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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Bad English on August 10, 2024, 05:53:46 PM
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2024-2025 is here.
Saturday 17th August 2024 at the state-funded free stadium in Stratford. 5.30 pm UK time.
West Ham 1 Aston Villa 3
FTCBBKSF!
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In there first BE, scoooooooorechio? ;)
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Crap pre season.
Now the first proper match thread of the season has no poll.
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In there first BE, scoooooooorechio? ;)
I don't care about that any more. If they want to do that, who am I to comment? You have to be inclusive in society.
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Now the first proper match thread of the season has no poll.
There is a poll.
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I think Ollie Watkins should play.
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In there first BE, scoooooooorechio? ;)
I don't care about they any more. If they want to do that, who am I to comment? You have to be inclusive in society.
Watching England in June with my daughter’s boyfriend and he was 2 minutes ahead of my TV. When we got that late equaliser I was fuming when he let on. How bloody annoying and a right anti-climax, so I do understand where you’re coming from. However when I have no available stream I do like PWS’s scoooooooorchio.
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Anyway, we might as well get used to an opening day defeat. 2-0 West Ham, I’m not confident at all.
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I have become woke and loving of everyone.
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No way. We are going to funeral these.
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Even putting the word thread at the end.
Winky thing.
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I have become woke and loving of everyone.
Even Mme. Garçon?
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I feel like we’re going in to this season undercooked.
1-0 West Ham
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FFS, we know it's a thread. Game's gone.
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What a disaster this is!
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West Ham Villa pre match what? I think it should describe what it is, as I'm left like my yaw and pitch are at odds.
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as long as the players are fit then we'll win.
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Are we all forgetting Spam have changed several players, most of which will have one week to work with their new manager. Ok we’ve lost two of our best players, one guaranteed starter, the other probably would have been a sub. So why are we fretting?
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They’ve only won one pre-season match in normal time. Against Dagenham and Redbridge. I still went for a loss though.
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FFS, way too early. Don't we wait til the working week for this?
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- The games are always shite there
- We are always slightly more shite than them
- Pre-season has been rubbish
- We can’t defend
2-0
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5-1 West Ham. Sir Alex tells everyone we looked great. We win the league and CL.
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What a disaster this is!
I haven't been this disappointed and angry since I watched the Olympics opening ceremony.
3-1 to us, FTJECF.
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2 zip to Villa. No worries, but we have to take the game to them. Sit back and bad things will happen...
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Not particularly confident. Firstly we always struggle there and secondly we look pretty half baked and incoherent. Hopefully we have a major step up built in.
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Assuming no new signings before Wham, what's your 11?
Emi
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
McGinn
Onana
Youri
Rogers
Ramsey
Watkins
And if we hadn't sold Luiz he'd be in there for Onana/Youri so possibly no new signings in our current strongest 11, in my opinion. Need a couple of belters to go straight in to the first team, like Felix.
I forgot Bailey! Good job I'm not the manager.
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^ I'd go with that, and even going forward I think an upgrade on Cash is probably all that's needed. Purely in terms of starting 11. JJ and Rogers at their very best could be something special.
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2-0
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I suspect, as many others do, that we will start very slowly this season. Can't see how Watkins can possibly play this game given he hasn't played a second of pre season.
We have looked bloody awful and haven't replaced Luiz or Diaby and don't have a back up for Ollie. Hell, we don't even have a kit to play in yet.
2-0 to West Ham
We will improve as the season wears on but still a better scoreline than the opening day of last season I suppose.
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I'd go:
Martinez
Cash Konsa Torres Digne
McGinn Onana Tielemans Rogers
Bailey Watkins
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2 - 2. Rogers and Bailey. Some pricks for them.
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1:1 Archer for us
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Feels great to be back. 0-2 to us Watkins and 1 from any other
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Surely the advantage this season is that we can bring on the likes of Maatsen, Barkley, Illing Jnr, Philogene, Buendia, Archer and Duran if things going wrong. Plenty of pace there.
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Surely the advantage this season is that we can bring on the likes of Maatsen, Barkley, Illing Jnr, Philogene, Buendia, Archer and Duran if things going wrong. Plenty of pace there.
That’s definitely an advantage, I just hope it’s because we’re not chasing the game. I’m not convinced we’re as good as our form (which is quite understandable, as it was outrageous for a while) which propelled us into the Conference and then Champions league.
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Surely the advantage this season is that we can bring on the likes of Maatsen, Barkley, Illing Jnr, Philogene, Buendia, Archer and Duran if things going wrong. Plenty of pace there.
That’s definitely an advantage, I just hope it’s because we’re not chasing the game. I’m not convinced we’re as good as our form (which is quite understandable, as it was outrageous for a while) which propelled us into the Conference and then Champions league.
It's approaching 2 years since Emery came in so I think we're beyond this being a purple patch in form.
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1-1
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In 7 head-to-head games between Emery and Lopetegui it's only 1 win for Unai, with 3 draws. Hope he starts to put that right next week.
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We'll lose this 3-1 I fear.
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1-0 win
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Not got enough goals in the team, defence still knackered and their manager has put it across Unai a good few times before. 2/3-0 to the eel fuckers.
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As others have said, our squad depth is definitely deeper quality but our first 11 probably not as it stands
We are not an up and at them team from the off so I suspect we’ll try and control the game Unfortunately West Ham I fear it will be fired up and we will have to be careful not to concede a goal
I’m not that confident I’d take a draw now
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If we beat Arsenal I hope we all feel it's our time, our house, our house.
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If we're assessing our first team strength now v last year, I'd say it's about the same / potentially stronger. Onana gives us more muscle in midfield and can play. JJ is the proverbial 'new signing' and that could be massive for us. The emergence of Rogers is ace, and I think he really could be something very special. I think we are as strong and potentially stronger than last season. The positions we absolutely need to strengthen is up front so that it's not all on Watkins and at centre half in case Mings isn't the same (I really hope he is, because I don't think we'll be signing anybody as good as he was under Emery). Sign a dominant centre half and Joao Felix, and I'd argue we have better depth and a better first team.
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Tough game. West ham done some decent business and we dont win there. Id take a point if offered
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Assuming no new signings before Wham, what's your 11?
Emi
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
McGinn
Onana
Youri
Rogers
Ramsey
Watkins
And if we hadn't sold Luiz he'd be in there for Onana/Youri so possibly no new signings in our current strongest 11, in my opinion. Need a couple of belters to go straight in to the first team, like Felix.
I forgot Bailey! Good job I'm not the manager.
Emery has been giving JJ lots of minutes so I think this might be the team, given JJ might help out more defensively than Bailey and Leon can be a game changer from the bench, like Arsenal away last season.
A few new signings for them and new manager bounce, so tough game.
However, I’m inflicted with pre-season optimism. 2-1 us (Watkins, Rogers).
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1-1
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Hate playing this lot, and they seem to have done some good business this summer. We never seem to burst out of the traps, so will be happy with a draw here.
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I was reading that a couple of teams with new managers are trying to adopt the play it out from the back stuff that Emery has us doing, and it hasn't been going well for some of them in preseason. Chelsea was one, and I think West Ham was another. They could have an us at Newcastle kind of opening day, if we're lucky.
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
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Think we need to start getting our excuses ready:
We have new players so need a couple of seasons to get them to gel
Watkins not up to speed as played 60 minutes for England so is still knackered
By November it’ll be, we’re totally worn out having to also play in the CL
Play the kids and get knocked out straight away in the domestic cups because CL has to be our priority, ditto as we are prioritising trying to get top 4 again
Don’t get too down about losing to the Irons and the Arse as there’s still plenty of matches to get it right
No, we didn’t do well over the Xmas period as we had to play so many matches in such a short space of time(conveniently forgetting that all the other teams had the same number of matches)
I suppose that’ll do for starters but, please join in if you wish!!
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Will Duran do the Irons sign thing when he scores or when they score?
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
With the alternative being Barkley i'd stick with the Belgians
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
With the alternative being Barkley i'd stick with the Belgians
We were much better second half! Early days but struggling to see Onana’s attributes other than a good engine!
Look forward to Unai showing me!
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Quite impressed with WHU transfer business this summer. I can't see us winning this one.
3 -1
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West Ham do have some excellent players. Players that would immediately improve us. This will be very tough indeed. A draw would be a very positive result.
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Quite impressed with WHU transfer business this summer. I can't see us winning this one.
I've seen a few comments to this effect, but struggling to see what's so good.
Max Kilman - fairly average Premier League stopper, but they've paid nearly £50m, which doesn't strike me as good business at all.
Summerville - average Championship level winger. Could be the next Bowen, just as likely to be the next Benrahma.
Fullkrug - another old forward to join the Antonio and Ings OAP club
Luis Guilherme - never heard of him, doesn't appear to have scored a single goal
Todibo - don't know much about him. A loan from Nice doesn't seem like too much to get excited about though.
Am I missing something?
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Getting rid of Moyes was probably their best bit of business since last season.
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Summerville did win the league's player of the year so by that definition he can't be average for that level. Todibo seems to be highly rated the last couple of years but then again you'd think he'd be at a better club. I'd say they've just done alright.
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I wonder when Jarrod will join his Dad's club in proper claret and blue. It's written.
