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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: olaftab on October 19, 2024, 05:41:41 PM
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With this weekend's PL business out of way time to look forward to the next challenge:
What: UEFA Champions League
When: Tuesday 22 October Kick off 20:00BST
Where: Villa Park B6
Bologna are not exactly setting the Serie A alight this season. Currently 13th with only one win from 8 games, however somewhat of draw specialist as they have only lost one game. Today they drew 2-2 away at Genoa but were winning 2-0.
For us may be the game to start with Duran and Kamara and McGinn etc. and get Bailey up to match fitness.
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Duran and McGinn sure, Kamara to start no.
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I think we can rotate a little just to keep some players fresh for the weekend. It would be unbelievably Villa of us to beat Bayern only to come unstuck against Bologna but I hope we get a good win. I think we can use our bench to our advantage again.
Not that he'd want it but I'd consider a rest for Ollie to unleash him on Bournemouth. We know JD is more than capable. Might as well play Jaden and give him the minutes. McGinn will be champing at the bit. Bailey needs a few games out by the look of it. Perhaps a supersub role in the next few weeks might suit him more to ease back to his best.
Digne I think could benefit from a midweek off and Maatsen is ready to go. Cash worked hard today and was blowing out his arse by the end, so maybe a good game to rest him too, as his not long come back.
I don't think we can really rest Onana, Rogers and Tielemens at the moment but all being well we're in a job done position on the hour mark.
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0-2
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I think its been abit harsh on maatsen that he hasnt played more minutes. Id be tempted to start him and give digne a rest for Bournemouth
Go string try qualify asap if possible then we can rest players later in tournament
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
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Apparently bologna have a injury crisis at the moment. One of the injured people is illing jr
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The Villa injury curse... benefiting Villa?
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
Hope you all have a great time Dave and a Villa win to remember for all of you to talk about in the future.
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
Have fun. No pressure, but make sure to let them know they're banned for life if we don't win. 🙂
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
Have fun. No pressure, but make sure to let them know they're banned for life if we don't win. 🙂
Yes quite. Or even if we concede a goal as we haven’t done that yet in the CL.
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
Have fun. No pressure, but make sure to let them know they're banned for life if we don't win. 🙂
Unfortunately I'm already signed up to take the younger one to Bournemouth as well.
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Threw away a 2-0 lead in Genoa today.
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Oh yes. Strap this good stuff back to my veins.
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I’d go with
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Maatsen
Tielemans
McGinn
Onana
Rogers
Buendia
Duran
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Very excited for this one. Due to the help of a couple of kind souls on here I'll be taking my six and ten year old for their first Villa Park trip.
Not a bad competition to go and watch for a first time.
Have a great time mate - im sure the kids will love it
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I’d go with
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Maatsen
Tielemans
McGinn
Onana
Rogers
Buendia
Duran
I’d have Ramsey starting ahead of Beundia and possibly keep Carlos in as he’s on a good run of form, pushing Konsa to right back. If things are going well, perhaps give Kamara 10-15 mins
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--------- Martinez -----------
Cash Konsa Carlos Digne
--- Onana -- Tielemans ----
Ramsey ---------- McGinn
-- Watkins ---- Rogers
get the game in the bag then rotate on 60 / 65 mins
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Think this is going to be harder than we think. They gave Liverpool a game by all accounts and whilst not setting things alight in Serie A they’ve only lost once. Think it’ll be 1-0 or 2-1 to us.
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A good job we're playing them at home, rather than away. This is Bologna rn:-
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Assume Philogene will start now, given he'll be taking next weekend off?
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We will win. Unai is bringing the team / squad nicely to the boil . Onwards and upwards!!
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I read somewhere Duran is suspended as booked in first two CL matches. Annoying with the Young Boys yellow as the goal was cancelled in the end so odd his yellow still stands.
I think if available he'd have started this and Ollie would've had a breather for the Bournemouth game.
McGinn comes back in for this and probably Konsa aswell.
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Huge game , win this we go into a great position.
Won't be easy they won't roll over .
Full strength team required and maximum input, Emery will demand this .
COYVB's , incredible times for us all .
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Assume Philogene will start now, given he'll be taking next weekend off?
Yeah, I reckon so. Replace him with McGinn around the 60.
