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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on January 07, 2026, 06:17:01 PM
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Because it worked last time…
Following the same winning format, I’ll leave it to somebody else to put the team pic up once released.
You’re welcome.
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Ah Peter… you’ve fucked it.
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Pretty much as expected, and good to see Pau on the bench.
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Yep on Pau, I wonder if Mings was also fit enough but Emery decided he didn't need another defender or whether he failed the late test.
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Great to see Pau back on the bench. I am dreading this game. Really hope this is where we break our hoodoo.
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Sancho do something.
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If fully fit then Mings probably gets in ahead of Garcia, with Bogey the Cash cover. Or even Konsa.
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I bring good news. We're smashing these twats tonight.
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If we can't beat that line up we may as dissolve the club.
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Great to see Pau back on the bench. I am dreading this game. Really hope this is where we break our hoodoo.
You should have a bit more faith in Watkins. ;)
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CP has a makeshift right -side of defence. We have to make that work for us. Having said that, I'd have put Bogarde in the middle, taken Sancho out and played Maatsen down our left.
Just fcuking win, please.
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If we can't beat that Palace team, we might as well just start forfeiting and saving the petrol money to get the bus down there.
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Assume Sarr is on International duty. So that might limit them to just 3 goals.
Onnana - whats his injury? The Arsenal one i thought was concussion at the time - but clearly not.
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Concussions don't have regular or predictable recovery times. You can be fine in a day, or you can be out for months with complications. Usually it's fine, but it's unpredictable.
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I had a concussion last year and it took a month or so for the really bad headaches to stop.
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Ah Peter… you’ve fucked it.
I'm worried.
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Ah Peter… you’ve fucked it.
I'm worried.
There’s a thread for that.
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I'm not. PWS has started most of the match threads all season so I'm guessing his winning spread is quite high.
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If we can't beat that line up we may as dissolve the club.
If we lose to them I will give up following any football, start drinking unhealthily large quantites of beer and become a darts fan.
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Mateta still there though. I read today were his favourite side. He’s scored more goal against us than anyone else.
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Mateta still there though. I read today were his favourite side. He’s scored more goal against us than anyone else.
And assists. Him and Sarr have a ridiculous record against us.
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Shove that drum up their metaphorical arse Villa.
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Concussions don't have regular or predictable recovery times. You can be fine in a day, or you can be out for months with complications. Usually it's fine, but it's unpredictable.
Yeah, I once had a concussion that lasted over a month.
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Mateta still there though. I read today were his favourite side. He’s scored more goal against us than anyone else.
We have normally gave him lots more space then any other side. Hopefully this time we stop that.
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Time for Sancho to step up.
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Assume Sarr is on International duty. So that might limit them to just 3 goals.
Onnana - whats his injury? The Arsenal one i thought was concussion at the time - but clearly not.
They've replaced Sarr - always/only does well against the Villa - with Brennan Johnson - usually does well against the Villa.
I wish I was as confident (or as entitled ;) ) as those of you who think we'll brush them aside. It's not so much the team but playing in that shitty lower league ground that makes the hoodoo. It's like an awkward cup tie against a leage one side every time.
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Ah Peter… you’ve fucked it.
I'm hoping the fact that you started a thread is enough to ward off the evil spirits.
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That shirt and jacket
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They l’ve got Rooney on the bench!
Im nervous all of a sudden (not related to Rooney being on the bench)
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They l’ve got Rooney on the bench!
Im nervous all of a sudden (not related to Rooney being on the bench)
Pretty sure that's Rodney, as in Trotter (so, Crouch?).
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Would love Sancho to make an impact, but although neat and tidy he just doesn't grab a game and makes things happen. Unai obviously has faith....
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They l’ve got Rooney on the bench!
Im nervous all of a sudden (not related to Rooney being on the bench)
Pretty sure that's Rodney, as in Trotter (so, Crouch?).
Christ Ive even got my recently acquired reading glasses on, the gig is well and truly up!!
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Another 2:1 win, Watkins & SJM...
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3-1 us, Watkins, Rogers and Tielemans with a screamer (he hasn't got one yet)
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They l’ve got Rooney on the bench!
Im nervous all of a sudden (not related to Rooney being on the bench)
Pretty sure that's Rodney, as in Trotter (so, Crouch?).
Christ Ive even got my recently acquired reading glasses on, the gig is well and truly up!!
It's copperplate writing
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Fucking Sky at it again! Citeh are only 6 points behind Arsenal apparently. There was me thinking that we were also 6 points behind them as well but no mention of that of course.
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Please don't concede early. We can't keep having to recover.
