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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on April 19, 2025, 04:15:34 PM
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Only slight surprise is maybe Maarten keeping his place for Digne but not a totally unexpected line up. Solid bench.
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No Pau…
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I know we say this every week, but Jesus, that bench.
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Team is lacking width, who's gonna help Cash and Maatsen?
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I'd have played Onana but, importantly, I'm an idiot and I know nothing. LET'S FUCKING KILL 'EM [punches wall]
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I know we say this every week, but Jesus, that bench.
Yep, compare their bench to ours. And we don’t even have Pau or Bailey.
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I'd have played Onana but, importantly, I'm an idiot and I know nothing. LET'S FUCKING KILL 'EM [punches wall]
I would too, but I honestly can't work out who I'd be leaving out for him.
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Rogers and Tielemans don’t deserve a rest anyway !!!!
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Ollie to break the record today
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Torres injured?
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Concerned about Rogers on the right again. Very strong squad for this stage of the season.
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Concerned about Rogers on the right again. Very strong squad for this stage of the season.
Surely McGinn or Asensio right?
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Watkins hattrick, I feel it in me waters
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Disappointed Rashford not starting on the left
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Team is lacking width, who's gonna help Cash and Maatsen?
Never mind the width, feel the quality.
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More nervous about this one than PSG. Probably because I viewed PSG as a free hit…
This one really matters though.
Come on Villa. Please don’t make a crap weekend even more crap!
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Watkins hattrick, I feel it in me waters
And a Freddie Bouma deflected strike.
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Concerned about Rogers on the right again. Very strong squad for this stage of the season.
Surely McGinn or Asensio right?
Asensio always plays 10 so I don't think he will play right. McGinn left or right or even part of a 3 in front of the defence is the only question.
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If we win by 10 we go above Forest, serious questions need to be asked if that doesn't happen.
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Concerned about Rogers on the right again. Very strong squad for this stage of the season.
Surely McGinn or Asensio right?
Id hope so but in recent weeks Rogers has been a fixture on the right. Not a role he is suited too in my view.
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Citeh winning further emphasises this as a must win. We owe them and we need this.
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so malen and rashford to come on second half. Id have started both , but Im not UE so who cares. rogers is wasted on right so expecting a brace now from him.
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Citeh winning further emphasises this as a must win. We owe them and we need this.
It certainly makes Tuesday a must-win.
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so malen and rashford to come on second half. Id have started both , but Im not UE so who cares. rogers is wasted on right so expecting a brace now from him.
Hope so
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I have a bad feeling about this.
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Fucking Barnes. Need to score at least two.
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solid midfield the barcodes so midfield is massive , could have been Onana in there as well I suppose , the squad is so good tho.
4 - 2 Villa
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Citeh winning further emphasises this as a must win. We owe them and we need this.
and they was so lucky . Everton should have won that .
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Barnes always seems to have a blinder against us. Hope Cash is on his game today.
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Citeh winning further emphasises this as a must win. We owe them and we need this.
and they was so lucky . Everton should have won that .
The harder Pep spits, the luckier they get.
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And he’s in ridiculous form.
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Instead of trying to stop Barnes by what I suspect Unai's plan is (Cash and McGinn's tenacity denying him space) I'd have simply broken his knees with cricket bat. Game's gone.
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Instead of trying to stop Barnes by what I suspect Unai's plan is (Cash and McGinn's tenacity denying him space) I'd have simply broken his knees with cricket bat. Game's gone.
What’s Cash like with a bat?
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Would have liked to see Rashford start, but happy with the line up. This could be one of our toughest games of the season, they're the form team in the league, have one of the best strikers in the league, if not the best and have goals from throughout the team. What is in our favour is our magnificent home form, our bench and super SJM has now discovered, where the net is.
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Watching Sky Sports. Who are Newcastle playing again, sorry?...
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Instead of trying to stop Barnes by what I suspect Unai's plan is (Cash and McGinn's tenacity denying him space) I'd have simply broken his knees with cricket bat. Game's gone.
What’s Cash like with a bat?
Well he's Polish, so I doubt he knows how to use it in a sporting sense. Might hold it the wrong way round, which would serve our purposes here tbf.
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Newcastle love in on Sky
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Instead of trying to stop Barnes by what I suspect Unai's plan is (Cash and McGinn's tenacity denying him space) I'd have simply broken his knees with cricket bat. Game's gone.
What’s Cash like with a bat?
He's no Jimmy Cumbes (one for the kids there)
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Would have liked to see Rashford start, but happy with the line up. This could be one of our toughest games of the season, they're the form team in the league, have one of the best strikers in the league, if not the best and have goals from throughout the team. What is in our favour is our magnificent home form, our bench and super SJM has now discovered, where the net is.
think they was the form team when we smashed them 3 0 so Im hoping the same today.
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Watching Sky Sports. Who are Newcastle playing again, sorry?...
Yep.
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Watching Sky Sports. Who are Newcastle playing again, sorry?...
