Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on October 29, 2023, 03:54:20 PM
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5 points clear of 6th as it stands.
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Never really at our best but you can't always be. Luton were sitting back to protect a 3-0 which is of course their prerogative, but it didn't half make it tricky for us to make it entertaining. Still, 3-1, solid win, how many points above Newcastle now? Nice stuff.
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We did to Luton what top sides spent nearly a decade doing to us. Winning comfortably even when not playing near their best. It's nice to be the ones dishing it out these days.
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Like a training match. The worst side I’ve seen at VP in years.
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Job done! Fortress villa park!
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Like a training match. The worst side I’ve seen at VP in years.
Emery was doing so well with us too. :-(
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Like a training match. The worst side I’ve seen at VP in years.
I thought we were OK, myself.
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Diaby giving his shirt to a kid, waits for the kids dad to take a picture of them, then gives him a hug. What a nice guy, fits in well with our team.
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Clearly switched off a bit and should have won by more. But very dominant - well done lads!
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These teams are there to be beaten and are often a banana skin. Fortunately, we are made of different stuff these days. Well done Moussa for scoring your goal, much deserved as he's been great. Boosts the goal difference.
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Like a training match. The worst side I’ve seen at VP in years.
What about Hibs?
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Luton not only parked the bus they threw away the keys until we invited them back into the game towards the end. Total domination up to that point.
Losing patience with Zaniolo, his decision-making is dire and he is greedy - which only works when there is an end-product.
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Three games in a row now where we've scored 4
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Job done..well done Villa. Good teams win when they are expected to. We won. We are a good team even a very good one.
UTV.
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Up the fucking Villa!
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Three games in a row now where we've scored 4
9th this season that we've scored at least 3, I think.
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Three games in a row now where we've scored 4
Except they scored one of ours.
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Three games in a row now where we've scored 4
Ha!
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Comfortable 3 points after a European away trip. That'll do nicely!
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Was finally able to catch a game live. So nice to see a game where the other team parks a bus and we can still break them down and score 3. For so many years. A game like this would usually end up 0-0 or 0-1 because we would make a silly mistake.
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Was finally able to catch a game live. So nice to see a game where the other team parks a bus and we can still break them down and score 3. For so many years. A game like this would usually end up 0-0 or 0-1 because we would make a silly mistake.
#factoryofgladness
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11(14) goals from midfield this season, so far, depending on if you count Diaby as a forward or midfield.
Last season we had about 24 all season.
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Comfortable game and we didn't look in danger of fatigue thankfully. A really disappointing goal to concede out of nowhere really but we've scored 11 goals in a week, so we've not been short of entertainment.
Zaniolo is becoming a concern. He seems indecisive and then inevitably makes the wrong decision. Slow and laborious with the ball. The off-field shite isn't going to be helping him, but at this point, we'd be expecting him to settle and be more consistent with end product, he's arguably getting worse. If that shot hits the top corner, who knows but he's becoming a bit of a passenger.
Great to see Diaby getting a goal. He's such a key player but we don't want a goal drought starting to chip away his confidence so it was nice to see him scoring again.
Pau was very good today and McGinniesta, Douglas and Kamara had an easier game than I expected.
Good lord Barclay is shite. What happened to him???
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Job done. Shame about the comedy own goal.
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Fantastic stuff Villa, 20 goals in 5 home games is simply brilliant, sadly the day has been spoilt with Charlie's passing.
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Like a training match. The worst side I’ve seen at VP in years.
Shocking game, those celebrity testimonial games would have more intensity.
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It was a very professional performance against a team who were happy sit back for long periods. My stream froze on McGinn who looked like making it for 4. I clicked on Live Score and couldn’t believe it said 3-1.
I’ve since seen the ridiculous goal we let in but I’d like to see how McGinn didn’t make it 4. It looked an absolute sitter.
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Job done. Most goals scored in the division (tied with Newcastle).
Easy as you like that.
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26 goals in 10 games?
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Got the shock goal conceded bit right: tipster ahoy!
Other than that a decent afternoon's work. Wish John had scored that sitter! :-\
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Was finally able to catch a game live. So nice to see a game where the other team parks a bus and we can still break them down and score 3. For so many years. A game like this would usually end up 0-0 or 0-1 because we would make a silly mistake.
#factoryofgladness
#HappyWorkers #HappyBoss #HappyWife!
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Stroll in the park really, didn’t need to get out of second gear as Luton seemed happy enough to park the bus and show limited ambition. Just the type of fixture you need after a European away game. Looks like Fulham in a couple of weeks could be a slightly harder one, we’ll see.
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We did to Luton what top sides spent nearly a decade doing to us. Winning comfortably even when not playing near their best. It's nice to be the ones dishing it out these days.
"Routine win" according to the Beeb. What is this 'routine win'?
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What was their shot on target? It must have been right at the end as they still hadn't had one when we scored for them.
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, speaking to Sky Sports: "Very satisfied. These three points are very important for us. Only I can be not very happy with the goal we conceded because it was a strange mistake.
"The idea was to control the game, to keep ball possession and to try and avoid their transition, their moment with the ball and don't concede a lot of corners and we did.
"Overall I think we deserved to win.
"It is a challenge, to always try to be consistent and get a high level and not play under this level. It is a process, we are building a team.
