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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on November 23, 2025, 12:46:15 PM
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Onana injured again?
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No Elliott again. I fear for this game, but please win Villa.
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I thought it was about time for Onana….to be injured
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Strong line-up. Hemmings on the bench ahead of Elliottt. Looks like Unai has given Harvey the V-sign.
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Probably our strongest lineup at the moment - get the win and it’s onwards and upwards
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Elliott behind George Hemmings in the pecking order it seems.
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Strong line-up. Hemmings on the bench ahead of Elliottt. Looks like Unai has given Harvey the V-sign.
Lance Corporal George Hemmings if you don't mind.
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Anyone still dismissing the Elliott clause as a conspiracy theory?
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Anyone still dismissing the Elliott clause as a conspiracy theory?
Unai Emery.
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Come on Villa: win & we're in the top 4!
We all know what happens next... :'(
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If you are going to lose Onana then no better replacement that Uri.
That is probably our actual strongest line up so no excuses today. Quiet the crowd and let our superiority take over. These are all fart and bluster, play our football and we should be OK
UTV
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Come on Villa: win & we're in the top 4!
We all know what happens next... :'(
Hope I am wrong but I think it will be draw today.
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Delighted Youri is starting, we should be beating these, they're in poor form, losing 4 of their last 5 matches. One of the reasons Unai has left Elliott out, maybe he's not happy with his attidude in training, I wish someone would ask the question, in one of his press conferences.
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Hemmings lives !
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
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Delighted Youri is starting, we should be beating these, they're in poor form, losing 4 of their last 5 matches. One of the reasons Unai has left Elliott out, maybe he's not happy with his attidude in training, I wish someone would ask the question, in one of his press conferences.
In the press conference yesterday Emery said that some players need more time, pointed out Burndìa’s struggles last season, that Elliot is working very well and his commitment is fantastic. It’s just difficult because there are players performing etc.
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
What does Steve Bruce smell like? Give him a sniff and report back.
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Delighted Youri is starting, we should be beating these, they're in poor form, losing 4 of their last 5 matches. One of the reasons Unai has left Elliott out, maybe he's not happy with his attidude in training, I wish someone would ask the question, in one of his press conferences.
It won’t have a bearing today but I saw them at Brighton a few weeks ago and they were poor. Speaking to their fans they are reliant on feeding off the fans for home games. We need to keep them quiet early on.
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
What does Steve Bruce smell like? Give him a sniff and report back.
I'll be amazed if he doesn't smell of gravy and proper manly sweat.
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Bruce sweats gravy.
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He's one of them horrible ones.
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I like him.
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I don't like Michael Vaughan.
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Just in case he asks.
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Come on Villa: win & we're in the top 4!
We all know what happens next... :'(
We win and go in the top four, Unai’s Villa
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
What does Steve Bruce smell like? Give him a sniff and report back.
Smells of ale, not scent like mine!
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
What does Steve Bruce smell like? Give him a sniff and report back.
Smells of ale, not scent like mine!
Thanks. Interesting!
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I don't like Michael Vaughan.
Shaking Blades’s hands to be fair!
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
Has he pulled his socks up?
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come on you villa babbies
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ollie never scored against Leeds . Time to do it today then ..
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!)
When he introduced himself, did the locals ask, 'yes, but what's your actual surname?'.
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Are we singing about... Wolves?
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Going down with the Dingles, is the chant.
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The pitch looks really slow to me
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Played Matty
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Going down with the Dingles, is the chant.
And "mind the gap"
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Going down with the Dingles, is the chant.
Yeah but then it sounded like "Mind The Gap, Wolverhampton".
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FFS.
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Anyone still dismissing the Elliott clause as a conspiracy theory?
The fact that a clause exists is pretty undisputed.
The point of contention is whether he's not playing for accountancy reasons or footballing reasons.
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Be surprised if we get away with this.
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Thought we'd started badly.
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Wtf was that?
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What the fuck?
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Offside or foul on the keeper?
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Emi at fault for that.
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Stupid foul to give away from Rogers.
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Very poor goalkeeping.
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Goal stands. 1-0
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Great!
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That was off
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FFS. Yet again, the gift that keeps on giving for anyone having a crap run. So sick of this shit.
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Goal given. Fair enough.
Maybe wake up now, Villa.
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Shit goalkeeping
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Pathetic from Emi...
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The Leeds player pushed him with his left arm, but it was still weak
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Emi was as weak as piss.
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Shit foul. weak keeping. shit start.
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what a shite goal to give away .. emi was dreadful there .
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Weak goal to concede all round.
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Ignoring the contact I reckon Nmecha was offside when their guy headed it but that wasn't checked.
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one player pushes the keeper, the other goes up for the header. Clearly a foul, but Emi has to be stronger.
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its another away day gift
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He is so erratic these days
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That is so typical of us. On a bad run? Never fear Villa are coming.
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When do those goals ever get given?
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FFS. Yet again, the gift that keeps on giving for anyone having a crap run. So sick of this shit.