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Keep it tight and don’t concede first half, they have nothing on the bench so will tire second half
Would take 0-1
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Fucking Sky at it again! Citeh are only 6 points behind Arsenal apparently. There was me thinking that we were also 6 points behind them as well but no mention of that of course.
As described by someone else on here - we are the Invisibles.
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Two match threads. We're doomed.
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I’d love a clean sheet.
With Mateta, not going to happen. I reckon it’ll be a draw tonight. And we’ll break the hoodoo.
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Concussions don't have regular or predictable recovery times. You can be fine in a day, or you can be out for months with complications. Usually it's fine, but it's unpredictable.
Yeah, I once had a concussion that lasted over a month.
In amateur rugby (and I think football too) there is a mandatory 21 day break as a minimum. For elite players, given the enhanced medical attention available, this isn’t as proscriptive.
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Ah Peter… you’ve fucked it.
I'm hoping the fact that you started a thread is enough to ward off the evil spirits.
So long as the thread stays live, the witchcraft does too.
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Emery must see something in Sancho that we're missing.
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See ‘other’ match thread.
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Two match threads. We're doomed.
We are, unless the other one is stickied.
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Brazilian thinks it’ll be fine. Sexual is worried though.
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Fucking Sky at it again! Citeh are only 6 points behind Arsenal apparently. There was me thinking that we were also 6 points behind them as well but no mention of that of course.
Sky are abysmal, they treat us a nuisance and only give us airtime if they have to. Looking forward to some Alan Smith/Keown levels of insight...
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Just have to keep winning. If we have more points than them then good luck ignoring us.
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Come on villa .with my Palace father in law tonight .. he does really like the villa but ... lefs do the fuckers
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I think Sunderland was the last league away game that we didn't concede first. In fact I think that's the only one this season we scored first.
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Brazilian thinks it’ll be fine. Sexual is worried though.
I'm more resigned now. Whether we all sup sorrow from a long spoon, which we will, or not depends on the actions of a brave few in the last few moments. So it goes.
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Emery must see something in Sancho that we're missing.
He must be electric in training.
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And we drew. Best let them get an early one.
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This fixture always has a ring around it on my calendar.
A bit like a visit to the proctologist.
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Hang on, I'm not on the match thread.
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Oh god, here we go. C’mon Villa.
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That ducking frum's back.
Come on Villa!
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Nothing against them but we really do owe these fuckers not one but several.
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First 5 mins.
This is how we always play against these lot.
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Straight into a chess match.
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Most of the Palace fans must hate that drum.
Surprised they don’t get it banned.
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First 5 mins.
This is how we always play against these lot.
Martinez 80% possession...
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Most of the Palace fans must hate that drum.
Surprised they don’t get it banned.
Theres a lot of infighting, including physical fights, between their ultras and their right wing group.
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That was a great attacking move by us.
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If we'd scored from that Digne cross it would've been Emery's masterpiece.
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Sancho is truly a fraud.
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Love seeing the energy to win the ball back straight away and ruin their fast breaks.
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Sancho is truly a fraud.
I didn’t want to be the first
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This isn’t going to be a pretty game of football. Palace happy to stand off and keep their shape.
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Sancho being Sancho again :(
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Sancho is the best outlet at the moment.
So far one of those nights where we use incredibly intricate ways of finding players in space then they turn and pass backwards.
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Cash takes one to the face from his own cross. Probably stings like a bitch in this weather.
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Hah that was quite funny.
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So Sancho is great/shit then?
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So Sancho is great/shit then?
Same with anyone who plays in the spot going back years.
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It’s not a normal palace game so far, they’re usually battering through us by this point and 1 up
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God if there is shitter view anywhere in football than from the Arthur Wait then I have yet to experience it
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It’s not a normal palace game so far, they’re usually battering through us by this point and 1 up
It took em a little while in the semi.
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
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They'll be very happy to keep it tight and then catch us on the break ... we need to score, to open them out a little.
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Wharton starting to pull the strings
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Emi saves
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Interesting tactic for their corner.
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Emi saves
Miles offisde.
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It’s not a normal palace game so far, they’re usually battering through us by this point and 1 up
It took em a little while in the semi.
We all knew what was going to happen from kick off tbh.
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Still two threads, still not merged or stickied.
It's an absolute DISGRACE, tbh.
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Emi saves
Miles offisde.
Trouble is that it doesn't get looked at so they then have a corner instead which they shouldn't have.
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I think he was just on.
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Good save.
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Good save
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Leaving three up so there are less players to crowd the box and block Martinez. Emery 😎
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Sancho crap.
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Sancho crap
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Still two threads, still not merged or stickied.
It's an absolute DISGRACE, tbh.
