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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on April 22, 2025, 06:46:02 PM
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Ollie, Mings and SJM to start at Wembley?
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Apart from Ramsey instead of McGinn, that was the team against PSG. Will be interesting to see if we can replicate the better part of that game this time.
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Ollie very unlucky not to start. But Rashford must hate citeh.
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No McGinn or Watkins is a massive call.
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McGinn too pissed to start after boozing with Drummond earlier. Other than that, looks good to me. Plenty of rotation with Mings, SJM and Ollie kept fresh to start against Palace.
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Ollie may have his arse in his hand, but with the squad we’ve got and the cup semi on Saturday, rotation has to be the key
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That Citeh line-up graphic is dreadful. Definitely Shitty.
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Triple R !
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Sensible rotation. Hope it works.
Defo need Rashford to sparkle his shoes and smote Qatar Cit-eh
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Bailey can't even get into the 18 these days.
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Tielemans and Rogers starting is now obviously the law.
To be able to change the starting 11 so much and still put a team out like that is just incredible.
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I can't remember the last time we played them and thought our starting 11 and bench is better than theirs.
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Five changes from Saturday, but you’d struggle to argue which is the stronger first XI.
We’ve a frankly absurdly strong squad.
Play like we have the past two games and Citeh won’t live with us.
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Hopefully Mings being missing is not an injury related thing but just that our 18 can't have everybody each week.
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Presume he is omitted from the squad as Pau was on Saturday?
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I looked at their pre-match tv and one bloke said playing us isn't just their toughtest game remaining but one of the toughest of the season. How we expect to be top end of the table and Unai expects to win every game. Bit different from when we expected teams to come to VP and wipe the floor with us.
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Potentially an injury or red card away from Scott Carson's first league appearance since the 1964/65 season.
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I'm only really afraid of one of their starters. But, to be fair, I'm really, really afraid of him.
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My only concern is that O'Reilly. Seems to have become a bit of a talisman for them recently.
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I'm only really afraid of one of their starters. But, to be fair, I'm really, really afraid of him.
I know who you mean, but I'm a bit wary of Marmoush.
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I'm only really afraid of one of their starters. But, to be fair, I'm really, really afraid of him.
I know who you mean, but I'm a bit wary of Marmoush.
Sure, I'm wary of all of them to a greater or lesser degree. But the thought of de Bruyne on the ball in space makes me panic and go blind and knock things off the mantelpiece. Had I a mantelpiece.
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I'm only really afraid of one of their starters. But, to be fair, I'm really, really afraid of him.
I know who you mean, but I'm a bit wary of Marmoush.
That'll he'lll do the fandango?
I'll get me coat
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Ollie out is a strange call. But we’ve got to get at those full backs.
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My only concern is that O'Reilly. Seems to have become a bit of a talisman for them recently.
He's a crap builder though.
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I have a bad feeling about this.
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KDB is a lot more miss than he used to be, probably why they never talked to him about a new contract. Hopefully tonight won't be one of his good games.
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Ollie out is a strange call. But we’ve got to get at those full backs.
Not just the full backs but their midfield consists of four 30 somethings.
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KDB is a lot more miss than he used to be, probably why they never talked to him about a new contract. Hopefully tonight won't be one of his good games.
He is, but he is still fully capable. Lots of their team are, we need to run them.
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Ollie out is a strange call. But we’ve got to get at those full backs.
Not just the full backs but their midfield consists of four 30 somethings.
We bossed midfield on Saturday - need to do the same today
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I have a bad feeling about this.
Reassuring to hear you're feeling the same way as you did on Saturday. ;)
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Going to The Etihad with a squad as good as City, shows how far we have come in a very short time since Emery arrived. 14 defeats on the bounce here is bloody awful, god I hope we turn up and show them what we are capable of..
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They've gone for some actual stability and experience in midfield, which I assume is for them to have an attempt at their previous levels of control, which worries me, despite their lack of energy/legs. Recently they've played all sorts of lightweight combinations. Gonna be tough this if they do exert that passing/overload game. Still think they'd settle for the point and the easier run in. Not sure Unai will.
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I'm not too surprised he's left McGinn out but I am with Watkins.
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My only concern is that O'Reilly. Seems to have become a bit of a talisman for them recently.
He's a crap builder though.
Oh I don’t know. Lick of paint , lick of paint if the good Lord wanted us to worry…………….
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I can't remember the last time we played them and thought our starting 11 and bench is better than theirs.
1977 when they had Tueart and Hartford starting.
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Interesting given Garcia and Disasi both came in to add to the right-back position, Cash seems to be nearly as much of a fixture in the side as Tielemans and Rogers these days.
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Sky having an Aston Villa special programme.
First 35 mins, all about us.
How the world changes eh ?
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Interesting given Garcia and Disasi both came in to add to the right-back position, Cash seems to be nearly as much of a fixture in the side as Tielemans and Rogers these days.
He’s seen Disasi play there (who I should hasten to add I like at centre back)
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Bailey can't even get into the 18 these days.
He's doing some filming with his missus on desperate housewives of Sutton Coldfield thing. FootyVillain is on-set to gauge whether his attitude is good enough to be re-integrated back into our demanding squad.
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I'm only really afraid of one of their starters. But, to be fair, I'm really, really afraid of him.
I know who you mean, but I'm a bit wary of Marmoush.
Me too he's proving more than an able replacement for Haaland.
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Sky having an Aston Villa special programme.
First 35 mins, all about us.
How the world changes eh ?
Cue an absolute hammering
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Sky having an Aston Villa special programme.
First 35 mins, all about us.
How the world changes eh ?
