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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on October 02, 2024, 09:56:00 PM
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Decent enough. And Bowery does it again.
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We always beat them 1:0 .....
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1982 all over again...
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Unbelievable
Proud
Emi motm
One of the greatest nights in our history
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They must hate us. How many other teams have a 100% win record against Munich in the European Cup.
For Gary......
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Yawn, same as always.
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So proud. Oh my nerves. FML
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wow
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BBC Remembers......
FT: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Remember six years ago today a Villa fan threw a cabbage at manager Steve Bruce in the Championship.
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Sie werden die Villa nie schlagen!
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Get in!
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UNAI UNAI UNAI
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Need to change my boxers
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Fuck me, what a goal!
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clean sheet?!
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Never in doubt!
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Are we back or what? That was for our Gary.
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Brilliant! Our first clean sheet!!
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I would have taken a draw after the first 10 minutes. But we grew into it and I think we deserved that in the end. One mistake from their keeper was the difference, and ours was on top form.
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Shout out to Philogene for stepping up - spent most of the night pressing.
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We’ve ended a seven year record of unbeaten group games for them.
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Brilliant! Our first clean sheet!!
Young Boys
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speechless still .
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How can we concede 2 aqainst Ipswich and Everton and keep a clean sheet against Bayern? It's a funny old game.
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My word - let’s dispel the bollocks that Pau can’t defend well. Also DC, what a fucking performance.
JD wow. I thought Ross was excellent too.
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Brilliant! Our first clean sheet!!
Second. First at home though.
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They must hate us. How many other teams have a 100% win record against Munich in the European Cup.
For Gary......
I don't think we bother them much, as they sit there like Smaug on their huge pile of trophies.
Anyway, what a fantastic win that was. And a clean sheet to boot. Let's keep it up for Sunday, the one I really want us to win.
I think we are maybe halfway there to the points needed for the playoff round at least? What do we think? Or is 15 more likely to be the cutoff?
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I seemed to say it after every Conference League game last season but I am never complaining about English referees again.
What a win, what a historic night.
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My word - let’s dispel the bollocks that Pau can’t defend well. Also DC, what a fucking performance.
JD wow. I thought Ross was excellent too.
Philogene was an absolute Trojan as well.
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VILLA ARE BACK
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I did not see a result like this coming. Superb!
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Just need to see which of our walking wounded are available for the next match.
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A perfect 10 from the lot of them.
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Emi has just said it’s the loudest he’s ever heard it at VP and they watched videos of Neuer off his line a lot.
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What a team, what a fucking manager. Thank you for one of my greatest nights at Villa Park😀
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A draw would be a ridiculously good result for us
No. We're at home. A draw isn't a ridiculouy good result against anyone with the exception of needing it to guarantee a trophy win or something similar.
We should be hopeful of beating anyone at home. That's our level now. We aren't Lambert era Villa. Time to change the mentality.
See.
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Can’t keep a clean sheet in the PL but we do in the CL. Make that make sense.
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How can we concede 2 aqainst Ipswich and Everton and keep a clean sheet against Bayern? It's a funny old game.
We seem to match the opposition levels. We play well against the good teams and shite against the shite teams.
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Six years ago Bruce had a cabbage chucked at his head...
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They must hate us. How many other teams have a 100% win record against Munich in the European Cup.
For Gary......
I don't think we bother them much, as they sit there like Smaug on their huge pile of trophies.
Anyway, what a fantastic win that was. And a clean sheet to boot. Let's keep it up for Sunday, the one I really want us to win.
I think we are maybe halfway there to the points needed for the playoff round at least? What do we think? Or is 15 more likely to be the cutoff?
Three more points should see us in the playoff, 15 could be top eight.
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We'll have to screw things up spectacularly to not qualify from here.
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Magic, just magic.
Wish Stu was there to have seen it.
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Emi has just said it’s the loudest he’s ever heard it at VP and they watched videos of Neuer off his line a lot.
Yes, I could see that from Duran's finish. He knew, he didn't need to think about it.
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Emi had his best game of the season so far.
Duran can score any type of goal. Nothing he can't do.
Great to see Jaden play so well. Looks far more comfortable on the left.
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Brilliant. Savour it.
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Right up there as one of the great VP nights, absolutely brilliant Villa and another world class goal by big Jhon.
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A draw would be a ridiculously good result for us
No. We're at home. A draw isn't a ridiculouy good result against anyone with the exception of needing it to guarantee a trophy win or something similar.
We should be hopeful of beating anyone at home. That's our level now. We aren't Lambert era Villa. Time to change the mentality.
See.
Just enjoy the win man
Unbelievable night for us!!
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No more embarrassing inferiority complex nonsense.
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Magic, just magic.
Wish Stu was there to have seen it.
Indeed.
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And we've still got Kamara, Mings, Cash, McGinn, a fit Bailey etc to come back!!
So feckin proud.
Well done lads.
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Emi had his best game of the season so far.
Duran can score any type of goal. Nothing he can't do.
Great to see Jaden play so well. Looks far more comfortable on the left.
I think most apart from the out of sorts Bailey had the game of their life, just in different ways.
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Superb.
Diego Carlos, take a bow. Imperious today. Probably the man of the match for me and a very special shoutout to Jaden who I thought played incredibly well. They've both been hammered here in the past week alone (and not without cause).
Unai made a huge call by playing Jaden but I think it may just be one of those turning point games for him. He looked like he belonged today and he looked like he believed it too. Well done.
Everyone bar Bailey did well. I'm not sure what is up with Leon at the moment. He didn't look sharp, didn't look fit. He's been way below his best all season. I felt when the boards went up he should have gone off but just wondered if Unai might refrain from subbing the sub who hadn't been on too long. But this is Unai. Everyone could see it wasn't happening for Bailey, even Bailey seemed to know. Do wonder if he's playing with an injury.
As for Duran. I mean it's just par for the course ain't it. He's the best there is at what he does.
Great night.
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2-0 on aggregate.
Can we play, can we play, can we play you every 42 years.
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Through all the celebrations, just to say how shit was the ref. How the fuck did we end up with more yellows than them?
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World class goal, World class saves and a World class manager.
And isn’t that the Ex Burnley manager out there?
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Unbelievable
Proud
Emi motm
One of the greatest nights in our history
A special night, certainly, but for me the great nights are when we win trophies. I'm delighted especially for our younger fans who have never seen such occasions - may they witness many more to come in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.
All credit to Unai and the players, the tactics were spot on and we deservedly won. UTV!!
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Emi had his best game of the season so far.
Duran can score any type of goal. Nothing he can't do.
Great to see Jaden play so well. Looks far more comfortable on the left.
I think most apart from the out of sorts Bailey had the game of their life, just in different ways.
Maatsen was a bit below par but yes, even Carlos played really well.
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Unbelievable
Proud
motm
One of the greatest nights in our history
[/quote]Unbelievable
Proud
Emi motm
One of the greatest nights in our history
The club has transformed from that abysmal 0-3 loss to Fulham, to now beating one of the top top clubs in europe!!!
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We'll be talking about tonight in 20 years time! Nights like tonight can change the course of history for a club. Tonight we showed we belong. This is the sort of result that makes people sit up and take notice. This is the result that makes the players and fans of other clubs suddenly wonder just what's happening at Villa Park.
We are a Champions League side. And a bloody good one.
A quarter of the way through the league phase and we're ahead of Man City, Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern, both Milan clubs. On Merit.
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You’ll never beat the Villa!
You’ll never beat the Villa!
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Duran's goal in in the report.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwylq94drj9t
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Better side won. YYYEEEESSSSSSSS
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So hard to call a motm, there's 5-6 players who deserve a mention but for me Torres just edges it because of the pass for the goal.
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World class. We are finishing top 8 unless we capitulate. Hardest game of the group by far.
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Fucking hell
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I think Philogene could become a pretty special player for us.
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Philogene was superb tonight and will surely kick on from this.
Arsenal Carlos turned up tonight, Torres was World class. Bailey's lack of interest is hopefully down to not being fit. Emi was amazing.
To think we have SJM, Mings, Kamera and Cash to come back into this squad too.
We have one of the top three managers in the world
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Nice routine home win there.
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Fuck. Me. Ragged.
So proud. We are Villa.
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World class goal, World class saves and a World class manager.
And isn’t that the Ex Burnley manager out there?
Losing at Villa wont cost him his job though. Unlike Ten Hag on Sunday.
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Solid 3 points. Lovely goal to win it.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwylq94drj9t
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I thought Torres was outstanding tonight. So composed on the ball. Especially early on when so many struggled. Shout out to Konsa and Carlos, monumental improvement from Sunday in their performances. Huge credit to Emery's man management skills too, Philogene starting tonight was a huge decision after Sunday and incredible show of faith in a young player. Getting Duran back on track some achievement too. Also didn't bottle the hard but correct decision with Bailey.
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Wow.
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I thought Torres was outstanding tonight. So composed on the ball. Especially early on when so many struggled. Shout out to Konsa and Carlos, monumental improvement from Sunday in their performances. Huge credit to Emery's man management skills too, Philogene starting tonight was a huge decision after Sunday and incredible show of faith in a young player. Getting Duran back on track some achievement too. Also didn't bottle the hard but correct decision with Bailey.
Spot on.
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Shaking here at home, don’t know what it is like to be there, sounded amazing.
Emi incredible, Carlos transformed, Philogene great , Pau imperious, Watkins great and Big John just wow!
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Brilliant! Our first clean sheet!!
Young Boys
Brilliant!! Our second clean sheet! (Right?)
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Brilliant! Our first clean sheet!!
… since Young Boys, and before thatArsenal away and Wolves at home last season.