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Assume Philogene will start now, given he'll be taking next weekend off?
In my opinion, we have far better options than Jaden now that our injury list has cleared up.
He has done ok covering for us and I'm certainly not writing him off, but he isn't a 1st 11 starter for me when we have a fully fit squad and definitely not in the CL. Not yet anyway.
Just my opinion.
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I think we'll start with McGinn on the right.
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I think we'll start with McGinn on the right.
I agree, Unai will want that energy there.
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A win on Tuesday night will put us in a very strong position in terms of making the play-off stage at the least.
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These are not a push over, they caused Liverpool a few problems when they played them.
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Yep wont be easy just make sure VP is rocking that will help
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Their league form is W1 D6 L1
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
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Yeah they've lost almost everything that got them fourth last year, including (especially) the manager.
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If olympiakos at home taught us anything, no game is easy in europe. We always drew with a poor mostar team.
Wont take nothing for granted but we should be clear favourites on paper
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
"No CL game is easy" Hahaha. There is already enough data from this season's first two game weeks to show that there is some proper fodder in there to feed on. 9-2, 7-1, couple for 5-0 and plethora of 4-0, 4-1 scores.
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
You’re right, I’ve got to be careful. Who knows how my arrogance will rub off on Unai and the team.
3-0 Bologna.
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Thank you.
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
"No CL game is easy" Hahaha. There is already enough data from this season's first two game weeks to show that there is some proper fodder in there to feed on. 9-2, 7-1, couple for 5-0 and plethora of 4-0, 4-1 scores.
Yeah there is some real dross in this seasons CL.
I think we will make mincemeat out of the Bolognese. 2-0 and barely out of wnd gear.
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A win on Tuesday night will put us in a very strong position in terms of making the play-off stage at the least.
There was talk that 8-10 points is what it would take to finish in the top 24. So it might be that a win turns out to be enough to guarantee it already.
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I would go strong from the start, and think Unai will too:
Martinez
Cash Konsa Torres Digne
McGinn Tielemans Onana Ramsey
Rogers Watkins
Lots of subs after the hour when hopefully we've got a decent lead. Barkley on for Tielemans, Maatsen for Digne, Duran for Ollie, etc.
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
Young boys was.
Bologna had a slow start but six draws indicates they're hard to beat so we'll have to break them down so could be one settled with a couple of late goals.
9 points from first 3 would be incredible and we'd then need just one more win to qualify for knock outs.
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I read somewhere Duran is suspended as booked in first two CL matches. Annoying with the Young Boys yellow as the goal was cancelled in the end so odd his yellow still stands.
Three yellows for a ban.
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I read somewhere Duran is suspended as booked in first two CL matches. Annoying with the Young Boys yellow as the goal was cancelled in the end so odd his yellow still stands.
Three yellows for a ban.
Thanks. I'd start him in that case. Keep Ollie fresh for Bournemouth.
They have a Colombian CB called Lucumi so will be a good battle between the two.
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They have a Colombian CB called Lucumi so will be a good battle between the two.
Also a Jhon.
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I read somewhere Duran is suspended as booked in first two CL matches. Annoying with the Young Boys yellow as the goal was cancelled in the end so odd his yellow still stands.
Three yellows for a ban.
So, he can play against Bologna but will miss the Brugge game. :P
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They have a Colombian CB called Lucumi so will be a good battle between the two.
Also a Jhon.
How many Jhons does one need ?
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They have a Colombian CB called Lucumi so will be a good battle between the two.
Also a Jhon.
How many Jhons does one need ?
Normally three at my barber's.
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Huge game , win this we go into a great position.
Won't be easy they won't roll over .
Full strength team required and maximum input, Emery will demand this .
COYVB's , incredible times for us all .
Agree with you but you left Torres out of your starting 11, surely he’s in the strongest 11?
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They have a Colombian CB called Lucumi so will be a good battle between the two.
Also a Jhon.
How many Jhons does one need ?
Normally three at my barber's.
Depends on number of streets and how many girls are working that night.
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It’ll be an absolute piece of piss. 4-1
No CL game is easy. Its arrogance like that could be our down fall.
You’re right, I’ve got to be careful. Who knows how my arrogance will rub off on Unai and the team.
3-0 Bologna.