Your set-top box needs rebooting. ;)
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On paper....that's the weakest Citeh team we have played in years. They look well short of athleticism in midfield with KdB and Gundogan in there. Strange night to leave McGinn out in the circumstances.
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Sky having an Aston Villa special programme.
First 35 mins, all about us.
How the world changes eh ?
Cue an absolute hammering
Exactly
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If there's any threat of us winning the ref will help them out with the soft 'seen them given' penalty.
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Get into 'em!
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Hit the post!
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Come on me Villa babbies!
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Keep it tight first half. We're the second half specialists. C'mon me babbies.
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Omg rashers
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No gloves for Rashford!
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FTF!
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Never thought I'd see a better through ball player than Sid at Villa. But...
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How many times are these pillocks going to go on about Ollie Watkins “fuming”
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Bamboozled the Citeh defenders, deserved a goal.
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Commentary can fuck right off with the debruyne has never scored against Villa bullshit.
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How many times are these pillocks going to go on about Ollie Watkins “fuming”
ad nauseum
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How many times are these pillocks going to go on about Ollie Watkins “fuming”
It's all code for Villa shouldn't be good enough to have a player of Watkins' calibre on the bench. It doesn't fit their narrative, their idea of the natural order of things
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Shit 1-0
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Arse
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Bollocks.
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Fuck off.
Let them have 30 passes with no challenge and then poor, poor again from emi
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Shite.
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FFS!!
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Konsa deflects it right to the penalty spot..
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Bad from both Cash and Emi there 😟
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We are cursed in this poxy cotton town.
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Martinez fuck up again
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crap defending
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Calamity. That little twat Bernadro
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Terrible defensive clearance and goalkeeping.
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first shot again
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Here we go
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Martinez fuck up again
Too many soft goals lately
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Calamity. That little twat Bernadro
'Hasn't scored since boxing day' apparently. Tosser.
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Just walked around Cash to stand free in the box to pick a pass to the goalscorer IMO
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Martínez should be saving that.
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Going to have to do this the really fucking hard way now
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Emi o.g. Seemed like he parried it onto his own leg
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cash and martinez rubbish there
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Martínez should be saving that.
Awful goalkeeping!
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Coming from behind here is so difficult.
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Horrible mistake from Emi on the replay
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Martinez fuck up again
Too many soft goals lately
This. Poor again.
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Best in the world my arse.
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Just walked around Cash to stand free in the box to pick a pass to the goalscorer IMO
Took a big deflection off Konsa
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No McGinn or Watkins is a massive call.
A stupid one.
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The huge amount of passes and possession they had before the goal, unchallenged, was not good
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That's an own goal, really bad luck that he planned to down on to his heel but shouldn't have been planning it down anyway.
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martinez pushes the shot on to his legs and then in .. crap from emi
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No McGinn or Watkins is a massive call.
A stupid one.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
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We hit the post in 17 secs, these shits score with their first attack. Looks like they buy their luck like everything else. Wankers.
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God City are so boring to watch
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No McGinn or Watkins is a massive call.
A stupid one.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
Sometimes you know when some people have posted is usually when Villa have made a mistake. Now sure what McGinn and Watkins would have done to stop that goal though.
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The huge amount of passes and possession they had before the goal, unchallenged, was not good
We've switched to "inferiority complex mode" again against these as we so often do. We can have them if we set about them.
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Emi was really unlucky there. Yes he should've done better with his hands but the ball was actually going away from the goal until it struck his foot.
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Emi is not having a great season.
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wake up villa
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We are letting them play. Standing off, no challenges.
It’s allowing Man City to grow in confidence and start to dominate the game
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Come on VAR!!! Off to the screen
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Peno coming ?
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I think we'll still score so just need to not concede again and get a bit of control back.
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PEN?!
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come on var
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Pen given
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Of the five games left this is the one we could most afford to lose. Assuming we don't come back from this then we...hold on a minute...
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Better be fucking given.
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Come on Villa
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Rashford to take? (Assuming ref does change as normally happens on Monitor).
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Peno !!!!
We are shit at pens though
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Should be all day long
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Was obviously a penalty why would he go over otherwise he was through
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stone wall for me he's smashed into him. contact
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athat was a pen
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Fuck off Josep
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SCOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rashyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Penalty! Of course Ramsey is looking for it, of course. Ah what are the City twats moaning about here?...
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Get in!
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VAR replay has been shown to the crowd....
GET INNNNN
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Yessssssssssssssssssss
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Come on!!!
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YESSS
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Why the fuck are they allowed to show the incident on the big screen? WHO CARES!!!!!
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Yay.
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well done Rashford!
Penalty all day - Pep patting the fourth on the back should be a card.
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Yessss, get in Rashy!!!!!
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do one , you corrupt twats
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Fuck yes
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GETTT INNN!!!
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Fuck knows what they're moaning about the shoegazing stroppy twats.
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https://x.com/tekkersfoot/status/1914760833919541402
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I've seen them given.
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FUCK OFF YOU SPITTING ******
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He went to pull out of the challenge but still made contact, so what’s the issue? It was a foul.
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They are rattled, other way around and nobody would have said sh*t
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Played Emi
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Get in..City moaning about a blatant penalty is hilarious..
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Absolutely blatant. And shut the fuck up Neville as well. You'd want it if it was your player
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Haven't a clue what's a penalty and what's not a penalty these days
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Why are they so angry? It's a clear pen, no intent but clumsy as fuck.
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Pep raging about a penalty Citeh get given week after week.
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Well done Marcus.
Definite pen today.
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Beautiful pen.
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They are totally overreacting.
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Has Martinez forgotten you can collect the ball ?