*Solemn nod*
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I think he was just on.
Replay certainly seemed to show that
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How we playing
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How we playing
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Looked 2 yards off to me
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Rogers having one of those games so far where his first touch is poor and a little slow.
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very defensive, looking to hit on the break
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Don't think our players protested
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Leaving three up so there are less players to crowd the box and block Martinez. Emery 😎
surprised more don't do that
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Every time he goes on about Camera I wonder who he’s on about!
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These lot really do know how to defend against us.
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
You'd be at the back of a fucking long queue.
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nicking the ball off them really well so far in all areas
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Palace always look so fast and athletic against us. I wish we had Onana out there or just to come off the bench.
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Thank you, gods-fearing moderators.
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Ffs ollie
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Sancho showing all the bravery of Duncan Norvelle so far..🙄
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Ffs ollie
Don't!!
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Thought that was going in
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Ollie is going to have to take those half chances, he won't get many.
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Their keeper did well.
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Ollie is going to have to take those half chances, he won't get many.
It was a tough one, to be fair.
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27 mins in. Not bad but we need to show far more in the final third.
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Henderson is another one that always goes prime Yev Lashin against us.
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Why don't the commentators simply say that they want Johnson to score and Palace to win?
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
You'd be at the back of a fucking long queue.
Imagine your season ticket being a couple of rows in front of him. Imagine going to a game with a heavy hangover and being a couple of rows in front of him? It would be torture
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Rogers is off it at the moment.
Ginny seems to be playing far more central than usual.
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
You'd be at the back of a fucking long queue.
Imagine your season ticket being a couple of rows in front of him. Imagine going to a game with a heavy hangover and being a couple of rows in front of him? It would be torture
Can’t believe it’s allowed.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
As long as he describes a Villa win he can sound like Alan Carr for all I care.
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Just fuck off Sancho.
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Red card followed by three stroppy yellows for Chelsea I see.
This pleases me
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Just fuck off Sancho.
Do we have him until the end of the month?
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I just wish we could create a few more chances with all this possession
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He is hobbling Cash.
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How do you take a throw in and throw it directly to an opponent?
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I assume drum boy is in their ultra section rather than a normal area.
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
You'd be at the back of a fucking long queue.
Imagine your season ticket being a couple of rows in front of him. Imagine going to a game with a heavy hangover and being a couple of rows in front of him? It would be torture
Can’t believe it’s allowed.
It's literally just banging a fucking drum aimlessly. If someone did that in the Holte there would be trouble.
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Sounds like the prat only has 1 drumstick..
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Is Matty okay?
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It seems a little cautious so far. Would be nice to beat them for a change…
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We are far too casual in the final third. Almost to the point where we just gift them the ball back.
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Wasteful in midfield so far.
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I am not by nature a violent man but in the case of that prick with the drum I could be persuaded to make an exception.
You'd be at the back of a fucking long queue.
Imagine your season ticket being a couple of rows in front of him. Imagine going to a game with a heavy hangover and being a couple of rows in front of him? It would be torture
Can’t believe it’s allowed.
It's literally just banging a fucking drum aimlessly. If someone did that in the Holte there would be trouble.
The metal at the back of the Holte takes a battering most games
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
As long as he describes a Villa win he can sound like Alan Carr for all I care.
It’s more like Davros, King of the Daleks.
Alan Carr would at least know his football. His dad was a great Manager of Nuneaton!
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late by hughes, the dark arts master
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Sancho is a waste of a shirt
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How was that not a yellow for Hughes? Why do refs so often give a warning for fouls like that against us?
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Sancho is fucking useless.
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Palace used to annoy me, now I actively hate them.
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TOO FUCKING CASUAL VILLA.
PICK IT UP PLEASE.
sorry for shouting
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He is killing our attacks down the right
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Sancho is fucking useless.
..he's not that good sadly
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In the second half Sancho can be replaced by a wing clipped pigeon......
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We can never get going against Palace.
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How was that not a yellow for Hughes? Why do refs so often give a warning for fouls like that against us?
A nasty, niggly player who needs a good kicking.
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Ffs Ollie…..how many times will you fuck those chances up
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Sancho should be on the left, attacking the weak side of their defence.
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Hughes managing to get out of a booking by telling the ref it wasn't one. Right you are.
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Fucking hell Ollie that's two now
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Got to do better Watkins, not sure if that was a shot.
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Slowly, slowly, catchee eagle.
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Put your fucking laces through it, Watkins.
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Sancho should be on the left, attacking the weak side of their defence.
Has looked best for us down the right
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Ffs Ollie…..how many times will you fuck those chances up
It looked like it was going wide too!
