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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on August 23, 2025, 01:46:49 PM
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Well fuckety, Mings and Pau at long last. Let's see.
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Agree with that line up. Does playing both Pau and Mings mean we'll definitely keep a clean sheet, or we'll definitely concede?
Like the new look of the Line up page.
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Poor ole Malen.
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Is it me or has Dibu got even more handsome? Next James Bond for me
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Emi looks very lean and trim in that photo, but the new keeper kits are slim-fit. Hopefully, he'll get a rousing rendition of 'The World's No. 1."
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Bench shows how much we need to bring a few in, Konsa out and we have 2 keepers and 2 kids. We're screwed if a few are out.
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Is it me or has Dibu got even more handsome? Next James Bond for me
He reminds me of Alex Honnold the rock climber from Free Solo.
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Is it me or has Dibu got even more handsome? Next James Bond for me
He reminds me of Alex Honnold the rock climber from Free Solo.
Yes. Or George Lazenby.
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Is it me or has Dibu got even more handsome? Next James Bond for me
He reminds me of Alex Honnold the rock climber from Free Solo.
Yes. Or George Lazenby.
Aye the old Bond.
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Bench shows how much we need to bring a few in, Konsa out and we have 2 keepers and 2 kids. We're screwed if a few are out.
Yep, no Bailey and Ramsey and we suddenly look threadbare
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No real pace up front again. At least we have Torres to potentially play balls forward from defence.
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No Hemmings on the bench.
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So we have gone for basically the same line up to last week as it obviously worked so well with 3 shots on goal, perhaps I watched a different game?
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No real pace up front again. At least we have Torres to potentially play balls forward from defence.
Yes, lack of pace is potentially a problem - Burrowes and Rowe on the bench offer it.
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Triston Rowe is a RB isn’t he? Just shows with Konsa and Garcia out we have no cover there
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Weird selection for me. Can't see how we create much with that, and two left footers at CB, yikes. Hopefully King Unai proves us wrong once again...
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Very surprised that Malen doesn't start. Maybe Uni wants to keep it tight and be more progressive in the second half..
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Very surprised that Malen doesn't start. Maybe Uni wants to keep it tight and be more progressive in the second half..
That will be the plan as it was against Newcastle until Konsa fucked it up
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Malen ain't a starter, no surprise he's a sub. Impact player. It's a physical opponent, think we've chosen the right team.
Have Mings and Torres started games together?
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I can't remember any game where Mings and Pau have been on the pitch at the same time.
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Weird selection for me. Can't see how we create much with that, and two left footers at CB, yikes. Hopefully King Unai proves us wrong once again...
It might not work but like, again, I've never heard anyone say that about two right footers!
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Well fuckety, Mings and Pau at long last. Let's see.
Does this mean both sides in the Mings Torres Wars have to be happy or they all have to be angry? Unsure.
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No Malen again.
Jeez.
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Very surprised that Malen doesn't start. Maybe Uni wants to keep it tight and be more progressive in the second half..
Unaiball. Bore everybody to death for 70 minutes unless we get an early goal, then make a couple of subs and hope/pray we can get the winner. It's a formula that works, why change it?
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Weird selection for me. Can't see how we create much with that, and two left footers at CB, yikes. Hopefully King Unai proves us wrong once again...
It might not work but like, again, I've never heard anyone say that about two right footers!
Because right footers have lots of exposure to playing on the left whereas left footers tend to be needed on the left.
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I’m not sure what Malen has to do to get a start…
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Weird selection for me. Can't see how we create much with that, and two left footers at CB, yikes. Hopefully King Unai proves us wrong once again...
It might not work but like, again, I've never heard anyone say that about two right footers!
True. Be interesting to see how we set up.
As has been said, looks like we'll aim to stay tight and go for it second half, seems to be the default these days.
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4 months ago the bench was:
Olsen
Disasi
McGinn
Watkins
Asensio
Barkley
Garcia
Maatsen
Malen
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Very surprised that Malen doesn't start. Maybe Uni wants to keep it tight and be more progressive in the second half..
Unaiball. Bore everybody to death for 70 minutes unless we get an early goal, then make a couple of subs and hope/pray we can get the winner. It's a formula that works, why change it?
It’s all a bit Steve Bruce.
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Could be a back 3 with Kamara dropping in!
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Disappointing not to see Malen starting, but Unai for some reason doesn't seem to rate him.
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Could be a back 3 with Kamara dropping in!
God I hope not.
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Very surprised that Malen doesn't start. Maybe Uni wants to keep it tight and be more progressive in the second half..
Unaiball. Bore everybody to death for 70 minutes unless we get an early goal, then make a couple of subs and hope/pray we can get the winner. It's a formula that works, why change it?
It’s all a bit Steve Bruce.
Not even the same game mate. Honestly?
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Well fuckety, Mings and Pau at long last. Let's see.