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back on terms. no more gifts Villa
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If that pen had been given against us, I’d be fuming too.
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Phew. Nice pen though.
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I'm turning this Man City TV commentary off in a minute...
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Marmoush is pulling into the space on the left and Cash doesn't seem to be coping.
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Why are they so angry? It's a clear pen, no intent but clumsy as fuck.
Yep thought Saturdays wasn't but today's was
Intent is irrelevant. Jimmy Hill made it up.
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They can’t handle our pace around the box - we need to get out front 3 on the ball 30 yards out
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Marmoush is a problem.
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We are definitely losing the midfield at the moment.
Need to see more from rogers and JJ.
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We've rattled them nearly as much as sha have us.
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Why are they so angry? It's a clear pen, no intent but clumsy as fuck.
Yep thought Saturdays wasn't but today's was
Intent is irrelevant. Jimmy Hill made it up.
Yep it’s a pen every day. I didn’t think the one on Saturday was.
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May I star a new debate
Why didn't Ollie take that pen?
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They’re so hard done by at Man fucking City. ******.
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Lots of empty seats...thought it was their Cup Final according to Pep..lol
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Wake up Pau
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Lots of empty seats...thought it was their Cup Final according to Pep..lol
Supposedly because of protests. More likely the glory hunters have abandoned them this season.
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Marmoush has to be stopped
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It was a clear pen - I don’t see how you can argue against it - he takes him out
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Haven't a clue what's a penalty and what's not a penalty these days
If it's for us it definitely is. If it's the other lot it isn't, the cheating twats.
Got me by over the years.
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Atmosphere is a little flat for a cup final
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Fuck off Catalan Graeme Dott.
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Midfield is the problem. They HAVE to get involved
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You could tell it was a pen by the defender’s immediate reaction
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I love the intent argument - irrelevant. We need to get them going backwards more.
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Altogether now
We all love VAR
And we all love VAR
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Rogers isn’t helping out in front of Cash
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If that pen had been given against us, I’d be fuming too.
why? It was a penalty all day long.
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Maybe JJ has realised what teams like Citeh and Liverpool do to win penalties. Salah does it every game for Liverpool. Our honesty sometimes lets us down. Still think it was a penalty so fuck'em.
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Has rogers had a touch yet ?
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It was a clear pen - I don’t see how you can argue against it - he takes him out
Of course its a pen and even IF it was borderline we've had many many, proper questionable decisions against us, suck it up Man City
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Martinez keeping us in it at the moment.
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If that pen had been given against us, I’d be fuming too.
why? It was a penalty all day long.
Presumably because the foul was in their area so would have been very harsh to give a penalty against us.
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We need to get them running around to tire these pensioners out
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You’ve all got it wrong - You can go in on a player and take them out, but if you jump back a little at the end it’s not a penalty. Surely everyone knows that basic clause in the rules?
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It was a clear pen - I don’t see how you can argue against it - he takes him out
Of course its a pen and even IF it was borderline we've had many many, proper questionable decisions against us, suck it up Man City
JJ is on a clear route to goal and gets a knee to the inside of his trail leg.. obviously a penalty.
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If that pen had been given against us, I’d be fuming too.
Rubbish. He jumped in the air and kneed him in the leg.
No need to jump in the air.
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rogers a bit quiet?
expect him to score now.
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We can’t just stand off them and be passive. We need to get into them and turn them around.
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Fuck the penalty it’s gone.
Worry about the fact we have gone sloppy and need to get involved
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It's still a blatant penalty whichever way you look at it, MCTV
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Midfield is the problem. They HAVE to get involved
The double pivot in the centre isn't working, Man City are doing everything in the wide areas. Onana and Kamara are spectators.
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If that pen had been given against us, I’d be fuming too.
why? It was a penalty all day long.
Fuming at whichever of our players stupidly gave it away!
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What a bunch of moaning fannies.
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Haven't a clue what's a penalty and what's not a penalty these days
If it's for us it definitely is. If it's the other lot it isn't, the cheating twats.
Got me by over the years.
Wasn't it Ramsey the other week, never even went to the screen to look at it
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Midfield is the problem. They HAVE to get involved
The double pivot in the centre isn't working, Man City are doing everything in the wide areas. Onana and Kamara are spectators.
Agreed.
And lack of involvement from Rogers
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poor villa
pass the ball to each other
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Blimey, what a fuss.
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Was deffo a pen. He ran in full pelt and didn’t get the ball. Don’t get why people think it wasn’t
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Must stop humming Kate Bush song whenever Marmoush gets the ball.
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We are definitely getting sloppy.
We can’t get the ball out of our half.
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Talking of blatant, how about that blatant cheating from Silva.
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We are right back in this now but we need to crank the pressing up a gear. Onana is looking lost out there, I can see a rejig happening at HT.
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Think he did get a bit of the ball on the replays that var didn’t show
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Onana off and SJM on at ht please.
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We have been sloppy on the ball. We don’t need to show them too much respect.
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I've turned the commentary off. Wish there was a crowd noise only option.
The issue is that Sky has a huge international audience, and given that so many plastics from abroad will have limpeted themselves to MCFC over the last 20 years or so, that's the gallery that the producers feel that they have to play towards
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They are a joke of a club - no atmosphere- moaning twats plenty of empty seats - absolute plastic twats
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Talking of blatant, how about that blatant cheating from Silva.
He’s a little prick.
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We need to get at them, Man City panic under pressure
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wake up villa
this is man city not PSG away
no fucking respect to these fuckers
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Do the city squad numbers go right up to 115?
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Empty seats. Pathetic bastards
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Midfield is a worry. Something isn’t working
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I've turned the commentary off. Wish there was a crowd noise only option.