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As has been previously mentioned their Manager seems to have the measure of Emery so everything points to defeat. I have thought that from the minute the fixtures were released and will also agree that we may have a poor start all things considered.
However, one if the hallmarks of Emery's reign is the ability to make us all look rather foolish with our predictions...so.
0-1
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As has been previously mentioned their Manager seems to have the measure of Emery so everything points to defeat. I have thought that from the minute the fixtures were released and will also agree that we may have a poor start all things considered.
However, one if the hallmarks of Emery's reign is the ability to make us all look rather foolish with our predictions...so.
0-1
Is the right answer
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Apparently West Ham haven’t had a particularly good pre-season results wise either…
July 15: Ferencvaros 2-2 West Ham
July 20: Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 West Ham
July 28: Wolves 3-1 West Ham
August 4: Crystal Palace 3-1 West Ham
August 10: West Ham 2-2 Celta Vigo (West Ham win 6-5 on pens)
Source: https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/13136937/premier-league-pre-season-friendlies-fixtures-results-2024-summer-tours-training-in-usa-asia-australia-and-more
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They’ve only won one pre-season match in normal time. Against Dagenham and Redbridge. I still went for a loss though.
Ahem
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So they've not had a good pre season and they haven't signed anything particularly impressive.
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We'll definitely lose then.
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If we're definitely going to lose our first game of the season, we may as well do it at a ground where we've a poor record.
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
With the alternative being Barkley i'd stick with the Belgians
We were much better second half! Early days but struggling to see Onana’s attributes other than a good engine!
Look forward to Unai showing me!
He's been the standout player pre-season
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Either, we will hit the ground running and the amount of changes coming into the club will prove to be bang on, in which case we will steam roller over Hammers, or we still haven't replaced Luiz, new players will take time to bed in and we get caught out.
I'm going for 2-0 West Ham,
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I reckon we'll lose
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
With the alternative being Barkley i'd stick with the Belgians
We were much better second half! Early days but struggling to see Onana’s attributes other than a good engine!
Look forward to Unai showing me!
He's been the standout player pre-season
What do you think his strengths are?
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After yesterday I wouldn’t fancy Onana and Tielemans in central midfield. We seemed to be struggling keeping possession.
With the alternative being Barkley i'd stick with the Belgians
We were much better second half! Early days but struggling to see Onana’s attributes other than a good engine!
Look forward to Unai showing me!
He's been the standout player pre-season
What do you think his strengths are?
After 4 or 5 pre season games, its pretty early to be wondering what Onana is bringing to the table for us.
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We had a poor result v Newcastle in our first game last time. We were all down, pissed off and fearing the worst. Then Sir Lord Ferg’ had what we would now describe as a Biden moment. I haven’t a clue how we will fare, it could be anything so I’ll go with a 2-1 win to us.
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Biden? SirAlix ain't no sleepy Joe.
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Biden? SirAlix ain't no sleepy Joe.
Yeah, one is a massive ***t the other is called Joe.
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It may be worth pointing out that their only pre-season win in 5 games was a 1-0 success at the mighty Dagenham.
Not saying it means a lot but it means as much as our pre-season where we did still manage 3 wins.
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will do well to get a point - 2-2
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First couple of games will be a struggle.
West Ham 3-0.
Hope I'm wrong.
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It may be worth pointing out that their only pre-season win in 5 games was a 1-0 success at the mighty Dagenham.
Not saying it means a lot but it means as much as our pre-season where we did still manage 3 wins.
Yeah, I wish someone would have pointed it out before.
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It may be worth pointing out that their only pre-season win in 5 games was a 1-0 success at the mighty Dagenham.
Not saying it means a lot but it means as much as our pre-season where we did still manage 3 wins.
Yeah, I wish someone would have pointed it out before.
I'm guessing this is an unfriendly and sarcastic response?
Sorry, I hadn't read the whole thread.
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It may be worth pointing out that their only pre-season win in 5 games was a 1-0 success at the mighty Dagenham.
Not saying it means a lot but it means as much as our pre-season where we did still manage 3 wins.
Yeah, I wish someone would have pointed it out before.
I'm guessing this is an unfriendly and sarcastic response?
Sorry, I hadn't read the whole thread.
It was sarcasm for sure, but wasn’t meant to be unfriendly. It was just a callback to me moaning earlier in the thread.
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I'm also going for 2-2, which I think I'd take. I think two points from the opening two games would be a reasonable return.
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That toothless German orc is bound to score, but I'm going with 3-1 to us.
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I'm going into this game expecting a loss and a nightmare drive home. But secretly, when no-one is looking, I'm nurturing the hope of a three-win opening salvo in the coming weeks. :-X
We haven't beaten them in their own hellhole since 2011. It's overdue.
But looking at our opening games with a view to a two point per game target, we have four winnable games following Arsenal. So it won't be the end of the world if we have a slow start against these and the Arse.
But, when no-one's looking...
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Going to get spanked. New manager bounce and we look miles off.
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Going to get spanked. New manager bounce and we look miles off.
People keep saying things, but they also look pretty rough.
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Going to get spanked. New manager bounce and we look miles off.
Didn't we beat them 3-0 with a "new manager" bounce on the opening day? Think it was under Kev Mac after MON walked?
(And then went and lost 6-0 at Newcastle)
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same scoreline. But to them.
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I fancy West Ham to have a decent season and this could be a tricky start for us. I predict the usual multiple over the top searches outside the ground, a shit view, miles from the pitch and a defeat.
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I fancy West Ham to have a decent season and this could be a tricky start for us. I predict the usual multiple over the top searches outside the ground, a shit view, miles from the pitch and a defeat.
And shit music all round the stadium.
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And that machine on the touchline, pumping effing bubbles towards the pitch.
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We never seem to win our 1st game of the season, especially if it's away.
3-1 them. Hope I'm wrong!
After our underwhelming pre-season performances, I'm resigned to a slow start. :'(
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Not confident at all. Poor preseason overall and a weakened first team. Bigger squad than last season but lacking quality.
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And that machine on the touchline, pumping effing bubbles towards the pitch.
Always a laugh though, at a kids birthday party!
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I'm glad I'll be on holiday and will try to avoid the match thread!
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I'm glad I'll be on holiday and will try to avoid the match thread!
46 years and counting Villa 4 Wham 1 ?
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I'm glad I'll be on holiday and will try to avoid the match thread!
46 years and counting Villa 4 Wham 1 ?
My first match. 18th March 1978.... Gregory 2, Deehan and Mortimer.
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I'm glad I'll be on holiday and will try to avoid the match thread!
46 years and counting Villa 4 Wham 1 ?
My first match. 18th March 1978.... Gregory 2, Deehan and Mortimer.
I was one month and one week old. I still chibbed a few of theirs.
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I'm glad I'll be on holiday and will try to avoid the match thread!
46 years and counting Villa 4 Wham 1 ?
My first match. 18th March 1978.... Gregory 2, Deehan and Mortimer.
I was one month and one week old. I still chibbed a few of theirs.
Thanks, saved me doing it. I was 6 so just the right height to have hit them where it hurts. But I didn't.
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Bowen and Paquetta are the danger men. And obviously Danny Ings .
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Has Paquetta been sanctioned or anything?
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Has Paquetta been sanctioned or anything?
Dunno, he played and scored v C Vigo
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Nailed on defeat. We always do shit away to them and generally have rocky starts to the season. Pre season we've looked all over the shop. 3-1 Bowen first scorer.
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Ned to get something out of this as I’m sure Arse will be looking fro revenge in the next game
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They can look for revenge all they want, they'll never beat the Villa again under Unai.
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Has Paquetta been sanctioned or anything?
Dunno, he played and scored v C Vigo
Apparently likely to drag on until next summer, his legal team and Wessam have tied it all up in legal wranglings.
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Will settle for the traditional loss first game if we manage the traditional win second game against Arsenal. Not confident with this one at all, no idea what our best team is.
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Has Paquetta been sanctioned or anything?
Dunno, he played and scored v C Vigo
Apparently likely to drag on until next summer, his legal team and Wessam have tied it all up in legal wranglings.
ahh they must have found the 115 blueprint
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Ned to get something out of this as I’m sure Arse will be looking fro revenge in the next game
I think he'll do well too.
As for Arse hair, I'm thinking they'll go for a mullet rather than a fro.
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It is a bit of a concern if we are going into this not knowing our current best team. Incoming and outgoing players were were largely sorted out a while back.
I suspect that not many of the new players will start which would indicate that our first eleven is no stronger this season.
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It is a bit of a concern if we are going into this not knowing our current best team.
It's only a concern if Emery doesn't know .
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Nailed on defeat. We always do shit away to them and generally have rocky starts to the season. Pre season we've looked all over the shop. 3-1 Bowen first scorer.
Haven't we drawn our last two away to these? West Ham have had a lot of upheaval over the summer. These first games before the international break/end of transfer window are always messy. Solid away point will do, 1-1.
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/12/watch-our-pl-opener-at-villa-park/
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUyzeHFXwAArOL2?format=jpg&name=small)
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/12/watch-our-pl-opener-at-villa-park/
Anyone else going?
I just booked a place. Wonder how many seats they are releasing for this
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1-0 spam.
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I know it's only a very minor thing, but that font they use for everything on the OS is absolutely fucking terrible. I'd rather they used comic sans than that.
