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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on August 31, 2024, 04:58:37 PM
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That'll do panda, that'll do.
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Top six.
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Well done Villa. Doesn't matter how it gets done, just get it done. Two lovely goals.
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Vardy the diver.
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I suppose we've had to change things around in defence a bit too much from game to game, but we really do need to get that sorted. Too late to buy anyone, I suppose, but something needs to be done there.
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Won ugly . Same 3 points.
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Easy 3 points, well done
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thank fcuk
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Phew. A win was really important today, so well done. Onana good again and from the bits I saw Barkley was really good and composed. Fantastic goal JD.
But still make it difficult for ourselves - hopefully Ollie is a lot sharper post the break and hopefully Bailey’s hamstring injury isn’t too serious.
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6 points from 9 a very respectable start to the season. Played better against Arsenal and lost, but a win is a win.
Hopefully a couple back from injury after the International break and we can look forward to our Champions League return with close to a full squad to choose from!
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Thank fuck for that. The ref was determined to get them back into it.
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Job done, thank fuck for that.
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Lovely match thread - lots of "lol" moments and autocorrect
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Coote tried so hard.. good effort lad.
Thank the football gods for our panda. On a personal level, we need to be better. Important players like Youri took a few weeks to really get up to speed. I’m hoping some of the newer players will settle in soon and get us going again.
Good win - Leicester leaned on Coote today, and we got through it. UTV.
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MOTM: Our fans, they never stopped. Brilliant support.
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Just about deserved. If we tighten up a bit we can win games more comfortably.
Rogers off it a bit, SJM the same but a bit better than the last 2 games. Tielemans MOM.
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Job done and at least we aren't Everton 😂
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Can I breathe now? 3 points. Away number 2 - thank you
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Just a concern on the knocks our players picked up. International break helping us maybe.
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Easy 3 points, well done
Not the best description of the reality of the game
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Job done and at least we aren't Everton 😂
Holy hell!
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That'll do nicely. Scrappy game. Win's a win.
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Unhappy home fans.
One of the best demonstrations of quality refereeing in the last 10 mins.
Scabby fans, scabby manager, fuck them
Good 60 mins from Lamare, he'll take a lot from that game., albeit their goal came from his side.
Not as solid a performance as last week, but we've taken 3 points despite not looking as good - that's football.
Hope Onana and Bailey are OK.
Wonder if Ollie will phone in an injury and skip the England games?
Onwards and upwards.
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Can I breathe now? 3 points. Away number 2 - thank you
We're going to do the opposite of last season and go unbeaten on the road.
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Great win against a bogey side. Six points from nine having played two bogey sides and Arsenal is not too shabby.
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We won’t play many teams that bad. We were quite poor. But it’ll do.
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Lovely match thread - lots of "lol" moments and autocorrect
I want to know if VAT applies to goals or not. Are they worth 20% more if judged?
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Good win, had the feeling of a frantic derby game. Shame we couldn’t get a clean sheet and another two injuries picked up is a worry. Bogarde had some good moments but doesn’t do the basics well enough to be starting yet. I have to say Barkley did well when he came on.
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We won’t play many teams that bad. We were quite poor. But it’ll do.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
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That is the sort of performance we used to see when we played somebody like Manchester United, Liverpool or Arsenal at Villa Park, We'd play reasonably well but get done by being out-thought by better players only today it was us doing that. I thought Barkley did really well when he came on, making sure we kept the ball which was something we struggled with all afternoon.
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Ugly win but sometimes you need that. Though JJ Was excellent my motm. Youris tackle at the end was great too.
Felt bad on bogarde struggled at rb. Think kosta has to start vs everton.
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Nothing easy about that.
We played at their level and had there been another 10 mins we would have been in trouble.
Poor performance from Ollie and Rogers. They will be fine, but it was not their best days.
Bogarde is not ready at this level, and there is no doubt that Ned should start ahead of him.
Captain Chaos. What can you say? He doesn’t do a lot, but god that kid can finish.
A very welcome 3 points, going in the (fucking ridiculously timed) international break.
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While Leicester were by no means great, it's a horrible place to go and plenty of teams will come away empty handed. Good win, onto the next.
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Winks and Skipp were getting far too much control in the middle . We didn't look right today
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
You will need to post that on the other after match thread as BE will only be on that one.
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Winks and Skipp were getting far too much control in the middle . We didn't look right today
Onana booked in the first 4 mins probably didn't help that. We used to get the same when Kamara was booked early as well.
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Up to 6th now: we need Man U & Liverpool to draw tomorrow to keep things steady.
Everton are in deep shit already.
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Lovely.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cewl8gd05xlt
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Winks and Skipp were getting far too much control in the middle . We didn't look right today
Onana booked in the first 4 mins probably didn't help that. We used to get the same when Kamara was booked early as well.
True. Also if Watkins takes his chances again the game is more comfortable
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Based on what Onana just said in the post game interview, Duran seems a very popular player.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
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I thought it was a good performance. Deserved and hard fought - Leicester aren’t too bad at all.
Emi -7
Bogarde - 5.5 did well first half but struggled second, especially on the goal
Digne -7
Konsa -7
Biff Bang Pau - 7
McGinn - 6
Rogers -5 a bit off it and Leicester outmuscled him.
Bailey - can’t judge
Ramsey -8 thought he was superb
Tielemans -7.5
The Polyglot - 7.5 another feckin injury
Ollie -6
Duran 7.5 -fab
Barkley 7 - gave us calm and poise
Other subs, too little to go on
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Made much harder work than we should've.
Leicester basically lost that game not starting Mavididi and Buananotte. Bogarde really struggled against Mavididi second half.
Still it's two good away wins so if we can win 7-8 away and get double figures again at VP then we'll be 6th-7th at worst, maybe better.
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100% record for Unai at Leicester 👍
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Did someone do that though?
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Up to 6th now: we need Man U & Liverpool to draw tomorrow to keep things steady.
Everton are in deep shit already.
Too early for table looking really. Last season we were bottom after one week and probably 15th after 3 matches. Competitor score hoping is not a problem though
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Good win, poor performance.
We are desperate for better back up in defence. Especially RB.
If/when Konsa gets injured, we will have problems.
All that said, 6 points from those 3 fixtures is very decent indeed.
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If offered at the start of the season i'd have been happy with 6 points from 9 with our start. Away to a couple of sides we've generally struggled at and at home to a title challenger. Could have been more than 6 as well.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
I think they genuinely thought we were 0-3 up.
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Up to 6th now: we need Man U & Liverpool to draw tomorrow to keep things steady.
Everton are in deep shit already.
Too early for table looking really. Last season we were bottom after one week and probably 15th after 3 matches. Competitor score hoping is not a problem though
I doubt it, we won 2 out of the first 3.
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Hard earned three points. Marvelous.
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Other than a late wobble we completely controlled the game and played some lovely football. That’s three games where we’ve created some really good chances playing great football.
Hope Leon is ok.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Who did that? If so, it’s a banning offence to me.
We’re not a “bantz” site.
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Let’s face it , let’s not moan too much about the performance 2 wins out of 3 ain’t a bad start we’ve seen a lot worse over the years and had some terrible starts to seasons , it’s steady and we should be happy UTV
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Never any doubt. A routine win.
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100% record for Unai at Leicester 👍
And never has he lost back to back games with us.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Did someone do that though?
I wonder who it could have been??
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Let’s face it , let’s not moan too much about the performance 2 wins out of 3 ain’t a bad start we’ve seen a lot worse over the years and had some terrible starts to seasons , it’s steady and we should be happy UTV
I thought the performance was good tbh. However, I will never argue with the left boot of Villa’s greatest ever winger!
