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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on February 28, 2025, 09:53:38 PM
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We absolutely battered them and won only 2-0. Asensio making the difference again. And we did this nil thing in the conceded column. Weird times.
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Not at our best
But clean sheet and a comfortable win. Jon done. We take that.
Bet we get palace away next round😂
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Dominant - whether you want to believe it or not.
Deserved to win and did.
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A clean sheet, wonderful.
Marco is such a classy player. I thought Rashford did well.
Bogarde did very nicely.
Good to see Anwar back.
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We absolutely battered them and won only 2-0. Asensio making the difference again. And we did this nil thing in the conceded column. Weird times.
Could've been 6 with a bit more composure in the box.
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Job done, class won out in the end but fair play Cardiff they defended very well. Acensio is brilliant.
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Thought Garcia,Bogarde and Maatsen were very good.Bailey was very bad. A clean sheet will do us the world of good.
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Job done. Now let's get a home draw in the quarters.
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We kept a clean sheet!
We. Kept. A. Clean. Sheet!
WE KEPT A CLEAN SHEET!!!!!
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Thought Garcia,Bogarde and Maatsen were very good.Bailey was very bad. A clean sheet will do us the world of good.
Very bad, but kept going and got an assist. That’ll do for me.
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Next.
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Thought Garcia,Bogarde and Maatsen were very good.Bailey was very bad. A clean sheet will do us the world of good.
Very bad, but kept going and got an assist. That’ll do for me.
He doesn’t hide which is to be admired
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Job done, routine win without exerting ourselves. Now I want to see loads of of the 'Magic of the FA Cup' for the rest of the weekend.
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I was impressed with Garcia. Rashford decent.
Lovely to see the applause for Anwar. Never forget those who set us back on the right path
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Lovely to see Anwar with his kids, one in blue, the other in claret and blue. He's still walking around the ground signing autographs.
Routine win, hopefully without using up too much energy. Fair play to Cardiff for making it tough. Good goals from Marco, good performances from most of them. When's the draw? Monday I presume. Clean sheet!!
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Job done. Hopefully Kamera will be back on Tuesday. Bogarde will be very unlucky not to play on Tuesday, played well tonight as did Garcia.
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Apart from my slipped disc first Villa match I’ve enjoyed watching for ages. Thought we worked hard and showed class.
Great scenes with El Ghazi at the end. Definitely has his place in Villa folklore!
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Maybe Cardiff should play their weakened team every week in the Championship. They didn't do too badly tonight.
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Thought Garcia,Bogarde and Maatsen were very good.Bailey was very bad. A clean sheet will do us the world of good.
Agreed, Garcia was our best I thought. Midfield two were solid. Easy win in the end and hopefully no injuries. Konsa was rubbish for their big chance at 0-0. Same as v Chelsea but I didn't think Asensio was in the game that much but showed composure with those finishes, maybe their keeper should have kept out the second. Often the most space in the box is near the penalty spot as he proved for both goals.
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We kept a clean sheet!
We. Kept. A. Clean. Sheet!
WE KEPT A CLEAN SHEET!!!!!
Haha I came on here to post something to this effect, you beat me to it.
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It's the Rashford show on itv
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Miss aside, I thought Rashford played well. Obviously the odd match thread comment from someone watching an old Man Utd game of his.
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Cracking win - home draw and should have no fear.
Arsenal gone, Liverpool gone, Chelsea gone, one of Toon or Brighton will be gone. It is thinnig out - be good if Ipswich could take care of Forest but let see
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Bogarde and Garcia were very good.
Concerned we are so reliant on SJM and Tielemans in midfield.
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Miss aside, I thought Rashford played well. Obviously the odd match thread comment from someone watching an old Man Utd game of his.
He did but Keane is right he needs to play further up at times.
They are gonna focus on him - he is one of the most high profile English players over the last decade.
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Lovely to see Anwar with his kids, one in blue, the other in claret and blue. He's still walking around the ground signing autographs.
Routine win, hopefully without using up too much energy. Fair play to Cardiff for making it tough. Good goals from Marco, good performances from most of them. When's the draw? Monday I presume. Clean sheet!!
Anwar looked very happy.
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Apart from my slipped disc first Villa match I’ve enjoyed watching for ages. Thought we worked hard and showed class.
Nearly said at half-time, reminded me a bit of Bologna.
Loads of possession, chances, bad misses but playing well and you never really thought we weren't going to win it.