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Aston Villa away opening day of the season, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Watford comes to mind.
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I know it's only a very minor thing, but that font they use for everything on the OS is absolutely fucking terrible. I'd rather they used comic sans than that.
The font is annoying, to be sure.
Rest assured, though, that I will never caress the velvet rope, lick the lanyard or descend into the Lower Grounds.
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Aston Villa away opening day of the season, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Watford comes to mind.
Although Iirc the last time we were away on August 17th was the 3-1 win at Arsenal when Luna scored.
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Bring him back. Can never have too many left backs.
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Will settle for the traditional loss first game if we manage the traditional win second game against Arsenal. Not confident with this one at all, no idea what our best team is.
Martinez
Konsa Carlos Pau Digne
Ramsey / Tielemens SJM Onana Rogers
Bailey Ollie
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Will settle for the traditional loss first game if we manage the traditional win second game against Arsenal. Not confident with this one at all, no idea what our best team is.
Martinez
Konsa Carlos Pau Digne
Ramsey / Tielemens SJM Onana Rogers
Bailey Ollie
Ollie has has no pre season it wouldnt suprise me if he is on the bench tbh
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Aren't we playing a behind doors "friendly" tomorrow?
Expect that Unai will play the starting XI and rotate the most likely subs in and out.
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
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Ollie was hardly used by Horseface for England and wasn't used to the players, only really having training with them to go on but hé came on and did the business in the semi. He'll be fine for us.
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
Very chilled. Thanks. Its not nonsense at all.
Pre season is a very aspect of a players journey to the start of the season for fitness and performance. Its a very important aspect of player conditioning
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Ollie was hardly used by Horseface for England and wasn't used to the players, only really having training with them to go on but hé came on and did the business in the semi. He'll be fine for us.
The only thing that can disrupt Watkins rhythm is having kids, and given the effect it has you'd think he was the one that had to bear them.
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
Very chilled. Thanks. Its not nonsense at all.
Pre season is a very aspect of a players journey to the start of the season for fitness and performance. Its a very important aspect of player conditioning
Watkins will be fine.
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I agree with Bronte that I'm glad he's had a longer time off. The Euros seemed to go on forever and the players don't feel like they've had a rest. Even ones like McGinn who went out early.
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
Very chilled. Thanks. Its not nonsense at all.
Pre season is a very aspect of a players journey to the start of the season for fitness and performance. Its a very important aspect of player conditioning
Watkins will be fine.
Hope so. If not hopefully archer can take his chance
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I'd go with:
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
JJ
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Bailey
Watkins
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I'd go with:
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
JJ
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Bailey
Watkins
You would drop rogers ??
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
Very chilled. Thanks. Its not nonsense at all.
Pre season is a very aspect of a players journey to the start of the season for fitness and performance. Its a very important aspect of player conditioning
My point being that a large amount of players were all away at euros/americas for numerous teams and won't have had a real pre season, they'll be fine.
My view that it's nonsense about ollie is that he didn't play in one game that emi and ezri played in which isn't a huge deal.
He was away with England training and so I'm sure that all that info would have been considered by him and the villa staff in terms of conditioning.
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I'd want to press them heavily with their playing out from the back. Bailey and Watkins, on last season, are two of the best attacking players in the League, so I'd have them up top. JJ is better than Rogers. It looks like I have JJ on the right, but I'd prefer him on the left.
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I'd go with Rogers, but it's a toss up really. They might still need to be a bit careful with JJ, in any case.
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Everyone's gone mad with this 'ollies had no pre season nonsense'. He missed one game for which he was available, one game. Wasn't like he's been injured all summer is it, chill
Very chilled. Thanks. Its not nonsense at all.
Pre season is a very aspect of a players journey to the start of the season for fitness and performance. Its a very important aspect of player conditioning
My point being that a large amount of players were all away at euros/americas for numerous teams and won't have had a real pre season, they'll be fine.
My view that it's nonsense about ollie is that he didn't play in one game that emi and ezri played in which isn't a huge deal.
He was away with England training and so I'm sure that all that info would have been considered by him and the villa staff in terms of conditioning.
I hope so corey. It does take a few games to get back in swing of things having a few pre season games certain helps with that aide of things.
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It's not just fitness though, it's the integration with the team, and he's not going to have Luiz looking for him with through balls any more. I'm sure he'll be fine, but it's still not exactly ideal.
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It's not just fitness though, it's the integration with the team, and he's not going to have Luiz looking for him with through balls any more. I'm sure he'll be fine, but it's still not exactly ideal.
Yeah i think diabs and luiz are going to be bigger misses than we think. Just hoping JJ and emi can fill that gap as we had neither player for a majority of the season.
Going to need more from youri as well this season.
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Two goals and seven assists wasn't bad as a backup midfielder with half the minutes as Luiz last season (and 5 goals taken off Luiz for pens.)
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It's not just fitness though, it's the integration with the team, and he's not going to have Luiz looking for him with through balls any more. I'm sure he'll be fine, but it's still not exactly ideal.
Yeah i think diabs and luiz are going to be bigger misses than we think. Just hoping JJ and emi can fill that gap as we had neither player for a majority of the season.
Going to need more from youri as well this season.
I definitely agree in regard to Luiz and Diaby. Luiz is a big loss for us and i liked Diaby, he had moments of class and I thought he’d improve this season.
There’s no doubt Ramsey is a class act and it’s a huge plus he’s back but replacing Luiz is another matter entirely. I don’t think Buendia will be a starter and will take quite a while to get back up to speed anyway. I’d like to see pace added whoever we buy.
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Martinez
Nedeljkovic Konsa Torres Maatsen
McGinn Onana Tielemans
Bailey Watkins Rogers
Martinez
Cash Konsa Torres Digne
Onana Barkley
Bailey Rogers Ramsey
Watkins
Martinez
Nedeljkovic Konsa Torres Moreno
Onana Barrenechea
McGinn Buendia
Bailey Watkins
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Covering a few bases......
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It's not just fitness though, it's the integration with the team, and he's not going to have Luiz looking for him with through balls any more. I'm sure he'll be fine, but it's still not exactly ideal.
Yeah i think diabs and luiz are going to be bigger misses than we think. Just hoping JJ and emi can fill that gap as we had neither player for a majority of the season.
Going to need more from youri as well this season.
I definitely agree in regard to Luiz and Diaby. Luiz is a big loss for us and i liked Diaby, he had moments of class and I thought he’d improve this season.
There’s no doubt Ramsey is a class act and it’s a huge plus he’s back but replacing Luiz is another matter entirely. I don’t think Buendia will be a starter and will take quite a while to get back up to speed anyway. I’d like to see pace added whoever we buy.
Just need to hope ramsey is over his injury trouble. He has been very unreliable as of late due to injuries. Luiz was always reliable in that regard.
I agree about emi and i would argue he was very inconsistent before the injury. I do think we will score less than last season but hopefully that wont matter if we are robust and concede less goals
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I agree with Bronte that I'm glad he's had a longer time off. The Euros seemed to go on forever and the players don't feel like they've had a rest. Even ones like McGinn who went out early.
But you never agree with Bronte...that's seriously messed-up.
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Martinez
Nedeljkovic - think he has earned it - replace at 70 mins with Cash
Konsa - Cannot see Carlos in a Villa shirt again
Pau - Our game is based around him
Digne - Need to have one eye on Bowen so experience is required
Onana - will start every game until Kamara is back
Tielemans - his vision will open teams up.
McGinn (centre) - in any formation he is not being left out - Enzo to replace him to see the game out.
Bailey (right) to run the left back ragged for 70 mins - then swap for Philogene to rag them some more
Rogers (Left) The man in form - again make a change for Ramsay / Jr if he tires.
Watkins - fully refreshed but might take a couple of games to get sharpness - 80+ mins bring on Archer / Duran
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Martinez
Nedeljkovic - think he has earned it - replace at 70 mins with Cash
Konsa - Cannot see Carlos in a Villa shirt again
Pau - Our game is based around him
Digne - Need to have one eye on Bowen so experience is required
Onana - will start every game until Kamara is back
Tielemans - his vision will open teams up.
McGinn (centre) - in any formation he is not being left out - Enzo to replace him to see the game out.
Bailey (right) to run the left back ragged for 70 mins - then swap for Philogene to rag them some more
Rogers (Left) The man in form - again make a change for Ramsay / Jr if he tires.
Watkins - fully refreshed but might take a couple of games to get sharpness - 80+ mins bring on Archer / Duran
Thats probably the team i would go for tbh. Dont think maatsen is ready to start yet
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Park the bus. Hit them on the counter .
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Park the bus. Hit them on the counter .
Unai Emery in a nutshell.
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I thought we normally dominate possession under Unai? Although admittedly think we will struggle to do that with Onana.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Onana
Barkley
McGinn
Tielemans
Rogers
Watkins
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No Bailey?
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Do we think Ned will get the nod over Cash
hope so and I don’t have a downer on Cash as much as some on here but he has looked well capable in pre season
i think Emery will go for Cash though as he’s not a massive risk taker especially as it’s early on in the season
I suppose Konsa could also play there as he did at times last season, depends on who he goes with in central defence
Will be a very interesting to see what the line is
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I thought we normally dominate possession under Unai? Although admittedly think we will struggle to do that with Onana.