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3 points job done, got nervy towards the end but Ross did well when he came on.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
I say you can go back through the match thread and you will not find a post stating we were 0-3 up. I would put my house on it. So why people are getting upset on their sofas in their underwear I really do not know.
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Made it harder than it should have been. But despite all of Leicester's effort they offered or created nothing. Coote is the weakest & easiest ref in the league to influence. Leicester did everything they could to put pressure on him.
Rogers was the polar opposite of last week & should have been taken off. Once Watkins gets one he'll be in full flow again.
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100% record for Unai at Leicester 👍
And never has he lost back to back games with us.
Twice in the league, and a couple more if including cup games.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
I say you can go back through the match thread and you will not find a post stating we were 0-3 up. I would put my house on it. So why people are getting upset on their sofas in their underwear I really do not know.
Maybe not a post stating we were 3-0 up, but a post saying the poster loved it when we are 3-0 up!
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
I say you can go back through the match thread and you will not find a post stating we were 0-3 up. I would put my house on it. So why people are getting upset on their sofas in their underwear I really do not know.
There is though. Sounds like it was a genuine error though.
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Made it harder than it should have been. But despite all of Leicester's effort they offered or created nothing. Coote is the weakest & easiest ref in the league to influence. Leicester did everything they could to put pressure on him.
Rogers was the polar opposite of last week & should have been taken off. Once Watkins gets one he'll be in full flow again.
I was surprised it was Ramsey and not Rogers subbed. I can only assume that he wanted Maatson on the left midfield to strengthen and didn't fancy JJ in the middle.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Who did that? If so, it’s a banning offence to me.
We’re not a “bantz” site.
I posted "I love being 0-3 up." (I was waiting for us to score another so I could be satisfied). Unfortunately, we let them score just after that and now there are posters wetting their knickers while people are dying in armed conflict around the world. Sorry if I upset anyone.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Who did that? If so, it’s a banning offence to me.
We’re not a “bantz” site.
I posted "I love being 0-3 up." (I was waiting for us to score another so I could be satisfied). Unfortunately, we let them score just after that and now there are posters wetting their knickers while people are dying in armed conflict around the world. Sorry if I upset anyone.
Just unfortunate timing on your part! Had they not scored for another 5 minutes nobody would have thought anything about it
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Who doesn't love being 0-3 up? :)
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Annoying , someone posted we were 3-0 up and within seconds it's 1-2
I say you can go back through the match thread and you will not find a post stating we were 0-3 up. I would put my house on it. So why people are getting upset on their sofas in their underwear I really do not know.
There is though. Sounds like it was a genuine error though.
Can you link to it? I don't believe there is a post stating we were 0-3 up.
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Not sure why onana wasn't subbed earlier given he was clearly injured. Rogers had a really poor game, McGinn still not up to speed . Tielemans MOTM for me
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So it looks like it could be:
Bailey Onana Konsa injured.
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Vardy must be the biggest diver in the Prem now, Everytime the ball came to him in the box just threw himself to the ground.
Rogers was hoping a lot more from him as was getting everybody talking about him and have to say was poor today. Maybe peed of by being called upto the U21.
Just hope these knocks today are nothing and be ready for the next game.
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Horrible , ugly, scrappy. Three points in the bag. Onwards and upwards.
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
That is not my problem though. I love being 0-3 up just as I love coconut Mochis
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International break has come at a good time for us.
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International break has come at a good time for us.
and Everton at VP next.
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How did Bogarde do?
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How did Bogarde do?
Like Konsa used to as RB. Steady but not great at going forward. Although caught out by some tricky wing play, but I suspect we have seen the same happen with Cash and Konsa last season as well.
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
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So it looks like it could be:
Bailey Onana Konsa injured.
They can all have 2 weeks off instead of meaningless international friendlies
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Looking at the Watkins chances on Sky. First one was tough and Faes stopped his momentum but keeper was out well to smother. And the second was a good save, although he has scored and not scored them in the past.
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
You should only go by PWS who announces the score.
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Win ugly. Nothing wrong with that
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It was more then Spurs managed to do there.
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I think Lesta smothered Rogers whenever he had the ball so it was difficult.
We played some great stuff but too sporadically, we did show fight though and we are so much more street wise under Emery.
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How did Bogarde do?
Like Konsa used to as RB. Steady but not great at going forward. Although caught out by some tricky wing play, but I suspect we have seen the same happen with Cash and Konsa last season as well.
He was pretty tired second half but needs to get his stamina up, so the more minutes the better.
I like him, looks like a good player.
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post
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I'm happy with 1-2 away, although I really would have preferred 0-3. I hope the injuries to Bailey and Onana are not serious. Looking forward to Ollie finishing the Euros, proposing to his missus, and starting his pre-season training. I hope I haven't spelt anyone's name wrong in this post and if there are any typos I will have seen them and edited them without giving the forum software a chance to mark my post as edited.
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https://www.skysports.com/football/leicester-vs-a-villa/report/505832
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So it looks like it could be:
Bailey Onana Konsa injured.
Just Bailey will be doubtful after the break
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2 aways, 2 wins and unfortunate against Arsenal. Ollie miles off it atm but goals from elsewhere is what good teams do. With some of the typo's in the match thread , it's a good job Nigel Spink doesn't play for us anymore!
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post
No it wasn't
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post
No it wasn't
Just checked. You are right. Not sure how I got that wrong. Sorry
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58 seconds.
(https://i.postimg.cc/52YmcCY4/BE-PWS.png) (https://postimg.cc/87GvMsm9)
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I thought we were comfortable at 2 up, but we don't seem to keep a clean sheet even when the opponent doesn't look like scoring. Overall we deserved to win.
Missed Watkins's first chance due to the queues outside but he was ineffective again. Rogers was snuffed out today, but Digne and Ramsey were good down the left.
We picked up too many cards which inhibited the play and I think Onana's was probably correct but then the referee got card happy thereafter.
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Fair enough, and helpful context. You can see however that your post could EASILY be misconstrued as us being 3-0 up.
I thought we were as my stream had a delay , so I was sat there with a cigar waiting for it then Leicester scored .
The post announcing the Leicester goal was just 5 seconds after BE's post
No it wasn't
Just checked. You are right. Not sure how I got that wrong. Sorry
It was 5 seconds after wanting Value Added Tax to be changed to Video Assistant Referee.
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From the BBC:
Duran strikes again – but Watkins’ wait goes on
The victory was Villa’s 16th away in the Premier League under Emery – only Arsenal and Manchester City have won more games on the road since the Spaniard’s appointment – and the ideal response to last weekend’s defeat by the Gunners.
Though not at their free-flowing best, Villa should have been further ahead at the interval after Watkins twice failed to get the better of Hermansen when one-on-one with the Leicester goalkeeper.
The England international was played through by Tielemans after just three minutes but Hermansen managed to claw the ball away at the feet of the striker, who was denied by another sprawling save midway through the first half.
Watkins has now gone seven top-flight appearances without a goal, his longest barren run since an eight-game run between August and October 2022 just prior to Emery’s arrival.
Duran, by contrast, has hit the ground running this season, doubling his personal tally for the campaign just two minutes after replacing the England man.
The Colombia international was heavily linked with a move to West Ham in the summer but after scoring Villa’s second in their 2-1 opening-day victory over the Hammers, he struck again at King Power Stadium to double his team’s lead - just as Leicester were beginning to threaten.
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16th away win since The Sultan took over
Only Arse and Citeh have more in the same period.
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Three points is essential and even in the final few minutes I wasn't concerned. Horrible team due to their excessive physicality and some poor refereeing, letting far too much go so it became a bit of a free for all.
