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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on January 31, 2024, 10:45:57 AM
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Agreement reached on a 4,1/2 year deal for Australia international keeper Joe Gauchi.
https://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1752631066341319109?s=46
Bozzie will be happy for us to have another keeper from his country.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
If we have any young H&V'ers, this might take some explaining
Nice work :)
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Welcome Joe. Looks like a good shot-stopper from the video I've seen.
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How Gauche Can A Gauchi Get?
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He does a nice line in shoes and belts.
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Hope he's the real thing and not a fake.
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He does a nice line in shoes and belts.
Bozzie did those too…
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He's played 65 games in the A-league, but he's still only a joey.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844 (https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844)
Have we got the spelling right? :o
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Well he’s certainly a good shot stopper, but can he distribute?
https://youtu.be/OLjcHCb3kXk?si=r1lDLn0GjGWQk77S
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He looks a bit like if Joe Hart and Jordan Pickford had a baby.
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the last Aussie goalie we had was pretty good
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He's played 65 games in the A-league, but he's still only a joey.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844 (https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844)
Have we got the spelling right? :o
No. There's no h in his name. Sounds like an Italian name, and 'c' followed by an 'i' is pronounced like the ch in church. End of today's Italian lesson ;)
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Jesus Christ, this guy is an absolute disaster waiting to happen.
Decent shot stopper one minute, simple error for fuck all reason the next.
There are League 1 standard keepers (Jamie Young for example) playing in the A'League who are better all round keepers than this kid...
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
Fun Fact, this song was number 1 the day I was born.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
Fun Fact, this song was number 1 the day I was born.
I think it kept Vienna off the top spot, which is not a bad thing.
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Of Maltese descent, so hopefully good on crosses etc
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
Fun Fact, this song was number 1 the day I was born.
I think it kept Vienna off the top spot, which is not a bad thing.
You kidding? Like comparing the Sistine Chapel to Dudley's church hall.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
Fun Fact, this song was number 1 the day I was born.
I think it kept Vienna off the top spot, which is not a bad thing.
This means nothing to me*
* someone had to post this reply ;)
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
Fun Fact, this song was number 1 the day I was born.
I think it kept Vienna off the top spot, which is not a bad thing.
You kidding? Like comparing the Sistine Chapel to Dudley's church hall.
I'm not a big fan of Vienna, but it's the second best song I know from a couple of priests.
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
If so, I might start watching Travel Man again.
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
Inside, without doubt.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
If we have any young H&V'ers, this might take some explaining
Nice work :)
I only know it because my dad always used to say whenever Vienna by Ultravox came on "D'you know what stopped this getting to number 1?"
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
In fairness he would be a very old cat if still around
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Goodnight........
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He's played 65 games in the A-league, but he's still only a joey.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844 (https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gauci/profil/spieler/591844)
Have we got the spelling right? :o
No. There's no h in his name. Sounds like an Italian name, and 'c' followed by an 'i' is pronounced like the ch in church. End of today's Italian lesson ;)
Just came here to say the same (on an 874 day streak with Duolingo Italian ;))
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
He's dead to me, the unfunny twatspangle
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Jesus Christ, this guy is an absolute disaster waiting to happen.
Decent shot stopper one minute, simple error for fuck all reason the next.
There are League 1 standard keepers (Jamie Young for example) playing in the A'League who are better all round keepers than this kid...
I know nothing about the guy but two Aussie mates replied "he is very good" and "rate him, big prospect".
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
He's dead to me, the unfunny twatspangle
What if he was Villa?
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Wasn't Vienna Rigsby's cat? Oh, and Joe Gauchi looks like Joe Lycett to me.
Yep! Dead now, of course. :(
Joe Lycett is dead?
He's dead to me, the unfunny twatspangle
What if he was Villa?
He still wouldn’t be funny.
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Jesus Christ, this guy is an absolute disaster waiting to happen.
Decent shot stopper one minute, simple error for fuck all reason the next.
There are League 1 standard keepers (Jamie Young for example) playing in the A'League who are better all round keepers than this kid...
I know nothing about the guy but two Aussie mates replied "he is very good" and "rate him, big prospect".
If that is their take on him, then fair enough.
I don't agree with them though...
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But:
He can't be any worse than Olsen.
He's only young with potential to improve
Even if the Aussie league is crap, he still had a fair bit of experience
He isn't coming to replace Emi, well not for ages anyway
If he is crap, presumably he's only cost a set of corner flags and an Amazon gift card
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All fair points.
But I still don't rate him & I don't want us to sign him.
And that is the last I will say on the matter.
Had enough bullshit in the Jan window thread.
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All fair points.
But I still don't rate him & I don't want us to sign him.
And that is the last I will say on the matter.
Had enough bullshit in the Jan window thread.
Why are you getting so moinumentally pissed off and precious about this?
People expressed surprise you watch the Australian league. I replied about that, but my tone was "who the fuck actually goes out of their way to watch such a pointless league"
You've been banging on like a wronged teenager since then. I'd hate to see what you're like over things that aren't so utterly inconsequential.
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Tell you what i'm pissed off about. The spelling of his name, it's Gauci, not Gauchi.
Disgrace.
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Life is a lot less stressful once you realise there's no point getting pissed off over things that you have no control over.
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Life is a lot less stressful once you realise there's no point getting pissed off over things that you have no control over.
But isn't this Grumpy Old Villans? :P
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All fair points.
But I still don't rate him & I don't want us to sign him.
And that is the last I will say on the matter.
Had enough bullshit in the Jan window thread.
Why are you getting so moinumentally pissed off and precious about this?
People expressed surprise you watch the Australian league. I replied about that, but my tone was "who the fuck actually goes out of their way to watch such a pointless league"
You've been banging on like a wronged teenager since then. I'd hate to see what you're like over things that aren't so utterly inconsequential.
he's a 23 year old goalkeeper and as I pointed out Martinez was fucking about at Rotherham at that age. I don't see any reason to get fired up over a young keeper who has actually played for his country already. And even if this doesn't work out, it's hardly the end of the world.
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Why are you getting so moinumentally pissed off and precious about this?
