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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on November 30, 2025, 12:51:04 PM
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That bench is enough to beat Wolves
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No Elliot again. That’s the side I’d have picked.
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Big game this. I can hear the curries boiling in their bags all the way from Codsall.
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Attacking line-up, Malen starts. God help Wolves, they'll be hoping we declare at six.
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Strong bench. Malen deserves his start.
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Fair to say Wolves fans are not thrilled with their lineup and expect a battering.
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That's a brilliant line up. 8)
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Win please.
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Big game this. I can hear the curries boiling in their bags all the way from Codsall.
Wearing their string Vestas.
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Score lots and lots of goals whilst conceding none. Our goals scored stats (15) is the same as second from bottom Burnley.
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Brave.
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Emery is mad to leave out Oliver.
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Emery is mad to leave out Oliver.
He will still be able to do all his excellent work away from the ball.
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Emery is mad to leave out Oliver.
He will still be able to do all his excellent work away from the ball.
😂
Need to see how he holds the door open to the changing rooms and carries the kit to really appreciate what he offers.
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Score lots and lots of goals whilst conceding none. Our goals scored stats (15) is the same as second from bottom Burnley.
Yes in fairness we’re somewhat hindered by not scoring in the first 4 games.
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Malen deserves the start.
Gives us the option to put Watkins out wide too as a sub.
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Score lots and lots of goals whilst conceding none. Our goals scored stats (15) is the same as second from bottom Burnley.
Yes in fairness we’re somewhat hindered by not scoring in the first 4 games.
True but even then it would mean having to score two in each of those four games to bring us up to those we're chasing. Hopefully today we play without so much respect for the opposition. It's not disrespecting Wolves, it's being over cautious no matter who we play.
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That's a brilliant line up. 8)
And a lovely picture of Matty. 8)
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We scored 1 in the first 5, since then it's 14 in 7.
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Today we should just get the game over with. I cannot be doing with another nervy 2-1 lead whilst fcuking around at the back with five to go.
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Don't start passive Villa.
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Nice SJM tifo
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I bet he will want that for himself for his bedroom.
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Tanswell's view
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This feels like the sort of fixture we expect to win and end up scraping a draw.
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Hit the bar!
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After being under the impression it would be on today, I have discovered Indian tv schedulers have gone for the Forest game instead so I am relying on all of you for how we’re doing.
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We look a different team. Started so well.
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Six gone and not a chance created….just awful
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Need Ollies
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Got to score when on top.
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Six gone and not a chance created….just awful
Hit the bar already mate. Two mins in.
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But Ollie would have put that away
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Yeah, this looks like being a tight one. They look organised.
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0-1 but then disallowed
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Come on VAR!
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Confirmed.
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went through them easy then thou
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FFS.
Ok offside?
They took out our entire midfield with one pass.
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Yep, this is going pretty much as expected.
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kamara lost his man in midfirld then
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Wake up Villa
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That geezer looks quick against Digne
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Ref giving them everything
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It’s never easy against this lot.
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Ref giving them everything
Apart from the goal.
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Fortunate - like I said pregame we can’t be complacent here.
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We've got a bad record with this ref, apparently.
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Ref giving them everything
Apart from the goal.
That was the lino
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Better
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As against Leeds, the plucky little team raise their game against the big boys.
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Ref giving them everything
Apart from the goal.
Ref clearly happy to let them play and Wolves want the ball more. How it should be.
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Nah
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ffs ref
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He hit his head so it should be stopped.
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Gash so far. The ball is not being held up by forwards
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This is a bit shit
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Wolves game plan working
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Gash so far. The ball is not being held up by forwards
Maybe Ollie does contribute...
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We should bring Malen on.
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Buendia's having an off day so far.
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Little Emi with his 'nearly but not quite' passing masterclass.
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buendia passing is crap
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They're playing it like an FA cup tie.Unfortunately so are we.
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Too sloppy.
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As good as Buendia has been this season, it'd be great if he could learn how to hit a throughball with the correct pace on it.