Quality goals but we really needed somebody to take a grip of the game, McGinn did it countless times last season but today he got himself too involved with arguing with the ref to take a step back and bring some order to our play. Onana is a battler and lacks the maturity and skill to really decide the pace of the game. Barkley managed when he first came on and suddenly we were back to being a top footballing side. That type of experience will be so useful in Europe. Hopefully he's still got more to bring to the party as we need somebody to take ownership and we're so much better when we do.
Superb header from Duran, a proper old school centre forward's goal. Watkins is in his feast or famine mode but with better service it won't be long before he's feasting again. Neither he or Bailey have had a great start to the season, at least in an attacking sense. It will come once we get the midfield more settled.
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Good win. A bit like West Ham, I thought the midfield took a while to click. Should have made it a bit more convincing though. McGinn and Onana were great.
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Very enjoyable game! Thanks Risso!
We played more as counter attacking team than the possession side of last season. Can’t see this changing with Ramsay, Rogers and Onana.
Villa Form Rate: Good
Man of the Match: Tielemans (8)
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Bogarde struggled 2nd half but you know what it wasnt the worst performance we seen. Had to play out of position away from home and without bailey.
The experience will help him massively.
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Barkley very composed when he came on. Great asset to have coming off the bench when needed to close out games.
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Can we have a rule not to post false scores on the match thread, even for a joke, it’s kind of annoying.
Who did that? If so, it’s a banning offence to me.
We’re not a “bantz” site.
I posted "I love being 0-3 up." (I was waiting for us to score another so I could be satisfied). Unfortunately, we let them score just after that and now there are posters wetting their knickers while people are dying in armed conflict around the world. Sorry if I upset anyone.
I didn’t watch the thread as I was at a proper game . Tooting v very historic Corinthian Casuals.
If it was a live thing I’d have got it.
But I’m still more angry than Moses and the golden calf nonsense.
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Thought we really missed Kamara today. We needed a calm head in the middle. They all seemed to want a basketball type game . We had that spell before our 2nd where we were composed , focused on our neat passing game and we need more of that . Good 3 points all the same .
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It'll certainly be good to get him back.
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Did Ramsey play wide right when Bailey came off or was there a reshuffle?
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Onana being booked after 7 mins won't have helped us against a narky side like Leicester.
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Wrong thread
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Thought we really missed Kamara today. We needed a calm head in the middle. They all seemed to want a basketball type game . We had that spell before our 2nd where we were composed , focused on our neat passing game and we need more of that . Good 3 points all the same .
He will definitely be welcome when he is fully fit. Having a defensive unit of kamara and onana to see out a game is gojng ti be very hard to break down
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
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Thought Barkley did very well when he came on, gave us a control of the pace of the game we didn’t have before
We’ll done him
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Did Ramsey play wide right when Bailey came off or was there a reshuffle?
No, SJM switched over to the right, JJ on the left.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
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Ahh just think the bad old days when we were where Leicester Everton and Saints are for basically evrry top flight season in 2010s.
Now we are disappointed having only 6 points of the first 9 iafter visits to grsveyard grounds and playing probably a Top 5 side in Europe.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
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How did Bogarde do?
I hate to have to be critical but he wasn't very good.
Obviously he will improve, well I certainly hope so. I was very worried every time the ball came near him and was very easily done for the goal.
No idea why we didn't start with Nedeljković as his pace gets him out of difficult situations. There again I've no idea why we didn't buy a right back.
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Only saw the highlights but McGinn looked pooped after Duran's goal. Didn't celebrate with the others, just stayed where he was, pumped his arms, and then bent over with his hands on his knees.
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Bloody hell, so that’s Cash, Carlos, Bailey, and Philogene already injured.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
I’m beginning to think they’re doing it for attention.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back of his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
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Lovely header that by Duran. Echoes of Dean Saunders at Sheff Wednesday all those years ago.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It's surprising as Cash and Bailey had the summer off
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back if his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
Im not being funny but whats wrong with calling him JPB. We can call players what we like 😁
Not sure what the problem is
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Bloody hell, so that’s Cash, Carlos, Bailey, and Philogene already injured.
None long term and it’s about the squad
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back if his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
Im not being funny but whats wrong with calling him JPB. We can call players what we like 😁
Not sure what the problem is
It’s not his name.
Why not call him JP?
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back if his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
Im not being funny but whats wrong with calling him JPB. We can call players what we like 😁
Not sure what the problem is
It’s not his name.
Why not call him JP?
Let's stop with the JJ stuff for Ramsey then as well. Or is that OK with you? I saw somebody refer to Bogarde as 'Humphrey' today! Off with their head!
Look, I 'get it' but it's hardly the hanging offence it's been made out to be here. We once had JPA, then we had JPB so obviosuly it will take some adjustment. I bet in a few months nobody will be using it.
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Bloody hell, so that’s Cash, Carlos, Bailey, and Philogene already injured.
None long term and it’s about the squad
We don’t actually know that - and Bailey and Philogene are our right sided options
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back if his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
Im not being funny but whats wrong with calling him JPB. We can call players what we like 😁
Not sure what the problem is
If I called you by a name that wasn’t your name wouldn’t that be a problem?
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It's surprising as Cash and Bailey had the summer off
Not really. Cash seems susceptible to them more anyway, but normally gets them on International duty.
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Difference is JJ likes that, Philogene deliberately doesn't want Bidace used. Dropping a name like that is usually for very personal reasons, so how hard is to show a bit of respect to one of our players?
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It is his name though? He has just dropped the Bidace for football.
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Let's stop with the JJ stuff for Ramsey then as well. Or is that OK with you? I saw somebody refer to Bogarde as 'Humphrey' today! Off with their head!
Look, I 'get it' but it's hardly the hanging offence it's been made out to be here. We once had JPA, then we had JPB so obviosuly it will take some adjustment. I bet in a few months nobody will be using it.
It isn't an hanging offence no, but unlike the rest which are normally little nicknames, JPB was the initials to his name, which I assume is his parents surnames double barrelled. He dropped Bidace several years ago, which to me might be for some deeply personal reason. So I would rather respect the players decision on that.
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That people are arguing against calling a Villa player by the name he wants to be called, and has done for years, is weird.
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That people are arguing against calling a Villa player by the name he wants to be called, and has done for years, is weird.
No it’s not , the world’s going mad.
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It is actually JRP. So nurrr.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
If you want to be pedantic its Jaden
He has that on the back if his shirt, and if you called him that it would be fine.
Im not being funny but whats wrong with calling him JPB. We can call players what we like 😁
Not sure what the problem is
It’s not his name.
Why not call him JP?
Let's stop with the JJ stuff for Ramsey then as well. Or is that OK with you? I saw somebody refer to Bogarde as 'Humphrey' today! Off with their head!
Look, I 'get it' but it's hardly the hanging offence it's been made out to be here. We once had JPA, then we had JPB so obviosuly it will take some adjustment. I bet in a few months nobody will be using it.
With all due respect this isnt a dictatorship. Let people call players what they want to call them. If you wanted to jayden jay cliff whatever i couldn't care less so whats the problem?
I bet you wouldnt do that at a game so why do it here?
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He wants to be called Jaden Philogene - it’s well trailed now, everyone knows it and anyone doing otherwise is doing it to make a point. It’s weird.
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Let's stop with the JJ stuff for Ramsey then as well. Or is that OK with you? I saw somebody refer to Bogarde as 'Humphrey' today! Off with their head!
Look, I 'get it' but it's hardly the hanging offence it's been made out to be here. We once had JPA, then we had JPB so obviosuly it will take some adjustment. I bet in a few months nobody will be using it.
