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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave on April 18, 2024, 04:52:42 PM
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Sensible line-up. Good to see Matty and Ezri back in their positions, with Bailey and Rogers to come off the bench if needed.
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I think we'll need some Moussa Magic tonight and Zaniolo to remain in good form.
Please Villa!
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Very harsh on Carlos but Unai will have his reasons. Good to see Cash getting a start.Come on you villa boys!!
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Just win.
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Very harsh on Carlos but Unai will have his reasons. Good to see Cash getting a start.Come on you villa boys!!
Might be saving Carlos for the Bournemouth game.
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Very harsh on Carlos but Unai will have his reasons. Good to see Cash getting a start.Come on you villa boys!!
Might be saving Carlos for the Bournemouth game.
I thought he wad excellent against Arsenal. Konsa and Pau more than capable though.
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Just win.
Or draw
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Just fucking win the tie.
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Just win.
I'd take a draw..
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Avoid defeat please villa
Big call to start zaniolo and start diabs
Need to avoid yellows 4 players on yellows
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Aye. DC has been no stranger to an injury or ten since his arrival n'all, so might not have the legs for two big games back to back.
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I’d like us to lose because it’ll piss on Lens fans chips.
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Big game for Diary tonight you feel. Would be great (for us and him) if he could get a goal and perform really well.
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Big game for Diary tonight you feel. Would be great (for us and him) if he could get a goal and perform really well.
He's scheduled a good game.
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Big game for Diary tonight you feel. Would be great (for us and him) if he could get a goal and perform really well.
Yea a date with destiny
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Haha, typing too fast...
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Big game for Diary tonight you feel. Would be great (for us and him) if he could get a goal and perform really well.
i hope he is made a note of it to play well
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I would feel more comfortable with that line-up if Tielemans is playing off Watkins and McGinn is with Luiz.
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Can you get a game pass on TNT like you can with Sky / Now TV?
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Zaniolo has a good record in Europa Conference q/f 2nd legs.
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Don’t think so - monthly pass is the shortest I believe
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Fonseca needs to prove if he is indeed an elite coach today however I expect Unai to manage this match. No chaos just boring old stuff.
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Don’t think so - monthly pass is the shortest I believe
Ah OK cheers.
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Don’t think so - monthly pass is the shortest I believe
Ah OK cheers.
Check your PMs
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Hope Bailey doesn't get p*ssed off with so many starts from the bench.
He is a class act.
COYVB
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Top security today
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Hope Bailey doesn't get p*ssed off with so many starts from the bench.
He is a class act.
COYVB
He is being saved for sunday as thats a huge game
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Top security today
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Must have thought it was the Zulus in town.
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Only conceded 8 at home and one loss. This is gonna be a tough game
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It's no Holte End. Enjoy the game, mate!
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Hope Bailey doesn't get p*ssed off with so many starts from the bench.
He is a class act.
COYVB
He is being saved for sunday as thats a huge game
Either that or Unai considers him our 'finisher'.
Opposition teams fnd it difficult to cope with the change from Diaby to Bailey.
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Hope Bailey doesn't get p*ssed off with so many starts from the bench.
He is a class act.
COYVB
He is being saved for sunday as thats a huge game
So is today's!
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Hope Bailey doesn't get p*ssed off with so many starts from the bench.
He is a class act.
COYVB
UE just said he needs to rotate his players, especially after Arsenal last Sunday and Bournemouth at home in 72 hours. Bailey is being saved along with Diego Carlos.
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Come on me Villa babbies!
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BBC are fully bought-in on the "Konsa is now a right-back" idea.
They've got Cash partnering Torres at centre-back.
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Lille seem very confident after first leg. We didnt play that well first leg dont think lille realise that. If we play like we did on weekend the game will be completely different
Just dont concede early and stay calm for the early onslaught
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BBC are fully bought-in on the "Konsa is now a right-back" idea.
They've got Cash partnering Torres at centre-back.
Just shows how much respect they have for us. ******.
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Even the way their fans go "lille"
We need something like that at villa but saying villa
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I feel so incredibly sick.
I'm so nervous.
I need a goal to settle the nerves
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I ain’t gonna lie, I’m shitting my pants.
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I ain’t gonna lie, I’m shitting my pants.
God help your keks if it goes to penalties.
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I'll be honest, I'm nervous right now.
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TV have got Cash at CB. idiots. Unless they know something we don't.....
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I'd take a win on sunday over a draw/win today. (Its my way of coping).
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I am suffering from a very different type of Villa related puckering sphincter tonight.
Nice to be nervous about a game for a change.
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I was feeling très en confiance about this, but for some reason I am now pooing in mon slip.
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They love emi 😂
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What a poor throw that
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They love emi 😂
Some have a dislike for him, for some reason!
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
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That’s one hell of an atmosphere.
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That’s one hell of an atmosphere.
Hopefully not for long.
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Ah, a standard Villa throw-in there. Take 30 seconds and then it goes straight out of play.
Feels like it's been a specialty of ours for 30 years.
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
More Lille than us, obviously, and the sound from the away fans is affected by where the mikes are
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That’s one hell of an atmosphere.
Hopefully not for long.
I think I can hear the Villa fans in the background. Must be bloody loud in there. If we score an early goal, it’ll change it all
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First change of underwear for me
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This is going to seem like a loonnng 90 mins.
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
More Lille than us, obviously, and the sound from the away fans is affected by where the mikes are
You could hear them at villa park last week
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Lively start from Lille. Just need to weather this and quiet the crowd down.
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
More Lille than us, obviously, and the sound from the away fans is affected by where the mikes are
You could hear them at villa park last week
How many Mikes go to the game?
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Pretty drab so far
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Pretty drab so far
Ill take a boring 0-0 all day long
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
More Lille than us, obviously, and the sound from the away fans is affected by where the mikes are
You could hear them at villa park last week
On English TV you can always hear the away fans - mike placement
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Tonight’s drink of choice…
The Wine Society’s 150th Anniversary St Emilion Grand Cru 2016.
Hopefully it’s an omen as this is rather pleasant.
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Bit scrappy from us so far.
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Come on me babbers!!!
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Zaniolo having a decent game so far, being a pain in the arse.
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Are there even villa fans there ? Cant hear a peep from them?
More Lille than us, obviously, and the sound from the away fans is affected by where the mikes are
You could hear them at villa park last week
How many Mikes go to the game?
Problem is Lille has all the Mikes sat separately - like naughty kids at school.
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Tonight’s drink of choice…
The Wine Society’s 150th Anniversary St Emilion Grand Cru 2016.
Hopefully it’s an omen as this is rather pleasant.
Is that as good as Blue Nun?
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1-0
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Bollocks!
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Tonight’s drink of choice…
The Wine Society’s 150th Anniversary St Emilion Grand Cru 2016.
Hopefully it’s an omen as this is rather pleasant.
Is that as good as Blue Nun?
When watching an important game, anything works. But not Blue Nun. Never Blue Nun.
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Fucking awful 1-0
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BOLLOCKS!!!!!!
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Shit.
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Oh dear
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Just what we didn’t want.
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Urgh.
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Thats been coming. We've started this game poorly
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What a finish
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Could have done without that so early on.
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Awful marking just so much space. We have created virtually nothing so its not suprising
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Bugger - good goal - but were rubbish at any balls coming across the box
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This has been gash. Lovely finish tbf
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Where was Cash there? Guy who crossed was his man.
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That’s been coming
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What a finish
Who was marking?
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Oh fuck
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FFS
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Okay. We need to step it up a gear. Not giving the ball away would be a start.
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Pitch seems heavily watered, the ball is moving v quickly and we keep losing our footing
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Cant get nothing at all going in their half so far
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Great finish to be fair
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They're a good side who pass the ball excellently, and we haven't started.
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Sluggish away performance away in Europe again thus far.
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Identical goal to mcginn against them
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So…
That’s not what we wanted. Plus their fans are going to be turning the heat on us now too.
Long game ahead. Not happy about this now.
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What a finish
Who was marking?
Perfectly timed run. No one picked him up.
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All you need to do is hold on for half an hour and take the sting out of it but no.
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Cash seems to be dawdling
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Would it help to blame one individual?
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If we score next, it’ll be a game changer. We need to silence the crowd a bit here…
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do something Diaby.
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The goalie is Chevalier. Maurice's son?
