Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on December 11, 2025, 09:53:58 PM
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Never in doubt.
3rd in the league.
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Win is a win
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Job done with overexerting ourselves. On to Sunday.
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The most unconvincing win.
Despite his goal, Guessand is atrocious
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I mean, we did the bare minimum to get a win. It's working but I'm not a fan.
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Guaranteed in the last 24 now.
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Shit game with some piss poor performances but never mind. Guaranteed at least a play-off spot.
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Dirty win where we didn't play well, that's what the best teams do.
Also haven't they won't the last 7 in a row in Europe at their ground?
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Well that was no fun whatsoever.
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Got the win so job done. Watching them they looked casual and sloppy.
Guessand, how did he play the full match? He is not getting any better...
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Never in doubt.
A tricky game.
Basel were never going to be a pushover. Unbeaten at home in Europe for a good few games prior to tonight.
Unai will be happy with the result, but less so with some of the individual performances
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winning when you are poor are what the top teams do who win things .
Youri MOM
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3 points. Nice.
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Well I hope we conserved energy!
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3 points. Nice.
No, Basel. Nice are bottom.
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Another one. It's what we do.
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Brilliant win and a tough battle against a very gritty side on their own patch. That ref was diabolical too. Our subs made Guessand look quality.
Bogard was very good. Our keeper looks scared.
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Job done and on to the next one.
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Won without too much effort, so all good. Guessand takes the not too much effort rather too literally though. I think he is so very poor, plays like a raffle ticket winner or someones mate that has come along to make up the numbers.
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We really are stuttering through this competition. We are making hard work of it.
It feels like we should be strolling through it - that’s not being arrogant, we have by far the best team/squad, but we are not scoring enough goals, so every game feels like far more of a battle than it needs to be.
But we are now 3rd with no guarantee of finishing in the top 2.
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A better win on paper than it was to watch.
It’s the sort of performance that backs up the argument that we don’t have the strength in depth for a title charge.
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Perfect English team in Europe stuff, that's how you do it, use the squad, do the minimum you need to, get the points.
People expecting some sort of methodical demolition are missing the point.
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We really are stuttering through this competition. We are making hard work of it.
It feels like we should be strolling through it - that’s not being arrogant, we have by far the best team/squad, but we are not scoring enough goals, so every game feels like far more of a battle than it needs to be.
But we are now 3rd with no guarantee of finishing in the top 2.
I’m sure the boss is just managing the minutes, the tempo and keeping a relative small squad as fit as they can be.
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Perfect English team in Europe stuff, that's how you do it, use the squad, do the minimum you need to, get the points.
People expecting some sort of methodical demolition are missing the point.
Yep, exactly right.
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Toblerones all round.
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8 in a row, 3rd in the league and 3rd in the EL.
Get in!!
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Perfect English team in Europe stuff, that's how you do it, use the squad, do the minimum you need to, get the points.
People expecting some sort of methodical demolition are missing the point.
If Carlsberg made posts...................
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We really are stuttering through this competition. We are making hard work of it.
It feels like we should be strolling through it - that’s not being arrogant, we have by far the best team/squad, but we are not scoring enough goals, so every game feels like far more of a battle than it needs to be.
But we are now 3rd with no guarantee of finishing in the top 2.
We’re rotating a lot in Europe but it’s clear the squad depth isn’t really there.
If we’re serious about winning this competition we’re going to have to play the first 11 in later rounds - trouble is that coincides with the business end of the premier league. I wonder which Emery will prioritise?
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winning when you are poor are what the top teams do who win things .
Youri MOM
Agree
Youri was the class
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Not great but it's a win. We'll be very different on Sunday.
We have some very poor squad players which is likely to hinder us badly unless we are very lucky with injuries this season.
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Bizot poor for the goal but ok rest of it
Cash competent
Konsa steady
Linderlof impressive
Digne starting to show his age
Onana did ok
Bogarde decent in 2 positions
Sancho awful
Buendia not great
Malen isolated
Guessand nice goal but rest was awful
Uri quality
Rogers too many sloppy passes
Watkins bang average
Unai n9t a great game but he clearly knows what he is doing. Need to bollock someone to improve GD
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We seem to be using this competition as a midweek training session.
Just doing enough but knowing we can change gear when we get to the business end of the competition.
Job done.
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Bogarde excellent at RB both defensively and offensively. Assist assist for the second goal. Cash can have some rest.
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Looking at some of the opposition, couldn’t an offer for a couple enhance our squad. Surely the purchase figure wouldn’t be too high, particularly if we can get rid of a couple.
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A bit hairy at times, but we've become pretty proficient at just letting our extra quality edge us over the line.
It's another one, anyway.
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Perfect English team in Europe stuff, that's how you do it, use the squad, do the minimum you need to, get the points.
People expecting some sort of methodical demolition are missing the point.
Precisely, it’s tournament football. Do what you have to do regardless of how pretty it looks before it gets serious and you put your strongest team out.
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Job done, we didn't learn anything really.
But our current really shouldn't be underestimated. A great achievement by all.
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Thomas Hitz, straight talking and pro Villa. Seems a lovely fella.
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Job done. Hardly out of 2nd gear. This is a competition we can realistically win. The only downside is that Guessand and Sancho have been horrendous additions who aren't good enough even for this competition.
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Hitz telling us how shit Sancho was on TNT.
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Can’t understand it
Spurs were scintillating all through the competition last season without faltering in the league.
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Lindeløf had a good game, didn t see him put a foot wrong.
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Perfect English team in Europe stuff, that's how you do it, use the squad, do the minimum you need to, get the points.
People expecting some sort of methodical demolition are missing the point.
This.
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Lindeløf had a good game, didn t see him put a foot wrong.
True.
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Lindy has been a solid signing so far.
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Sick of winning 2-1. Our GD in all the leagues we're in is that of a midtable team. Whine whine truth truth