It isn't an hanging offence no, but unlike the rest which are normally little nicknames, JPB was the initials to his name, which I assume is his parents surnames double barrelled. He dropped Bidace several years ago, which to me might be for some deeply personal reason. So I would rather respect the players decision on that.
We are on an internet football forum. We are not addressing him personally. Having a life is free, you just have to live it.
I saw Joe warming up for Citeh at the end of the transmission by the way.
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He wants to be called Jaden Philogene - it’s well trailed now, everyone knows it and anyone doing otherwise is doing it to make a point. It’s weird.
I think this whole conversation is wierd to be honest
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I think we should have more respect for Jack Peter Grealish - Joe is not his name.
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This name Nazism is 'a bit weird'. I would appreciate it if the Sixth Formers got back to trying to point out typos that have already been noted and edited.
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Difference is JJ likes that, Philogene deliberately doesn't want Bidace used. Dropping a name like that is usually for very personal reasons, so how hard is to show a bit of respect to one of our players?
That's the crux of the matter. The essence of the problematic.
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Difference is JJ likes that, Philogene deliberately doesn't want Bidace used. Dropping a name like that is usually for very personal reasons, so how hard is to show a bit of respect to one of our players?
That's the crux of the matter. The essence of the problematic.
Like I said, it’s people making a point. No idea why they feel the need to.
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He [Philogene] had a kick on Wednesday and he didn’t train, but we were thinking progressively that he could be available for today," Emery explained. "In the end he told us he couldn’t play with the same pain.”
Speaking of Bailey's injury, Emery said: "It is hamstring. I don’t know exactly how bad his injury is. He came off the pitch with an injury." He added: "Hopefully when we come back again Jaden could be available again to play, Leon maybe not."
And the potential problems arise. If JPB is injured im not sure who we play there. Maybe mcginn? But not ideal at all
Bit of a concern we are picking up hamstring injuries so early in season
It’s Philogene.
the artist formerly known as Bidace
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He wants to be called Jaden Philogene - it’s well trailed now, everyone knows it and anyone doing otherwise is doing it to make a point. It’s weird.
I think this whole conversation is wierd to be honest
As is your spelling
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This name Nazism is 'a bit weird'. I would appreciate it if the Sixth Formers got back to trying to point out typos that have already been noted and edited.
Not really, it depends on why he changed it which we do not know. It is obviously a family name which seems to point to him removing one member of his family from his life a couple of years ago, at about an age when he could legally do it. This article seems to mention he only lived with his mother (https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5102347/2024/01/23/hull-city-jaden-philogene/) (no father mentioned) so as his dad left his live when he was younger, he probably removed that part of his name to ensure there is no trace of him now. But no article I've found has stated why the name change which again I believe means he wants it to be personal.
Or he could have removed it for the same reason Andy Cole decided he wanted to be know as Andrew Cole later on in his career. Obviously he now just has Jaden on his shirt although still listed as J Philogene anywhere else.
So I will go with respecting his choice, you go with being full Trumpy or VillaTim.
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FFS can we move on now.
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Konsa played well today. Shaded by Tielemans for MOTM.
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Where is our man from Japan ?
He is normally effusive on this fixture.
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Asked to be banned a few months ago I believe. I thought there was time limits on bans but obviously not.
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So I will go with respecting his choice, you go with being full Trumpy or VillaTim.
You do what you want. Nobody is listening.
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Onana has become so integral already. It’s really impressive how he’s just come in and fitted in brilliantly. He’s been superb.
Durán also has the potential to be world class, notwithstanding the quality of his finishing this season his movement has been top draw.
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This name Nazism is 'a bit weird'. I would appreciate it if the Sixth Formers got back to trying to point out typos that have already been noted and edited.
Not really, it depends on why he changed it which we do not know. It is obviously a family name which seems to point to him removing one member of his family from his life a couple of years ago, at about an age when he could legally do it. This article seems to mention he only lived with his mother (https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5102347/2024/01/23/hull-city-jaden-philogene/) (no father mentioned) so as his dad left his live when he was younger, he probably removed that part of his name to ensure there is no trace of him now. But no article I've found has stated why the name change which again I believe means he wants it to be personal.
Or he could have removed it for the same reason Andy Cole decided he wanted to be know as Andrew Cole later on in his career. Obviously he now just has Jaden on his shirt although still listed as J Philogene anywhere else.
So I will go with respecting his choice, you go with being full Trumpy or VillaTim.
As you say, it's also important not to jump to conclusions about whether Philogene is that bothered, given he's not said anything either way.
As an example, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens at Dortmund is now just Jamie Gittens. Nothing to do with any family issues, he's just said he wants to make it easier for fans and commentators to pronounce his name. And his Dad, Mr. Bynoe is perfectly happy with it.
I'd guess he wouldn't be bothered one way or the other if Dortmund supporters used the longer-form version.
While I don't see any reason not to use Philogene's newer version I don't think it needs the performative outrage either.
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FFS can we move on now.
Agreed, some right detritus being posted but sums up where we are these days from a society point of view.
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Where is our man from Japan ?
He is normally effusive on this fixture.
Just taking a break, still posts occasionally in Time Wasters and GtG.
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why were they doing their nut after the Tielemans tackle on Vardy , he blatantly got the ball??
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Onana has become so integral already. It’s really impressive how he’s just come in and fitted in brilliantly. He’s been superb.
Durán also has the potential to be world class, notwithstanding the quality of his finishing this season his movement has been top draw.
That one break from Onana pretty much carried the ball box to box at pace . Once he's fully settled he'll be some player. 2 goals already too.
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Onana has become so integral already. It’s really impressive how he’s just come in and fitted in brilliantly. He’s been superb.
Durán also has the potential to be world class, notwithstanding the quality of his finishing this season his movement has been top draw.
That one break from Onana pretty much carried the ball box to box at pace . Once he's fully settled he'll be some player. 2 goals already too.
Also also said some nice words about JD post-match. Seems a very level-headed young man.
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Onana has become so integral already. It’s really impressive how he’s just come in and fitted in brilliantly. He’s been superb.
Durán also has the potential to be world class, notwithstanding the quality of his finishing this season his movement has been top draw.
That one break from Onana pretty much carried the ball box to box at pace . Once he's fully settled he'll be some player. 2 goals already too.
Also also said some nice words about JD post-match. Seems a very level-headed young man.
Was someone behind the goal giving him grief , his goal celebration seemed a bit angry
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Was someone behind the goal giving him grief , his goal celebration seemed a bit angry
Someone in the crowd called him André.
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Leicester fans calling us cheats and apparently the ref was match fixing.
The way I saw it is he got the non penalty correct and he booked our players for practically every foul.
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Leicester fans calling us cheats and apparently the ref was match fixing.
The way I saw it is he got the non penalty correct and he booked our players for practically every foul.
Harry Winks is quite an obnoxious whinger. Every decision was spot on. Leicester have always had a complex.
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Haven’t seen any football talk at all today, thought, well what better way to see how we played than checking the post match thread.
Page after page of JP or JPB.
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We won but made very hard work of it. We are so sloppy at times it boils my piss watching it. Leicester were at us all the time, we could have made it easier on ourselves releasing the ball quicker. New season same as the old season, innocuous injuries out of nothing. Hopefully they’re not serious because if they are we will struggle. Thought Barkley steadied us when he came on. Other than that Onana, Digne and Konsa were the pick of the bunch.
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The Bailey injury has to be a case of not warming up properly . All he did was stretch for the ball, nobody near him. Players get "injured" so easily nowadays , any slight thing and they are out for a few weeks.
