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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave P on February 11, 2025, 12:21:21 PM
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We go again. Trying to win our first league match in 4.
Assuming Konsa is out and none of the injured players are back, I'd expect to see
Martinez
Garcia Disasi Kamara Digne
Tielemans McGinn
Bailey Rogers Ramsey
Malen
This could be a decent result if we get at them early. No clean sheet though. 4-1 (Malen 2,Bailey, Rashford)
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Win 3 1 and I'd expect the injured players may be held back for the more difficult following 2 fixtures.
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So far this season we have mostly fluffed our lines after a great performance. We must not continue with that trait. Players need to forget Sunday and be up for this one. Ipswich will fight and we have to match them. If we do work hard it should be a straight forward win.
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Would like to put ten past these dirty twats. Hopefully the referee isn't a gutless coward this time.
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I’m so excited about this game. I’m taking my 7 year old to his first match. We live in SE London and it is hard to keep kids on the straight and narrow. He’s flirted with the idea of supporting Arsenal (2 of his best friends do) and my wife thinks I should bring him up Palace (so we can actually attend games). She has no interest in sport at all and just doesn’t understand how impossible that would be for me.
I still remember my first visit. August 86, lost 0-3 to Spurs on the opening day. I’m hoping we do slightly better than that.
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Any word if Ollie is likely to be back for this one?
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Cue Jaden Philogene's best performance of the season at Villa Park.
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I’m so excited about this game. I’m taking my 7 year old to his first match. We live in SE London and it is hard to keep kids on the straight and narrow. He’s flirted with the idea of supporting Arsenal (2 of his best friends do) and my wife thinks I should bring him up Palace (so we can actually attend games). She has no interest in sport at all and just doesn’t understand how impossible that would be for me.
I still remember my first visit. August 86, lost 0-3 to Spurs on the opening day. I’m hoping we do slightly better than that.
I remember that game distinctly. Chiefly because there was serious talk in the lead up of Villa challenging towards the top of the table before the beginning of the season. No, believe me, there was. Really. How hollow that talk seemed 90 mins later, even if 0-3 makes it look more one-sided than it actually was
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Any word if Ollie is likely to be back for this one?
Sub at most I'm guessing
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2-0 Yorke header and Deano from 45 yards
In all seriousness 3-1 Villa and Rashford will score at least one of them.
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Cue Jaden Philogene's best performance of the season at Villa Park.
I think that’s a PFA directive, isn’t it; to turn into Messi on the first visit to your ex-club with the new one.
Along the lines of, ‘Look what a diamond you could have kept’, to adapt a Brucie catchphrase.
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Cue Jaden Philogene's best performance of the season at Villa Park.
He will have a point to prove- but unfortunately for jaden so do we are as a team
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2-0 Yorke header and Deano from 45 yards
In all seriousness 3-1 Villa and Rashford will score at least one of them.
Yorke's goal was the better of the two, what a move that was
4-0 with Rashford bagging his first goal for Villa
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Yorke's goal may have been technically better, but Dean's was a proper 'what the fuck?!' goal, I used to sit behind the doguts then and we were right behind it.
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Any word if Ollie is likely to be back for this one?
Sub at most I'm guessing
Think that's for the best even if he is fit. Malen's done enough to keep his place. Give Ollie 20 minutes and keep him fresh for later in the month.
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Gray(3), Graydon and Little
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Yorke's goal may have been technically better, but Dean's was a proper 'what the fuck?!' goal, I used to sit behind the doguts then and we were right behind it.
At the point at which Saunders struck the ball, its not as if the keeper was that far off his line. Hell of a dip on the shot
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Yep. Yorke's won the GOTM with the 20 passes build-up, but I agree Saunders goal was better.
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5.1
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We are due to twat someone soon so hoping for a decent win, but as others have said we need to leave some in the tank for 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' and Chelski
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They'll have a good turnout as they make their way back from the protests in London, but this is the day it clicks and we'll twat them 5-1 with Asensio applying the coup de grâce.