Out of interest Why do you say that I thought he was good on the ball
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I thought we normally dominate possession under Unai? Although admittedly think we will struggle to do that with Onana.
Out of interest Why do you say that I thought he was good on the ball
Only based on what I saw in Dortmund. We kept losing possession. He kept losing it and didn’t fit in. A lot of the pressure on Torres seemed to be there was no outlet for him to pass too.
I genuinely asked what the guy who thought he was the stand out in pre season saw as his attributes but he didn’t reply.
From what I saw he ran around a lot but wasn’t involved or dominant in the game.
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2.1 to them
Rogers for us because he is ace.
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Do we think Ned will get the nod over Cash
hope so and I don’t have a downer on Cash as much as some on here but he has looked well capable in pre season
i think Emery will go for Cash though as he’s not a massive risk taker especially as it’s early on in the season
I suppose Konsa could also play there as he did at times last season, depends on who he goes with in central defence
Will be a very interesting to see what the line is
i think Konsa will play RB
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Park the bus against fucking West Ham? Jaysus.
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I can see us getting a 2-1 win.
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Do we think Ned will get the nod over Cash
hope so and I don’t have a downer on Cash as much as some on here but he has looked well capable in pre season
i think Emery will go for Cash though as he’s not a massive risk taker especially as it’s early on in the season
I suppose Konsa could also play there as he did at times last season, depends on who he goes with in central defence
Will be a very interesting to see what the line is
I'd say he'll start with Cash. Nedeljkovic has looked decent in preseason but the Premier League is a different beast. He may ease him in for a few games first. Especially if we're having to integrate a couple of new players elsewhere.
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His omission from the Dortmund game and subsequent internet rumours of Ollie’s death or worse found to be greatly exaggerated. He seems happy in training photos today.
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I thought we normally dominate possession under Unai? Although admittedly think we will struggle to do that with Onana.
Out of interest Why do you say that I thought he was good on the ball
Only based on what I saw in Dortmund. We kept losing possession. He kept losing it and didn’t fit in. A lot of the pressure on Torres seemed to be there was no outlet for him to pass too.
I genuinely asked what the guy who thought he was the stand out in pre season saw as his attributes but he didn’t reply.
From what I saw he ran around a lot but wasn’t involved or dominant in the game.
Oh that don’t sound good
I was just assuming because Unai bought him he must be comfortable on the ball
I’ll see him on Saturday in the flesh for the first time so I’ll make my opinion up then
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Park the bus. Hit them on the counter .
Unai Emery in a nutshell.
replicate Arsenal A from last season. Keep it tight first 20, quieten the crowd, frustrate them. Get in at HT 0-0 . Then the magic starts to happen
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It looks like Onana might be the only new league debutant on Saturday. Given that there is differing opinion about him already, this seems a little underwhelming and I thought we would have two or three upgrades by now.
I hope I am wrong, but whilst we may no longer name two keepers on the bench, I don't think we have really strengthened the starting line-up.
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It looks like Onana might be the only new league debutant on Saturday. Given that there is differing opinion about him already, this seems a little underwhelming and I thought we would have two or three upgrades by now.
I hope I am wrong, but whilst we may no longer name two keepers on the bench, I don't think we have really strengthened the starting line-up.
Its a good point. Its virtually the same side as last season. Unless kosta comes in for cash onana will be only change.
I do think maatsen will definitely add something once he gets up to speed
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
yep. Although you might as well also throw Pau in there given how early he needed to come on.
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Just going on the above posts so can only be starters involved. I also don't think Diaby would have been starting without the injury to Buendia either.
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
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Onana is a perfect CM position for us vs Soucek . Win that battle will be massive.
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
That wasnt the question 😂
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If we win here then Unai completes the set of winning at every London PL ground. In just over 18 months.
That's bloody ridiculous.
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
That wasnt the question 😂
I’ll answer your question. We lost. Then we ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham’s place for most of the season.
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Ah, nice one! This game is on Canal+ in France. And they've got the drop-shadow lion.
(https://i.ibb.co/xXj5x0t/Screenshot-20240814-105253.png)
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
That wasnt the question 😂
I’ll answer your question. We lost. Then we ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham’s place for most of the season.
Thank you - i would add which consisted of a host of new players helping us achieve 4th =)
Spurs were not far off from us. Lucky for us there wasnt another 4-5 games as we were on a terrible run. I think thats why we have bought a lot in to not see a repeat with a fatigue as that was the reason for our poor form towards the end of the season
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West Ham's crest is so crap.
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Thank you - i would add which consisted of a host of new players helping us achieve 4th =)
Spurs were not far off from us. Lucky for us there wasnt another 4-5 games as we were on a terrible run. I think thats why we have bought a lot in to not see a repeat with a fatigue as that was the reason for our poor form towards the end of the season
So lucky we played for 38 games which happens to be the length of the league? Strange as some people had handed the 4th place to Spurs in March which was game week 28. So we were lucky that the season wasn't 28 games in length. But then we were lucky they had some injuries early on in the season as well if I remember correctly as our injuries didn't count, well from some people.
Lucky Villa it seems.
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West Ham's crest is so crap.
(https://i.ibb.co/Dt27GxG/wets-am.png) (https://ibb.co/f2wC8h8)
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Onana is a perfect CM position for us vs Soucek . Win that battle will be massive.
That's a good point. The downside to Luiz is that for all his good play, he was physically quite weak, and when the chips were down in a battle, he was usually nowhere to be seen.
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
That wasnt the question 😂
I’ll answer your question. We lost. Then we ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham’s place for most of the season.
I can guarantee If we lose to West Ham on Saturday this will be the standard message on the post match
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Thank you - i would add which consisted of a host of new players helping us achieve 4th =)
Spurs were not far off from us. Lucky for us there wasnt another 4-5 games as we were on a terrible run. I think thats why we have bought a lot in to not see a repeat with a fatigue as that was the reason for our poor form towards the end of the season
So lucky we played for 38 games which happens to be the length of the league? Strange as some people had handed the 4th place to Spurs in March which was game week 28. So we were lucky that the season wasn't 28 games in length. But then we were lucky they had some injuries early on in the season as well if I remember correctly as our injuries didn't count, well from some people.
Lucky Villa it seems.
If you actually read what i wrote it was about our form being so bad towards thweend of the season and we only finished a few points ahead of them.
Cool that you also ignored the end part of the post to to make your own conclusion up too 😂
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I might be wrong but wasn't Diaby the only new face against Newcastle in the starting line-up last year?
Yeah and how did that result end 😉
We ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham place for most of the season.
That wasnt the question 😂
I’ll answer your question. We lost. Then we ended the season fourth despite people stating it was Tottenham’s place for most of the season.
I can guarantee If we lose to West Ham on Saturday this will be the standard message on the post match
Depends on the nature of the loss though doesnt it. If we lost 7-0 for example then you will get negative reactions
I personally wont be suprised if we lose this one. We dont have a great record there and their manager had the better of unai last time they met.
Tough game
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Onana's bloody colossal isn't he, about time we had a bit more height in the team.
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But as i have reported previously my Everton ST supporting mate says
1) He is not very good in the air for someone who is 6'5"
2) When he does head it its like his head is a 50p piece as it goes everywhere
He says what we will like is his telescopic legs that seem to come out of nowhere to retrieve the ball and surprisingly his extensive passing range, especially out to either flank
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But as i have reported previously my Everton ST supporting mate says
1) He is not very good in the air for someone who is 6'5"
2) When he does head it its like his head is a 50p piece as it goes everywhere
He says what we will like is his telescopic legs that seem to come out of nowhere to retrieve the ball and surprisingly his extensive passing range, especially out to either flank
My Everton-supporting best mate says he's great in the air. I guess it's the same with us, take two fans and you'll get two different opinions. The stats seem to back up that he's good in the air though.
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Thank you - i would add which consisted of a host of new players helping us achieve 4th =)
Spurs were not far off from us. Lucky for us there wasnt another 4-5 games as we were on a terrible run. I think thats why we have bought a lot in to not see a repeat with a fatigue as that was the reason for our poor form towards the end of the season
So lucky we played for 38 games which happens to be the length of the league? Strange as some people had handed the 4th place to Spurs in March which was game week 28. So we were lucky that the season wasn't 28 games in length. But then we were lucky they had some injuries early on in the season as well if I remember correctly as our injuries didn't count, well from some people.
Lucky Villa it seems.
If you actually read what i wrote it was about our form being so bad towards thweend of the season and we only finished a few points ahead of them.
Cool that you also ignored the end part of the post to to make your own conclusion up too 😂
Spurs won 2 and lost 5 of their last 7. Those 2 were against Burnley and Sheffield United.
We won 2, drew 3 and lost 2 of our last 7. Those 7 games, also included 4 in Europe. So despite our squad being smaller, despite playing more games, we took more points and beat higher quality opposition (Arsenal and Bournemouth).
In the mythical 43 game season, assuming our players don't give up after 37 because the job is complete, I'm unsure why Spurs would have cantered past us. We're a better side, with a better manager. We finished above them with a game to spare.