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I’m going to go with that is extremely unlikely to be what caused it.
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I’m going to go with that is extremely unlikely to be what caused it.
Especially with global warming, you'd expect players to get injured less frequently nowadays.
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I didnt see any of the game other than the game:
How did Bogarde do? did we play well? what happened with Bailey - does it look serious.
Great to get another 3 points! Would be amazing to get a clean sheet though.
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That game should have been over after 30 mins today. Leicester were like a pub team, especially at the back. Sure Watkins should have buried them with his chances but I thought we were far too casual all over the pitch. Emery didnt have his best day on the sideline either. Rogers in particular had a nightmare today and should have been replaced long before the end. Hooking Ramsey was daft. Emery waited far too long to replace Bogarde too and that delay cost us a goal. Just thought we lacked focus today and it could have cost us.
Barkley did well and Tielemans continue his strong start to the season.
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Haven’t seen any football talk at all today, thought, well what better way to see how we played than checking the post match thread.
Page after page of JP or JPB.
Worth it for Dave’s excellent “performative outrage” comment though.
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I didnt see any of the game other than the game:
Well we, hang on ..
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Haven’t seen any football talk at all today, thought, well what better way to see how we played than checking the post match thread.
Page after page of JP or JPB.
Worth it for Dave’s excellent “performative outrage” comment though.
Ha ha yes, that made me chuckle.
I predict more performative outrage when we play a slightly weakened side against Stourbridge Paper Boys XI in the third round of the Cup
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Performative outrage is a great term I hadn't heard before.
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What the fuck is happening on this thread?!
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How did Bogarde do?
I hate to have to be critical but he wasn't very good.
Obviously he will improve, well I certainly hope so. I was very worried every time the ball came near him and was very easily done for the goal.
No idea why we didn't start with Nedeljković as his pace gets him out of difficult situations. There again I've no idea why we didn't buy a right back.
He was fine for a good chunk of the game. He really dropped off later on, probably both because he’s young and also he was out of position.
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He wants to be called Jaden Philogene - it’s well trailed now, everyone knows it and anyone doing otherwise is doing it to make a point. It’s weird.
I think this whole conversation is wierd to be honest
As is your spelling
As bad as your humour
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What the fuck is happening on this thread?!
I dunno Jeff.
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How did Bogarde do?
I hate to have to be critical but he wasn't very good.
Obviously he will improve, well I certainly hope so. I was very worried every time the ball came near him and was very easily done for the goal.
No idea why we didn't start with Nedeljković as his pace gets him out of difficult situations. There again I've no idea why we didn't buy a right back.
He was fine for a good chunk of the game. He really dropped off later on, probably both because he’s young and also he was out of position.
He was poor in my opinion, if Cash played like that he'd be getting panned. Not his fault because as you say, he's young and out of position, but he was poor.
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Fella agreed to swap seats with me today so i could sit next to my kids
if he’s on here many thanks to you
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Always a few niggles here and there, especially hamstrings, as its early in the season.
Once again take our chances and game over and a lot less stressful.
Thought Tielemans was my motm.
Thought all the defense was good and limited Leicester to nothing much but ratface throwing himself on the floor.
Deserved winners
With Mings, Kamara, Csh, Carlos all fit who drops off the bench. Good problem to have.
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lot to analyse for Emery tonight, the good the bad the ugly . Overall it's 3 points though we made very hard work of it .
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Fella agreed to swap seats with me today so i could sit next to my kids
if he’s on here many thanks to you
What was he doing in your house?
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One major positive for me was ramseys performance. I thought he was really good and is looking close to his best form. Excellent today
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One major positive for me was ramseys performance. I thought he was really good and is looking close to his best form. Excellent today
Agree. He's moving properly again with the ball. Looks sharp like his oldself .
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Fella agreed to swap seats with me today so i could sit next to my kids
if he’s on here many thanks to you
What was he doing in your house?
Don’t know, just turned up muttering about surnames
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Last season, after 3 games, we had won 2 and lost 1. Scored 8 and conceded 6. Watkins had not scored. 6 different goal scorers.
This season, after 3 games, we've won 2 and lost 1. Scored 4 and conceded 4. Watkins has not scored. 2 different goal scorers.
We definitely should have had more goals, in all 3 games probably, but all in all it's as good a start as last season. And as far as we know, there's been no season ending injurie yet.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
You're thinking of Risso during his 'Yakuza years'.
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I'm happy with the three points good away day.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Isn’t that Tokyo Sexwale?
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Isn’t that Tokyo Sexwale?
He named himself in homage to the real TS, the South African politican. Our TS is in Germany, I think.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Legendary poster
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Who set up Onana? Looked like Ramsey to me but the BBC and FPL have given the assist to Watkins.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
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Who set up Onana? Looked like Ramsey to me but the BBC and FPL have given the assist to Watkins.
Yeah it was ramsey i think
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I’m going to go with that is extremely unlikely to be what caused it.
Especially with global warming, you'd expect players to get injured less frequently nowadays.
I reckon he had the covid jab and lives near a 5G mast.
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Made me laugh when Duran scored went over to the Leicester fans and you can see a Leicester fan do the Hammer symbol like it was going to upset Duran celebration.
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Martineth did ok, Bogey was bad, Eric Konsa did fine, Tars did ok next to him too. Luca Dinner was solid.
In midfield Andre Oona did well next to Tilern, McGinnagain wasn't spectacular Rodgers, Balee and Whatking were good enough.
The subs did fine and Emre had a good ebening.
As for some of the thoughts on here, VilerTime, Dim-etree, Bod Engrish, Rossi, Vile83, PaulGualtieri, or whatever they're called, have some interesting views.
Good result, playing some nice football, when Watkins hits some form we will have a great time, and his replacement is doing just fine. Interesting full debut for Bogarde, I like that he's being introduced slowly and am pretty sure he wouldn't have been picked against a number of teams, but Leicester was a good choice.
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Made me laugh when Duran scored went over to the Leicester fans and you can see a Leicester fan do the Hammer symbol like it was going to upset Duran celebration.
Grinning like a twat when you've just gone two down.
Leicester fans are fucking weird.
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Who set up Onana? Looked like Ramsey to me but the BBC and FPL have given the assist to Watkins.
Yeah it was ramsey i think
No, Watkins got a touch on his cross.
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Routine win. Aston Villa now do routine wins!!
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Who set up Onana? Looked like Ramsey to me but the BBC and FPL have given the assist to Watkins.
Yeah it was ramsey i think
I don't know how much he knew about it but Watkins got a touch on it as it came past him. Ended up on the ground behind the posts, so I don't know if he was trying to get out of the way, or awkwardly trying to get a touch on it, but he must have got something on it.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
We did have a poster in Japan named Martin years ago.
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We did, this chap:
https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?action=profile;u=82
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Wonder if we might have had a penalty if Onana hadn’t scored,Olly seems to get cleaned out by the fella behind him
Agree with the comments on Leics being a strange bunch, if anything it should have been us giving the ref dogs abuse, he booked our lot for the most innocuous of tackles. And their manager was funny, no probs with him being angry about them not getting that penalty, but when he went and sat and rewatched it surely then it’s a shrug and all over, but no, he then looked really angry that he couldn’t say they were hard done by.
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More or less completely controlled the first half whilst in second gear. Feels daft saying this as he got the winner, but our overall performance went downhill after Duran replaced Ollie. The press with Ollie, Rogers and Ramsey was killing Leicester, but Duran doesn’t press in the same way as Watkins, so at times you had Rogers going on his own, which was pointless.