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What a fucking shit corner
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Z booked
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We're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
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The trademark Zaniolo booking
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Fucking idiot Zaniolo
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Think we need to get out of the changing room, quite quickly, otherwise we could get spanked here. Zaniolo as usual trying to get himself sent off
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Fucking hell Zani
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The goalie is Chevalier. Maurice's son?
Loves little girls.
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Zaniolo you fool why foul when we on attack
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Yeah, that's just silly.
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Ill already make a prediction that zaniolo will be off as sokn as second half starts
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Stupid yellow to give away
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Bailey and Rogers to win
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Another nice little payday for the online casino ultras.
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Cash looking a bit rusty.
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Someone needs to talk me through that corner. All our players ran near post and McGinn sent it far post. No one there. Very odd.
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Still much too slow and I’d bring Diaby on sooner rather than later!
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Move your arse Cash
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Zaniolo doesn't strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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We're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
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Can we not give the ball away ffs?
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Ref like a rabbit in headlights
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God im sorry but we are playing shit. Look nervous and sloppy when we go forward
Really need to step up
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What a save
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Great save by Emi.
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Yep, thanks for all of those clips of the ball hitting him in the face.
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Z coming off
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;D
We're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
That is quite the excuse to make!
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Z coming off
Best news of the game so far
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What happened with Z?
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Rogers on.
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Rogers on
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Rodgers for zaniolo
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What happened with Z?
It looked like he was being sick at one point
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The goalscorer is giving us a lot of problems.
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;DWe're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
That is quite the excuse to make!
Not really we seem to be uncomfortable and the ball is moving incredibly quickly. We keep losing our footing
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We need half time and Emery to get into them
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Was that from the Lille player backing into him?
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What happened with Z?
It looks like he was being sick at one point
I saw that too.
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He's made of fucking glass and Rogers is a better player. Our chances of winning have improved now.
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Looks nasty, just a collision I suppose. However erratic he may be we don't want to keep losing players
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Rodgers on
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Come on Morgan. You could really make a name for yourself tonight.
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;DWe're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
That is quite the excuse to make!
Not really we seem to be uncomfortable and the ball is moving incredibly quickly. We keep losing our footing
Same for both teams though?
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We just haven’t turned up yet.
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Well this is an absolutely shit display so far.
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This is gash so far
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Z has been rubbish so not a bad thing to replace him before he got a red card
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Really under the cosh here.
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Irish commentators saying Zaniolo isn't much of a loss to us.
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Was that from the Lille player backing into him?
Rolled over his back and landed heavily. Looked like he was winded to me rather than anything serious.
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0 shots in 28 mins. Not good enough so far
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Rogers could write himself into Villa folklore here
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Not totally unhappy to see Zaniolo off and Roger’s on.
Not wishing him to be hurt or anything but he’s brain-dead as a footballer.
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Feels like a matter of time before we allow this to get away from us.
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;DWe're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
That is quite the excuse to make!
Not really we seem to be uncomfortable and the ball is moving incredibly quickly. We keep losing our footing
Same for both teams though?
Yes but presumably they are used to it?
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This is woeful.
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Is Martinez messing about or does he actually need to come off?
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They have been excellent were struggling to cope. Looking very dodgy.
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FFS McGinn.
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Is Martinez messing about or does he actually need to come off?
I’m hoping it’s Emi doing Emi things to take the sting out of the game
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This ‘ultra’ fan subculture is so fucking cringe, I hate it. Wankers with drums, massive flags blocking views, no spontaneity at all, just very by the book performative ‘look how cray-cray we are!’ kitsch bullshit.
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Forgot Luiz was playing.
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Is Martinez messing about or does he actually need to come off?
I’m hoping it’s Emi doing Emi things to take the sting out of the game
Not sure a head injury is the thing to mess around with.
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We are all over the shop.
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We need to up the intensity and move the ball faster. Also, sitting far too deep.
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;DWe're struggling to string passes together.
Finding it difficult to play through their press.
Seems like the playing surface is v slippy to me!
That is quite the excuse to make!
Not really we seem to be uncomfortable and the ball is moving incredibly quickly. We keep losing our footing
Same for both teams though?
Yes but presumably they are used to it?
Ok
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We're going to need the chaos crew to save us
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just cannot do anything right at the moment..
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Liquid football.
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Forgot Luiz was playing.
I was about to say the same.
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We're going to need the chaos crew to save us
3/4s of it with Zaniolo off… Duran, Bailey and Diaby to cause hell.
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I like how we get a throw in outside thier box and it ends up back with Martinez
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They look like scoring from every set piece. We haven't got a single head on ours.
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Playing right imito Lille’s hands with this ultra slow stuff
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Cash looks really nervous, like he doesn't want to try anything
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We've gone from being insanely good on Sunday to ridiculously cack on Thursday.
Football is weird.
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Everytime we get near their box it ends up back with Emi.
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Think I prefer Konsa at right back
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Cash looks really nervous, like he doesn't want to try anything
Pulls it back at every opportunity...
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I just wish we hadn’t conceded at Villa Park last week.
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Mcginn should have had a pop i think
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Think I prefer Konsa at right back
Was just thinking this. Cash is rusty.
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We are clueless so far this half. Let’s hope we have a second half like we did against arsenal.
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Pretty predictable that this'd turn out to be a stinker after the excitement of Sunday.
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Liquid football.
Well, we are playing like we've got diarrhoea.
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Emery keeps mentioning the need for consistency but we rarely display any from one match to another.
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We've gone from being insanely good on Sunday to ridiculously cack on Thursday.
Football is weird.
This really is the opposite of 2nd half of at arsenal
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Did we look better with Konsa at RB and no Luiz?
Mind you the first half at Arsenal wasn’t too pretty
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Can't pass 10 yards. WTF
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Shut up Bentaleb ya Spurs reject twat...
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Emi booked.
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Booking for time wasting?
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This ref loves his yellow cards doesn't he?
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Fucking Discovery plus app. Constantly buffering.
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This first half is probably the worst the team has played all season 8)
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Fucking hell martinez kick thw fuckjng ball getting a stupid yellow
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the tactics seem to be pass to martinez to disrupt the ultra's sing song, as it descends into a chorus of boo's ;D
seems to be working
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We've gone from being insanely good on Sunday to ridiculously cack on Thursday.
Football is weird.
Got to think Sunday's game has taken a fair bit out of us. That, and the travel.
That's my excuse anyway. For this half. No excuses to repeat it second half.
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Emi booked.
Ref seemed extremely excited to do it, as well.. strange.
It didn't seem more then 8 or 9 seconds from the ball going out?
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I'd take 1-0 at the break, the way this is going.
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How have we had 2 bookings and they've had none despite constantly pulling us back every time we try to run in behind.
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He won't be able pull any stunts late on if we're ahead
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Got to manage the ref better.
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He had 63 touches on Sunday, probably already passed that tonight.
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This can't will be quite happy to dish out reds, by the looks of it.
Attention seeking twat.
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Why is Martinez timewasting? We're not winning any more.
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I doubt we’re going to end up with 11 of our players on the pitch. We look really undisciplined and probably as bad as I’ve seen us play this season
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This is genuinely terrible.
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How have we had 2 bookings and they've had none despite constantly pulling us back every time we try to run in behind.
they keep puling us back on our shirts
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He won't be able pull any stunts late on if we're ahead
It's a problem I'll be happy to have.
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Why is Martinez timewasting? We're not winning any more.
If you watch it back.. he didn't really waste much time? It didn't seem egregious at all.
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It's got to be Bailey for Diaby at HT.
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We are fucked with ref again... why the f book Emi... the time-wasting was with ball in play
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Since Christmas, we've barely managed any consistency.
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Absolutely dismal so far.
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Cash chance, but offside anyway.
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At last a yellow for shirt pulling.
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Was offside but terrible finish by cash
Better
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Eventually a booking for them pulling, should be the third or fourth.
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We need Bailey on.
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How have we had 2 bookings and they've had none despite constantly pulling us back every time we try to run in behind.
They’re getting pinged now. That’s two bookings for it in about a minute. And, uh, a yellow for both managers.
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At last some cards for the frogs
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Managers booked
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Ridiculous amount of yellow cards.
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This ref needs half time too.
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Emery looks really annoyed.
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Someone is going off in this game…
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Why is Martinez timewasting? We're not winning any more.
If you watch it back.. he didn't really waste much time? It didn't seem egregious at all.
Ah right. Unable to watch right now so following the BBC
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How have we had 2 bookings and they've had none despite constantly pulling us back every time we try to run in behind.
