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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Smirker on January 27, 2024, 02:38:10 PM
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Tuesday 8)
The return of league football. Been having withdrawal symptoms.
Come on!
I think we'll win by two or three.
FTF.
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Hopefully Newcastle pick up a couple of key knocks tonight and we rediscover our goal scoring touch on Tuesday.
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4-2 Villa.
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3-1 Ollie to get back into the swing of things and go on another scoring streak. 2 for him and 1 late on for Doug from the spot. The punchable Almiron for them.
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I'm expecting a good performance and home win. This game may tell us a lot about how the rest of the season pans out, need a convincing performance to get back to the heights of early Dec.
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Another nil nil. You wait for one of them under Emery (actually, you don't. You never want to see one again) and suddenly we can't stop not conceding and not scoring.
As long as it doesn't turn into a spring 1992 situation we'll be grand...
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Diaby & Lenglet need benching. We also really Digne
------- Martinez ----------
Cash Dc Konsa Moreno
--- Kam - DL ---------
McGinn Tielemans
-- Baily -- OW -------
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Monday SUE sits the team down and they watch the opening game of the season and everyone realises we owe these mugs a proper pasting.
Hope it rains goals down on them and Watkins leads the charge.
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5-0
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I can see another tough game here and frustration. Teams have worked us out a bit now and the injury list isn't helping.
0-1
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The Geordies have gone strong tonight at Fulham so thats good, and knackering for them.
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I can see another tough game here and frustration. Teams have worked us out a bit now and the injury list isn't helping.
0-1
Crickey Timbo, you're a glass half empty type aren't you
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Beat these fuckers at all costs.
For me, 1-0 win
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I can see another tough game here and frustration. Teams have worked us out a bit now and the injury list isn't helping.
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Crickey Timbo, you're a glass half empty type aren't you
“Half” yeah right….
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I can see another tough game here and frustration. Teams have worked us out a bit now and the injury list isn't helping.
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Crickey Timbo, you're a glass half empty type aren't you
Not at all, i just think we are in a tough period just now with some key players out injured or out of a bit of form .
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I can see another tough game here and frustration. Teams have worked us out a bit now and the injury list isn't helping.
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Crickey Timbo, you're a glass half empty type aren't you
Not at all, i just think we are in a tough period just now with some key players out injured or out of a bit of form .
That is all true. However we are a top 4 side with more than enough to put the jawdies in their place. We need to start thinking like a top 4 side and expecting to win against all mid table sides.
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Have a feeling we’ll get Newcastle away in the next round.
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Er, just watching the VillaOnTour youtube video of the Chelsea game and yer man Max mentioned that Kamara's missus was due another enfant(e) this week.
Given our generosity re paternity leave to Donk and Olsen in recent times, are we about to be fecked by Boubacar spending extended time at home with his brood?
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reckon we will get Forest or Luton
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Albion or Wolves back too Newcastle 2:1 win Ollie continues scoreless streak, but we don’t care
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Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry
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Didn't see their game last night but BBC says Newcastle were unconvincing and looked laboured. Good time to be playing them?
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For all that we have a few players missing, they have even more out.
Fancy us to beat them at home, we usually do.
I'll say 2-1, with Callum Wilson killing himself to get back and play and score in this match, for them.
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3-0 home win,Toon have been really poor lately and they could be without Trippier and Almiron and an Injured Joelinton is a massive loss for them.
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Didn't see their game last night but BBC says Newcastle were unconvincing and looked laboured. Good time to be playing them?
only caught parts of the 2nd half, couldn't work out if Fulham were just very poor or they were playing well. Gordon looked like one of the better players make of that what you will
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
I think it's his hair, and face mainly people object to
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
I think it's his hair, and face mainly people object to
Looks like someones Nan from Chelmsley Wood
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
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0-2.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
It’s exactly that.
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I dreamt we beat them 3-2 last night, only it was away and I was listening to updates on Talksport which I never do, and we were away.
It went something like
5' 0-1 Watkins.
68 1-1 No idea.
77 2-1 No idea again but it was a move involving Luke Shaw who doesn't even play for them.
85 2-2 Morgan Rogers.
88 2-3 Morgan Rogers.
So I'll go for 3-2 tomorrow night, mainly because I don't have any other considered opinion at this point.
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Is this on the tellybox and if not, why is it an 8.15pm kick off?
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Is this on the tellybox and if not, why is it an 8.15pm kick off?
Yep, TNT Sports 1 (ex BT Sport)
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Ah, ok thanks. Thought it might have been an Amazon job but couldn't see it listed.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
Dives, goes in studs up, always fucking whinging to the ref. Utter snot bag of a player. Almost on rat tooth level at man u. Loathe him.