Also quite liked Steve Cooper in the past, but thought he was an absolute twat yesterday, going mad for a penalty when Tielemans clearly got the ball and droning on about the free kick that led to our goal in the first half.
Overall fairly comfortable win with probably an average performance.
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I must admit I was with Cooper, I thought it was a nailed on penalty until the replay. What a interception it was though, timed to perfection.
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Martineth did ok, Bogey was bad, Eric Konsa did fine, Tars did ok next to him too. Luca Dinner was solid.
In midfield Andre Oona did well next to Tilern, McGinnagain wasn't spectacular Rodgers, Balee and Whatking were good enough.
The subs did fine and Emre had a good ebening.
As for some of the thoughts on here, VilerTime, Dim-etree, Bod Engrish, Rossi, Vile83, PaulGualtieri, or whatever they're called, have some interesting views.
Good result, playing some nice football, when Watkins hits some form we will have a great time, and his replacement is doing just fine. Interesting full debut for Bogarde, I like that he's being introduced slowly and am pretty sure he wouldn't have been picked against a number of teams, but Leicester was a good choice.
Haha, excellent. That should meet with Dummy C’s approval.
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Also quite liked Steve Cooper in the past, but thought he was an absolute twat yesterday, going mad for a penalty when Tielemans clearly got the ball and droning on about the free kick that led to our goal in the first half.
He should know better: it doesn't matter whether there is contact on the ball: any tackle from behind gets penalised; one of the few things that daft Coote got right.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
You're thinking of Risso during his 'Yakuza years'.
No chance. Yakuza have standards and require proper qualifications. No room for full time H&V posters who do a bit of book keeping on the side.
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Made me laugh when Duran scored went over to the Leicester fans and you can see a Leicester fan do the Hammer symbol like it was going to upset Duran celebration.
I think that chap and his lad were Villa sitting in Leicester stand.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
Yeah he played well. Got caught day dreaming a couple of times first half but other than that was very good.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
Vardy must have dived 3 times in the box trying to con the ref . Not sure why he wasn't booked (i know he got booked for a tackle)
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
Yeah he played well. Got caught day dreaming a couple of times first half but other than that was very good.
Reminsicing rather than day dreaming ;-). Pleased that he no longer has to play every other week in that dump.
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The last Vardy dive was laughable. They must spend hours in training perfecting these routines. He should have been in the GB Olympic gymnastics team.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.
Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.
Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.
I think our midfield is better this season and I haven't missed Luiz once. They are all playing really well and as a unit. Leicester are this year's Luton - physical, industrial football.
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.
Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.
If Rogers can improve his final ball / shooting / decision making it looks very good
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To many players having an off day yesterday Rogers, Watkins (again) Bailey, McGinn, add to them Bogarde’s inexperience and that’s half the starting team,
we still won because even when not at our best we’re still good enough to beat a poor Leicester team, but we made heavy weather of it and were glad of the final whistle
Outside of the goalkeeper Pao Torres is our best player, absolute class and integral to the way we play especially when moving the ball out of defence to start attacks
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Tielemans was superb as was Konsa , supported by Onana and Torres .
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That gargoyle Cooper throws his toys out the pram easily doesn't he..pmsl
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.
Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.
I think our midfield is better this season and I haven't missed Luiz once. They are all playing really well and as a unit. Leicester are this year's Luton - physical, industrial football.
Not sure I agree albeit based on the few games so far, Youri still seems to do his best work further forward playing in vertical passes like the early one for Ollie’s chance. In deeper positions he seemed, in the first half at least, to get caught on the ball a few times. I still think that, when we are under the cosh a little, we miss Luiz aptitude to slow the game right down and keep possession and allow us a breather and to regroup. Barkley bought that when he came on I feel.
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Very impressive win today, against a team who won't be easy to beat at home, as Spurs found out. Re Youri's tackle on Vardy, Mike Dean said it was a great tackle, probably for the first time, I agree with Mike Dean! Superb header from big Jhon, doubt whether you'll see many better this season, he's only 20 and looks like he's got a great future in the game, hopefully, if not all, most of it with us.
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His price is easily £40m now. However there aren’t many reserves that sell for over £50m so he might’ve hit a ceiling unless he can start more games.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
He's banned, I think. Shame, I like him.
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That gargoyle Cooper throws his toys out the pram easily doesn't he..psml
He has history for losing his temper
(https://i.ibb.co/d0hZC93/1719b71731ef64134ade238b841e0532.png) (https://ibb.co/d0hZC93)
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I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning. I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about. A clear and clean tackle, ball won first. In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well. Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.
He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.
Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.
I think our midfield is better this season and I haven't missed Luiz once. They are all playing really well and as a unit. Leicester are this year's Luton - physical, industrial football.
I was a v pleased we won but wouldn’t agree with this.
Onana has scored valuable goals, breaks up play and is useful at set pieces. Tielemans can play some good passes but also goes missing.
We’ve become a counter attacking team this season and playing in a different style. We can no longer dominate possession because we haven’t got the personnel. Rogers and Ramsay contribute to this as well!
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So far this season we have looked dangerous going forward..and if Ollie was on form would have 9pts and 3/4 more goals..all with a new midfield pairing as well. Reasons to be optimistic once everything clicks.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
We did have a poster in Japan named Martin years ago.
Brilliant poster, too. Spotters badge for Eamonn as it must be 25 years since I last saw Martin regularly posting on here.
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Leics came with three CB s and three defensive central midfielders in a 5-3-2. Difficult to play possession dominated in midfield then. When Barkley came on we did it some better might. Ro(d)gers not that dominate cause of very crowded and not space enough where he supposed to play. Second half they tried to batter us with aggression. First half we mostly controlled the game as someone on here said. Like the look of Bogarte (very easy on the ball and running with it and seems to have positional sense), both still a bit stressed about being playing competitive senior matches at this level with the attention on them as follow - natural, hopefully they adjust potential seems to be there. Watkins still better suited to our striker role, Duran the better goalscorer.
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Yeah youri playing well hope he can stay fit this season
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I've always rated Tielemans, I remember when we came up and he just bossed us all over the park thinking "What's gone wrong in the world when a lovely player like this is playing for these two-bob clowns and we've got Marvellous, God bless him, huffing around?"
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Once Kamara is back there's going to be some selection dilemma's for UE
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If Rogers can improve his final ball / shooting / decision making it looks very good
Bit harsh - he's put two (or three?) on a plate for Ollie so far.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
We did have a poster in Japan named Martin years ago.
Brilliant poster, too. Spotters badge for Eamonn as it must be 25 years since I last saw Martin regularly posting on here.
Yes, I’m pretty sure I liked him and he wrote occasionally for H&V. My first article was either me disagreeing with something he wrote, or he disagreed with what I wrote previously. Either way we still got on regardless.
Would have been about 30 years ago now. Crikey!
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Leicester tried to bully us into defeat yesterday. Young Steptoe had two laughable attempts to con the ref into giving a pen. Their manager and their fans howled at the ref the whole time over every little decision. They are a horrible niggly little club epitomised by the hobgoblin who wears the number 9 shirt. The ref stood up to it. Our players stood up to it. Our fans were superb. A valuable 3 points won at a ground where many will struggle. Move on.
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Once Kamara is back there's going to be some selection dilemma's for UE
Good thats what we need
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I was astonished to learn we had previously only won 7 out of 28 Premier League games against the Foxes. I've had the misfortune to witness some of the disappointments and, living in the East Midlands, suffer some of the consequences.
Therefore, I was delighted to be at this one (thanks again, Risso) and to witness a pretty comfortable away win (not as comfortable as it might have been).
I really like the Onana/Tielemans combination in midfield.