More a question of who hasn't been booked...
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And another yellow for them. About time.
Both managers booked too. WTF?
This is gonna be 9 v 9.
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Set pieces absolutely dreadful. Not got near one.
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Were we better without Luiz?
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Ref out of control
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This ref needs a talking to.
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What a dog shit freekick. Sums up the performance
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Amazing free kick Douglas. Amazing.
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Our set pieces are absolutely garbage.
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Set pieces absolutely dreadful. Not got near one.
MacPhee out.
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Should habve been another yellow for them.
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They're a right bunch of whingeing twats, I noticed that last week.
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Ref maximising his 5 mins of fame.
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I think if there's a red it'll be Lille
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Ref can’t wait to get the red card out
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I hope our slow play and thier chasing is actually tiring them out although I doubt it.
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Is it the ball?
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This is diabolical
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So piss poor all this backwards and forwards to Martinez
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This is one of the most uncomfortable Villa performances I've seen in a while.
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Im sorry but thw hell are these tactics? Its setup not to score a goal it seems ?
Woeful stuff
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Is it the ball?
Length of the grass?
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Bizarrely enough, I think we’ll score in the 2nd half.
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This is one of the most uncomfortable Villa performances I've seen in a while.
I don't even think Lille have been particularly good, we just look rattled and keep looking to play it back to Emi all the time.
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Now Luiz is playing like his girlfriend
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The only good thing about that half is it's only 1-0
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Bizarrely enough, I think we’ll score in the 2nd half.
So do I, funnily enough.
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Apart from 10 minutes Lille have been crap too.
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Im sorry but thw hell are these tactics? Its setup not to score a goal it seems ?
Woeful stuff
It's a 4-4-2, but Luiz and Tielemans are flat and neither can get the ball going forward. Not to mention our right flank doesn't have a winger or a competent forward to use the space. Need to find a way to get the CMs higher up and turned to goal so we can get Rogers, Ollie and Diaby involved.
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Awful.
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Well that was a 2/10 shocker of a half. Useless.
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This is one of the most uncomfortable Villa performances I've seen in a while.
I don't even think Lille have been particularly good, we just look rattled and keep looking to play it back to Emi all the time.
I dont even think we look rattled. We just looks absolutely pants so far.
0 shots at all. Pretty poor all round
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The only good thing about that half is it's only 1-0
Yep that was dreadful.
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woeful.
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Something needs to change after half time. But dare I whisper they started to look leggy after 35 mins.
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Lille are set up very well. If I were looking for a manager about now, I'd be taking a close interest in Fonseca.
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Crap. 🚀 at half time needed. They’re going to fall over everytime we cross into the box, so need to break their press.
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Well that was a 2/10 shocker of a half. Useless.
generous.
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Right, I'm off for a shit. Quite aptly I think.
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Merde.
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Is it the ball?
Length of the grass?
My guess they massively watered it before the game as it seemed to dry out as the half went on, it was like a pinball at the beginning
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It's crap because it's an absolutely god forsaken time to be playing a bloody match.
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Lille are set up very well. If I were looking for a manager about now, I'd be taking a close interest in Fonseca.
His eyebrows look fabulous
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They won't be that shit 2nd half.
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Well that was a 2/10 shocker of a half. Useless.
Very generous.
If Lille had anything about them they'd have put the tie well and truly to bed
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Im gonna slag off Diaby so that he scores.
ffs Diaby , earn your fucking wages .
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Not a single shot
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I think bailey will come on at ht. Cant see same team as that was absolutely dreadful. We created nothing and if lille score again i can see us falling aparr
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Terrible.
And we have a referee who doesn't seem to understand that when Martinez has the ball at his feet, its in play so cant be fucking time-wasting & all of the boo'ing from the French crowd is over the world Cup.
That has nothing to do with the performance though.
Just piss poor all round & if we play like this second half, we don't deserve to go through.
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Something needs to change after half time. But dare I whisper they started to look leggy after 35 mins.
They have been doing a lot of chasing especially their forwards and midfield. Their manager said they plan to start fast and intense. We look like we are starting to play a bit in the last 5-10 mins. Fingers crossed.
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Cash and Diaby utter waste of time. Cash turns backwards at the first sign of a player in front of him. Diaby has no first touch. Luiz has been anonymous and has a similar first touch as Diaby. It’s hard to know how good they are as they haven’t had to be.
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Story so far. Douglas Luiz awful. Matty Cash devoid of confidence. Emi actually looked rattled for once. Several of ours including Diaby totally anonymous. On the plus side. They're playing at their maximum we're running on two cylinders. Sort out the fucking set pieces .
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They won't be that shit 2nd half.
He's getting his eyebrows done at half time?
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on the plus side, it is almost impossible for us to play worse in the second half?
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That was dreadful
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Awful from us, the ref is a right twat. Looks like he's compiling a show reel for himself.
Cash especially bad, I'd be getting Carlos and bailey on asap
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We weren't playing with this slow, slow pace earlier in the campaign when we were nailing teams with 4s and 5s.
It's a consequence of the games we've had and the games we've got coming up.
We will have a purple patch in the second half at some point (most likely when Bailey comes on). Just need to cash in.
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Martínez Konsa and Cash must have had half the game's possession between the three of them. Awful stuff, like the three fucking stooges failing miserably to beat the press. Glad Emi got booked, sick of his shit at restarts, slowing everything down.
First time I've seen Emery rattled on the touchline too.
We need to go long occasionally if our only plan is to play out from the back cos it's not working. We have the attacking players to hurt them so give them the fucking ball.
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Im gonna slag off Diaby so that he scores.
Loads of us having been doing that for months, to no avail.
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The one good thing about that half is that it's over.
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Cash and Diaby utter waste of time. Cash turns backwards at the first sign of a player in front of him. Diaby has no first touch. Luiz has been anonymous and has a similar first touch as Diaby. It’s hard to know how good they are as they haven’t had to be.
For a 50 million plus player, at times Diabys touch and passing is shockingly bad. He's clearly got a lot of ability but he's shown it far too infrequently
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Gonna be a great half time analysis so much to go through for a villa point of view
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it's 2-2 so still up for grabs. part of the fun of europe is going to the partisan stadiums suffering for long periods then doing a bit of smash and grab. like madrid last night
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Ponderous, negative, boring shit. No pressing at all.
What is wrong with our midfield, absolute garbage ?
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This ref though... Shocking.
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Lille are set up very well. If I were looking for a manager about now, I'd be taking a close interest in Fonseca.
He's already turned us down once. West Ham, Man U or Everton would be an improvement for them. He plays Unai tactics but on the front foot, like us last year.
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After the Lord Mayors Show or:
With a busy schedule Unai only wants us to play play in fifth gear for 45 minutes each match. Contain and then blast.
Expecting a much better second half, Baily on after 58 minutes and Villa to go through.
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Story so far. Douglas Luiz awful. Matty Cash devoid of confidence. Emi actually looked rattled for once. Several of ours including Diaby totally anonymous. On the plus side. They're playing at their maximum we're running on two cylinders. Sort out the fucking set pieces .
A good sum up, have to add Zaniolo s predictable yellow - this time effectively stopping a promising move forward from us.
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This ref though... Shocking.
If only it was just the ref.
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This is terrible
What is the point of being in a competition if you show no ambition to go forward ?
This fucking about at the back and wasting time sends me crazy.
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Using Martinez as a play maker is revolutionary.
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Im gonna slag off Diaby so that he scores.
Loads of us having been doing that for months, to no avail.
I slagged him off against wolves and he scored.
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Im sorry but thw hell are these tactics? Its setup not to score a goal it seems ?
Woeful stuff
The obvious flaw with setting up for a 0 0, is it only works if you dont concede!
An awful performance so far. Reeks of complacency.
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Slow start, but thought we improved slightly as it went on. The ref seems very keen to book our players so need to just watch that.
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This is terrible
What is the point of being in a competition if you show no ambition to go forward ?
This fucking about at the back and wasting time sends me crazy.
It's not wasting time. They are trying to beat the press and to do that they have to let the press happen.
We've been too slow getting the ball forward at times once we've done so though.
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Something needs to change after half time. But dare I whisper they started to look leggy after 35 mins.
They have been doing a lot of chasing especially their forwards and midfield. Their manager said they plan to start fast and intense. We look like we are starting to play a bit in the last 5-10 mins. Fingers crossed.
Yeah, it did look a bit like that. I wonder if Emery's instructions were to keep it slow and let them chase it first half.