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0-2
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
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4-0 if we play the way we played against Spurs the other day there’s not many who’ll live with us and certainly not Ipswich
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So you still saw it sail over the keeper, someone who was probably on the 6 yard box if that. I remember the drooling over the Yorke goal at the time because of the "team" play which is why I mentioned 20 passes earlier. It was four.
7:42 in, Saunders at 11:55.
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Loved that side, I don’t think Frogatt played too many more games for us did he.
He gave us such a balance on the left with Stan.
The keeper was Baker wasn’t it ? Bob ?
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Froggatt was never the same after those Wimbledon animals crippled him in the Dalian GOTS game.
I may have mentioned before how much I really fucking hate Wimbledon. ******.
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
There’s not a day that goes by
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I’m so excited about this game. I’m taking my 7 year old to his first match. We live in SE London and it is hard to keep kids on the straight and narrow. He’s flirted with the idea of supporting Arsenal (2 of his best friends do) and my wife thinks I should bring him up Palace (so we can actually attend games). She has no interest in sport at all and just doesn’t understand how impossible that would be for me.
I still remember my first visit. August 86, lost 0-3 to Spurs on the opening day. I’m hoping we do slightly better than that.
Sounds like it is time to find a new wife who understands your needs! ;-)
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
Along with naming himself after an Irish TV puppet.
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So you still saw it sail over the keeper, someone who was probably on the 6 yard box if that. I remember the drooling over the Yorke goal at the time because of the "team" play which is why I mentioned 20 passes earlier. It was four.
7:42 in, Saunders at 11:55.
Didn’t Ipswich knock us out the league cup that season?
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
In my 11-year old head, at the ground, he hit it from the halfway line. When I saw it on tv I was a bit disappointed.
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------- Martinez ---------
Garcia Disasi Bogarde Digne
--- Kamara -- Tielemans---
Ascensio ---- McGinn -- Rogers
-------- Marlen ------------
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
There’s not a day that goes by
I was in the bogs at Selhurst Park when Dalian scored the goal of the season.
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This could be a wonderful safe space for those who can admit to missing key Villa moments live without fear of castigation.
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
Along with naming himself after an Irish TV puppet.
Have another guess, try and think a bit more Villa
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I’m so excited about this game. I’m taking my 7 year old to his first match. We live in SE London and it is hard to keep kids on the straight and narrow. He’s flirted with the idea of supporting Arsenal (2 of his best friends do) and my wife thinks I should bring him up Palace (so we can actually attend games). She has no interest in sport at all and just doesn’t understand how impossible that would be for me.
I still remember my first visit. August 86, lost 0-3 to Spurs on the opening day. I’m hoping we do slightly better than that.
I remember that game distinctly. Chiefly because there was serious talk in the lead up of Villa challenging towards the top of the table before the beginning of the season. No, believe me, there was. Really. How hollow that talk seemed 90 mins later, even if 0-3 makes it look more one-sided than it actually was
Bob Wilson backed us as outsiders for the title on football focus. Id been going to a good few games for a couple years, but I’d managed to scrape together £24 for my first juvenile season ticket on the Holte for 86-87 as a twelve year old. A Clive Allen hat trick gave the childish me a proper Villa reality check.
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They'll have a good turnout as they make their way back from the protests in London, but this is the day it clicks and we'll twat them 5-1 with Asensio applying the coup de grâce.
Agree.
Think Delap will actually give our back line a harder game than any of the spurs players. But Bailey, Asensio, Malen, Rashford, Ramsey, Rogers at various points in the game, will overwhelm them
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Bob Wilson backed us as outsiders for the title on football focus. Id been going to a good few games for a couple years, but I’d managed to scrape together £24 for my first juvenile season ticket on the Holte for 86-87 as a twelve year old. A Clive Allen hat trick gave the childish me a proper Villa reality check.
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I remember Match Weekly predicting we’d finish 2nd after the canny signings of Cooper, Keown & Thompson
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So you still saw it sail over the keeper, someone who was probably on the 6 yard box if that. I remember the drooling over the Yorke goal at the time because of the "team" play which is why I mentioned 20 passes earlier. It was four.