People expressed surprise you watch the Australian league. I replied about that, but my tone was "who the fuck actually goes out of their way to watch such a pointless league"
You've been banging on like a wronged teenager since then. I'd hate to see what you're like over things that aren't so utterly inconsequential.
I wasn't talking about you.
You asked a direct question & I answered it. I quoted you specifically.
There were other comments yesterday that I was surprised about & didn't like their tone though.
I still don't today.
But I haven't been "banging on about it".
I have responded to direct quotes.
Am I "banging on about it" with this direct response to you?
I merely mentioned that I didn't want to bring yesterday's bullshit into this thread as well.
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Amongst all the wondering if he's any good.....has he actually signed ?
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Amongst all the wondering if he's any good.....has he actually signed ?
Pen kept slipping out his hands, but then it's hard to sign things upside down.
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he's a 23 year old goalkeeper and as I pointed out Martinez was fucking about at Rotherham at that age. I don't see any reason to get fired up over a young keeper who has actually played for his country already. And even if this doesn't work out, it's hardly the end of the world.
That isn't what bothered me.
You made reasonable points. As did Risso.
I gave my opinion on the player, said I didn't want us to sign him but hoped to be wrong if we did, & others had snidy little comments to make because they cannot fathom someone who is awake at the times the A'League is on & enjoys watching football that has no direct connection or influence over Villa, finding a little fun in that.
The whole thing is fucking bizarre to me that others made such a meal out of it & I am the one taking flack for having the audacity to defend myself.
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You can really tell we lost.
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Why are you getting so moinumentally pissed off and precious about this?
People expressed surprise you watch the Australian league. I replied about that, but my tone was "who the fuck actually goes out of their way to watch such a pointless league"
You've been banging on like a wronged teenager since then. I'd hate to see what you're like over things that aren't so utterly inconsequential.
I wasn't talking about you.
You asked a direct question & I answered it. I quoted you specifically.
There were other comments yesterday that I was surprised about & didn't like their tone though.
I still don't today.
But I haven't been "banging on about it".
I have responded to direct quotes.
Am I "banging on about it" with this direct response to you?
I merely mentioned that I didn't want to bring yesterday's bullshit into this thread as well.
You're the one who brought it into this thread when you said this:
And that is the last I will say on the matter.
Had enough bullshit in the Jan window thread.
If you want an idea how little this shit matters, take a look at one of the other busy threads this week.
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I didn't say it mattered.
I gave my opinion & responded to people who either directly quoted me, or hid behind a petty little dig...
I am done with this shit.
My opinion on the player is recorded.
Do whatever the fuck you like with it...
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See, STILL going on about it :)
Nobody gives a shit about the player, it's a 9 year old keeper from the Australian league.
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Back on topic, I think Joe Lycett is funny.
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Hopefully he knows he’s allowed outside of his box as I’m sure Olsen doesn’t know that rule.
Welcome to the Villa Joe Gauchi, take you place with the other two keepers on the bench.
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Back on topic, I think Joe Lycett is funny.
Not keen on his version of Travel Man but I do find his stand up very amusing.
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Hopefully he knows he’s allowed outside of his box as I’m sure Olsen doesn’t know that rule.
Welcome to the Villa Joe Gauchi, take you place with the other two keepers on the bench.
Olsen does enough harm in the box. Not sure I could watch a game where he came out of the box.
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Back on topic, I think Joe Lycett is funny.
Not keen on his version of Travel Man but I do find his stand up very amusing.
I prefer his Travel Man - even though I'm a big fan of your Ayoadies of this world - but there's something very irritating about the whole concept of that programme. Some funny bits, but not loads to say about the places and comedians not trying too hard. Not quite interesting enough, not quite funny enough. Decent alternative to Dave when it's showing the same QI episode on a loop or having a Not Going Out night.
Glad we've signed Joe Lychett though. Taller than you think.
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Back on topic, I think Joe Lycett is funny.
Brilliant live comedian, but not great as a TV presenter
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Back on topic, I think Joe Lycett is funny.
He is (though I've never seen him present a TV programme).
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Announced:
https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1753176405225922749?s=20 (https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1753176405225922749?s=20)
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Welcome Joe
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Welcome to the Villa, be as good as the last Aussie keeper and don’t fuck off up north and you will do just fine. You will want the Holte to love you, Emi will tell you how that feels
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And do any “training” with Dwight Yorke.
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Welcome Mr Dolce. I'm sure you'll be great.
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Olsen on the way out?
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Olsen on the way out?
I doubt it. This guy too raw to be our number two straight away.
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Olsen on the way out?
Surely not before Gauci gets his clearance and off international duty, a few games before then so need Olsen on bench (hopefully not on pitch lol)….
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Welcome Joe, please be better than Olsen and funnier than Joe Lycett. Neither of those should prove particularly difficult.
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Welcome Joe, please be better than Olsen and funnier than Joe Lycett. Neither of those should prove particularly difficult.
He’ll have a job being funnier than Olsen though.
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His name sounds like someone Percy would know of via his activities in the mob in Brooklyn in the 60s.
Big in the growth of Vegas.
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Wassa matter you why you look so sad it’s another goal ah shaddap and save.
And there’s his song nailed. It’s a yes from me
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His name sounds like someone Percy would know of via his activities in the mob in Brooklyn in the 60s.
Big in the growth of Vegas.
Haha, nice one paulie*
Pedant alert: New York guys were indeed big in the growth of Vegas - Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel & Meyer Lansky - but by the sixties it was run by the Chicago outfit and other non-NY families. I wanted to post that in tiny font but I don’t know how.
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I know highlights can be deceiving but there’s nothing I’ve seen or read that makes me believe we have signed someone worse than Robin Olsen.
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Welcome to Aston Villa Joe.
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I know highlights can be deceiving but there’s nothing I’ve seen or read that makes me believe we have signed someone worse than Robin Olsen.
They could have signed me to play in the nets, and that would still be true!
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I'm with Pablo, this guy looks crap but hopefully he'll surprise us.
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I'm with Pablo, this guy looks crap but hopefully he'll surprise us.