"For me it is still a long process here and I will want to work to improve as always.
"Of course I am happy but still being serious, serious in the way I want to build here and improve more."
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highlights video on Sky
https://www.skysports.com/football/aston-villa-vs-luton-town/report/482682
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It's not that long ago since we'd have been happy enough to get to 22 points for Christmas. We already have 22 points and it is still October. UTV
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That was the easiest three points you'll see, we absolutely cruised that with about 20% effort.
Just what you want after a midweek European tie.
Also, nice little top five group with a bit of a gap behind them now.
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Very professional and that’s all we had to be today.
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Shows how far we have come that 3-1 left me slightly disappointed !
But up until a year ago that’s a game we would have struggled to score. And we could have had 6 easily.
3 wins in 7 days scoring 11 in the process.
Wow.
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Maybe we were taking it easy today but Everton, Brighton, West Ham, and AZ Alkmaar all got a worse beating from us than Luton did. Won't make a difference to where they are in the table, right enough.
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My lad and his boys were at the game today, I'm waiting for his match report. It's one thing I really miss about living here, I should be sharing it with them. You can't have it all I suppose.
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Very comfortable that. We probably should have had 3 or 4 more. It was pretty effortless stuff considering they turned up simply to keep the score down.
It's going to be impressive to see just how bad Sheffield United are at Villa Park and how they can possibly be worse than Luton.
We're getting increasingly more and more comfortable playing out from the back and with that ability to hit the direct button very quickly, we look utterly lethal on the break.
The top 5 look a cut above everybody else.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
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Good win today in what,for Villa of old, would have been a banana skin.
Eldest enjoyed the game and wants to come again, despite still saying she prefers the Villa ladies to the mens - I’m not fussed it’s all good!
We match on, nice 5 point gap over Newcastle too to cement 5th place.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
I was thinking the same earlier but at least the gap is opening up behind us now.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
Still, makes it less likely we'll go down the table when we do eventually lose.
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It's getting boring now..can we playsomeone who can test us ;)
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On a serious note we are getting........now are a very good team.
JJ to start ahead of Zaniolo
Not sure Mings, Moreno, Buendia would get in at the moment need mind any signings in Jan
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On a serious note we are getting........now are a very good team.
JJ to start ahead of Zaniolo
Not sure Mings, Moreno, Buendia would get in at the moment need mind any signings in Jan
I think Tyrone would come in for Torres.
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On a serious note we are getting........now are a very good team.
JJ to start ahead of Zaniolo
Not sure Mings, Moreno, Buendia would get in at the moment need mind any signings in Jan
I think Tyrone would come in for Torres.
Why?
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Indeed, I think Pau is really growing into his role.
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They should have tried harder.
I had a tenner on 4.1😎
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When teams come to sit back with no ambition at all we score 3.
When teams come to have a little go at us we score 4.
When teams come to take us on we score 6.
This incredible Unai Emery, this unbelievable Unai Emery's team.
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Indeed, I think Pau is really growing into his role.
He'll soon be towering in our defence.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
Ah now we are discovering the issues around the summit. Up there you compete against the best teams who also win. When you are near the summit you move forward a little and preserve your position so that you do not slip back. Whilst not moving up we are digging our Picks into the rock.
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Don’t know why but Alkmaar’s home league match was abandoned earlier today.
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Felt a bit sorry for Watkins today the team should have been busting to give him some decent service against a poor side
these games are the equivalent of an all you can eat buffet and Watkins was left stuck in the kitchen
Piss poor service for the poor lad apart from that one he missed that I could have put in with my nob
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Games in the Netherlands get abandoned after a specific number of incidents which affect the game such as pyros being thrown the pitch I think.
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Don’t know why but Alkmaar’s home league match was abandoned earlier today.
Bas Dost NEC player collapsed.
https://twitter.com/ronaldmorgan_/status/1718685933086613731?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Three games in a row now where we've scored 4
Except they scored one of ours.
And we scored theirs
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
Makes me nostalgic for 2 months in 11th last season.
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Almost as one sided as the Manchester derby.
Referee clearly felt sorry for them, with some of his decisions.
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Felt a bit sorry for Watkins today the team should have been busting to give him some decent service against a poor side
these games are the equivalent of an all you can eat buffet and Watkins was left stuck in the kitchen
Piss poor service for the poor lad apart from that one he missed that I could have put in with my nob
The OG would have been his had Lockyear not beaten him to it.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
It's like last season, where at one point we were winning but seemingly stuck in 11th forever.
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It's annoying to keep winning but not go up in the table.
It's like last season, where at one point we were winning but seemingly stuck in 11th forever.
To move up the table we will have to beat the sides around us when we play them. It’s often the difference between say 4th and 7th.
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Loved Unai’s rant after SJM tried a speculative shot.
John had to give his the calm-down sign :)
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On a serious note we are getting........now are a very good team.
JJ to start ahead of Zaniolo
Not sure Mings, Moreno, Buendia would get in at the moment need mind any signings in Jan
Moreno definitely gets in ahead of Digne, but I agree about the others.
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Don’t think Bertie overly impressed in his little
Cameo as he lost possession at least 4 times in the 5 mins he was on the pitch.