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Morgan Rogers on TV. A career in punditry beckons. After he’s won everything with us obviously.
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Duran's goal in in the report.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwylq94drj9t
Looked at that about 5 times, this one definitely comes off a boot.
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Through all the celebrations, just to say how shit was the ref. How the fuck did we end up with more yellows than them?
UEFA have sponsors and the German market is their biggest. Get used to it.
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Morgan Rogers on TV. A career in punditry beckons. After he’s won everything with us obviously.
Loved how he said Unai started talking about Sunday
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He played the same back 4 that was poor against Ipswich.
He played Carlos and Jaden that honestly been shit in the last games.
In this iconic match. They give every thing they got in probably the best match they played in their lives.
imagine how this will build them up. How it will show other players what Unai will do for them if they apply themselves.
Unai is just a World Class manager. They can be named Pep or Klopp or what fucking ever.....can we just keep Emery FORVER!!!
Being on that pitch today...how the hell do you top that? Win the whole thing ?!
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Can’t keep a clean sheet in the PL but we do in the CL. Make that make sense.
We play our best defence in the toughest games.
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Such a special special night. For me it’s payback for all the bad times, when other fans have taken the piss out of us, the days of Bruce and Gerrard. This is what supporting us is all about. Everyone out there put a shift in especially us, the fans. Brilliant I haven’t felt this good since the last time we beat them
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
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now looks like a good handball from Carlos, otherwise they were in. Emi would've saved it anyway, but whatever.
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Think the Prince might just have wet himself when Duran scored.
Royalty aside he just looked like a Villa Fan going bonkers !
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???
My word - let’s dispel the bollocks that Pau can’t defend well. Also DC, what a fucking performance.
JD wow. I thought Ross was excellent too.
Philogene was an absolute Trojan as well.
Excellent game
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What. A. Night. What. A. Club.
Special mentions for Carlos, Pau, Philogene. Martinez and of course Duran.
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
He works in blocks of 5.
5/10 or 10/10
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
He plays unbelievable against the great sides ans shit against the crap teams. If he was consistently goid like tonight he would be one of the best defenders in the league
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
He works in blocks of 5.
5/10 or 10/10
We should just tell him we're playing Man City, Arsenal or Bayern Munich every week. "But boss, they're wearing Ipswich shirts." "No Diego, it's Man City, I swear down."
To be fair, we made Delap look like Haaland.
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
He works in blocks of 5.
5/10 or 10/10
We should just tell him we're playing Man City, Arsenal or Bayern Munich every week. "But boss, they're wearing Ipswich shirts." "No Diego, it's Man City, I swear down."
To be fair, we made Delap look like Haaland.
Hahaha good plan !
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We actually are Bayern Munich's bogey side.
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He seems to play well when we need to defend and play a counter-attack and not play possession football. If we need to do the latter, he can't then concentrate on defending.
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Unai masterclass.
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
He plays unbelievable against the great sides
Ah, you’ve noticed. So you wanted him to play tonight then?
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Morgan Rogers on TV. A career in punditry beckons. After he’s won everything with us obviously.
He's got 15 years at Villa first. Then we get let him go to the Albion to help them back to the 2nd tier.
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Wonderful, brilliant from nearly every player and another managerial masterclass before and during the game.
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How can we concede 2 aqainst Ipswich and Everton and keep a clean sheet against Bayern? It's a funny old game.
We seem to match the opposition levels. We play well against the good teams and shite against the shite teams.
I’m not sure it’s that. I think against sides like this it’s fine to set up to defend and counter, but against the “lesser” sides we need to be front footed. It means we create more, but we’re more open. It’s why someone like Kamara is key, but we do need to find the defensive balance when we’re expected to dominate.
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
He plays unbelievable against the great sides
Ah, you’ve noticed. So you wanted him to play tonight then?
Not sure why you are trying to pick a argument tonight after such a unbelievable win.
Just enjoy the win man
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I posted a negative prediction and I was wrong. Not that I was pessimistic about the season as a whole, but thought we’d get battered tonight.
Emery shows again that he does horses for courses, unlike Kompany. It was a magnificent performance, but a special shout out to Philogene. He did little going forward, but defensively he was incredible.
That’s why Emery picked him.
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So we’re officially their bogey team now. Absolutely superb performance. UTFV
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Villa are back.
Pollen count high tonight. Sniff
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Fantastic night. Brilliant peformance throughout the team. Excellent build up to the game all day, full of nostalgia. One of the most emotional nights ever. In many ways, it felt even sweeter than '81 & '82, given where we have been since.
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Just finished watching...That was insane. Glorious performance all round.
I was nervous about starting Jaden, but he was one of the best performers on our team tonight. When Jhon came on I told my daughter he was going to chip one over Neuer's head and score - you're welcome :)
Who was Bayern's no.9, he was shit.
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Shout out to Philogene for stepping up - spent most of the night pressing.
He got better and better in the game.
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I never thought I'd see Villa do anything like this. I'm lost for words. I'm so, so proud. I can't believe we just did that.
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One of the great nights
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
He plays unbelievable against the great sides
Ah, you’ve noticed. So you wanted him to play tonight then?
Not sure why you are trying to pick a argument tonight after such a unbelievable win.
Just enjoy the win man
Hark who’s talking - the match-thread manic depressive. I’m enjoying more than you know. Jumped straight into a taxi outside the ground having shared a wonderful night with my kids that they’ll never forget as long as they live. And really enjoying poking football illiterates about how they no doubt reacted when they saw the team that me and Unai picked.
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I never thought I'd see Villa do anything like this. I'm lost for words. I'm so, so proud. I can't believe we just did that.
We are Aston Villa. Lets start expecting this sort of thing 😊
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Shout out to Philogene for stepping up - spent most of the night pressing.
Not quite Paul Birch v Lothar Matthaus shades of composure and ownership.
But as a shock tactic to unsettle more illustrious opponents it's up there.
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European Cup football is fairly straightforward.
Villa play Bayern.
Villa's number 9 scores a 2nd half winner.
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Me and my cousin were shouting at the players to lob him all evening. Easy this coaching lark.
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I never thought I'd see Villa do anything like this. I'm lost for words. I'm so, so proud. I can't believe we just did that.
We are Aston Villa. Lets start expecting this sort of thing 😊
It's going to take about 30 years of being decent to undo the 30 years of being shite! But I'm with you in principle!
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Philogene did remarkably well.
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Unbelievable
Proud
Emi motm
One of the greatest nights in our history
A special night, certainly, but for me the great nights are when we win trophies. I'm delighted especially for our younger fans who have never seen such occasions - may they witness many more to come in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.
Nearly up there with a League Cup semi-final when we were in the Third Division.
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We're going to win this thing, you know.
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For Gary Shaw and Tony Barton. Hope their enjoying a nice glass of bubbly in the sky
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Some Bayern Munich twat on Talksport said Emery looks like Captain Scarlett, he's born in England and originally from Sheffield and a utd fan,let it go we stayed up
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To think they won 9.0 the other week.
I’m still buzzing
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Amazing result, terrific goal, redemption for Carlos and especially Philogene.
Torres, Martinez, Duran, Tielemans, take an extra low bow.
Felt a bit sorry for Bailey, who clearly wasn’t fit.
Without wishing to piss on the collective fire, I’ll feel even better when we learn to go toe to toe with teams like this on the ball.
UTV!
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Well, that was good wor it? I can't pick a player out, everyone was immense.
We're not just a Champions League team, we look like a Champions League team.
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Lovely to hear Hitzleperger (may be incorrect spelling, had a few drinks) speak with a hint of a Brummie accent.
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F365 still do the best match reports.
Unai Emery wants to turn nights like this for Aston Villa into the norm and if anyone can it’s him. But this was anything but normal. Jhon Duran, you beauty.
Bayern Munich offered a compelling answer in the first 15 minutes to the question posed by the Aston Villa fans at kick-off. Who the f***ing hell are we? The team your lot can’t get the ball off.
All 20 outfield players were in Villa’s half, with Joshua Kimmich dictating play from midfield as those ahead of him interchanged positions in a fluid Vincent Kompany system that prioritises third-man runs and counter-pressing.
Kompany’s side are now a team playing in a manner in keeping with the quality they have in their ranks, as displayed by them scoring nine goals on matchday one in the Champions League and 30 goals across their seven games so far this season. Make no mistake – despite this result – after a fallow season, Bayern Munich are a force to be reckoned with again; a significantly better side than the one that knocked a limp Arsenal out of the competition six months ago.
Michael Olise forced a stunning save from Emiliano Martinez with a dipping shot seemingly destined for the top corner, Serge Gnabry blazed a shot wide having been sent through after a particularly good move from front to back when he should have squared it for Harry Kane, and it felt as though Bayern would eventually break the Villa rearguard, stubborn though it was.
But Villa didn’t need much of the ball to show they very much belong back in Europe’s showcase competition, playing in a repeat of the final they won 42 years ago.
And with 1982 hero Peter Withe watching from the stands it was Aston Villa’s current striker putting the willies up Bayern on Wednesday. Ollie Watkins won all five of his duels in the first half, most of them against Dayot Upamecano, who was frequently left one on one with a guy you really don’t want to be left one on one with.
The centre-back could quite easily have been shown a straight red for bringing Watkins down as the last man in the 15th minute – a challenge the referee inexplicably waved away – and certainly should have played no further part after a very similar challenge saw him cautioned seven minutes later.
“They just need to get that pass right once” was the call on commentary. Unai Emery will argue they did – twice – and should have reaped the deserved reward of playing the majority of the game with an extra man. Turns out they didn’t need the advantage. Not when you’ve got Super Jhon Duran.