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Took an extra 3 steps for some reason
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Took too long to get the shot off.
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Ok that wasn't such a tough one. Took an age to set himself.
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Ffs Ollie…..how many times will you fuck those chances up
It looked like it was going wide too!
Miles wide!
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Ffs Ollie…..how many times will you fuck those chances up
It looked like it was going wide too!
Looks like he didn’t even hit it cleanly
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got to shoot early watkins! you dont even need to have a look
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Handball?
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Two penalties turned down now. Jesus, it's a joke playing these now.
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How was that not a yellow for Hughes? Why do refs so often give a warning for fouls like that against us?
Yep. Ridiculous non-booking. Seems to be happening every game.
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That one was because Watkins isn't confident with his left foot, the little delay to settle himself killed the chance.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
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Two penalties turned down now. Jesus, it's a joke playing these now.
Each would have earned a penalty for the exalted few no doubt.
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First wasn't a pen but second should have been imo.
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How was that not a yellow for Hughes? Why do refs so often give a warning for fouls like that against us?
A nasty, niggly player who needs a good kicking.
Definitely my least favourite albino.
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I mean, what's the criteria for handball now, do you have to put it in front of the ref with the flat of your palm?
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Most positive thing you can say about that half is we didn't concede.
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I know we play the patient game, but Lindy has just passed back to Martinez from the halfway line with every one of our players in their half
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I mean, what's the criteria for handball now, do you have to put it in front of the ref with the flat of your palm?
Surely blocking a shot on target with a hand is handball?
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We just can’t work out bloody Palace.
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Half time.
Hopefully that was our shit half.
We look more concerned about keeping hold of the ball and stopping them from playing, than having a go ourselves.
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While we didn't do much.. Palace didn't do anything.
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On the plus side i'm about to do a sausage, last time I did one at HT was the Chelsea game.
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We just can’t work out bloody Palace.
Neither can Unai ??
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
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at least we competed well that half - we don't usually against these
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I'm still stunned at the transformation of this team. Not many months ago we could not get that ball out - passing from the back and couldn't do more than 3 passes. Almost the same players, passing with confidence and building from the back is such an accolade for Unai.
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Sancho not in it, Morgs not always on it, Ollie heavy touch and one touch too many.
Suffocating.
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At least we’ve walked a lot more.
50.33
Distance covered (Km)
48.86
WalkingCrystal Palace 29.24 %Aston Villa 32.13 %
29.24
Walking %
32.13
JoggingCrystal Palace 62.45 %Aston Villa 60.26 %
62.45
Jogging %
60.26
SprintingCrystal Palace 8.31 %Aston Villa 7.61 %
8.31
Sprinting %
7.61
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I'm still stunned at the transformation of this team. Not many months ago we could not get that ball out - passing from the back and couldn't do more than 3 passes. Almost the same players, passing with confidence and building from the back is such an accolade for Unai.
Eh ?
It’s the way we have played for 3 years.
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The second one to me looked like a handballl.
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We're doing nothing different in this game þhan in previous games v them. It's only going to end up one way.
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I rate Glasner as a coach but there is no way a team as limited as Palace should be able to go toe-to-toe with us.
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We just can’t work out bloody Palace.
Neither can Unai ??
Patience. Other than Johnson they haven't, for once, looked like they'll score with every attack. I trust Emery to tweak our attacking patterns in the second half to make us more dangerous. Sancho has been fine, btw.
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Surprised by some of the reactions on here to that, I thought it was our best half against these dream-mashers in years.
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I think he will go for it in the second half. Sancho off for Malen
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
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Two more strong athletic talk defenders off the Palace production line making life pretty difficult for our strikers. What do they feed them on down there?
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Oh dear - winning on xG, that doesn’t bode well
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The second one to me looked like a handballl.
Yeah , Arsenal,Man city,Liverpool,Chelsea get a pen for that.
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Sancho (piss) poor again. Emery won't do it at ht but I'd be thinking of Malen for him on 55 mins. Rogers looked better last 15 mins. Team looks a bit 'meh' all over the pitch.
Two clear handballs, both could easily have been given but as its us, nope.
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I rate Glasner as a coach but there is no way a team as limited as Palace should be able to go toe-to-toe with us.
Is this an attempt to be quoted on their forum after they win?!
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I'd bring Sancho on.
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Surprised by some of the reactions on here to that, I thought it was our best half against these dream-mashers in years.
Yes, we have dominated possession, but It’s also their B team remember.
I just want us to show a bit more urgency in their final 3rd. We will break them soon.
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I rate Glasner as a coach but there is no way a team as limited as Palace should be able to go toe-to-toe with us.
Is this an attempt to be quoted on their forum after they win?!