The issue is that Sky has a huge international audience, and given that so many plastics from abroad will have limpeted themselves to MCFC over the last 20 years or so, that's the gallery that the producers feel that they have to play towards
It's the Etihad. There is no crowd noise.
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They keep skipping through midfield very easily.
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Must stop humming Kate Bush song whenever Marmoush gets the ball.
That's surely ours?
"Ay Ay
Bouboucar Kamara
Bouboucar Ay Ay"
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Just my opinion but, I think we look far more dangerous going forward than Shitty.
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That was a cracking ball out to Digne just then
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We are frightened of them. Need to get as per PSG again
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Must stop humming Kate Bush song whenever Marmoush gets the ball.
I have Bohemian Rhapsody in my head. But i insert an extra syllable after the "Mar".
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McGinn for Rogers would be my first change
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Blatant 5 second long foul on Rodgers there, pathetic linesman
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Fuck sake Rogers hauled down
Think the ref in his mind owes them now
Bet Guardiola tries to get in his head as they walk off
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Get McGinn on. He will scuff up their midfield
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Dragged him along the floor
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Wonder why Onana didn't jump for that corner? Looks like he was going to, then stopped
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We need to up it a bit. We’re very passive.
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Digne booked.
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McGinn for Rogers would be my first change
Rogers can rip these up, we need a magic second half.
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Are they playing this game at the city library?
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Rogers is dead on his feet.
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Diving rat. Crowd booking.
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Soft, soft yellow for Lucas. Just because old man de Bryne goes down.
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Ffs Villa. Passing backwards from 2 yards out ?
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We need to start pressuring them. They’ll get through eventually if we keep letting them have the ball. We’ve got three centre mids and no control.
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City’s press is very effective
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We are not snappy enough on the ball.
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Martinez is going to cost us here.
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We need to start pressuring them. They’ll get through eventually if we keep letting them have the ball. We’ve got three centre mids and no control.
Yep.
Midfield are poor, and emi needs a fucking rocket up his arse
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Emi seems to be going full Enkelman this evening.
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Not overly impressive but we've scored, hit the post and another Rashy chance.
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JJ looks good
a few others a bit meh
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We need to start pressuring them. They’ll get through eventually if we keep letting them have the ball. We’ve got three centre mids and no control.
Yeah, we need to harry them like we do to them at VP. We are standing off then going to them a split second too late and they are easily passing around us
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Optus sport commentary is literally a man city fan channel. Puke!
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That was half a chance and it shows get them turned around and they don’t like it. We’ve have to get them to to turn.
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Optus sport commentary is literally a man city fan channel. Puke!
Jim Beglin is crap
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Not overly impressive but we've scored, hit the post and another Rashy chance.
And even though it's away at Man City, it still feels like those first halves against Brighton, Southampton, Preston, PSG et al where we go balls-out in the second half.
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Moaning bitches this lot.
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You can't touch these Man City players, joke!
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They've not stopped whinging and whining since they felt aggrieved over our penalty which was a definite penalty by the way.
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Optus sport commentary is literally a man city fan channel. Puke!
Jim Beglin is crap
Always on mute. Commentators give me aids
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I think we've been excellent going forward this half
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playing some good pass and move here
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Their fans are a disgrace
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Jeez their players are proper pussies
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Have they hired Everton fans to try and fill the ground? Whining twats.
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What's wrong with them friggin powder puffs
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Their fans are a disgrace
Those that have bothered to turn up.
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We are a better side than these for the first time in about 15 years. They know it too.
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Their fans are a disgrace
In fairness, it's probably the first time most of them have been to a match.
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Their fans are a disgrace
More empty seats than a crap afternoon pantomime...
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They've not stopped whinging and whining since they felt aggrieved over our penalty which was a definite penalty by the way.
They like everything to go their way, entitled bunch. They’ll be moaning more come the second half when we take the lead.
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It looks like we’ve played 3 big games in a week.
A bit more leggy in the first half, but this is one fixture that I look forward to about as much as a trip to the dentist
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Tielemans looks out of gas
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Rogers is having an absolute mare.
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They're really not that good any more
But it would be so predictable for Foden to come on and get a goal
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Tielemans looks out of gas
He's been comfortably our best player.
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Rogers is having an absolute mare.
He’s not had much of the ball but the fullback has done well against him.
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Some really sloppy play from both sides, unforced errors in possession
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Bring on McGinn and we win this easily. Midfield looks disjointed
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Onana having a questionable time out there not assertive enough.
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We have been so sloppy here. So many simple passes given away
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We are containing them playing rope a dope. We will have dynamic options off the bench in the second half to get the win.
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keep giving the ball away
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Emi,is going to cost us
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It looks like we’ve played 3 big games in a week.
A bit more leggy in the first half, but this is one fixture that I look forward to about as much as a trip to the dentist
The one in The Marathon Man?
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Fucking emis passing is a liability
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Need McGinn on at HT
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Tielemans looks out of gas
Rogers is having an absolute mare.
Both these boys have played lot of games.
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Not at our best yet but well in the game. Midfield needs a tweak.
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Tielemans looks out of gas
Rogers is having an absolute mare.
Both these boys have played lot of games.
Yes, absolutely.
A rest seems unthinkable for them apparently
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Both sides threatening at times, and also sloppy.
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Two goals and a VAR check equalled 4 minutes stoppages. I expect 10 at the end of the second half if we are winning.
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Moaning cocks
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Tielemans looks out of gas
Rogers is having an absolute mare.
Both these boys have played lot of games.
Triple substitution on 60 mins incoming
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Ref is ******
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We look tired - emi is having a bit of a mare - and Roger’s isn’t influencing the game at all.