Good glad to see you have returned to normality 🤣
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If any if the other 3 English clubs were playing Bologna at home, it would be viewed as a certain home win. But even some of our own supporters are staining their pants at the prospect of facing a foreign club.
For 2 calendar years, across 3 seasons Unai Emery has had this Villa side performing at a consistent level way above anything on offer in the French, Italian, German, Portuguese or Spanish leagues. Show some respect and behave like a fan of a top 4 Premier League team. 3-0 to the good guys
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I think we will have too much for Bologna.
3-0 Watkins, Ramsey, Tielemans.
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We could be top of the league Tuesday night. Dortmund the only other team on 6 points playing on Tuesday, they're away to Real Madrid.
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If any if the other 3 English clubs were playing Bologna at home, it would be viewed as a certain home win. But even some of our own supporters are staining their pants at the prospect of facing a foreign club.
For 2 calendar years, across 3 seasons Unai Emery has had this Villa side performing at a consistent level way above anything on offer in the French, Italian, German, Portuguese or Spanish leagues. Show some respect and behave like a fan of a top 4 Premier League team. 3-0 to the good guys
Who has stained the pants?. Cant see anyone that has said that
You need to relax man and stop imagining things 😂
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If any if the other 3 English clubs were playing Bologna at home, it would be viewed as a certain home win. But even some of our own supporters are staining their pants at the prospect of facing a foreign club.
For 2 calendar years, across 3 seasons Unai Emery has had this Villa side performing at a consistent level way above anything on offer in the French, Italian, German, Portuguese or Spanish leagues. Show some respect and behave like a fan of a top 4 Premier League team. 3-0 to the good guys
Bologna gave Liverpool a good game, had 12 shots to Liverpools 9, and had 48% possession. I'm not sure Emery has us performing 'way above' Real Madrid (Spanish League) either? But it's all about opinions...
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If any if the other 3 English clubs were playing Bologna at home, it would be viewed as a certain home win. But even some of our own supporters are staining their pants at the prospect of facing a foreign club.
For 2 calendar years, across 3 seasons Unai Emery has had this Villa side performing at a consistent level way above anything on offer in the French, Italian, German, Portuguese or Spanish leagues. Show some respect and behave like a fan of a top 4 Premier League team. 3-0 to the good guys
Ok, we're done. Go home. All you'll get if you stick around is bad syphilis. Fuck it all to hell.
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I read somewhere Duran is suspended as booked in first two CL matches. Annoying with the Young Boys yellow as the goal was cancelled in the end so odd his yellow still stands.
Three yellows for a ban.
I made a player and suspension thread so people can keep abreast of things. It's all there both League and Euro
I've keep on top of its under Champions League Card Watch
Yellow card Rules
Suspension for 3, 5 and 7 yellows in the League Phase of 8 games
Yellow cards are reset after the quarter-finals.
Yellow Cards
2 Duran
1 Diego Carlos Hand ball
1 Ian Maatsen
Hope that clears it up and gives insights to where squad players currently at.
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They're 13th in Serie A.
9 points from 8 games.
1 win: 2- 1 away at Monza who sit 1 place above bottom
6 draws: At home against Udinese, Empoli, Atalanta and Parma; and away at Como and at Genoa yesterday 2-2.
1 defeat: 3-0 at Napoli.
In the ECL:
Drew at home v Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0
Lost at Anfield 2-0.
We should be able to get a result against them.
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Doesn't look like this one is on Irish TV. Dortmund against Madrid being shown instead.
Possibly on Virgin Media More, but that's not a real chanel.
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I'm giving at a proper "harrumph" and staying at home due to the cost, I shall watch with arms folded, sporting a frown.
I hope the atmosphere is great though and we come through, we should do given the full squad available but Emery is ever the pragmatist and they are hard to break down looking at their results so I'll be very surprised if it's not a draw. It wouldn't be a huge setback in the grand scheme of things...
1-1
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Bologna seem to draw the vast majority of their games.
Reckon it will tough to break them down, but we will win it in the end.
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I remember when we used to draw most of our games. A horrible experience, you never know if you're coming or going.