Or that has utterly failed to pay heed to the recent past.
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Sancho (piss) poor again. Emery won't do it at ht but I'd be thinking of Malen for him on 55 mins. Rogers looked better last 15 mins. Team looks a bit 'meh' all over the pitch.
Two clear handballs, both could easily have been given but as its us, nope.
Apparently,we've not been awarded a penalty all season. Looks as if Madeley is under instructions that it stays that way.
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I assume he means their match squad today rather than Palace as a club.
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I'd take a point here tbh. They aren't falling for our bait press and nothing good is going to happen until Will "20 fouls allowed before getting booked" Hughes is receives a card.
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Put Sancho on the drum and someone who gives a shit on the right.
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Watkins doing Watkins (and hopefully scoring second half). That Will Hughes is a right nause isn’t he.
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Better half coming up.
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That looked a pen. He literally stopped the ball on the way through to goal..
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Sancho (piss) poor again. Emery won't do it at ht but I'd be thinking of Malen for him on 55 mins. Rogers looked better last 15 mins. Team looks a bit 'meh' all over the pitch.
Two clear handballs, both could easily have been given but as its us, nope.
Apparently,we've not been awarded a penalty all season. Looks as if Madeley is under instructions that it stays that way.
Hopefully Judy will give him a damn good thrashing when he gets home.
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Utterly dominant, need to find some cutting edge in that final third.
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Thought we looked really sharp. Comfortably the more footballing side. They are dangerous on the break and I think we might need two goals to win it but we're well-capable of it.
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Watkins doing Watkins (and hopefully scoring second half). That Will Hughes is a right nause isn’t he.
Albinos with white beards look fucking wierd.
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If the ball strikes the hand and the ball is diverted, when it was on target, surely that should be a penalty?
Is Sancho's middle name anonymous?
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Sancho off
Mcginn to the right
Little Emi in the centre
We will win then
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Sancho (piss) poor again. Emery won't do it at ht but I'd be thinking of Malen for him on 55 mins. Rogers looked better last 15 mins. Team looks a bit 'meh' all over the pitch.
Two clear handballs, both could easily have been given but as its us, nope.
Apparently,we've not been awarded a penalty all season. Looks as if Madeley is under instructions that it stays that way.
Hopefully Judy will give him a damn good thrashing when he gets home.
Whoops! Madley.
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As with all games against this lot, the first goal is critical.
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Seeing the reply on the second - it looks like it hit the bottom half of his arm - that was at 90 degree to him
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No subs.
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We desperately need some wingers.
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Martinez off again !!!!
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Bizot..
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Martinez off for Bizot
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Bizot on?
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Martinez off. Ffs
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Or rather Bizot on, outfield the same.
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Why are you guys surprised Sancho is doing the absolute bare minimum of running around? He's been doing the exact same thing for 5+ years!
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Martinez off. Ffs
Transfer window ;-)
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Ffs.
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Martinez off. Ffs
Transfer window ;-)
I wouldn’t be against it.
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Martinez off again !!!!
He seems to be made of china these days.
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Emi seems to come off a lot.
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Not ideal
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Need to get Malen on, not that bothered if it's Watkins or Sancho that go off, neither offering much.
Big Emi off?
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Sancho still on.
Unai WTF!!!
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Fuck, flashbacks to that time Olsen came on at HT and we conceded 4 was it?
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Hahaha fuck, it's always something.
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Not many would have predicted Bizot getting more minutes than Sancho, Guessand and Elliott combined.
(I cannot and WILL NOT check if this is actually accurate).
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Martinez off. Ffs
Transfer window ;-)
Utd losing ..
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
No it's not. In that video, you can clearly hear the "ign" sound and the final "e".
"Dean" is an anglicised pronunciation of his name, but it's not how the French pronounce, or Digne himself!
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Fuck, flashbacks to that time Olsen came on at HT and we conceded 4 was it?
3. We were already losing 1-0 at half time. Bizot conceded three at VP this season though including giving away a penalty.
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The famous I’m not moving for the half time penalty shootout competition
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Bizot on to provoke the press
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We are still trying to walk it through a red and blue striped wall
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Need to get Malen on, not that bothered if it's Watkins or Sancho that go off, neither offering much.
Big Emi off?
Probably wouldn’t sub a striker who has scored lots of late.
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Bizot on to provoke the press
Might make them write about us more.
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Get it fucking long.
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Palace look like they would take the draw.
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Crying out for some Buendia magic.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
No it's not. In that video, you can clearly hear the "ign" sound and the final "e".
"Dean" is an anglicised pronunciation of his name, but it's not how the French pronounce, or Digne himself!