Yep.
It's beyond parody.
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What’s Cash like with a bat? He is very good with a golf club. Apparently.
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Lovable plucky underdog propaganda vehicle. Remember Peter Beheadings? Beardsley! B E A R D S L E Y. Sorry. Peter Beardsley. And Kevin Keegan, Philippe Albert's chip, wor Robby Bobson, everyone's second team...just lashings of fun. I mean, lots of fun. Loads. Please don't think about theocracy! Just the great form they're in, they've been
carving up their opponents and throwing them out with the garbage winning, winning a few football games. Luv it.
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Newcastle love in on Sky
Everyone's second team
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Good at Golf and Snooker so the hand/eye coordination is there, a smashing cover drive should do it.
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Watching Sky Sports. Who are Newcastle playing again, sorry?...
'Villa make four changes to their starting line-up in the wake of their brave but ultimately futile 3-2 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.'
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Newcastle love in on Sky
Everyone's second team
i am glad that I no longer pay for sky sports
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Redknapp says a defeat today pretty much guarantees we don't get CL! I know it's a big match but that's a crock of shit
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Redknapp says a defeat today pretty much guarantees we don't get CL! I know it's a big match but that's a crock of shit
Agreed.
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At least we don't have to listen to Rio Ferdinand.
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Redknapp says a defeat today pretty much guarantees we don't get CL! I know it's a big match but that's a crock of shit
I can see your problem, you're paying some attention to what Redknapp says.
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SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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OLLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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GET IN!!
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Ollieeeeeeeeeee
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Olllllie!!!!
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Level with Gabs now?
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there you go , you beauties
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Oh my word. That’ll shut them up
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Yesss
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Come on!
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Now finish them.
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Well. Fuck. Me.
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Wow,
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Murder. Death. Kill.
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Scored with our first shot. Chortle.
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Brilliant from Youri again
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How many seconds did that take?
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Messy, but they all count and we definitely were not getting the luck in the first half of the season.
https://x.com/tekkersfoot/status/1913632007742988519
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How many seconds did that take?
35
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Off the bar!
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How many seconds did that take?
33
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Off the bar!
Like that.
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I want Ollie to be 3 clear of Gabby by 7.00pm
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Will you stop fucking banging on about OW being miserable about not starting every game!
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Our Adidas hoodies look way cooler than theirs. #justsaying
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How many seconds did that take?
33
Fastest ever PL goal for us? Certainly for a long while
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Will you stop fucking banging on about OW being miserable about not starting every game!
From Alan "Always Full of Glee" Smith I suspect.
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7: Watkins is the first Aston Villa player to score 15+ goals in three successive Premier League seasons and has levelled Gabriel Agbonlahor as the player with the most goals in the competition for the Villans (74).
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Will you stop fucking banging on about OW being miserable about not starting every game!
From Alan "Always Full of Glee" Smith I suspect.
Yeah, it's like the message is that quality players should be going to a club like Villa and expect to be automatic picks
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How many seconds did that take?
33
Fastest ever PL goal for us? Certainly for a long while
Look like it. Was 59 seconds when Ian Taylor scored vs. Palace.
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Started so well.
The fact we scored in the first minute means that had we got 4 mins added time on Tuesday instead of 3, we would have taken it to extra time (probably).
FTF!
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That's a bit of a lucky goal but he's had enough bad luck shots, its about time it leveled out.
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rogers losing possession there , be careful.
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Yorke against Coventry was faster iirc
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Will you stop fucking banging on about OW being miserable about not starting every game!
He did say it himself, to be fair. Not miserable but disappointing not to start. I think it might do him the world of good, to be honest. Seems like it so far.
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That should be a red!
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Didn't Yorke score aginst Coventry in 13 seconds?
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stamp there?
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That was a bad challenge on Rogers
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Red card on the Duran scale.
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That should be a red!
Rogers wasn't holding between his legs so.....
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These lot are cynical bastards.
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Red card on the Duran scale.
If Duran’s was a red….
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Does anyone have anything bigger than a puddle but smaller than a river?
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Ollie is destroying them
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That is a fucking red as well.
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How are they not getting bookings for this?
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Asensio is bossing that upper midfield at the moment.
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That's got to be denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity?
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thats a red?
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How are they not getting bookings for this?
Scharr just booked.
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they are dirty bastards
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How is that not a red. How in the name of Satan's balls is that not a red fucking card.
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That's two debatable red cards. I'm gonna keep track.
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How are they not getting bookings for this?
Scharr just booked.
Mockers from me, saw it just after I posted.
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Scharr on a booking with Ollie terrorising him is a great place to be in.
Should have been a red though.
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Scharr on a booking with Ollie terrorising him is a great place to be in.
Should have been a red though.
Whoever sythed Rogers should have got a card. Was it Burn
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Alan Smith is a Villa fan. Perhaps he's just trying to be neutral.
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Jared Gillet shouldn't be refereeing parks football, let alone the Prem.
Totally fucking incompetent.