That’s now six goals in under 300 minutes of football this season for Duran, five of them clinching victory for his side; this was another beauty.
Pau Torres – who had a fine goal ruled out for offside midway through the first half and was utterly brilliant throughout, both in and out of possession – played a pinpoint 50-yard pass to split the Bayern defence and after a quick glance over his shoulder to spot that Manuel Neuer was doing his I’m A Frustrated Midfielder bit, Duran lifted the ball over the goalkeeper in a moment that combined sheer joy and a sense of inevitability, because this is just what this extraordinary young footballer does.
It got us thinking: do Villa have the second and third best strikers in the Premier League? A debate for another time perhaps, and there will no doubt be further questions as to how Emery can get both of them into his team.
Not that us mere mortals should be questioning what the Spaniard is doing. Having masterminded a two-legged victory over Bayern with Villarreal just over two years ago, he’s beaten them again with another underdog that had its back to the wall for the majority of the game but delivered the killer moment.
Villarreal were knocked out by Liverpool in the semi-final that season, and while we’re not giddy enough just yet to suggest Villa can match that feat in their first taste of top level European football for over four decades, under Emery, after this result, with Big Jhon Duran a guaranteed goal from the bench in every game they play, Villa will fancy getting a result against any team they come up against.
“My idea is to try to get something natural,” Unai Emery said in his pre-match press conference, in reference to a feeling shared by all Villa fans, that it’s “very bad” that the club hasn’t played in the Champions League/European Cup since 1983, with a view to turning what was a night full of emotion for everyone associated with Villa into the norm.
This was anything but normal. It was special; a landmark moment in an incredible rise of a football club that may some time reasonably soon see a 1-0 over the six-time champions of Europe as a run-of-the-mill occurrence. Not just yet though. For now, euphoria isn’t just allowed but expected.
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This bloke Emery is alright isn’t he?
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
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Hard to put words on this . So proud. Emotional timing to perfection .
Can't single many out but Carlos after all the shit he's taken was immense , Philogene too. Emery is an absolute genius of a manger too . UTFV
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Go on ..admit it..how many times have you watched that goal..I said 1:0 Duran bicycle kick...but i'll take a 30 yarder all day long....
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This last two years have morphed between a dream and mirage.
The one thing we must do now is actually win something within the next year or two, everything at the club is now set up for it.
Amazing stuff tonight but I wasn't genuinely that shocked how the game panned out once we settled after the nervy first 15 minutes.
You saw in the first half we had the tools to hurt them on the break but couldn't quite get the final ball right and when we did the ref just refused to give us fouls.
Then we did second and that Duran goal is up there with the Withe moment just for the sense of occasion.
It's a great target now to finish top 8 in this group stage and avoid the play offs in February.
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
He’s not quite right is he? He’s not dancing around with the ball, lost that zip or gallop as you put it.
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I want this night to go on, and on.
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
and Onana. Look like they’ve taken a knock
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I want this night to go on, and on.
Me too! I’ve just got in and will watch it again before work at 2am. Should be a few Villa podcasts ready to pass the time at work then I’ll probably watch it again in the morning.
Looking forward to seeing the gaffer, who said this morning as I left that “I’ll see you at 2, probably with your tail between your legs”.
And the depot manager, last seen moaning about Carlos, and Konsa at right back.
Both Villa fans to be fair.
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Very few individual results/games are genuinely meaningful and something you can look back on for years to come, but this is one of those results. The quality of the goal helps as an exclamation point for the memory, but regardless of what happens in this year’s Champions League or the years to come this just has emotional weight to it. It’s huge and is important in the history of the club. It’s also put a full stop on a longstanding record for them too.
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What a night! The last couple of seasons have thrown up some great games at Villa Park, but that probably tops the lot.
As a game, probably not too dissimilar to our only other meeting with them!
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Are you watching Karl-Heinz Rummenigge😎
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What a night! The last couple of seasons have thrown up some great games at Villa Park, but that probably tops the lot.
As a game, probably not too dissimilar to our only other meeting with them!
We were singing to them outside the away end:
“It’s happened again
It’s happened again
Bayern Munich
It’s happened again”
They were very smiley and not overly bothered.
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A landmark result and special, special night. UTV.
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What a game. Aston Villa, to a man, absolutely brilliant.
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
I honestly think he is missing Diaby. They were obviously great mates coming from Leverkusen and now he has left, he seems to have gone back to the seasons before form.
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I think tonight is about much more than the 3 points we put on the board, it's about the fact that we went up against a brilliant team, one which is a machine which eats up trophies, one for which playing these CL matches has been second nature for decades, and we looked like we belonged there - that alone would have been enough for us. Looking like we are not out of place there, looking like we belong.
The fact we beat them, too, is a bonus.
We are where we belong.
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I think that is a bit of a leap, and if he's struggling because a mate has left then he's going to be in trouble.
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I thought Torres was outstanding tonight. So composed on the ball. Especially early on when so many struggled. Shout out to Konsa and Carlos, monumental improvement from Sunday in their performances. Huge credit to Emery's man management skills too, Philogene starting tonight was a huge decision after Sunday and incredible show of faith in a young player. Getting Duran back on track some achievement too. Also didn't bottle the hard but correct decision with Bailey.
Completely agree with all of this. I said to some friends on the concourse at half time, Torres looks like he belongs in this company.
The only thing I would say is before the game Bailey was training on his own, I genuinely think he’s carrying an injury.
Incredible night, quite emotional. This man Emery is transformational for Aston Villa. Im 50 and Ive never seen football management like this.
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What a night!
Bailey had the most strapping ive ever seen on his thigh i’ve ever seen on a footballer. Clearly injured.
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…yeah…amazing…thanks Villa.
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Just got home… that was a bit good.
:P
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I’ve had to take a shower, just saying xD
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Fingers crossed
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We just beat Bayern!
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Biggest win since King’s penalty?
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"This match feels like a landmark, what sort of landmark I'm not sure but fortune favours the optimistic so I'm plumping for a night that we will be talking about in the Memories section of this site in years to come"
That's what I wrote in hope.
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What a win, I think my adrenaline levels are finally coming down. For a game that didn't really mean that much in the grand scheme of things, I dont think I've ever been as stressed. Especially with that late free kick.
For all their possession, and at times it felt like trench warfare, they didn't create as much as they should have being as they had shit loads of world class players camped on the edge of our 18 yard line, and that is down to the immense concentration levels we showed.
Fuck me they were good, so quick, so physical, so disciplined and brilliant in transition. As good as I've ever seen.
But not quite good enough....UTV
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From The Athletic
ASTON VILLA 1
BAYERN MUNICH 0
HOW SUPERSUB JOHN DURAN SCORED HIS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STUNNER
Jhon Duran scored a stunning goal off the bench once again to deliver a famous Champions League victory over Bayern Munich on a big night at Villa Park.
Villa thought they had taken the lead in the 22nd minute when Pau Torres poked home, only for VAR to rule Jacob Ramsey had strayed offside in the build-up.
The game was the first in this tournament to be played at Villa Park in 41 years and was also a repeat of the 1982 European Cup final that Villa won. In attendance was William, Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne.
Bayern dominated possession at times and had good chances themselves with Emi Martinez at his best to deny Harry Kane but it was Duran who again showcased the talent that has led team-mates to say he “can be one of the best strikers in the world”.
HOW DID DURAN SCORE FROM THERE?
Duran is arguably the best supersub in Europe. And on Villa Park’s biggest night in decades and in the Champions League against Bayern Munich, he was the difference-maker again.
Duran was introduced in the 69th minute after Ollie Watkins’ battle with Dayot Upamecano had run its course. Villa manager Unai Emery recognised that with Duran’s pace and power, freshness might offer the point of difference.
The goal itself was a mess from a defensive standpoint but was a result of Bayern’s defenders being content to follow Villa’s attackers and, in turn, be dragged out of shape.
Goalkeeper Martinez started off the move quickly before Torres played a whipped left-footed pass into the channel where Duran was ahead of Upamecano.
As the ball bounced towards him, the Colombia international had one look up to spot how far advanced Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was.
And while he had little time to set himself, he epitomised his confidence by backing himself to lob Neuer, who was stranded outside of his box.
Duran’s record off the bench in all competitions now reads nine goals and 38 shots from an xG of 4.55 — effectively finishing twice as well as the average striker.
DID WATKINS SOFTEN UP UPAMECANO?
Bayern’s aggressive, man-for-man pressing took one major risk: they were leaving Watkins isolated against Upamecano.
Vincent Kompany clearly felt there were enough upsides, being able to stifle Villa’s central-focused build-up and dominating possession (65 per cent in the first half).
However, the fatal flaw in the scheme was consistently exposed in the first half. Villa’s early counter-attacking play struggled to materialise, often picking the wrong pass after a regain or executing it poorly. It took them 15 minutes, but they found their rhythm and the passes to Watkins started to click.
On the first occasion where Watkins was in a footrace against Upamecano, with the France international the only defender between him and the goal, they got their legs in a tangle and both hit the floor. Watkins had him booked later in the half when he dropped in as Villa built up, then spun in behind and Upamecano pulled him over.
Kompany had spoken of Villa’s “threat on the counter and the runs they want to make in behind” before the game, listing it as the reason for their success last season.
It took them 80 minutes, and the substitution of Duran for Watkins, but Villa finally made the most of Upamecano being on a yellow card. He’d made some risky but clean and aggressive touch-tight tackles when Watkins dropped in and received passes to feet. With a fresh Duran on, Villa could double down on going in behind, and Duran’s freedom to lob Neuer owed to Upamecano being booked and unable to dive in.
HOW LOUD WAS VILLA PARK?