Isn’t their home form pretty decent?
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That was diabolical from Martinez. He was looking for a foul rather than actually dealing with it.
I thought we’d have trouble at here, and we’ve gifted them the perfect start.
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Villa's number 2
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That was off
Looked off and then a foul on Martinez, although Martinez was weak. Can't see a foul not being given if that was Man City, z
Liverpool, Man Utd etc.
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that goal aint given if its man115y
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Fuck off an offside and foul on keeper, if that's fucking Liverpool or Man City no way does that stand!
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Someone at Stockley Park yet again doesn't understand the offside law.
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what a shite goal to give away .. emi was dreadful there .
Exactly and so typical when we are off it. Leeds are on a poor run and we love helping teams like that. Come on Villa turn it round.
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Looked offside to me
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It’s about time we got into the game isn’t it ?
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The goal
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Sort it out Villa, exactly what you don’t do against a side whose big advantage is their home crowd.
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Missing Onana atm
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So weak from Emi, why doesn’t he jump? Never a foul on Aaronson to begin with, though. Typically weak refereeing from Rob Jones.
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Another reason to hate international breaks - we always come back from them pissed.
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So the plan was to keep it tight, turn the crowd against the home sudecand Farke,
But no - let's give them a goal, get the crowd excited and positive and behind them.
Professional?
We aren't
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We are obviously a good side but it is frustrating that we see so many performances like this when there is an opportunity in front of us: Sheff Utd at home in December 2023, Wembley in April 2025, Old Trafford in May 2025.
All the talk of top 4 this weekend ...
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This stop start game is suiting them.
We are unable to get going in any way
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Clearly offside for the goal. Pathetic keeping from Emi. Just punch it rather than hope for a free kick. Waste of a free kick from Emi B
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Let’s give them a hand getting the crowd up while we’re at it.
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Well well well, who could've predicted that. On a bad run and need a lift? Hello Villa.
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We 'score' that one and you can be sure the offside or foul would be given.
If memory serves, we had a similar scenario against Wolves away last year (may even have been the same ref) and Malen had a goal ruled out.
Woefully weak from Emi. But keepers are usually afforded more protection than that.
Not when it's us, of course.
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Refs a fucking homer by the looks of it
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We defended like shit, we deserved to concede.
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They're fighting harder than we are at the moment.
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Typical filthy Leeds. They never change.
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this ref is shite just like every other ref we seem to get .
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We’re getting dragged into a physical battle, which is exactly what we shouldn’t do.
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Referee is going to lose control of this match.
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They've brought us down to their level.
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We’re not dealing with the physicality at all
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Rubbish from Emi. Similar to Fulham goal with the supporting act
Youri off the pace
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That balling is definitely rolling slowly.
It’s like most passes are underhit
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It was a two o'clock kick off, Ollie.
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We’re not dealing with the physicality at all
Bit like the Villa women Friday night
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The pitch looks shit.
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Better, but Ollie looked like he was running in treacle.
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this ref is shite just like every other ref we seem to get .
That's because generally speaking, they're all shite.
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We’re not dealing with the physicality at all
I don't think their players are all that physical, at least not Palace level physical. It's just we're being sloppy and the game is scrappy which suits them.
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Are we going all Souness and blaming the pitch?
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Play fucking better Villa.
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How was that not offside? Same as Newcastles yesterday.
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How was that not offside? Same as Newcastles yesterday.
Exactly
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It’s not the pitch. We’re just not playing well enough.
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That automated offside line was totally incorrect.
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So we played with intensity and pressed against Bournemouth and so far today it's more the walking football approach.
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Since when does a fucking elbow play you onside?
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that offside still looks dodgy
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What the fuck is going on with that offside?! Watkins' elbow, surely not the part you measure from?!
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Can we do something good, please?
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We 'score' that one and you can be sure the offside or foul would be given.
If memory serves, we had a similar scenario against Wolves away last year (may even have been the same ref) and Malen had a goal ruled out.
Woefully weak from Emi. But keepers are usually afforded more protection than that.
Not when it's us, of course.
Like when we went 1 up against Sheffield United in December 23
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That VAR line they just showed was bollocks. Their bloke's foot was further forward. You can't play the ball with your elbow. I know technically it's probably right but it just feels wrong that you can be offside with your elbow.
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These can be got at.
Even the crowd are nervous, which is not standard up there.
But Ollie still going through the motions up top blunts our attacking threat.
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can you score off your elbow
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On that picture the geezers boot was over the line they drew
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Since when does a fucking elbow play you onside?
Since VAR changed the rules this weekend. Next week, it'll be something different.
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Better, but Ollie looked like he was running in treacle.
The chance wasn't creative enough. Not his fault.
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We need to switch the fuck on. We’ve been so bloody careless.
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They're more up for it than us and they're dragging us down to their level.
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So we played with intensity and pressed against Bournemouth and so far today it's more the walking football approach.