7:42 in, Saunders at 11:55.
The one with so many passes was against Sheffield Wednesday.
I remember Motson describing Deano goals goal fifth decade at the time. From the top of the Holte it had an amazing trajectory which I remember to this day.
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I was in the bogs at Selhurst Park when Dalian scored the goal of the season.
Had someone nicked your umbrella after you’d had a piss as well
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
Must be up there with your regrets in life.
That was my first game at Villa Park. And I was sat right behind Deano when he hit it and watched it sail all the way in (I was sat directly in line from him to the goal). It set me up for a lot of disappointment, as I expected similar for each subsequent visit...
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Some of our recent goals are far better , full teamwork goals , see McGinn v Arsenal .
Also loved Yorke's goal v Sheffield Weds which was like a 30 pass move . Up there with the best .
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I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.
In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.
In my 11-year old head, at the ground, he hit it from the halfway line. When I saw it on tv I was a bit disappointed.
same
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
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Was 6-1 last game of the season before they went to the FACup Final
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
Think there was a 6-2 in the league cup under Graham Taylor, maybe first season after promotion 88-89. Got a vague memory of Dalian Atkinson scoring a screamer for them, there was about 15 of us there.
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
Think there was a 6-2 in the league cup under Graham Taylor, maybe first season after promotion 88-89. Got a vague memory of Dalian Atkinson scoring a screamer for them, there was about 15 of us there.
Platt scored a few
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I’ll go for the 6-1 .
And apart from Philogene who else has played for Villa and Ipswich?
I’ll go first Tuanzebe
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David Geddis
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John Deehan
Darren Bent
Nigel Reo-Coker
David Unsworth
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Mings!
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Mings, Atkinson, Geddis.
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Lambert as boss, yikes!
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James Collins (Welsh).
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David Geddis
He scored their goal in the 6-1 , 1980
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I think we will hammer these.
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I hope so as we now have enough attackers to make a difference. It is how strong our defence will be against cloggers and physicality. You hope Disasi will counter some of that, but then how comfortable will he be in possession and how must of an understanding will he have with Kamara (unless Mings pops out the woodwork).
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Peed off I’m missing this game, the first home league game I’ve missed since we’ve come back up. I too think we’ll finish with a positive GD by the end of the week.
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For weeks now we have been spurning chances and it has cost us in the league. There is pressure on us for this game with Liverpool suddenly landing next week, a win is essential to keep pace (although I do fancy us next Weds).
While we still look light at the back we have enough up front to be confident of a victory and we look solid at home, all pointing to a handsome win against a side that did give us trouble earlier in the season but really should be dispatched without fuss. There will be fuss though, 4 x fuss and the only fly in the ointment will be the failure to keep a clean sheet albeit via a consolation for the 1980/81 League Championship Runners Up.
4-1
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If memory serves, these lot are better away than at home. Be prepared for their counter attacks and then we should have the quality to put three or four past them.
Villa 3 Tractor Boys 1
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If I could ask for one thing to come from this match it's that the guy on the PA doesn't shout 'yippi ai ay' just before kick off.
I've never cringed so much at anything in my entire life. Well, not since he referred to Torres as 'Pau wow Torres' last year anyway.
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If I could ask for one thing to come from this match it's that the guy on the PA doesn't shout 'yippi ai ay' just before kick off.
I've never cringed so much at anything in my entire life. Well, not since he referred to Torres as 'Pau wow Torres' last year anyway.
Absolutely, I thought this had been put to bed after that awful "wow" moment last year and he sounds utterly uncomfortable doing it.
I do laugh when the pitch announcer shouts "Up The Villa" just before KO and his voice cracks almost every single week.
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Must admit i quite like the Yippi ai ay just before kick off.
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One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”
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I can see us wining 3-1.
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One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”
I hate it so so so so much. It's the sort of thing that clubs should be deducted points for.
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One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”
We really need a better song for Ollie, but I don''t mind the 'Yippee ai ay' just before kick off.