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Thank you - i would add which consisted of a host of new players helping us achieve 4th =)
Spurs were not far off from us. Lucky for us there wasnt another 4-5 games as we were on a terrible run. I think thats why we have bought a lot in to not see a repeat with a fatigue as that was the reason for our poor form towards the end of the season
So lucky we played for 38 games which happens to be the length of the league? Strange as some people had handed the 4th place to Spurs in March which was game week 28. So we were lucky that the season wasn't 28 games in length. But then we were lucky they had some injuries early on in the season as well if I remember correctly as our injuries didn't count, well from some people.
Lucky Villa it seems.
If you actually read what i wrote it was about our form being so bad towards thweend of the season and we only finished a few points ahead of them.
Cool that you also ignored the end part of the post to to make your own conclusion up too 😂
Spurs won 2 and lost 5 of their last 7. Those 2 were against Burnley and Sheffield United.
We won 2, drew 3 and lost 2 of our last 7. Those 7 games, also included 4 in Europe. So despite our squad being smaller, despite playing more games, we took more points and beat higher quality opposition (Arsenal and Bournemouth).
In the mythical 43 game season, assuming our players don't give up after 37 because the job is complete, I'm unsure why Spurs would have cantered past us. We're a better side, with a better manager. We finished above them with a game to spare.
The thing is the original comment was made after we lost 4-0 to them so the poster seems obsessed with bringing that post up. Only he knows why.
It turned out chelsea were more of a threat than spurs in end. I think we would have blown it if there were more games. Thank god we qualified before the final game thats for sure!
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Isn't the point that if our form was bad, their form was worse. We couldn't finish 3rd, our form only needed to be superior to Tottenham's.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
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Isn't the point that if our form was bad, their form was worse. We couldn't finish 3rd, our form only needed to be superior to Tottenham's.
I mean aftes that 4-0 result though i really did think it was done at that point.
It was the lowest point of the season for me. Thankfully we seen it through. Want to look forward now and not look back. Hopefully the poster can do the same.
Moving on to saturdays game. We started the season horribly last season i am pretty sure unai would have learned alot about that newcastle game. Be great to start 1st game of season with a away win. Wont be easy though
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I wouldn't read too much into that final game, there was clearly an enormous sense of relief and as close to a downing of tools as Emery would ever allow.
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I have great memories of that final game.
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The Palace game was the best day out I’ve had in a long time.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
I remember this. It made me think I should always believe in you.
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Isn't the point that if our form was bad, their form was worse. We couldn't finish 3rd, our form only needed to be superior to Tottenham's.
I mean aftes that 4-0 result though i really did think it was done at that point.
It was the lowest point of the season for me. Thankfully we seen it through. Want to look forward now and not look back. Hopefully the poster can do the same.
Moving on to saturdays game. We started the season horribly last season i am pretty sure unai would have learned alot about that newcastle game. Be great to start 1st game of season with a away win. Wont be easy though
We didn't have many low points, so it's understandable.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
I dont see how playing like a dog chasing a car, with Europe on top, will benefit them. Hopefully they're worse than last year.
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The thing is the original comment was made after we lost 4-0 to them so the poster seems obsessed with bringing that post up. Only he knows why.
It turned out chelsea were more of a threat than spurs in end. I think we would have blown it if there were more games. Thank god we qualified before the final game thats for sure!
Not sure why you are spinning the original comment being back after the Spurs result. The original comment myself and Ads were picking up on was we were lucky that a 38 league season was only 38 games long. I decided to pick out that some people also wrote us off after 28 games, yet at the end of 38 we were 4th. If you happened to be one of "some people" then so be it.
But now it seems we were lucky to finish above Chelsea as well in this 43 game league. Squads like the Man City ones show that Emery was trying to eke out his resources for 38 games (plus Europe) and so if we went to 43, he would have planned for that as well.
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If we win here then Unai completes the set of winning at every London PL ground. In just over 18 months.
That's bloody ridiculous.
He hasn't won at Crystal Palace yet.
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I don’t give a toss who took more points at the end of the season us or Spurs because overall we took more points than them and finished above them
This is a new season blank sheet, no 2 games are the same no two seasons are the same, we’ve got new players and others who have come back from injury so how we finished last this season is irrelevant in a way, only that we needed to have a deeper squad which we have got
I think the fact we will start without Kamara and Luiz will make us weaker in that department, we have no players to make up for that axis until Kamara gets back
Thought Tielemans look sharp against Dortmund so hopefully he can step up with Onana and control that midfield with McGinn
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It would not surprise me to see a midfield of Ramsey SJM Onana Roger’s with Tielemans supporting Watkins and with Bailey to come off the bench in the second half.
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If we win here then Unai completes the set of winning at every London PL ground. In just over 18 months.
That's bloody ridiculous.
He hasn't won at Crystal Palace yet.
Even Stevie Mee managed that.
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I would. There is only one outlet ball without Bailey and you need his pace to aid the press. Them not being up to speed with playing out from the back might well help. Midfield has to be balanced though.
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It would not surprise me to see a midfield of Ramsey SJM Onana Roger’s with Tielemans supporting Watkins and with Bailey to come off the bench in the second half.
If he picks that group in the middle, I can see it being Onana, Tielemans, Ramsey in front of the defence with SJM and Rogers right and left of Watkins in a 4321 setup. But I agree with Ads that Bailey will probably start with Ramsey and Rogers fighting for the other spot.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
I dont see how playing like a dog chasing a car, with Europe on top, will benefit them. Hopefully they're worse than last year.
I agree ads. Spurs are going to struggle with europa and the league. Last year they had no europe and still couldn't finish top 4.
Thursday sunday schedule is not easy
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If we win here then Unai completes the set of winning at every London PL ground. In just over 18 months.
That's bloody ridiculous.
He hasn't won at Crystal Palace yet.
Ah yes, we won there a few weeks before he arrived. Probably the coldest I've ever been at a football match but was worth it for McGinns screamer.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
I dont see how playing like a dog chasing a car, with Europe on top, will benefit them. Hopefully they're worse than last year.
I agree ads. Spurs are going to struggle with europa and the league. Last year they had no europe and still couldn't finish top 4.
Thursday sunday schedule is not easy
'Big Ange' will be gone by Easter at latest.........mate. 🙄
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Im seeing a lot of west ham fans moaning about ticket prices and concessions being taken away.
They are saying although its saying sold out there are 1000s up for sale
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seems unlikely to be any transfers before this one, so;
martinez
digne
pau
konsa
cash
onanan
youri
mcginn
JJ
Rogers
Watkins
bailey/maatsen/barkley and maybe ned and philogene to get a few minutes too
also had a dream that ollie scored and we won, so watch him do his acl and we lose 6-0
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
it was a stylistic choice you flaming pedant
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And the Que question should have an accent on the e.
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It's always a right laff in here i tell ya
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And the Que question should have an accent on the e.
Also missing an inverted eroteme in front of the 'Q'.
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In Spanish don't they put the question mark at the start of the sentence?
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Yes, this is what BV was referring to - The Inverted Eroteme were not a one-hit wonder from the late 70s.
I've always really liked that about Spanish. Immediately you know if something is a question or exclamation (they invert !'s at the beginning of applicable expressions too), you have a much better idea of the tone immediately. Wonderful ingenuity from the lads in Iberia.
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We should start writing ʇunɔ and cunt around sentences to indicate that it's going to be an angry one.
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Yes, this is what BV was referring to - The Inverted Eroteme were not a one-hit wonder from the late 70s.
I've always really liked that about Spanish. Immediately you know if something is a question or exclamation (they invert !'s at the beginning of applicable expressions too), you have a much better idea of the tone immediately. Wonderful ingenuity from the lads in Iberia.
Unlike German when you have to wait for the final word in the sentence to know what somebody's asking!
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
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Yes, this is what BV was referring to - The Inverted Eroteme were not a one-hit wonder from the late 70s.
I've always really liked that about Spanish. Immediately you know if something is a question or exclamation (they invert !'s at the beginning of applicable expressions too), you have a much better idea of the tone immediately. Wonderful ingenuity from the lads in Iberia.
Unlike German when you have to wait for the final word in the sentence to know what somebody's asking!
Ab.
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
I manage a load of teams of C# developers.
It would be freakishly odd if you actually turned out to be one of them.
First thing I'd ask, obvs, would be what the fuck you are doing posting here in the daytime!
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
I manage a load of teams of C# developers.
It would be freakishly odd if you actually turned out to be one of them.
First thing I'd ask, obvs, would be what the fuck you are doing posting here in the daytime!
Maybe he's just really good at C# and has loads of free time.
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
I manage a load of teams of C# developers.
It would be freakishly odd if you actually turned out to be one of them.
First thing I'd ask, obvs, would be what the fuck you are doing posting here in the daytime!
Maybe he's just really good at C# and has loads of free time.
"Oh, Dogtanian, it's Friday afternoon, don't forget to track this week's time!"
"4 hours: talking about transfers
1 hour: tutting at Footy
3 hours: Stuff on Telly thread" etc.
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I used to have to do timesheets like that, it was always full of stuff like "20 minutes: doing timesheets; 30 minutes: trying to remember what I've done to put on timesheets".
The lad that created the Excel Macro that made them work left and nobody ever spoke about them again, thankfully.
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Timesheets were the very worst thing about working in proper accounting firms. I could never go back to that life, mainly because most of mine looked like the one paulie posted above!