Can't understand it myself,, especially against teams struggling
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That VAR line they just showed was bollocks. Their bloke's foot was further forward. You can't play the ball with your elbow. I know technically it's probably right but it just feels wrong that you can be offside with your elbow.
Think they're just making it up as they go along at this point.
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Ollie is on, if we can pick the pass and get him in.
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So far we're poor but this is also a typical rob Jones performance where 1 side can kick and push and niggle without consequence and the other can barely make a tackle without him blowing up. Awful ref.
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Pitch is sluggish,mind
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Ollie is on, if we can pick the pass and get him in.
On what? On the piss, from what I can see.
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Wake up Villa FFS!!
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So far we're poor but this is also a typical rob Jones performance where 1 side can kick and push and niggle without consequence and the other can barely make a tackle without him blowing up. Awful ref.
He really is.. and smug to boot.
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This feels like one of those games where we just don’t have it.
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I wonder if Rob Jones has ever seen a game of football before never mind refereed one.
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We need to switch the fuck on. We’ve been so bloody careless.
Yep. Just when we can kick on and go fourth.
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Pitch is sluggish,mind
I think you’ll find the side playing in all claret is making the pitch look that way. Unfortunately.
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Refs a ******. Pitch is obviously grown long. These will be relegated along with their moronic fans.
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So far we're poor but this is also a typical rob Jones performance where 1 side can kick and push and niggle without consequence and the other can barely make a tackle without him blowing up. Awful ref.
We need to stop fouling them though. They are shit, we should have no need to foul them at all, let them have the ball, we'll soon have it back.
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Ollie's a fucking passenger at the moment
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We need to switch the fuck on. We’ve been so bloody careless.
Yep. Just when we can kick on and go fourth.
If they keep playing like this, they can sodding well go forth.
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Rogers and Buendia need to get in the game and start influencing things.
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First ⅓ of the match wasted
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I reckon we've been taken over by pod people since the Bournemouth game.
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Refs a ******. Pitch is obviously grown long. These will be relegated along with their moronic fans.
Which isn’t a great compliment to us at the moment. They’re very comfortable.
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Piss poor so far.
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be nice to get a shot on target.
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That ball from Kamara to cash was like a ball played through treacle
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There is no space through the middle, Leeds have done their homework and are just squeezing those spaces and we of course have no width in attacking areas.
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Remember when we and the football world ripped the piss out of Souness for blaming the grass? That's how we sound currently.
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passing is shocking
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Would be nice if we could even fashion a chance here
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Unless we are playing Spurs away we don’t seem to believe in ourselves when not at Villa Park. It’s the oddest thing.
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So far we're poor but this is also a typical rob Jones performance where 1 side can kick and push and niggle without consequence and the other can barely make a tackle without him blowing up. Awful ref.
Dreadful ref.
Is he from one of those shit towns (thinking Cov or Lesta) who have fabricated a rivalry against us. Only thing that may explain it. This is very much in keeping with all our other games when he's been involved.
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They're getting absolutely everything.
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Our passing is too loose
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We are playing into their hands. Really bad so far.
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So far we're poor but this is also a typical rob Jones performance where 1 side can kick and push and niggle without consequence and the other can barely make a tackle without him blowing up. Awful ref.
We need to stop fouling them though. They are shit, we should have no need to foul them at all, let them have the ball, we'll soon have it back.
True, but that's why I don't like him because what always happens when he's refusing is he lets one side get away with stuff and turn it into a scrap, then starts punishing the other team when they give some back. It's not just us, it happens in most games he's ref for.
That last bit, before he eventually gave the foul on Konsa, was a good example, there were 3-4 fouls before the one he gave and we aren't getting away with any of those.
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Tielemans and Buendia are both in their underhitting throughballs mode.
The Elland Road crowd always make me think of a bunch of howling baboons.
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Kamara, Ollie & Buendia have been particualarly poor.
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Ref just guessing at this point, really poor.
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You have to admire these plucky teams that absolutely play their little hearts out when a big club comes to town. Bless.
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Leeds foul Villa play on
Leeds fall over free kick
And repeat.
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Least Leeds are running into space
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Cash needs to up his game.
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be nice to get a shot on target.
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Be nice to get a shot, on or off target.
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Teams know that we play everything through the centre of the park so they put numbers in there. We must get some width in the tam or else it will always be like this.
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Don't think it's a conspiracy or nuffink, but there are many 'home advantage' refs who are just emotionally influenced by crowd noise into refereeing unfairly. I'm sure we've been the beneficiaries of it plenty and will be again, but it is annoying.
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We're playing against 12 here.
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Another away game where we create fuck all. So far.
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Ref has been poor, but we have been hopeless too.
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Ref just guessing at this point, really poor.
Getting heavily influenced by their crowd and we are getting nothing from him.
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McGinn fouled by three players. No free kick. This twat of a ref is corrupt.
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Saved Emi.
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Walking / tippy gappy football is going to get us fuck all here.
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Well done Emi.
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Fucking hell at the ineptitude of this charlatan of a referee
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McGinn fouled by three players. No free kick. This twat of a ref is corrupt.