Unlike loads of other games where we've had plenty of possession and if never looked like we were going to score.
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Pretty straightforward in the end. We never looked like Villa'ing it up.
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Lovely to see Anwar with his kids, one in blue, the other in claret and blue. He's still walking around the ground signing autographs.
Routine win, hopefully without using up too much energy. Fair play to Cardiff for making it tough. Good goals from Marco, good performances from most of them. When's the draw? Monday I presume. Clean sheet!!
Anwar looked very happy.
He’s a lovely man, glad to see him enjoying himself.
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Garcia is going to be a big miss for the champions league games. Maybe we should have registered him and left Disasi out, especially as Bogarde played so well today.
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Im really suprised bogarde did not get motm. He was very impressive. Garcia did well also.
Rashford continues to impress. He is like a postman delivering assists
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Whenever the opposition fans sing 'Champions League, your havin a larf' we up our game and score.
Perhaps the Villa fans should sing it. :)
Comfortable win. Well played lads. Special mention for Bogarde and Garcia.
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If Rashford converted from Bailey’s nice ball through, Bailey would’ve had two assists. Some progress there. A good win, but eventually we need more goal/assists apart from our loanees. Watkins was not bad. Thought he could’ve converted that chance he tried to bend in but couldn’t have done much more with that chance close to the keeper.
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Bogarde and Garcia were very good.
Concerned we are so reliant on SJM and Tielemans in midfield.
Well yeah that’s because all our other centre mids are out.
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In case no-one's mentioned it already:
WE KEPT A CLEAN SHEET!
I'm so thrilled for Emi!
Lovely to see Anwar get such a great reception from the Villa fans, wasn't it? Hope Cardiff stay up for his (and our Dinas's) sake now if nothing else!
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Decent that. Never looked troubled but really we shouldn't have been. Bogarde is the breakthrough player of the season, looks like a quality prospect. Asensio showed what class looks like by having 2 chances and burying them both. Rashford ran at defenders and was a handful. Tielemans and McGinn did their thing.
Solid.
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I hope the clean sheet ( and saves) have given Our Emi a boost.
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I enjoyed that. Completely stress free for a change. Wasn’t a brilliant performance but the result was never in doubt. Well done Villa.
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Re the clean sheet.
Let's not forget Emi's sharp save in the second half, down to his left from their right wing cross.
It was 0-0 at the time.
Pretty well the only thing he had to do in the whole game.
Crucial!
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Next.
You'll only predict a 0-2 instead of a 2-0 >:(
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For all the fancy new VAR offside, they didn't seem to use it for the first goal to show Rashford was on. Was that because the on field decision was Onside or because it wasn't actually working? I'm sure in the World cup (and others they have used it), they showed it still to confirm the onfield decision was correct.
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Hope the Cardiff crew have a cracking night out on Broad St. Buy Dinas a drink if you see him.
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If Rashford converted from Bailey’s nice ball through, Bailey would’ve had two assists. Some progress there. A good win, but eventually we need more goal/assists apart from our loanees. Watkins was not bad. Thought he could’ve converted that chance he tried to bend in but couldn’t have done much more with that chance close to the keeper.
Watkins was given the assist for the second goal. A slight touch is all it takes.
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Our defence had a night off for once, Bailey still a big fail for me, Ascensio is brilliant and the lad coming on had a very good cameo.
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Was always going to be that sort of game. We laboured at times against a team that put 10 men behind the ball, but we weren't really troubled and had enough quality to see us through.
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I thought Bailey did okay, and first touch better than usual
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We’re through to an FA Cup quarter final for the first time in way too long, I’ll take that.
Maatsen played well and Bogarde has been quietly very impressive for weeks now, playing in different positions all the time.
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Just a mention for their left back. Only 18 and ok, he had help most of the time but he seemed to do quite well.
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Our defence had a night off for once, Bailey still a big fail for me, Ascensio is brilliant and the lad coming on had a very good cameo.
Agreed, Ascensio is top notch. Garcia is a bloody brilliant signing and Bogarde was great too. Ok it was Cardiff, but still. Bailey just keeps running into dead ends and has a no idea what to do with ball.
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One of those no win games.
Pretty boring for the most part but we were always in control and should've been two up in first half.
Felt we'd eventually score and get through comfortably so low energy effort which was much needed before CL resumption.
Could really do with a home draw in next round aswell as most of what is left in the competition are pretty much all nightmare aways for us year in year out in the prem so FA Cup heats up, watch us get Palace away again.