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I dont like the tannoy stuff, bit cringe, bit contrived. We dont need to be nudged to sing before k/o, or what to sing, its been happening without someone prompting us for ever!!
The turning of the ‘every week we follow’ chant into a recorded song at the end of games, is so odd as well, like a Smurfs version. Is that to stop everyone singing ‘fuck the blues’ to Neil Diamond?
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Yeah, that sounds really, really bad.
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It really is horrible
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I only heard that recorded version recently and it sounded awful. I have zero problem with the crowd singing it, but the recorded version being piped in is cat.
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The turning of the ‘every week we follow’ chant into a recorded song at the end of games, is so odd as well, like a Smurfs version. Is that to stop everyone singing ‘fuck the blues’ to Neil Diamond?
I hate that quite passionately as well. It's almost 'North London Forever' levels of cringe.
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
Think there was a 6-2 in the league cup under Graham Taylor, maybe first season after promotion 88-89. Got a vague memory of Dalian Atkinson scoring a screamer for them, there was about 15 of us there.
16,284
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I’m still annoyed that because of the noise barrage right up to kick off we couldn’t get a dignified tribute to Gary Shaw.
Having watched both Manchester clubs tribute to Denis Law it can be done if there isn’t a frenzied build up.
The only benefit to it was the attempts by Spurs to generate atmosphere in the build up to the game were completely drowned out by the cacophony of piped music before kick off.
It’s obviously someone’s bright idea but I don’t think it works at all!
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
There was a 5-2 around 1979 when Andy Gray scored a hat trick
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Ipswich's keeper is shocking. He gifts so many goals so keep shooting at him and we'll be grand.
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They may play Palmer whom they signed from Albion.
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Ipswich's keeper is shocking. He gifts so many goals so keep shooting at him and we'll be grand.
Fuck's sake eamonn.
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Ipswich's keeper is shocking. He gifts so many goals so keep shooting at him and we'll be grand.
Fuck's sake eamonn.
The otherwise reliable Dave did this with the Monaco keeper.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
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Sorry, too many sleeping pills.
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Sorry, too many sleeping pills.
Pumped up with Valium, could you fucking well take some the next time you're thinking of poking the gods?!
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Must admit i quite like the Yippi ai ay just before kick off.
It's great , like it , he's a great PA guy in my opinion . Adds something , last season he was singing Diaaaaby at times . Character.
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
There was a 5-2 around 1979 when Andy Gray scored a hat trick
It was early in the 76/77 season. One of the most exciting Villa teams ever. Gray got 25 league goals that season. We beat both Liverpool and Arsenal 5-1 at home. We won the League Cup thanks to some brilliant displays by Sir Brian in the semi 3rd game with QPR and the 2nd replay in the final with Everton. Gray got one other hat trick in that campaign, last game of the season against Smethwick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Aston_Villa_F.C._season
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Sorry, too many sleeping pills.
Pumped up with Valium, could you fucking well take some the next time you're thinking of poking the gods?!
Amyl first, see how we go.
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I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw so Im going for 5 1
There was a 5-2 around 1979 when Andy Gray scored a hat trick
1976, we finished 4th that season. One of my first games.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
Maybe we already have. Vinnie of this parish gave a little wink when someone suggested we should get him. Of course he might have had something in his versus a hint something was in the works. But Delap at 21 would be a great back up to Ollie. Then again ww did say that about the previous 21 year we had here in that role.
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Think we're full up with attack-minded players now til the 2030s.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
Maybe we already have. Vinnie of this parish gave a little wink when someone suggested we should get him. Of course he might have had something in his versus a hint something was in the works. But Delap at 21 would be a great back up to Ollie. Then again ww did say that about the previous 21 year we had here in that role.
He looks like he's going to be a quality player.
Man City would have missed a trick if they didn't put a buy back clause in the sale.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
Maybe we already have. Vinnie of this parish gave a little wink when someone suggested we should get him. Of course he might have had something in his versus a hint something was in the works. But Delap at 21 would be a great back up to Ollie. Then again ww did say that about the previous 21 year we had here in that role.