There are venues where the Champions League anthem is drowned out by boos. Not Villa Park. Aston Villa’s supporters were so pumped up — so excited to hear it inside their stadium at last — that they belted out the last words, “THE CHAMPIONS!”, the way some of the Italian fans do.
There were fireworks too, adding to the sense of occasion, but a party atmosphere gave way to a certain nervous tension once the action started and Bayern enjoyed long spells of possession, undeterred by the enquiries from the Holte End, where the home fans asked, “Who the f***ing hell are you?”
By the end of the evening, the atmosphere had changed completely to one of celebration. It called to mind some of the great nights at Villa Park against Anderlecht and Juventus in the 1980s and Inter Milan in the 1990s. Bayern’s supporters will not forget the deafening roar that greeted Duran’s goal. Villa Park was back on the European football map and it felt so right.
WHY WAS TORRES' GOAL RULED OUT?
Villa Park celebrated wildly after Torres finished smartly in the 22nd minute to put the home side ahead only for it to be ruled out after a VAR check.
While there was nothing wrong with Torres’ poked close-range finish, the video official spotted that Ramsey (41) was offside from the initial long free kick.
Play was initially allowed to continue and the 23-year-old eventually chased the ball down to keep it in play before it was worked back into the box for Torres eventually to finish, only to have his celebrations cut short.
WHy DID BAYERN’S ATTACKING TALENTS FAIL TO FIRE?
Can any club in Europe rival Bayern Munich’s attacking options? Real Madrid for quality, perhaps, but not in terms of strength or depth.
Bayern could never quite find the right combination tonight, though. Kompany started with Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise and Kingsley Coman behind Kane before turning to Jamal Musiala at half-time and Leroy Sane midway through the second half. Bayern dominated possession and frequently enjoyed spells of pressure, but chances were scarce until stoppage time, when Gnabry missed a sitter and Kane saw a free kick deflected wide and a header brilliantly saved by Martinez.
Villa defended superbly, responding to Emery’s call for better concentration, but an off-night for Bayern’s forward line might focus minds in Munich following their free-scoring start to the season.
They have scored 29 goals in their first six games of the season in all competitions but the last two games, at home against Bayer Leverkusen and away at Villa, have seen a lack of penetration — exacerbated in this case by the manner in which Duran punished Upamecano for the type of minor lapse that always seemed Villa’s most likely route to victory.
HOW WAS PHILOGENE'S FIRST START?
There was only one surprise in Aston Villa’s starting XI — Jaden Philogene replacing Leon Bailey. Philogene was yet to start a game since rejoining Villa from Hull City in the summer.
Philogene was tasked with offering support to Ezri Konsa down Villa’s right, which was an arduous challenge for a 22-year-old who had only played regular football in the Championship to this point. Bayern would station their full-backs high and wide, while Coman would drift into pockets in the left channel and along with Olise drifting over, Bayern intended to create a three-versus-two against Philogene and Konsa down that side.
In the early stages, Philogene looked visibly unsure of who to track — particularly when the ball was on the opposite side, often being either too deep and replicating a right-back or too high. Villa had just 34 per cent possession in the first half, meaning Philogene’s role was mainly without the ball.
He did, however, look more comfortable after switching flanks, owing to Ramsey midway through the first half. Philogene was secure with the ball and combined well with Lucas Digne but had very few one-on-one opportunities against Bayern right-back Konrad Laimer, attempting just one dribble before the break and remained focused on a disciplined role in the second half, even switching back to the right on the hour mark.
While his performance was not one of his typical flair, he carried out the functional remit Emery desired.
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
I think it's self belief with Bailey, once it drops he starts to doubt himself physically. He played a number of games towards the end of last season heavily strapped up but still performed. Emery hooked him in Liverpool last year and it didn't finish him. It was the right call tonight though, it was arguably harsh that day in Liverpool.
It was a difficult game to come into tonight. I thought Maatsen and Barkley couldn't get to the pace of it either, no such problem for JD.
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Thank You El Maestro.
What a performance by all the players sticking to the plan.
So happy beyond words.
Let's all enjoy these moments.
Duran you're a shooting star!
Up The Villa!!
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Its hard to judge Baileys fitness level based on tonight. He was up against one of the quickest players on the planet in Davies so was never going to look his normal nippy self
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I said to my daughter on the way out, that has cost a fortune and I didn't enjoy a moment of it between kick off and the goal, and then between then and the final whistle. But fantastic value for money.
I have principles, and if you don't like them, I have others.
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Some Bayern Munich twat on Talksport said Emery looks like Captain Scarlett, he's born in England and originally from Sheffield and a utd fan,let it go we stayed up
He was completely illiterate chatting absolute rubbish to be honest given he started rabbiting about Ken Dodd as well 🤣
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I enjoyed every single second of it. Other than injury time.
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Just a brilliant night, still buzzing from a great atmosphere and result. Unai is a word removed genius.
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Bailey doesn’t look fit to me. He’s a brilliant player, and he normally works hard defensively, but he looks short of a gallop at the moment. He’ll be back and brilliant.
I honestly think he is missing Diaby. They were obviously great mates coming from Leverkusen and now he has left, he seems to have gone back to the seasons before form.
I really don’t think this is it given they didn’t really dovetail that well last season and it really became one or the other for a lot of it
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We hung on for large parts of the game. That is what we were set up to do, as a pure football contest Bayern were better than us. Unfortunately for them, games are decided by goals, we scored they didn’t 1 nil.
Our defence was immense, Carlos Pau Phillogene were incredible.
What a goal from Panda.
Looked very much like the way we set up in Emery first season with reverting to 6 at the back when needed.
Wow.
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The only way that could have been any more perfect was if we had brought Joe Gauci on after 9 minutes
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Hope all the HEITS, from Gary Shaw to Godzvilla! saw tonight's game from some celestial plane.
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That was amazing.
Peace and love everyone. Xx
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Great team effort , great management and subs. Martinez / Carlos MOTM .
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The BBC Five Live commentary of the goal is worth a listen - reminded me of listening to games in my dad’s car as a kid (back in the days when every single match wasn’t on the TV, kids). Nothing quite like radio to capture the sheer roar of the crowd:
https://x.com/bbcsport/status/1841625602656288928?s=46&t=sdYSNbOz6BrtXJontbh7Gg
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Bailey was warming up on his own with a fitness coach before the game so I'm suspect he had an injury. Had to come on for Ramsey but it was clear he wasn't moving freely. It was like playing with 10 men. Correct decision to take him back off.
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Carlos was superb. I dont get this guy!! 😂
You just have a bad memory.
He plays unbelievable against the great sides
Ah, you’ve noticed. So you wanted him to play tonight then?
Not sure why you are trying to pick a argument tonight after such a unbelievable win.
Just enjoy the win man
Hark who’s talking - the match-thread manic depressive. I’m enjoying more than you know. Jumped straight into a taxi outside the ground having shared a wonderful night with my kids that they’ll never forget as long as they live. And really enjoying poking football illiterates about how they no doubt reacted when they saw the team that me and Unai picked.
Good to hear mate. Last night was incredible. Up there with one of the greatest nights of my life as a villa fan.it will special for all the kids who were there to experience that
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Just got up, I can’t believe we beat the 12 players of Bayern.
The officials are no better than the premier league.
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Just got up, I can’t believe we beat the 12 players of Bayern.
The officials are no better than the premier league.
Absolutely. We won, and it won’t get much press, but jeez - awful refereeing.
Anyway, where’s my voice gone???
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I think it might have been Chris Sutton who commented that we gad to fight a rearguard action most of the match. He must be off his tits.
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Bailey was warming up on his own with a fitness coach before the game so I'm suspect he had an injury. Had to come on for Ramsey but it was clear he wasn't moving freely. It was like playing with 10 men. Correct decision to take him back off.
He looked disappointed but I was impressed by his attitude to it. He greeted his replacement and went calmly. The Bailey of a couple of years ago would have stropped. This says a lot about his development and our development (we have become a place where players are happy to be part of a squad) but also likely does indicate that he knows he is not fully fit.
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I can’t think of a word strong enough to describe that performance last night.
Elite. Magnificent. Magical. Perfect?
All I know is that I am incredibly proud of the team, the club, the manager and the fans.
It was incredible night.
Absolute prise to Carlos who was my MOTM. I really don’t rate him, but he was absolutely brilliant last night. Why can’t he be like that all the time?
Finally, a word on the stadium.
Villa Park was absolutely stunning.
The pre match build up, the lights, the new strip lighting, the music , the flag, the noise.
It was breathtaking and a credit to every single person connected with Aston Villa.
There is no better place to watch football, than our cathedral.
We are the envy of so many.
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Finally, a word on the stadium.
Villa Park was absolutely stunning.
The pre match build up, the lights, the new strip lighting, the music , the flag, the noise.
It was breathtaking and a credit to every single person connected with Aston Villa.
There is no better place to watch football, than our cathedral.
We are the envy of so many.
Just watching on TV the stadium somehow did seem 'different'. Not sure if the CL have their own teams to dress the stadium, but it just looked another level.
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And now for the morning after, with a smile the Cheshire cat couldn't manage on it's best day that will carry us through the working day!
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I can’t think of a word strong enough to describe that performance last night.
Elite. Magnificent. Magical. Perfect?
All I know is that I am incredibly proud of the team, the club, the manager and the fans.
It was incredible night.
Absolute prise to Carlos who was my MOTM. I really don’t rate him, but he was absolutely brilliant last night. Why can’t he be like that all the time?
Finally, a word on the stadium.
Villa Park was absolutely stunning.
The pre match build up, the lights, the new strip lighting, the music , the flag, the noise.