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The only good thing is they are not that much less crappy. I think we will score.
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Glad Emi got booked, sick of his shit at restarts, slowing everything down.
Really? I think it's a disaster waiting to happen.
Ref lost it there, happens a lot in European football it seems. 2 bookings each means the tightrope being walked by both teams.
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An awful first half. We are going to lose this if we keep playing like this second half.
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ALANUTTON!
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Normally with us, after a poor first half, we come out in the second and:
1. Are significantly improved, or
2. Concede almost immediately.
It generally doesn't tend to be 'remain in a state of nondescript shitness'.
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Im gonna slag off Diaby so that he scores.
Loads of us having been doing that for months, to no avail.
I slagged him off against wolves and he scored.
Oh well in that case, fire away!
I'll help: Moussa, pull ton fucking doigt out, you're playing comme a pov' con!
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Lille have been better side in both games i have to say.
This ref though absolute fucking clown with the yellows
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This ref though... Shocking.
Compared to the performance our players have put in, the refs been peak Pierluigi Collina
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Plus Emery is europe genius , he will sort this.
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We weren't playing with this slow, slow pace earlier in the campaign when we were nailing teams with 4s and 5s.
It's a consequence of the games we've had and the games we've got coming up.
We will have a purple patch in the second half at some point (most likely when Bailey comes on). Just need to cash in.
Lille have only played two games less. No excuse. We look like Arsenal last night and it’s hard to see how we will score in this game. They look sharper, they pass sharper. Somebody said after the game last week that Lille were mid to upper Championship level?!? Even if we did manage a goal we make too many mistakes to think that Lille won’t score again. We need to pull out a performance like Alkmaar away, to date the only quality performance in Europe this season.
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The set up seems to me to let them tire themselves out they will of purse have more energy if they've had the week off, but shouldn't be much different.
I expect there will be a lot more from us second half.
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Im gonna slag off Diaby so that he scores.
Loads of us having been doing that for months, to no avail.
I slagged him off against wolves and he scored.
Oh well in that case, fire away!
I'll help: Moussa, pull ton fucking doigt out, you're playing comme a pov' con!
If he comes out second half. Probaly get to 60 th minute but hes been useless up to now , like most of them.
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Lille have been better side in both games i have to say.
This ref though absolute fucking clown with the yellows
Thought they were all fair enough yellow cards to be honest. Maybe one more Lille player could have got one but that was a bit borderline
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Glad Emi got booked, sick of his shit at restarts, slowing everything down.
Really? I think it's a disaster waiting to happen.
Ref lost it there, happens a lot in European football it seems. 2 bookings each means the tightrope being walked by both teams.
One of our bookings is already off the pitch.
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too slow, boring af.
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This ref though... Shocking.
Compared to the performance our players have put in, the refs been peak Pierluigi Collina
Haha. But nah, not for me. We've been a bit poor, but he totally lost the plot half way through. I've never seen Emery lose his cool with an official before, which I think speaks volumes.
And their goal was a bit lucky. The winger never looked up, just twatted the ball across the box and it landed plum on the boys left foot. Good finish though.
They're a decent side, but I back us to win this in the second half.
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Still plenty of time to go. I suspect this will go all the way but I trust Emery. I think we’ll get through.
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Glad Emi got booked, sick of his shit at restarts, slowing everything down.
Really? I think it's a disaster waiting to happen.
Ref lost it there, happens a lot in European football it seems. 2 bookings each means the tightrope being walked by both teams.
One of our bookings is already off the pitch.
Yep, good point!
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I reckon we'll have a shot second half.
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Ive just come back from a funeral of my villa buddy of 58 who I spent 30 years with going to the Villa home and away , I even wore the villa shirt to the funeral , because he fucking loved them.
so Ive come back little subdued and merry and emotional so I want the boys to fucking win this fucker to send my mate off in his claret and blue wings.
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I just hope its the usual wait until we go down by 2 and then start attacking when its too late.
We need to get the ball forward quicker its as simple as that. I am worried tgis clown refs gonna send emi off
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BRING ON BIG JHON!
BHRING HON BHIG JHON!
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This ref though... Shocking.
Compared to the performance our players have put in, the refs been peak Pierluigi Collina
Haha. But nah, not for me. We've been a bit poor, but he totally lost the plot half way through. I've never seen Emery lose his cool with an official before, which I think speaks volumes.
And their goal was a bit lucky. The winger never looked up, just twatted the ball across the box and it landed plum on the boys left foot. Good finish though.
They're a decent side, but I back us to win this in the second half.
There was clearly some shit being talked between the coaches. I don't mind the ref stamping down on that to be honest. I thought all 4 yellow cards given to players were correct, but Lille could have had another one
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On past form, we're quite likely to ship another one at some point in the next ten minutes.
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ALANUTTON!
Get him on for Cash.
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Our performances in Europe have mostly been underwhelming, but they don't seem to have caused us too much trouble, so who knows.
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Ive just come back from a funeral of my villa buddy of 58 who I spent 30 years with going to the Villa home and away , I even wore the villa shirt to the funeral , because he fucking loved them.
so Ive come back little subdued and merry and emotional so I want the boys to fucking win this fucker to send my mate off in his claret and blue wings.
Sorry for your loss.
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Jesus
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This ref though... Shocking.
Compared to the performance our players have put in, the refs been peak Pierluigi Collina
Haha. But nah, not for me. We've been a bit poor, but he totally lost the plot half way through. I've never seen Emery lose his cool with an official before, which I think speaks volumes.
And their goal was a bit lucky. The winger never looked up, just twatted the ball across the box and it landed plum on the boys left foot. Good finish though.
They're a decent side, but I back us to win this in the second half.
There was clearly some shit being talked between the coaches. I don't mind the ref stamping down on that to be honest. I thought all 4 yellow cards given to players were correct, but Lille could have had another one
Ah is that what it was about. I missed that. Anyway, big half coming up!!!
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Something needs to change after half time. But dare I whisper they started to look leggy after 35 mins.
Trouble is that we’ve looked leggy all match so far
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What the fuck!
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Don't have one of your lamppost days, Youri..
..
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Should be 2-0 . Awful
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I reckon we'll have a shot second half.
Betclic won't let me go for that.
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Nowhere near ready for CL
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Oh dear. That’s not a great or convincing start.
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Nowhere near ready for CL
I'd tend to agree with this
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Midfield have not turned up yet. We can't be this bad in second half can we?
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Need to press more and up the tempo! They're not that special. They'd struggle in the Premier League.
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Nowhere near ready for CL
Id rague that lille look like a cl club
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This was always going to be a tough game after conceding last week.
Lille at home are tough. But we have got the goals in us. We just need to calm down and start creating in midfield.
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Their cb having it way to easy. Ollie has won nothing so far.
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Giving it away far too much.
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All we are saying, is give us a shot
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Near enough every cross has gone straight to their keeper
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I can hear the Villa fans’!!
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Crossing is appalling
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We're going to concede an annoying goal and then fail to have any shots until the 96th minute.
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I think we'll improve immediately when Bailey replaces Diaby.
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Wake the fuck up Villa!
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dougie needs to get on it more
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We've been absolutely terrible so far on the ball, absolutely no conviction
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Nowhere near ready for CL
I'd tend to agree with this
Why? For most of it there is no difference to the prem league teams. You get the occasional good team, some mid table and then some who are not much more but top championship teams. I would argue having our full squad all season would mean we would be looking even better at this point.
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dougie needs to get on it more
Think he's scared of getting booked and missing the potential semi final. Agree completely tho.
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A shot!!!!!!!
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Better.
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Better
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Better
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Bloody Hell we've had a shot
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I think we'll improve immediately when Bailey replaces Diaby.
Jacob Tanswell posted on Twitter that Bailey arrived with his knee heavily bandaged.
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Better
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I can't believe it's not better
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Wow, a shot.
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dougie needs to get on it more
maybe but win the thing first and worry later.
Think he's scared of getting booked and missing the potential semi final. Agree completely tho.
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Marginal improvements
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Mistake by digne corner lille
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come on villa.. these are forest
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this commentator is a awful. really really poor
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They’re really not.
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We need the panda and Bailey on
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Their right back really needs a to shut the fuck up, moans at the ref over everything and i have no idea how he's not bene booked (especially for th epull back on Zaniolo in the first half).
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Is Bailey going to come on at 60 mins again?
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Nervous.
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Matty Cash is a liability tonight.