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Moreno definitely gets in ahead of Digne, but I agree about the others.
I think it'll be a slow re-introduction for Moreno. Eventually he'll probably be back in the starting spot over Digne, but it might be January before that happens. Maybe Digne end up leaving in January too.
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Today just had the feel of a testimonial/exhibition game. We were so comfortable and could play at our tempo it was untrue.
Can't remember a returning player getting quite a reception like Nakamba did aswell.
We're just a very good team this season back to front. Silly goal to concede but we could've scored far more if we wanted to.
As the manager says it's time to dream big as this team is good enough to achieve such dreams.
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I know Luton lack the overall quality at this level, but I thought we played very well and controlled the game from start to finish. The only blemishes were not scoring more and the really daft own goal...and Dendoncker trying a reprise of Stevenage.
Unai seemed especially pleased with the 3rd, even though it was an own goal; I guess it was evidence of how the possession play can transfer quickly into a dangerous attack.
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Don’t think Bertie overly impressed in his little
Cameo as he lost possession at least 4 times in the 5 mins he was on the pitch.
The poor old Donk getting caught on edge of our box aswell
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Don’t think Bertie overly impressed in his little
Cameo as he lost possession at least 4 times in the 5 mins he was on the pitch.
The poor old Donk getting caught on edge of our box aswell
He wasn't caught as such, it was like he was standing waiting for the bus.
He had a pass on to Konsa in space, the way he was facing, for about 5 minutes.
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Don’t think Bertie overly impressed in his little
Cameo as he lost possession at least 4 times in the 5 mins he was on the pitch.
The poor old Donk getting caught on edge of our box aswell
Perhaps they'll be moved on and upgraded with better players in January.
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It was really comfortable. We could have scored more but we didn't need to.
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One little minor quibble from today...whoever has told Dave Boulton to start acting like an overexcitable 20 year old needs to be given a quiet word.
I'm not sure when he started doing our PA but he's been on it since I've been going (1997) and very good he is too.
The stuff like shouting "Yipee aye yay" right before kick off and then over-egging the names of our goalscorers I just find very cringy. Disappointing if he's been told to change his style/tone just to appeal to a demograph of our fanbase as it's very unnecessary. It's something you'd expect to hear at a Reading or Fulham.
Not quite as bad as that one time we played music after scoring a goal which led to a revolt against Krulak on here but I'd rather it just got cut out and he announced the goalscorer in his normal professional manner.
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And another quibble. Stop singing about Blues. The Rooney song was quite funny but to be honest, I didn't even realise Andros Townsend played for them. It just made us sound obbessed.
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And another quibble. Stop singing about Blues. The Rooney song was quite funny but to be honest, I didn't even realise Andros Townsend played for them. It just made us sound obbessed.
It wasn't Townsend, it was Chong who they believe it or not paid £4m to the rags for.
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Not really related to today but we've had goals from 12 different players so far this season, across all competitions.
Konsa and Zaniolo are the only 2 getting regular game time that are yet to score. I suppose Lenglet and Carlos have had a bit of game time too.
(Martinez has even technically scored one)
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Didn’t need to get out of 1st gear today, Luton were woeful. Sloppy after our third but never looked in trouble.
Thought the Luton fans were superb to be honest and I hope they stay up but don’t think they will.
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Don’t know why but Alkmaar’s home league match was abandoned earlier today.
Bas Dost NEC player collapsed.
https://twitter.com/ronaldmorgan_/status/1718685933086613731?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Didn’t we try to sign him years ago? Thankfully it appears he is fine.
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And another quibble. Stop singing about Blues. The Rooney song was quite funny but to be honest, I didn't even realise Andros Townsend played for them. It just made us sound obbessed.
We've always sung about the Blues as long /, as I can remember at least, it's a Brummie thing. What's the Rooney song?
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And another quibble. Stop singing about Blues. The Rooney song was quite funny but to be honest, I didn't even realise Andros Townsend played for them. It just made us sound obbessed.
It wasn't Townsend, it was Chong who they believe it or not paid £4m to the rags for.
Haha, that's even worse. I've never heard of him either.
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Good win, didn’t have to get out of first gear though as they were terrible.
Upping the price of a beer to £6.30 a pint is taking the piss though.
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First time I’ve heard Wayne Rooney’s name chanted enthusiastically from the Holte
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Just back , with a heavy cold or covid19 , not sure. That was a tough watch , luton strangled all joy out of it. But 3 more points delighted. Thought we tired a bit towards the end , Zaniolo how did he not score , McGinn missed that sitter too . Glad Diaby got his goal and Bailey did well again once on.
Feel sorry for them luton fans having to watch that shit plus they have to go back home to live in luton !
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Need to keep building that gap to sixth during this run of fixtures. All really promising. Up. The. Villa.
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Just back , with a heavy cold or covid19 , not sure. That was a tough watch , luton strangled all joy out of it. But 3 more points delighted. Thought we tired a bit towards the end , Zaniolo how did he not score , McGinn missed that sitter too . Glad Diaby got his goal and Bailey did well again once on.
Feel sorry for them luton fans having to watch that shit plus they have to go back home to live in luton !
Think they're just enjoying their year in premier league to care too much.