It was breathtaking and a credit to every single person connected with Aston Villa.
There is no better place to watch football, than our cathedral.
We are the envy of so many.
Spot on, mate.
Absolutely on top of the world today. Knackered, but joyous.
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Knackered, voice has gone but an unbelievable performance and victory.
I know it was expensive to go to the game last night, but anyone who was there will never forget last night, brilliant.
We will talk about this game for the next 20 years +.
Thank you Mr. Emery and the owners for returning this club to our rightful place amongst the European elite.
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Still buzzing, could hardly sleep to be honest, thank you Villa, you really have got my old juices flowing, UTV.
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Are we Bayern's Rapid Vienna?
Don't get how Diego Carlos can be so dreadful against Ipswich, but excellent against Bayern, Arse and Man City?
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Yes, very hard to get to sleep after a performance like that.
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The defence was magnificent throughout.
Bayern we’re always going to find a way through, only to be met by Emi Martinez!
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Yes, very hard to get to sleep after a performance like that.
I'm going to be 2 hours late to the office...
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Yes, very hard to get to sleep after a performance like that.
I'm going to be 2 hours late to the office...
You might as well not bother, you have a valid excuse.
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I can’t think of a word strong enough to describe that performance last night.
Elite. Magnificent. Magical. Perfect?
All I know is that I am incredibly proud of the team, the club, the manager and the fans.
It was incredible night.
Absolute prise to Carlos who was my MOTM. I really don’t rate him, but he was absolutely brilliant last night. Why can’t he be like that all the time?
Finally, a word on the stadium.
Villa Park was absolutely stunning.
The pre match build up, the lights, the new strip lighting, the music , the flag, the noise.
It was breathtaking and a credit to every single person connected with Aston Villa.
There is no better place to watch football, than our cathedral.
We are the envy of so many.
Brilliantly said andy
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Brilliant result well done Villa
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
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After last night's result we should definitely be thinking of top 8. I don't know how Emery does it to be honest. Any moment you think things might be starting to slip and he takes things to another level.
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Yes, very hard to get to sleep after a performance like that.
I'm going to be 2 hours late to the office...
You might as well not bother, you have a valid excuse.
I had to leave my laptop there
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After last night's result we should definitely be thinking of top 8. I don't know how Emery does it to be honest. Any moment you think things might be starting to slip and he takes things to another level.
3 more wins
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Bailey was warming up on his own with a fitness coach before the game so I'm suspect he had an injury. Had to come on for Ramsey but it was clear he wasn't moving freely. It was like playing with 10 men. Correct decision to take him back off.
I don't think bringing Bailey on as a replacement for Ramsey was a good choice. I'd have preferred to see Buendia or Nedeljkovic come on to provide that defensive strength on the right. Bt - hey ho - we got it right on the night.
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The most emotional I've ever felt at a game of football. The huge swell of pride, the absolute genius of the way we set up, the atmosphere to end all atmospheres, it was utterly incredible.
Bayern Munich are entitled bunch. Kimmich picking the ball up and demanding a penalty, Kane doing nothing in the game but attempt to referee it. Upamecano had to walk
I don't think the referee could have been more biased than if they'd dug up Beckenbauer and given him the yellow shirt.
Bar the last few moments, I felt we kept them at arms length. They're defensively awful and I always felt a goal was coming. Watkins bullied their defence and Duran finished them off.
So many heros. We'll be talking about this game for years to come.
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Can't see us resting players even if we're already through.
About 2M per win.
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Still buzzing after last night. The lad has hardly any sleep after getting back very late but he can't wait to get to school and tell his mates. A match we'll never forget.
Tactical masterclass from super Unai, defended superb and caused problems when we broke. Apart from the save at the and the longer ranger in the 1st half, we kept them at bay. Well done you Villa boys!
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Bailey was warming up on his own with a fitness coach before the game so I'm suspect he had an injury. Had to come on for Ramsey but it was clear he wasn't moving freely. It was like playing with 10 men. Correct decision to take him back off.
I don't think bringing Bailey on as a replacement for Ramsey was a good choice. I'd have preferred to see Buendia or Nedeljkovic come on to provide that defensive strength on the right. Bt - hey ho - we got it right on the night.
Unai Emery got it right on the night.
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
I don't see us "resting players", but I do hope we see a bit more rotation after the International break. The Spurs - Brugge - Liverpool stretch of games over 6 days next month will be particularly challenging.
We also have to hope both Ramsey and Onana's injuries are relatively minor.
Given their experience last night, I'd imagine that even more than normal, every player wants to play every minute of every game.
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What a wonderful nigh and laying down a marker for our return to the top tier of European football. Tired, sore throat, off to work after no more than 4 hours sleep but who cares...
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Brilliant result well done Villa
Good man Franky.
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As a 37th in year supporting Villa, probably the greatest night of my life and Remy junior was there too.
Got choked at the programme seeing Gary Shaw’s name.
Manically waving my flag.
Limbs on both goals.
The anthem, the singing, the build up!
The world class saves !
The defending !
The BALLS on SUE to play Phil !
That lobbed goal now on its 500th watch !
That twat referee!
Clean sheet!
We are Bayerns bogey team!
The players of 82 there!
Prince of Wales jumping up and down!
The podcasts yet to listen to!
The (hopefully) media wankfest.
The faces on the blues noses at work today -ha!
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Been critical of Emi in recent times, but he proved why he's the worlds best last night. Absolute beast of a goalkeeper.
Diego 'Arsenal' Carlos turned up last night, and both he and Pau were majestic in defense.
Digne and Konsa limited any wide threat from Bayern.
Midfield were unbelievable - Youri continues to purr in the middle.
Leon was the only player that looked off it, almost too off it to just be having a bad game - Looked like he was carrying an injury to me?
Philogene was close to my MotM, but I'd have given it to Ollie - He didn't stop running and had the beating of that Bayern defence all night.
....and then of course you have big Jhon, doing big Jhon things.
Not sure how you lot found it, but i found the atmosphere quite strange. We drifted from silent, nervous tension to ear drum busting noise throughout the night. But when we were loud, we were LOUD!
A night that will live long in the memory, but we need to follow it up against Man Utd (and Bologne).
UTV
re. Resting players - Don't forget that we have the three musketeers coming back after the International break. This will give the squad a huge boost - Mings, Kamara and Cash.
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Not sure which thread I posted this on, but Bailing had more strapping on his thigh than I've ever seen a player have on the pitch. It was over an inch thick and was probably 12inch square - more like the type of thing you put on a cut or a wound. No idea what his injury was originally, but it's not a surprise he looked like he was walking on one leg!
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I didn't realise that before last night, Bayern hadn't lost a game in the group/league phase of this competition for FORTY ONE games. The equivalent of an unbeaten season, in the Champions League - in that time they've played teams including Barca, PSG, Atletico, Inter, Man Utd, Spurs.
Here's another stat - Unai has played Bayern three times at home in European competition (PSG, Villarreal, and Villa), and won ALL three games.
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Good little article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/02/aston-villa-lose-their-inhibitions-to-craft-victory-for-new-generation
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When the CL theme was playing I thought this is enough, we've made it back to big nights at VP, we're at the start of something. Enjoy the ride, lets not make fools of ourselves.
First 10 minutes, kept telling myself to remember it's a miracle we're even here. It's going to be a long night, but still, it's Bayern Munich, of course it's going to be tough.
After the Torres goal, it started to feel like Man City last season, the stage fright left the team and they started to truly play. There's something about this team that you can just feel when it's clicking, when they're all pulling in the same direction. I can't remember a Villa team that was capable of looking so well drilled, so composed. Yes, it isn't always that way (just at the weekend, for instance) but when they are all switched on it really is a thing of beauty.
After Bayern huffed and puffed after half-time but resolved to go nowhere, I started to believe. And my brain is telling me no, Duran can't keep doing what he does, because we're Villa and things like that don't happen to us. But then I remember this isn't that Villa anymore, we have an actual world class manager coaching world class players, a manager who doesn't just stick the same 11 out each week and hope for the best, a manager who sees how a game is going and makes changes. I don't know how many times I'll watch that goal, it was magic.
The goal is magnificent, the noise is unreal. What a night. I don't think it's ever been better than this for me, in 30 long years of watching us.
The whole team was great, Martinez, Torres, Watkins, Tielemans, even Diego, but the star for me was Philogene. To come into this team and play like that, in a role that isn't even really what he's 'known' for, with just minutes of experience at this level behind him, it's unreal.
Speaking to my brother-in-law in Australia this morning, who has suffered through all this shit with me, and seeing how much it meant to his young son, who will hopefully only ever know this version of us, it makes the decades of misery worthwhile.
Thank you Villa, now let's batter yanited, please!
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Just got up, I can’t believe we beat the 12 players of Bayern.
The officials are no better than the premier league.
Completely bottled the first foul on Ollie as he knew if it was a free-kick it had to be a red card.
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After last night's result we should definitely be thinking of top 8. I don't know how Emery does it to be honest. Any moment you think things might be starting to slip and he takes things to another level.
3 more wins
€2.1m for a win - Heck will be telling Unai to pick his best team.
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
Yes as the words 'if we qualify"
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
I don't see us "resting players", but I do hope we see a bit more rotation after the International break. The Spurs - Brugge - Liverpool stretch of games over 6 days next month will be particularly challenging.
We also have to hope both Ramsey and Onana's injuries are relatively minor.
Given their experience last night, I'd imagine that even more than normal, every player wants to play every minute of every game.