Odd that Emery switched Kamara back there the last day when Torres was on the bench.
I don't like the lack of balance in the team. The 2 x LCBs and Onana next to Kamara in midfield. Ideal game to have finally given Malen a start, very little pace in that team.
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Could be a back 3 with Kamara dropping in!
GET OUT.
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It really depends on how expansive Brentford choose to be. Pace is fairly useless if they've got ten behind the ball.
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If I was Malen i'd be thinking of moving on.
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I’m not sure what Malen has to do to get a start…
Score and assist when he comes on.
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If I was Malen i'd be thinking of moving on.
And nobody would blame him.
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Crazy take. Starting someone who has been our top striker for years and has five in his last four matches against Brentford. Unai must be mad.
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I really do not understand having a 3rd keeper when you could have at least another outfield kid there.
Is there a rule I'm missing?
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Malen has a big chance today and in the next few weeks, no Bailey or Ramsey, the traffic in front of him has cleared but he needs to make big impact off the bench. I still see him as a bit of a Darius Vassell and he goes for power like every time (which isnt a bad thing)
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I really do not understand having a 3rd keeper when you could have at least another outfield kid there.
Is there a rule I'm missing?
I believe there is a rule in Europe but not the Premier League. Brentford only have one goalkeeper on the bench.
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Come on Villa!
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I fancy a swim.
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nearly 1 up brentford
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Good lord, that was far too easy
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Any one have a small river to share ..thanks
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mad skills by damsguard.
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mad skills by damsguard.
Good player
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Any one have a small river to share ..thanks
And me if there is one gewin.
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Damsgard sounds like something you would use to clear scuffs from your car paintwork.
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Any one have a small river to share ..thanks
Me too please, ta.
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Any one have a small river to share ..thanks
And me if there is one gewin.
I’ve got my trunks.
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And me too please
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bit rusty so far
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Not a fan of SJM down the right. Would prefer Malen is given a chance there.
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Poor start from Torres so far, distribution has been crap
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Merse getting the teams mixed up on Sky.
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bit rusty so far
Continuing from where left off last Saturday
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It’s not very pretty really is it? Although looking a bit brighter now
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more possession now
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Good grief
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Crap.
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Fuck
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Clean sheet lasted 13 mins.
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useless
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Ah shit. Bollocks
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Torres has had a stinker so far
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Torres soft as shite , Mings naturally out of position too
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FFS!!
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I fear this is going to be another really mixed season. Already
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Torres oh dear
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Bizot would have stopped that. :-X
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Liven the fuck up, slow as shit again
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Brilliant work pau
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Are we relegation fodder?
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Booby down injured, good job we have a big squad.
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Martinez in goal and first shot on target going in again?
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As soon as I saw that defence line up I knew it looked wrong
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Buendia getting ready to come on
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I thought we were supposed to be winning 4 or 5 nil
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Martinez in goal and first shot on target going in again?
He saved the first shot!
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Martinez in goal and first shot on target going in again?
He saved the first one.
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Torres looks like he's forgotten what a football is.
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Fucking tepid bollocks. We are so much better than this lot yet we give teams way too much respect. Just fucking play to our strengths. Why do we not do that? Against Man U at the end of the last season we simply gave them all the ball. Newcastle last week we didn’t even try to dominate. And today again we have started allowing them too much of the ball.
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Kamara off, Buendia on
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Wish we had some of that pace in our team. We’re just so slow and predictable at times.
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kamara off
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Oh ffs! Booby Kam :'(
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Kamara off, Buendia on
Not going well so far.
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Such a typical Villa goal to give away.
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Clean sheet last 103 minutes. Kamara lasted 103 minutes.
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Kamara off, Buendia on
Fuck sake.
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Torres oh dear
Mings and Torres oh dear. Torres obviously going to get outpaced, but where the fuck was Mings?
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I think we will actually improve from that sub, Tielemans deeper
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Let's hope matsrstoke of a sub
Not exactly like for like
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Now do we have any swimming options
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And we've lost Kamara. From shit to worse.
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Predictable patterns. Teams just know now.
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kamara off
He is made of glass.
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Am I imagining it, but does Kamara lose a lot of games through injury?
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Looks like a hamstring tear for Booby to my trained eye.
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Can anyone help with a waterfall?
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Poor from everybody, Torres really shouldn't have dived in, and now Kamara's injured.
A fucking disaster and I'm kind of tempted to write the season off already. I've had this horrible feeling it's a bridge too far for us and perhaps even for Unai, in the same way it might be for Guardiola. We'll see.
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Which one of Mings and Torres is playing left side?
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I wondered if last week was a case of two good teams that will challenge for top 4 cancelling each other out. But no, seems we're shit now.
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Which one of Mings and Torres is playing left side?
Pau
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Would have preferred malen on we desperately need pace
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Which one of Mings and Torres is playing left side?