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I’d go with
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Maatsen
Tielemans
McGinn
Onana
Rogers
Buendia
Duran
With Ramsey finally showing a bit of form and fitness, Id be surprised if he didn't start. The dreaded Konsa at RB option might return, Carlos has recovered well from the debacle at Ipswich and I'm sure Emery will want to manage Cash's minutes. I also think it's a good time for Maatsen and Duran to start.
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Amazon are showing Arsenal v Shaktar for some unbeknownst reason
Villa will be TNT sports
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I’d go with
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Maatsen
Tielemans
McGinn
Onana
Rogers
Buendia
Duran
With Ramsey finally showing a bit of form and fitness, Id be surprised if he didn't start. The dreaded Konsa at RB option might return, Carlos has recovered well from the debacle at Ipswich and I'm sure Emery will want to manage Cash's minutes. I also think it's a good time for Maatsen and Duran to start.
I would start both Watkins and Duran I can't see Buendia starting whatsoever in replace of Ramsey or Watkins? Not how I see things.
Also I would like to give Maatsen a deserved start and Barkley a berth in midfield
Martinez
Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen
Tielemans Barkley
Ramsey Rogers
Watkins Duran
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I remember when we used to draw most of our games. A horrible experience, you never know if you're coming or going.
John F Gregory. Ugly as the sun when he falls to the floor.
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Bologna seem to draw the vast majority of their games.
Reckon it will tough to break them down, but we will win it in the end.
Very true, I think Bailey and Digne may start to 'stretch' their defence and give our midfield more space to weave their magic.
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Bologna seem to draw the vast majority of their games.
Reckon it will tough to break them down, but we will win it in the end.
This could be similar to monstar at home last season
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Bologna seem to draw the vast majority of their games.
Reckon it will tough to break them down, but we will win it in the end.
This could be similar to monstar at home last season
John "Rose like a salmon" McGinn to win it with a header?
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Does anyone want my Bologna ticket? Holte End Lower, L4, Row HH, seat 111. Happy to listen to offers.
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Against all my protestations, i folded like a deck of cards after we beat Bayern, and got properly drawn into to the champions league thang. So sitting in my normal seats for this in the Lower Holte with my teenagers. Done that sneaky thing and not really mentioned these are not part of the season ticket…unclean! My dishonesty is Hecks fault, like all the worlds ills.
2-1 (Tielemans, Onana).
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Does anyone want my Bologna ticket? Holte End Lower, L4, Row HH, seat 111. Happy to listen to offers.
Presumably you mean limited to face value?
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Does anyone want my Bologna ticket? Holte End Lower, L4, Row HH, seat 111. Happy to listen to offers.
Presumably you mean limited to face value?
Happy to take any offer. Face value or less(but sensible)
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They must be struggling to sell the GA+ tickets. It’s the first time they have issued begging emails trying to flog tickets the night before a game
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Theres hundreds of GA+ left. However they have messed up my ticket email and the download links don’t work. Just getting the basics right would be a start.
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Theres hundreds of GA+ left. However they have messed up my ticket email and the download links don’t work. Just getting the basics right would be a start.
You download them from the app.
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Bologna are the draw specialists in Serie A this season. 2-2
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Theres hundreds of GA+ left. However they have messed up my ticket email and the download links don’t work. Just getting the basics right would be a start.
You download them from the app.
The other two tickets ive bought aren’t visible in the app? Any ideas?
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Look at the "Download ticket link not working " thread .
From Meanwood Villa....
"Message @avfcsupport on X and they will resend the email. I haven't actually done this myself but my mate had to for Bayern and it worked."
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Thanks all.
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Theres hundreds of GA+ left. However they have messed up my ticket email and the download links don’t work. Just getting the basics right would be a start.
You download them from the app.
The other two tickets ive bought aren’t visible in the app? Any ideas?
Your account will only show the ticket for that account. You need to log into each account individually to see any other tickets.
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Would have gone if i lived in brum but stteled for Bournemouth game instead
Enjoy yourselves to all those going. Sounds like it wont bw a sell out
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Looking forward to a belting rendition of ‘Empty seats my lord…….. oh Heck, empty seats’
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Just to get the juices flowing. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848470176523502016
I think they're in the 'stay in B6' camp. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848448958378733651
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Just to get the juices flowing. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848470176523502016
I think they're in the 'stay in B6' camp. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848448958378733651
They look like they're here to move furniture.