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Little Emi with his 'nearly but not quite' passing masterclass.
That was down to Rogers, he should have been busting a gut to get there
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No issue with the ref stopping play but taking us 10 yards further away from goal than we were is shit.
Buendia is back to the sloppiness that he had seemed to move on from.
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Is that the unbiased commentary of Don Goodman..
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Hurrah,a foul for us
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Tielemans and Buendia are a bit sloppy.
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This ref is trying to keep them in the match - incompetent.
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Should have been a yellow.
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Not really the best start. They’re frustrating us…
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what about some booking ref
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Should have been a yellow.
How could it not be..?! Refs been bad since minute 1.
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Little Emi with his 'nearly but not quite' passing masterclass.
That was down to Rogers, he should have been busting a gut to get there
Nah that was the defenders ball all day long.
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Really sloppy.
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They're feigning fouls and the ref is buying it
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We ain’t clinical. At all.
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We're playing at their level and tempo. They'll be delighted with this half so far.
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Mosquera is terrible, we need to keep going straight at him. Let him keep feigning injury every time there’s a tackle to make.
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I'm ok with refs letting the game flow but if you do that you can't then gift them soft free kicks like that one against Cash.
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Little Emi poor today
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Buendia looking frustrated - Onana might be better suited to this game.
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Is that the unbiased commentary of Don Goodman..
We get Stephen Warnock on the international feed.
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Little Emi poor today
To be honest, we’re not looking the best in this half at all. So most are looking below average
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Little Emi poor today
He’s getting fouled every time he turns with the ball and the ref is letting it happen.
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Creating smeg all in the way of decent chances.
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Matty won that ball, I don’t understand..
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Wolves may get that win then
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Is that the unbiased commentary of Don Goodman..
We get Stephen Warnock on the international feed.
Marc Albrighton sounding positive about us on Radio 5 / BBC website. Pressure's building on Wolves apparently...
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The referee man
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Get the cavalry on at half time.
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Regardless of the ref we've been pretty cack against a truly awful side. I expect much better in the second half.
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The referee man
He doing my tits in
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Little Emi poor today
To be honest, we’re not looking the best in this half at all. So most are looking below average
Fair comment.
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Might have to rely on a Barkley scuffed winner today
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I'd get Watkins on at half-time.
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Last time Malen touched the ball Young Boys fans were fighting the old bill.
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Onana for Buendia for me
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Need a bit more physicality.
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Last time Malen touched the ball Young Boys fans were fighting the old bill.
He’s making runs through the middle on the break.. can’t pass to himself.
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Watkins for Buendia for me
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Need a bit more physicality.
And skill.
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Bouba needs to stay off the phenergans
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Emi saves
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Wake me up if a football match breaks out.
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What a let off!
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Poor from Konsa there
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We’re getting bullied here
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Dire, this.
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Hope this is our bad half.
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We are getting dicked.
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Great from EmiM in that let off
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don’t be dramatic, wolves can hardly keep the ball.
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Wolves cutting us open too easily. And now they hit the bar - great save.
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Ollie is getting the winner today
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don’t be dramatic, wolves can hardly keep the ball.
And yet had the best chances
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Very poor half. Must do better
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Sort it out at HT please Unai.
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Wolves better team first half.
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I said before this game if we weren’t on it it’d be tough. We’ve been sloppy.
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World class save.
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Complacent performance which we see often against opposition like this.
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Wonderful save by Emi.
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Shite first half.
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don’t be dramatic, wolves can hardly keep the ball.
And yet had the best chances
I’ll take a dozen entries into the final third over two flukey chances.
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We are getting dicked.
Eh? are you watching the Liverpool game?
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So after a full week with them on the training ground, we now get new manager bounce Wolves of course.
We need to match their aggression and skill will take care of itself.
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Great save by Emi. Still think we'll end up winning this, got to keep plugging away.
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don’t be dramatic, wolves can hardly keep the ball.
