Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on January 08, 2026, 05:53:08 AM
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Sat 10th Jan, 17.45 KO.
Up for the cup!
And it makes a nice change to head to that there London.
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They aren't a happy camp!
https://x.com/ChrisCowlin/status/2009025217662996574
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Feels like they're turning into the 1990s Tottenham.
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I think they are likely to go full strength because Frank can not afford to lose this one. I expect us to put out a weakened team. We do not have the squad to go deep in this.
Not our year again.
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I think they are likely to go full strength because Frank can not afford to lose this one. I expect us to put out a weakened team. We do not have the squad to go deep in this.
Not our year again.
I agree with what your saying largely, other than I’m not sure we have a deep enough squad for much of a weakened team.
Bizot
Cash
Konsa
Lindelof
Mastsen
Bogarde
Tielemans
Beundia
Malen
Rogers
Sancho
1-2 (Watkins off the bench, Rogers)
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I think they are likely to go full strength because Frank can not afford to lose this one. I expect us to put out a weakened team. We do not have the squad to go deep in this.
Not our year again.
My thoughts as well.
Rubbish draw, this.
When you consider all the other teams available in the Third Round draw.
Unai will prioritise the other two comps we're in over this one, rightly or wrongly.
2-1 to them.
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I think they will take this more seriously than us. They will want to prove a point to the fans after paulinta and VDV argued with fans
Still dont know why VDV hasnt asked to more.he is too good for them
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We have a week after this before our next game. Puuuush!
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I'm guessing we won't want to risk Emi in this, so I reckon we'll see;
Bizot
Cash, Konsa, Lindeloff, Maatsen
Bogarde, Tielemans
Sancho, Buendia, Rogers
Malen
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I think they are likely to go full strength because Frank can not afford to lose this one. I expect us to put out a weakened team. We do not have the squad to go deep in this.
Not our year again.
I agree with what your saying largely, other than I’m not sure we have a deep enough squad for much of a weakened team.
Bizot
Cash
Konsa
Lindelof
Mastsen
Bogarde
Tielemans
Beundia
Malen
Rogers
Sancho
1-2 (Watkins off the bench, Rogers)
Torres was back on the bench last night so will come back in Id expect. Maybe with Lindelof next to him. Really can't afford for Cash to get injured so Garcia likely will be given a run at RB. To state the obvious but the squad needs strengthening asap.
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Bizot
Garcia
Lindelof
Pau
Digne
Bogarde
Tielemans
Sancho
Buendia
Rogers
Malen
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Bizot
Garcia
Lindelof
Pau
Digne
Bogarde
Tielemans
Sancho
Buendia
Rogers
Malen
With Hemmings and Aloba to get some minutes; perhaps even Alysson as well.
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Can we not give the lad Jimoh-Aloba a start on the right? He's looked bloody handy the few times I've seen him.
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I’d be inclined to leave Konsa on the bench. He needs a rest. Pau and Lindelöf would be okay. Bogarde in for SJM as he needs a rest too. Somebody, anybody in for Sancho.
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Can we not give the lad Jimoh-Aloba a start on the right? He's looked bloody handy the few times I've seen him.
Yeah i see no harm in starting him for this either tbh
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False Dawn FC 3
Aston Villa Irregulars 1
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I’d be inclined to leave Konsa on the bench. He needs a rest. Pau and Lindelöf would be okay. Bogarde in for SJM as he needs a rest too.
Agreed, I'd like Rogers get a rest as well
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They've a manager under pressure, we have other priorities. I'd imagine they'll pick a fairly strong team while we will go with a League Cup type mixture of first teamers and back-ups. Given that, and the extra disadvantage of always losing penalty shoot-outs to London teams, I expect us to be knocked out.
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Has anyone got their tickets yet?
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Is this our 3rd priority competition?
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False Dawn FC 3
Aston Villa Irregulars 1
I thought we were the Aston Villa Invisibles now ?
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Is this our 3rd priority competition?
Obviously so.
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Can we not give the lad Jimoh-Aloba a start on the right? He's looked bloody handy the few times I've seen him.
Yeah i see no harm in starting him for this either tbh
Yes, really like the look of this lad. Think Unai can work his magic on him, doesn't seem phased at all on the occasions he's got minutes.
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False Dawn FC 3
Aston Villa Irregulars 1
I thought we were the Aston Villa Invisibles now ?
Only if you're the kind of adult whose bottom lip wobbles when the nasty people on the TV forget to say the words 'Aston Villa lost/won/drew, they are on X points'!
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Spurs are starting to implode even further with seriously negative vibes around the manager & players.