They were very negative today but ultimately when you look at their 11 it's very limited so they have to play in that style and hope to pinch goals at key times here and there. It worked for them v Everton and second half v Forest.
They should get more points than our 15/16 "vintage" although will probably be a close call. We quickly got found out playing expansive football in 19/20 at this level so I don't really have an issue with what they're doing.
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And another quibble. Stop singing about Blues. The Rooney song was quite funny but to be honest, I didn't even realise Andros Townsend played for them. It just made us sound obbessed.
It wasn't Townsend, it was Chong who they believe it or not paid £4m to the rags for.
Haha, that's even worse. I've never heard of him either.
Man Utd got a quarter of the fee as a sell-on too.
I thought he actually looked pretty decent for them when he came on.
Obviously not great, but better than anything that had gone before him.
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They were/are shite but they've got some spirit about them and didn't let their heads drop.
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Random question, but who does commentary on matches on VillaTV now Woodward is no more?
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Random question, but who does commentary on matches on VillaTV now Woodward is no more?
Pretty sure it's Mark Reagan since he left WM a couple of years ago.
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The thing that struck me was that yes it was Luton, but it was exactly how a top top side wins a game like that. Minimum effort, pretty much complete control, and you just knew he could have gone through the gears.
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They pronounce the name of their own town incorrectly when they sing and it bothers me.
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Good win, didn’t have to get out of first gear though as they were terrible.
Upping the price of a beer to £6.30 a pint is taking the piss though.
They must have seen the price of a pint in Amsterdam the last few days and thought we'd be happy to pay as little as £6.30
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Lovely little moment for Nakamba when he was taken off and the holte belting out his name
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About as comfortable as it gets but it was a tough watch.
Fair play to the Luton fans, who all stayed until the end. But never seen a PL side show an absolute lack of ambition.
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And Nakamba’s hugs and chats with the Villa players after the final whistle pretty much confirmed what we already knew that he was a popular and good egg within the camp.
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About as comfortable as it gets but it was a tough watch.
Fair play to the Luton fans, who all stayed until the end. But never seen a PL side show an absolute lack of ambition.
Us in 2015
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Not a game that will live long in the memory with us playing at testimonial pace, their only ambition seemingly being to avoid a cricket score and some wasteful play in the final third.
Good change to bring in Bailey who gave us width and pace to stretch them, we and Zaniola really needed those early chances to find the net as after, he was a rare weak point.
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About as comfortable as it gets but it was a tough watch.
Fair play to the Luton fans, who all stayed until the end. But never seen a PL side show an absolute lack of ambition.
Yeah, they didn't even try.
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Someone behind me did say they were playing as to protect their GD.
Might be a bit of truth in that as they're only a point off 17th still and ultimately we've hit 4s and a 6 at VP already this season so Luton wouldn't have wanted that type of scoreline.
Ultimately we only stayed up on GD a little over three years ago so I try not to criticise that approach too much as we weren't much difference when we were losing 4-0 at Leicester in the game before lockdown.
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It sounds very defeatist but it's probably a better tactic than whatever Sheffield United have been doing. Luton have beaten Everton and gotten draws from Forest and Wolves. Maybe not Wolves but the other 2 are teams that could be in an around that relegation battle later in the season. It's a realistic, if somewhat depressing, plan to survive.
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They pronounce the name of their own town incorrectly when they sing and it bothers me.
Yes, I've noticed that. It's weird.
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They pronounce the name of their own town incorrectly when they sing and it bothers me.
Yes, I've noticed that. It's weird.
Not that weird, it’s just the Estuary English dialect isn’t it?
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
Europa Conference Champions, I think.
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What is the Rooney song?
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
Conference Champions.
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
It was definitely “conference” something. Probably in reference to them winning the conference in 2014. Doubt it was anything to do with our current European exploits.
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Anyone else notice the booing at half time when the adverts came on the screens for the new hospitality areas.
Hope the club were listening
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
It was definitely “conference” something. Probably in reference to them winning the conference in 2014. Doubt it was anything to do with our current European exploits.
"Conference champions - you'll never sing that"
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Anyone else notice the booing at half time when the adverts came on the screens for the new hospitality areas.
Hope the club were listening
That wasn’t the first time, they’ve been booed every game so far.
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Surprisingly second tonight it seems on MOTD. I expected Liverpool would be.
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The first was obvious.
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One little minor quibble from today...whoever has told Dave Boulton to start acting like an overexcitable 20 year old needs to be given a quiet word.
I'm not sure when he started doing our PA but he's been on it since I've been going (1997) and very good he is too.
The stuff like shouting "Yipee aye yay" right before kick off and then over-egging the names of our goalscorers I just find very cringy. Disappointing if he's been told to change his style/tone just to appeal to a demograph of our fanbase as it's very unnecessary. It's something you'd expect to hear at a Reading or Fulham.
Not quite as bad as that one time we played music after scoring a goal which led to a revolt against Krulak on here but I'd rather it just got cut out and he announced the goalscorer in his normal professional manner.
I thought the same. Very cringeworthy. He’s no doubt had instructions from above.
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This is the happiest I've seen a Villa team for years, there really seems a great connection there.
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I did like their "it's a miracle" (culture club) song when Digne suddenly got up off the deck ;D
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
It was definitely “conference” something. Probably in reference to them winning the conference in 2014. Doubt it was anything to do with our current European exploits.