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Ah, ok thanks. Thought it might have been an Amazon job but couldn't see it listed.
Yes, I was surprised it wasn't Amazon as they normally have the 8.15pm kick offs. Never mind, you can use the extra 15 minutes to try to work out how to get the TNT player to work!
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First game of the season for me. Managed to get 9 tickets in The Witton Lane Stand, so we’re going mob-handed!
A goal each would do.
9-0 Villa.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
Dives, goes in studs up, always fucking whinging to the ref. Utter snot bag of a player. Almost on rat tooth level at man u. Loathe him.
He has really improved this season as a player. Tough task ahead for Matty Cash to keep him quiet.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
Dives, goes in studs up, always fucking whinging to the ref. Utter snot bag of a player. Almost on rat tooth level at man u. Loathe him.
He has really improved this season as a player. Tough task ahead for Matty Cash to keep him quiet.
I think he's a cracking player, and he'd be great in our team.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
Dives, goes in studs up, always fucking whinging to the ref. Utter snot bag of a player. Almost on rat tooth level at man u. Loathe him.
He has really improved this season as a player. Tough task ahead for Matty Cash to keep him quiet.
I think he's a cracking player, and he'd be great in our team.
I've always thought of Harvey Barnes as the better player, but he hasn't really pushed on since he moved up there. Has he been injured?
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Yes he has, and I would have said the same previously but since the summer in the u21 tournament he seems to have really pushed on and has been their best player whenever I've watched Newcastle
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
For me it's that he's a dirty snidey fucker that squeals like a suckling pig every time anyone breathes on him.
If you can dish it out be prepared to take it.
Dives, goes in studs up, always fucking whinging to the ref. Utter snot bag of a player. Almost on rat tooth level at man u. Loathe him.
He has really improved this season as a player. Tough task ahead for Matty Cash to keep him quiet.
I think he's a cracking player, and he'd be great in our team.
I've always thought of Harvey Barnes as the better player, but he hasn't really pushed on since he moved up there. Has he been injured?
Totally forgot they signed Barnes ! Yep he must be out injured
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Bloody hell, still no Ramsey, Digne or Torres. Why are Villa injuries ALWAYS twice as long as first suggested?
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Bad bloody news.
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So we have at least six missing or doubtful.
I wonder if Sky will be giving us similar coverage to Spurs when they had a few injuries?
Rhetorical question...
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Risso, if only they were just twice the amount of time out. When Villa players get injured, it takes so long that I almost forget we still have them on our books!!
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
He had the temerity to want to leave one of the Merseyside clubs.
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Gordon's a very good player. Never quite understood the contempt he attracts. Does he wear stupid clothes or something?
He had the temerity to want to leave one of the Merseyside clubs.
Bit more than that...didn't he effectively go on strike to force through the move to Newcastle. All this while Everton were fighting relegation and obviously a home town player to boot.
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please just win Villa....2 nil.
UTV
The Doc
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I think we'll win.... We'll be treated to the Leon Bailey show, and Ollie will end his recent scoring drought. I'm going 2-0 or 2-1
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1-1
I want us to spank them but we have gone off the boil and they have too many injured. I'd love to be wrong.
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Worried about this one. Could easily see us losing.
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1-1
I want us to spank them but we have gone off the boil and they have too many injured. I'd love to be wrong.
Isn't them having too many injured a good thing ?
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What are the odds on another 0-0. You wait ages for one then they all come at once.
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What are the odds on another 0-0. You wait ages for one then they all come at once.
I had a similar thought. Hopefully we’ll start fast as per Fulham, Luton, Man City games etc. Isak is a very good player, but if if we get ahead early I fancy us here.
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What are the odds on another 0-0. You wait ages for one then they all come at once.
I had a similar thought. Hopefully we’ll start fast as per Fulham, Luton, Man City games etc. Isak is a very good player, but if if we get ahead early I fancy us here.
Recent games remind me of Arsenal many seasons ago with a slower passing game,I would like us to speed it up such as when Martinez can relise it quickly
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We need to get in front early to both build our confidence and reinforce any concerns they have. If they score first or it is 0-0 for a while it becomes tricky I think.
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Since Emery arrived we've been excellent at home against all the top sides. The only time we've had any real problems was the 2 games against Arsenal. We won one & should have drawn the other. A win tomorrow will put a huge points gap between us & them. Whilst Newcastle might be good side at home they are very average away from home.
Get the first goal.
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Battered at Liverpool also. But overall a very decent record
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4-1
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Does anyone else think that their first action will be to try and take Ollie out of the game?
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4-1
No clean sheet?