But gives the dive against Buendia right in front of the fourth official. It’s farcical.
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We're playing against 12 here.
Looking that way
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Fucking hell at the ineptitude of this charlatan of a referee
His hair and physique are top notch though.
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Great save Emi.
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This is the kind of perfotmance we serve up too often away from home, regardless of ref or pitch.
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It's funny to me that people think we decide some days to play attacking and others to play 'walking football', like obviously we're more or less direct like anybody, but the slow buildup waiting for spaces is just what we do, all the time, against everybody. It's only 'walking football' when, for whatever reason, it's not working.
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VILLA FREE KICK! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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need one before HT but the quality is dreadful.
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I can't see Dirty Leeds maintaining this level of intensity for 90 minutes. They're working ridiculously hard.
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Good on McGinn for getting in Jones’ ear.
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If that is a free kick why wasn't t he one on McGinn a couple of minutes ago?
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At last a yellow for them.
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Don't think it's a conspiracy or nuffink, but there are many 'home advantage' refs who are just emotionally influenced by crowd noise into refereeing unfairly. I'm sure we've been the beneficiaries of it plenty and will be again, but it is annoying.
Yes, can't think of too many occasions when we've been the beneficiary at home.
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That VAR line they just showed was bollocks. Their bloke's foot was further forward. You can't play the ball with your elbow. I know technically it's probably right but it just feels wrong that you can be offside with your elbow.
They should just change the rule for it's original intention to stop goal hanging.
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They're hungrier than us,which covers up for their lack of skill
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Rob Jones looks like one of those preening gym bunnies who kiss their "guns" on Facebook.
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World Wrestling Federation from Leeds, play on...
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This is absolutely dreadful. We’ve been the poorer side against fucking Leeds.
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That was better
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thats a foul ref ffs
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We had a chance.
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Mcginn, bear hugged.. no call. WTF is going on here?
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We had a shot!
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We have been really poor. Everyone needs to up it 2nd half if we are going to get anything out of this.
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ffs theyre balls deep up mcginns trumpet ever time!
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We are a good footballing side but not (yet) a 'Big 6' team - or whatever number the media need to settle on to shoehorn in their favourites.
As a result, most weeks the opposition has a deliberate plan to "rough us up" and most times they get away with it.
It's happening today, but it happens regularly. And we either need to reach that privileged status or become more aggressive/streetwise, or preferably both. UTV
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ffs theyre balls deep up mcginns trumpet ever time!
Trumpet?
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Watkins off and Malen on at half time please.
Watkins may as well not even be on the pitch.
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Emi B is not having a good game.
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What's up with Onana, the bone china man?
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So close from Ollie
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Decent effort.
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We always seem to regress when Unai has his locks cut.
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They're hungrier than us,which covers up for their lack of skill
They normally are, but we're better so it shouldn't matter.
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Like to see Malen and Barclay
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Emi B is not having a good game.
They’re just kicking the shit out of him.
We really need to getting away from playing the ball into a checking back player holding off a defender. The ref is letting them kick away.
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Tactically wrong so far. Way too passive. Like when we played Man U at the end of last season. We needed to get into them early, dominated possession and got shots in this lot would have struggled against us. We’ve let them set the tone. Second half we need to completely change the narrative.
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Unlucky Ollie good hit.
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Emi B is not having a good game.
These scrappy Championship-style games rarely suit him.
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Dirty twat
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6 mins added?
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Fcuking dirty Cnut Wrestler Pat Tanaka
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Referee seems to have woken up just in time for half-time. Dirty Leeds doing Dirty Leeds things.
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6 mins added?
For the var goal and their injury.
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And their injury sub as well.
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Send Martinez up for the corner.
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Finishing the half much better. Need to start the second like this.
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Leeds are already running out of puff. They're starting to miss the press.
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And their injury sub as well.
Concussion sub as well so we're allowed 6 changes.
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Think Leeds intensity is subsiding ,as someone predicted
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Is Norman hunter coming on soon?
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Just once it would be nice to see Watkins win a physical one on one
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Well we really have totally wasted that half.
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Think Leeds intensity is subsiding ,as someone predicted
Unfortunately, that usually means we ease off as well, only more so.
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½ match wasted
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Glad that half is over. Hopefully Unai sorts it out at half-time. And hopefully the referee trips over his own ego and misses the second half.
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Dreadful half. We’re not scoring here, without a significant change.
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Terrible first half
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On the plus side Leeds have scored 0 goals after an hour since opening day, and conceded 9. including 6 in the last 4.
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not good enough . playing through the middle and just loose pssing , all under par so far.
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Bizarrely watching this in Perth stood next to Steve Bruce (!!!) and Michael Vaughan!
Well make the fucking most of it!
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Too many wasted balls from the back. Buendia going the ball, Watkins not strong enough.
Hopefully better performance 2nd half.
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Glad that half is over. Hopefully Unai sorts it out at half-time. And hopefully the referee trips over his own ego and misses the second half.