He looks like he's going to be a quality player.
Man City would have missed a trick if they didn't put a buy back clause in the sale.
I suppose they are relatively content with having Haaland though. But in general, they have an ageing first team that would be made less so had they held onto Delap, Rogers and Palmer - you can imagine the latter two would be starters for them this season.
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Anyone noticed that the Knuckledraggers across the road are also at home at 3pm that day?
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Anyone noticed that the Knuckledraggers across the road are also at home at 3pm that day?
I think it might have been mentioned about 100 times.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
Maybe we already have. Vinnie of this parish gave a little wink when someone suggested we should get him. Of course he might have had something in his versus a hint something was in the works. But Delap at 21 would be a great back up to Ollie. Then again ww did say that about the previous 21 year we had here in that role.
He looks like he's going to be a quality player.
Man City would have missed a trick if they didn't put a buy back clause in the sale.
I suppose they are relatively content with having Haaland though. But in general, they have an ageing first team that would be made less so had they held onto Delap, Rogers and Palmer - you can imagine the latter two would be starters for them this season.
Pedro Porro at right back as well, they flogged him to Sporting before Spurs bought him.
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I hope we tap up Delap whilst they're in town. He needs to be a Villa boy next season.
Maybe we already have. Vinnie of this parish gave a little wink when someone suggested we should get him. Of course he might have had something in his versus a hint something was in the works. But Delap at 21 would be a great back up to Ollie. Then again ww did say that about the previous 21 year we had here in that role.
He looks like he's going to be a quality player.
Man City would have missed a trick if they didn't put a buy back clause in the sale.
I suppose they are relatively content with having Haaland though. But in general, they have an ageing first team that would be made less so had they held onto Delap, Rogers and Palmer - you can imagine the latter two would be starters for them this season.
Pedro Porro at right back as well, they flogged him to Sporting before Spurs bought him.
And Douglas Luiz. Pep has made some right cock ups.
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Anyone noticed that the Knuckledraggers across the road are also at home at 3pm that day?
I think it might have been mentioned about 100 times.
And it’s not the first time we’ve had home games at the same time this year.
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Do we reckon one or both of Rashford or Asensio will start?
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My guess is both subs again.
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Do we reckon one or both of Rashford or Asensio will start?
I’ve just put Rashy (oops) in my fantasy team. Double game week opportunity. I’m top of my league so that’s a guaranteed hat trick. Thank me after.
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Do we reckon one or both of Rashford or Asensio will start?
I’ve just put Rashy (oops) in my fantasy team. Double game week opportunity. I’m top of my league so that’s a guaranteed hat trick. Thank me after.
Gonna be honest, that's kind of why I asked. Also going for Emery as assistant manager.
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I had Moyes as assistant manager last week, double game week, both teams higher in the table, a result against both. Salah as captain. 80 points between the two of them.
Pure fluke. It'll never happen again.
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My guess is both subs again.
I don't either will start, especially with the midweek game against Liverpool coming up.
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Do we know if Watkins is fit to start?
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Do we know if Watkins is fit to start?
Even if he is fit, I wouldn't start him. Give Malen another outing up front, and save Ollie for the Liverpool game.
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2-0 to them. Tuanzebe and Philogene.
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Do we know if Watkins is fit to start?
Even if he is fit, I wouldn't start him. Give Malen another outing up front, and save Ollie for the Liverpool game.
Definitely Malen. Looked good versus Spurs and I think we owe him given the CL debacle.
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Probably less of a debacle and more of a contractual term as we could end up playing his former employer Dortmund.
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Keep Watkins on ice for Wednesday is my thinking .
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Do we reckon one or both of Rashford or Asensio will start?
I’ve just put Rashy (oops) in my fantasy team. Double game week opportunity. I’m top of my league so that’s a guaranteed hat trick. Thank me after.
Double Fantasy with Ono and Lennon up front
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Do we reckon one or both of Rashford or Asensio will start?
Rashford probably more likely to start at this point, but I imagine it will be the team that started last Sunday with Disasi coming in for Konsa if he's injured (which I presume he is).