Maybe bring McGinn on early second half?
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Quite jaded end of season league game.
To be honest I'd take a draw. They have been good in 2nd half recently.
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Emi stop trying to create chances for them.
Really sloppy, but 1-1 hopefully we’ll be much better in the second half. Rogers and Youri look exhausted.
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Malen and McGinn could bring some real energy to this XI.
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I can see Onana for McGinn at half time like earlier in the season.
Worry is when they bring Foden on.
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We are a better side than these for the first time in about 15 years. They know it too.
100% mcatee o'reilly are nobodies and their big players are on the way down. They've got no one who's going to dribble past us until they bring on doku.
we need to put them on the back foot a bit more because if they bring on someone they'll improve and we'll have problems.
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Ref is ******
The ref is weird. Letting some stuff go then blowing for lesser stuff.
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We are the better team.
They are now Dad's Army in midfield and they have no legs. Consequently they no longer press you to death.
You can play through them almost at will.
I would like us to have a bit more belief with our final ball and try and play Rashord in quicker and more often.
Unai should swap Digne for Maatsen as he will be sent off, (this ref is keen to even things up after the penalty). I think Maatsen will also be a good outlet for us.
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Not overly impressive but we've scored, hit the post and another Rashy chance.
And even though it's away at Man City, it still feels like those first halves against Brighton, Southampton, Preston, PSG et al where we go balls-out in the second half.
Hopefully. Happy enough to go in level at half-time. An Asensio winner would be nice.
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I'm nervous over Martinez. Rogers is out of the game, we don't attack enough down the right to keep him involved.
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Okay so we go in all level, Uni needs to step this up, massive second half, these are cry babies, McGinn on, I think Rogers needs more time, he's frustrated, Rashy really wants to beat Many City, get Ollie on, extra pace but we need to press them and destroy them.
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Thought we played that well.Jacob is back to his best.
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Giving them to much respect...
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Considering Martinez has been shit, Onana and Kamara being off it, Rogers being absolutely anonymous, Digne not being great and Tielemans not getting on the ball enough, we’ve probably edged it.
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They have plenty of energy on the bench and we play like that and Foden will ghost through us.
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I guess we are fulfilling game plan but unadventurous
If we keep messing about at the back it will come acropper
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Is it only me ?
I have always been supremely confident when the ball goes anywhere near emi, but he is making me very nervous lately.
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Emi is reallt pissing me off, been poor for a few games now.
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Ref is ******
The ref is weird. Letting some stuff go then blowing for lesser stuff.
That's sho sum messed up stuff.
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I mean, it's 1-1 so I'm banking on that being our crap half.
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Would take Digne off. On a yellow and if Silva gets near him he'll be doing about six somersaults to try to get him a second yellow.
It does annoy me a bit tactically we've put out one of our slowest 11s which has played into their hands a bit. Likes of Maatsen and Malen would give them a bit more to think about with the very high line they're playing.
Yeah Emi hasn't been great today. Another soft goal he's conceded this season being in two minds whether to catch or palm it away.
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Soft goal to concede but some excellent all round play at times. Forgot Rogers was ion the pitch until 30 mins.
Ramsey brilliant, Tielemans great and Rashford a threat. They can up it though, saw them do it at the weekend.
Oh, and they feel cheated? So does the rest of football x115. ******
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Olsen on at HT please Mr Emery.
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I mean, it's 1-1 so I'm banking on that being our crap half.
That's it and like the last previous games we come out second half like a transformed side, we have to really get aggressive with them, I honestly think we can win these comfortably if we get at them, you can see they struggle to cope hence the moaning.
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Emi has been very ordinary for weeks now.
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Emi is reallt pissing me off, been poor for a few games now.
I’d say that’s 5 or 6 goals he’s conceded this season he really should have saved.
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It’s the usual villa performance here. We look okay and plucky. And eventually lose to a Foden speculative.
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We haven't really got going, but have shown them we can hurt them on the turnover with pace. Getting the midfield controlled better is key 2nd half.
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They have plenty of energy on the bench and we play like that and Foden will ghost through us.
This is the Foden of this season? More worried if they put Doku or Savinho on as far too easy how Marmoush got past Cash for the goal and their main tactic is getting Marmoush to suck Cashy infield when they switch play so lots of space on the left especially as we're not really bring Rogers back.
I think that is part of the reason why we moved Ramsey to the right for last ten minutes as we know he'll track back.
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Didnt realise Pep was on a yellow
That's good
It would be great if he got sent off
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Olsen on at HT please Mr Emery.
Sell him for £150m and bring Ramsdale in.
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Emi Martinez!! The world's number 17
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Roy Keane cleared the penalty up. "Their player didn't intend to take him out but he definitely does. That's a penalty"
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Maatsen on is a good shout.
Maybe Garcia and SJM
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Definitely need SJM
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If we are a bit cleaner with the ball, we can open these up. Other than Marmoush they don't offer much threat. Expect them to bring on a winger to go against Dinge.
The win is there if we're brave enough.
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I think we can win this. One or two good subs and we’ll do it
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Ramsay has been great , rogers is missing.
Onana not really getting stuck in .
Need some players in there to hassle these moaning minnies , we are better than these , SJM would make a diffrence and I think Maatsen would cause some trouble.
Rashford I would keep on , he put the ball through to the JJ pen and scored and hit post , SJM for Rogers I reckon . Onana needs to do more too.
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If we are a bit cleaner with the ball, we can open these up. Other than Marmoush they don't offer much threat. Expect them to bring on a winger to go against Dinge.
The win is there if we're brave enough.
This. Had the draw half time us to win it. We're the second half specialists.