I don't know if he's crap or not, but I hope to not see him play a single minute of first team football for the next 3 years at least.
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Donates $20 to a child cancer charity for every save he makes and $100 for every clean sheet.
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Donates $20 to a child cancer charity for every save he makes and $100 for every clean sheet.
Very good!
Imagine if Olsen donated for every mistake too!
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Donates $20 to a child cancer charity for every save he makes and $100 for every clean sheet.
Very good!
Imagine if Olsen donated for every mistake too!
It'd be the end of world debt.
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Donates $20 to a child cancer charity for every save he makes and $100 for every clean sheet.
Very good!
Imagine if Olsen donated for every mistake too!
He'd need to be on Ronaldo's wages for his kids to eat.
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I know you shouldn't use Youtube to tell how good a player is but he looks real good of what I saw of him.
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I know you shouldn't use Youtube to tell how good a player is but he looks real good of what I saw of him.
That's good enough for me.👍
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https://twitter.com/lmechegaray/status/1753368834646347957?s=19
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One of the comments on that reel described him as Emu Martinez which I found quite funny.
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A lot of saves in there which are the ball hitting him, which suggests that his positioning is very good and that he makes himself a bit target, 2 good traits that are hard to teach.
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A lot of saves in there which are the ball hitting him, which suggests that his positioning is very good and that he makes himself a bit target, 2 good traits that are hard to teach.
Reminded me of Freidel
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Sounds like he's got his head screwed on. With the best will in the world I hope we don't see too much of him in league games for a good while yet, but will be interesting to see him develop.
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He barely blinks. He’s like Hypnotoad.
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One of the comments on that reel described him as Emu Martinez which I found quite funny.
Australian predictive text.
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He barely blinks. He’s like Hypnotoad.
Useful skill for a keeper to have.
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Sounds like a top bloke.
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Sounds like a top bloke.
His initials are J.G. What could possibly go wrong?
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He barely blinks. He’s like Hypnotoad.
All hail the Hypnotoad.
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He barely blinks. He’s like Hypnotoad.
All hail the Hypnotoad.
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He barely blinks. He’s like Hypnotoad.
Sign of a good keeper.
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Looks a great shot stopper. Anyone know what he's like in terms of playing out from the back?
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He's been drafted in fr the European Conference League squad.
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One amazing Argentinian and one badly spelt Argentinian cowboy
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Really encouraging 1st interview from gauci on OS. Seems like he has a good attitude on him. I think he wilk make a good no 2 as no surely olsen is no longer no 2 now
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Seems like a nice lad. Horrific tatts.
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Seems like a nice lad. Horrific tatts.
They aint giving you that sexual ealing ? 😉
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Seems like a nice lad. Horrific tatts.
They aint giving you that sexual ealing ? 😉
Let's just say he doesn't look like any "Joe Gauci" I've ever fantasised ab...met.
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I would not be surprised if he began against Ajax. It appears that he is being groomed for Martinez's role as goalkeeper be it next season or in a few.
If he played, I believe it may be a clearer sight of things to come in the summer.
It was an intriguing signing, and depending on how much money was required, Martinez, our most prominent player, could be sold?
Of course, Gauci may be raw or he be ready, but signing him immediately in January is forward thinking because I don't anticipate him to be loaned out next season
There's a situation with Raya and Ramsdale at Arsenal. Though Martinez is elite level and far higher, if Emi was sold due to budget concerns, it is interesting that Gauci was chosen to take over and if he starts Thursday that's a sign to me Martinez is going to be sold.
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On the other hand, I would be very surprised if he started against Ajax.
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Insight.
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On the other hand, I would be very surprised if he started against Ajax.
I agree with Dave, he’ll sit on the bench for rest of the season barring injury/suspension for Emi…or a ridiculous 1st leg result meaning you can afford to give him his head in 2nd leg. Guess he could get an u21 game or two if they want him to play
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I'm pretty sure if we intended to sell Martinez in the summer, we'd be confident of having funds from the sale enough to buy an experienced goalkeeper in the summer.
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
Which Champions League team do you think would want him enough to pay us what we asked for?
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
Well as we can't win the Europa league this season, bye bye Martinez? Even if we finish 4th?
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It's not coincidence that I made a mistake in saying the other Europa Conference league. I was shocked to hear about these financial losses and have been reeling on this and I've been thinking about how the club can fix things.
When you observe teams getting deducted points and clubs selling players, you must take note and make strategies to prepare yourself.
The club are doing that and I must do the same
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It's not coincidence that I made a mistake in saying the other Europa Conference league. I was shocked to hear about these financial losses and have been reeling on this and I've been thinking about how the club can fix things.
When you observe teams getting deducted points and clubs selling players, you must take note and make strategies to prepare yourself.
The club are doing that and I must do the same
Good luck, Footy! :P
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
Which Champions League team do you think would want him enough to pay us what we asked for?
That's the thing it would have to be a big fee. Athletico Madrid , Bayern Munich, PSG. Only those level clubs. Real I think aret looking
At the end of the day the Copa America is on this summer that will be Martinez priority I think he would be staying if all things turn out well but have to prepare ourselves sometimes for things we don't like or wish to happen.
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It's not coincidence that I made a mistake in saying the other Europa Conference league. I was shocked to hear about these financial losses and have been reeling on this and I've been thinking about how the club can fix things.
When you observe teams getting deducted points and clubs selling players, you must take note and make strategies to prepare yourself.
The club are doing that and I must do the same
Good luck, Footy! :P
Well and to you. The 4 in 10 is going to be something period of day that's an immediate concern but the underlying financial issues is a concerning one.
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
Which Champions League team do you think would want him enough to pay us what we asked for?
That's the thing it would have to be a big fee. Athletico Madrid , Bayern Munich, PSG. Only those level clubs. Real I think aret looking
At the end of the day the Copa America is on this summer that will be Martinez priority I think he would be staying if all things turn out well but have to prepare ourselves sometimes for things we don't like or wish to happen.
don't worry your little head. I'm sure the club have got this matter under control.
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Martinez only sold if we didn't make the Champions League or if the financial issue meant we had to.