Neither
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Can someone unsticky the pre-match thread and sticky this one, please. Keep clicking the wrong one.
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Buendia has had a good pre season, hopefully he'll show that form today.
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We are so slow and ponderous, and I’ve never understood this pass it around the back from a dead ball bollocks when all it does is put us under more unnecessary pressure.
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Which one of Mings and Torres is playing left side?
Torres
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Can someone unsticky the pre-match thread and sticky this one, please. Keep clicking the wrong one.
Good shout, it might change our luck.
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Well done ty good defending
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Someone start slagging off Buendia
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Buendia fucking shit.
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Buendia had a belter against this lot a couple of season's ago; needs to do it again.
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Is Ollie actually playing?
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go with the flow
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Is Ollie actually playing?
Within himself
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Since the start of that bloody Man Utd game nothing seems to have really gone right.
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This is a sulk made up of eleven players.
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Torres is having a horror show here
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pau's having a mare
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Pretty dreadful so far.
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Would love a swim
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Didn't we have 2 shots in the Newcastle game. I reckon we'll beat that today, 3.
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We’re crap. Really crap. Seems to have lowered a level since last season already… so much stuff needs sorting out.
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Since the start of that bloody Man Utd game nothing seems to have really gone right.
I’ll say it, it starts with the manager. I love Unai but he’s overthinking it. I want him to go out to win and he goes out to contain and counter. We don’t have a good enough defence to contain effectively. We don’t pace to counter. We have a good enough midfield to keep possession and press and we don’t do it enough. We ask for trouble and we get it. Brentford are shit and we are now playing our game in trying to win.
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That's some long throw.
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When does the season start?
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Cash is getting worse by the game
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Torres is having a horror show here
Torres has the pace and physique of a wet paper bag.
Brentford will just lump the ball down his channel and try to either outmuscle or outpace him.
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This couldn’t have gone much worse. We have been utter garbage so far this season.
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All Brentford says Merse.
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Are we playing against Stoke with Tony Pullis as their manager?!
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Thingsssss
Can only get betterrr
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Brentford 6 attempts already. We’ve not had one.
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Our XG currently 0.01.
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Torres is having a horror show here
Torres has the pace and physique of a wet paper bag.
Brentford will just lump the ball down his channel and try to either outmuscle or outpace him.
I wonder were you saying that the year he starred in our team that came fourth?
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They are an awful team to play on their home turf, aggressive and agricultural shite. Just need a spell with the ball and show our superiority on the turf.
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Our XG currently 0.01.
Almost impressively shit.
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I don’t know why again we’ve set up with zero width - it’s not fucking working Unai.
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Another season beckons of playing at a snail's pace out from the back. Bearable if we're creating chances and scoring; depressingly boring when we're not.
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Why does Unai leave all our pace on the bench? Always the same.
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When are our players back for pre-season training?
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Our XG currently 0.01.
Almost impressively shit.
Given we didn't have one at all last week, that's an average of 0.005 for the season.
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Our XG currently 0.01.
We look an absolute mess at the moment. We also look like we’re set up afraid of who we’re playing.
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Better, corners seem our best bet so far.
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Good set piece that
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Our XG currently 0.01.
We look an absolute mess at the moment. We also look like we’re set up afraid of who we’re playing.
It's like Unai can't get that United game out of his head, like he keeps trying the same tactic to make it work somehow.
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We had a shot!
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decent whack from mcginn, worked the keeper looked like a 5 a side save tho
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Will the little bald Spanish bloke please have a word in The Boss' ear
Look Unai Zee's is pretty dull paella
Need to spice it up amigo
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Bit better now. Tielemans getting more into it.
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We are in for a long season! Something has to change a point against a basket case Newcastle and a loss here would be a horrendous start. Unai needs to work his magic
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Rogers getting no involvement at all
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We need to stop setting up afraid of what the opposition can do.
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Maybe get Bogarde on at half time, Id hook Torres.
We just look a bit flat footed throughout the pitch, maybe Onana off, McGinn in middle and Malen on.
Rogers, Watkins, even Buendia - anonymous and slow
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kamara off
He is made of glass.
probably why nobody came in for him.
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We started the season as crap as it ended vs manure
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Rogers getting no involvement at all
Yeah but leave him on in case he scores or assists.
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Have Rogers or Ollie touched the ball yet?
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I mean, Jordan fucking Henderson
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Have Rogers or Ollie touched the ball yet?
Watkins four times as per commentator
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At least we have Crystal Palace to look forward to next week.
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How in fucks name are we this shit?
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I reckon Malen and probably Guessand come on and change the game for us.
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Have Rogers or Ollie touched the ball yet?
I haven’t even heard the name Watkins yet……We’re 35 minutes in.
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cros s the bloody ball
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There's absolutely no attacking spark at all. No hints of chaos or someone taking the game by the scruff of the neck.
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Watkins off, Guessand on for me.