And yet had the best chances
I’ll take a dozen entries into the final third over two flukey chances.
I won't take our keeper making great saves over theirs sitting in a deck chair.
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Some of these players don’t realise they’re playing a derby (well the closest thing we have of such a thing). McGinn aside there is no aggression. Buendia non existent. That save at the end was world class.
The 2nd half needs to be much much better.
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Hope it’s another rope a dope like the Leeds game.
They are battling hard and Kavanagh has completely lost control!
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Creating very little again. Malen doesn’t make the runs into channels that we need to open up space. They’re winning the physical battle too. Really poor half.
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Changes at half time hopefully. We’ve created nothing and conceded sloppy chances.
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I'd get Buendia and Digne off at HT.
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Wolves better team first half.
Erm
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don’t be dramatic, wolves can hardly keep the ball.
And yet had the best chances
I’ll take a dozen entries into the final third over two flukey chances.
I won't take our keeper making great saves over theirs sitting in a deck chair.
Don’t be dramatic
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very under par , passing in the final third poor , weak in midfield and sloppy . Emi has kept us in it . Onana needs to come on , Buendia needs to come off. Malen has made good runs but the passing not good enough. Ref pretty awful. maybe Maatsen for Luca too . Im sure we will sort it .
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Outrageous save that from Emi, he even managed to push it away on the way down. What a keeper.
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We were a bit one paced across the midfield in that half. Could do with Onana's athleticism and physicality in there 2nd half.
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And yet it's true, Emi had to make a couple of cracking saves, Johnstone had to catch a couple of non threatening long shots. Considering they haven't won all season and we're trying to go 3rd it was a poor half.
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Their keeper's had fuck all to do.
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They should be getting pelters at half time. That was shite and completely lacking any intensity. World class save by Martinez keeps us level at ht.
Hopefully a kick up the arse given at the interval and a much better second half to follow.
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Outrageous save that from Emi, he even managed to push it away on the way down. What a keeper.
Brilliant, wasn't it? Unlike our performance! Wolves playing OK.
#formgoesoutofthewindow
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That was wank.
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Went into the kitchen and everything reminds me of Emi
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😂😂😂
You should try to sell that to some fanboy Argentinian. World Cup memorobilia.
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Creating very little again. Malen doesn’t make the runs into channels that we need to open up space. They’re winning the physical battle too. Really poor half.
Yup and that’s the problem with him up top on his own.
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This is very Sheffield United at home Christmas 23 at the moment.
Watkins for Buendia, Maatsen for Digne and maybe even Onana for Kamara now, please.
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Doesn’t look like anyone’s coming on yet based on them warming up.
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They are playing the dreaded 5 at the back which is Emery's kryptonite. Stops us getting good attacks going as they pack the centre and then can open us up with pacey wingbacks on the break.
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Come on Unai work your magic
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Emi's save
https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1995144816292753863
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Playing fine.
Don't need any subs except for maybe Sancho.
The goals will come.
8)
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we will draw this and beat brighton knowing us but Im sure Unai will bollock them.
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It’s a good job Wolves are shite, we’d be losing this against a half decent team. Come on Villa, step it up.
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It smells a bit like Ipswich at home last season
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Emi's save
https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1995144816292753863
Cash crying for an imaginary foul not being given even when the second and third phases were happening was pathetic.
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Hopefully Unai gave us a kick up the backside.
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Went into the kitchen and everything reminds me of Emi
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Awesome 😆😆😆
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Unai looks focussed
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Let’s not be shit this 2nd half
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Unai looks focussed
he is being demanding.
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You could hear a fanny fart at Villa Park.
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Unai looks focussed
he is being demanding.
In his wishes
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You could hear a fanny fart at Villa Park.
Have you been reading my texts?
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You could hear a fanny fart at Villa Park.
Have you been reading my texts?
Hacked
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Atmosphere has taken a dip this year, prices?
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Atmosphere has taken a dip this year, prices?