Letting the tossers get away with GBH all over the pitch.
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Alan Smith is a Villa fan. Perhaps he's just trying to be neutral.
He always goes well over the top the other way.
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Guardian: "Some very odd calls being made here." Glad it's not just us noticing.
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1-1
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Oh fuck off
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FFS.
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These referees and assistants are pure comedy. Trippier stamp = nothing and Watkins clean through = yellow. All you can do is laugh!
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Even if this lot were just a front for a bunch of murderous bastards they'd still be a horrible bunch of cheating thugs.
Ref is a prick as well.
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Kamara wins the ball and Toon get a free kick and score from it.
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poor villa
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shouldnt be on the pitch
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Ref appalling at the moment
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Shite
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Fucking dreadful defending.
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Schar should not even be on the pitch!!
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FUCK OFF
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maatsen poor there
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Player who should be off scores from a freekick they shouldn't have had. Fuck me. This is absolutely, absolutely disgraceful.
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Never a free kick.
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Wasn't a free kick
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Ah nuts
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Refs a c u n t
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Poor goalkeeping
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Oh Marco
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Marco what's fucking happened to you!
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asensio on no
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We should spank this rugby team out of sight. Should.
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I fucking hate these c**ts.
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Sitter
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Asensio was confused as to why the ball fell to him there. Unlucky.
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Should have been 2.1
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I fucking hate these c**ts.
Same
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still playing well , we can do these fuckers
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I imagine that if Schar had a free header from the area where you'd expect your LCB to be and it were Pau on the pitch, then it would probably have been mentioned.
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Need to take our chances though.
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Come on Villa. I really hate these - snidey lot
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We are much better than these Stoke under Pulis clones.
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I imagine that if Schar had a free header from the area where you'd expect your LCB to be and it were Pau on the pitch, then it would probably have been mentioned.
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He wasn't Mings man if thats what your hinting at
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They need to start being booked. What a vile bunch of bastards.
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refs a cn u t
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poor from cash !!
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Worst ref in some time
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I imagine that if Schar had a free header from the area where you'd expect your LCB to be and it were Pau on the pitch, then it would probably have been mentioned.
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He wasn't Mings man if thats what your hinting at
Pau gets the blame even when none of the goals come from his side or the man scoring isn't "his" man, might be the point being made.
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Another no booking tackle
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This has got to be a booking!
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Oh shut up Guimares
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This is one of the worst refereeing performances since the last one.
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Off the post!!
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hows he not being fucking booked
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Of course no card.
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hows he not being fucking booked
Because Gillett is a really shit ref.
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One of theirs will be sent off in this game.
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We are going to lose this due to incompetence refereeing and bad luck.
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Fucking referee.
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This is going to be one of those days.
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We are going to lose this due to incompetence refereeing and bad luck.
Hitting the woodwork isn't bad luck.
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watkins hit the woody twice
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I imagine that if Schar had a free header from the area where you'd expect your LCB to be and it were Pau on the pitch, then it would probably have been mentioned.
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He wasn't Mings man if thats what your hinting at
Pau gets the blame even when none of the goals come from his side or the man scoring isn't "his" man, might be the point being made.
Mings had already beaten their "man mountian" in the air ( for the 2nd time) in the build up. I'm not sure Pau would be able to do that.
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Not sure that was worth a yellow but that plus the stamp a couple of minutes earlier, definitely
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Should be 3-0 against 10 men. Unreal.
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We are going to lose this due to incompetence refereeing and bad luck.
Hitting the woodwork isn't bad luck.
Highest PL scorer in our history or soon to be and you still think he’s gash.
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This is going to be one of those days.
There's two main reasons why we are no longer in the CL: we let in too many soft goals, and we miss too many chances. This match is also following that pattern.
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One of theirs will be sent off in this game.
I really don't think there's any chance of that with this referee.
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This is going to be one of those days.
Should be at least a couple up. Could turn out that way 🫠
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This is going to be one of those days.
There's two main reasons why we are no longer in the CL: we let in too many soft goals, and we miss too many chances. This match is also following that pattern.
And we got drawn against arguably the best team still in the competition.
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Not sure that was worth a yellow but that plus the stamp a couple of minutes earlier, definitely
This is what Newcastle do, kick and niggle for as long they can get away with it and then rotate to someone else doing it. Their entire central midfield is built on it.
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One of theirs will be sent off in this game.
Or three of ours will be sent off for sneezing in the wrong place.
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Rogers looks knackered and not at the races
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Should be 3-0 against 10 men. Unreal.
Id say 4 asensio miss
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Not sure that was worth a yellow but that plus the stamp a couple of minutes earlier, definitely
This is what Newcastle do, kick and niggle for as long they can get away with it and then rotate to someone else doing it. Their entire central midfield is built on it.
It is - the problem is they can all play a well
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Just the right hand post to hit now and Watkins gets to take the goal home with him!
Someone on the beeb
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Close from them save Emi.