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It just needed the first goal and then it was all over. Nice to keep a clean sheet and to be able to sit and watch the rest of the ties knowing we are still in it.
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Of the teams left and if results go as on paper, the PNE / Burnley match will be the draw that will probably go to Manure, but would be the easiest.
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Their keeper looks a few notches above Olsen. Perhaps one to look at.
Former USA international (it reads) somehow playing for a team struggling to stay in the Championship.
But then Olsen is a Swedish international, apparently. So not sure if that's much of a yardstick anymore.
Can only assume Olsen's rival for the Svenska gig is Trigger's brush and a pack of soggy biscuits.
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Wasn’t it wonderful seeing El Ghazi back at Villa Park.
Class how appreciative our supporters were of him. Fondly remembered.
He gets the reception that perhaps Grealish hoped for when he came back (outside of staff and players) I never saw Jack get same love with everyone applauding from holte north and whole ground standing but maybe that did happen ?
Most telling I remember on his first appearance back everyone standing singing and chanting Villa tie I die to quite the crescendo
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Their keeper looks a few notches above Olsen. Perhaps one to look at.
Former USA international (it reads) somehow playing for a team struggling to stay in the Championship.
But then Olsen is a Swedish international, apparently. So not sure if that's much of a yardstick anymore.
Can only assume Olsen's rival for the Svenska gig is Trigger's brush and a pack of soggy biscuits.
Waste of time looking at a keeper who played well against us, because you can guarantee in any other match they are throwing them in.
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both emotional times though
Anwar today could see it
Jack waiting to come on could feel it
I loved that team under Dean Smith that won promotion
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I think if won FA cup , Champions League or the League only team that I would be more fond of but not even sure could be.
McGinn was a delight and enjoyed Abraham ever so much.
The last time we beat Cardiff Grealish scores.
Good times
i’ll have to stop thinking about all that now!
great times though weren’t they just?!
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I think if won FA cup , Champions League or the League only team that I would be more fond of but not even sure could be.
McGinn was a delight and enjoyed Abraham ever so much.
The last time we beat Cardiff Grealish scores.
Good times
i’ll have to stop thinking about all that now!
great times though weren’t they just?!
Once they were over, yes!
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
yes your lot was loud and I like you midfielder colwil. good luck on staying up.
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
I hope you had a good time.
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Heavy weather, we needed an early goal, had plenty of chances to get it but didn't. Not much to complain about really other than the tactics of 'keep the ball and wait for a mistake' are fine in the PL when the opp at some point will try at least one attack but not so great when the opp have no ambition whatsoever, it looked like they just wanted not to lose 5-0. We needed to move the ball much faster and get wide overloads, we didn't.
I fancied us to win 4-0, I still fancied us to win 4-0 at half time
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
Glad to see you back, mate! One of the most gracious opposition supporters - it's just a shame we don't have more like you.
Hope you enjoyed the game, despite the result, and sincere best wishes for the rest of your season.
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We kept a clean sheet!
We. Kept. A. Clean. Sheet!
WE KEPT A CLEAN SHEET!!!!!
I think Holte End did a rendition of "you must be so shit we kept a clean sheet" to Cardiff fans.
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
My friend watching your team tonight I can't believe you are struggling in the second division?
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Not at our best
But clean sheet and a comfortable win. Jon done. We take that.
Bet we get palace away next round😂
He was our goalie on my first trip to Wembley in February 1971 ;)
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Not at our best
But clean sheet and a comfortable win. Jon done. We take that.
He's definitely my favourite metaphysical poet.
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
Good luck for the rest of the season, Dinas. I think you'll be fine based on that.
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Not at our best
But clean sheet and a comfortable win. Jon done. We take that.
He's definitely my favourite metaphysical poet.
That is nice.
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It was a pity Chambers didn't get on, he played a key role in our CL qualification (assist for Duran to make it 2-3 v Livahpool).
I liked Cardiff's lad, Ng. Not sure what his xG was but he should have had a penalty in the first half.
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Professional job well done.
I continue to be very impressed with Bogarde and Garcia.
If we can only get a home draw in the QF, I fancy us against anyone at VP.
I feel the opposite with an away draw.
On to Brugge.
UTV
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
Yes I think you did well and unlucky with the penalty call.
Colwill is going to be a very good player but they all put a shift in and stuck to the system. Eventually you ran out of gas.