Look at the crowd....hardly the most extroverted bunch.
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What a tackle by Pau.
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You could hear a fanny fart at Villa Park.
Philip Larkin - Mcmxiv
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Get up Larsson you bag of twats
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Here comes Ollie to save us
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pau brilliant cash not so
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Buendia off
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Well played Torres.
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Buendia off
Good, he's been useless today.
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If you don't get the Buendia who played the first 20 minutes vs Man City you play with 10 men.
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Buendia off
I was hoping so
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This is shit.
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If you need a goal, you bring on Watkins. It's that simple.
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Emi with another great save
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Martinez being great
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Matter of time until they score, I reckon. They’re creating and we are not.
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Morgan definitely not on it today
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Both our full backs slipping
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Although it would have been offside, assuming VAR upheld it.
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Kavanagh is a gimp, his look, his run his shit chest
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We don’t do playing as favourites very well with Emery. Sometimes I’d like Emery publicly to talk about us like we are versus always describing us as not being contenders or favourites. We’ve earned the right to be talked about that way in most games. Especially today.
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Another great save Emi
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We’ve not improved. Poor still
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Apart from EmiM we're just that bit off it all over the pitch.
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Awful by Rogers.
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Just keeping the ball for more than a couple of seconds would be nice. Losing it and they’re breaking us down very easily.
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Apart from EmiM we're just that bit off it all over the pitch.
Tough game against top opposition mid week.
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First half decent quick combo of the game
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Buendia off
Good, he's been useless today.
He's not happy:
Emi Buendia doesn't look happy about it. He is going straight down the tunnel, I'm not sure whether he has picked up an injury. I haven't seen a physio go with him so that hints that he isn't injured.
He isn't happy, you can tell. He is gesturing something to the fans, this isn't a good sign.
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Buendia off
Good, he's been useless today.
He's not happy:
Emi Buendia doesn't look happy about it. He is going straight down the tunnel, I'm not sure whether he has picked up an injury. I haven't seen a physio go with him so that hints that he isn't injured.
He isn't happy, you can tell. He is gesturing something to the fans, this isn't a good sign.
So he's not happy then
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Always overplaying it or losing possession in final third. We always struggle to break teams down that sit deep.
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Hm, probably should have been a yellow, that.
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Hm, probably should have been a yellow, that.
Not least on the totting up
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Buendia off
Good, he's been useless today.
He's not happy:
Emi Buendia doesn't look happy about it. He is going straight down the tunnel, I'm not sure whether he has picked up an injury. I haven't seen a physio go with him so that hints that he isn't injured.
He isn't happy, you can tell. He is gesturing something to the fans, this isn't a good sign.
If he’s acting a twat for being substituted then he can fuck off. Emi has won back a lot of admirers but he’s not played well today. Let’s hope it’s not an injury of course but being petulant when he’s essentially a squad player would be a bit much. If that’s what this is.
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Nine times out of ten, we're total dog shit against three centre halves. It's games like this you need some proper width.
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Kavanagh you puss cake of a man
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Not working at all.
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The ref is abysmal.
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Ref is bought
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One nothing
© Hugh Johns
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BOOOOOOOBY!!!
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BOOOOOOOOOOBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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Get in, at last.
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Yes
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Get in.
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Kamara! Absolute peach of a hit
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I just said for the love of Christ shoot
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EASY MODE
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BOUBACAR!!!!
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Fuck me, goal of the month for November is just gonna be a Villa highlights reel.
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What a goal
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Booby Kam 8)
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Yesssss, get in.
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cracking goal
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What a hit! Fucking yay!
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I’m still miserable
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God, I love that man.
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Super strike
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Our super goals aren't sustainable, apparently.
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Another outside the box.
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Off the line!
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Great finish by Kamara.
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Let’s get a quick 2nd
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Zero backlift on that thunder fucker
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Let’s stick them on a pyre!
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Keep going Villa
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The goal
https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1995154546436259947
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Power of the preds
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this ref is crap
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Was he booked for that handball then?