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this commentator is a awful. really really poor
About to say the same thing. He really wants us to lose.
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The rumour is that Bailey has his knee strapped up.
I hope it’s just a rumour. We need him right now.
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Another fucking drum too.
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Mcginns been gash
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What’s happened to this camera angle?
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book the fucker for thecard waving
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They seem to be first to all the loose balls.
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Get Diaby and Cash off now or we're going out.
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This has been the longest hour of my life so far
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We are not doing enough at all to score agoal
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We’re getting played off the park, absolutely terrible.
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I've aged about twenty years watching this.
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Are we playing for pens?
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So their player barges our keeper in the back and Mr fucking card happy let's it go.
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My watch is kicking off about my heart rate
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I do not want this to go to pens. My sphincter is already playing a game of 5p, 50p
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book the fucker for thecard waving
Thought that was an automatic yellow now?
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this ref is WANK
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This has been the longest hour of my life so far
It's only been an hour?!
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One recent chance. Anything.
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This refs been absymal
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This match has been the dullest, most stop-start piece of shit I've ever seen.
Fucking terrible.
My word it is bad.
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Yeah no yellow there obviously
No consistency at all
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I thought the Villa ladies were bad last night,but this.....
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How many yellows now?
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Cash has been absolutely atrocious, a shocking performance
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Cash off asap
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2-0
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Get Cash off. Incapable of playing the way we want to.
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Shit
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ffs
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FFS
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It's been coming.
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Oh for fucks sake.
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Goodnight Vienna
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And that ladies and gentlemen is that I think
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2-0
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we are so shit at set pieces
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Fuck off and full expected
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"Lille have done it" screams the commentator. Oh fuck off.
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That’s it. At least we can focus on the league
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Awful. Pathetic performance and tactics.
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Fuck
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Ah well, that'll be that now then.
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Looks
Ike we will be concentrating on the league.
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3 ft bloke scores the header
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Can't say they don't deserve to go through now.
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Smallest little shit on the pitch too!
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Im sorry but im fucking furious at this performance
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And there it is. Got what we deserved and almost the same as their goal at VP.
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diaby what a useless waste of a player
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Why bother villa, why fucking bother
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And there you go. Set piece again - pathetic. We’ve not turned to at all. Game over.
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Fucking set piece garbage all night.
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Hope the hotel rooms are refundable.
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Going out with a complete whimper as it stands
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It's been coming. Surprised it took so long.
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Cash has been shocking
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I am fuming at this performance.
Totally pathetic. Pathetic!
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Fookin shit Villa.
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Good whilst it lasted.
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Truly, truly hopeless.
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3 ft bloke scores the header
Could of had a few
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Had this tie in the palms of our hands and decided to have a wank.
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Absolute Blues.
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Cash is the best example of a player who just isn't good enough for us anymore.
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The midfield has been a disgrace.
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I know that it's all shit, but this commentator on TNT is boiling my piss.
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
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Okay Villa, can we stop pissing about. This is ridiculous.
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Disgusting performance- show some fucking passion
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Piss poor from UE. Everybody could see that coming….
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Bailey should have been on at half time.
Piss poor. Konsa is better at RB than Cash is.
I’d just lob Duran on now too.
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Cash is the best example of a player who just isn't good enough for us anymore.
Diaby resembling El Ahmadi with more pace hasn't helped.
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The midfield has been a disgrace.
We have a midfield?
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Tactically this is as bad as the spurs game.
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I know we contain multitudes and all that, but it's remarkable that we can be so amazing but also embarrassingly shit.
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Have Luiz or tielemans touched the ball tonight?
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Can the players now show a bit of fucking urgency at least
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Crap
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
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Bailey's knee heavily strapped I suspect that's why he's not got more minutes
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Cash is the best example of a player who just isn't good enough for us anymore.
Diaby resembling El Ahmadi with more pace hasn't helped.
More like the one we had under lambert.
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I am resolved to never seeing Villa lift another trophy again.
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Suddenly we've woken up a bit
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
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It’s not over yet either. 17 minutes to avoid a very, very poor display and humiliating exit.
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Too little too late. They’ve fucked this up good and proper 🤦♂️
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
By which I mean, this is us trying our best to win
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Santos is a pain in the arse
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We've gifted them this tie.
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Emerys got this all wrong tonight. Its been piss poor
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Their number 22 has been as annoying as a fucking wasp on a picnic.
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
These are the kinds of displays and levels of inconsistency that end up pushing certain players out of clubs. As we aspire to greater things we can’t afford this kind of drop off in performance.
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
These are the kinds of displays and levels of inconsistency that end up pushing certain players out of clubs. As we aspire to greater things we can’t afford this kind of drop off in performance.
Yeah, but which of those players do we think aren't good enough for us?
Cash. Then who? These are all decent players.
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Even if we score 1 goal now, it’s extra minutes we don’t need at the time of season where we need to win as many of our remaining games as possible.
It’s a right fuck up party.
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Easy with hindsight, but it felt like we should have changed things on the hour, a bit earlier than we did.
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I think Emery got it wrong against Spurs, but I don't think we're doing anything wildly different to how we normally do, tactically. The players have looked absolutely not interested tonight. Awful performances all across the pitch
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Shit mcginn
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A terrible performance that deserves nothing.
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mcGinn turned into Drinkwater
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Even if we score 1 goal now, it’s extra minutes we don’t need at the time of season where we need to win as many of our remaining games as possible.
It’s a right fuck up party.
I'd rather have the extra minutes than things stay as the are
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I think Emery got it wrong against Spurs, but I don't think we're doing anything wildly different to how we normally do, tactically. The players have looked absolutely not interested tonight. Awful performances all across the pitch
Yeah apart from tryomg to score
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Well done mcginn
Proper captains performance tonight
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This ref should never ref again
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McGinn really struggling to get into the game.
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Fucking dog shit of a performance so far. We're going out. Lack of composure all over the pitch. Negative. Can't tie their own shoe laces. Really, prime Villa shit today.
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The better side over both legs is going through. They've simply wanted it more
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At least we won't have the excuse of being tired against Bournemouth. We haven't got above a snails pace all game
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I've witnessed more bad days at the office as far as Villa in a cup is concerned, but this really is up there in terms of no shows.
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Villa have continued the shite so far served up by English clubs this week.
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Irish commentators are tearing us to shreds here. Not impressed with anyone.
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And this referee is a total dicksprout
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Luiz youri and mcginn have beeen absolutely fucking shit
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That ****ing drum's really annoying me now!
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The better side over both legs is going through. They've simply wanted it more
Won’t argue that, we don’t deserve it.
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Torres dribbles it out...
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Well done mcginn
Proper captains performance tonight
Micah Richards?
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That must be the 20th time their 22 has hit the deck and won the foul by flapping his arms around. Annoying little c***.
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Irish commentators are tearing us to shreds here. Not impressed with anyone.
They deserve to be. Absolutely fucking shocking performance. Our best chance of a teophy and they perform like this
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Luiz youri and mcginn have beeen absolutely fucking shit
Add Doug
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Everyone's been shit. Not one player has had a good game.
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Can we at least go out with a bit of a whimper
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Villa have continued the shite so far served up by English clubs this week.
Prem isn’t as good as we think it is and that’s been proven the last two nights and will continue later. Gutted…
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Are we going to have a go now or just pass around in front of them until full time? No urgency, no aggression, pedestrian. Poor from 1-11.
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Shit, just realised, the (terrible) last line of that Diaby song is going to have to change.
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Still no shot on target…..
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Is Bailey on?
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It's all too easy for Lille, we deserve to go out based on this
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We’ve offered nothing, absolutely zero. It’s like we played for a 0-0 and haven’t adapted at all.
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Duran on for McGinn.
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Jhon for John
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The second goal came from almost the exact same spot their goal at Villa Park did.
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Panda!!!!!!!!!
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Duran on McGinn off. Unais looking to win this in normal time 😂😂😂
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No complaints really from me - ref's bad, but wouldn't have made a difference given how bad we've played. We've been dreadful, they have been excellent.
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
These are the kinds of displays and levels of inconsistency that end up pushing certain players out of clubs. As we aspire to greater things we can’t afford this kind of drop off in performance.
Yeah, but which of those players do we think aren't good enough for us?
Cash. Then who? These are all decent players.
Diaby. It's like playing with ten men. Every single time he starts.
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Duran on. Will we get the ball to him?
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Lethargic, no urgency. What a load of crap.
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We should have had Duran on as soon as we went 2-0 down.