All the best.
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Did what was needed. Was a bit of a training ground exercise really, and it's that age ikd problem of trying to break a team down who have everyone behind the ball.
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First 10 or 15 I thought it was going to be 4 or 5, then when we couldn’t break down their stubborn defence, we lost our way a bit. Felt like the kind of game where if they sneaked one we’d lose, but ultimately once we got the goal it was comfortable. Thought everyone put a shift in. Cardiff sang up, fair play, thought the Holte was quiet considering what was at stake.
Lets just hope we dont get man city, wolves, palace, Newcastle or Bournemouth away. Excited for the draw now, Preston away or anyone at home please, first time in 10 years into the QFs, exciting times.
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both emotional times though
Anwar today could see it
Jack waiting to come on could feel it
I loved that team under Dean Smith that won promotion
Football is a sport, played by two teams of 11 players.
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It was a pity Chambers didn't get on, he played a key role in our CL qualification (assist for Duran to make it 2-3 v Livahpool).
I liked Cardiff's lad, Ng. Not sure what his xG was but he should have had a penalty in the first half.
yes looking at the incident again this morning looked a nailed on pen but no use crying over spilt milk . oh well back to the bread and butter Burnley at home Tuesday night
overall villa were far too strong for us but pleased 5 young academy products involved for us last night . our 18 year old left back and 19 year old centre half who was making his first senior debut were immense . proud of them
driving back home soon
by the way is Aston station always that rammed after match days ! ?
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It was a pity Chambers didn't get on, he played a key role in our CL qualification (assist for Duran to make it 2-3 v Livahpool).
I liked Cardiff's lad, Ng. Not sure what his xG was but he should have had a penalty in the first half.
yes looking at the incident again this morning looked a nailed on pen but no use crying over spilt milk . oh well back to the bread and butter Burnley at home Tuesday night
overall villa were far too strong for us but pleased 5 young academy products involved for us last night . our 18 year old left back and 19 year old centre half who was making his first senior debut were immense . proud of them
driving back home soon
by the way is Aston station always that rammed after match days ! ?
Its nearly always a nightmare at Aston station, I feel sorry for the station staff who are often treated with contempt by some arsey supporters, but its nearly always chaotic.
Safe journey home and well played last night
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First club through to the last 8, don't think I've never said that before. I would have liked to have seen more of 18 year old Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, it was a lovely ball he put through to Morgan at the end, which he should have scored from.
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First club through to the last 8, don't think I've never said that before. I would have liked to have seen more of 18 year old Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, it was a lovely ball he put through to Morgan at the end, which he should have scored from.
I like the look of him, love a big lad with a deft touch
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It was a pity Chambers didn't get on, he played a key role in our CL qualification (assist for Duran to make it 2-3 v Livahpool).
I liked Cardiff's lad, Ng. Not sure what his xG was but he should have had a penalty in the first half.
yes looking at the incident again this morning looked a nailed on pen but no use crying over spilt milk . oh well back to the bread and butter Burnley at home Tuesday night
overall villa were far too strong for us but pleased 5 young academy products involved for us last night . our 18 year old left back and 19 year old centre half who was making his first senior debut were immense . proud of them
driving back home soon
by the way is Aston station always that rammed after match days ! ?
Thought the Cardiff support was tremendous.
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A straight forward win.
Should’ve been a few more but we are through and that’s all that matters. A home draw again please and we can really start thinking about winning this.
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Hi Dinas
Yes, it’s always like that :)
Well played, especially the lad in defence.
Good luck with the rest of the season.
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The club need to sort the massive queue for Trinity Rd A block. I'm pretty sure a lot of fans will have missed the kickoff . The new bar area has created one big queue instead of the normal 3 or 4 . This was the entrance down the steps from William McGregor statue . Don't know if it was as bad further up the Trinity road A block entrances.
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First club through to the last 8, don't think I've never said that before. I would have liked to have seen more of 18 year old Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, it was a lovely ball he put through to Morgan at the end, which he should have scored from.
I like the look of him, love a big lad with a deft touch
Looked really composed, did well and a few nice touches. Hopefully he stays that composed when he's through 1 on 1 with the keeper at the Holte End at some stage.
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
Yes I think you did well and unlucky with the penalty call.
Colwill is going to be a very good player but they all put a shift in and stuck to the system. Eventually you ran out of gas.
All the best.
Was very impressed with Colwill in midfield. Very strong on the ball and good engine on him.