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Looking forward to a belting rendition of ‘Empty seats my lord…….. oh Heck, empty seats’
Fuck, Heck! Tomorrow the lads will need the full support as was shown against Bayern. Anybody that thinks this will be an easy 3 points needs to give their head a wobble. I honestly think our group is far tougher than too many have predicted. The Twelfth Man will have a big part to play tomorrow, it worked against Bayern, a repeat tomorrow needs to happen.
Listening to Unai in his press conference, he's "not here to waste time". Do us proud as you normally do. This could be an exceptional season. Enjoy!
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Looks like they are staying near Queensgate as their bus is parked there. Mailbox or Somewhere on Holiday Street?
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Just to get the juices flowing. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848470176523502016
I think they're in the 'stay in B6' camp. https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848448958378733651
They look like they're here to move furniture.
Hopefully it's us that are on top of the table tomorrow night.
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I’d go with
Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Pau
Maatsen
Tielemans
McGinn
Onana
Rogers
Buendia
Duran
With Ramsey finally showing a bit of form and fitness, Id be surprised if he didn't start. The dreaded Konsa at RB option might return, Carlos has recovered well from the debacle at Ipswich and I'm sure Emery will want to manage Cash's minutes. I also think it's a good time for Maatsen and Duran to start.
Dreaded by other teams’ left-wingers, and people who hate Villa keeping clean sheets and love opposition penalties. And Villa Tim of course.
Strangely, not dreaded by well-known football illiterate Unai Emery.
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Listened to the Bologna press conference.
Sounds like they have taken the Bayern game as their template for Villa, in that "they let you have the ball and sit in a low block, waiting to force mistakes so that they can attack the space behind" and "they're happy to let you have the ball, to let you play".
Not sure that's how we'll be approaching the game at all, though it is a good description of the Bayern game.
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It is a shame that the game will not be a sell out in the Villa sections of the ground, and I am sure that the owners and Mr. Emery and the players will be disappointed to see the empty seats, but hopefully all the Villa fans who will be at the game tonight (me included) will roar the team on to victory.
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Serenaded the kids before they went to school. One covered her ears and said ‘too loud’, the other burst out laughing. Anyway, lets get ready:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9WxkBnSaA8o&pp=ygUeQ2hhbXBpb25zIGxlYWd1ZSBhbnRoZW0gbHlyaWNz
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Listened to the Bologna press conference.
Sounds like they have taken the Bayern game as their template for Villa, in that "they let you have the ball and sit in a low block, waiting to force mistakes so that they can attack the space behind" and "they're happy to let you have the ball, to let you play".
Not sure that's how we'll be approaching the game at all, though it is a good description of the Bayern game.
Yeah I saw this, thought it was weird. Feel like Thiago Motta wouldn't have made a sweeping analysis after one particularly unusual game. Well, they're in for a surprise is all I can say.
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I see the noses are begging bologna fans for a meet up in digbeth to join them for beers and SOTV 🙄🙄
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I see the noses are begging bologna fans for a meet up in digbeth to join them for beers and SOTV 🙄🙄
More like a glass of albana and a chorus of 'Modena! Modena! Give us back our bucket!'
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I’m overly confident on this one, which concerns me.
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Listened to the Bologna press conference.
Sounds like they have taken the Bayern game as their template for Villa, in that "they let you have the ball and sit in a low block, waiting to force mistakes so that they can attack the space behind" and "they're happy to let you have the ball, to let you play".
Not sure that's how we'll be approaching the game at all, though it is a good description of the Bayern game.
Yeah I saw this, thought it was weird. Feel like Thiago Motta wouldn't have made a sweeping analysis after one particularly unusual game. Well, they're in for a surprise is all I can say.
I’d be surprised if he has, we’re not playing Juventus yet.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
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Listened to the Bologna press conference.
Sounds like they have taken the Bayern game as their template for Villa, in that "they let you have the ball and sit in a low block, waiting to force mistakes so that they can attack the space behind" and "they're happy to let you have the ball, to let you play".
Not sure that's how we'll be approaching the game at all, though it is a good description of the Bayern game.
Yeah I saw this, thought it was weird. Feel like Thiago Motta wouldn't have made a sweeping analysis after one particularly unusual game. Well, they're in for a surprise is all I can say.