"Conference champions - you'll never sing that"
It was very witty and rightly applauded by Villa fans.
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
It was definitely “conference” something. Probably in reference to them winning the conference in 2014. Doubt it was anything to do with our current European exploits.
"Conference champions - you'll never sing that"
It was very witty and rightly applauded by Villa fans.
Surely the true irony is we will probably be singing it next season
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What a boring ninety minutes, i can't understand a team that comes to Villa park with no intention of competing, it was an embarrassment. A few isolated pieces of brilliance to brighten the day. I guess we have to come to terms with the fact that we are a brilliant side and most clubs will come just to keep the score down.
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
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What a boring ninety minutes, i can't understand a team that comes to Villa park with no intention of competing, it was an embarrassment. A few isolated pieces of brilliance to brighten the day. I guess we have to come to terms with the fact that we are a brilliant side and most clubs will come just to keep the score down.
Imagine supporting Man City and facing that for 30 games a year.
Wouldn't mind a few of their trophies, mind.
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Sad I know but just picking up on luton fans forums etc they are saying today was the first time this season they have been totally outclassed. Just an interesting other perspective I'd wanted to throw in there.
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What a boring ninety minutes, i can't understand a team that comes to Villa park with no intention of competing, it was an embarrassment. A few isolated pieces of brilliance to brighten the day. I guess we have to come to terms with the fact that we are a brilliant side and most clubs will come just to keep the score down.
West Ham tried to play a bit and lost by more, Brighton tried more and were thoroughly funeralled.
You can't blame them, it's the right move in the face of us.
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What was the ‘you’ll never sing that’ chant? I couldn’t make it out.
It was definitely “conference” something. Probably in reference to them winning the conference in 2014. Doubt it was anything to do with our current European exploits.
"Conference champions - you'll never sing that"
It was very witty and rightly applauded by Villa fans.
Absolutely. As one of the wittiest fanbases out there, we should be appreciative of it.
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One little minor quibble from today...whoever has told Dave Boulton to start acting like an overexcitable 20 year old needs to be given a quiet word.
I'm not sure when he started doing our PA but he's been on it since I've been going (1997) and very good he is too.
The stuff like shouting "Yipee aye yay" right before kick off and then over-egging the names of our goalscorers I just find very cringy. Disappointing if he's been told to change his style/tone just to appeal to a demograph of our fanbase as it's very unnecessary. It's something you'd expect to hear at a Reading or Fulham.
Not quite as bad as that one time we played music after scoring a goal which led to a revolt against Krulak on here but I'd rather it just got cut out and he announced the goalscorer in his normal professional manner.
I thought the same. Very cringeworthy. He’s no doubt had instructions from above.
Yep. He sounds so uncomfortable doing it and it's cheap, tacky and classless.
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It was like a training game today, attack against defence.
The gulf in class was there for all to see.
The score line flattered them.
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From watching back highlights there were at least four shockers we missed, Zaniolo, Watkins, Bailey, McGinn. Luton seemed to be around the same level as Hibs.
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Sad I know but just picking up on luton fans forums etc they are saying today was the first time this season they have been totally outclassed. Just an interesting other perspective I'd wanted to throw in there.
It isn’t sad i do it sometimes, just to get an idea how biased i tend to be 😃
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
This very much appeals to my symmetry OCD. Lovely.
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I've finally given up looking at the league table to see how close we are to the relegation zone. Old habits die hard. Thanks Unai and the team.
Onwards and upwards from now on!!
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Might sound strange in a game where we missed at least two sitters (Watkins and McGinn) and other really good chances after brilliant flowing moves (Zaniola and Bailey), but that was utterly ruthless. We were like a cat just killing a bird slowly without mercy because we could, toying with Luton, without ever needing to get out of second gear.
I was slightly cautious before, thinking they would be tough to breakdown, when will I learn.
I really hope we beat Forest and Fulham now, as it will really make the triple header of Spurs, Man City and Arsenal, so exciting, bring them all on.
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
You put your right leg in, your right leg out, do the...
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
Ross Barkley doing a Ross Barkley: feck all.
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The thing that struck me was that yes it was Luton, but it was exactly how a top top side wins a game like that. Minimum effort, pretty much complete control, and you just knew he could have gone through the gears.
Think that is the important thing with the extra games we are going to be playing in Europe (this season and hopefully beyond). Given we are playing on Thursday nights, we might not be at our best on Sundays and a bit of zip might be missing, but it's important that we find ways to win even if we aren't at our best.
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
As a former centre-half, I have to admit that's got me a little bit tingly in the downstairs. A thing of true beauty.
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Another win for us roll on Notts Forest.
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Luton are a very poor side, but to their credit hadn't lost by more than a single goal since the opening day. Think that shows how ruthless and hungry we were, it should have been several more too.
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One little minor quibble from today...whoever has told Dave Boulton to start acting like an overexcitable 20 year old needs to be given a quiet word.
I'm not sure when he started doing our PA but he's been on it since I've been going (1997) and very good he is too.
The stuff like shouting "Yipee aye yay" right before kick off and then over-egging the names of our goalscorers I just find very cringy. Disappointing if he's been told to change his style/tone just to appeal to a demograph of our fanbase as it's very unnecessary. It's something you'd expect to hear at a Reading or Fulham.