English people often exaggerate the sounds in a French word in an attempt to sound correct when they're not
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Martinez fitness is becoming a reoccurring issue
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My patience with Emi Martinez is wearing very thin. It must be some kind of record for a player being in the team at the start of the game and not finishing it.
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At a guess I would say Martinez is ill - he doesn't look too well.
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Lev fucking Yashin as usual.
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Knocking on the door now.
It’s there for us, if we want it.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
Lol. He definitely ain't saying "Dean" there!
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At a guess I would say Martinez is ill - he doesn't look too well.
Pretty sure he's having back issues.
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Getting closer here!
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We've upped the pace it seems.
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You can see what's coming here.
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Where is the Dean Henderson from Sheffield United when he let us draw 3-3 from 3-0 down in the 82nd minute?
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Sucker punch coming.
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You can see what's coming here.
Yep, two or three Villa goals.
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Sucker punch coming.
Yup.
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Did I hear the Villa fans shouting Bizot just?
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Ollie’s passing has been as bad as his finishing
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Poor defending there.
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Hughes winded by Johns arse-hole.
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Sucker punch coming.
I love it when I do that after she’s finished.
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
Lol. He definitely ain't saying "Dean" there!
He's not saying dean-yah which was the point.
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I do like Wharton can we get him please
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Did I hear the Villa fans shouting Bizot just?
Bizet, I think. Very cultured, our fans.
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Ignore
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Would like Sancho to come off for Malen.
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Get Bogarde on and McGinn out wide
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This is gonna be one of those nights.
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how come Martinez has pussied out again?
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Would like Sancho to come off for Malen.
This, for me.
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LOL that blonde haired Kenny-burns-channeling dirty wanker felt the full force of McGinns magic arse there :D
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Not just a drum but a megaphone as well! FFS!!
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Lev fucking Yashin as usual.
To be fair he is a very good keeper. ManU let him go for a song
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Need a tweak here...
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how come Martinez has pussied out again?
what a strange comment.
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Bit of a momentum swing here. Need to regain control.
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We are getting lazier and lazier
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Game is opening up for sure
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how come Martinez has pussied out again?
So if he’s injured he should have stayed on?
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How the fuck is that not a foul?
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Commentator just said Will Hughes in a discussion about the World Cup squad, what the fuck?
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Rogers fouled for about 5 seconds...nothing doing
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great football villa
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Would like Sancho to come off for Malen.
This, for me.
Yep, ASAP.
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He has Panamanian relatives
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Half hour to go.
Maybe we will try and open up soon ?
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What odds the ref gives Rogers a yellow for fuck all?
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Rogers fouled for about 5 seconds...nothing doing
unbelievable.
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Subs now Unai.
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Commentator just said Will Hughes in a discussion about the World Cup squad, what the fuck?
Panini stickers.....?
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
Lol. He definitely ain't saying "Dean" there!
He's not saying dean-yah which was the point.
Yeah, he is, just not as clearly as the commentator is making it - which was what I said before. He's Parisian, but if he were from Marseille, you'd be able to hear the final "e" much more clearly.
Either way, his name would have to be spelled "Dine" for it to be pronounced "Dean".
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Get Sancho off!
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The other results are going just our way too.
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Man City drawing
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That laddo on our right needs to come off now
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Every now and then you do need to go long in defence.
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Citeh drawing.
Need to win this.
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Fucking Sancho
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Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!
His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.
His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.
When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said: it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.
Yep, that's how he always says it - https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300 (https://youtu.be/ScNovNeQUU4?si=tRJ0wq6of3JIQF4i&t=300)
Lol. He definitely ain't saying "Dean" there!
He's not saying dean-yah which was the point.
Yeah, he is, just not as clearly as the commentator is making it - which was what I said before. He's Parisian, but if he were from Marseille, you'd be able to hear the final "e" much more clearly.
Either way, his name would have to be spelled "Dine" for it to be pronounced "Dean".
Always preferred Torvill myself...
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I think Unai will go for it last 20
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Buendia looks like he's coming on.
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Would like Sancho to come off for Malen.
This, for me.
Yeah. You're right too, we definitely need another tricky winger. Dare I say it, there's a bit of a Bailey-shaped hole on that right flank.
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I know we need to win to keep up but some games just wanted to get out unscathed. Like tonight
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Need changes now.
Sanch off Malen on.
Come on Villa.
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Sancho off 66 mins too late.
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Sancho off.
Thank fuck.
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Good, get that lump off!
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Well done Bizot!
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f'r FUCKS SAKE Sancho! his successful passes must be about 20%
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Buendia on. Come on Emi2. Do some magic!