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Real chance this could be the FA Cup Final, its very important we beat these, not just for CL placings.
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Here's hoping for that 20 minutes or pure brilliance where we seem to turn up the dial to 11
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Real chance this could be the FA Cup Final, its very important we beat these, not just for CL placings.
Or get them overconfident and smash them
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No changes.
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A fuming Ollie on 75 mins, to grab the winner and the record would be lovely
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What's the name of our coach who was instructing Rashford there?
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Real chance this could be the FA Cup Final, its very important we beat these, not just for CL placings.
Or get them overconfident and smash them
Possible, I would say they think they are way better than they actually are, already over confident.
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Come on me Villa babbies, you can have these.
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Come on Villa!
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Come on Villa, fight.
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Get Rogers off
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Morgan is not having much of a game here.
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Rogers for Asensio maybe?
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Cash poor, going through the motions and then too slow to get back
Rogers needs subbing now he’s booked
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Stupid yellow
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Another soft yellow card.
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rogers is a waste tonigh t- get him off for final
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This is not great.
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Cash…shit again….attack,the fucking ball
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Emi down
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cash flapped that 50:50
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Shit. Bad news on Emi, he's fine and carrying on.
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cash flapped that 50:50
Rashford has just jumped out of the way of a challenge on the touchline as well.
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Rogers on a yellow now, dead cert for the hook soon
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Emi down
Snakes little dig there.
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When you think these are nowhere the standard of PSG and we obliterated them, we are standing off them to much.
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Cash…shit again….attack,the fucking ball
Cash has been one of our better players.
If this doesn’t change they’ll get a chance soon.
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Gundogan knows exactly what he's doing there, twat.
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Gundogan got away with one there. He's elbowed Emi in the back of the head.
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Unai please……Rogers is out on his feet and a passenger.
Off for SJM….now
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What the f was that. We need to stamp this shit out now
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Should be Ollie time soon.
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When you think these are nowhere the standard of PSG and we obliterated them, we are standing off them to much.
Different circumstances. That was do or die.
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Man City fans playing the victims with "were not really here" song. Utter stain of a football club.
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Come on Villa what are you doing
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Ffs Villa. Clear it
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This is really really poor. A goal is coming if we don’t sort it out.
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they've had about 10 mins of corners.
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Gone to sleep 2nd half..
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we gone dire here . cant keep possession
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When you think these are nowhere the standard of PSG and we obliterated them, we are standing off them to much.
Different circumstances. That was do or die.
Well yeah but so is this.
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Has to be time for SJM, Ollie and Asensio soon.
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Why do we not match up on corners, you’ve got Onana marking Silva and various other mismatches
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Subs immediately.
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Gundogan knows exactly what he's doing there, twat.
At it again, one of the little feckers
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I'm not enjoying thid game
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I must admit the O'Reilly kid does look good.
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When you think these are nowhere the standard of PSG and we obliterated them, we are standing off them to much.
Different circumstances. That was do or die.
Well yeah but so is this.
A win would be great, but this is far more "don't lose"
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I'm not enjoying thid game
Agree
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i dont understand managers stil waiting for 60 mins when a player is absoluetly knackered already
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We need to change something.
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Ginny incoming
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SJM getting ready to come on
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Phew
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When you think these are nowhere the standard of PSG and we obliterated them, we are standing off them to much.
Different circumstances. That was do or die.
Well yeah but so is this.
A win would be great, but this is far more "don't lose"
See that aswell, but therein lies the problem. really, we need to win every game
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We were so poor there.
Weak in all the challenges
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Disasi and SJM on, JJ and Cash off.
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Christ Disasi at right back…
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Disasi???
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Disasi right back and Morgan remains on. He’ll come up with a piece of magic at some point.
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Marmoush against Disasi??
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I am surprised at 50% of those substitutions
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Rogers 😞
I love him, but fucking hell. Give him a break
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Disasi at RB. Ah.
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We need to get Morgan off now.
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JJ off? odd that one
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Disasi right back and Morgan remains on. He’ll come up with a piece of magic at some point.
I get that feeling as well.
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Very surprised Rogers is still on.
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Christ Disasi at right back…
I'd have brought Garcia on
Need to get Malen and Ollie on for Rogers and Rashford
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Disasi and SJM on, JJ and Cash off.
Wrong decisions there for me, though delighted McGinn is on. This loyalty to Rogers stretches to ridiculous at times.
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Every time a Citeh player goes down, they scream in agony. Cheating shits.
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Morgan needs to go off before he gets sent off.
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Disasi right back and Morgan remains on. He’ll come up with a piece of magic at some point.
Great ball there...
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Rogers Lucky to not get a 2nd booking
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We need to get Morgan off now.
Yep, knackered and about to get himself sent off. Looks frustrated as hell.
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Come on Rashy
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Morg need to come off before he gets sent off. Ref has given him no protection from Gvardia at all
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Rogers needs subbing, he's doing very little and will be sent off soon.
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Rogers 😞
I love him, but fucking hell. Give him a break
He's getting close to a second yellow. Needs hooking asap.
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Very surprised Rogers is still on.
He needs to stay on his feet when Gvardiol tangles with him. Ref is giving him nothing
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There’s no way we’re not conceding if this pattern continues.
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Feels like a matter of time before we concede
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Come Uni, do something.
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We are living so dangerously.
Lucky to still be in this. We need to sharpen up.
So weak in the tackle, all over the pitch
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Far too much space for O'Reilly. Disasi not in position
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Onana doing well so far.
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Kamara needs some help in the middle..and quick, we are a mess in there
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Rogers has to be subbed off Unai.
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That animated bald geeza on the touch line.