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I reckon Malen and probably Guessand come on and change the game for us.
It would be nice to start Malen one day.
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I reckon Malen and probably Guessand come on and change the game for us.
It would be nice to start Malen one day.
He had a cracking pre season too. I get it against Newcastle but not this lot
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What's our record for longest time without a goal at the start of a season?
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Might be a season too far for Digne, no zip to him at all.
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Starting to question Emery. Buendia nowhere near good enough, why can’t Malen get a game?
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I remember 3 games at start of 97-98.
0-1 Leicester
0-4 Blackburn
0-1 Newcastle
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Merson now says we are on top
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why can’t Marlon get a game?
Because he retired about a decade ago probably.
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It's already looking like we could play all day and not score
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Are we planning to do anything from all the corners we've won.
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2-0 ffs
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Oh FUCK OFF
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Love him, but Unai has got it entirely wrong at the start of this season so far.
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VAR
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Oh my, thanks Emi.
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Disallowed, subject to VAR check.
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Back to 1-0
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Wont stand
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this is f****g horrible
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Disallowed.
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Disallowed
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Blimey. We’re utter Blues all over the pitch.
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Villa MOTM so far is VAR
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That should have been given
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now wake the fuck up !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Seen those given.
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That should have been given
No chance. 22 took him out
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That wasn't a foul on Martinez.
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This is so shit. Oh disallowed. Tbf can't see anything wrong with it. Got away with one there.
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Lucky, but as I’ve said I haven’t got a clue what Unai is thinking at the start of the season. We need players in, but even with what we have he’s getting the set-up so wrong and so negative.
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We got away with that, soft as fuck
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This is like having my bollocks kicked repetitively by marching boots.
Terrible terrible performance today. They deserve it too.
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were looking so shit last 3 games we look completly devoid of any ideas going forward.
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Fortunate enough, Emi was too soft there for me.
Anyway gut this team at half time. Digne, Torres, Onana off
Maatsen, Bogarde, Malen. Would be tempted to hook one of Rogers and Watkins too, 10 mins more and then Guessand on
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Utter dross.
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It was a foul. He's jumped into Emi while he's in the air.
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Villa MOTM so far is VAR
Quite!!
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
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Fortunate enough, Emi was too soft there for me.
Anyway gut this team at half time. Digne, Torres, Onana off
Maatsen, Bogarde, Malen. Would be tempted to hook one of Rogers and Watkins too, 10 mins more and then Guessand on
2nd half will start with no changes.
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
Lost the dressing room 😂
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seen enough going to bed. Woefully slow all over the pitch.
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
I’ve seen some shit posted down the years, but this is another level.
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McGinn has been decent , as has Cash. Tielemans, not fully sharp but better in midfield. Awful everywhere else
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My TV is now requesting age verification for me to continue watching this filth.
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79% and no ideas
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that was brilliant Cash
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Better
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that was brilliant Cash
brainless
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Lovely pass from Tielemans
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Cash on corners seems a strange choice.
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7 corners though. Just nothing has come from them.
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why they stopping there
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Much of the decision making around the start of this season is odd. We look a bit of a mess.
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7 corners though. Just nothing has come from them.
Maybe don't let Cash take them
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fucking clowns stopping... put the ball in the net then stop >:(
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Looking for a sprinkle if anyone has one?
Thanks!
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As bad as they've been under Unai
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Well we’re half way through it. And it’s painful, horrific and devoid. Pathetic.
No ideas. Just ponderous, slow, apathetic football.
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We look miles off it, same as last week. It has been a poor pre-season.
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As bad as they've been under Unai
Stevenage?
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What do you think of it so far? rubbish!
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Have we completely forgotten we need to attack in games? Tielemans as a 10 doesn’t work, SJM off the left is negative.
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No coincidence but time for another Sale Di Mare.
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Only 1-0. Be much better second half and win, please.
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As bad as they've been under Unai
It's surely the three worst games in a row under him.
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Only 1-0. Be much better second half and win, please.
Hard to be worse.
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As bad as they've been under Unai
It’s being said more often
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As bad as they've been under Unai
We seem to say that more often than we should.
Atrocious first half. Disjointed, stale and ponderous.
Why does every single player slow the game down to walking pace ?
The tippy tapping approach is dead. The best teams play with pace and tempo.
Pau ? Fucking hell.
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It was a foul. He's jumped into Emi while he's in the air.
Neutrals say no. We got away with it. Emi acting the bollix again.
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
What a saddo you must be to spend time on a villa forum when your own team is playing.
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Something is amiss at the club. I reckon there is a general feeling that we’ve had our moment and now FFP will put us back in our place.
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no width no pace rubbish
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Finished the half ok but since when have we turned into a team that targets set pieces? Martinez very fortunate to get away with that goal.
For the goal, just highlights the concern of playing a lefty like Mings at RCB. He got lost and Torres far too soft as per usual in the tackle to bail him out.