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We should be scoring more from corners with Mings back. Not sure why we have so many goals attributed to them though.
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Atmosphere seems very flat.
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Need to sell Martinez. Take the make and spend wisely. There are plenty of GK as good as him
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Rogers unlucky.
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Need to sell Martinez. Take the make and spend wisely. There are plenty of GK as good as him
Burn him.
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Need to sell Martinez. Take the make and spend wisely. There are plenty of GK as good as him
Is this a joke.
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Need to get a grip of this
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Two mistake is two games
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Need to sell Martinez. Take the make and spend wisely. There are plenty of GK as good as him
Weird take? How much would we get from him AND how much would we spend to get a GK as good as him, especially as the people buying Martinez might just decide to spend money on this cheaper GK who is as good as him.
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Two mistake is two games
Oh no, he must be fucking shit then.
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No one in the middle of the box for that corner to get loose ball.
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Two mistake is two games
Oh, in that case sell the useless fucker. And any other player who makes "mistakes" in consecutive games.
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Two mistake is two games
Oh no, he must be fucking shit then.
Not shit, but not great. Can replace for 25% of his transfer fee with smart recruiting
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Get Donnaruma in.
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Two mistake is two games
Oh no, he must be fucking shit then.
Not shit, but not great. Can replace for 25% of his transfer fee with smart recruiting
Utter nonsense.
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Get Donnaruma in.
or Raya or Allison.
They'd only cost 15m
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Rogers then that was filthy.
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nice skill rogers
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Great skill Morgan
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Get Donnaruma in.
or Raya or Allison.
They'd only cost 15m
Yep and a tidy profit made.
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Ah, a card decision possibly in our favour there...
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A booking, fucking amazing.
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Two mistake is two games
Oh no, he must be fucking shit then.
Not shit, but not great. Can replace for 25% of his transfer fee with smart recruiting
Utter nonsense.
Not fashionable I know. But sometimes, you have to go against the consensus. There are a lot of good GK out there and with an extra 50mill, we could go onto the next level. Imagine another two or three Morgan Rogers in certain positions
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shocking free kick
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We wouldn’t get £50m and even if we did who are we replacing him with for less?
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two players free for ollie there
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We wouldn’t get £50m and even if we did who are we replacing him with for less?
Ramsdale.
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Rode our luck a tad there
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Asensio what the fuck
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Wanting to sell one of the best goalkeepers in the world isn't going against the consensus, it's a ridiculous knee jerk to him being marginally less than perfect.
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No pen ffs
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What a waste.
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How fucking dirty are these
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Asensio needs to go off at half.
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Something not right here.
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Rashford for Asensio at half time.
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Yeah, that doesn't look like a penalty to me
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That was a penalty. Wtf!?!
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No pen but another booking escaped
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Should go back and book Bruno as well, awful challenge on Asensio.
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Konsa wtf
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How is that not a pen
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I can see only one problem with Ramsdale in for Emi, and that's Ramsdale being shit.
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Majority of decisions continue to go against us.
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so no booking again before watkins got it?
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Gilet isn’t fit to referee. Not a penalty, but these first bastards need to start being penalised for their violence.
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Yeah, that doesn't look like a penalty to me
Maybe not but we've had plenty of those given against us.
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This ref is not qualified. Time and time again.
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No pen but another booking escaped
I don't think it was mate in all honesty
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Need to sell Martinez. Take the make and spend wisely. There are plenty of GK as good as him
GET OUT. #Troll
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Is Andy Townsend anti-Villa? Doing my head in.
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Is Andy Townsend anti-Villa? Doing my head in.
No. He's just shit.
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If the ref gave that onfield it wouldn’t have been overruled
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Wanting to sell one of the best goalkeepers in the world isn't going against the consensus, it's a ridiculous knee jerk to him being marginally less than perfect.
Blindly follow the narrative- whatever
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Asensio needs to go off at half.
Starting to do a Coutinho 😭
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Some great attacking play but some very loose stuff in defence
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rashford on for marco and we will do them
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We appear to be returning to kamikaze defending.
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Is Andy Townsend anti-Villa? Doing my head in.
You wouldn’t think he was once our captain.
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Christ hope we win. Sell Martinez? Wtf???
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Not sure what’s up with Asensio at the moment…
Always thought he looked better alongside Rashford though. Asensio, Rashford and Watkins would be rather potent.
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I hate these and you can tell it’s not going to be our day.
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Asensio needs to go off at half.
Starting to do a Coutinho 😭
Rashford on for Asenio please, looks off it today.
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I can see only one problem with Ramsdale in for Emi, and that's Ramsdale being shit.
Ramsdale would cost 35m-40m in current climate. Trafford same with more add ons.
Look like vfl is valuing Emi in 150m range by his sums.
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Back to Torres he can only have been injured yesterday afternoon as Unai said they were all fit in the morning.
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Worst refereeing display of the season
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Curious why people think that wasn't a penalty? Newcastle defender put his leg down, missed the ball and clipped Ollie's trailing leg as he was running.