I prefer Super John McGinn on the right (especially since he had to protect our debutant)
I thought Bogarde, despite some errors, showed some class and promise
Think Unai is easing Maatsen in (just as he did last year with Youri).
Barclay and Duran are going to be very important squad members
Lastly, since I can rarely get away tickets nowadays, it was great to be reminded just how loud and proud are away support is. Utv.
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I've always rated Tielemans, I remember when we came up and he just bossed us all over the park thinking "What's gone wrong in the world when a lovely player like this is playing for these two-bob clowns and we've got Marvellous, God bless him, huffing around?"
A few seasons ago I was saying how I’d love us to sign Tielemans and my parter laughed his head off and said we had no chance.
8)
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
We did have a poster in Japan named Martin years ago.
Brilliant poster, too. Spotters badge for Eamonn as it must be 25 years since I last saw Martin regularly posting on here.
Yes, I’m pretty sure I liked him and he wrote occasionally for H&V. My first article was either me disagreeing with something he wrote, or he disagreed with what I wrote previously. Either way we still got on regardless.
Would have been about 30 years ago now. Crikey!
I've just remembered, I've met him. A Christmas game at Villa Park (1997?) post match in some dodgy pub around the back streets behind Trinity Road. He was crouched down on the floor in a corner referencing Michael Stripe. Lovely fella and very funny.
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I had hoped that the ineffective Rogers was taken off at 80 and little Emi got a run.
Although we all agree a scrappy win I watched that game again and apart from a small touch by Faas head Durans goal was the finish to an 18 pass move, most of which was one touch.
We are a proper good team and will only get better
SUE...love him
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This name Nazism is 'a bit weird'. I would appreciate it if the Sixth Formers got back to trying to point out typos that have already been noted and edited.
Not really, it depends on why he changed it which we do not know. It is obviously a family name which seems to point to him removing one member of his family from his life a couple of years ago, at about an age when he could legally do it. This article seems to mention he only lived with his mother (https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5102347/2024/01/23/hull-city-jaden-philogene/) (no father mentioned) so as his dad left his live when he was younger, he probably removed that part of his name to ensure there is no trace of him now. But no article I've found has stated why the name change which again I believe means he wants it to be personal.
Or he could have removed it for the same reason Andy Cole decided he wanted to be know as Andrew Cole later on in his career. Obviously he now just has Jaden on his shirt although still listed as J Philogene anywhere else.
So I will go with respecting his choice, you go with being full Trumpy or VillaTim.
As you say, it's also important not to jump to conclusions about whether Philogene is that bothered, given he's not said anything either way.
As an example, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens at Dortmund is now just Jamie Gittens. Nothing to do with any family issues, he's just said he wants to make it easier for fans and commentators to pronounce his name. And his Dad, Mr. Bynoe is perfectly happy with it.
I'd guess he wouldn't be bothered one way or the other if Dortmund supporters used the longer-form version.
While I don't see any reason not to use Philogene's newer version I don't think it needs the performative outrage either.
Here's the lad himself, post his decision to drop the 'Bidace' bit from the name on his shirt, still referring to himself as 'Jaden Philogene-Bidace'. It's almost like it's still his actual name, despite certain people claiming to know better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpLTk478M6c&t=24s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpLTk478M6c&t=24s)
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What does he call himself on that ‘how to pronounce my name’ video that came out a few days ago?
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What does he call himself on that ‘how to pronounce my name’ video that came out a few days ago?
Jaden Phil O'Gene
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Jaden Philogene
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Duran and Mings are great on that.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
He's banned, I think. Shame, I like him.
No, he posts on GtG.
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Oh, that's good. It's nice to have posters who share my antipathy to the Green Bay Packers.
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Oh, that's good. It's nice to have posters who share my antipathy to the Green Bay Packers.
I used to be able to join in with that when I had an interest. Also, Brett Favre is currently sucking off Elon. The bellend.
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Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?
Axl Rose, still around.
Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.
He's banned, I think. Shame, I like him.
No, he posts on GtG.
GtG, what's that?
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Onana makes Troy Deeney’s “Team of the week” on the BBC, along with Bogarde….
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Job done and at least we aren't Everton 😂
When i saw the Everton result i immediately thought of us v Leicester the season we got relegated.
We were 2-0 up, and lost 3-2, i believe we lost all confidence because of that game and it all just started to fall apart after that. We played another 15 league games without a win after that result.
I can see the same thing happening to Everton, bottom of the league with no points, confidence is on the floor, the fans are getting getting agitated, looks like this will be the season they get relegated.
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Job done and at least we aren't Everton 😂
When i saw the Everton result i immediately thought of us v Leicester the season we got relegated.
We were 2-0 up, and lost 3-2, i believe we lost all confidence because of that game and it all just started to fall apart after that. We played another 15 league games without a win after that result.
I can see the same thing happening to Everton, bottom of the league with no points, confidence is on the floor, the fans are getting getting agitated, looks like this will be the season they get relegated.
That 3-2 defeat at Leicester when we were cruising at 2-0 up will go down in history as a sliding doors moment for both clubs. They gained so much belief from that moment and went on to win so many games from losing positions before landing the title. We on the other hand were shattered by it and our momentum finally reached rock bottom at 17/18th position in the Championship. All thanks to tactics Tim. As someone once said "football is a funny old game"
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Tim is playing really well for Everton, so I'm told. However, his tracking back for Cook's goal was outrageously poor.
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Tim is playing really well for Everton, so I'm told. However, his tracking back for Cook's goal was outrageously poor.
Tim seems to be impressing the Everton fans, but I don't think that's difficult considering the state they're in. They need one thing to be positive about.
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
In my head I resigned myself to relegation after the Watford defeat at home in November
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
In my head I resigned myself to relegation after the Watford defeat at home in November
Was that when Sherwood got sacked? My recollection is that there was a very brief upturn in results (comparatively speaking) just before the 0-6 v Liverpool. Then we only managed a point over the rest of the season.
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That was a shocker of a goal we conceded, watching it back. Bogarde obviously beaten all ends up initially but Tielemans let the goalscorer run off the back off him. Thought he should have stopped him getting a clear shot off too, maybe should have just rushed out to block him rather than swinging with his left foot. Good shot, mind.
We have lacked a ruthless streak in the first three games. I know Ollie has missed big chances but at times we have been very sloppy in possession, it's allowed the likes of West Ham & Leicester back into games when they both should have buried before half time. Our best performance was against Arsenal, that's football I guess.
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
Yeah, spot on. That season was just the culmination of Lerner's lack of interest and increasingly bad decision making. If we hadn't gone down that season we would have the season after.
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Quite funny that Newcastle didn't manage to beat 2016 Villa or 2008 Derby.
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That was the season where the club wanted European cheapness and the manager wanted "dependable" prem experience and we ended up with Richards AND Lescott and lots of French youth. That then formed the cliques with the management team seemingly encouraging the English lot to ignore the "foreigners".
I honestly thought West Ham might go the same way under Moyes when news of similar happening there but unfortunately it didn't.
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Quite funny that Newcastle didn't manage to beat 2016 Villa or 2008 Derby.
That was honestly the only good day in the back end of that season, they came down to take the piss after the 'sob on the Tyne' stuff but we were already taking the piss out of ourselves and bought them down with us instead.
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In my head I resigned myself to relegation after the Watford defeat at home in November
I was resigned to relegation in 2019/20 when Watford beat us 3-0 at Xmas. Then a leak from a lab in Wuhan saved us.
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Sunderland and Leicester is what fucked us, back to back games where we were 2-0 up and cruising, and we took 1 point. Win them and it's 9 points from 15 and who knows how it goes.