Tielemans has got us playing a bit since he dropped back. McGinn has been good. Rogers seems hungover.
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What a load of limp sloppy horse shit
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We look absolutely terrible. It’s a combination of playing overly defensive and completely shite football. Mings not winning any headers and Pau giving the ball away + running like an OAP is a big problem.
Rogers and Watkins have both been completely anonymous too.
Not one good thing to say about that half. Other than we’re only losing 1-0.
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FWIW I thought Martinez was fouled twice!
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My feed is currently showing ads for kabaddi.
Think I'd rather watch that, TBH.
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Massive let-off with their disallowed goal. Seemed perfectly fine to me. Reminded me of our disallowed goal against Juve. Torres, Rogers and Onana have been quite poor for me. Just sloppy, disconnected at times. Looking for positives, at least it's only 1.
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As bad as they've been under Unai
It's surely the three worst games in a row under him.
Performance wise probably
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This is just dire. No pace, no intensity McGinn aside. And fucking Kamara out for a couple of months no doubt. Shit.
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There does seem to be a spark missing from us this season. We just seem a bit flat, and dull.
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Have we completely forgotten we need to attack in games? Tielemans as a 10 doesn’t work, SJM off the left is negative.
McGinn is playing on the right!
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We start every game with the handbrake on and playing like we are scared. Im sick of it now, why againt this depleted rabble are we playing McGinn and not Guessand or Malen? It just doesn't make sense!
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Have we completely forgotten we need to attack in games? Tielemans as a 10 doesn’t work, SJM off the left is negative.
Yeah we have no width what so ever and Brentford just get back into shape. McGinn on the right never works for me. Not really convinced with Buendia either, Surely Malen and Guessand have to come on.
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Everything's congested and Brentford look like Stoke 2008 or Rep Of Ireland when Keith Andrews played for them. Play the percentages, long throws, second balls, waste time when leading. Awful shite to watch.
We need effective width, that's where the space is. Get Malen on if you think he has the brains to use the byline effectively, I have my doubts.
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Is Pau injured?
I’ve seen quicker snails ffs.
Onana off, McGinn with Tielemans and Malen on the right please Unai!!!
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As bad as they've been under Unai
It’s being said more often
I had forgotten how fabulous things were before Unai
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Garbage.
Torres having a 'mare, Onana not far behind him. Cash still unable to cross a ball. Kamara injured. No pace, no urgency, sloppy passing.
...and that was our good half.
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Something is amiss at the club.
Coaching. Once again only one team looks like they've been coached and it ain't us.
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We’re in for a shit season if this kind of performance continues.
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We look absolutely terrible. It’s a combination of playing overly defensive and completely shite football. Mings not winning any headers and Pau giving the ball away + running like an OAP is a big problem.
Rogers and Watkins have both been completely anonymous too.
Not one good thing to say about that half. Other than we’re only losing 1-0.
Yep I worry a bit that Unai has got into a bunker mentality. We look entirely set up to make things stodgy which is fucking mental. We don’t look remotely capable of scoring.
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As bad as they've been under Unai
The tippy tapping approach is dead. The best teams play with pace and tempo.
saw that today with 115 city and didnt work well for them neither .
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As bad as they've been under Unai
We seem to say that more often than we should.
Atrocious first half. Disjointed, stale and ponderous.
Why does every single player slow the game down to walking pace ?
The tippy tapping approach is dead. The best teams play with pace and tempo.
Pau ? Fucking hell.
The entire back line seem to stay on the ball longer than they need passing among themselves. I can see from the feed Youri in the pocket from Onana dragging his man out wide and Morgan coming off his man deeper but they hardly receive the ball.
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It is amazing what a bit of pace can do . A route one has done us . We are so slow , we are not playing. with the urgency like we are one down
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We are desperate for width and movement. Watkins is static, Rogers anonymous again. It is going to be a bloody long season.
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I remember 3 games at start of 97-98.
0-1 Leicester
0-4 Blackburn
0-1 Newcastle
Why don't you remember the fourth? We lost that too, 2-3 at Spurs. Come on, you're the memory-man on here...
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Onana is a complete dud, guys. How much more evidence is required? Just before half time, he actually completed a forward pass to Tielemans. Get McGinn in there, a bit of fight and heart anyway.
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
Just a tad OTT.
Half arsed thunder can'ts like Pau and Onana are the sort of players that can get a manager the sack, mind.
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Something is amiss at the club.
Coaching. Once again only one team looks like they've been coached and it ain't us.
Or...over coached at times?
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It is amazing what a bit of pace can do . A route one has done us . We are so slow , we are not playing. with the urgency like we are one down
Don’t worry, we will do that from 85 mins onwards.
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Get Nuno in!
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I remember 3 games at start of 97-98.