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I've had a bad feeling about this game for a while, signs and portents everywhere.
I think it's because of the disappointment over Christmas, followed by the break in the league, and the fact that we are coming out of it with just as bad an injury list.
Plus, this is the game I would hate to lose.
I am having cannelloni for tea, which surely suggests Zaniolo is going to play a big part? And the saucy video I was watching last night was definitely French, so Diaby on the scoresheet?
Does anyone know who invented the potato waffle?
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I've had a bad feeling about this game for a while, signs and portents everywhere.
I think it's because of the disappointment over Christmas, followed by the break in the league, and the fact that we are coming out of it with just as bad an injury list.
Plus, this is the game I would hate to lose.
I am having cannelloni for tea, which surely suggests Zaniolo is going to play a big part? And the saucy video I was watching last night was definitely French, so Diaby on the scoresheet?
Does anyone know who invented the potato waffle?
Surely its time for the 40 yard screamer from Zaniola followed by Tardelli esque celebrations
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Does anyone know who invented the potato waffle?
Gavin McCain.
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Does anyone know who invented the potato waffle?
Gavin McCain.
I remember he did some lovely chips in his day.
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Yippee-Kai-Aye!
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno
McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey
Tielemans
Watkins
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Actually, just saw it's 24 years ago to the day that Carbone did his thing against Leeds... maybe the signs are there for our Italian man.
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Is Cash fit ?
If so it would be my staring 11 also
Need to get into them from the kick off, last years fixture repeat, please.
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Does anyone know who invented the potato waffle?
Steve Bruce.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno
McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey
Tielemans
Watkins
Yep.
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All the numbers are "against" us. Unbeaten at home in the League for almost a year, always beat Newcastle to nil, they have not had much to shout about up here since 2013 etc etc. I don't like stats like this as......
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Watkins needs to get his scoring head on. If he does we win it.
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All the numbers are "against" us. Unbeaten at home in the League for almost a year, always beat Newcastle to nil, they have not had much to shout about up here since 2013 etc etc. I don't like stats like this as......
We are top of the home form table, Newcastle are second from bottom in away form.
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Well that's that then.
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yeah, when you put it like that I'm not sure it's worth going. Anyone want my ticket?
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We just need to show proper intent and intensity. Pau is a big miss, but the others need to step up. It’s really important we win this game.
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4-1
No clean sheet?
No, I feel really pessimistic...
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Just depends on how many chances our defenders want to put on a plate for them. Obviously though, they’ve then got to get past Emi after that!!
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno
McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey
Tielemans
Watkins
Almost certainly will be this. Unless Emery wants to try to play Diaby into form, in which he could be in in place of Tielemans, but I'd definitely choose this starting line up.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno
McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey
Tielemans
Watkins
Almost certainly will be this. Unless Emery wants to try to play Diaby into form, in which he could be in in place of Tielemans, but I'd definitely choose this starting line up.
Not so sure, as we went with the narrow 4-4-2 formation against them at home last year and it worked a treat. If we were to go with that formation again then only change to the above team woukd be Diaby in for Bailey I guess.
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No ifs no buts , we have to get a win tonight or else the doubts start to creep in the media , also how come a load of seats in all stands have suddenly become available
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No ifs no buts , we have to get a win tonight or else the doubts start to creep in the media , also how come a load of seats in all stands have suddenly become available
These are about 500 ST seats where ST holders can't be there so they are selling their seats through the club. These resales are only put up when ground is sold out.
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No ifs no buts , we have to get a win tonight or else the doubts start to creep in the media , also how come a load of seats in all stands have suddenly become available
You'd imagine they've just released the resale tickets, which is a bit late. You're right it's a surprising amount.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
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No ifs no buts , we have to get a win tonight or else the doubts start to creep in the media , also how come a load of seats in all stands have suddenly become available
You'd imagine they've just released the resale tickets, which is a bit late. You're right it's a surprising amount.
They wont release resale tickets until all the seats are sold.
All the ones that were left were single seats.
Its piss poor.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
Yeah, I hate this kick-off time, it's disgusting. I can never go straight to bed after I get in either, so by the time I've had a cuppa and chilled for a bit, it's going to be midnight.
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And they wonder why we “don’t sell out”. Almost like they want it to look like there’s no need for the capacity increase.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
Yep, three of the ST holders i know in our village, they’re all in the more mature category, and they’re all giving this game a miss.
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And they wonder why we “don’t sell out”. Almost like they want it to look like there’s no need for the capacity increase.
But we are sold out. ST resales, only put up after all tickets are gone, are just extra money for the club.