Yeah i didnt word it very well as rotation is more what i meant as mings said yesterday we dont want this as a one season wonder in CL we want to stay here. Our league form will suffer if we dont do rotation. If we can rack up wins early then in the latter can see more rotation
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
Yes as the words 'if we qualify"
I think the way the league works is that it'll stay tight right to the end, with a win possibly being the difference between qualifying or not; or finishing in or out of the top 8.
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
Yes as the words 'if we qualify"
I think the way the league works is that it'll stay tight right to the end, with a win possibly being the difference between qualifying or not; or finishing in or out of the top 8.
Be good if we have to beat Celtic to finish top 8. Because we’ll beat Celtic.
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Not sure how you lot found it, but i found the atmosphere quite strange. We drifted from silent, nervous tension to ear drum busting noise throughout the night. But when we were loud, we were LOUD!
It was indeed. UK crowds don't go in for the syncronised chanting that Bayern and others do, and do very well, everything here is a reaction to what is happening on the pitch and for long periods they either had the ball in our third, or were just about to win it back from us.
I have to say their counter pressing after losing the ball was as good as I've seen, we just couldn't get into our attacking shape quick enough to create an out ball before they won it back again. But also brilliant was us then dropping back into our defensive shape. Very impressive all round.
Stressful, but impressive.
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So if we put out a strong side vs bologna and can get a win that puts us on 9 points. If we can qualify asap then we can rest players for the league games
Puts us in a real strong position if we can win the next one
Or, in reality we try and win more to finish in the top eight
Yes as the words 'if we qualify"
I think the way the league works is that it'll stay tight right to the end, with a win possibly being the difference between qualifying or not; or finishing in or out of the top 8.
Yeah i think you are right mate. Its mad to see us above citeh and arsenal. And no one can say our games have been easy thus far
I think the Leizpig one will be tough. Juve too as they went there and won. So we need to get another positive result before those games
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Didn't sleep at all last night, just too excited by the whole thing. I keep repeating in my head all the 'sliding doors' moments we've had to reach this point, whether it be getting the best keeper in the world from Arsenal's reserves or being managerless at the exact moment Emery wanted to come back to the Premier League.
As he said after the game, the main thing is for us to be able to compete at this level, which we did. Bayern were absolutely flying, and we were without McGinn and Kamara so not full strength. We had to replace an injured winger with another injured winger while they were bringing on the likes of Musiala and Sane. But we still found a way.
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Just got up, I can’t believe we beat the 12 players of Bayern.
The officials are no better than the premier league.
Completely bottled the first foul on Ollie as he knew if it was a free-kick it had to be a red card.
Yep, exactly what we said.
Wouldn't the first time the Dutch collaborated with the Germans whilst pretending not to.
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What a night I will remember this for a long time.
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How to beat Bayern; ensure defensive resilience and organisation, heroic goalkeeping and a sensational goal well into the second half from an iconic number 9. Easy
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Its also great reading all the social media comments from neutrals. They really have shown us massive respect after yesterday. Massive heart passion and guts. Ill never forget ut
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A shout out for Diego Carlos. He got pelters after the Ipswich game but Unai decided against a reshuffle and stuck with him. He was a rock last might.
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Quiet morning at work, thought I'll have a nose at a few forums from last night, most of were right behind us but I found a significant number of bitter comments from both Man City and Liverpool, with the former bemoaning how much the commentary were getting behind us but don't with them and how much noise we were making, larf.
Everyone hates you lads and everything you've acheived is tainted, sorry, all the money in the world can't change that.
I wouldn't swap anything they've won for what we did last night and what we've done just to get there.
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Scarlet for Neuer. What a fucking clown!
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Just listened to the phone call to TalkSport from Phil the Villa fan, who missed his Daughters wedding to be at the game last night - very funny and he obviously made the right decision.
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Just got up, I can’t believe we beat the 12 players of Bayern.
The officials are no better than the premier league.
Completely bottled the first foul on Ollie as he knew if it was a free-kick it had to be a red card.
Just watched the replay. It looked a clear foul live and even more so having seen it again. Ollie is goal side and away. The defender clips his legs as he’s holding on to him. Clearly exactly what VAR is meant for.
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Quiet morning at work, thought I'll have a nose at a few forums from last night, most of were right behind us but I found a significant number of bitter comments from both Man City and Liverpool, with the former bemoaning how much the commentary were getting behind us but don't with them and how much noise we were making, larf.
To be fair, I'm not sure we're much better.
Seem to remember our Other Games thread when Newcastle were playing PSG wasn't exactly cheering Newcastle along to victory.
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I don't care about reaction from other fans, in fact I love it if they hate us. I have waited a long time to be hated.
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Hard to tell in the ground - it felt very loud at some points - always interesting to find out what is sounded like on TV.
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What was that weird chant a few years ago that was in vogue..."I don't care about X team, X team don't care about me, all I care about is AVFC" or something naff like that?!
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I don't care about reaction from other fans, in fact I love it if they hate us. I have waited a long time to be hated.
Absolutely, I love it!
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West Ham fans continue to take the fact that they didn't offer enough for Duran, really well!
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Quiet morning at work, thought I'll have a nose at a few forums from last night, most of were right behind us but I found a significant number of bitter comments from both Man City and Liverpool, with the former bemoaning how much the commentary were getting behind us but don't with them and how much noise we were making, larf.
To be fair, I'm not sure we're much better.
Seem to remember our Other Games thread when Newcastle were playing PSG wasn't exactly cheering Newcastle along to victory.
Oh I know that and all the boards varied but there seemed a really noticeable edge to those two in particular.
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Quiet morning at work, thought I'll have a nose at a few forums from last night, most of were right behind us but I found a significant number of bitter comments from both Man City and Liverpool, with the former bemoaning how much the commentary were getting behind us but don't with them and how much noise we were making, larf.
To be fair, I'm not sure we're much better.
Seem to remember our Other Games thread when Newcastle were playing PSG wasn't exactly cheering Newcastle along to victory.
Might be in a minority, but I pretty much only dislike Newcastle for the ownership. Other than that, I'd have been perfectly happy cheering them against that vacuum-packed propaganda thing.
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Hard to tell in the ground - it felt very loud at some points - always interesting to find out what is sounded like on TV.
Noisy as hell on radio. Sounded like Inter Milan games
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What a night, after the Ipswich game, I was concerned that we might get well beaten. The defence was my main concern, as it turned out Emi put in a world class performance, Pau and Diego made Kane look totally ineffective plus Ezri and Lucas superb. As for big Jhon, already has his place in our history, as our gest ever sub, beating a world class goalie, with a world class goal, the bloke never ceases to amaze me.
As for Upamecano, the ref clearly bottled it, he should have gone, but in the end I'm glad he didn't, as I'm even happier to have beat them with 11 still on the pitch.
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Hard to tell in the ground - it felt very loud at some points - always interesting to find out what is sounded like on TV.
Watching the game rerun this morning whilst we kept a constant level of ding going the Bayerische were very loud at times.
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What a night, after the Ipswich game, I was concerned that we might get well beaten. The defence was my main concern, as it turned out Emi put in a world class performance, Pau and Diego made Kane look totally ineffective plus Ezri and Lucas superb. As for big Jhon, already has his place in our history, as our greatest ever sub, beating a world class goalie, with a world class goal, the bloke never ceases to amaze me.
As for Upamecano, the ref clearly bottled it, he should have gone, but in the end I'm glad he didn't, as I'm even happier to have beat them with 11 still on the pitch.
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Seem to remember our Other Games thread when Newcastle were playing PSG wasn't exactly cheering Newcastle along to victory.
That was different. Its always different.
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I still find it hilarious every time the cabbage throwing gets mentioned in a write up.
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What was that weird chant a few years ago that was in vogue..."I don't care about X team, X team don't care about me, all I care about is AVFC" or something naff like that?!
I think that started at Arsenal away when we won 1-3 there under Lambert. Tony Moon scoring the third in a brilliant breakaway. Great day out.
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What was that weird chant a few years ago that was in vogue..."I don't care about X team, X team don't care about me, all I care about is AVFC" or something naff like that?!
I think that started at Arsenal away when we won 1-3 there under Lambert. Tony Moon scoring the third in a brilliant breakaway. Great day out.
It was being sung ad nauseum at Wigan the final day of the previous season.
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Good little article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/02/aston-villa-lose-their-inhibitions-to-craft-victory-for-new-generation
Magic article from Liew.
Is third in last season’s Bundesliga really a marked step up in class from fourth in the Premier League? Is Kim Min-jae really that much better than Pau Torres, is Manuel Neuer really a huge upgrade on Emi Martínez, is Harry Kane really in a different class to Ollie Watkins? Put more simply: do you play like the team fulfilling a long-held dream? Or the team that actually belongs at this level?
Amazing result. We didn't "play" that well, but we executed "the plan" to perfection.
Next challenge is to "play" well - and do to teams like this what we did to Citeh last winter at VP.
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Looking at Ollie's performance and that of Duran, it's obvious thar Unai's plan was to get our centre forward one on one (or better) with a defender and for long balls to be played through their high press. The aim being to get clear and chip Neuer who loiters very close to the centre circle.
Ollie got clattered both times he was one on one with their cheating wanker. Duran got his shot off before he could be brought down.
Great analysis, planning and execution.
A goal scored as much in the analytics room and BMH as on the pitch last night.
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What was that weird chant a few years ago that was in vogue..."I don't care about X team, X team don't care about me, all I care about is AVFC" or something naff like that?!
I think that started at Arsenal away when we won 1-3 there under Lambert. Tony Moon scoring the third in a brilliant breakaway. Great day out.
It was being sung ad nauseum at Wigan the final day of the previous season.
Was that the Petrov day. That was a great away day
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Loads of positive comments on the multiple Villa articles match report onwards on Beeb.