0-1 Leicester
0-4 Blackburn
0-1 Newcastle
Why don't you remember the fourth? We lost that too, 2-3 at Spurs. Come on, you're the memory-man on here...
I knew about that, he wanted the games without a goal run....
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Dreadful goal to concede.
Slow build up, no pace & nobody taking risks.
They've got their goal & will do nothing but waste time. It's up to us to do something.
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Poor half.
Another hugely disappointing performance
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We are desperate for width and movement. Watkins is static, Rogers anonymous again. It is going to be a bloody long season.
And we are choosing not to play with width that’s the worst thing. We need players in (this summer is a mess, restrictions or not) but we can still put out a better balanced side. We look stale.
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Emery won't last the season. Too many poor decisions, too wrapped up in worrying about the opposition. The incompetence of his mates in tbe transfer market haven’t helped, but it's looking like hes lost the dressing room.
Just a tad OTT.
Half arsed thunder can'ts like Pau and Onana are the sort of players that can get a manager the sack, mind.
BCVillain is a Birmingham supporter who pretends he’s a Villa fan to wind people up.
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We are desperate for width and movement. Watkins is static, Rogers anonymous again. It is going to be a bloody long season.
And we are choosing not to play with width that’s the worst thing. We need players in (this summer is a mess, restrictions or not) but we can still put out a better balanced side. We look stale.
We are choosing not to play with pace and movement.
That’s even worse.
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My feed is currently showing ads for kabaddi.
Think I'd rather watch that, TBH.
kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi
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The first half v Blackburn is one of the worst i've seen from Villa. Considering the side we had it could qualify as the worst.
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I remember Tanswell saying if we can't refresh the team with new signings then Unai needed to evolve the team's tactics and style of play. That clearly hasn't happened as we are playing this cargo-cult Pepball still. We need to find zip from somewhere pronto.
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Guys it's a long season chill out.
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Now is the time to change not 65, 70, 75 or 80 minutes in.
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Something is amiss at the club.
Coaching. Once again only one team looks like they've been coached and it ain't us.
Or...over coached at times?
Confused players? They're not alone.
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Guys it's a long season chill out.
The way it’s started, it’s going to feel even longer too!
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As bad as they've been under Unai
We seem to say that more often than we should.
Atrocious first half. Disjointed, stale and ponderous.
Why does every single player slow the game down to walking pace ?
The tippy tapping approach is dead. The best teams play with pace and tempo.
Pau ? Fucking hell.
I believe it is as well,we are so slow at doing it
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no subs, shock
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Guessand and fcuking malen on please!
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Guessand and fcuking malen on please!
Agree entirely. Need something different. This is horrible.
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My feed is currently showing ads for kabaddi.
Think I'd rather watch that, TBH.
I'd love to watch your feed if you'd be kind enough to DM me...
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This has to change, poor in defence, let hope for a real revival in the 2nd half, can't carry on like this.
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Better
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It’s so slooow and ponderous.
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We walk way too much. I don’t recall other sides doing that. I get being patient but when it’s snail pace we become easy to defend against.
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Quicker, moving the ball with purpose and a runner off the ball
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Much better, leader in number 7 jersey key
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There must have been a half time rocket in the changing room…
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It’s slightly better but we don’t really look a threat.
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rogers has awakened from his slumber
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Much improved since the break, but that probably just means we'll concede again any minute now.
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There must have been a half time rocket in the changing room…
Maybe. But the initial strategy and game plan came from the manager. We shouldn’t have been so passive against Brentford from the start
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Rogers just trying a bit too hard again. Needs to release it quicker. How my times have we said that?
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Rogers just trying a bit too hard again. Needs to release it quicker. How my times have we said that?
He has woken up anyway as has Buendia
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There must have been a half time rocket in the changing room…
Maybe. But the initial strategy and game plan came from the manager. We shouldn’t have been so passive against Brentford from the start
I agree entirely. It was a regular comment last season that we were too passive when away from home. And should have taken teams to the sword much more than we actually did. It’s the same, same as last season.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
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They are all over them but do not look like scoring
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Looked like hamstring twang. He instantly signalled to go off but didn’t look in too much pain and walked off.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Hamstring it looked like
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Subs please.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Looked like hamstring twang. He instantly signalled to go off but didn’t look in too much pain and walked off.
Bloody hell, another hamstring. See you at Chrimbo Bouba!
Thanks Dante.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Hamstring it looked like
Ta mate
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Shit effort shot from Onana then gets himself booked.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Limped off after a challenge just before the goal, looked like his hammy.
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Just got in from house hunting. What happened to Kamara please?
Understandably it was a hamstring from all the speed and pace in our game.
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Still sod all happening.
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Malen, Maatsen and Bogarde on for Onana, Digne and Pau.
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Shit effort shot from Onana then gets himself booked.
Looks out of his depth
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Surely subs now
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Poor effort from Onana. Went with the wrong foot I think.
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There's goals against these fucks.
