the rest of the league is ignored and belittled in favour of these 6 clubs gets me very angry. I don't care that a shit club down the road doesn't like us.
Testify!
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I fucking hate the Blues.
I'm not arsed about WBA or Wolves, they hate us a lot more, and they dream up this rivalry. It amuses me.
I dislike Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle.
I dislike Sky Sports, I'd mever pay for it, hence the reason I may watch Premier League football via a different method :)
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I have a dormant hatred of Small Heath. It's a total waste of energy to spend even a moment thinking about them now. But should we ever play them again, dial that revulsion up to 11. Same for those Stripey twats, although not as much antipathy as the Noses draw.
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Shots taken by defenders in the Premier League in 2023/24:
14 - Matty Cash
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12
11
10
9 - Pedro Poro, Lewis Dunk
And no defender has scored more goals (2).
Couldn't find the Cash thread. I didn't look particularly hard though, in all honesty. He's so important to how we play, especially since Moreno has been out.
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Got a shit feeling about this one
I have the exact opposite, I think Wolves are in for a real shoeing. We will win by at least 3 goals.
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No worries even with our star players missing we will have far too much for these dirty whipper-snappers.
Not sure about that after they beat Ci£y. They got some decent players who can hurt the high line
Neto's a very good player. He could really hurt us if Digne gets caught upfield when we lose possession.
Beyond that though they simply don't have the quality they did even last season. Big reason our record is so poor v them recently is we could never impose ourselves on Neves-Moutinho and they'd generally control the tempo of the games.
Now their central midfield is more workmanlike and physical so we should be o.k there.
Think because of the big respect UE had for Lopetegui he overcomplicated both games last season. With Gary O'Neil in charge and them having a more basic way of playing it shouldn't be a problem.
Think we'll grind out a 1-2 win and make no mistake that would be a huge win for us when you look at the other fixtures this weekend.
Fancy Zaniolo to score in this and wind up the South Bank.
I see this as the danger , they are easy to underestimate and are very strong at home. Neto , Cunha, Semedo , Dawson, the keeper all excellent players and on their day they can beat anyone . We will have to be 100% for the full 100 minutes , I do think if we can score first we will win but the other way round it's going to be like last season.
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They weren't very strong at home to Brighton.
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I would go for the draw, and also vote for that in the poll if it didn't go by some ridiculously stupid new name. Apologies, Smirker mate 😂
So I'll go for a Villa win.
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With Ramsey out, I wonder will Emery switch Bailey to the left wing and leave McGinn where he is best off the right? I think we have to hope Diaby and Kamara are fit to start otherwise it could be a long afternoon.
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Nonsense. Regular starter? Probably not, but nowhere near the first team? Come on.
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I don't hate Blues, Wolves or West Brom. They're not a threat. No local team has ever caused a rage in me like the Sky 6 and especially MC. That is real hatred. The way the rest of the league is ignored and belittled in favour of these 6 clubs gets me very angry. I don't care that a shit club down the road doesn't like us.
With you Smirker.
am totally neutral about about Blues, Baggies, Wolves and Cov. They have never been our rivals and never will be. manu reds in the city boil my piss. I get very very angry when I see one and you can not measure my disdain for parents when I see a child in a shit shirt.
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Nonsense. Regular starter? Probably not, but nowhere near the first team? Come on.
Certainly in away game he is a total waste of a shirt and i would not have him anywhere near this one
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Nonsense. Regular starter? Probably not, but nowhere near the first team? Come on.
Yea let's banish out regular assistor to collecting leaves in Aston Park.
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I’m off to this one tomorrow and see a very tough game. They’ve had a week to prepare for their game of the season and we’ve had a few days rest. We cannot play with a high line because they have pace. I’m sure Emery has a plan and due to the fact we have Emery I’m going for a 2-1 Villa win with Watkins getting both.
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Kamara and Diaby fitness will have a massive bearing…they both play I think we are good to win 1-3
Neither play then 1-1.
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Nonsense. Regular starter? Probably not, but nowhere near the first team? Come on.
Yea let's banish out regular assistor to collecting leaves in Aston Park.
He'd only end up picking up a knock after tripping over a sapling
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I would go for the draw, and also vote for that in the poll if it didn't go by some ridiculously stupid new name. Apologies, Smirker mate 😂
So I'll go for a Villa win.