I’d be surprised if he has, we’re not playing Juventus yet.
I think Monty knows that - he's saying that's not how the previous, better coaching set-up would be reading the situation.
Yeah they've lost almost everything that got them fourth last year, including (especially) the manager.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
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Just because they're wearing super tight trousers 5" too short, no socks and loafers doesn't necessarily mean that they're Ital....Oh wait, it does.
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A mess of Spanish. A much of English.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Nap?
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A knight in shining armour has got me a cheap(er) ticket: I'm so excited for this as I didn't think I'd be able to go to any of these games.
Hoping John McGinn will play: he'll be desperate to after missing the Bayern game. Looks like Bologna draw a lot of games, so it won't be the walkover some on here are thinking. Can see Jhon coming on for Ollie late on to get us a late winner.
Here's to the Champions League "experience" then (puke emoji)! No half-and-half scarf, mind!
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I wonder if we'll get another flag or whether that was just a first home game or because it was Bayern Munich thing ?
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Sauntering around town
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I wonder if we'll get another flag or whether that was just a first home game or because it was Bayern Munich thing ?
There is something on the Holte seats you can see the outline of in the Bologna FC tweet a page or two ago.
https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/1848448958378733651/photo/1
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
I've always found them to be quite inquisitive.
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It’s the European Cup
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The unknown Dan Bardell has tweeted that tickets are available on resale sites for £30. A kick in the particulars for season ticket holders if true.
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The unknown Dan Bardell has tweeted that tickets are available on resale sites for £30. A kick in the particulars for season ticket holders if true.
A quick glance and I could get seats for £43 where I sit, significantly cheaper than the £70 the club offered them to me for I think you will agree.
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It's not a good look.
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The unknown Dan Bardell has tweeted that tickets are available on resale sites for £30. A kick in the particulars for season ticket holders if true.
A quick glance and I could get seats for £43 where I sit, significantly cheaper than the £70 the club offered them to me for I think you will agree.
We did warn them. Only themselves to blame.
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It's not a good look.
I was set on getting a Juve ticket but I'm not going to bother now and I'll just leave it to the day and see if I can get a cheap one, same goes for Celtic.
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There are Leipzig away tickets on sale too - how is that possible in the away end? from £35 as well
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The unknown Dan Bardell has tweeted that tickets are available on resale sites for £30. A kick in the particulars for season ticket holders if true.
Heck-onomics unravelling before our eyes..
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It's not a good look.
I was set on getting a Juve ticket but I'm not going to bother now and I'll just leave it to the day and see if I can get a cheap one, same goes for Celtic.
Demand for those two fixtures, Celtic mainly, will be more but if we have qualified for the next stage that will ultimately see demand drop off.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
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It's not a good look.
I was set on getting a Juve ticket but I'm not going to bother now and I'll just leave it to the day and see if I can get a cheap one, same goes for Celtic.
Does this open the door for Celtic fans to buy tickets in home areas? Will get messy if so..
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A very quick search throws up this site selling tickets for around £30 - £45 each https://seatpick.com/aston-villa-vs-bologna-champions-league-tickets/event/318170
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
Clubs are in no way allowed to use resale sites are they? would completely undermine every facet of ticket purchasing
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
Clubs are in no way allowed to use resale sites are they? would completely undermine every facet of ticket purchasing
I know fans aren’t suppose to, but where does it say clubs can’t shift unsold ones? There’s something morally dodgy, but the tickets are the clubs to do with what they want. Hence charging £3bn for a couple of pints and a big bag of Skittles in GA+.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
I wonder then if some of these tickets are ones that on the club site are available only for hospitality, at £149+.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
Clubs are in no way allowed to use resale sites are they? would completely undermine every facet of ticket purchasing
I know fans aren’t suppose to, but where does it say clubs can’t shift unsold ones? There’s something morally dodgy, but the tickets are the clubs to do with what they want. Hence charging £3bn for a couple of pints and a big bag of Skittles in GA+.
Seatpick say that all tickets sold through their site are by individuals or 3rd party companies and not the club.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
Clubs are in no way allowed to use resale sites are they? would completely undermine every facet of ticket purchasing
I know fans aren’t suppose to, but where does it say clubs can’t shift unsold ones? There’s something morally dodgy, but the tickets are the clubs to do with what they want. Hence charging £3bn for a couple of pints and a big bag of Skittles in GA+.