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
it was a stylistic choice you flaming pedant
Haha! That's a good one to describe chronic laziness.
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Take it presser is tomorrow? Noticed west ham have done theirs. Virtually full strength for them
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
it was a stylistic choice you flaming pedant
Haha! That's a good one to describe chronic laziness.
Honestly get a life my guy
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
I manage a load of teams of C# developers.
It would be freakishly odd if you actually turned out to be one of them.
First thing I'd ask, obvs, would be what the fuck you are doing posting here in the daytime!
***Hastily deletes posts***
You're safe, don't worry! My job-job isn't as a developer, but I do have a small business doing custom business software development.
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Plus you're a fan of FV, not a hater.
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
it was a stylistic choice you flaming pedant
Haha! That's a good one to describe chronic laziness.
Honestly get a life my guy
That's better! Good man! Just needs a bit of punctuation now.
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I think your keyboard is on the blink.
Que?
I'd imagine he's referring to the lack of capital letters and punctuation.
it was a stylistic choice you flaming pedant
Haha! That's a good one to describe chronic laziness.
Honestly get a life my guy
That's better! Good man!
Am I remembering this right, he'd be flouting grices maxims if it was stylistic rather than violating them?
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He's just flouting basic English rather than making a 'stylistic' choice. Commenting on a missed comma would be pedantic but here...
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If you're going out on a style limb, you need to post exclusively in comic sans
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Or the new Villa font.
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Grices wut?
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I'm not confident, we never do well here!
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Timesheets were the very worst thing about working in proper accounting firms. I could never go back to that life, mainly because most of mine looked like the one paulie posted above!
Every single place I have worked, I have had to shout at people who don't keep them up to date. For extra bonus points in this place I also get shouted at about capex when people actually do submit their time.
Every time I have had to explain to developers that it's not them justifying their time or being spied on, it helps the business understand how long things take and therefore, get a true picture of our bandwidth, which has a direct link to how they treat time estimates which benefits the very same devs if it is accurate.
And every single time, I might as well have just been speaking into the fucking dustbin.
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Nah, they're about spying on people.
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I reckon we will get well beaten this weekend.
I also guarantee one theme in the post match thread will be "we got beaten the first game of last season and look how THAT turned out!"
Which is fair comment. I just know how this place works.
Anyway, the reason i think we will lose is because we can't have consistent good shiny happy things, and West Ham away smells of losing traditionally.
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Anyway, the reason i think we will lose is because we can't have consistent good shiny happy things, and West Ham away smells of losing traditionally.
Feels very Watford in 2021. Everyone pretty chipper going into the new season, then we're a bit rubbish, have a bit of bad luck and we lose.
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Grices wut?
Grice's Maxim. https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/meet-swimsuit-model-and-onlyfans-influencer-hailey-grice/
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I have to believe we are going to FTF. Then I can lapse into despair when the wankers do us 0-1 with a jammy deflection.
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Can't be any worse than last seasons opener surely .
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I didnt realise how bad our results were 1st game of season over recent years
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Watford away was a bad one . Especially when you're sat in the home end enduring it
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
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West Ham 1-3 Villa
Watkins Brace and Tielemans pen or if Watkins on penalties Watkins hat trick !!
Bowen for them
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I didnt realise how bad our results were 1st game of season over recent years
Surprisingly, we won three straight opening games between 2013/14 and 2015/16. Arsenal, Stoke and Bournemouth, all away. Which shows you can't read too much into the opening game, I suppose.
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West Ham 1-3 Villa
Watkins Brace and Tielemans pen or if Watkins on penalties Watkins hat trick !!
Bowen for them
I think that’s what they call the clincher.
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
I had a play with Unity a few years ago. Have you got very far with it?
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Already feels like a "must win", this.
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It would be nice if we had Everton H lined up for second game , but as we don't it does feel like there's a little extra pressure on this one.
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We've got a team we funeralled twice second game.
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Already feels like a "must win", this.
It's a six pointer.
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Already feels like a "must win", this.
It's a six pointer.
Anything less than three points and questions need to be asked of the owners, the manager, the players, the kit person and the tea person. I blame wokeness for the repetition of person.
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We might need to get Barry Fry to pee on this new kit if it’s cursed.
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Surprised there s shouts for West Ham winning considering they are in transition and it’s a new defence for starters.
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
I had a play with Unity a few years ago. Have you got very far with it?
Yes, I've completed several games. I would make games for my daughter when she was younger over the winter and try new concepts each time. I doubt the code is super efficient but it worked just fine. Last thing I made was a simple Galaga-type game, though I've made a 2D parallax-scrolling platformer, a 3D fantasy board/card game and a 3D space trading game previously. I've also got dozens of unfinished games :(
I don't consider myself a coder or an artist, so if I can make stuff anybody can !
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Surprised there s shouts for West Ham winning considering they are in transition and it’s a new defence for starters.
They are at home for a start. A home we haven't yet won at and we have to go back to 2011 for the last time we beat them away at either ground.
We have lost Luiz and Diaby and as yet have not replaced them, had a poor pre-season (as did they tbf) and our star striker hasn't had a minute of action for over a month.
On top of that, we finished the season badly, they are a good side and they are being tipped for Europe again this season.
It's not remotely surprising that people think they might win this game.
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
I had a play with Unity a few years ago. Have you got very far with it?
Yes, I've completed several games. I would make games for my daughter when she was younger over the winter and try new concepts each time. I doubt the code is super efficient but it worked just fine. Last thing I made was a simple Galaga-type game, though I've made a 2D parallax-scrolling platformer, a 3D fantasy board/card game and a 3D space trading game previously. I've also got dozens of unfinished games :(
I don't consider myself a coder or an artist, so if I can make stuff anybody can !
Intresting - just downloading unity now. I been coding for 15 years as a job - but now the kids are older and into games would be great to explore
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
I had a play with Unity a few years ago. Have you got very far with it?
Yes, I've completed several games. I would make games for my daughter when she was younger over the winter and try new concepts each time. I doubt the code is super efficient but it worked just fine. Last thing I made was a simple Galaga-type game, though I've made a 2D parallax-scrolling platformer, a 3D fantasy board/card game and a 3D space trading game previously. I've also got dozens of unfinished games :(
I don't consider myself a coder or an artist, so if I can make stuff anybody can !
Sounds awesome! I’d love to make a game, but I always have other projects to do.
I have plenty of unfinished projects, too. :P
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
That's a bit worrying , I was at the game , could of sworn it was 2-2 . Petrov definitely played a blinder . Tevez and mascerano definitely made debuts , as did Petrov . The sun was out it was warm. Felt like an opening day .
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German is my favourite non-English language.
Aside from C#, of course.
Good to know :) I taught myself some C# so I could make games in Unity. Next time I get stuck...
I had a play with Unity a few years ago. Have you got very far with it?
Yes, I've completed several games. I would make games for my daughter when she was younger over the winter and try new concepts each time. I doubt the code is super efficient but it worked just fine. Last thing I made was a simple Galaga-type game, though I've made a 2D parallax-scrolling platformer, a 3D fantasy board/card game and a 3D space trading game previously. I've also got dozens of unfinished games :(
I don't consider myself a coder or an artist, so if I can make stuff anybody can !
Sounds awesome! I’d love to make a game, but I always have other projects to do.
I have plenty of unfinished projects, too. :P
No projects ever finished :P
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
That's a bit worrying , I was at the game , could of sworn it was 2-2 . Petrov definitely played a blinder . Tevez and mascerano definitely made debuts , as did Petrov . The sun was out it was warm. Felt like an opening day .
West Ham: Carroll, Mears, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Konchesky, Bowyer (Etherington 72), Mullins, Reo-Coker, Benayoun, Harewood (Tevez 61), Zamora (Cole 83).
Subs Not Used: Green, Mascherano
O'Neill clearly spotted something he liked the look of that day.
But the Hammers, and Marlon Harewood in particular, failed to capitalise on a gilt-edged chance just five minutes later.
Sorensen made a horrible mess of a clearance, sending it along the ground to Harewood. But the striker scuffed his shot wide
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
That's a bit worrying , I was at the game , could of sworn it was 2-2 . Petrov definitely played a blinder . Tevez and mascerano definitely made debuts , as did Petrov . The sun was out it was warm. Felt like an opening day .
Dont worry Tim - every night out with Mrs Beard has been like that. I swear I was witty and life of the party, only to be told I was a dick.
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Dont worry Tim - every night out with Mrs Beard has been like that. I swear I was witty and life of the party, only to be told I was a dick.
All the other ladies constantly telling her she's so lucky to be Mrs. Beard probably doesn't help her mood.
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
That's a bit worrying , I was at the game , could of sworn it was 2-2 . Petrov definitely played a blinder . Tevez and mascerano definitely made debuts , as did Petrov . The sun was out it was warm. Felt like an opening day .
We drew 1-1. I was there too.
We did draw 2-2 on the LAST day of a season. The one where Mellberg left all the travelling fans a shirt saying thanks 4 your support. Maybe that's what you are thinking of?
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Dont worry Tim - every night out with Mrs Beard has been like that. I swear I was witty and life of the party, only to be told I was a dick.
All the other ladies constantly telling her she's so lucky to be Mrs. Beard probably doesn't help her mood.