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He's lucky there, that's a blatant yellow card so should be off.
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this ref is crap
The worst
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From Sky, must be from an T'aint fair supporter as well.
69: Wolves will have questions about that goal.
Rogers appeared to stand on top of the foot of Joao Gomes. It was probably too far back for VAR to have a look.
But Gomes out of action way down the pitch after that knock. Would he have been in the spot to try and close down Kamara?
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After the breast punfest in the pre-match thread, it was inevitable that Bouby would score.
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[quote author ;D=Somniloquism link=topic=66337.msg4939137#msg4939137 date=1764517008]
From Sky, must be from an T'aint fair supporter as well.
69: Wolves will have questions about that goal.
Rogers appeared to stand on top of the foot of Joao Gomes. It was probably too far back for VAR to have a look.
But Gomes out of action way down the pitch after that knock. Would he have been in the spot to try and close down Kamara?
[/quote]
;D
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I wonder if we'll ever bother scoring inside the box again.
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He's lucky there, that's a blatant yellow card so should be off.
Not even a comment from the commentators
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He's lucky there, that's a blatant yellow card so should be off.
Not even a comment from the commentators
Isn't one Don Goodman?
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He's lucky there, that's a blatant yellow card so should be off.
Not even a comment from the commentators
It’s way more enjoyable on mute.
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[quote author ;D=Somniloquism link=topic=66337.msg4939137#msg4939137 date=1764517008]
From Sky, must be from an T'aint fair supporter as well.
69: Wolves will have questions about that goal.
Rogers appeared to stand on top of the foot of Joao Gomes. It was probably too far back for VAR to have a look.
But Gomes out of action way down the pitch after that knock. Would he have been in the spot to try and close down Kamara?
;D
[/quote] Should have been disallowed on that point alone
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[quote author ;D=Somniloquism link=topic=66337.msg4939137#msg4939137 date=1764517008]
From Sky, must be from an T'aint fair supporter as well.
69: Wolves will have questions about that goal.
Rogers appeared to stand on top of the foot of Joao Gomes. It was probably too far back for VAR to have a look.
But Gomes out of action way down the pitch after that knock. Would he have been in the spot to try and close down Kamara?
;D
Should have been disallowed on that point alone
[/quote]Kiss my arse
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Tielemans and Malen off, Ross and Onana on.
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We’re battering them now
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Att 42,139
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Att 42,139
Applause
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From Sky, must be from an T'aint fair supporter as well.
69: Wolves will have questions about that goal.
Rogers appeared to stand on top of the foot of Joao Gomes. It was probably too far back for VAR to have a look.
But Gomes out of action way down the pitch after that knock. Would he have been in the spot to try and close down Kamara?
f*** O** Sky
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Ollie running with the ball then is one of the worst sites in football
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Send him off
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VAR red card check on Arias
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Mosquera getting booked 60 mins too late as well. Any of those lot "t'aint fairing" need to be pointed at how they weren't down to nine.
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VAR red card check on Arias
I fancy a red card to them. Dirty bastards.
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A yellow.
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How in tf do you not even get a foul out of a possible red card check..?!
Two footer, wtf?!
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Da fuq
As the kids say
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If Martinez did it then straight red
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This ref is piss poor
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Shit from the ref to let it go in the first place, was a clear foul.
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Unfit ref, totally unfit.
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Dark orange, designed to hurt.
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No not a red for me. He jumped yes but no force there at all
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Ollie running with the ball then is one of the worst sites in football
It's a crucial part of our build-up play.
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Goodman says not enough force. Course he did.
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Well that sets a dangerous precedent
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Ollie running with the ball then is one of the worst sites in football
It's a crucial part of our build-up play.
The tactical bobble ball.
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No not a red for me. He jumped yes but no force there at all
Two footer though. One on the top of the foot, one on the ankle. People get yellows now for missing a two footer challenge.
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Force doesn't matter otherwise a tap of heads together would not be a red card.