Seatpick say that all tickets sold through their site are by individuals or 3rd party companies and not the club.
Seatpick are an aggregator site. They don’t sell any tickets.
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Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how tickets are so cheap for tonight on resale? Fans who just can't go any more? Bots?
Looks to me like these are tickets the club couldn’t sell, so are trying to do it through a resale site. Rather than pricing them sensibly in the first place.
Clubs are in no way allowed to use resale sites are they? would completely undermine every facet of ticket purchasing
I know fans aren’t suppose to, but where does it say clubs can’t shift unsold ones? There’s something morally dodgy, but the tickets are the clubs to do with what they want. Hence charging £3bn for a couple of pints and a big bag of Skittles in GA+.
From what I'm reading unless stated that they are legit partner sites or authroized then it is illegal
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Then we are either breaking the law, or we’ve randomly seen 100s of half price tickets appear online in the last few hours.
Maybe everyone with an unwanted ticket has decided to sell it on at the same time.
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Then we are either breaking the law, or we’ve randomly seen 100s of half price tickets appear online in the last few hours.
Maybe everyone with an unwanted ticket has decided to sell it on at the same time.
Surely just touts/bots having to take a hit?
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Hasn't it been set up so that individuals cannot sell on tickets that they have bought from the club?
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Hasn't it been set up so that individuals cannot sell on tickets that they have bought from the club?
I thought so. Also, is it not difficult for touts to get their hands on tickets, given the fan criteria needed?
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I personally would be very wary of sites like that. There were instances at the last game that people had been scammed.
No ticket and no refund and was asked to leave the stadium. They had tickets for parts of the ground that do not exist
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Heading to the Bullring.
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To be fair, the club have just advised supporters to purchase officially through Villa. So maybe nothing to do with them. Other than the ridiculous pricing structure in the first place.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Heading to the Bullring.
Ha ha good one
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Somebody I know has just bought on in the UH for £50. He’s a season ticket holder too who had decided not to go at full price!
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I personally would be very wary of sites like that. There were instances at the last game that people had been scammed.
No ticket and no refund and was asked to leave the stadium. They had tickets for parts of the ground that do not exist
There's a load of them around.
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I wouldn’t be going anywhere near a site like that.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Heading to the Bullring.
Looking for a ‘Greasy Joe’s’ to sample the full English. They’ll be disappointed by the beans on offer.
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Looks dodgy as fuck. Just had a brief look and there was a 20 quid booking fee added on to the price of a ticket
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Section A4 (never heard of it) but advertised as middle of upper Trinity for £55?
And where the hell is Longside Upper / Longside Lower??????
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Section A4 (never heard of it) but advertised as middle of upper Trinity for £55?
And where the hell is Longside Upper / Longside Lower??????
A4 is middle of Trinity upper.
Not sure what Longside is unless theyve just renamed the Trinity.
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Section A4 (never heard of it) but advertised as middle of upper Trinity for £55?
And where the hell is Longside Upper / Longside Lower??????
Burnley?
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Word has it that the 'Spoons at the One Stop is rammed with Eyetalians.
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Listened to the Bologna press conference.
Sounds like they have taken the Bayern game as their template for Villa, in that "they let you have the ball and sit in a low block, waiting to force mistakes so that they can attack the space behind" and "they're happy to let you have the ball, to let you play".
Not sure that's how we'll be approaching the game at all, though it is a good description of the Bayern game.
It's not as if we had a lot of say in the matter against Bayern. My hope for tonight is Bologna continue failing to take their chances but we take ours. I still maintain it's going to be a tougher game than most imagine given their recent results and league position. Any team can have a good day but Uncle Unai will have anticipated every possible scenario and will have the lads up for it.
Nine points on the board tonight will look extremely beautiful. COYVB!
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I wouldn’t be going anywhere near a site like that.
That was my first thought but the lad I mention above had his ticket come through pretty much straightaway. I don’t use Twitter but the tip off came from MattKen on there.
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I wouldn’t be going anywhere near a site like that.