He spittin an chewin and chewin an spittin an flobbin like a fokka.
Ref should send him off for acting the goat.
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Malen or Watkins for Rogers.
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We need to offer something going forward
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We are defending so deep
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Disasi just is not doing his job.
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Speaking of annoying little Citeh twats who always score against us, Foden still to come on. We need another.
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Malen or Watkins for Rogers.
Or,Asencio…….anyone
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what are we doing.. too much respect here and they aint city from last season?
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We are defending so deep
Against most teams that is asking for trouble. These more than most.
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Rogers needs a break. I’d do Rogers for Asensio or Malen. Rashford’s pace is still causing them problems so I’d like to keep him on.
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We haven't turned up 2nd half
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Rashford and Morgan off for asencio and Watkins please
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what a joke, no one even attempted to make a decoy run for rashford
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WTF fuck was that Rashford?
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I think Rogers has now run is course, time to sub, would love him to stick one up these but we need to do something.
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We will lose this if something doesn’t change. They’re getting 30 yards out with such ease.
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People forget he is 22 and was playing for Middlesbrough 15 months ago.
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Gvardiol finally booked.
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Gvardiol you dirty fucker with your name that looks like someone's fat-fingered your gaffer's name
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Fucking rubbish…..crap throw, crap ball back in
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rashford again surrounded by 5 blue shirts no support. done well to get the throw
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Ollie to come on, score and do a full Morley towards Unai.
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We have been so meek. I don’t understand why Morgan is still on.
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Count Doku coming on
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We will concede here.
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Any subs coming on?
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We have been so meek. I don’t understand why Morgan is still on.
Again….he got muscled off and gave up, allowing their man to get his cross in
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Doku, that's all we need
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Why isn't Watkins on FFS? He's in great form, he's full of beans, and Rashford needs help.
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This does feel like we’ve got half an eye on the game this weekend.
Not a gripping game in a stadium with as much atmosphere as a library
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We are so poor when we are passive like this
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Do something Unai, we are just getting the runaround.
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People forget he is 22 and was playing for Middlesbrough 15 months ago.
I don’t think anyone is complaining about his performance just that he’s still on when he’s clearly knackered and been poor, he's allowed an off day.
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People forget he is 22 and was playing for Middlesbrough 15 months ago.
we know that , and he will be class but sometimes he needs coming off..
unless he scores a worldie now :)
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Asensio getting ready
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Come on Sir Unai. Change it
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I don’t understand this at all.
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We are so poor when we are passive like this
You wouldn't think this was the same side that hammered Newcastle and beat PSG, Brighton and Forest..
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Ollie time
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No one is denying Rogers is a wonderful talent.
He’s a wonderful talent that needs a rest
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Here's Ollie
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Angry Ollie?
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Finally!
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Ollie time
Not a minute too soon. They're winning every single header in their half.
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Rashy and Onana off
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Fucking hell …WHAT ???
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Still Rogers stays on...?
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
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Ollie's growling, that's it we've won.
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Here's Ollie
Bit too late.
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
I have good news for you then
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I worry taking Onana off. He's been crucial in breaking up their crosses and corners
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Youri will drop deeper and Marco behind Watkins then.
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
Doku v Disasi doesn't sound much better, tbh.
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
It's OK. Cash is off
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
There's good news, and bad news.
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If anyone is going to win this match, it’ll be the team in claret and blue. City all possession but not really creating any chances. Think we’ll catch them once on the break and that’s all we’ll need.
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hes leaving rogers on
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We are so poor when we are passive like this
You wouldn't think this was the same side that hammered Newcastle and beat PSG, Brighton and Forest..
3/4 of those were at home in front of a packed and raucous Villa Park. That makes a huge difference.
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Villa fans creating all the atmosphere at the moment
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We’re not really getting the ball in areas where Asensio will be effective at the moment so he might be a passenger.
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Nunes trying to grab ginny arse, but his hands aren’t big enough
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Nunes was pulled in by the gravitational field of SJMs arse
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Nunes trying to grab ginny arse, but his hands aren’t big enough
I was going to say he's got his hand full there.
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Villa fans creating all the atmosphere at the moment
Interesting use of 'at the moment' there
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Nunes trying to grab ginny arse, but his hands aren’t big enough
I was going to say he's got his hand full there.
He saw the whole of the moon.
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Flag, thank fuck
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Came from Rogers losing it
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Rogers mistake again there...
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Rogers needs subbing
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Rogers has been awful.
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This is going to happen now, fatigue, Villa are really taking huge risks here, we need that goal
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Rogers on a yellow and not playing well, very surprising he's still on.
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rogers lay off there - rubbish
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Rogers will probably score the winner, now.
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watkins should have put kamara in before their break
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Nice to see more of their fans are wearing the blue plastic chair outfits again
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Rogers will probably score the winner, now.
More chance Olsen does.
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We have offered the grand sum of fuck all second half.
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Old man comment: has he got some negatives?
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We have offered the grand sum of fuck all second half.
I think that's a little harsh...
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A real awful prickly game
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Ollie offside.
This has the makings of a winner to them in added time! :'(
We'd better play better than this on Saturday!
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Can see them bagging a 89th minute winner here. Shame they’ve got no fans in to enjoy it
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Malen for Rogers?
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man city scored goal against us like that once
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It’s Malen time!! Come on
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Ollie booked
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Rogers has been awful.
Rogers looks absolutely knackered.
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Sat here like a coiled spring waiting for any PWS update…
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Fucking Oscar Dias
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Malen coming on to score the winner!!
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Donyell to come on and score the winner...and at last it's time to give Morgan a rest
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What a bunch of pussies these lot are
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This game has a Malen Thunderbastard written all over it
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Ooo!