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Poor effort from Onana. Went with the wrong foot I think.
Shit body shape just to hit it with his right foot.
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Malen and Guessand on now ffs. And get Ollie off. Useless again.
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Poor effort from Onana. Went with the wrong foot I think.
That's either of them isn't it?
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Desperately lacking imagination- we’re so easy to play against.
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If we don't score I reckon it will be the first run of 3 league games without scoring since 19/20.
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This is so flat
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Got to get Malen and Guessand into this game surely.
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Ian and Malen getting ready.
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need a change
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Onana hasn’t obviously got a left foot……to add to his other lack of attributes.
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Get Malen on to run at them ffs. Take Onana off and move SJM in to the middle.
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Got to get Malen and Guessand into this game surely.
An hour too late.
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Malen and maatsen coming on
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Need to get Big G on too.
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Digne and Onana off.
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Onana hasn’t obviously got a left foot……to add to his other lack of attributes.
He's a shocking footballer, need to get him sold next week
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SJM and Rogers are too similar. one of the wide players needs pace otherwise the defence will just push up knowing there’s no threat behind.
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If you’re going to be slow then you need to have good movement. We don’t.
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We don’t look like scoring.
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Onana can have no complaints. He was crap out there today.
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Our team without Rashford and Asensio was deservedly a mid table side. That’s exactly what we look like so far. I really hope Monchi has something up his sleeve in the last few days of the window because we won’t be challenging for much based on what we’ve seen so far.
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Merson saying we are well on top on Sky. Are we really that poor?
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Has there keeper made a save?
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brentford look tired. hardly anyone joining that counter they just had. if we can up the tempo we can get something
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I'm shocked how this season has gone so far.
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Merson saying we are well on top on Sky. Are we really that poor?
we are on top but dont look like scoring.
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Merson saying we are well on top on Sky. Are we really that poor?
We have had lots of the ball without making Kelleher do much.
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All the possession and in control of the game, but we’re just not creating any clear cut chances.
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When Brentford break they look dangerously quick and crisp with their passing, we look like a Tuesday night walking football team.
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Ollie with a shot my 2 year old grandson would be proud of
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brentford look tired. hardly anyone joining that counter they just had. if we can up the tempo we can get something
Agreed, they are just sitting deep
Decision on Rogers I think, maybe Guessand for him
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Has there keeper made a save?
back pass from Onana
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They’re going to score on the break eventually
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Guessand and Bogarde coming on
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Now we have lost momentum
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So, he's brought on Malen and Maatsen - any chance Guessand gets a chance too?
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Guessand getting ready.
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Coming on but he doesn’t seem to have much confidence in him!
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We’re not scoring here.
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Can’t see it either.
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Fucking Buendia’s not going to be happy coming off having come on.
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Unai's going to sub off the sub?
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Buendia and SJM off
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It’s my fault i predicted 1-0
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says a lot about bunieda's future
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Fucking Buendia’s not going to be happy coming off having come on.
No, very harsh and a bit of a finisher for him under Emery. Could easily have taken off Rogers.
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So Buendia higher in the pecking order than Guessand
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This black kit is cursed
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We need to score, urgently, we have to drag a point from this at least.
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Morale seems to be pretty low as it is. That substitution won't help.
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We need to score, urgently, we have to drag a point from this at least.
Feel like a victory if we did
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Morale seems to be pretty low as it is. That substitution won't help.
Agreed, no need for it.
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We need to score, urgently, we have to drag a point from this at least.
Feel like a victory if we did
Yeah, anything, got to do something.
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Morale seems to be pretty low as it is. That substitution won't help.
Agreed, no need for it.
Apart from he was playing shit
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Who's Bogarde replaced?
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Anyone saying no to Asensio coming back is bonkers.
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Who's Bogarde replaced?
SJM
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This really is poor
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Who's Bogarde replaced?
Mcginn
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We badly need width and balance
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Who's Bogarde replaced?
Andy Cap, we signed him earlier in the week, we was given a quid to play him today, didn't work out.
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With the correct thread finally stickied, fairly certain that we will storm to victory.
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Sounds all set up for Brentford to score another we struggle to muster another attack.
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bogarde dont like shooting or driving forward
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Passing to fucking statues here
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Well on top but very little in clear chances.
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Absolute fucking rubbish
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Brentford just have to stand there ground to win this
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bogarde time and space on the edge of the box just doesn't want the ball at all
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Hard to believe we wouldn’t be better off with Bailey, Ramsey and Douglas Luiz
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It’s rare to see a player take absolutely no responsibility on the edge of their box.
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Was that Watkins fluffing his shot in the six yard box then?
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we aint scoring here are we.
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bogarde dont like shooting or driving forward
Can run at least, improvement from Onana on that alone
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Has Rogers been out on the piss all week? He’s been second to literally EVERYTHING this game. Been shite since Asensio and Rashford joined in January (*in comparison to his form previously)
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
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Has Bogarde played football before?