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congrats on your win and good luck next round
thought we were decent tonight but the gulf in class shone through in the end
hopefully we brought some good atmosphere to villa park think i've lost my voice
Yes I think you did well and unlucky with the penalty call.
Colwill is going to be a very good player but they all put a shift in and stuck to the system. Eventually you ran out of gas.
All the best.
Was very impressed with Colwill in midfield. Very strong on the ball and good engine on him.
Was he the 27? Good on the ball, strong and quite creative.
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Yeah, 27 was good, Anwar and Ramsey very quiet.
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I'm pleased with the win and clean sheet love watching Asensio play.
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I thought Colwill looked a very very good player.
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First club through to the last 8, don't think I've never said that before. I would have liked to have seen more of 18 year old Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, it was a lovely ball he put through to Morgan at the end, which he should have scored from.
I like the look of him, love a big lad with a deft touch
Better than being a daft lad with a left touch.
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Whilst I wouldn't be moaning about the penalty being given by the ref, we have had more stonewall ones ignored just in the last two weeks, so no it wasn't unlucky.
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Yeah, I’m not sure it’s anywhere near an obvious penalty. Would have been very surprised had it been given.
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One very negative aspect of last night. Me and my 8 year old grandson were in R7, first row right in the corner. He wanted to chance his luck on getting an autograph. Area there is mainly families and was full of boys and girls. A twat near us spent the entire match looking up towards Cardiff fans and keeping up a constant barrage of "Shut up you sheep shagging ******". Stewards was merely 2 yards away but took no action. I didn't complain as I know from previous experience what happens. We do have some proper nonce at VP.
Anyway the boy's night was made when Anwar signed his shirt.
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I’m glad your grandson got his shirt signed. Anwar is a proper gent!
I was in the families area with my nephews some years ago, when they were about the same age ( they’re 30+ now!) and I remember someone doing something similar, so perhaps he’s the resident idiot. My nephews thought it was funny and then dismissed him, so hopefully your grandson was able to forget him in the excitement of the goals and meeting Anwar afterwards.
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Yeah, I’m not sure it’s anywhere near an obvious penalty. Would have been very surprised had it been given.
In the Prem it would almost certainly be given. Bogarde misses the ball and kicks yer man's boot. Seen far softer penos given.
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Yeah, I’m not sure it’s anywhere near an obvious penalty. Would have been very surprised had it been given.
In the Prem it would almost certainly be given if it is a Manu player going down. Bogarde misses the ball and kicks yer man's boot. Seen far softer penos given.
FTFY. I suspect the decision by the ref is was the contact enough for the player to go down. But we have and haven't been given similar, and also I think it was similar to I think Arse last year when Konsa(?) had a high foot with Havertz and the ref waved it away.
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For it to be a penalty it has to be a careless or reckless kick or one involving excessive force. Accidentally catching him as he follows through after the bloke had already kicked the ball isn’t a foul.
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It was a foul, would have been seething if it was the other way round.
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Got away with that one , stonewall pen
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Completely identical to the penalty that we got in the Brighton (?) game.
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Yup it’s a pen.
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Wasn't there an offside prior to the potential penalty incident which would have meant it was academic? I thought the game re-started with an indirect free-kick to Villa.
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It wasn't a pen.
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It was a pity Chambers didn't get on, he played a key role in our CL qualification (assist for Duran to make it 2-3 v Livahpool).
I liked Cardiff's lad, Ng. Not sure what his xG was but he should have had a penalty in the first half.
yes looking at the incident again this morning looked a nailed on pen but no use crying over spilt milk . oh well back to the bread and butter Burnley at home Tuesday night
overall villa were far too strong for us but pleased 5 young academy products involved for us last night . our 18 year old left back and 19 year old centre half who was making his first senior debut were immense . proud of them
driving back home soon
by the way is Aston station always that rammed after match days ! ?
Good luck for the rest of your season, DC. Hope you had a decent journey home.
Met a bunch of Cardiff supporters in the Wetherspoons on New St station after the game … nice bunch of lads, good laugh. Not sure about your version of Land of my Fathers mind, it’s a belting song as is and doesn’t really need to be brought down to that level. But yeah, that aside you defended well, particularly in the first half, and my opinion of your fans hasn’t really changed since I went to see you play Torquay in the 4th division in the late 90s … good laugh, quite a dark sense of humour, but for the most part friendly & likeable :)
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One very negative aspect of last night. Me and my 8 year old grandson were in R7, first row right in the corner. He wanted to chance his luck on getting an autograph. Area there is mainly families and was full of boys and girls. A twat near us spent the entire match looking up towards Cardiff fans and keeping up a constant barrage of "Shut up you sheep shagging ******". Stewards was merely 2 yards away but took no action. I didn't complain as I know from previous experience what happens. We do have some proper nonce at VP.