I'm confident he would stay and play Champions League with us, but if we only win the Europa League, I think it's fair to maybe think he'll be sold to a Champions League team for financial reasons.
Which Champions League team do you think would want him enough to pay us what we asked for?
That's the thing it would have to be a big fee. Athletico Madrid , Bayern Munich, PSG. Only those level clubs. Real I think aret looking
At the end of the day the Copa America is on this summer that will be Martinez priority I think he would be staying if all things turn out well but have to prepare ourselves sometimes for things we don't like or wish to happen.
don't worry your little head. I'm sure the club have got this matter under control.
The clubs you mentionned already have top class goalkeepers so they won't spend huge money on that post.
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Martinez -despite being superb - wouldn’t fetch amongst the highest prices, whilst selling him would be more damaging to the team, in both ability and spirit, than selling pretty much any other player.
That would be the stupidest move to make.
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Martinez -despite being superb - wouldn’t fetch amongst the highest prices, whilst selling him would be more damaging to the team, in both ability and spirit, than selling pretty much any other player.
That would be the stupidest move to make.
Exactly this. Goalkeepers are in general undervalued - to join in this with ours, maybe the most important keeper to any team in the league, would be too dumb.
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Martinez -despite being superb - wouldn’t fetch amongst the highest prices, whilst selling him would be more damaging to the team, in both ability and spirit, than selling pretty much any other player.
That would be the stupidest move to make.
Exactly this. Goalkeepers are in general undervalued - to join in this with ours, maybe the most important keeper to any team in the league, would be too dumb.
Agree,
I don’t want to see any of our top players sold, but Emi is the one player I would consider irreplaceable.
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We won't be selling anybody unless our valuation is met
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I wonder if Gaucci will be on the bench on Thursday ? If Olsen was injured there's a potential for him to be making a debut in European semi!
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He will be, and we'll have a kid there too. You need 2 'keepers on the bench in Europe.
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He has been on the bench for all the European games since he's arrived along with Olsen so history suggests he will be ???
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You have to have 2 keepers on the bench in Europe.
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He will be, and we'll have a kid there too. You need 2 'keepers on the bench in Europe.
Young Emery going to make his first team squad debut?
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It'll be James Wright (or Sam Proctor) as third keeper in matchday squad. Emery isn't in the European squad as a youth player, probably because he hasn't been here two years
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You can register any number of qualifying youth players up to the day before the match. Gauci won't qualify as Bully says, but it's because he's 23.
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You can register any number of qualifying youth players up to the day before the match. Gauci won't qualify as Bully says, but it's because he's 23.
We added him to the squad - https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/clubs/52683--aston-villa/squad/
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I'm convinced Gaucci is going to get some game time in one of the semi or at Brighton.
I have an inkling he may have to come on for Olson.
Its quite a strong feeling that going to see him in goal.
I'm convinced.
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I'm convinced Gaucci is going to get some game time in one of the semi or at Brighton.
I have an inkling he may have to come on for Olson.
Its quite a strong feeling that going to see him in goal.
I'm convinced.
No chance… (unless Olsen chucks a few into the net)
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No chance… (unless Olsen chucks a few into the net)
So a distinct possibility then?
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Olsen was specifically praised by Emery in the pre- match press conference, so Gauci will only get a game through injury.
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I'm convinced Gaucci is going to get some game time in one of the semi or at Brighton.
I have an inkling he may have to come on for Olson.
Its quite a strong feeling that going to see him in goal.
I'm convinced.
It would be an utterly bizarre decision to make unless there is an injury.
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I'm convinced Gaucci is going to get some game time in one of the semi or at Brighton.
I have an inkling he may have to come on for Olson.
Its quite a strong feeling that going to see him in goal.
I'm convinced.
It would be an utterly bizarre decision to make unless there is an injury.
Indeed, there is absolutely no chance of that unless there is an injury.
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I'm convinced Gaucci is going to get some game time in one of the semi or at Brighton.
I have an inkling he may have to come on for Olson.
Its quite a strong feeling that going to see him in goal.
I'm convinced.
It would be an utterly bizarre decision to make unless there is an injury.
Indeed, there is absolutely no chance of that unless there is an injury.
Yes my gut sensation telling me there's an opportunity for him.
Don't know if it's injury , sending off or selection but theres a feeling I have that's all.
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Have you tried milk of magnesia?
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I prefer spiritual and holistic methods I am anti pharmaceutical generally.
It was a real debate regards COVID vaccination at the time and thereafter but I'm someone for the greater good though am extremely careful what put into my body.
There is nothing wrong with my gut sensation in this instance.
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I can remember the whole anti-milk of magnesia movement. It got pretty heated! ;D
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Gaucci was close to coming on Sundays my intuition a little off though on the occasion but he was warming up and everything!
Olson managed to carry on from his injury but he was great though probably player of the match for us
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Gaucci was close to coming on Sundays my intuition a little off though on the occasion but he was warming up and everything!
Olson managed to carry on from his injury but he was great though probably player of the match for us
And everyone else’s intuition that you would be wrong was right! ;D
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Gaucci was close to coming on Sundays my intuition a little off though on the occasion but he was warming up and everything!
Olson managed to carry on from his injury but he was great though probably player of the match for us
Comes across as "Whether Street wins, or nearly wins it is a great result".
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Gaucci was close to coming on Sundays my intuition a little off though on the occasion but he was warming up and everything!
Olson managed to carry on from his injury but he was great though probably player of the match for us
And everyone else’s intuition that you would be wrong was right! ;D
Bearing in mind there are possibly ten people posting as Footy, there's a chance he might be right sooner or later.
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Gaucci was close to coming on Sundays my intuition a little off though on the occasion but he was warming up and everything!
Olson managed to carry on from his injury but he was great though probably player of the match for us
And everyone else’s intuition that you would be wrong was right! ;D
Bearing in mind there are possibly ten people posting as Footy, there's a chance he might be right sooner or later.
He's 3 owls in a trench coat
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Gibbons in a trench coat surely.