Why does he have to wait till half time though? It was evident on minute 15
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We have been just as poor as the ref, we were starting to look the better side as the half went on so hoping for a decent second half.
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Terrible first half
A familar cry.
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that was a horrid half of football - stop start - poor ref and we were so far off it, it was unreal
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They are a total throwback and will be relegated for absolute certain. Gotta be winning this one but we won't with the same tactics. The ref and pitch is like hen having an extra player or two.
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We've got to find a way of playing against shit teams.
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Garbage fist half, too many unforced errors and sloppy passes. Martinez very poor for their goal. Leeds are direct and dirty and we can't cope.
The Villa fans are the only good thing thus far.
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Why do we always do this against teams like Leeds and teams that are on a bad run?
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Guessand would give their defenders more physicality to worry about. Put him in the middle instead of Watkins and go more direct.
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We struggle against physical, limited sides full of horrid northerners like Leeds and Newcastle.
The shitty rain suits them too, agricultural-football cvnts.
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Watkins
Digne off
Malen
Maatsen on
Give little Emi 15 mins then Barclay
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An absolute gash sandwich. Not in a good way.
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This is just the sort of game we lose away.
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Tactically wrong so far. Way too passive. Like when we played Man U at the end of last season. We needed to get into them early, dominated possession and got shots in this lot would have struggled against us. We’ve let them set the tone. Second half we need to completely change the narrative.
We barely had time to do that, they scored early from a 50/50. Against Yanited, we just let them come at us all first-half and we dserved what we got.
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That was a horrid half of football - stop start - poor ref and we were so far off it, it was unreal
I wouldn't call that football buddy. More like a Morgan Rogers losing possession 51 minute loop.
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Leeds have only lost 1 of 5 home games this season.
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Wouldn't mind seeing Ross B for Emi B
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Feels like a typical Villa performance against a bottom 3 team made worse by the fact that we could go fourth if we win.
Yes the referee is a disgrace but we've allowed ourselves to be bullied by them and been dragged down to their level.
There were signs of improvement towards the end of the half and I think the second half will be better.
Watkins has been terrible, not the only one but he really needs to be taken off.
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Guessand would give their defenders more physicality to worry about. Put him in the middle instead of Watkins and go more direct.
Bloody hell. Thats an ‘out of the box’ suggestion.
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Very poor first half from Villa, expect goals in the second against a Leeds side who are at best a mid-table Championship side, can't understand what we are messing about at, sort yourselves out Villa and Emi needs to man up, they are wining this on physicality alone so we need Barcley on and Guessand to deal with that, can't believe we are losing this,
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Feels like a typical Villa performance against a bottom 3 team made worse by the fact that we could go fourth if we win.
Yes the referee is a disgrace but we've allowed ourselves to be bullied by them and been dragged down to their level.
There were signs of improvement towards the end of the half and I think the second half will be better.
Watkins has been terrible, not the only one but he really needs to be taken off.
Yep disgusting from Watkins again.
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Very poor so far. Watkins had a great effort, aside from that was abysmal. Martinez at fault for the goal. McGinn constantly fouled but Rob Jones waves play on. Kamara not in the game, thankfully Tielemans looking OK. Still a winnable game.
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Leeds are already running out of puff. They're starting to miss the press.
It doesn't matter though because we can't string more than three passes together the second we go over the halfway line.
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Guessand would give their defenders more physicality to worry about. Put him in the middle instead of Watkins and go more direct.
No he would not...this is absoultely the wrong game for him.
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Right! That was our crap half...
"hoping emoji"
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Leeds have only lost 1 of 5 home games this season.
Emery hasn't lost against a promoted side according to a stat that flashed up during the first half.
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Oh yeah! forgot to mention what a stupendous outstanding tosser the ref is.
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Rogers had given the ball away far less than others. The whole midfield behind him and Pau for example. Finished better but need that padding to be 100% better. Still nothing working for Ollie. Great effort to hough from him. Martinez just had to do better for the goal. Simply poor goal keeping.
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What is the media love in about with these cloggees?
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The most Villa thing…
When we threaten to push onwards and upwards, we end up doing a colourful fart in our pants and never quite take that next step.
Disappointing half. We’re better than that. Must do better.
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I'd stay the same first 15.
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Very poor first half from Villa, expect goals in the second against a Leeds side who are at best a mid-table Championship side, can't understand what we are messing about at, sort yourselves out Villa and Emi needs to man up, they are wining this on physicality alone so we need Barcley on and Guessand to deal with that, can't believe we are losing this,
They always either get promoted with a huge number of points and goals or lead for 90% of the Championship season before fucking-up. They're anything but a mid-table Ch'ship side. They're a 15th-23nd best team in England.
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Leeds have only lost 1 of 5 home games this season.
Emery hasn't lost against a promoted side according to a stat that flashed up during the first half.
Fear not. There's a first time for everything!
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Why are they now using elbows to determine offside?
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What is the media love in about with these cloggees?