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Brentford are fuckin shite as well
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When Brentford break they look dangerously quick and crisp with their passing, we look like a Tuesday night walking football team.
Of course - it's much easier to play on the break, there's half the pitch to play in. We're having to break down a wall of 11 red and white cvnts.
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
Can't kick a ball properly with his right foot so very odd selection at RCB....
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should have signed kayode when we was rumoured to be in for him. looks good.
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Was that Watkins fluffing his shot in the six yard box then?
Yep I think we hold the record for the amount of air shots.
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Has Bogarde played football before?
Subbuteo mainly, its said he has an amazing flick.
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
Noticed that
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
Can't kick a ball properly with his right foot so very odd selection at RCB....
Yes that's why we're losing.
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Anothe4 one who things our slow play is not helped by Mings on the ball
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I think we are going to lose this.
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Very little impact from Maatsen and Malen
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Below all 3 promoted sides as it stands.
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Mings crocked
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All of the teams I've watched so far are playing at a much higher tempo than us. The slow build from the back is being countered by quick pressing and good shape. Look at today's stats, we've outpassed out-possessed and out-shot Brentford but cannot break them down.
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malen and guessand should have been on so much earlier .
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Guessand looking lively at least.
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No balance to this team!
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Has Guessand been any good?
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
Can't kick a ball properly with his right foot so very odd selection at RCB....
Yes that's why we're losing.
Well yes, he was completely out of position for their goal.
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We look better with Guessand and Malen, amazing what some pace can do.
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The one positive is Guessand looks like he has a trick or two and has quick feet.
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I love Tyrone….but fucking hell, 20 seconds or so to make every fucking pass, invariably to Torres.
Can't kick a ball properly with his right foot so very odd selection at RCB....
Yes that's why we're losing.
Well yes, he was completely out of position for their goal.
Nothing to do with his right-footed technique.
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Has Guessand been any good?
looks dangerous not like the other 9
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Has Guessand been any good?
Yep, looks a baller. Great close control and strength. The one encouraging thing about today.
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Take your time no rush
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Has Guessand been any good?
Yep, looks a baller. Great close control and strength. The one encouraging thing about today.
We'll soon cut that out of his game.
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92nd minute and we are standing on the fucking ball on the half way line
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We're really boring.
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Why are we still so fcukin slow even in added on time and losing ffs?!
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Shite Rogers
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
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more and more crap performances lately
brentford will go down . This is really poor.
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2 shots on target is shite.
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
Hard to disagree
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let’s be honest we deserve nothing
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Not good
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
He should have gone off instead of Buendia.
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Need to forget about this quickly and focus on getting a win next weekend.
Who have we got?…..Oh yeah, Palace 😬
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Utter shit from Rogers all game. Absolute liability again today.
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At least it's over.
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Bad
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
Hard to disagree
Been tapped up?
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Has Guessand been any good?
Yep, looks a baller. Great close control and strength. The one encouraging thing about today.
Ta mate.
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Does Rogers want out?
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
And will be 1st name down and stay on the pitch for 90 minutes next week as well.emety needs to really sort himself out as well as the players. If I can predict what he will do, even someone as shitty as Andrew’s will as well.
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rogers has been useless
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Rob Green on BBC says it's at walking pace, and we don't know what to do.
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Useless. Watch Brentford get smashed next week.
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Really shite. Unadventurous, ponderous, toothless.
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Terrible, lazy, loads of possession against a poor side, we have huge problems, lacking direction, all the possession in the world isn't worth a jot if you don't convert.
Crap.
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Utter shit from Rogers all game. Absolute liability again today.
Was he played out of position again?
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Absolutely clueless from start to finish.
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Need to forget about this quickly and focus on getting a win next weekend.
Who have we got?…..Oh yeah, Palace 😬
We keep saying that
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Absolutely no balance or urgency, looks like we feel sorry for ourselves , but worrying as we would have beaten Brentford last season . No bloody goals yet and don’t look like it . Oh good Palace next
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Need to forget about this quickly and focus on getting a win next weekend.
Who have we got?…..Oh yeah, Palace 😬
We keep saying that
Problem is, there is no time in the Premiership these days, you have to make it count, teams already playing for end of season places.
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Rogers has been diabolical, body language terrible too. Non existent workrate, movement and shit touch
He should have gone off instead of Buendia.
Emery rarely takes him off even if he is having a mare or legs look like concrete .
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Need to forget about this quickly and focus on getting a win next weekend.
Who have we got?…..Oh yeah, Palace 😬
We keep saying that
Problem is, there is no time in the Premiership these days, you have to make it count, teams already playing for end of season places.
Premier League
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At least, if we are mid to lower in the table, Emery will have to prioritize the Europa.
He always says the league is the priority, but if we are sitting lower mid-table, then surely not.