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I am a single one person individual! How many times? Like, please stop mocking my intelligence, fabricating stories that I'm a robot or something group ??!!! and generally degrading me! This is against site rules what is occuring and the experience again here has gone from joyful and intriguing discussion to one of sadness, annoyance and feeling uncomfortable. Why must people do it ? Why can't we just talk about relevance football topic
I find it really unnecessary and distressing that individuals continue to make these so called jokes about me in an attempt to bully me off! And get more and more people to make nasty comments ! Please QUIT IT! Just talk about the specific subjects leave me alone !!!!
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You say that you’re feeling victimised or “bullied”, but if you stopped talking complete and utter bollocks it would be a good start, and may be…just may be…some people may stop ridiculing you or making “nasty comments”.
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You say that you’re feeling victimised or “bullied”, but if you stopped talking complete and utter bollocks it would be a good start, and may be…just may be…some people may stop ridiculing you or making “nasty comments”.
The mock outrage didn't work, so a new tact is being attempted.
The mock "feeling sorry for oneself..."
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I am a single one person individual! How many times? Like, please stop mocking my intelligence, fabricating stories that I'm a robot or something group ??!!! and generally degrading me! This is against site rules what is occuring and the experience again here has gone from joyful and intriguing discussion to one of sadness, annoyance and feeling uncomfortable. Why must people do it ? Why can't we just talk about relevance football topic
I find it really unnecessary and distressing that individuals continue to make these so called jokes about me in an attempt to bully me off! And get more and more people to make nasty comments ! Please QUIT IT! Just talk about the specific subjects leave me alone !!!!
We all have opinions. That are based on experience, all of us react based on what has happened in the past and it helps us to look at what the future may hold.
Many Villa fans fear the worst because we've not won anything for decades, and have seen us fall at the final hurdle (and too many times at the first too) a lot of times.
What we don't have experience of though, is talking about intuition and 3rd choice 'keepers playing based on nothing but an 'intuition' 'feeling' or seeing a Maltese Cross and because Gauci is a name predominantly in use in Malta means that he'll play. There's no evidence, or logic to it.
We can all predict football results, and get it wrong (if we were all right there wouldn't be gambling etc) but to claim 'insight' etc. is just not right I'm afraid.
People get frustrated when it's a constant; when there is post after post, on thread after thread, claiming insight or knowledge or advanced thinking or whatever. When it's nothing of the sort.
You claim to have insight, but given the meaning of the word is 'the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something' it's been proven to be wrong so many times.
We all get a 'feeling in our waters' from time to time, but the reality is we haven't a clue what will happen. Just look at the predictions for who will finish 4th. The evidence for some is that we will, and for many others that we won't. But nobody claims to be better than anyone else, or that their opinion is more valid (that is a red rag to a bull for most people). There are reasoned expressions of opinion, based on each person's experience. Risso and I may argue like children on here at times, but I'd happily go for a beer (or coffee) with him because we both know that each other's opinion is valid, regardless of whether or not we agree.
It matters not whether you're an accountant or a cleaner, an artist or a miner, a man or a woman, just respect people, and don't try and control them and suggest you are somehow better than them or that your opinion is worth more. Because it isn't, regardless of whether you've researched it. There are people on here who have supported the Villa for longer than me, and I've been a supporter for 46 years. People have seen, felt, enjoyed, hated and experienced more than just the last couple of years of resurgence; there are relegations, promotions, wins and defeats and it all shapes who we are.
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Who did you support for the other 20 years? ;)
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Who did you support for the other 20 years? ;)
Well I certainly feel those extra years.
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It's disheartening that after I mentioned my user experience here, some of those posts are really hostile.
Not Drummond, though, so I appreciate you taking the time to write with some humility and perspective.
But Drummond, I believe you're missing the whole point of letting me or anybody else discuss, share, and talk about thoughts, and it appears you're advocating limitations on concepts and ideas.
That's not really on because everyone can have intuitive experiences, and if I find anything related to Villa to talk about, then that's what I will talk about. Let's all write respectfully, but according to our individual preferences. Thank you. I believe that at this point, notwithstanding individual differences in opinion, everyone will be in agreement.
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I believe that at this point, notwithstanding individual differences in opinion, everyone will be in agreement.
Errrrr, OK then.
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It's disheartening that after I mentioned my user experience here, some of those posts are really hostile.
Not Drummond, though, so I appreciate you taking the time to write with some humility and perspective.
But Drummond, I believe you're missing the whole point of letting me or anybody else discuss, share, and talk about thoughts, and it appears you're advocating limitations on concepts and ideas.
That's not really on because everyone can have intuitive experiences, and if I find anything related to Villa to talk about, then that's what I will talk about. Let's all write respectfully, but according to our individual preferences. Thank you. I believe that at this point, notwithstanding individual differences in opinion, everyone will be in agreement.
You're free to post what you like, but then by the same token everybody's free to call you out on it if they think it's nonsense.
People can and do disagree about whether they think Diaby will improve next season for example, or if Cash needs replacing or whatever. Absolutely nobody at all is going to take a post seriously saying that Rogers is taking the piss in training because he picked up a hamstring injury, or that Gauci is likely to play because you had a dream about three magpies, or other nonsense like that. If you're going to post stuff like that, well you can expect to get picked up on it, and because you post it so regularly, people are pissed off with it and aren't always going to be that polite when responding. Up to you really.
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People can agree and disagree, and it’s fine provided it doesn’t cross into unpleasantness. From my perspective Footy, my frustration with some of your posts is that you present them as if you either have superior knowledge or intelligence when compared to others. The reality though is that your “insight” is typically regurgitating publicly available stats, and potentially overlaying your opinion on top. That’s fine, but it’s not some mystical prescience that you’ve come up with, so don’t present it as such. Also you have a tendency to play it up when a result comes to pass, but then be pretty silent when you’re wrong.
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People can agree and disagree, and it’s fine provided it doesn’t cross into unpleasantness. From my perspective Footy, my frustration with some of your posts is that you present them as if you either have superior knowledge or intelligence when compared to others. The reality though is that your “insight” is typically regurgitating publicly available stats, and potentially overlaying your opinion on top. That’s fine, but it’s not some mystical prescience that you’ve come up with, so don’t present it as such. Also you have a tendency to play it up when a result comes to pass, but then be pretty silent when you’re wrong.