Goes back a long way, even when Revie was back handing the corrupt Italians in the cities fairs cup our media was loathed to call them out.
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Wasn't the Leeds player nearest the camera offside.He also scored.why think
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Hup hup Aston hup hup.
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Ollie gets out muscled too often these days and has lost a yard. Leeds a Championship side giving there all.
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Why are they now using elbows to determine offside?
So presumably you can score off your elbow then? No, thought not.
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Leeds are already running out of puff. They're starting to miss the press.
It doesn't matter though because we can't string more than three passes together the second we go over the halfway line.
We began to do just that towards the end of the half, though. Dirty Leeds' tactics rely on them closing us down all over the pitch - and their forwards have started leaving a couple of our defenders in space. They're visibly playing five yards further towards their own goal than they were at kick off.
I would imagine they'll start the second half more intensely, but we'll dominate the last twenty minutes or so.
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Ian and Malen coming on. Digne and Buendia off
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Fair enough.
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Urgh, absolutely hating this so far, we're playing into their filthy hands. I do feel like we can turn this around with a minor tweak or two, over to you Unai!
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Ollie gets out muscled too often these days and has lost a yard. Leeds a Championship side giving there all.
Yep, Ollie is weak and slow. Malen on please.
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Why are they now using elbows to determine offside?
So presumably you can score off your elbow then? No, thought not.
I assume it's meant to be upper arm rather than elbow.
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Don and Maat on
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I'll take a Dec 1976 3-1 win at Elland Road
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Sort this out Villa these are rubbish.
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Did Ollie not even bother challenging for that ???
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Fucking hell Ollie just head the thing!
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Poor Austen on crutches. What happened to him?
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What is the media love in about with these cloggees?
Dunno. Ever since Bielsa
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Austin McPhee on crutches.
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Oh Ollie!
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Ollie v poor today
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What is the media love in about with these cloggees?
Dunno. Ever since Bielsa
*Revie
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Get in !!!!!!!
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GOAOALALLALLALALLAL
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Austin McPhee on crutches.
He has been for a while. Definitely at the Bournemouth game.
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Donyell does the fackin' BIZNISS
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Easy, easy, easy
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Yesss
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goalllllllllal malens the man rogers the scorer
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That is a fucking touch from Rogers !!
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Now the game starts. Squeeze the life out of these fuckers Villa.
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Some sort of justice as we score while, yet again, being fouled.
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Not sure if mentioned previously but the pitch is heavy and the grass is long, the ball slows up really quickly. Looks like a typical dirty Leeds tatic but no excuses Villa.
Deal with it
Get the F in there Villa!
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Fucking get in! That's quality for ye.
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Get the fuck in!!!
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Yes come on. Mcginn has been our best player by a mile today.
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Get in! Started this half well. Done more in 3 minutes than in the previous 45.
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YESSSS!!!!!!!
That's more like it, great move.
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Perfect start to the half.
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Great start to this half: thank goodness Unai subbed players early - for a change!
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Why didn't we fucking start with Malen ffs.
Oh well plenty of time to win it now.
Come on 8)
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Malen showing why we should be starting him.
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Pau HAS to be stronger than that
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1-1
https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1992612362726044021
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mcgin giving too many away
konsa was brilliant there
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I was hoping our goal would knock the stuffing out of them but to be fair, Leeds still seem up for this.
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Malen showing why we should be starting him.
He is so much more direct and plays with a positive attitude.
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McGinn keeps giving the ball away
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Pathetic from Torres earlier when their guy ran at him. Konsa bailed him out.
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Come on that's better
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Great finish
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Malen clearly benefitting from Ollie softening them up first 45.
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Don't like that Bogle
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SJM booked
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Blimey Ollie really has lost his touch.
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SJM booked
Can't complain either. It's been coming
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dunno if the pitch is shit or its the graphics on the new ball making it look like its bobbling about?
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Been a while since I’ve seen a pitch as poor as this in the premier league.
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SJM booked
He’s full of he’s own self importance at the moment. Get back on earth John
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Get a second please asap.
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Composure Villa Composure
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Decent Ollie.
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Decent effort Ollie
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Been a while since I’ve seen a pitch as poor as this in the premier league.
It looks more suited to that stupid brand of northern egg-chasing they go in for up there.
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They seem rattled. Scrore again while we are on top, please.
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We can’t discuss the pitch apparently
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the passing still needs to be better . esp kamara
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SJM booked
He’s full of he’s own self importance at the moment. Get back on earth John
He's playing like he often does when he doesn't think the ref is giving him free kicks he deserves.
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Well on top at present
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They seem rattled. Scrore again while we are on top, please.
I thought we were the ones who are meant to be rattled*
*wrong thread!
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Well on top at present
Let’s make it count. Come on Villa!
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We got these fuckers now, pressure building.
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Just don't do anything defensively stupid please Villa.
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Cash is having a stormer
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Dirty yellow for Ampadu. Last time I saw him he was coming off the bench for Venezia in a forgettable draw at home to Genoa. Now, he's a prick. Funny thing life.