;) I'll put you down as a Villa win.
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I don't hate Blues, Wolves or West Brom. They're not a threat. No local team has ever caused a rage in me like the Sky 6 and especially MC. That is real hatred. The way the rest of the league is ignored and belittled in favour of these 6 clubs gets me very angry. I don't care that a shit club down the road doesn't like us.
With you Smirker.
am totally neutral about about Blues, Baggies, Wolves and Cov. They have never been our rivals and never will be. manu reds in the city boil my piss. I get very very angry when I see one and you can not measure my disdain for parents when I see a child in a shit shirt.
Agree thank you mate.
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Please elaborate.
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They were getting relegated last week, now it's all easy 3-0 win, could be more and comfortable 3-1 on MolMix.
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Bailey should be nowhere near the first team
Please elaborate.
Lightweight, can't keep the ball, can't beat a full back with the ball, useless in away games - a passenger .
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He is a different player away from home.
Maybe better coming on as an impact sub?
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He certainly isn't the right player for a hostile game like this
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We need lions for this,not gerbils
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We need lions for this,not gerbils
Definitely the first time I've heard a Villa player being compared to a gerbil
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Fantasy Football is saying that Diaby has passed a fitness test and is available for tomorrow.
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They will play the way they always do, play for a set piece or break away goal & then waste time.
Don't gift an early goal, don't start with Bailey & take our chances when they come.
It might be time we drew a game.
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We're overdue both a result and performance at the Custard Bowl. Been shite there in recent years, even the El Ghazi pen in the Covid year we kinda struck lucky rather than played particularly well.
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Presumably McGinn will be on the right and Zaniolo on the left.
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Presumably McGinn will be on the right and Zaniolo on the left.
Would have thought so
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I see Slade are still number 1 there with Cum on feel the noize!
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Baileys CV at the Wolves is not good. We need someone with a bit about em tomorrow.
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Zaniolo
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Baileys CV at the Wolves is not good. We need someone with a bit about em tomorrow.
That's true but we dont have many options to replace Ramsey on the left. Zaniolo was very poor v Brighton in that position and moving McGinn or Diaby only causes a problem somewhere else.
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Absolutely! I reckon Zaniolo is the type of player that loves and thrives in a local derby. He's come so close to scoring a few spectacular goals, hopefully tomorrow is the day he finally smashes the back of the net.
Like against Brighton, win the midfield battle and we should come home with 3 points. It will be tough so no room for passengers. Right now, despite a recent improvement in helping out defensively, Bailey can't start tomorrow.
0-2 Villa (Diaby, Konsa)
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Zaniolo must start, this is his type of game . He's going to become a big player for us and a cult hero , I can sense it
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We struggle against big, physical teams like Wolves and West Ham, particularly in midfield. Wolves are industrious but nothing more but will make it a tough game and in Neto and Hwang they have a couple of inform forwards. I'm sure Unai will have been pondering how to hurt them since we went down 1-0 at the doghouse towards the end of last season with an insipid display. Let's hope he's worked them out.
I'll be optimistic and go 0-1.
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Zaniolo must start, this is his type of game . He's going to become a big player for us and a cult hero , I can sense it
I’m thinking we might start with 3 Centre backs and no Zaniolo. Extra cover to defend there main threat which will be down our left so that we don’t get caught out if the full backs get forward
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We struggle against big, physical teams like Wolves and West Ham, particularly in midfield. Wolves are industrious but nothing more but will make it a tough game and in Neto and Hwang they have a couple of inform forwards. I'm sure Unai will have been pondering how to hurt them since we went down 1-0 at the doghouse towards the end of last season with an insipid display. Let's hope he's worked them out.
I'll be optimistic and go 0-1.
They’ve had Traore for years who had pace, but no brain and now Neto has come back to full fitness and has bags of pace and a brain. He’s going to be the threat I think, especially without Mings and Moreno. Digne and Torres will have their hands full with him.
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They have some good players and as they showed last week they’re well capable of beating good sides.