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Keep Watkins on ice for Wednesday is my thinking .
I'd agree with this.
Don't rush Watkins back, now we've got Malen and Rashford who could both play up top.
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I think I'd stick with the same side as well.
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Ipswich's keeper is shocking. He gifts so many goals so keep shooting at him and we'll be grand.
Fuck's sake eamonn.
The otherwise reliable Dave did this with the Monaco keeper.
This is a very fair point, although I don't really remember us throwing enough at the Monaco keeper to test the theory.
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Yep i agree. Save ollie for Liverpool next week. We have a few options now in that area. No need to rush him back
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Ty and Ollie both fit then for tomorrow
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John Townley has confirmed that Watkins and Mings are both included in the squad tomorrow. Good news, but Barkley, Onana, Cash, Konsa and Torres all ruled out. What on earth is wrong with Onana yet again??
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Not to sound like Footy but I'm going to need Onana to string more than a handful of games together before I see him fist pumping at the fans again. Very disappointing signing so far.
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Not to sound like Footy but I'm going to need Onana to string more than a handful of games together before I see him fist pumping at the fans again. Very disappointing signing so far.
he maybe good at languages but seems to be made of glass !
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Starting to look a bit stronger then (before we inevitably pick up another three injuries in the next week)
Martinez
Garcia Disasi Mings Digne
McGinn Kamara Tielemans Ramsey
Watkins Rogers
Rashford, Asensio, Maatsen, Bogarde to come on second half.
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Not to sound like Footy but I'm going to need Onana to string more than a handful of games together before I see him fist pumping at the fans again. Very disappointing signing so far.
he maybe good at languages but seems to be made of glass !
When it comes to playing, his language of choice appears to be Welch.
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Onana does seem to be out injured a lot. Looking back, his record isn't that bad at Everton, missing just a couple of games a season until last season when he missed 6 (calf injury). Apparently he's missed 7 games this season with the hamstring.
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I wonder if Onana has just had the same issue for a while and they’ve decided he just needs some time away to let it heal fully. Seems to have been very stop start for him.
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I wonder if Onana has just had the same issue for a while and they’ve decided he just needs some time away to let it heal fully. Seems to have been very stop start for him.
That's my thinking on it. He started the season really well and looking like a great signing but then in the reverse fixture against this lot he spent most of the game feeling at his hamstring and doesn't seem to have ever fully recovered from whatever caused it.
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Starting to look a bit stronger then (before we inevitably pick up another three injuries in the next week)
Martinez
Garcia Disasi Mings Digne
McGinn Kamara Tielemans Ramsey
Watkins Rogers
Rashford, Asensio, Maatsen, Bogarde to come on second half.
Or Bailey/Malen - some great options there.
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MARTINEZ
GARCIA
MAATSEN
DISASI
MINGS
TIELEMANS
MCGINN
ROGERS
RASHFORD
BAILEY
MALEN
Rashford, Malen and Rogers for us in a 3-1 win.
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Great problem to have, options!!
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From BBC via Emery:
"Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley remain out but Tyrone Mings and Ollie Watkins have trained on Friday morning and are therefore in the squad."
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If Mings is available, then this is a game to give BooBoo a bit of a rest
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MARTINEZ
GARCIA
MAATSEN
DISASI
MINGS
TIELEMANS
MCGINN
ROGERS
RASHFORD
BAILEY
MALEN
I'd go for this, but might start Asensio instead of Rogers
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JJ starts for me
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It's gas that Watkins and Konsa, virtual ever-presents, broke-down just as reinforcements arrived.
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
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I wonder if Onana has just had the same issue for a while and they’ve decided he just needs some time away to let it heal fully. Seems to have been very stop start for him.
That's my thinking on it. He started the season really well and looking like a great signing but then in the reverse fixture against this lot he spent most of the game feeling at his hamstring and doesn't seem to have ever fully recovered from whatever caused it.
Concrete Ron had more injuries breaking up his season (iirc) than his name would suggest.