Anyway the boy's night was made when Anwar signed his shirt.
We do have some idiots - sounds like he is from the 1990s. No point complaining - been in upper tier of the Trinity 2 times for night games in the last few months and the one 50 somethitng year old_bloke shouts expletives all game- Bailey seems to be a particular target. Thankfully my 5 year old wasn't at either.
Brilliant from AEG
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It wasn't a pen.
Finally, some sense
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I expect the Brighton one, the ref stated he didn't see the contact, hence the VAR review. Friday he did see it and ruled not enough contact to be classed as a foul. If he had given it though, VAR was never overruling it.
Watching the MOTD highlights, there was one stage when Maatsen AND Garcia were around their penalty spot. I did notice Maatsen seemed to making most of his runs passed Rashford into the box so I believe he was told to drift in to pull defenders out from the centre.
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It was great to see AEG at the end coming to the Holte and us giving him his rightful respect and overdue send off. He wasn't one of our greatest ever players but he somehow struck a chord with us , it was a great moment . He seems a really top person.
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It was great to see AEG at the end coming to the Holte and us giving him his rightful respect and overdue send off. He wasn't one of our greatest ever players but he somehow struck a chord with us , it was a great moment . He seems a really top person.
Agreed. Key player for us.
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Just watching the goals again and both of them could have been Watkins'. The first one, it looks like Rashford is trying to square it across the goal, where Watkins is waiting for it, but it hits his calf and possibly the defender and deflects back to where Asensio is. The second one, the pass is coming to Watkins but he maybe gets a shout from Asensio who is just behind him, because he moves out of the way of the ball, and Asensio scores.
The second one, he might not have scored from it given where he was, but the first one I think he scores if the ball had come to him.
Not much point to this post, I just thought it was interesting how Watkins was in the right position for both goals.
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Are we talking about the one where the no vowels player got the edge of his boot tickled by Bogarde? That is never a penalty.
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It was great to see AEG at the end coming to the Holte and us giving him his rightful respect and overdue send off. He wasn't one of our greatest ever players but he somehow struck a chord with us , it was a great moment . He seems a really top person.
Agreed. Key player for us.
Bardell’s 1874 podcast had AEG on last midweek. Seemed a nice humble bloke.
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I shall start following Cardiff as my Championship side. They have some decent players.
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I shall start following Cardiff as my Championship side. They have some decent players.
They should have played some of them on Friday.
Only kidding.
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I shall start following Cardiff as my Championship side. They have some decent players.
They should have played some of them on Friday.
Only kidding.
I'd be more inclined to think they should be playing some of the ones from Friday a bit more often.
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They gave a good account of themselves and were very unlucky on the pen call.
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I wasn't too impressed, tbh. Reminded me of when we went to Tottenham in the cup when we were in the second tier, and you got the impression we were quite happy so long as we didn't get absolutely twatted. Even when they were behind they didn't really attack. I know there's a gulf in resources and they had players out, but even so. Plymouth put in a much better performance at Man City, by comparison.
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Different game plan , sat in as they know we struggle with parked busses. They get that pen it's a diffferent scenario.
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Maybe, yes. Still seems a strategy that offered a pretty low chance of success, hoping you'd score with pretty much your only chance, while weathering 90 minutes of solid pressure. I think they'd be able to hold their heads up higher if they'd have a proper go and lost 3 or 4-1.
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Their manager said beforehand that they basically weren't trying to win. They have a huge challenge to stay in the Championship and that's where their priorities lie. He didn't set out to get beaten, as such, but he clearly had no interest in having to play another game outside of their league.
I'd imagine some of the players who don't usually play were eager to give a good account of themselves and put in a decent performance, even with the defeatist tactics, if you want to call them that. It might work out well for the club in the long run, if they can do it every week for the next few months.
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Attack v Defence for seventy minutes before we got the breakthrough, just after they got their one big chance.
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Shame malen wasnt fit as he would have got good minutes
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Yes, he'll certainly need to be involved at Brentford.