Not quite as bad as that one time we played music after scoring a goal which led to a revolt against Krulak on here but I'd rather it just got cut out and he announced the goalscorer in his normal professional manner.
I thought the same. Very cringeworthy. He’s no doubt had instructions from above.
Yep. He sounds so uncomfortable doing it and it's cheap, tacky and classless.
The look of bewilderment around everyone as he trots out such unnecessary words. We don't need the boxification of our players names, leave that to the fans if they so wish. The announcer should just announce the information in an audible fashion. Sticking "Super" in front of John McGinn's name is ridiculous and detracts from his Superness.
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It was Alan Patridge-esque.
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Another win for us roll on Notts Forest.
Apparently it pisses them off loads when people call them 'Notts Forest'.
So with that in mind, yep, roll on Notts Forest.
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Its kinda weird supporting Villa right now.
As a fan of over 40 years, I am conditioned to the 'Villa way' of raising expectations, only to fall at the simplest hurdle.
So While Luton are who they are, I saw this as a bit of a banana skin.
And apart from the Chuckle Brothers at the back making the decision to keep up our recent habit of scoring four per game, there was nothing like a banana skin in sight. Nothing.
So delighted with the result that gives us a bit of a cushion from 5th spot to 6th.
One thing that did piss me off about the game on Sunday actually had nothing to do with us at all, but the people over at SkySports talking about two games in particular. On one hand, you had Robert Earnshaw with his cock in hand, spraying semen around at the excitement of Liverpool dicking Forest. On the other hand, you had Clinton Morrison, practically crying & talking about how boring it was that Villa were dicking Luton. They really are scum...
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
As a former centre-half, I have to admit that's got me a little bit tingly in the downstairs. A thing of true beauty.
If the H&V print edition still existed, I think it'd be a shoe-in for the front cover of the Xmas'23 publication.
As it is, it kinda reminds me of:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81eh-NQOAqL.__AC_SX300_SY300_QL70_ML2_.jpg)
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Its kinda weird supporting Villa right now.
As a fan of over 40 years, I am conditioned to the 'Villa way' of raising expectations, only to fall at the simplest hurdle.
So While Luton are who they are, I saw this as a bit of a banana skin.
And apart from the Chuckle Brothers at the back making the decision to keep up our recent habit of scoring four per game, there was nothing like a banana skin in sight. Nothing.
So delighted with the result that gives us a bit of a cushion from 5th spot to 6th.
One thing that did piss me off about the game on Sunday actually had nothing to do with us at all, but the people over at SkySports talking about two games in particular. On one hand, you had Robert Earnshaw with his cock in hand, spraying semen around at the excitement of Liverpool dicking Forest. On the other hand, you had Clinton Morrison, practically crying & talking about how boring it was that Villa were dicking Luton. They really are scum...
It annoyed me a bit last night that all MOTD2 could think to talk about after our game was set pieces, the main thrust of which was hilarious 'bants' taking the mickey out of Murphy for his comments about teams having specialist coaches. Very little about our superb run of form and that we've now cemented outselves in that top 5 pack.
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Its kinda weird supporting Villa right now.
As a fan of over 40 years, I am conditioned to the 'Villa way' of raising expectations, only to fall at the simplest hurdle.
So While Luton are who they are, I saw this as a bit of a banana skin.
And apart from the Chuckle Brothers at the back making the decision to keep up our recent habit of scoring four per game, there was nothing like a banana skin in sight. Nothing.
So delighted with the result that gives us a bit of a cushion from 5th spot to 6th.
One thing that did piss me off about the game on Sunday actually had nothing to do with us at all, but the people over at SkySports talking about two games in particular. On one hand, you had Robert Earnshaw with his cock in hand, spraying semen around at the excitement of Liverpool dicking Forest. On the other hand, you had Clinton Morrison, practically crying & talking about how boring it was that Villa were dicking Luton. They really are scum...
It annoyed me a bit last night that all MOTD2 could think to talk about after our game was set pieces, the main thrust of which was hilarious 'bants' taking the mickey out of Murphy for his comments about teams having specialist coaches. Very little about our superb run of form and that we've now cemented outselves in that top 5 pack.
Is it really any surprise though ? At least we weren't on last for a change
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I thought it was okay last night. Thought they gave ue lots of praise.
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It annoyed me a bit last night that all MOTD2 could think to talk about after our game was set pieces, the main thrust of which was hilarious 'bants' taking the mickey out of Murphy for his comments about teams having specialist coaches. Very little about our superb run of form and that we've now cemented outselves in that top 5 pack.
That irritated me a bit as well.
Having said that, on 606 they were asking whether we could in fact win the league. The Villa fan they had on was quite sensible (unlike many of the other callers) and said no, but that top 4 was achievable.
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
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Its kinda weird supporting Villa right now.
As a fan of over 40 years, I am conditioned to the 'Villa way' of raising expectations, only to fall at the simplest hurdle.
So While Luton are who they are, I saw this as a bit of a banana skin.
And apart from the Chuckle Brothers at the back making the decision to keep up our recent habit of scoring four per game, there was nothing like a banana skin in sight. Nothing.