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We weren't 2-0 up against Sunderland were we? Thought they scored first. We went 2-1 up but they equalised early in the second half.
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My mistake, I had it in my head Sinclair had us 2-0 up. I remember Richards somehow missing a sitter as we battered them.
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We definitely battered them, which we then took into the next match until the Tim Tactics change.
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Great away day and good win.
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This is from the BBC Sunderland match report, those were grim years. By the end of the season it was 19 wins from 88 home games.
They have won 17 of their 71 league games at Villa Park since December 2011, losing 35 times and averaging less than one point per match during that period.
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And before the infamous win at Reading we'd won 4 of the previous 52 league games.
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What does he call himself on that ‘how to pronounce my name’ video that came out a few days ago?
Jaden Phil O'Gene
‘Mystery’ solved.
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Job done and at least we aren't Everton 😂
When i saw the Everton result i immediately thought of us v Leicester the season we got relegated.
We were 2-0 up, and lost 3-2, i believe we lost all confidence because of that game and it all just started to fall apart after that. We played another 15 league games without a win after that result.
I can see the same thing happening to Everton, bottom of the league with no points, confidence is on the floor, the fans are getting getting agitated, looks like this will be the season they get relegated.
They have one thing we didn't. A coach who knows what needs to be done. Though even that may not be enough. Them and Leicester could get points deducted and this year it will be terminal.
Saints have lost 3 already and none of them were particularly difficult games. 2 lower half teams and top half team with 10 men for most of the game.
Lob in Ipswich.
Forest and Brentford and Dogheads probably all safe this season.
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What does he call himself on that ‘how to pronounce my name’ video that came out a few days ago?
Jaden Phil O'Gene
‘Mystery’ solved.
Not sure there was much mystery as to how Jaden Philogene is pronounced.
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What does he call himself on that ‘how to pronounce my name’ video that came out a few days ago?
Jaden Phil O'Gene
‘Mystery’ solved.
Not sure there was much mystery as to how Jaden Philogene is pronounced.
They asked him how to pronounce his name. It’’s what that is that seems to be an unfatthomable mystery to some people. Surely that’s solved now, even to those people?
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This is from the BBC Sunderland match report, those were grim years. By the end of the season it was 19 wins from 88 home games.
They have won 17 of their 71 league games at Villa Park since December 2011, losing 35 times and averaging less than one point per match during that period.
Any idea how many we've won out of our last 88 home games? Well over 50, surely.
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I wasn't paying much attention to the crowd on my feed, were the Leicester fans clacking away on their folded cardboard much?
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It won't be that high as 88 is more than 4 seasons so would include Gerrard and Smith. Under Emery we've won about two thirds of our home league games.
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It won't be that high as 88 is more than 4 seasons so would include Gerrard and Smith. Under Emery we've won about two thirds of our home league games.
44 from 96 since we came back up.
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Fair enough. I expect 66 out of 88 from the Sultan and nothing less (probably impossible even now).
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Tim is playing really well for Everton, so I'm told. However, his tracking back for Cook's goal was outrageously poor.
There was an Everton podcast posted on a thread on here yesterday, and the Everton fans seem to be laying the blame on Dyche for that. Apparently Tim had worked so hard it was obvious he was absolutely knackered, and should have been substituted.
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Still re watchibg the set piece from first goal. That was a superb bit of play. Very clever
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There were so many depressing things that season we got relegated. But one that springs to mind was a mind bogglingly stupid diving header from Richards in the Manure home game. I can’t remember whether it lead to their goal but all I can remember how ludicrous it was in context.
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Fair enough. I expect 66 out of 88 from the Sultan and nothing less (probably impossible even now).
I got bored, 21 wins and 5 draws in 33 home league games under Emery.
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There were so many depressing things that season we got relegated. But one that springs to mind was a mind bogglingly stupid diving header from Richards in the Manure home game. I can’t remember whether it lead to their goal but all I can remember how ludicrous it was in context.
I think that Christmas video with Richards as ring leader and his inner circle (no French speakers) having picked up 7 points pre Christmas was so fucking stupid - really had to be seen to be believed.
Richards crops up a lot on these worst moments discussions.
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Fair enough. I expect 66 out of 88 from the Sultan and nothing less (probably impossible even now).
I got bored, 21 wins and 5 draws in 33 home league games under Emery.
Fucking hell, that's good.
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There were so many depressing things that season we got relegated. But one that springs to mind was a mind bogglingly stupid diving header from Richards in the Manure home game. I can’t remember whether it lead to their goal but all I can remember how ludicrous it was in context.
Richards crops up a lot on these worst moments discussions.
Are you surprised?!
His time with us inspired his behaviour on the annoying "We buy any car" ads that appear during Sky football transmissions.
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Fair enough. I expect 66 out of 88 from the Sultan and nothing less (probably impossible even now).
I got bored, 21 wins and 5 draws in 33 home league games under Emery.
Only four from 12 since Sheff Utd broke the winning run. Emery out
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I thought Barkley did well when he came on.
But, I have watched the highlights today, and yes Bogarde was poor for their goal, but Ross didn’t cover himself in glory either. Apart from that, he did well.
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I thought Barkley did well when he came on.
But, I have watched the highlights today, and yes Bogarde was poor for their goal, but Ross didn’t cover himself in glory either. Apart from that, he did well.
Bit harsh for me that. Ross had to take up a position to stop him cutting inside. Once he beat Bogarde on the outside Ross was out of the game.
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
In my head I resigned myself to relegation after the Watford defeat at home in November
Was that when Sherwood got sacked? My recollection is that there was a very brief upturn in results (comparatively speaking) just before the 0-6 v Liverpool. Then we only managed a point over the rest of the season.
Honestly can’t remember if tactics got the boot after that, got s feeling he was already gone but maybe not? I was sitting in the upper north for some reason rather than the holte, just remember Deeney scoring late on, it all just felt so inevitable.
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We fell apart a bit centrally once Onana went off though Barkley did well for the 2nd goal just moments after coming on. I think the deep playmaker role will suit him better.
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People talk about that Leicester game as 'sliding doors' but we were piss weak all over that season and were going down regardless.
When failed to beat Sunderland at home early in the season despite playing OK I knew the writing was on the wall.
In my head I resigned myself to relegation after the Watford defeat at home in November
Was that when Sherwood got sacked? My recollection is that there was a very brief upturn in results (comparatively speaking) just before the 0-6 v Liverpool. Then we only managed a point over the rest of the season.
Honestly can’t remember if tactics got the boot after that, got s feeling he was already gone but maybe not? I was sitting in the upper north for some reason rather than the holte, just remember Deeney scoring late on, it all just felt so inevitable.
Sherwood was sacked end of October. Garde arrived early November, that Liverpool 6-0 home defeat was in February. The transfer window closed, we had done nothing and everybody knew we had given up.
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Apparently Leicester have been charged by the FA for bad behaviour;
https://x.com/XtraLeicester/status/1830940646733160536 (https://x.com/XtraLeicester/status/1830940646733160536)
Can't find the statement though, it seems to be coming from a Reach website...
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On BBC
Leicester City have been charged by the Football Association (FA) after their 2-1 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa on Saturday.
"It’s alleged that the club failed to ensure its players did not behave in an improper way around the 93rd minute," the FA said in a statement.
The Foxes have until 5 September to provide a response.
Badly worded.
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I'm guessing this was after the last Vardy dive which the ref seemed to point to the spot for, and then was overridden by the offside. As it wasn't a goal, I don't think VAR can intervene for the offside call even if it was wrong.
Anyway, was there any difference between what they did with the ref compared to when ManU, ManC, Liverpool or Arsenal confront the ref when a decision goes against them?