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Now is a really good time for an absolute thunderbastard from Duran
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Good riddance mcginns let the fans down today
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
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Even now we are still persisting with a walking pace and passing it back to the goalkeeper
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O shots on target in 80 mins. How can any villa be happy with that.
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Even now we are still persisting with a walking pace and passing it back to the goalkeeper
It's part of Unai's game management.
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It's been quite a while since Villa have made me feel as bad as this.
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Good riddance mcginns let the fans down today
And against Spurs.....
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BE MORE DEMANDING WITH YOURSELVES!
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Ooooooh
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Feel sorry for Bailey. In the time he’s been involved in these two games were still winning 2-0. Whereas with Diaby we’re losing 0-3.
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I think we looked better without Luiz, Cash and McGinn
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Good riddance mcginns let the fans down today
Not great tonight but he has enough goodwill in the bank for me.
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A shot whoopie
I think we looked better without Luiz, Cash and McGinn
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Good effort Matty.
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A SHOT
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Fuck me. A shot.
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Bailey has been superb since he came on.
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A couple of shots on target!!!
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
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COME ON YOU CUNTS!
We haven't won anything for 28 years FFS.
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COME ON YOU CUNTS!
We haven't won anything for 28 years FFS.
Here’s to 28 more years…….
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COME ON YOU CUNTS!
We haven't won anything for 28 years FFS.
This is it some of us are growing old.
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Where's the fucking urgency?
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Trying not to over react and berate every single Villa player, just hugely disappointed that we've not turned up for a big game again.
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
Apart from when the bloke hit the vinegar stroke when they scored the second!
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
Are you watching on TNT?
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Why thw fuck you fouling there ???
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Lille are decent. They've made us look as bad as Arsenal
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I know this is bad tonight. But I have to remind myself where we were with Gerrard not that long ago. We have a dreadful injury situation ( not an excuse) and a long PL season probably fighting above our weight at times. We do need some more players and they will need time to settle in. We as fans have to have a bit more patience. It will come. I have faith in UE. At time we have looked like World beaters this season the difficulty is consistency.
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Why thw fuck you fouling there ???
I know!
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Never a fucking foul ref you mug.
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
Are you watching on TNT?
Any DVD of this game needs to be blown up by TNT
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Get innnn!
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How is that a foul by Rogers?
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GET IN!!!!
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or not
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Yes
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Not entirely sure it’s deserved. But I’ll take it!
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that was an awful descision - never a foul
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MATTYYYYYYY??????
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Or maybe, VAR depending
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Yesss
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fuck off bentalub
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It's his own player (but Duran shoved him)
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Oh please to the gods of VAR
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Yessssss cash !!
Keeper dropped that
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Get in METTIKESH!!!!!
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Them ****** around the ref
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So deserved!
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Lille are decent. They've made us look as bad as Arsenal
They are. They’ve had a great season and have a superb home record. We should still have done much better but we underestimated them. And we will pay the price. And maybe as fans we did too.
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Well I never!
Come on Villa!!!!!
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I can't stomach 30 more minutes. Let's get a winner.
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Come on. Let’s finish this!!!
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
Apart from when the bloke hit the vinegar stroke when they scored the second!
Silly comment.
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Well done ref for not disallowing that. Their keeper collided with their defender, no foul
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Get another FFS
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Come on you vilians !! Lets fucking do this
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Just as I'd given up and started making my tea...
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Come on me Villa babbies!
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Hold on with the obituary
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what the twats even complaining about - one of my own players got in the way!!
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Come on Villa, be legendary!
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Just as I'd given up and started making my tea!
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Absolutely fully deserved to get back in the tie.
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come on you f*ckers!!!
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this ref needs striking off
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How is that a booking?
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Come on!!!!
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This ref is a disgrace
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Haha! Totally undeserved!
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Fuck this ref. Every challenge is a yellow sack this prick
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Get that second and forget the extra time
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Ref is a crackhead
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What the f@ck were they moaning about? Ref desperate to get the yellow card out again.
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I wish the commentators would at least pretend to hope that we score.
I don't understand the criticism of the commentators. They have been pro villa all night. The negative comments have usually been deserved.
Apart from when the bloke hit the vinegar stroke when they scored the second!
Silly comment.
Made me laugh though...
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This referee is a 110% certified Olympic dicksprout
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We need to teach our players how to fall!
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Sack this twat ref. WTF did Duran do there?
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How the fuck has he booked Dhuran there? Ridiculous.
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Five minutes of added time. Someone do a Trez against Leicester in the 2020 League Cup semi!
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That Tiago is a sneaky shit
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How is that a yellow for Duran? There was virtually no contact. He won the header.
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How the fuck has he booked Dhuran there? Ridiculous.
I know, what a chunt.
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The ref has made some odd decisions. How the fuck is that a yellow.
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This referee is a 110% certified Olympic dicksprout
Their players and crowd have reffed this game.
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That was always a yellow in a European game
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9 yellow cards, in a game that's hardly been savage
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Ref's an absolute plonker. They only thing he's done correctly was not instantly blowing when the keeper flopped.
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Just get it to extra-time.
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This is going to pens. I'll say it now!
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9 yellow cards, in a game that's hardly been savage
I think it will get savage in extra time now
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And we moan about premier league refs. Christ, this twat is bad.
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Self inflicting problwms for ourselves again
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Fuck, thought that was in.
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Can we just go straight to penalties now? I'd take that.
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9 yellow cards, in a game that's hardly been savage
5 for us having commited 9 fouls.
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This is going to pens. I'll say it now!
Nothing will be a greater display of shithousery than Emi winning it with a penalty save in France.
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Ref is giving them every opportunity to win this.
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He’s thrown this as he knows only fourth makes CL.
The team he picked didn’t suggest he’s thrown anything. It’s just a really terrible performance from the players he’s picked to a professional job.
He definitely hasn't thrown it. That probably makes it worse tbh.
These are the kinds of displays and levels of inconsistency that end up pushing certain players out of clubs. As we aspire to greater things we can’t afford this kind of drop off in performance.
Yeah, but which of those players do we think aren't good enough for us?
Cash. Then who? These are all decent players.
Not Matty Cash LOL
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Wake up villa ffs
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My mistake, it's 10 yellows
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
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Why did he let them take that corner again?
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
lol.
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Extra time it is
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My mistake, it's 10 yellows
When the ref has handed out 10 yellows the players aren’t the problem.
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They look so jaded from their trip to Moscow. My mistake London.
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Why we not trying to whip ball in box ?
ET all we need
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My mistake, it's 10 yellows
When the ref has handed out 10 yellows the players aren’t the problem.
He set the precedent too early in the game that every foul is going to be yellow.
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Looks like we don't want extra time.
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Additional rosemary
Bonus coriander
Extra thyme 8)
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Absolute wankers at Virgin Media switching the extra time to a channel nobody has so they can show build up to the Liverpool game.!
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
lol.
Lets not pretend he hasn't had a very poor game besides his deflected shot
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
LOLZ
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we better beat these now we have extra time - could have done without that.
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Lucky to get back into that. Konsa then Cash giving the ball away after that and nearly costing us again.
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Have we played worse this season?
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Can I even be arsed with another 30 mins of this
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This ref is an embarrassment.
Maybe his kids need to tell him to take up a different hobby.
This isn't for him.
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Got out of jail. Now for the SUE tactical European masterclass. Hopefully
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
lol.
Lets not pretend he hasn't had a very poor game besides his deflected shot
He's having trouble with his thigh by the looks
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Get Carlos on for Cash. Cash dosent have nerves for this.
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This referee is doing a fair impression of Dieter Schock.
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Duran had one job there and doesn't play it.
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Dreadful Villa, certainly deserve nothing from this. Goodness knows how they have another 30 minutes to make amends.
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
lol.
Lets not pretend he hasn't had a very poor game besides his deflected shot
Who would you bring on?
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Cash is the worst player on the pitch by a country mile.
Luiz, McGinn and Diaby also very poor.
We will be VERY lucky to get through this.
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
LOLZ
Aware he scored but he's been an absolute liability all night long and they've been targeting him
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Whatever happens now our so called set piece coach needs to be binned off at the end of the season. We are clueless at either end.
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
lol.
Lets not pretend he hasn't had a very poor game besides his deflected shot
lol.
besides saving our european campaign and scoring the most important goal on the day.. it's his first match back and he's gone the full 90.
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
LOLZ
You think he's played well?