Certainly to be treated with as much caution as a "I've got 3 tickets for sale for tonight's Taylor Swift gig" tweet.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Far too early in the day, siesta time.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Far too early in the day, siesta time.
Nonsense, they'd be sat down now ready to start their three hour lunch.
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The officials are from Portugal tonight. Referee João Pinheiro, Assistant referees Bruno Jesus, Luciano Maia, João Gonçalves
VAR is Tiago Martins and assistant VAR is from Switzerland. Fedayi San. I hope there are no language or culture issues between VARs.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
lunch in San Carlo was it
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Somebody I know has just bought on in the UH for £50. He’s a season ticket holder too who had decided not to go at full price!
Does that include the Vat and Fees added on at checkout ?
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
lunch in San Carlo was it
Sausage, beans and chippings in the Square Peg.
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Hopefully seal a win. Another clean sheet would be a bonus.
A win and we'd be in with a shout of Top 8
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
lunch in San Carlo was it
Sausage, beans and chippings in the Square Peg.
Haha the great Peter Butterworth.
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I hope we kick the ball into the net - their net! - lots of times, tonight.
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Somebody I know has just bought on in the UH for £50. He’s a season ticket holder too who had decided not to go at full price!
Does that include the Vat and Fees added on at checkout ?
Yes, £41 ticket and £9 booking fee.
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I hope we kick the ball into the net - their net! - lots of times, tonight.
I come here for the expert tactical analysis.
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I think the last time us and sha were at home the same night was the second Rapid game, hopefully we have a better result this time. Walsall are also at home so travel could well be worse than normal.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
lunch in San Carlo was it
Sausage, beans and chippings in the Square Peg.
Haha the great Peter Butterworth.
I used the very same skit to explain a menu on holiday as there wasn't one in English on our table.
The kids were utterly bemused, and my youngest accused me of being a 'bit racist'.
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I hope we kick the ball into the net - their net! - lots of times, tonight.
I come here for the expert tactical analysis.
You laugh, but we can all remember Villa sides who seemed not to understand this plan!
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I hope we kick the ball into the net - their net! - lots of times, tonight.
This is how proper top end punditry should be.
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TNTSport are really useless in covering this competition properly. It's just the match and nothing else, whereas Sky Sport have been camped outside Villa Park all day even though they have no broadcast rights.
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Been relaxed about this game ever since the draw was made. Now i'm getting nervous.
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I hope we kick the ball into the net - their net! - lots of times, tonight.
This is how proper top end punditry should be.
It sounded like an Ange team talk to me.
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I think the last time us and sha were at home the same night was the second Rapid game, hopefully we have a better result this time. Walsall are also at home so travel could well be worse than normal.
To be fair, everyone on the trains and in the pubs I've been in have been quite jovial and well behaved. Good on them.
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Plenty of Italians mooching around Town.
Perfect description for Italians that.
The French would meander.
Germans would probably march.
What about the Spanish?
Far too early in the day, siesta time.
Nonsense, they'd be sat down now ready to start their three hour lunch.
Or heading to the Bull Ring to pick a fight with some cattle.
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Onyedika Red carded for Brugge again Milano. Will
miss our game and he’s one of their better players.
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Onyedika Red carded for Brugge again Milano. Will
miss our game and he’s one of their better players.
Good news that
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Onyedika Red carded for Brugge again Milano. Will
miss our game and he’s one of their better players.
In Brugges
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Duran and Ian start. Mings on the bench.
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Duran starts!
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the strongest bench I've ever seen from us.
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Onyedika Red carded for Brugge again Milano. Will
miss our game and he’s one of their better players.
In Brugges
In fucking Bruges?
Bruges is a shithole
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Mingsssssssss !!!!!!
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Onyedika Red carded for Brugge against Milano. Will
miss our game and he’s one of their better players.
In Brugges
In Milano.
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No fingernails left already
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You can tell Dave's at the game.
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How's that a foul by Bailey?
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Bailey not at the races for me.
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Feel sorry for Bailey.
Hope it clicks for him soon.
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Losing patience with Bailey here…..seems to be carrying on with how he left off on Saturday.
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Ah the 2022/2023 season Bailey model. We need the 2023/2024 season model back. Ref not giving him much though in fairness.
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Two match threads running. Unusual.