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Asensio has been poor, Martinez should have claimed the cross but Scharr should have been in the changing room for the pull back on Watkins. Bruno whatsiface is a dirty wanker and we should have had a penalty. Newcastle so lucky. We look dangerous at the back and up front.
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I enjoyed that, great game of football and Ollie so unlucky not to have a hatrick.
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I can see only one problem with Ramsdale in for Emi, and that's Ramsdale being shit.
Ramsdale would cost 35m-40m in current climate. Trafford same with more add ons.
Look like vfl is valuing Emi in 150m range by his sums.
Explain the math ?
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Asensio off, Rashford on right hand side, Rogers in the middle and SJM on the right. These twats are basically Stoke
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We have been pretty dominant that first 45, Ollie has caused them no end of problems and they get a goal from a free kick after Kamara won a clean tackle.
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Referee is a twunt.
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rashford on for marco and we will do them
Yup. Bring Rogers to the 10 and Rashford on the left.
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I enjoyed that, great game of football and Ollie so unlucky not to have a hatrick.
Other than the scoreline think we have been very creative - they are dangerous though.
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They are dangerous but nowhere near as impressive as I was expecting. It's ours to win
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Looked like a sending off and a penalty denied from the North Stand.
Wish we would bin the PA guy. He is hopeless!
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We can have these twats
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We have been excellent.
We have played some of our best football of the season and should be 2 or 3 goals to the good. Watkins has lead the line superbly and the Toon are struggling to contain his movement.
I think Rashford's pace will also trouble them, so I see him being introduced on the hour mark to play with Watkins.
My big concerm is that Isaak has been very quiet so far and normally produdes something at some point in a game.
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Every time I see Newcastle they get a ridiculous amount of leniency from the referee.
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Looked like a sending off and a penalty denied from the North Stand.
Wish we would bin the PA guy. He is hopeless!
Definite sending off. Not a penalty
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rashford on for marco and we will do them
Yup. Bring Rogers to the 10 and Rashford on the left.
yep and still Malen last 20 for SJM maybe
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We should be ahead, a couple of poor ref/VAR decisions but our defence looks nervy at times.
Asensio off, Rashford left, Rogers at 10 and McGinn on the right. Would like to see Malen at some point too.
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Just waiting for Ricardo fucking Fuller to come on and score the winner for them.
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I enjoyed that, great game of football and Ollie so unlucky not to have a hatrick.
Other than the scoreline think we have been very creative - they are dangerous though.
It’s a very competitive game, two very good sides. This could go either way.
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Rezaa: Can't help but think if Villa had a reliable GK like Allison or Raya, Villa would be higher in the table. For the supposed best GK in the world, Martinez always has a mistake in him, particularly near post
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Curious why people think that wasn't a penalty? Newcastle defender put his leg down, missed the ball and clipped Ollie's trailing leg as he was running.
According to Pat Nevin on 5Live, Watkins is instigating contact by dangling his leg towards the defender. It's sneaky.
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We've looked good going forward but got to take our chances. Ollie unlucky not to have another in truth. They're a good side, no matter how much that might stick in the craw, and we've more than matched them.
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PGMOL is a circus.
One of the worst displays of refereeing incompetence I've seen in ages.
Fully expect an even worse one in the 2nd half.
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Curious why people think that wasn't a penalty? Newcastle defender put his leg down, missed the ball and clipped Ollie's trailing leg as he was running.
According to Pat Nevin on 5Live, Watkins is instigating contact by dangling his leg towards the defender. It's sneaky.
The sort of penalty Kane has been ‘winning’ his whole career.
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Curious why people think that wasn't a penalty? Newcastle defender put his leg down, missed the ball and clipped Ollie's trailing leg as he was running.
According to Pat Nevin on 5Live, Watkins is instigating contact by dangling his leg towards the defender. It's sneaky.
Ludicrous justification.
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
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Rezaa: Can't help but think if Villa had a reliable GK like Allison or Raya, Villa would be higher in the table. For the supposed best GK in the world, Martinez always has a mistake in him, particularly near post
Haha!
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Watkins has been outstanding. Asensio less so.
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I fancy Malen for this type of game. Asensio has been out to space since Brighton away and is duffing easy shots.
We've got a good bench now so if players aren't playing well we can't be carrying them.
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Not been the best of weeks for Asensio, has it? He needs to be hooked at HT, for Rashford, Ramsey, Bailey, anyone.
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Curious why people think that wasn't a penalty? Newcastle defender put his leg down, missed the ball and clipped Ollie's trailing leg as he was running.
According to Pat Nevin on 5Live, Watkins is instigating contact by dangling his leg towards the defender. It's sneaky.
The sort of penalty Kane has been ‘winning’ his whole career.
Yup, then they say it’s being clever.
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We have been excellent.
We have played some of our best football of the season and should be 2 or 3 goals to the good. Watkins has lead the line superbly and the Toon are struggling to contain his movement.