I would also mention the smug "insight" one of the 10 things happen, but no reference to any of the other 15 predictions. The recent one of that is almost Gauci, but no mention of the Watkins prediction.
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From my perspective Footy, my frustration with some of your posts is that you present them as if you either have superior knowledge or intelligence when compared to others.
Yes, this is it from my perspective too. Especially when what he/they post(s) is usually completely devoid of knowledge and intelligence, superior or otherwise. Just a diatribe of utter nonsense.
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It's disheartening that after I mentioned my user experience here, some of those posts are really hostile.
Not Drummond, though, so I appreciate you taking the time to write with some humility and perspective.
But Drummond, I believe you're missing the whole point of letting me or anybody else discuss, share, and talk about thoughts, and it appears you're advocating limitations on concepts and ideas.
That's not really on because everyone can have intuitive experiences, and if I find anything related to Villa to talk about, then that's what I will talk about. Let's all write respectfully, but according to our individual preferences. Thank you. I believe that at this point, notwithstanding individual differences in opinion, everyone will be in agreement.
You're free to post what you like, but then by the same token everybody's free to call you out on it if they think it's nonsense.
People can and do disagree about whether they think Diaby will improve next season for example, or if Cash needs replacing or whatever. Absolutely nobody at all is going to take a post seriously saying that Rogers is taking the piss in training because he picked up a hamstring injury, or that Gauci is likely to play because you had a dream about three magpies, or other nonsense like that. If you're going to post stuff like that, well you can expect to get picked up on it, and because you post it so regularly, people are pissed off with it and aren't always going to be that polite when responding. Up to you really.
1. This is not the Ginger thread ! Which has descended into disgustingly explicit and filthy content that moderators need to address!
2. Appreciate your view and words however there's a big difference to picked on and picked up on! I think validating how I'm feeling and respecting me as an individual is all I ask.
3. I think these 3 points are understood and we all want 3 points on Monday.
Thank You let's move on and focus on the relevancy of discussing all things Gaucci.
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Or you could all just double down on it I suppose. Whatever.
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It's disheartening that after I mentioned my user experience here, some of those posts are really hostile.
Not Drummond, though, so I appreciate you taking the time to write with some humility and perspective.
But Drummond, I believe you're missing the whole point of letting me or anybody else discuss, share, and talk about thoughts, and it appears you're advocating limitations on concepts and ideas.
That's not really on because everyone can have intuitive experiences, and if I find anything related to Villa to talk about, then that's what I will talk about. Let's all write respectfully, but according to our individual preferences. Thank you. I believe that at this point, notwithstanding individual differences in opinion, everyone will be in agreement.
You're free to post what you like, but then by the same token everybody's free to call you out on it if they think it's nonsense.
People can and do disagree about whether they think Diaby will improve next season for example, or if Cash needs replacing or whatever. Absolutely nobody at all is going to take a post seriously saying that Rogers is taking the piss in training because he picked up a hamstring injury, or that Gauci is likely to play because you had a dream about three magpies, or other nonsense like that. If you're going to post stuff like that, well you can expect to get picked up on it, and because you post it so regularly, people are pissed off with it and aren't always going to be that polite when responding. Up to you really.
1. This is not the Ginger thread ! Which has descended into disgustingly explicit and filthy content that moderators need to address!
2. Appreciate your view and words however there's a big difference to picked on and picked up on! I think validating how I'm feeling and respecting me as an individual is all I ask.
3. I think these 3 points are understood and we all want 3 points on Monday.
Thank You let's move on and focus on the relevancy of discussing all things Gaucci.
Please respect our rights to post humour (explicit or otherwise) without picking on us. Thanks.
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Humour?
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Humour?
The stuff from Viz that he thinks should be banned.
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I know, I was trying some dry stuff of my own.
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I know, I was trying some dry stuff of my own.
Haha, sorry, I thought you’d gone all ‘moral’.
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I know, I was trying some dry stuff of my own.
Haha, sorry, I thought you’d gone all ‘moral’.
Nah, fuck that.
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"Ginger thread." They are taking the piss and lapping up the attention.
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Gauci.
Rogers.
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Starts for the Socceroos in their WC qualifier against Bangladesh. https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1798653428261863434
Pablo_picasso will update us on his performance later.
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I will leave job that up to others...
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He didn't need to do much in a 2-0 win but what he did do he did well.
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I will leave job that up to others...
Were you watching a South Korean second division game?
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I will leave job that up to others...
Were you watching a South Korean second division game?
I have genuinely just bought a Bhutanese team's football shirt and I was tempted to ask Pablo what he made of Thimphu City FC.
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If they put the league of Thimphu City FC on normal UK TV, I might watch a bit of it.
Never spotted any though, so you're out of luck... 😁
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If they put the league of Thimphu City FC on normal UK TV, I might watch a bit of it.
Never spotted any though, so you're out of luck... 😁
😁 I was banking on you!
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Tbh, I have never even heard of the country, let alone that team, lol...
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I will leave job that up to others...
Were you watching a South Korean second division game?
I have genuinely just bought a Bhutanese team's football shirt and I was tempted to ask Pablo what he made of Thimphu City FC.
You been browsing Sangalo (https://sangalo.com/)?
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I will leave job that up to others...
Were you watching a South Korean second division game?
I have genuinely just bought a Bhutanese team's football shirt and I was tempted to ask Pablo what he made of Thimphu City FC.
You been browsing Sangalo (https://sangalo.com/)?
No, but thanks for the link! I actually bought it from Paul Watson (comedian Mark's brother) off twitter.
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With Martinez being rested for the pre season tour of states then it's ideal chance for Gauci to be given some game time in the 3 matches.
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Stunning insight. Thanks for that.
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How was Gauci overall performance in the 4-1 defeat ?
Including playing the ball out and distribution?
Save wise : I feel having only seen the goals that Martinez would have stopped a couple of them. Is that fair?
The one where the Colombos striker raced through would have been saved if came up against Martinez.
I know shouldn't compare but ...
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Was his poorest game so far, but then he was exposed a few times and this is the highest level of opposition he’s faced for us.