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Are we going to get tricky Buendia or bullied Buendia?
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Sancho off thank fuck
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Great saves, Bizot.
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Fucking hell sort it out Villa!
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Well done Bizot!
Not great really, pushed it straight to their player.
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I know we need to win to keep up but some games just wanted to get out unscathed. Like tonight
If we have pretentions of doing anything, we need to better than this against injury ravaged teams
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65: SUB! Villa make another change, with Buendia on for Sancho.
Sancho takes the applause from the away fans
I don't think they were applauding what you did, just that you were finally off.
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f'r FUCKS SAKE Sancho! his successful passes must be about 20%
I'd take him back to Manchester on a tandem in the fog myself...
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fuckin hell bodies on the line there. digne crucial block!
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This is starting to feel like recent Palace games in terms of the surge of momentum.
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Is the young Brazilian lad cleared to play?
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how did we keep that out?
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Not enjoying this
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As I said - getting lazy!
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We're on thin fucking ice here.
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That wasn’t nice to watch. Malen on please!
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Will Hughes is a twat. Not a footballer. yet he's still bossing the midfield.
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Tielemans has gone to shit in the last 15 mins. He needs to wake up
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Fucking hell, this is starting to look like a typical Palace game. i.e. shite.
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This ref is letting a hell of a lot go unpunished but seemingly only one way
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Jeeeeez. It's happening again. They go forward and we totally lose our composure each time.
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No way that McGinn foul gets given the other way.
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This lot always seem to bully us in games.
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They've gone up three gears and we've gone down three.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Palace
Wake up Villa FFS
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No way that McGinn foul gets given the other way.
No chance. We’re struggling with their physicality
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Ref has lost the plot here and become a Homer
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I think we needed Malen rather then Emi, needed to get a bit of pace and directness in rather than another body to want to drift into an already congested middle.
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Why do we always look like 15 year olds playing against men in this fixture?
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6 on target to our 2. Sort it out Villa.
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Ref has lost the plot here and become a Homer
A Holmesdale in fact.
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gone a bit ragged since the sub
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Second best to every ball.
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Ian and Malen getting ready
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Very passive from our lot
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They have our measure (again) here. We haven’t strung 2 passes together for 15 mins
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This lot always seem to bully us in games.
We let them
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These fuckers got a dose of meth at half-time, not an orange.
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Once again Youris game seems to have gone to pot when up against Wharton and Young. Please please prove me wrong Youri a bang one in.
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Ian and Malen getting ready
SJM and Digne off.
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I know we need to win to keep up but some games just wanted to get out unscathed. Like tonight
If we have pretentions of doing anything, we need to better than this against injury ravaged teams
Oh I know. We should be better than this. For whatever reason we struggle against this lot physically and mentally. We need to get over it.
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why do we always go shite against these .. Its like we think they are barcelona 10 years ago
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Come on villa ffs
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Ian and Malen getting ready
SJM and Digne off.
Well we are going for it
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Ian and Malen getting ready
SJM and Digne off.
Interesting subs.
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I know we need to win to keep up but some games just wanted to get out unscathed. Like tonight
If we have pretentions of doing anything, we need to better than this against injury ravaged teams
Oh I know. We should be better than this. For whatever reason we struggle against this lot physically and mentally. We need to get over it.
You are right TV….and I think it’s more mental than physical now.
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This lot always seem to bully us in games.
We let them
They just refuse to let us dominate the midfield in the way other teams let us.
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If Glasner goes to Yanited we'll never beat those twats again.
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Just one goal. Please Villa!
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why do we always go shite against these .. Its like we think they are barcelona 10 years ago
Or we look like Villa of 10 years ago.
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Just eight goals. Please Villa!
Fixed.
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Started playing stupid football now.
Giving the ball away cheaply. And Silly fouls
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This is shite. Just can't hold the ball.
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We just can never get it right against these. It’s so weird.
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They sorted out their press at half-time and are blocking off our out-balls. Arteta did similar last week.
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Not sure this is a match for Buendia.
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We just can never get it right against these. It’s so weird.
Just said the same to my sons.
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I hate playing Palace
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It always looks like they've done their homework on us.
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We just can never get it right against these. It’s so weird.
Just said the same to my sons.
Because we always play the same way. We don’t change our approach in these games.
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Wharton kills Youris game every fucking time
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Well defended Malen.
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They sorted out their press at half-time and are blocking off our out-balls. Arteta did similar last week.
We also lost out defensive midfielder at half time as well so.....
In this case the first sub of Sancho moved McGinn out of midfield and the second subs took him out the game.
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Can we stop giving away the ball on the edge of our box please!