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Phone is back on charge now, so I can get the PWS teletext
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Im worried not going to lie. We looked tired and another 30 mins now ffs they had a whole week off they will be more energised than us
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Can I even be arsed with another 30 mins of this
Yeah i'm thinking of goint to watch something else rather than us trying to reach only our second ever European semi final.
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This referee has been fucking appalling.
So have we.
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Cash is the worst player on the pitch by a country mile.
In mitigation, he has been out for a few weeks.
Surprised he's managed this long, TBH.
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Time for Bailey to tear their tiring defence a new one
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Get fucking cash off the pitch
LOLZ
You think he's played well?
He's had 3 shots! Probably not a great defensive performance though, granted.
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I’m unsure whether my mental instability has always been there or whether it’s a product of supporting this lot…
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My mistake, it's 10 yellows
When the ref has handed out 10 yellows the players aren’t the problem.
He set the precedent too early in the game that every foul is going to be yellow.
but it isn't. If you ignore the managers and the yellows that weren't for fouls (Martinez and Santos) we've had 4 yellows for 9 fouls, they've had 2 for 16. If we'd made acouple Mee style leg-breakers that might be ok but there hasn't been any particularly bad tackles all game.
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Can I even be arsed with another 30 mins of this
Yeah i'm thinking of goint to watch something else rather than us trying to reach only our second ever European semi final.
It's a joke mate
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Have we played worse this season?
Probably, but I'm struggling to think when. In most of our bad games, we had longish spells of dominance.
Tonight has been relentlessly shite except for about five minutes.
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Someone is going to go in extra time.
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Fucking Virgin Media have switched to the Liverpool game. >:(
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My guts are going like a prison washing machine.
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Whatever happens now our so called set piece coach needs to be binned off at the end of the season. We are clueless at either end.
We've scored more set piece goals than any other Premier League club...
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I am not sure how i feel as we don’t deserve to go through on this
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Fucking Virgin Media have switched to the Liverpool game. >:(
Well it is a lot more in the balance than ours
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The only time we bothered to show a bit of urgency and we got the goal. After it we went straight back to the snail pace bollocks.
Keep the intensity up for fucks sake
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Fucking Virgin Media have switched to the Liverpool game. >:(
Well it is a lot more in the balance than ours
Not for me they haven't.
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Someone is going to go in extra time.
Hopefully not Emi.
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Is it fair that a home team gets an extra 30 minutes on their own turf?
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Fucking Virgin Media have switched to the Liverpool game. >:(
Well it is a lot more in the balance than ours
Not for me they haven't.
Think there was irony in there somewhere.
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Is it fair that a home team gets an extra 30 minutes on their own turf?
Should be fair and 15 mins here and then 15 at VP.
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Is it fair that a home team gets an extra 30 minutes on their own turf?
What are they gonna do book out the local power league?
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I think we’re playing for pens
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Noooo go straight to penalties.
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I think we’re playing for pens
I don’t think I could handle that.
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I think we’re playing for pens
I don’t think I could handle that.
We have Emi Martinez.
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I think we’re playing for pens
I don’t think I could handle that.
We have Emi Martinez.
The entire city of Lille is going to be rattled when he saves their final pen.
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I think we’re playing for pens
I don’t think I could handle that.
We have Emi Martinez.
We have Ollie Watkins...
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I think we’re playing for pens
I don’t think I could handle that.
We have Emi Martinez.
The entire city of Lille is going to be rattled when he saves their final pen.
That’ll do. This is going to be his moment (hopefully).
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I want Emi to rattle and shake Lille.
But then again, I want us to win in extra time too.
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They were high energy earlier are they still?
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Score early and then park every one on the goal line.
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Cant believe how bad luiz has been after having a week off
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Alisha says hello.
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We’ve been dreadful, but the ref is awful (and I don’t generally comment negatively on them).
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Wow
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Fucking Virgin Media have switched to the Liverpool game. >:(
Well it is a lot more in the balance than ours
Not for me they haven't.
They have here in Ireland, might be just as well for my heart.
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What a save
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ffs thought was it
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Ohhhhh
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That was Emi standard keeping
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Great save but he should score
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Fucking hell Douglash
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What a save unbelievable
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Luiz you turd
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What a save.
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Bad miss Doug, that could be costly.
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What a difference a Bailey makes. Looking much better since he's been on.
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oh, Doug.
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He should have just welted that though
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Great save but he should score
I think a lot of the momentum was taken out the ball by the initial save.
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Damn!
Keep trying lads.
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Should have scored that.
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Good lord digne that qas bad
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My fucking ticker might not be able to take penalties. Can we Carlos Cuellar, AEG, Jedinak and John Carew in for them.
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And Jed…
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Kevin Richardson
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We look so tired
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Hourihane and Jedinak were the two that never missed a penalty in practice.
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We’ve been so jittery on the ball, ridiculously so compared to how assured we were just a few days ago.
-
Phil King
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No diego you see.
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We’ll lose this because we’re making so many basic errors.
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youri giving it away again
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Phil King
Don't forget Tammy at the Albion!
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It's the ball.Is it a Wembley International?
-
We’re really trying to give Lille the killer pass.
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We're going to be fucking knackered on Sunday
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Man we really aint helping ourselves. Poor drom duran
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We're going to be fucking knackered on Sunday
Let's worry about that tomorrow.
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15 mins from pens
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Anyone suggest a little river?
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Ollie has worked hard but got nothing tonight.
Would love just one killer touch…
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Has Ollie been mentioned once in this thread?
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Anyone suggest a little river?
Totally no use but my bowels are a little river like right now.
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Anyone suggest a little river?
check your messages
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Has Ollie been mentioned once in this thread?
Only as a counter to how good Martinez is at penalties.
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It's a bit of a sitter from Luiz
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This hasn’t been very enjoyable
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Steve Sidwell & Scottish Cafu in the studio - sort of one extreme to the other in fan likeability.
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dougie headed towards the goalie there instead of the left side but id have used my foot
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We're going to be fucking knackered on Sunday
Why? We've barely got above a snails pace all game. I doubt half our players will even need to shower after the game
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It's a bit of a sitter from Luiz
I don't think it was tbh
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dougie headed towards the goalie there instead of the left side but id have used my foot
Duran would have leathered it
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It's a bit of a sitter from Luiz
Direct at keeper!
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Steve Sidwell & Scottish Cafu in the studio - sort of one extreme to the other in fan likeability.
sidwell good at throw ins
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Our body language isn’t great and we’re sitting off loads. I fear Doug missing that very presentable chance might do for us.
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???uPosition Duran just on the halfway line and use his pace as the outfall.
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why did doug go with his head? surely he could of sorted his feet out?
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This just doesn’t feel like our day at all. We’ve been really poor.
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It's a bit of a sitter from Luiz
I don't think it was tbh
It was. It really was. He had half the goal to hit and he headed straight back at the keeper.
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Could have been 3-1
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That was too close
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Ollie booked
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STOP SITTING BACK!
-
how many fucking yellows
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Another yellow FFS
-
both managers need to report him
-
Again with the cards
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If that annoying twat with 22 on his back scores I will go fucking apeshit.
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Ollie booked now.
Who hasn't been booked for us tonight?
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This ref thinks he’s a Vegas card dealer
-
This refs a disgrace
Hows that a yellow
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Ollie booked now.
Who hasn't been booked for us tonight?
Austin mcphee
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Ollie booked now.
Who hasn't been booked for us tonight?
Yet another crowd booking.
-
Charles Aznavar goes down
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Its only a fucking zit , get on with it
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Liverpool 1-0
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Again with the cards
Deserved it. Whacked him with his elbow.
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My god do they like rolling around on the floor. It doesn’t help when the ref rewards bad behaviour
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Lump on
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Liverpool 1-0
Wrong thread
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That was some egg on his bonce
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Liverpool 1-0
Wrong thread.no one cares
-
We are letting them get up the pitch far too easily, and we’re not offering anything on the counter. I think a goal is coming for them.
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Liverpool 1-0
Only the ones who still have a hope for 5th hetting CL so a majority of us
Wrong thread.no one cares
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Lille aren't a dirty side by any means.
But they're appealing for every minor infraction now because they know there's a good chance this jester will go through card trick routine. Lack of control.
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We really dont look like scoring at all
-
Lille aren't a dirty side by any means.
But they're appealing on every minor infraction now because they know there's a good chance this jester will do his card tricks. Lack of control.
Yep.