So delighted with the result that gives us a bit of a cushion from 5th spot to 6th.
One thing that did piss me off about the game on Sunday actually had nothing to do with us at all, but the people over at SkySports talking about two games in particular. On one hand, you had Robert Earnshaw with his cock in hand, spraying semen around at the excitement of Liverpool dicking Forest. On the other hand, you had Clinton Morrison, practically crying & talking about how boring it was that Villa were dicking Luton. They really are scum...
It annoyed me a bit last night that all MOTD2 could think to talk about after our game was set pieces, the main thrust of which was hilarious 'bants' taking the mickey out of Murphy for his comments about teams having specialist coaches. Very little about our superb run of form and that we've now cemented outselves in that top 5 pack.
They would be at risk of repeating themselves every week if they did that. Our opener was a well worked set-piece and Emery gave Macphee credit after the game so I don't mind them pointing that out. The 'banter' is just the normal bullshit they're always doing that they think's hilarious that nobody outside of them cares about. MOTD2 seems to deliberately set a different tone than MOTD that goes out of it's way to do 'banter'.
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It's Chapman. I think he fancies himself as a 'bantz' specialist, but he's just a tit. I used to watch the NFL show with him and a couple of giggling former NFL players, which was considerably worse to the point that i couldn't watch it.
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
I reckon Luton are just treading water until they get the parachute payments next season and can then have a go at building for another promotion push with a stronger squad.
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Its kinda weird supporting Villa right now.
As a fan of over 40 years, I am conditioned to the 'Villa way' of raising expectations, only to fall at the simplest hurdle.
So While Luton are who they are, I saw this as a bit of a banana skin.
And apart from the Chuckle Brothers at the back making the decision to keep up our recent habit of scoring four per game, there was nothing like a banana skin in sight. Nothing.
So delighted with the result that gives us a bit of a cushion from 5th spot to 6th.
One thing that did piss me off about the game on Sunday actually had nothing to do with us at all, but the people over at SkySports talking about two games in particular. On one hand, you had Robert Earnshaw with his cock in hand, spraying semen around at the excitement of Liverpool dicking Forest. On the other hand, you had Clinton Morrison, practically crying & talking about how boring it was that Villa were dicking Luton. They really are scum...
It annoyed me a bit last night that all MOTD2 could think to talk about after our game was set pieces, the main thrust of which was hilarious 'bants' taking the mickey out of Murphy for his comments about teams having specialist coaches. Very little about our superb run of form and that we've now cemented outselves in that top 5 pack.
100% agree with this - Danny Murphy is a cock wart
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
I reckon Luton are just treading water until they get the parachute payments next season and can then have a go at building for another promotion push with a stronger squad.
think the owners are just trousering the money .
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
I reckon Luton are just treading water until they get the parachute payments next season and can then have a go at building for another promotion push with a stronger squad.
think the owners are just trousering the money .
Care to back that assertion up?
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first visit to Villa Park this year - thoroughly enjoyable it was too. Can't remember a more stress free 85 minutes (of course we had to Villa it at the end, but no real harm done. Emi clearly wasn't happy obv).
Thought the midfield was outstanding, and like others have said, Luton displayed zero ambition. The fact we could easily have been 2 up after 5 minutes probably did for that.
Was Zaniolo carrying a knock to be subbed ?
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
I reckon Luton are just treading water until they get the parachute payments next season and can then have a go at building for another promotion push with a stronger squad.
think the owners are just trousering the money .
Think you’ll find they are just not throwing it at the wall on over paid mercenaries but using the money to fund the new ground is a much safer assumption than they are trousering it.
If that is the way they go then maximum respect
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As ever, I found the three of them a bit dreary on the whole but they did pick up on how excellent Diaby is and highlighted that.
To be fair there was very little to analyse in that game. The three promoted teams are genuinely awful this season. Luton are that poor the best teams in this league could and should be resting multiple regulars against them.
I reckon Luton are just treading water until they get the parachute payments next season and can then have a go at building for another promotion push with a stronger squad.
think the owners are just trousering the money .
Haven't they already said that the money they will make this year allows them to complete a new stadium - hence they haven't gambled too much on players in the hope of staying up? Seems sensible, if a bit boring to me.
I know he's not directly involved anymore but I've heard Nick Owen on the radio talking about this being the plan. UTV.
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Aren't developers building the stadium as part of a wider development and Luton will just pay rent on the ground
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I respect Luton for the honesty in that. It’s a rare case of a club being sensible and thinking long term.
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Aren't developers building the stadium as part of a wider development and Luton will just pay rent on the ground
Hi Tim, I don't know the detail. Though the impression I have is that having the new stadium secures their long-term future (as Kenilworth Road is not compatible with somewhere that generates income on non-matchdays.)
It would be tough to convince people that it is a move to some form of sustainability if they were to become tenants of a new stadium - though as I say, I don't know the detail.
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Aren't developers building the stadium as part of a wider development and Luton will just pay rent on the ground
It's the same owners though, so no different to Villa Park being held in another NSWE company.
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I respect Luton for the honesty in that. It’s a rare case of a club being sensible and thinking long term.
True. Well, apart from having Ross Barkley on the books anyway :-)
I used to hate the plastic pitch wankers but i think this season, partly due to nostalgia and partly due to Nakamba, i hope that they stay up.