He’s our young, third-choice keeper, so lot’s of room for him to develop.
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Was his poorest game so far, but then he was exposed a few times and this is the highest level of opposition he’s faced for us.
He’s our young, third-choice keeper, so lot’s of room for him to develop.
He's 24 now but hasn't the experience yet but I guess has opportunity to learn off Martinez and garner experience from Olsen in training.
I'm expecting him to be groomed to take over but will need exposure to matches even domestic cup ones to get a feel for things
Btw he has a brother called Jed!
Like Jed Steer ! Which is a funny coincidence.
I liked Jed Steer a lot. Play off hero!
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I didn’t think it was that bad. He probably makes a positional error for the second goal but part of that is trying to make up for the defensive errors by Pau and then Feeney. But he did basic stuff pretty well overall. Distribution was good, dealt with all crosses competently. He’s a back up to Olsen, very young and if Olsen isn’t sold is a decent squad player right now.
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De Gea is finally looking for a club. If he wasn't being silly with wage demands, I wonder if he'd be worth going for. Our back-ups to Emi currently are distinctly average.
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De Gea is finally looking for a club. If he wasn't being silly with wage demands, I wonder if he'd be worth going for. Our back-ups to Emi currently are distinctly average.
Its a nice idea but i reckon he probably thinks he could be first choice for some team. Cant blame him if so, he's only 33.
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De Gea is finally looking for a club. If he wasn't being silly with wage demands, I wonder if he'd be worth going for. Our back-ups to Emi currently are distinctly average.
Its a nice idea but i reckon he probably thinks he could be first choice for some team. Cant blame him if so, he's only 33.
True, that’s what I thought
But then he’s just spent a whole year out doing nothing at all, so we wouldn’t lose anything just to give him a call and see
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He makes Olsen look like Beckenbauer with the ball at his feet, which I think is largely why he's still looking for another club. Don't think we'd be going anywhere near him.
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He makes Olsen look like Beckenbauer with the ball at his feet, which I think is largely why he's still looking for another club. Don't think we'd be going anywhere near him.
I wouldn’t be turning my nose up to having him as the no 2 to be honest
But like you say I don’t think we’ll be anywhere near him
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I'm with Lee, he is a good shot stopper but our play is so reliant on having a keeper who can be trusted with the ball at their feet that there's no ponit replacing Olsen with someone just as bad as he is at that part of the game.
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The League Cup v Wycombe thread must be comimg soon as the match is Tuesday at 8 p.m.
In the meantime, I will discuss and debate here with Gauci. So I think JG should get this tie. We can talk about him, Buendia, and others starting and what line-up selections people think once the thread is up but anticipate Gauci playing and think fair to rest Martinez.
In the event of scores being level at full time duration in Rounds 3, 4, and 5, no extra time gets played. And goes straight to penalty shoot.
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Everything pointing to Gauci playing tonight.
Of course this would be his debut would it not if he started?
The last actual competitive game he played was against Palestine in June 5-0 victory.
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Made a few poor decisions but wasn't at fault for the goal.
Poorest decision was coming for a long throw which he flapped at and misjudged giving away a corner.
Pretty composed generally on the ball apart from a spell of kicking it out of play
Had sense to play long when needed and handling in general was fine.
Also like Martinez takes time, and by all means, on the ball when needed in playing out from back. It's the way we play.
Set up a few attacks from rolling out quickly and from the longer passes wasn't helped by Duran failure in winning it getting on to the passes
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Made a few poor decisions but wasn't at fault for the goal.
Poorest decision was coming for a long throw which he flapped at and misjudged giving away a corner.
Pretty composed generally on the ball apart from a spell of kicking it out of play
Had sense to play long when needed and handling in general was fine.
Also like Martinez takes time, and by all means, on the ball when needed in playing out from back. It's the way we play.
Set up a few attacks from rolling out quickly and from the longer passes wasn't helped by Duran failure in winning it getting on to the passes
He acquitted himself very well, it’s nice to see a back up keeper playing with confidence and in turn giving us fans some confidence/comfort
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I can see why we signed him, looked a lot more like a modern Premier League keeper than Olsen does. Confident with his feet and sharp in looking for chances to counter. There were a couple of mistakes so still work to do but there's enough there for us to work with.
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Hard one to judge but i think he doesnt look as clumsy as olsen
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He is a commanding presence in his box, always looking to claim the ball.
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He was decent last night, certainly no cause for alarm, apart from the one invident when the ball went through his hands. But then I've seen Martinez do that, so no big deal.
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Good with his feet too I thought.
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Yes, I reckon the keepers probably spend half their time training on that, it's such a key part of how we play.
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Yes, I reckon the keepers probably spend half their time training on that, it's such a key part of how we play.
It is, he looked composed, had very similar footwork to Martinez (and took less risks).
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It's hard to tell from tonight if he is any good. He didn't make a save, but I feel sure he could have done better with the winning goal, or at least tried to save it. Also he was flapping a couple of times. I know we have been spoilt with Martínez.
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Didn't really do much wrong, other than one occasion when he failed to come out for the ball and got a bollocking from Mings for his troubles. Doesn't always look entirely conformable playing the ball out, but I think that just takes a little time to develop. Martinez said he wasn't keen on it at first.
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Didn't really do much wrong, other than one occasion when he failed to come out for the ball and got a bollocking from Mings for his troubles. Doesn't always look entirely conformable playing the ball out, but I think that just takes a little time to develop. Martinez said he wasn't keen on it at first.
I think he could have done better with second goal tbh. The first one all carlos fault
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For the second goal, Gauci seemed to have been wrong-footed. Which was odd, because from the moment he picked it up, the Palace player looked for all the world that he'd drive in to the centre and try to cut a shot back. Which is exactly what he did.
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I don't really have any issue with the second goal, it went through Kamara's legs so he was unsighted. My biggest issue is that I felt he had no presence at all, he's not small by any means, bit he looked it.
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Based on last night , i'd rather have Olsen as back up .