A corner to us: come on Villa!
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man city , you are pathetic
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Come on Villa
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Come on Ollie break the record.
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What a bunch of pussies these lot are
Yep. There's clearly something in the manc water. It's one of the main reasons I loathed Fergie's shower of ******.
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You’d think they’ve have different colour seats so their players don’t fuckup and pass to a sky blue chair
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My bad feeling is refusing to go.
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5 added mins
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My bad feeling is refusing to go.
Shhhh!!
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My bad feeling is refusing to go.
Smells like a Gvardiol or Kovacic deflected long range winner
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Every decision against them sees 4-5 players throwing their arms in the air as if it's a travesty of justice. It's no wonder their fans are whiny pricks when the players refuse to accept the refs decisions.
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5 added mins
5 more for a painful game like this, Forest and Newcastle will be delighted with this result if this is how it stands
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Malen coming on to score the winner!!
should have been on 20 mins ago
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5 added mins
5 more for a painful game like this, Forest and Newcastle will be delighted with this result if this is how it stands
We'll be pretty happy too surely
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5 added mins
5 more for a painful game like this, Forest and Newcastle will be delighted with this result if this is how it stands
We should be happy too. It’s hardly a piece of piss going to Man City and getting anything. I’m confident with our remaining games we can pick up a decent haul of points to qualify for the CL.
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Fuck off
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5 added mins
5 more for a painful game like this, Forest and Newcastle will be delighted with this result if this is how it stands
We should be happy too. It’s hardly a piece of piss going to Man City and getting anything. I’m confident with our remaining games we can pick up a decent haul of points to qualify for the CL.
Yeah, I reckon every team involved would have taken 1-1 if offered at the start of the game.
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If it stays this way then this is not a bad result at all...oh piss
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Wanker,disasi
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That’s fucked it
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fucking hell
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EVERY FUCKING TIME
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Piss
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That was utterly predictable...
Roll on Saturday!
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Bollocks
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Obvious as fuck
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Fuck. Off.
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Fucked that.
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Nobody can say this wasn't coming, you look to play out draws and you play with the devil and lose.
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It's Villa in Manchester.
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Why didn’t konsa move out quicker to cover dsasi
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Disaster, konsa and Torres……all fucking shit
We have showed no fight or desire in the last 10 minutes to get hold of the ball or retain it
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Disasi far too easily beaten there. He's not a right back
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Oh get to fuck. We are our own worst fucking enemies
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you deserved that villa
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What a surprise every time. We deserved that we've done nothing second half.
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We're playing the long game. Look dead tonight so we can funeral them in the FA Cup
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Fucking arseholes. We have been way too timid and shit today.
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At least the commentators are happy
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Disasi pussy
Pau pussy
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Fuck off you cheating 115 bastards
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Played for the draw and got fucked. Sloppy for both again
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We 100% deserve that.
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That's all Disasi. He's a disaster.
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This could easily have cost us the CL place.
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Disaster, konsa and Torres……all fucking shit
We have showed no fight or desire in the last 10 minutes to get hold of the ball or retain it
Why did Torres leave it? He could have put it out for a corner.
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Oh, City have some fans in, I didn't realise...
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Doku v Cash.
Don't like the sound of that.
There's good news, and bad news.
Doku v Disassi ain't great either.
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Fuck off you spitting fraud ******. This season isn’t over yet - 4 games to go and we ain’t out of it. C U N T.
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This could easily have cost us the CL place.
we couldn't afford to lose this.
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what an awful second half , too much respect to a man city team who aint that good .
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That is 100% on Unai. Terrible lineup and stupid subs. Disasi is NOT A FECKING RB!!!
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Crap game against a very beatable Man City team and Villa a team bang in form playing our for a draw, fear factor kicked in and we lost.
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fucking bottle jobs
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what the fuck was rogers doing on for so long and disasi RB again ,,just fuck offf...
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They should have known to cover Doki if he had a run at them. Terrible covering.
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Disaster, konsa and Torres……all fucking shit
We have showed no fight or desire in the last 10 minutes to get hold of the ball or retain it
Why did Torres leave it? He could have put it out for a corner.
He cocked up against PSG for their 1st goal and did so again then. Put it into row Z
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A game too far.
Played into their hands. Roll on Sat.
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Disasi , now I see the Chelsea perspective. Did well initially then done like a kipper.
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
This.
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
4wins we will definitely qualify. 2 wins and a draw will probably be enough.
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Time to forget top 5 now I think. Not going to happen I'm afraid. Too many games where Emery has tried to be clever and defend a lead and it's blown up in his face tonight.
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Time to forget top 5 now I think. Not going to happen I'm afraid. Too many games where Emery has tried to be clever and defend a lead and it's blown up in his face tonight.
What lead was that?
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
4wins we will definitely qualify. 2 wins and a draw will probably be enough.
I think we’ll need more than 64 points. It’s not the end of the world tonight, we’ll win the last 4.
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
4wins we will definitely qualify. 2 wins and a draw will probably be enough.
Sorry mate, but there's absolutely no way two wins and a draw will be enough.
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Time to forget top 5 now I think. Not going to happen I'm afraid. Too many games where Emery has tried to be clever and defend a lead and it's blown up in his face tonight.
What lead was that?
Don't let facts get in the way of a BC moan.
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Win our last 4, which is doable then we can still do it. It’s not all over and we’ve been superb lately. Nobody wins them all.
4wins we will definitely qualify. 2 wins and a draw will probably be enough.
Sorry mate, but there's absolutely no way two wins and a draw will be enough.
Yep not a chance.