Yeah - especially while they are making breakfast downstairs.
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Ok so over 60% factually correct , I'm fairly happy with that nowadays :D specsavers . It was definitely a cracking game.
I'd take 1-1 Saturday . (Or 2-2 😉).
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Intresting - just downloading unity now. I been coding for 15 years as a job - but now the kids are older and into games would be great to explore
You could take a look at Unreal 5 too, it is a worthy contender to Unity. I've always used Unity because I know it and it has tremendous support through tutorials and forums which I leverage frequently because of my lack of formal coding skills.
What languages do you code in ?
If you have any questions pm me, or maybe start a Unity topic if that's easier ??
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That opening day at West Ham many years ago , 2-2 Petrov debut masterclass, mascherano and Tevez debuts , GazBaz goal . Cracking game in fact .
It wasn't the opening day, it was 1-1, Ridgewell was our goalscorer and Mascherano didn't play.
Other than that...
I was also there that day and said hello to Nigel Kennedy at half time who was in the visitors end with a couple of minders.
That's a bit worrying , I was at the game , could have sworn it was 2-2 . Petrov definitely played a blinder . Tevez and mascerano definitely made debuts , as did Petrov . The sun was out it was warm. Felt like an opening day .
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The combination of our 1st day hoodoo, the fact we struggle at West Ham, and Unai’s record against Lopeteguei, plus the fact our defensive issues seem to still be present in preseason means I think we’ll lose. My one hope is that Unai has been holding plenty back in preseason.
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The Palace game was the best day out I’ve had in a long time.
Not even spoiled by meeting me.
Agree though a great day out.
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Tottenham's form was woeful, and they looked completely blown out despite playing less than alomost everyone else in the division, and it was exactly how I'd said it would go earlier in the season based on the way they played.
Yeah but this season they will be much stronger according to the pundits, they've got Solanke and Archie Gray.... And let a load go. They seem to have a weaker squad than they did
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I'm not confident, we never do well here!
You're better than you think you are then; you remembered the punctuation and capital letters.
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I'm not confident, we never do well here!
You're better than you think you are then; you remembered the punctuation and capital letters.
;D
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The Palace game was the best day out I’ve had in a long time.
Not even spoiled by meeting me.
Agree though a great day out.
I realised later that it was the heaviest Villa defeat I've ever witnessed live, and I think our heaviest defeat since the 0-6 reverse at home to Liverpool in *that* season...
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1-1 Brooking, Deehan
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The Palace game was the best day out I’ve had in a long time.
Not even spoiled by meeting me.
Agree though a great day out.
I realised later that it was the heaviest Villa defeat I've ever witnessed live, and I think our heaviest defeat since the 0-6 reverse at home to Liverpool in *that* season...
6-1 v Man Citeh in 2019/20. The Drinkwater match.
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I went the pub at half time so not sure I can count that one.
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Was it 4-0 after about 20 minutes? I closed the laptop screen and sat in a huff. Great days.
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we need to start chanelling the vibes from opening day Arsenal 1-3 Villa the Tony Moon game . Maybe Ned can do something like it , he has the pace
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we need to start chanelling the vibes from opening day Arsenal 1-3 Villa the Tony Moon game . Maybe Ned can do something like it , he has the pace
That game was, coincidentally, also on Saturday August 17th.
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we need to start chanelling the vibes from opening day Arsenal 1-3 Villa the Tony Moon game . Maybe Ned can do something like it , he has the pace
Tony Moon… shudder. Fuck me we were shite back then. Let’s not channel any of those (awful) vibes. One goal aside he was as abysmal as most of that squad.
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our record in London under Emery is pretty good i believe
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We've only lost in London once under Emery, though it was our most recent (competitive) game.
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We've only lost in London once under Emery, though it was our most recent (competitive) game.
It wasn’t particularly close either if I remember rightly
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I think competitive is being used quite loosely there.
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Technically competitive, in that it wasn't a friendly. Less than combative, it would be fair to say.
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I remember losing down there early in the season under O'Leary (we'd just signed Bouma) and making Marlon Fucking Harewood look like Adriano in PES 6* in a 4-0 drubbing.
This must have also been the one game Martin O'Neill watched Harewood play in.
*Niche reference but if you know, you know.
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looking forward to seeing the Villa play again, but dread this fixture due to loads of West Ham fans in our village.
I shall watch the game in the local pub hoping with 5 mins to go we are 6 up so I can relax abit :)
UTV
The Doc
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I remember losing down there early in the season under O'Leary (we'd just signed Bouma) and making Marlon Fucking Harewood look like Adriano in PES 6* in a 4-0 drubbing.
This must have also been the one game Martin O'Neill watched Harewood play in.
*Niche reference but if you know, you know.
I seem to remember O'Neill mentioning that game, so you're probably right. I just remember feeling hugely underwhelmed. Be a bit like signing Maupay now.
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I remember losing down there early in the season under O'Leary (we'd just signed Bouma) and making Marlon Fucking Harewood look like Adriano in PES 6* in a 4-0 drubbing.
This must have also been the one game Martin O'Neill watched Harewood play in.
*Niche reference but if you know, you know.
I seem to remember O'Neill mentioning that game, so you're probably right. I just remember feeling hugely underwhelmed. Be a bit like signing Maupay now.
Absolute comedy signing really, we're all sitting there hoping for the likes of Falcao and we end up with him. Who did we 'gazump' again to get him? Wigan?
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Absolute comedy signing really, we're all sitting there hoping for the likes of Falcao and we end up with him. Who did we 'gazump' again to get him? Wigan?
I thought it couldn't get any worse after that, but Martin O'Neill gave it the "hold my beer" routine and signed Emile Fucking Heskey. Have we had two players with the same middle name before?
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Absolute comedy signing really, we're all sitting there hoping for the likes of Falcao and we end up with him. Who did we 'gazump' again to get him? Wigan?
I thought it couldn't get any worse after that, but Martin O'Neill gave it the "hold my beer" routine and signed Emile Fucking Heskey. Have we had two players with the same middle name before?
They both had 50 pence pieces where normal people have feet too.
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Fans and the board of west ham are not in a good place apparently due to ticket prices. Could be spicy
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Can't blame them if they're being gouged but they make me laugh. They're all excited about the new manager and he's going to get them back to playing "the West Ham way". Moyes might have been old school but they won a bloody European trophy under him, having qualified for European football under him. Whats the "West Ham way " if its not being successful?
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I remember losing down there early in the season under O'Leary (we'd just signed Bouma) and making Marlon Fucking Harewood look like Adriano in PES 6* in a 4-0 drubbing.
This must have also been the one game Martin O'Neill watched Harewood play in.
*Niche reference but if you know, you know.
I was at that game , Monday night . Horrendous . Then walked back to the etap hotel on the North circular where i spent a sleepless night
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Can't blame them if they're being gouged but they make me laugh. They're all excited about the new manager and he's going to get them back to playing "the West Ham way". Moyes might have been old school but they won a bloody European trophy under him, having qualified for European football under him. Whats the "West Ham way " if its not being successful?
Was speaking to a west ham fan yesterday. Its incredible got them a trophy and they absolutely hated moyes. Was saying style of football is more important and moyes football was like poking coals in your eyes he was saying.
I think id prefer the trophy 😂
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When you have won the World Cup, what can compare?
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Can't blame them if they're being gouged but they make me laugh. They're all excited about the new manager and he's going to get them back to playing "the West Ham way". Moyes might have been old school but they won a bloody European trophy under him, having qualified for European football under him. Whats the "West Ham way " if its not being successful?
Was speaking to a west ham fan yesterday. Its incredible got them a trophy and they absolutely hated moyes. Was saying style of football is more important and moyes football was like poking coals in your eyes he was saying.
I think id prefer the trophy 😂
I would hate Moyes as manager of Villa
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I remember losing down there early in the season under O'Leary (we'd just signed Bouma) and making Marlon Fucking Harewood look like Adriano in PES 6* in a 4-0 drubbing.
This must have also been the one game Martin O'Neill watched Harewood play in.
*Niche reference but if you know, you know.
Jermaine Defoe was rumoured to be signing. I was convinced he was coming as my mate who lived next door to one of the nurses who was involved with his medical said he was signing, she wasn’t a football fan clearly as she couldn’t tell her Harewoods from her Defoes.
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But as i have reported previously my Everton ST supporting mate says
1) He is not very good in the air for someone who is 6'5"
2) When he does head it its like his head is a 50p piece as it goes everywhere
He says what we will like is his telescopic legs that seem to come out of nowhere to retrieve the ball and surprisingly his extensive passing range, especially out to either flank
My Everton-supporting best mate says he's great in the air. I guess it's the same with us, take two fans and you'll get two different opinions. The stats seem to back up that he's good in the air though.
Stats wise, he’s great in the air. What I recall from the many podcasts I listen to is that he’s in one of those ridiculously high percentiles for winning aerial duels.
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I think Onana might be the only new player starter tomorrow
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Alan Shearer , Chris Sutton, Jamie Carragher all have predicted West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa . Merson also thinks a draw.
Alan Shearer:
It'll be a tight game this one. West Ham have made some exciting signings, but so have Aston Villa. It may take time for some of those to really gel together for both sides, so I am happy to go with a score draw.