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Wait til we go all España on audiences' asses and kick off after the 9pm threshold (players swearing is then free to be picked up by the mics).
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lenglet
Moreno
McGinn
Luiz
Kamara
Bailey
Tielemans
Watkins
Almost certainly will be this. Unless Emery wants to try to play Diaby into form, in which he could be in in place of Tielemans, but I'd definitely choose this starting line up.
Tielemans looked rusty on Friday, so needs to play, so id go with this team as well. Seems sure to start Bailey with him only get three mins on Friday
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And they wonder why we “don’t sell out”. Almost like they want it to look like there’s no need for the capacity increase.
But we are sold out. ST resales, only put up after all tickets are gone, are just extra money for the club.
Maybe me just being cynical in thinking they might use the “through the gates” number as a way of backing up their point.
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Just looking on the club's website, it now seems that there about 700 tickets for this game available for purchase.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
M6 closed southbound J6 to J5 as well from 11pm.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
LOVE the joined up thinking in this country. Utter shambles.
M6 closed southbound J6 to J5 as well from 11pm.
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Thats the most tickets ive seen still for sale on the day of a big league game for years where the feck they all come from ?
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Last season we somewhat abandoned passing out from the back against this lot. It worked a treat and we have to do the same tonight along with dropping a bit deeper.
I’m sure they’ll have singled out Lenglet as a weak point which I believe he is. They rely on pace and there’s not much more to their game, negate that and it’s a 2-0 Villa win.
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Thats the most tickets ive seen still for sale on the day of a big league game for years where the feck they all come from ?
They are all returned ST seats, they dont put them on sale until all of the other seats have been sold, which must have been this morning.
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Town full of Toon, they have obviously turned up without tickets.
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I remember years ago when they first came to the top flight they brought thousands to VP.
The gormless morlocks.
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Town full of Toon, they have obviously turned up without tickets.
Sure the Lulus who drink in town will be out there defending us
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Beat them tonight and I think we finish any remote chance of them getting back into CL race.
It's the kind of night we need one of our attacking players to step up.....a goal from outside the box or some kind of moment of magic around it. I think we should dominate in midfield again and if we avoid individual errors a third clean sheet in a row is achievable.
I think we will do it but will be a struggle, 1-0 (McGinn).
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
Yep, three of the ST holders i know in our village, they’re all in the more mature category, and they’re all giving this game a miss.
Why is it 8:15? Won't be home till way past my bedtime. Fair play to the Newcastle fans who come down, I wouldn't be doing that.
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We need to win 5-0 so we go through on aggregate.
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Second season in a row I'm missing this as I'm working in the northeast, again. Or still. Fifth or sixth job up here on the bounce. I might be starting to pick up an accent. But I digress...
I hope in about 4 hours time I'm as equally pissed off and elated as I was last April.
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8.15 kick off on a school night is very late, with extra time now it's probably not going to finish til at least 10.30, so a lot of people won't be getting home until after 11.30. Be closer to 1am for me.
Yep, three of the ST holders i know in our village, they’re all in the more mature category, and they’re all giving this game a miss.
Why is it 8:15? Won't be home till way past my bedtime. Fair play to the Newcastle fans who come down, I wouldn't be doing that.
Last train back to Newcastle from New Street leaves at 21.03!
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I've picked up a chest infection so missing my first home game this season. Only decided this morning not to go but couldn't arsed flogging my ST 'cos it sounds like a right faff. Particularly when you feel like shit.
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I've picked up a chest infection so missing my first home game this season. Only decided this morning not to go but couldn't arsed flogging my ST 'cos it sounds like a right faff. Particularly when you feel like shit.
Same here, was going this morning but got worse as the days gone on
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I’ve just flown over. Im pretending I’ve flown in especially on a private jet.
Getting a delayed train has brought be back to
Earth with a bump
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I've picked up a chest infection so missing my first home game this season. Only decided this morning not to go but couldn't arsed flogging my ST 'cos it sounds like a right faff. Particularly when you feel like shit.
Same here, was going this morning but got worse as the days gone on
Get well soon, Nev.
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I've picked up a chest infection so missing my first home game this season. Only decided this morning not to go but couldn't arsed flogging my ST 'cos it sounds like a right faff. Particularly when you feel like shit.
Same here, was going this morning but got worse as the days gone on
Get well soon, Nev.
Hahahahahahaha!
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Is this a massive game?
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A while ago I'd have been hoping for a reverse of the opening day result, but I'd take a comfortable 1-0 win now. Just get some good performamces and 3 points rolling in again.
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Is this a massive game?
Big one anyway, thought we finished strong last two games but the winning goal didn't come. Need to get over the line tonight.
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Diaby starts , high time he delivered something