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Zaniolo must start, this is his type of game . He's going to become a big player for us and a cult hero , I can sense it
I’m thinking we might start with 3 Centre backs and no Zaniolo. Extra cover to defend there main threat which will be down our left so that we don’t get caught out if the full backs get forward
Thought Carlos looked a bit rusty midweek, maybe understandably. If Kamara is out, I think we will have to do something like that with Tielemans next to Luiz and a front three of McGinn, Watkins and Diaby.
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They have some good players and as they showed last week they’re well capable of beating good sides.
They have some exceptional players but they don't always play as a team. Hopefully Emery has a plan as in terms of managers we are light years ahead of them
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Baileys CV at the Wolves is not good. We need someone with a bit about em tomorrow.
At least he didn't puke his ring up there like Trezeguet circa 2018.
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
Huh? Based on what?
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
What on earth are you basing that on? Why would either of them feign injury and want to come off in a game like that? I was quite close to the Kamara incident, and as soon as he did it he signalled to the bench that something wasn't right. He tried to run it off but then did the spinning fingers signal that he needed to be subbed.
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I think we will win . It's time we won there.
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I’m feeling really confident about this one, 3-0 to us. Don’t care who scores them
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All white kit today. Sexy
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
Huh? Based on what?
Kamara brings the best out of Luiz, and Diaby brings the best out of Watkins.
They both should, and I expect will start.
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Comfortable 2-0 to us. Emery to tactically out think O’Neil as he does.
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Be lovely to get three points before the break.
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Think we will win this one comfortably.
3-0 to the Villa, Zaniolo, Watkins, Digne.
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
Huh? Based on what?
Kamara brings the best out of Luiz, and Diaby brings the best out of Watkins.
They both should, and I expect will start.
They absolutely should if fit. My point was more querying why there was an assumption they’d feigned injury.
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Weren't both Diaby and Kamara touch and go for the game on Thursday?
Hopefully at least one of them will be fit enough to start today.
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I admire some of the optimism here - and would be delighted if you’re all right - but having seen them beat Citeh last week I think this’ll be bloody tough. We always struggle against them anyway.
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I’m sure both Diaby and Kamara will play.
We should win this but we should have win here last season on form.
We don’t draw do we so I’m saying 2-1 us
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I admire some of the optimism here - and would be delighted if you’re all right - but having seen them beat Citeh last week I think this’ll be bloody tough. We always struggle against them anyway.
They aren’t good enough to maintain that level of luck/performance every week. Just before that they were very fortunate to get a point from an appalling performance against Luton.
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I’ve made Watkins captain in my FPL this weekend ahead of Haaland. I reckon he’ll help himself to a few today.
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Will be getting on a flight just as the game kicks off so won't have a clue what's happened until we land in Brum. It'll be a race to turn on the phone's I reckon. I'm going for a narrow villa win with one goal to separate them.
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I’ve made Watkins captain in my FPL this weekend ahead of Haaland. I reckon he’ll help himself to a few today.
Oh FFS! I was confident before I read this. If my weekend ends up miserable you owe me one...or two next time.
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I’ve made Watkins captain in my FPL this weekend ahead of Haaland. I reckon he’ll help himself to a few today.
Oh FFS! I was confident before I read this. If my weekend ends up miserable you owe me one...or two next time.
Yep if he doesn’t score that’s a ban.
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Half the team out, wolves seem to give us a hard time, reckon they’ll win.
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I know why Diaby and Kamara will start tomorrow. They weren’t injured in the first place. Diaby’s pull/strain/paper cut was more believable than Kamara’s non existent knock/contact with a Brighton player once the game was won. Had we been playing a CL game that would have been a different matter. I kind of don’t blame them but they do fall down in my estimation compared to say, Dougie.
Few beers deep?
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I've voted for a draw, only because we haven't had one of those for a while. It would be a massive result if we could win though.
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Does anyone know anywhere in Brum showing the game?
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On that note, if anyone knows rivers they could share via pm that would be grand as I'm locked out of my normal options for viewing
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On that note, if anyone knows rivers they could share via pm that would be grand as I'm locked out of my normal options for viewing
Will sort you out with a PM later, mate!
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On that note, if anyone knows rivers they could share via pm that would be grand as I'm locked out of my normal options for viewing
Will sort you out with a PM later, mate!
Top man, cheers!
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Looks like team is similar to the one at Burnley which I expected