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Back to the match and i love how the crowd has been educated in the slow build up play at times and not getting restless anymore.
More and more teams will come to VP and park the bus and everything else and we have to break them down - some will be better at it than others (West Ham, Palace etc) so the slow, chess like strategic build up is critical in breaking them down.
Come here to play us (Brighton) and they get well and truly fucked up
It is wonderful to be us at the moment*
* please stop the Rooney songs - as funny as it is we should not be even considering them, as a nose friend said on Friday - we are not rivals, we are not even playing the same version of the game as they are
which was nice ;D
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Back to the match and i love how the crowd has been educated in the slow build up play at times and not getting restless anymore.
More and more teams will come to VP and park the bus and everything else and we have to break them down - some will be better at it than others (West Ham, Palace etc) so the slow, chess like strategic build up is critical in breaking them down.
Come here to play us (Brighton) and they get well and truly fucked up
It is wonderful to be us at the moment*
* please stop the Rooney songs - as funny as it is we should not be even considering them, as a nose friend said on Friday - we are not rivals, we are not even playing the same version of the game as they are
which was nice ;D
But it's something to occupy us during the training ground style possession based kickabouts we do until we decide to launch our next appearing out of nowhere blistering attacking move that rips the opposition apart.
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I respect Luton for the honesty in that. It’s a rare case of a club being sensible and thinking long term.
True. Well, apart from having Ross Barkley on the books anyway :-)
I used to hate the plastic pitch wankers but i think this season, partly due to nostalgia and partly due to Nakamba, i hope that they stay up.
credit it where it's due their fans have a good dry sense of humour and self depreciating (i guess you have to coming from Luton). Though i do get frustrated with tinpot away grounds (Bournemouth i'm looking at you too) where you can never get a ticket to the away end
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Back to the match and i love how the crowd has been educated in the slow build up play at times and not getting restless anymore.
More and more teams will come to VP and park the bus and everything else and we have to break them down - some will be better at it than others (West Ham, Palace etc) so the slow, chess like strategic build up is critical in breaking them down.
Come here to play us (Brighton) and they get well and truly fucked up
It is wonderful to be us at the moment*
* please stop the Rooney songs - as funny as it is we should not be even considering them, as a nose friend said on Friday - we are not rivals, we are not even playing the same version of the game as they are
which was nice ;D
The way things are going it be us erecting a statue of Wayne outside Villa Park
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Back to the match and i love how the crowd has been educated in the slow build up play at times and not getting restless anymore.
More and more teams will come to VP and park the bus and everything else and we have to break them down - some will be better at it than others (West Ham, Palace etc) so the slow, chess like strategic build up is critical in breaking them down.
Come here to play us (Brighton) and they get well and truly fucked up
It is wonderful to be us at the moment*
Still think that will rear its head if we have a run of losing 3 or 4 on spin at home with a couple of mistakes like Dendoncker yesterday and Kamara on Thursday costing big goals….will the crowd stick with it or turn quickly yelling for the ball to be lumped forward. There’s still a good few shaking head / tutting every time the ball gets passed backwards if there isn’t a percentage ball on.
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Back to the match and i love how the crowd has been educated in the slow build up play at times and not getting restless anymore.
More and more teams will come to VP and park the bus and everything else and we have to break them down - some will be better at it than others (West Ham, Palace etc) so the slow, chess like strategic build up is critical in breaking them down.
Come here to play us (Brighton) and they get well and truly fucked up
It is wonderful to be us at the moment*
Still think that will rear its head if we have a run of losing 3 or 4 on spin at home with a couple of mistakes like Dendoncker yesterday and Kamara on Thursday costing big goals….will the crowd stick with it or turn quickly yelling for the ball to be lumped forward. There’s still a good few shaking head / tutting every time the ball gets passed backwards if there isn’t a percentage ball on.
Its a minority now though, there are even regular rounds of applauds for passing round at the back now. Though to be fair if Donk hadn’t got away with that one yesterday…
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Tutting passes just marks you out as a part timer these days.
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:-) definitely in the minority that’s true
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
As a former centre-half, I have to admit that's got me a little bit tingly in the downstairs. A thing of true beauty.
Same!
Lots of heart emojis!
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They look like synchronised swimmers , bordering on perfection
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I have a twitch
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Cool pic from the game, they're all perfectly in sync.
(https://images.webapi.gc.avfcservices.co.uk/fit-in/800x800/769aadc0-766f-11ee-9e3f-c3fbc7eb19c7.jpg)
This picture is a thing of beauty
It’s up there with Michelangelo’s La Pietra as an art form
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I'd like to think of that image as being a contender for Press Association photo of the year.
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Seven billion hours on the training ground, yet we still get gibbering simpletons suggesting cheating forwards should be given the benefit of any doubt.
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True. Well, apart from having Ross Barkley on the books anyway :-)
Yes Barkley and Townsend, two terrible signings. Wasted players picking up beer money with no interest in the team or Luton mission as illustrated by a free kick they had in late second half. Townsend took it and instead of whipping it into the 6 yard box to give their big lads a chance he rolled it to Barkley at the edge of the area who was cumbersome in controlling the ball and was dispossessed. Two so called stars playing billy big boots for personal glory.