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I think it will be tried and tested tomorrow. Onana in for Doug.
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It’s not great that we’re going into the first game of the season with both striking options barely having played over the summer.
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It’s not great that we’re going into the first game of the season with both striking options barely having played over the summer.
Yeah there will be aome rustiness thats for sure
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It’s not great that we’re going into the first game of the season with both striking options barely having played over the summer.
Yeah there will be aome rustiness thats for sure
The Irons won't be able to handle that.
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It’s not great that we’re going into the first game of the season with both striking options barely having played over the summer.
Yeah there will be aome rustiness thats for sure
The Irons won't be able to handle that.
Nor will our lovely white shirts. :'(
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1-1 draw and I’d snap your hand off for that right now.
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UTFV!
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1-1 draw and I’d snap your hand off for that right now.
That wouldn't be a bad result at all tbh
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Ollie Watkins will be in the squad against West Ham but Unai Emery planned to meet with him either Friday evening or Saturday morning to decide on whether he will start the game.
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How much do these players trouser each week for not being quite able to start a game? Tsk!
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Ollie Watkins will be in the squad against West Ham but Unai Emery planned to meet with him either Friday evening or Saturday morning to decide on whether he will start the game.
Kinnell so it’s Crazy Horse or Rogers as a false 9?
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I'd nearly want Duran to start just for the craic.
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Aye, Duran goal and doing the stupid arms symbol in front of their fans would be funny
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1-5
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Ollie Watkins will be in the squad against West Ham but Unai Emery planned to meet with him either Friday evening or Saturday morning to decide on whether he will start the game.
This isn't a surprise. I said as soon as he didn't play at Dortmund that it's unlikely he will start against West Ham. I suspect he will come off the bench.
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I’m proper looking forward to today, which usually means a catastrophe.
I hate WHAM! away. A ballache to get to, a nightmare to get away from, an absolutely terrible stadium, loud wankers talking like they’re in a Guy Ritchie film… and we never win.
Time to change that, Villa. 8)
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If ollie isnt starting duran wont either. If ollie is benched (which i dont think he will) i think he will go with rogers up top.
I hope he doesnt as i dont think rogers is as good up front
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I suppose the thing is that Duran hasn't played in preseason either. Granted he didn't actually play for Colombia over the summer, but Watkins didn't play an awful lot for England either.
I had my doubts over whether Duran was a 90 minutes player last season, and after this summer I have even more doubts, but one way of looking at it is that it's the exact opportunity he wanted, and if he's serious about his commitment to us, now would be the time to show it.
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First games are always tough to call. They've brought a few in but we might be playing them at right time before they click. I'll go 2-3. Rogers with two and Duran to score the winner and set off the saft bubble machine whilst celebrating.
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Two bits concern me, I don’t think we’ve necessarily addressed what was resulting in us conceding plenty last year. Although perhaps Onana’s physicality might help. Also being in a position whereby neither of our striking options have played any preseason for us is not great.
Perhaps we’ll click, but it feels like that’s a hope rather than an expectation. You add to that our first day record, our record at West Ham, and Unai’s record against their manager and it feels very difficult.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Rogers
Bailey
Watkins
And I’m really in 2 minds whether to start Nedeljkovic but will hold back for the opener.
A cagey 1-1, we don’t usually do well there so I wouldn’t be too upset with that.
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West Ham win, 1st games of the season regularly throw up odd results and certainly don’t define the season.
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An hour and a half long, but a nice morning watch to get you into the mood
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Isn't Emery's record vs Lopetegui really poor , but our Emery record in London is really good. Nailed on draw .
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Think both teams are usually poor in the opening fixture of the season too.
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I hope I’m wrong but today has the strong whiff of an opening day defeat. Not too worried though because we’ll beat Arsenal.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Rogers
Bailey
Watkins
And I’m really in 2 minds whether to start Nedeljkovic but will hold back for the opener.
A cagey 1-1, we don’t usually do well there so I wouldn’t be too upset with that.
Ramsey will surely start? Bailey or Rogers for the spot up near Watkins, think Rogers will get the nod today.
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Bailey definitely starts, how could you think anything else?
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I think we'll need baileys creativity
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An hour and a half long, but a nice morning watch to get you into the mood
Thanks for sharing Pete - Brings it all back. And as that other Villa video mentions.... those lows make the recent highs all the better!
UTV
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I think we'll need baileys creativity
I can’t imagine a time when we wouldn’t.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Rogers
Bailey
Watkins
And I’m really in 2 minds whether to start Nedeljkovic but will hold back for the opener.
A cagey 1-1, we don’t usually do well there so I wouldn’t be too upset with that.
Ramsey will surely start? Bailey or Rogers for the spot up near Watkins, think Rogers will get the nod today.
Bailey has to start if fit.
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Just read that Watkins may or may not start according to Emery. Maybe just a ploy to keep his cards close to his chest but, something doesn’t seem right.
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Just read that Watkins may or may not start according to Emery. Maybe just a ploy to keep his cards close to his chest but, something doesn’t seem right.
Like a number of players who appeared in the later stages of international competitions he has been given a bit more time to recover.
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I’m pretty confident this morning. Their pre season has not been great either and will take their new signings time to bed in (like ours).
0-2 and we are in great song going into our first home game next week.
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Isn't Emery's record vs Lopetegui really poor , but our Emery record in London is really good. Nailed on draw .
Such records remain poor until the day, hopefully today, when we batter the kit-stealing buffoons all the way to the funeral parlour. Then we can simply say Unai's record against their manager is getting better and FTF!
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Digne
Onana
Tielemans
McGinn
Rogers
Bailey
Watkins
And I’m really in 2 minds whether to start Nedeljkovic but will hold back for the opener.
A cagey 1-1, we don’t usually do well there so I wouldn’t be too upset with that.
Ramsey will surely start? Bailey or Rogers for the spot up near Watkins, think Rogers will get the nod today.
Bailey has to start if fit.
It’s the fitness question that keeps Ramsey out at the moment for me. Ease him back gently. If he was 100% raring to go it would raise the question and I’d possibly have him in for Bailey then with Rogers more central.
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I see 39% seem to think west ham will win.
What's the reasoning here ?. I have to say I'm a lot more confident that some here because way I see West Ham are having to learn to play under new manager and they have a heap of new signings.
I wouldn't worry about pre season for us because that was fitness and playing time. Come 530pm we'll be ready .
Also what's the highest percentage on here for expecting to win ?
Have we ever had 100%?
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Probably when we played Hibernians exactly a year ago.
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91.8% thought we would progress against Stevenage. It would have been higher but I just voted Stevenage (there was no way to see the results without voting).
87.4% went for home win against Luton.
89.3% predicted a home win against Zrinjski Mostar.
89.1% went for a home win against Hibs. 82.5% predicted us to win the away leg.
I can't be arsed to look at too many more though doubt there will be many where fans were more confident than the above.
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I see 39% seem to think west ham will win.
What's the reasoning here ?.
West Ham are at home.
We are generally poor on the opening day.
We have never won at their ground.
We have looked poor in pre-season.
Ollie may not start and even if he does, he clearly isn't going to be match fit.
We don't have a solid back up for him if he doesn't start or needs to come off.
We haven't replaced Luiz.
We haven't replaced Diaby.
Emery has a poor record v Lopetegui.
With all that in mind, I'm amazed it's only 39%. Now I am not suggesting we will definitely lose, but there's a few reasons for you in any case.
EDIT: Ollie starts so let's hope he has been training like crazy.
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Team exactly as expected.
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Buendia on the bench. 😍
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West Ham are at home.
We are generally poor on the opening day.
We have never won at their ground.
We have looked poor in pre-season.
Ollie may not start and even if he does, he clearly isn't going to be match fit.
We don't have a solid back up for him if he doesn't start or needs to come off.
We haven't replaced Luiz.
We haven't replaced Diaby.
Emery has a poor record v Lopetegui.
It might work; it depends on the tune.
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West Ham are at home.
We are generally poor on the opening day.
We have never won at their ground.
We have looked poor in pre-season.
Ollie may not start and even if he does, he clearly isn't going to be match fit.
We don't have a solid back up for him if he doesn't start or needs to come off.
We haven't replaced Luiz.
We haven't replaced Diaby.
Emery has a poor record v Lopetegui.
It might work; it depends on the tune.
:)
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But as i have reported previously my Everton ST supporting mate says
1) He is not very good in the air for someone who is 6'5"
2) When he does head it its like his head is a 50p piece as it goes everywhere
He says what we will like is his telescopic legs that seem to come out of nowhere to retrieve the ball and surprisingly his extensive passing range, especially out to either flank
My Everton-supporting best mate says he's great in the air. I guess it's the same with us, take two fans and you'll get two different opinions. The stats seem to back up that he's good in the air though.
Who's your friend by the way, Stevie Wonder?! ;)
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Although to be fair, it wasn't a towering header he was leaping for. It was almost shoulder height (for a tall fucker like him) when he headed it.
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Been following the site for a long time, thought it was a good moment to register and post for the first time, what a brilliant performance, cant wait to see how far we can go this season! UTV
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Been following the site for a long time, thought it was a good moment to register and post for the first time, what a brilliant performance, cant wait to see how far we can go this season! UTV
Welcome to the forum!