Perhaps it’s a defender thing.
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
Erm...he played really well last time out.
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VT forms his opinions before kick-off and doesn't bother changing them during the game.
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VT forms his opinions before kick-off and doesn't bother changing them during the game.
Or after.
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
Erm...he played really well last time out.
He’s done well for the last few games, other than Wolves, where no one did well.
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
Loses the shirt....WTF?
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The big bad Noses are at home tomorrow too. When was the last time that happened at 3 pm on a Saturday? Hopefully they'll let our fans drink in town 😉
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
Erm...he played really well last time out.
He's had a poor season, maybe he will pull his socks up now he has some competition. We will see. 50/50'he starts anyway so may be a a moot point.
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Plenty of things that would be better if they were mute.
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The big bad dirty scummy oily wanker Noses are at home tomorrow too. When was the last time that happened at 3 pm on a Saturday? Hopefully they'll let our fans drink in town 😉
Fixed for your convenience
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If Bailey starts and doesn't deliver again I'd say he loses the shirt.
Erm...he played really well last time out.
He's had a poor season, maybe he will pull his socks up now he has some competition. We will see. 50/50'he starts anyway so may be a a moot point.
He played better by his standards.
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Me feeling is Unai thinks he gives the team better balance. He always draws two defenders to him and I presume he follows instructions .i expect him to start tomorrow
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Lots of options now. Emery needs to balance all selections now based on 5 games in 14 days. The good news is we will have a strong bench .
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Win tomorrow, 40 points, safe from relegation.
Old habits die hard.
3-1 to the Villa.
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Are we going to see a brand new central defensive partnership tomorrow ?
Made up of two powerful, physical no nonsense centre halves?
It’s going to be interesting to see that sort of dynamic for a change.
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I really feel we could smash these...would really help GD if we could bag a few.
Queue enevititable 0-1 loss
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We need to bury these fucking Ipshitters.
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The very definition of a banana skin .
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MARTINEZ
GARCIA
MAATSEN
DISASI
MINGS
TIELEMANS
MCGINN
ROGERS
RASHFORD
BAILEY
MALEN
Rashford, Malen and Rogers for us in a 3-1 win.
Bloody hell. How did I miss starting Kamara? I’m ashamed. Kamara in for Bailey with Morg and Rashford playing behind Malen.
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The very definition of a banana skin .
Wikipedia [Banana skin]
A banana peel, called banana skin in British English, is the outer covering of a banana. Banana peels are used as food for animals, an ingredient in cooking, in water purification, for manufacturing of several biochemical products as well as for jokes and comical situations.
Aston Villa v Ipswich, 15th February 2025.
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If we’re serious about amassing 65pts+ then Ipswich have to be put to the sword. That’s all that needs saying.
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Rashford to lob a 60 year old Clive Baker from 40 yards out. Home win
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Our midfield and attacking options are beyond belief compared to 2/3 years ago.
Barkley..McGinn..Tielemans
Onana..Kamara..Asensio
Malen..Rogers..Bailey
Ramsey..Watkins..Rashford
any six from those to start today, hopefully we can get into positive goal difference this afternoon. An overdue win surely in the league.
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MARTINEZ
GARCIA
MAATSEN
DISASI
MINGS
TIELEMANS
MCGINN
ROGERS
RASHFORD
BAILEY
MALEN
Rashford, Malen and Rogers for us in a 3-1 win.
Bloody hell. How did I miss starting Kamara? I’m ashamed. Kamara in for Bailey with Morg and Rashford playing behind Malen.
On the other hand, it might be a good game to rest Kamara. With all the new signings and ridiculous fixture schedule, you could make the case for many different line-ups today.
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Our midfield and attacking options are beyond belief compared to 2/3 years ago.
Barkley..McGinn..Tielemans
Onana..Kamara..Asensio
Malen..Rogers..Bailey
Ramsey..Watkins..Rashford
any six from those to start today, hopefully we can get into positive goal difference this afternoon. An overdue win surely in the league.
Incredible isn't it? Still with Barkley and Onana to come back too.