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got away with one
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Get in, VAR
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Phew
-
Lille aren't a dirty side by any means.
But they're appealing on every minor infraction now because they know there's a good chance this jester will do his card tricks. Lack of control.
Yep.
They were whiny as fuck in the first leg as well but this ref has completely bought into it and given out far too many cheap yellows.
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Not long to go...
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Got away with that
-
Not watching and I cannot bear it.
-
Phew again
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Come on villa ffs hold the ball
I think that was a 🖊
-
so weak in the tackles
-
Lille aren't a dirty side by any means.
But they're appealing on every minor infraction now because they know there's a good chance this jester will do his card tricks. Lack of control.
Yep.
Yeah absolute wankers
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Cash is getting worse
-
He's not moving his hand towards the ball
-
We've hardly touched the ball in this 2nd half of extra time. Cash a bit lucky there I think.
-
It will be amazing if there are 22 players on the pitch at the end of this game
-
We’ve absolutely fucking dreadful here.
-
Cash is getting worse
I think he has been pretty bad tonight tbh
-
Is Angel Gomes really pronounced "Goams"?
-
Are the commentators willing Lille on to win?
-
so weak in the tackles
Ref hasn't given us any choice but to play that way.
-
Are the commentators willing Lille on to win?
Have been all game.
-
We look like we played at the weekend and they look like they didn't...
-
The only time we went for it we scored. If i'm honest we haven't really deserved anything.
-
With so many yellows, practically every player on both sides is terrified of getting a second from this joke of a referee. Where do UEFA find these clowns?
-
F*ck me this ref is getting truly ridiculous
-
so weak in the tackles
Ref hasn't given us any choice but to play that way.
maybe
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Cabt believe he gave a foul for that. Its unreal
-
We look like we played at the weekend and they look like they didn't...
Yep
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West ham 1-0
-
If it goes to pens i'd have Ollie go first and get him out the way
-
I don’t think I can stand penalties…
-
Emi, please, for the love of god, do not get yourself sent off.
-
Is he close to doing so then?
-
If somehow get through it will be a struggle to find a jammier win in our recent history.
-
Every fucking corner to the keeper.
-
So close!!!!!
-
Whatever the final result tonight, both sides should put in a complaint against this muppet.
Can't be refereeing European QF's like this.
Unless the edict from UEFA is to kill every potential attacking move at source.
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Shit corner ffs.
-
shit corner, Leon!
-
It doesn't feel like it but we've had more shots on target than them
-
Yet another corner to........absolutely nobody.
-
Maurice has kept them in the tie
-
Are the commentators willing Lille on to win?
You've only just noticed?!
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Pens, yay...
-
It’s going to be pennos.
-
Brb, off to have a heart attack.
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Oh Penalties, yay.
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Luiz
Watkins
Duran
Rogers
Bailey
Would be my first 5
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Come on Villa
-
the pub i'm in has switched to liverpool and west ham games . Wankers .
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Here we go, hang in there everyone.
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Fucks sake man this is not what i or most of us wanted
This is why i wanted second leg at villa park
Their keeper is brilliant too
-
Duran was unlucky. Best chance in ET was Luiz, he deffo should've scored.
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Now it is time for emi.
-
Big Jhon nearly won it.
-
Got a feeling Digne and Pau will take one
-
Come on Villa. One last push.
-
I’m extremely worried Martinez will be sent off for a second yellow in the penalty shoot out. It would be the harshest of lessons for all his behaviour but with this ref anything could happen.
If it’s just a regular shoot out Martinez will win it for us no problem but this ref may want to make an example
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the pub i'm in has switched to liverpool and west ham games . Wankers .
everyone loves pens , why would they do that ?
-
Luiz
Bailey
Watkins
Torres
Digne
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Emi can’t do any antics or he’ll be booked and off. Doug’s been rubbish, and the general momentum of this game tells me we’re losing this.
-
Emi’s moment!
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For some reason I don't fancy Tielemans if he takes one
-
I asked for everyone's penalty line up a few weeks ago and I regret it now.
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Please no one be a dick.
-
Please no one be a dick.
Emi will be
-
My bet is an EMI red from shithousing.
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Lille have never been in any European SF, apparently. Pressure is on them, I think.
-
Might come to regret this, but going into a penalty shoot out, there's no goalie I'd rather have than Emi.
-
For some reason I don't fancy Tielemans if he takes one
Watkins and Bailey
-
Surprised we got through the coin toss without the referee booking someone.
-
Ollie
Digne
Duran
Bailey
Luiz
Would be my order
-
Might come to regret this, but going into a penalty shoot out, there's no goalie I'd rather have than Emi.
Apart from Jed
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I hope duran dont take one i have a feeling he will hit it high
-
Lille have never been in any European SF, apparently. Pressure is on them, I think.
It's their 1st QF
-
Surprised we got through the coin toss without the referee booking someone.
Maybe he booked himself
-
Or Youri will score
-
Nice, Youri
-
Urgh.
-
Saved!!!!!!
-
Cool from Youri
-
Youri very cool.
-
1-0 up after 1 each
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GET IN!
-
Emi!!!
-
Go'on Emi
-
EMI!!!!!
-
Emi sent off?
-
Come on!
-
WTF is going on
-
Sack him. For fuck sake.
-
WTAF IS HAPPENING????
-
Ollie scores
-
TBH, he was going to. He can't help himself in those situations.
-
Emi off
-
Didn't he book Emi again after that pen?
-
Why is Emi off?!?!
-
Shithousing
-
Brilliant, Watkins
-
Oh Emi!!!!!
FFS
No second yellow. I'm confused.
-
Is emi off?
-
Fuck me. Never seen that before.
-
WTF?
-
Emi isn't off, for clarity
-
WTF is going on
I think EMI was sent off, then unsent-off when the Ref realised he was just asking for a ball
-
Oh lol
-
Overturned according to BBC
-
Maftinez stop this fucking shit 😤
-
2-1 after 2 pens
-
What a shambolic ref display
-
Did the ref forget he had already booked him? Or can't a player be sent off in Pens?
-
Emi needs to calm it down a touch.
-
Cash makes it 3
-
Did the ref cancel that 2nd yellow?
-
Don’t in game yellows get sacked off in the penalty shootout?
-
I think he thought he was goading the fans when he was supposedly demanding the ball.
-
Think EMI’s getting signals from Austin
-
Yes stu.
-
Did the ref forget he had already booked him? Or can't a player be sent off in Pens?
Maybe not...don't actually know
-
Great pen Matty
-
3-2 after 3 pens
-
It’s safe to say that I’m not enjoying this
-
Well done Matty
-
I'm assuming Luiz is last.
-
Ref definitely gave the ‘cancel’ signal after the yellow
-
Bailey is saved
-
Oh ffs
-
Damn
-
Oh god.
-
Bollocks
-
Bailey is saved
Shit
-
Need another Emi special.
-
Come on Emi
-
Come on Emi!
-
3-3 after 4 pens each
-
Luiz then.
-
Down to sudden death already
-
why leave dougie so long
-
Come on Douggie
-
Luiz scores
-
This is emi’s biggest moment. Come on Emi!
-
Never in doubt.
-
It’ll go down the middle
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Lille 3-3 Aston Villa
We have learned that Martinez's yellow card from the game does not carry through to the penalty shootout, which means he is allowed to continue. Another booking though, and he will be off.
Niche law, that.
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According to the BBC App Lille won 3-4 on penalties.
They definitely didn’t.
-
That was totally fucking mental. I love it!!
-
According to the BBC App Lille won 3-4 on penalties.
Sounds about right.
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God, he's a bell-end. A wonderful, brilliant bell-end.
OUR wonderful, brilliant bell-end.
Kiss the bell-end
-
I'm not going to demand we withdraw but we really did not deserve that. Credit to Lille.
lol, wtf?!
What? Lille were the better team but I'm not going to cry over it for them.
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They didn't show our fans at all but plenty of their crying lot.
Fuck 'em.
-
I'm not going to demand we withdraw but we really did not deserve that. Credit to Lille.
lol, wtf?!
What? Lille were the better team but I'm not going to cry over it for them.
We should do the right thing and allow Lille to go through.
-
Does anyone know why Emi got booked the second time? Surely we can appeal that? The ref lost the plot tonight.
-
Does anyone know why Emi got booked the second time? Surely we can appeal that? The ref lost the plot tonight.
I think we're okay, I've a feeling bookings are wiped now. You need to get booked twice in the semis to miss a final these days. I think.