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Might bring Barks on for Tielemans. Both teams looking tired. Pitch must be heavy
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Only a yellow
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Should be an orange
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Ross getting ready
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We have to make this pressure count.
We are well on top but creating nothing
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Rogers needs to work on his passing.
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Leeds fan deciding a banning order is better than watching us score
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Sancho also coming on
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SjM and Ollie off
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Might bring Barks on for Tielemans. Both teams looking tired. Pitch must be heavy
Sounds like he's coming on. Listening to radio: Bluenose Wilford is so annoying!
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We're winning this now.
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We're winning this now.
I hope you are right
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Might bring Barks on for Tielemans. Both teams looking tired. Pitch must be heavy
Sounds like he's coming on. Listening to radio: Bluenose Wilford is so annoying!
Bet he jizzed himself stupid the past week
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Might bring Barks on for Tielemans. Both teams looking tired. Pitch must be heavy
Sounds like he's coming on. Listening to radio: Bluenose Wilford is so annoying!
Bet he jizzed himself stupid the past week
:D
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DLC on
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DCL?
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Much better from us right now. Decent turn and shot from Donny
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DCL?
Calvert Lewin
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It’s coming
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Sancho also coming on
That should do it.
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DCL?
I was close!
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What was that Morgan?
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What's the odds broken DCL wins if for these feckers?
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DCL?
Calvert Lewin
I was questioning PSW's DLC.
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shocking by rogers there
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Cynical twat
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shocking by rogers there
Yes, very lazy
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What's the odds broken DCL wins if for these feckers?
About the same as him doing his ACL
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Bugger, one more yard and we would have had the chance to miss a penalty.
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DLC on
Dave Lee Crevice?
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Too close ?
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DCL?
Calvert Lewin
I was questioning PSW's DLC.
My dyslexia radar detector kicked in. Of course I should have clarified it was Lewin-Calvert who came on.
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SCORRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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What's the odds broken DCL wins if for these feckers?
About the same as him doing his ACL
Although last season he showed he knew how to get the better of Torres.
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Too close ?
Nope
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Yes.
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MORGAN THE MIGHTY.
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Morgan! <3
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Thank fuck we didn't get the pen. 🙂
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Morgan’s back!
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shocking by rogers there
Yes, very lazy
That aged well!
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goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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Great stuff Morgan
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Yes indeedy
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Woooooooonderfuuuuuuuuuul
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Didn;t realise he had that in his locker. Has he ever tried free-kicks before?
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Come on Villa: let's see this out now!
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YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Not used to seeing all these free kick goals we're getting lately!
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YOU CAN'T DODGE THE RODGE!
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He’s been taking lessons from little Emi
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Fuck off villa
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Beautiful goal Morgz. Now don’t fucking throw it away. Get a third
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WTF!
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2-2, VAR check
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Top free kick, made it look really easy.
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Cracker
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I'm sure that Daniel James had only ever voted against us.
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Well fuck me
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wtf
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Blues
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WTAF!!
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What in the name of hell is going on?
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Handball, should be overturned.
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Fabulous by Morgan
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That can’t be a goal
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Bollocks
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Handball?
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That's handball
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Get in! I am not sure how that got in, that was something else. Rogers has been good all game too.
Fuck off Leeds. Doesn't James always score against us? Am i mixing him up with someone else?
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Still 2-1, final answer.
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Then we fuck up again
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That needs 1 second to disallow. Not 2 mins
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That’s clearly handball
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Take your pick.Offside.Handball.
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Looks off to me as well. Oh, and he's fucking punched it in. There's no way this stands, not in a million years.
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Phew.
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Thank McGrath for that!
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Let that be a wake up call for us
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That’s a fucking warning though. Pay attention Villa. Got away with one there.
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Lucky, now wake the fuck up.
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The gods with us today.
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wake up now villa
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YOU CAN'T DODGE THE RODGE!
YOU CAN'T SHIRK THE SMIRK!
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Thank fuck for that.
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It was double offside too when played through.
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Sod these ref's announcements
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Dan James pace worries me.
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Phew
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Take your pick.Offside.Handball.
Definitely offside, can't see what the issue is
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We need to keep playing at the same intensity and not let these cheating dirty ****** to build any belief or momentum.
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Surely offside on first ball too?
Left side of our defence looks very weak
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
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Need to switch on.
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YOU CAN'T DODGE THE RODGE!
YOU CAN'T SHIRK THE SMIRK!
That's brilliant. That's my new sig after the game. Thank you 8)
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Handball all day long that
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Jesus, their fans make Everton seem sane and reasonable.
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If that had have been given as handball against us, I wouldn’t have been very happy. Looked like his stomach to me.
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
Diggler?
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We need to keep playing at the same intensity and not let these cheating dirty ****** to build any belief or momentum.
We need to stop giving free kicks away around our penalty box.
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If that had have been given as handball against us, I wouldn’t have been very happy. Looked like his stomach to me.
Get some glasses :)
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
Tielemans, he's still not fully fit.