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Goodman says not enough force. Course he did.
Tosser
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Dark orange, designed to hurt.
Yeah, borderline. Couldn't have complained had it been red, but yellow doesn't feel like an awful decision.
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So now should have been down to 8 men.
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Thought the referee was quite reasonable there, actually.
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Thought the referee was quite reasonable there, actually.
He said no foul..?
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Goodman says not enough force. Course he did.
Irrelevant comment. Jimmy Hill retired years ago from punditry
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Ollie looks like Weston Super-Mare Ollie.
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Dark orange, designed to hurt.
Yeah, borderline. Couldn't have complained had it been red, but yellow doesn't feel like an awful decision.
I think it is weird he gave the yellow though as I thought VAR could only contravene in red decisions, and if the review wasn't enough to red, a yellow couldn't be given.
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Ollie looks like Weston Super-Mare Ollie.
Stuck in the mud.
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Thought the referee was quite reasonable there, actually.
He said no foul..?
Yeah he missed that, but I meant just giving a yellow when sent to the screen.
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C'mon Villa. Get a second and put this to bed.
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Barkley fucked
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Rubbish
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Here comes violence, speed and momentum....Sancho.
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Here comes violence, speed and momentum....Sancho.
He’s gonna rip it up.
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Here comes violence, speed and momentum....Sancho.
He’s gonna rip it up.
Hmmmm
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Barkley off for Sancho, Booby off for Bogey
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Could get a late hattrick, you never know.
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Ollie looks like Weston Super-Mare Ollie.
Agree been dreadful again.
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Sancho is hardly going to help out defensively.
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Barkley fucked
Wtf again!!! I genuinely rate the guy and want him to do well, but his injury record is nuts. Was he even in for 10 minutes?
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0-0 without Ollie, 1-0 with Ollie. Coincidence, I think not.
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Barkley off for Sancho, Booby off for Bogey
Bogey 8)
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9 added mins
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Sancho is fucking shit.
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Ffs Sancho
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9 seems excessive. So obviously this ref thinks that.
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Sancho is pantso
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Nine??
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Why would you put Sancho on in this situation?
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Why would you put Sancho on in this situation?
Exactly
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That's what I want from Ollie, closing down their entire back line....back to basics.
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rogers poor today
mcginn awesome
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NINE fucking minutes????
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NINE fucking minutes????
Probably a lot less now.
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Emi saves!
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According to Neil in Dorset......
I think Villa would be in the top three if they tried staying on their feet more! I've never seen a team fall over so much.
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Johnstone saves!
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Sancho doesn’t even attempt to tackle.
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McGiniesta at it
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Sancho doesn’t even attempt to tackle.
wuss mate
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McGinn my motm
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McGinn my motm
100%
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McGinn my motm
Him or Emi
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According to Neil in Dorset......
I think Villa would be in the top three if they tried staying on their feet more! I've never seen a team fall over so much.
Nothing gets past Neil
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According to Neil in Dorset......
I think Villa would be in the top three if they tried staying on their feet more! I've never seen a team fall over so much.
Haha, playing against the team with the most fouls in the league. 20 today, and Kavanaugh has missed 10.
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And relax
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According to Neil in Dorset......
I think Villa would be in the top three if they tried staying on their feet more! I've never seen a team fall over so much.
And 4 yellows - should have been more, and a red?
Haha, playing against the team with the most fouls in the league. 20 today, and Kavanaugh has missed 10.
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McGinn my motm
Him or Emi
Emi for me. Some of the saves today and over the season have been remarkable. And yes he’s had a couple of disaster moments but like the rest of his career with us the bank his overflowing in credit.
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Never in doubt.
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And relax
Phew,
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Job done👍
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well done bouba
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Scruffy as hell but three points is all that matters. McGinn and Big Emi immense, most of the rest were well below par.
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Three points. Wolves remain rooted to the bottom. All aboard the Brighton Belle.
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games like that just need to be won - and we did