Many best wishes from fans of all sorts - even some Blues and Wolves fans.
Just one of those nights where no-one could seriously begrudge us. Like the 2 x Inter games from days a long ago.
On the radio the noise at the ground was so loud from before kick off when Sutton was being interviewed right through to the end.
A night when everyone done us proud, even the national media.
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Good little article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/02/aston-villa-lose-their-inhibitions-to-craft-victory-for-new-generation
Love this line:
Rogers was pretty well unplayable, a spinning machete of a player, flying into clouds of Bayern shirts and somehow emerging with the ball still at his feet.
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https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1841587540215923056?s=46
Take it away Lucas!
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Good little article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/02/aston-villa-lose-their-inhibitions-to-craft-victory-for-new-generation
Love this line:
Rogers was pretty well unplayable, a spinning machete of a player, flying into clouds of Bayern shirts and somehow emerging with the ball still at his feet.
Good enough to take on the best in Europe but much like many of the great Villa of 82, not good enough for the national side.
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Sitting in a work offsite in Milton Keynes unable to concentrate on anything because I can’t stop thinking about the football
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Scarlet for Neuer. What a fucking clown!
Reminds me of Casillias about 10 years ago when he edged towards then fell off the cliff
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Good enough to take on the best in Europe but much like many of the great Villa of 82, not good enough for the national side.
To be fair, England currently have ‘decent’ talent available in his position - it’s gonna be tough to displace Palmer, Bellingham, Foden in the near future, and no reflection on his talent if it takes a little more than 6 months 😁
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Good enough to take on the best in Europe but much like many of the great Villa of 82, not good enough for the national side.
To be fair, England currently have ‘decent’ talent available in his position - it’s gonna be tough to displace Palmer, Bellingham, Foden in the near future, and no reflection on his talent if it takes a little more than 6 months 😁
The main question should be who is the main striker, Ollie Watkins or Donkey Kane.
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Papers reporting Solanke will be called up.
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Interesting fact I learned before the game is that Digne has played for 4 (I think) other teams in CL. Not sure how many minutes he's played or how far any of the teams got, but I thought that was quite impressive. We're the 5th club he's played for that were in the CL. Quite a contrast to a lot of the squad.
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A story for the ages in 4 photos
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???
Papers reporting Solanke will be called up.
Fully deserved 🙄
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That was just magic last night. Took my 9 year old son who didn't get to bed until almost 1am. He'll be struggling at school today but it has to be worth it. A night never to be forgotten.
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Although the story is the finish the pass from Torres was just exceptional.
Very similar to the goal Duran scored against Hibs at home so certainly not a flukes punt
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Although the story is the finish the pass from Torres was just exceptional.
Very similar to the goal Duran scored against Hibs at home so certainly not a flukes punt
I thought it was similar to the Hibs goal too
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That was just magic last night. Took my 9 year old son who didn't get to bed until almost 1am. He'll be struggling at school today but it has to be worth it. A night never to be forgotten.
I was thinking how special a night it was for all attending but more so for the kids who were there. It's often said on here, Villa Park under the lights is a special if not magical place and when it's rocking like last night it's the best. The stuff of great memories.
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Nah. We couldn't. Could we?
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Whilst I remember, it was nice of Serge Gnabry to reprise his 'playing for Albion' performances. Good lad.
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Ive felt weirdly emo all day, every time ive had time in between meetings at work to go on here or grab 5 mins listening to the radio talking about us. It was an incredible night, but it really sunk in what an incredible journey this man Emery is bringing us on. Its brilliant the way he embraces our history and what’s important to us, like Gary Shaw passing, but he is creating all these new lifelong memories. This game Im sure will live with my son for life. We were there, it was special.
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Whilst I remember, it was nice of Serge Gnabry to reprise his 'playing for Albion' performances. Good lad.
Yep, especially the greed in the first half instead of the simple square to Kane. I couldn't see that stopping out if he had chose the correct option.
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Epic . One of the many great nights I have been fortunate to see at Villa Park.
Who knows where this ends. Onwards & Upwards !!!
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Despite being restless and a bit nervous leading up to the game I never really thought we'd lose. I expected us to have a plan and raise our game. What I didn't factor in was how good Bayern are at keeping the ball. In many ways it was similar to last time we played them; keep it tight, defend with your lives as a team and when you get the chance, take it.
The measure of the victory is not just the 3 points but the fact we are all proud of every single player, some that really raised their game last night to the level we know they can perform. Seeing Jaden's name on the teamsheet was a reminder that Unai had a plan. And what a plan. The fans were amazing too, Villa Park under the lights, it doesn't get much better.
Here's to more wonderful nights at Villa Park this season. Bologna will be a massive test, by all accounts Liverpool were largely outplayed last night, Juventus are looking very strong and Celtic if they're lucky may need the win in their final game to reach the play-offs. Six points on the board though. Not a bad start.
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Whilst I remember, it was nice of Serge Gnabry to reprise his 'playing for Albion' performances. Good lad.
Yep, especially the greed in the first half instead of the simple square to Kane. I couldn't see that stopping out if he had chose the correct option.
That, I think, was the key moment in the game. If he'd squared that to Kane, it's a goal and they probably beat us.
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We just need to make sure that this is just another step on our journey and not the peak.
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Indeed, I saw a Newcastle fan in the comments underneath highlights saying they wish us well but hope its not like their CL campaign last season where they smashed PSG and then it was all downhill from there.
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https://x.com/StevenageFC/status/1841583280811823136?t=ATevBxuc2mL8nMcCynacLg&s=19
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Yeah Bologna are no pushovers at all, need to be bang up for it.
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Indeed, I saw a Newcastle fan in the comments underneath highlights saying they wish us well but hope its not like their CL campaign last season where they smashed PSG and then it was all downhill from there.
It's nice to have their support but we're not them, we're better.
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https://x.com/StevenageFC/status/1841583280811823136?t=ATevBxuc2mL8nMcCynacLg&s=19
Ha!
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What's really magic is that there's no away leg to give us the opportunity to fuck it up. We won. That's it. Move on. Incredible.
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Indeed, I saw a Newcastle fan in the comments underneath highlights saying they wish us well but hope its not like their CL campaign last season where they smashed PSG and then it was all downhill from there.
It's nice to have their support but we're not them, we're better.
That said it will be important to follow up with a good performance on Sunday.
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What's really magic is that there's no away leg to give us the opportunity to fuck it up. We won. That's it. Move on. Incredible.
I said this last night to my mate, it's great. Stick one on them then run off, this new format is ace.
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What's really magic is that there's no away leg to give us the opportunity to fuck it up. We won. That's it. Move on. Incredible.
I said this last night to my mate, it's great. Stick one on them then run off, this new format is ace.
It's nothing new, the Zulu's have been doing it since ever. ;)
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West Ham fans continue to take the fact that they didn't offer enough for Duran, really well!
Haha! Yet at the time lots of them were lauding the little dildo and that twat off The Apprentice for not being held to ransom, and slagging Villa for our unrealistic demands.
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Out in cyprus and typically at my hotel ive had one wolves fan and one baggies fan. They saw my villa towel and then they just looked away quickly. I could tell they were absolutely gutted at our win last night 😂
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West Ham fans continue to take the fact that they didn't offer enough for Duran, really well!
Haha! Yet at the time lots of them were lauding the little dildo and that twat off The Apprentice for not being held to ransom, and slagging Villa for our unrealistic demands.
There was a great short lived piece in the fanzine way back titled "They nearly played for Villa". This wil be the West Ham version no. 1 for years to come.
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This will never make it into VP as a banner, but it's there in my mind.
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That was just magic last night. Took my 9 year old son who didn't get to bed until almost 1am. He'll be struggling at school today but it has to be worth it. A night never to be forgotten.
And later in life when you have joined the HEITS,he have a little thought about you and remember when his dad took him down the Villa
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That was just magic last night. Took my 9 year old son who didn't get to bed until almost 1am. He'll be struggling at school today but it has to be worth it. A night never to be forgotten.
And later in life when you have joined the HEITS,he have a little thought about you and remember when his dad took him down the Villa
I’m almost seventy-six and can remember when I was first taken down the Villa as a five-year-old with no interest.
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What a special night - absolutely amazing! Really special. Well done to everyone - too many great (but discplined) performances to single anyone out. Planned out Unai's plan perfectly.
Well done to all involved
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Ah, that's a bit lovely you know.
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That was just magic last night. Took my 9 year old son who didn't get to bed until almost 1am. He'll be struggling at school today but it has to be worth it. A night never to be forgotten.
And later in life when you have joined the HEITS,he have a little thought about you and remember when his dad took him down the Villa
My lad was the same, got back 1230 thanks to closure on the M40. He had a bit of a sleep in the car but was knackered today….but those memories will last forever.
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What's really magic is that there's no away leg to give us the opportunity to fuck it up. We won. That's it. Move on. Incredible.
We could still play them in the knockout stage though. If they get through.
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I’ve been humming the champions league theme on many occasions at work today, a game that will live long in the memory, one of them ones where you’re hugging strangers in the stands.
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I keep looking on Twitter for footage of the walk out with the fireworks etc but can’t find anything. Whoever was in charge of the theatrical side of last night at the ground did a very good job.
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That is quite wonderful and tear inducing.
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What's really magic is that there's no away leg to give us the opportunity to fuck it up. We won. That's it. Move on. Incredible.
We could still play them in the knockout stage though. If they get through.
When we beat them again, we keep them.
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The couple on the table next to us last night were Celtic fans. They were already sick as parrots, and by 10 o'clock, let's just say their mood had not improved.