I think Rashford's pace will also trouble them, so I see him being introduced on the hour mark to play with Watkins.
My big concerm is that Isaak has been very quiet so far and normally produdes something at some point in a game.
Isak and Barnes too. They are proverbial something out of nothing. Our guy who can do that hasn't thus far - MA
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
Give it a rest mate
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I remember Coutinho started brilliantly I hope Asensio is not a repeat.
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Every time we play these, we complain about the ref. We know what they're about, we have to find a way to combat it. Thought we started aggressively but midway through the half sat off them a bit too much. They are there for the taking if we can circumvent their Pulisball tactics. I do fancy Malen and Rashford against their fullbacks though.
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
I'm also 100% sure that Emi will leave at some stage and be replaced by another keeper.
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
Buendia?
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
Give it a rest mate
Freedom to express opinion. Give it a rest, “mate”
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The ex-Jaudi on Sky said they were lucky it wasn’t a pen.
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Replacing Emi with Ramsdale would be like selling Rogers and replacing him with Oliver Skipp.
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100% trust in unai. He will eventually get rid of emi
Buendia?
Yes. Thank you. Exactly.
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I remember Coutinho started brilliantly I hope Asensio is not a repeat.
He didn’t start anywhere near as well as Asensio.
In any case you can see these pricks beating us. We look pretty shaky at the back.
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Replacing Emi with Ramsdale would be like selling Rogers and replacing him with Oliver Skipp.
Indeed.
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By spamming the match thread with you agenda about martinez. You don’t like him. We get it. I don’t like baked beans so will spam the match thread accordingly.
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What's frustrating so far is that Newcastle actually look out of sorts, and we're not making the most of it.
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By spamming the match thread with you agenda about martinez. You don’t like him. We get it. I don’t like baked beans so will spam the match thread accordingly.
Why would you?? Baked beans have nothing to do with Villa??!!
Or do they?
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
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Think Asensio must know he is off or he isn’t as good as we thought. Hopefully second half we will take out chances and fuck these geordie twats
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Remind me of the non prawn cocktail flavours?
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I remember Coutinho started brilliantly I hope Asensio is not a repeat.
He didn’t start anywhere near as well as Asensio.
In any case you can see these pricks beating us. We look pretty shaky at the back.
Coutinho's first couple of months with us were sensational - goals and assists in a worse team
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Not sure what agenda someone who is "VFL" has against the best goalkeeper in the world for the last 2 seasons? Genuinely confused.
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No changes?
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
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Not sure what agenda someone who is "VFL" has against the best goalkeeper in the world for the last 2 seasons? Genuinely confused.
Think!! Don’t just blindly follow the narrative. C’mon- you are better than that
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Another foul on Watkins ignored.
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Not sure what agenda someone who is "VFL" has against the best goalkeeper in the world for the last 2 seasons? Genuinely confused.
Ignore him/them. Very odd.
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Apologies. I’ve been reading 1984 recently . The proles…
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Not sure what agenda someone who is "VFL" has against the best goalkeeper in the world for the last 2 seasons? Genuinely confused.
Ignore him/them. Very odd.
Think that's a wise plan.
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
I’ve met plenty of decent geordies but it’s the whole media fawning and circus I hate.
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
Sanest thing on here this afternoon. I don’t like them as my brother in law is one. And he is a ******
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Newcastle can go fuck themselves. Wanker club wanker owners.
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
I’ve met plenty of decent geordies but it’s the whole media fawning and circus I hate.
Now with added sportswashing
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I really thought they’d get a penalty then.
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
I’ve met plenty of decent geordies but it’s the whole media fawning and circus I hate.
Also, they hate us after us sending them down & having a laugh about it.
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keep giving the ball away
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Why are our corners always so terrible?
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
Fair enough. Personally, I hate everything about the Saudi sportwashing operation and hope they end up in the Primark North-Eastern Conference.
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Or the Sports Direct league.
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Fcuk me off the line.
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
Fair enough. Personally, I hate everything about the Saudi sportwashing operation and hope they end up in the Primark North-Eastern Conference.
... but. apart from that....
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Can I be controversial here?
I try to hate Newcastle, and I really hate playing them… but I actually kinda have a weirdly awkward soft spot for them.
I used to live up there and loved the Geordies. They were great fun, and Newcastle is another club that has been through bad times and - like us - are now coming good.
I really hope we stuff them ridiculous in the 2nd half, but I don’t actually mind them. Even though they are playing the “dirty bastard” role today.
There, I’ve said it. I feel better now…
Fair enough. Personally, I hate everything about the Saudi sportwashing operation and hope they end up in the Primark North-Eastern Conference.
Racist
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Oh, here he is again 🙄🙄
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Oh, here he is again 🙄🙄
He??
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour. You should sell them and buy the Aldi knockoff Spicy Tomato Snaps ... they are properly good.
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Forget the pronouns…
What the hell was Maatsen’s shot there?
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
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Forget the pronouns…
What the hell was Maatsen’s shot there?