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It's probably very harsh considering he's not had that much of a chance and he's still relatively young in goalkeeping terms, but I am starting to wonder what the point of signing him was. We clearly need a decent back up keeper that we can be comfortable with if Emi has to miss any games, and he doesn't seem to have displayed anything in the Carabao Cup games/friendlies he's played that suggests he may develop into a reasonable Premier League goalkeeper.
I guess £1.5m isn't a massive amount of money, so it's not a huge gamble, but he just doesn't appear remotely close to being good enough so far. I guess he must have looked very good in Australia.
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To be fair to gauci i think this is his second start for us so will need more time. Olsens had plenty and not looked good in a lot of those.
One thing i did notice about gauci though he was pretty good at catching the ball from opposition crosses. He was solid in that area
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Gone on loan to Barnsley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg942g3w7go
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On Gauci it's concerning he's got to league one level for experience.
It’s not concerning at all. In fact it’s quite common for young players to be sent on loan down a division or two?
To play first team football, as a goalkeeper.
Yes, however, for a goalkeeper of his potential and development, I think he should be looking at Championship level.
Leeds, WBA, Burnley, and Sunderland, to name a few clubs, have goalkeepers playing aged 24 and under.Where are we pitching Gauci?To me, League One is too low a level for a goalkeeper of substance, as he is 24 years old, 25 in the summer.
If he's ambitious and wants to be an international mainstay GK for Australia.Perhaps next season Gauci will be loaned to a higher level?
Seems Emery wants age and experience as backup that's Olsen
Gauci had his chances as a cup keeper, but now at his age he needs to be playing to get experience, but it's that level of experience that I'm wondering about.
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It depends if those clubs want a new keeper.
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It's amazing Martinez was loaned so much, and his story says a lot, I suppose.
Not saying Gauci will reach those heights, but he's probably got a few more loans in him given his age, then one could argue, though these days with all the financial implications, these players are assets and getting development is as much for selling as they are for future first-team duties.
I now tend to focus mainly my attention to the first teamers who are at the club as literally all the other players aren't really impacting Aston Villa mens team in any way.
Not until they come back anyway even if they do come back!
10 clean sheets and a promotion for Barnsley means what to Villa?
It means something to Gauci.
A couple of my Chelsea supporting friends take this approach.
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Joe Gauci has joined Port Vale on loan for the season.
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Probably abouyt his level from what we've seen so far. The games will do him good .
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Port Vale in EFL Div 1.
He went to Barnsley last season, but came back because of injury.
Get the impression that he hasn't made the progress we expected when we signed him for £1.3m in Feb 2024.
Obviously not good enough to be back up to Dibu - hence Beezer.
Expect his progress/improvement to be reviewed next summer, with a view to possibly selling him if we get the right offer.
He'll be 26 by then, so really should be becoming an established player and not a loanee.
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Is this the long goodbye for Joe?
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Probably abouyt his level from what we've seen so far. The games will do him good .
Ah shaddap a your face.
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Get the impression that he hasn't made the progress we expected when we signed him for £1.3m in Feb 2024.
Obviously not good enough to be back up to Dibu - hence Beezer.
Expect his progress/improvement to be reviewed next summer, with a view to possibly selling him if we get the right offer.
Maybe this move to Div 1 will make him wake up and smell the beans.
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Surprised we didn't wait until after Saturday, assume we will have a kid on the bench, now.
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Surprised we didn't wait until after Saturday, assume we will have a kid on the bench, now.
Proctor, I'm guessing.
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Surprised we didn't wait until after Saturday, assume we will have a kid on the bench, now.
Proctor, I'm guessing.
Yep, he took his spot on the bench for the weekend games already, so no shock to see Gauci go out today.
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Having watched him on his few opportunities it feels like a weird signing for us to have made in the first place because he is as slow and ponderous with his feet as Olsen was and that is such a key attribute needed for the way we play.
Hopefully he has a good season at Vale and proves wrong but we shall see.
Wonder if we’ll do the Carson style 3rd keeper signing or promote one of the kids to 3rd choice in the knowledge that you can sign an emergency keeper if injuries mount up in season.
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Having watched him on his few opportunities it feels like a weird signing for us to have made in the first place because he is as slow and ponderous with his feet as Olsen was and that is such a key attribute needed for the way we play.
Hopefully he has a good season at Vale and proves wrong but we shall see.
Wonder if we’ll do the Carson style 3rd keeper signing or promote one of the kids to 3rd choice in the knowledge that you can sign an emergency keeper if injuries mount up in season.
I hope the latter, I don't see the point of having a 3rd choice keeper in his late 30s, get Proctor in the first team squad and travelling everywhere with the team. If it turns out he's not good enough in a couple of years then that experience is good for him personally and potentially makes it easier to get a fee for him.
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We released Lander Emery (Real Union) Filip Marschsll (Stevenage) and Robin Olsen (Malmo) in the summer.
Oliwier Zych is on his second season of loans in Poland and Sam Lewis is at Oxford City.
So, apart from Emi and Bizot, we haven't any real experience in the goalkeeping dept.
So if either of them are injured we'll have Sam Proctor (18) on the bench with James Lewis (20) who spent last season at Real Union as backup (or vice versa).
The problem with signjng reserve/backup/3rd choice keepers is that you're looking for somebody who is a) experienced, b) prepared to sit on the bench all season and c) not too dear in terms of transfer fee ir wages.
Over to you Monchi.
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👆subject to the terms, in the instance of injuries to both first choice keepers, we may be able to recall one of them from their loan.
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Proctor is good.
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👆subject to the terms, in the instance of injuries to both first choice keepers, we may be able to recall one of them from their loan.
Sam Lewis (19) 26 appearances for our U21, and U18s. 1 National League game for Oxford Cit where he's on loan this season.
Oliwier Zych (21) 4 appearances for Villa, 26 on loan at Puszcza Niepolomice in Poland last year. Currently on loan at Rakow Czestochowa (Poland) - no appearances.
Doubt very much if we'd want to recall either of them and drop them in behind a backline that they've never played with.
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Proctor is good.
Yep, and importantly he is very good with the ball at his feet, which is why we should be focusing on him over some of the other options who are shot stoppers but can't be part of our general play in the way Emi is.