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What was it like getting in the rest of the ground last night, as The North Stand was a complete shit show?
Edit. Should have said Upper North.
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Trinity Road lower and middle was OK, not particularly quick, but acceptable. I noticed that with about 10 minutes to kick off there was barely anybody coming in.
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Trinity Road lower and middle was OK, not particularly quick, but acceptable. I noticed that with about 10 minutes to kick off there was barely anybody coming in.
I presume, because of the occasion, more people got in early to take in the atmosphere, that was my plan anyway!
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Thanks a million for that. I can’t come out of the cubicle at work now til I’ve got this dust out of my eye.
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Just Harry Kane being a ******
https://x.com/avfc_stef/status/1841919927428505995?s=46
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Just Harry Kane being a ******
https://x.com/avfc_stef/status/1841919927428505995?s=46
A bit over dramatic. A booking though as it halted a promising break through the centre.
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What was it like getting in the rest of the ground last night, as The North Stand was a complete shit show?
Edit. Should have said Upper North.
I was in there too for the first time in 2 years. Got to the gates at 7 to meet my nephew and we joined the queue at 7-10 and finally got inside at about 7:43. It was far too stressful and every time a person had a problem with their ticket the stewards did nothing, just watched them wave their phone repeatedly with no effect for a minute or so.
But what a night, one for the ages and I’ve been floating on air all day. Tomorrow will be a tough day at work as I’ve barely got anything done today and really need to get stuck in to catch up.
I took my tatty Union Jack I had in Rotterdam last night and like to think it worked its magic.
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Just Harry Kane being a ******
https://x.com/avfc_stef/status/1841919927428505995?s=46
A bit over dramatic. A booking though as it halted a promising break through the centre.
It was the way he scissored his legs at the end that is the issue. That could have ended way worse for Morgan. He knew what he was doing.
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I don’t know if anybody has shared a link to this, yet, but Bayern fans seem resigned to starting relatively slowly in this CL campaign with Kompany. They’re not very impressed by Kane or Gnabry, though.
There’s an interesting quote from Jhon Duran, who says that he enjoyed scoring against his latest ‘favourite’ team, BM!
https://www.bayernforum.com/champions-league-f5/aston-villa-vs-bayern-munich-t60802-120.html
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I only see the quote saying they're his dream team?
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Ah, that's a bit lovely you know.
Wonderful.
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What was it like getting in the rest of the ground last night, as The North Stand was a complete shit show?
Edit. Should have said Upper North.
I was in there too for the first time in 2 years. Got to the gates at 7 to meet my nephew and we joined the queue at 7-10 and finally got inside at about 7:43. It was far too stressful and every time a person had a problem with their ticket the stewards did nothing, just watched them wave their phone repeatedly with no effect for a minute or so.
But what a night, one for What was it like getting in the rest of the ground last night, as The North Stand was a complete shit show?
Edit. Should have said Upper North.
I was in there too for the first time in 2 years. Got to the gates at 7 to meet my nephew and we joined the queue at 7-10 and finally got inside at about 7:43. It was far too stressful and every time a person had a problem with their ticket the stewards did nothing, just watched them wave their phone repeatedly with no effect for a minute or so.
But what a night, one for the ages and I’ve been floating on air all day. Tomorrow will be a tough day at work as I’ve barely got anything done today and really need to get stuck in to catch up.
I took my tatty Union Jack I had in Rotterdam last night and like to think it worked its magic.
Sounds like you were just ahead of me in the queue, there needs to be some improvement for sure.
I’m glad you brought your lucky flag!
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During the match there was a to do with Emery and Danks a former coach at Villa..what was that about? It was shown on TNT sports.
Emery was mimicking the talking/speaking gesture with his hand at Danks and the fourth official had to separate them.
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I'd forgotten Danks was at Bayern now.
No idea to your question though.
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I don’t know if anybody has shared a link to this, yet, but Bayern fans seem resigned to starting relatively slowly in this CL campaign with Kompany. They’re not very impressed by Kane or Gnabry, though.
There’s an interesting quote from Jhon Duran, who says that he enjoyed scoring against his latest ‘favourite’ team, BM!
https://www.bayernforum.com/champions-league-f5/aston-villa-vs-bayern-munich-t60802-120.html
Germans not like to vote?
I do like the countdown to the next match in the banner though. Any chance of that happening on here?
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I've been surfing my pesky Covid on a pipeline of Wednesday's result, but that just caps it all for me. Choked with so many emotions.
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I may be sad but after the full time whistle went I got a notification on my phone from the Champions League app with the result. And I can't bring myself to clear it.
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I'd forgotten Danks was at Bayern now.
No idea to your question though.
That makes sense - I saw him during the warm up and thought - that guy looks like German version of Aaron Danks.
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During the match there was a to do with Emery and Danks a former coach at Villa..what was that about? It was shown on TNT sports.
Emery was mimicking the talking/speaking gesture with his hand at Danks and the fourth official had to separate them.
Think they were moaning at the ref a lot and Emery wasn't having it
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During the match there was a to do with Emery and Danks a former coach at Villa..what was that about? It was shown on TNT sports.
Emery was mimicking the talking/speaking gesture with his hand at Danks and the fourth official had to separate them.
Think they were moaning at the ref a lot and Emery wasn't having it
"And you can shut yer shite Danks, fucking mess I had to clear up after you!"
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I do like the countdown to the next match in the banner though. Any chance of that happening on here?
Careful: they also charge €10 to be a forum member!
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I first went down to VP in 1962 and Wednesday's game is right up there in the great occasions under the floodlights. I was lucky enough to be there for the December 1970 League Cup semi final when third division Villa beat the erstwhile European champions Man Utd 2-1, when Ron Saunders' heroes smashed the Champions, Liverpool, 5-1 in 1976 and later when we beat Inter Milan and Tranmere on penalties.
However, Wednesday might just be the best ever...the historical significance marking our return from years of mediocrity , the whole world watching, the atmosphere, the incredible shift put in by all of the players and the signal it sends about what an incredible manager we have and the wonders he has already worked.
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I do like the countdown to the next match in the banner though. Any chance of that happening on here?
Careful: they also charge €10 to be a forum member!
And they only have about half a dozen posters.
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Love this
that brought a tear again to my eyes
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I only see the quote saying they're his dream team?
That’s the one, AV84! I was using ‘favourite’ as sarcasm, rather than as a direct quote, although I appreciate it wasn’t that clear!
I wonder if JD’s agent has told him to flirt outrageously with all of Villa’s opponents, or if something is being lost in translation. He is only 20.
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I first went down to VP in 1962 and Wednesday's game is right up there in the great occasions under the floodlights. I was lucky enough to be there for the December 1970 League Cup semi final when third division Villa beat the erstwhile European champions Man Utd 2-1, when Ron Saunders' heroes smashed the Champions, Liverpool, 5-1 in 1976 and later when we beat Inter Milan and Tranmere on penalties.
However, Wednesday might just be the best ever...the historical significance marking our return from years of mediocrity , the whole world watching, the atmosphere, the incredible shift put in by all of the players and the signal it sends about what an incredible manager we have and the wonders he has already worked.
Ditto. First game I remember was v Leyton Orient 1962. (1-0, Harry Burrows with a cross come shot from way out on the left wing!) I was also at all the games mentioned except the Tranmere one. Though I can remember the 1962 one, I can't remember why I watched the Tranmere game on t.v.
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Probably the greatest game I've been to with everything that was connected to it for me.
I started going regularly in 1987 so have been lucky to witness some incredible things but with everything that it meant to me, Wednesday gets top spot.
I lost my mate to a brain tumour a few weeks ago and he sat next to me in the Doug Ellis upper for the last 10 years and I'm sure he was there in spirit. It would also have been his 60th birthday on the night which made the evening even more emotional for me. Such a shame that he had been on the journey which reached this destination and he wasn't around to witness it.
I know you were around amongst all the crackle of the spine tingling atmosphere that eminated from VP a few nights ago.
That was for you buddy.
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I’m sure he was, Nunkin1965, along with my dad, Gary Shaw and all the HEITS.
So sorry that you have lost your good friend. UTV.
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That's beautiful Nunkin. He's up there or out there somewhere with Shawsy, beaming with pride.
Great video, I bet Ashley Young wishes he was still a starter for the Villa!
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Probably the greatest game I've been to with everything that was connected to it for me.
I started going regularly in 1987 so have been lucky to witness some incredible things but with everything that it meant to me, Wednesday gets top spot.
I lost my mate to a brain tumour a few weeks ago and he sat next to me in the Doug Ellis upper for the last 10 years and I'm sure he was there in spirit. It would also have been his 60th birthday on the night which made the evening even more emotional for me. Such a shame that he had been on the journey which reached this destination and he wasn't around to witness it.
I know you were around amongst all the crackle of the spine tingling atmosphere that eminated from VP a few nights ago.
That was for you buddy.
Mate, so sorry to hear of your loss. It's nights like these that give us pause to mourn and celebrate special people from our lives. I'm sure he's bursting with pride as a HEITS, though maybe not so keen on Jimmy Hill presenting the highlights up in Heaven.
Take care.
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Ashley Young spoke really well of the club, manager and players on BT Sport.
Still one of us, I reckon.
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Beautiful post, Nunkin and like others, so sorry to hear about your loss. I've always believed the Villa are part of the extended family and I can tell you from recent experience Holte Enders in the Sky takes on a whole new dimension. Villa's Chosen Few were there Wednesday night, glad you enjoyed it. I was there for the first leg back in 82 and even now, all these years later, whenever I watch the DVD of the game, I'm still shitting myself. Great thought isn't it? ;)
Stay strong fella and enjoy! It's what they'd want.