Reminded me of Olofs against Blues.
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
I can taste them!!!
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That’s three fouls now by Guimares Cnut. No bookong. He’s got a face I would never tire of punching.
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Book that wanker!!
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
I can taste them!!!
I miss Brannigans.
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Aldi crisps are nice, I often buy their ridge ones.
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Oh come on! Shouting at the ref like that? What a tosspot. He should at least be booked by now.
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Another booking escaped
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
I can taste them!!!
I miss Brannigans.
Beef and mustard?
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Ffs that’s four!
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
I can taste them!!!
I miss Brannigans.
Beef and mustard?
They were the ultimate crisp. The mustard was so strong you could feel it in your sinuses
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That’s three fouls now by Guimares Cnut. No bookong. He’s got a face I would never tire of punching.
3 fouls and at least as many that the ref has let go because we kept the ball, it's amazing that he hasn't been booked.
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How is he not being booked?!?
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I bought a multi pack of Skips earlier. First time in years i'll have had a pack.
Skips are about the only crisps I REALLY can't be had with. I love a good crisp, me, but I just can't abide by prawn cocktail flavour.
Same here. Give me a pack of MSG filled Salt and Vinegar Discos any day of the week.
I can taste them!!!
I miss Brannigans.
Beef and mustard?
Oooh liked them.
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wtf he is not getting booked again
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My dad called them man crisps. Nice with a cheese and onion cob
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C’mon villa. We are going to do this
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Twat will probably get the winner.
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What does Guimarez have to do, to get a yellow card? Ridiculous.
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Close again! You can see where this is going to end up.
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Cheese & onion cobs are still my favourite. Best with the burnt cob in Stourbridge pubs
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It’s coming.
Ref is a punk bitch.
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I had the most magnificent cheese and onion cob with a Guinness in the Old Windmill Coventry the other week.
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Time to get Rashford on and sink these dirty bastards.
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rashford now . come on
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It’s coming.
Ref is a punk bitch.
Every terrible 1980s American film called. They're running out of dialogue.
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I had the most magnificent cheese and onion cob with a Guinness in the Old Windmill Coventry the other week.
Sounds perfect.
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Finally a yellow
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Schaar could easily have been red and Guimaraes has made enough fouls to get bookings, that we're still playing against 11 is entirely down to some very weak officiating.
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Blimey he’s been booked.
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What does Guimarez have to do, to get a yellow card? Ridiculous.
He's wearing the armband with a 'C' on it.
C for
Clown?
Cheat?
No
Carte Blanche?
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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IAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
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Get in!
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It’s been coming.
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My commentary stream is wayyyy behind
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Ollie "we need better" Watkins with the assist
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Lovely goal...deserved
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Get in!!!!
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Nans hair on for them.
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Yessss! Lovely stuff!
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What a finish
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Well deserved we've been miles the better team.
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Thank fuck
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Quality finish. Great stuff Ian!
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss fucking get the fuck in!
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He looks well chuffed!
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Maatsen is going to prove a fantastic signing for us, needs to get a bit better in defence but he's excellent going forward.
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What a finish!
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What a goal.
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I do like Pat Nevin. Co-com on R5
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I do like Pat Nevin. Co-com on R5
Me too.
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C’mon villa. We are going to do this
How did you know?
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Get in, now get a third.
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Couple more now please
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8 more needed.
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We shouldn’t sit back against these there’s another goal in it for us.
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We shouldn’t sit back against these there’s another goal in it for us.
And we're obviously going to concede again, so best get our third sooner rather than later.
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Agreed as yet another foul gets missed.
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This referee.
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Need subs now. Some are tired.
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JJ and Onana on, Asensio and SJM off
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Blimey I wouldn’t have taken mcginn off.
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Need subs now. Some are tired.
C’mon have some faith
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Need subs now. Some are tired.
C’mon have some faith
We can win this . You have to trust Unai
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Can’t see us not conceding.
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I just hope we win this. A 3rd would be awesome right now.
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Blimey I wouldn’t have taken mcginn off.
he was really good.
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And just as I wrote that…
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TIELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMANS
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Get in!
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Blimey I wouldn’t have taken mcginn off.
Defo need him on Tuesday
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YOOOOOUUUURRRIIIII!
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How long left?
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COME ON ME VILLA BABBIES!!!
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LETS GOOO
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Own goal from Lurch.
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Lovely goal! Get a 4th.
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Brilliant! Now let's see this out.
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So far behind! Get 4th now
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Can’t see us not conceding.
Shame on you
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Or a Burn OG.
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2 subs involved
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You arsehole! I think you're 2 mins ahead of me.
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Brilliant play from JJ.
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FOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Fucking AVE IT
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I'd die laughing if we end up getting CL in 5th on goal difference over 6th place.
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There's the fourth!!!!
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Shit! Did you see that!?
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:)
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FUCKING HELL!!! 😃
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Lovely stuff...
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It’s a Fournado!!!