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We need to keep playing at the same intensity and not let these cheating dirty ****** to build any belief or momentum.
We need to stop giving free kicks away around our penalty box.
That would certainly help too.
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
Diggler?
Sancho again
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Nearly three. Wonder if we might have got a penalty if he had gone down.
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Bogey on for Tilly
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I fully expect them to bring Lee Chapman on and score a looping header against us.
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
Tielemans, he's still not fully fit.
If that had have been given as handball against us, I wouldn’t have been very happy. Looked like his stomach to me.
Get some glasses :)
If that had have been given as handball against us, I wouldn’t have been very happy. Looked like his stomach to me.
Get some glasses :)
If that had have been given as handball against us, I wouldn’t have been very happy. Looked like his stomach to me.
Get some glasses :)
Handball trumps stomach.
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I'd like to see Malen start the next game.
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should be 3
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Quote fail of the week!
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That’s a superb quote fail Wolfy
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He should have buried that.
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Maybe get Dirk on but not sure who for.
Tielemans, he's still not fully fit.
Unai reading our posts.
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The Don should have done better there
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TIL Patrick Bamford plays for Sheff Utd
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I fear us conceding here. That’s sloppy Emi.
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Not sure how I did that. Impressive all the same
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Sancho isn't the bravest player is he?
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They’re getting too many easy balls into the box.
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Sancho is to playing football what Gerrard is to managing football.
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Fuck off Sancho
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Giving them cheap dangerous set pieces doesn’t strike me as the cleverer thing to do.
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(https://i.ibb.co/bgQDT7Dc/IMG-8391.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bgQDT7Dc)
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Sancho isn't the bravest player is he?
No. Luxury player
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Rogers very lucky there, didn't even compete
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TIL Patrick Bamford plays for Sheff Utd
Danny Ings, too. Had no idea either of them were there. Was worrying that Bamford would score against us and then saw him playing in Sheffield and thought probably not.
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The more they show it the better that free kick gets.
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Great save Emi
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Sancho isn't the bravest player is he?
No. Luxury player
Like Imperial Leather soap
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Great save. Makes up for shitting out for their gosl.
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Handball!
Handball!
Handball!
Handball!
Fuck me their fans are twats.
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Immense save Emi.
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TIL Patrick Bamford plays for Sheff Utd
Danny Ings, too. Had no idea either of them were there. Was worrying that Bamford would score against us and then saw him playing in Sheffield and thought probably not.
There you go, tempting fate.
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malen has been good today
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malen has been good today
Intelligent player
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6 added mins
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6 minutes added
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I'm having a quick look at the league table now, just in case.
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Six fucking minutes. I miss the days when two or three was the norm.
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malen has been good today
Such a quality impact player. Less convincing when he starts. But he’s pushing to replace Ollie. I can see why Emery wants to keep giving Ollie chances to work through his woes but time is running out or run out one could argue.
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Turned off, can't watch them Leeds f ers i rely on you lot till full time
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TIL Patrick Bamford plays for Sheff Utd
Danny Ings, too. Had no idea either of them were there. Was worrying that Bamford would score against us and then saw him playing in Sheffield and thought probably not.
There you go, tempting fate.
I only said "probably not", didn't want to be too definitive.
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I'm having a quick look at the league table now, just in case.
I stopped doing this a few seasons ago as it only ever broke my heart in the last minute!
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Six fucking minutes. I miss the days when two or three was the norm.
Me too.Match finished 4.45, I was back home to Tintern Rd by 4.55
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Bamford warming up ☹️
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malen has been good today
Intelligent player
More of a threat than Watkins, becoming an important player for us.
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Only 36,819 there?
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They’ll have another chance here.
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Only 36,819 there?
That's about their current capacity.
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Bamford warming up ☹️
Is he practicing falling over and grabbing his face?
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See this out Villa, been poor last few minutes.
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Fcuking hell cash
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stop giving it away
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We are playing this out in such a stupid way.
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Rogers is so half hearted at times
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I’ve increasingly been getting a Forest away (last season) feeling about this one. Please hold on, Villa.
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Rogers is so half hearted at times
Might be a tad tired
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Fuck me Cash what was that?
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Come on!
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Barkley has been very poor,since he came on
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Come on ref....
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(https://attachments.fm-base.co.uk/data/avatars/o/721/721889.jpg?1681425129)
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Yessssssssss
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That should just about do it
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Yessssss!!
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4th.
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Never in doubt🤣🤣
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barkley looks knackered
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What a superb come from behind win that is
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May the 4th be with you
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And breathe
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Really hard fought win there after a shoddy first half.
Leeds, Leeds are falling apart... again.
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Brilliant.
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Get Wolves done and bring on Arsenal, league title push on
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Yes!!
A great second half, well done lads!
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Not pretty but I'll take that!
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The more they show it the better that free kick gets.
its crazy how low it hits the net
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Condolences to the pundits
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Indeed!
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And to Richard Wilford! :D
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And Robbie Earle!