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Disappointed that palace haven't been that good like previous games
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All over us now.
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Come on Villa, enough, lets get this sorted.
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If we beat these i will believe but as it stands its same old same old vs this shower of shite
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Johnson should be off.
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They sorted out their press at half-time and are blocking off our out-balls. Arteta did similar last week.
We also lost out defensive midfielder at half time as well so.....
In this case the first sub of Sancho moved McGinn out of midfield and the second subs took him out the game.
I think the game had already changed by the time Sancho came off, though.
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Garbage as usual. It's bizarre
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We look knackered, they are still going strong
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Every time we play these it's like a trip to the fucking dentist
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First time subs have made us worse for a long time
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And yet they’ve got a serious squad shortage
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We do it to ourselves.
Shit scared of losing to them
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Sod it, I'd take a draw now.
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At this stage a point would be a great result
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Booby off for Bogey.
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We do not seem interested. They are a yard in front of us. We need to get players in who have a different mindset to most of ours.
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wank buendia
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Playing against their B team and will be lucky to escape with a point. Utterly bamboozled by how bad we are against these.
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First time subs have made us worse for a long time
Arsenal
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Sod it, I'd take a draw now.
Let's face it, that would be a very decent result.
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wank buendia
If you think it will help him play better then go for it.
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Sick of making these look like world beaters every time we play them. We really are their whipping boys.
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Booby off for Bogey.
Another interesting one. I just hope they think he has given his all and it isn't an injury.
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Boom boom boom boom fucking boom
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And yet they’ve got a serious squad shortage
Glasner has got Unai’s number, simple as that. Crushed us repeatedly and playing the reserves still looks like turning us over.
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wank buendia
If you think it will help him play better then go for it.
I don’t think he can hear him
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There midfielders just dominate ours time and again
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wank buendia
Is that an instruction?
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wank buendia
If you think it will help him play better then go for it.
Mrs is out
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Playing against their B team and will be lucky to escape with a point. Utterly bamboozled by how bad we are against these.
Henderson Guehi Wharton Mateta are their best players.
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All the fouls in this game and Mitchell gets a card for kicking the ball away.
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Close!
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Hit the post.
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Fuuuuck so close.
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Wharton would be a great replacement for SJM when his time is done
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Wharton would be a great replacement for SJM when his time is done
Hmm, he'd need one of those Brazilian bum lifts.
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Tonev special.
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Okay Villa its time to put one of these away and shut up shop for the night.....Lets do it lads
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You can hear Austin McPhee above the crowd.
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That's a pen for me
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I hope the FA don't notice we put him back on.
86: McGinn's swings in a corner is flicked goalwards by Konsa but cleared by Mateta.
The resulting corner is partially cleared by Henderson's punch, before Maatsen blazes his effort wide from the edge of the area.
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Buendia gets worse as the season goes on.
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Penalty checked and cleared WTF he had his arms all around him!
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Their 23 has been an absolute beast. Where do they keep getting them from?
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Grealish sent off at Everton.
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Tielemans pulled to the ground by the pub drunk..nothing doing...laughable
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Just need to let some of our quality show
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Their 23 has been an absolute beast. Where do they keep getting them from?
We tried to sign him in the summer, but The Money Stuff stopped us.
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3 added mins
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that was the one
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Unlucky Morgan
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Midfield has gone
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How can the ref not see that deflection to take it over the bar?
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Midfield has gone
Just a massive empty void in the middle. Uncontested every time.
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Penalty checked and cleared WTF he had his arms all around him!
It wasnt Liverpool
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Fuck me ref you were looking right at that. Rogers shot was on target before their defender blocked it and you gave a fucking goal kick!!! Moron
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How can the ref not see that deflection to take it over the bar?
Ref has been awful.
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How can the ref not see that deflection to take it over the bar?
Two words. Andy Madley.
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When the referee makes such a clear and obvious error in not awarding a corner, why can't the VAR just have a quick word in his ear?
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FFS Rogers. Stay on your feet.
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How can the ref not see that deflection to take it over the bar?
Ref has been awful.
Can’t remember the last time we had a good one
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FT
Booo
Urns
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Wow, never see Unai like that.
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Need to get Malen on, not that bothered if it's Watkins or Sancho that go off, neither offering much.
Big Emi off?
Probably wouldn’t sub a striker who has scored lots of late.
Let's hope he learns from it.
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Wow, never see Unai like that.
What did he do
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Not bad but rather flat performance.
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Wow, never see Unai like that.
Days of Mr nice guy over?
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usual straight down the tunnel tonight marched right to the ref
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Wow, never see Unai like that.
What did he do
Maybe thinks we should have had a pen for the body slam on Yuri?