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Foot like a traction engine
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Geeeeet in! Amaaaadou!
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EWW!
Onana take a bow
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Can’t see us not conceding.
Shame on you
Shame shame shame
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Blimey.
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Get a 5th.
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Top finish that.
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Oh come on. 3 points and let's give the GD a bit of a seeing to
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Burn played for SHA, for our added OG enjoyment.
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Get 5th!!!!
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Hopefully, that should be that.
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wowo
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Can’t see us not conceding.
Shame on you
Shame shame shame
Are you deliberately replying to yourself? Or are you forgetting to switch accounts between posts?
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I don't think this is flattering us at all, we've ripped them apart all game.
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Decent couple of subs that
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Couldn't happen to a nicer club.
Can't beat us despite bringing their own ref down.
Get it up ya.
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They’ve taken Isak off that’s how good this has been.
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Tindall Tindall what's the score
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Wow. Onana smacked that and it stayed smacked.
Andy's voice has gone. Maybe his anti Villa comms are him just pretending... :)
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Post again
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It's not as big a game for Newcastle, according to Alan Smith
Sure it was a 6 pointer earlier this afternoon 🤔
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Frame of the goal has saved them from a real hammering here..lol
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Would be the perfect game for Ollie to get that record
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I still think this finishes 4-4
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If we can just finish off with a red card and/or a serious injury for one of their really wanky thugs then that would be the icing on the cake.
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Best 90 mins of the season maybe.
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Much better once Asensio went off
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Well done Unai. Total trust in you
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Frame of the goal has saved them from a real hammering here..lol
Because 4-1 isn’t a big enough hammering!
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8 more needed.
could have had 8 today
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I think Rashers will score.
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Guardiola on their coach home watching the game and thinking about midweek
(https://uploads.dailydot.com/2023/12/ralph-wiggum-im-in-danger-meme.jpg?auto=compress&fm=pjpg)
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4-1 up and we casually bring on Rashford.
What a time to be a Villa fan.
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Anybody want to bet against more than 3 mins added on?
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I still think this finishes 4-4
Me too. Like a b movie back in 'nam flashback. But it's getting better.
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So we’re winning 4-1 and bring on Malen and Rashford.
I love this team we have become.
Serious question again - I get the feeling that we’ve learnt a lot from the Champions League this season. A lot about pressing, possession, game play and how to be lethal.
We may have gone out in the 1/4 finals, but the impact for everyone is probably much deeper than we’d imagine.
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The Jawdies must hate us just that little bit more. Good :D
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I still think this finishes 4-4
They're going to bring David Lowe off the bench in a minute.
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Frame of the goal has saved them from a real hammering here..lol
Because 4-1 isn’t a big enough hammering!
7:1 is a real hammering though, but this will do !
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In unai we trust. Shame on you to all those who blindly follow the “sky” narrative.
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What a time to be a Villa fan…
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I’m so delighted that perma tan wanker was in charge of them for this.
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In unai we trust. Shame on you to all those who blindly follow the “sky” narrative.
Have you broken today?
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In unai we trust. Shame on you to all those who blindly follow the “sky” narrative.
Have you broken today?
Are you upset we won??
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Guimares again!
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Annoyed they scored as I had predicted 4-0.
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No you are acting weird. What sky agenda are you going on about?
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6 added mins
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
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Hopefully this will take the wind out of Newcastles sails for the run in..
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
He's been outstanding but it's Youri again I reckon.
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
Maatsen deserves a mention as well.
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
Maatsen deserves a mention as well.
His best game.
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
Maatsen deserves a mention as well.
Watkins all the way
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Superb performance by everyone today
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Unlucky donyell.
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Superb performance by everyone today
Apart from Asensio and VFL.
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Lovely. Up the villa. I trust in Unai! We are on a journey. It’ll take time. We are ambitious.
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6 added mins
So double Tuesday's - shock horror!
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Superb performance by everyone today
Apart from Asensio and VFL.
Goes without saying. Must be something in the air
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Watkins MOTM by a country mile.
He certainly ran plenty of them.
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Superb performance by everyone today
Apart from Asensio and VFL.
Goes without saying. Must be something in the air
Give Asensio a break . We wouldn’t be this close, without him
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Just Man City on Tuesday. If we win that…
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Annoying that we won't win the league until next season.
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Just Man City on Tuesday. When we win that…
FTFY
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Great win. Timing the run-in to perfection.
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Just Man City on Tuesday. If we win that…
When.
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Yes. There you go. Well done Unai.
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That is one hell of a performance against a fellow CL competitor.
Especially if we all thought we’d be jaded after Tuesday.
We have become one hell of a side. 2-3 signings in the summer and we’re going to cause havoc next season.
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Absolute clinic!! Great job, boys!!
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Hoowwwaaaaayyy the Villa.
Smashed to pieces the form team of League.
115 we are coming for you.
Do the decent thing tomorrow Fulham.
And Spuds.. .OK that is a bit far fetched