Villa to win 3-1 in front of thousands of very happy Villa supporters.
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I know this won’t be popular but this game is far more important to them than us.
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We went stronger in this competition last year than I expected us to given that we were in the more prestigious European competition so I'd expect us to go strong again for this one. There may be a little bit of workload management with something like Boubacar/Tielemans splittling minutes or Pau/Konsa having 45 mins each to ease Pau back in but not rotating to Carabao levels. Hopefully will be enough to progress.
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As discussed on the Emery thread, I think Unai is (actually) trying to win the PL. I hate spurs so would love to smash them, but we will rest players do this I’m sure, and I’m just about ok with that.
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Can we not give the lad Jimoh-Aloba a start on the right? He's looked bloody handy the few times I've seen him.
Agree, i'd like to see at least half an hour for Hemmings as well, and ideally I'd love to see Wilson involved.
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The pain from Wembley raised itself again last night, there have disappointments over my time watching the Villa but this still feels like the worst.
So......I still covert the FA Cup but the prospect of us getting knocked out leaves me strangely ambivalent. Perhaps it's the fact that we are going so well in the League with our European campaign well set, coupled with the knowledge that we're well aware of Emery's priorities.
Anyway, a win against Spurs is always welcome, a rollocking good day out for everyone and keep the momentum going as well as giving us something to do at 7pm on Monday (or whenever the draw is).
1-2
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Bizot
Garcia Konsa Lindelof Maatsen
Bogarde Tielemans
Sancho Buendia McGinn
Malen
Subs: Watkins, Torres, Digne, Hemmings, Rogers
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Bizot
Garcia Lindy Pau Maatsen
Bogarde Tielemens
Sancho Hemmings Buendia
Malen
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Agree that it's a good chance to get Pau some minutes. Hopefully we'll discover that our stand-ins are better than in previous years, because stand-ins is what we're getting.
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0-4
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Harder to win this comp than the Europa. I'd go with:
Biz
Garcia
Maatsen
Lindelof
Torres
Bogarde
Buendia
Malen
Sancho
Youri/Kamara half game each
Watkins/Rogers half game each
Complete rest for Cash Konsa Emi M and SJM
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3-1 them, sadly, to save Franks' arse.
We've had our good FA Cup run (last season) for the next 10 years).
(still hoping we'll beat them...)
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Agree that it's a good chance to get Pau some minutes. Hopefully we'll discover that our stand-ins are better than in previous years, because stand-ins is what we're getting.
Don't stand me down.
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sadly the FA cup means less to me at this point , sorry I feel like that really
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So......I still covet the FA Cup but the prospect of us getting knocked out leaves me strangely ambivalent. Perhaps it's the fact that we are going so well in the League with our European campaign well set, coupled with the knowledge that we're well aware of Emery's priorities.
It's easier to be ambivalent about it when we're comfortably top 3 and favourites for a European trophy than when we're in a race for 11th.
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Was chatting about this last night at Selhurst - I covet the cup , as it's the only thing I haven't seen us win, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would happily lose this if it keeps our season in the other two ticking away like it is at the moment. I think the semi last year convinced me we are never going to win it, I really thought it was our year!
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What a depressing 3 pages.
We're in the best nick for donkeys and there are those who wouldn't care if we were knocked out of the FA Cup. I heard two lads on about it at Palace and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
We sold out this game easily and the team will have voracious backing against a team on their arse. 3-0 Villa.
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Can't be arsed with the FA Cup these days, to be honest. It's lost most of its romance.
I hope we beat Spurs, but if we don't I won't be crying about it.
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So......I still covet the FA Cup but the prospect of us getting knocked out leaves me strangely ambivalent. Perhaps it's the fact that we are going so well in the League with our European campaign well set, coupled with the knowledge that we're well aware of Emery's priorities.
It's easier to be ambivalent about it when we're comfortably top 3 and favourites for a European trophy than when we're in a race for 11th.
But this time last year I'd have given up both CL qualification and the CL for the FA Cup....
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Was chatting about this last night at Selhurst - I covet the cup , as it's the only thing I haven't seen us win, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would happily lose this if it keeps our season in the other two ticking away like it is at the moment. I think the semi last year convinced me we are never going to win it, I really thought it was our year!
Im with you, was convinced it was our year, before a sense of dread about an hour before the semi final kicked off.
Will still be excited come Saturday, but feels a bit all or nothing for Spurs and Frank, so if Unai is a little bit more ambivalent, this combination might see Spurs through.
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His main goal is playing in Europe, and obviously CL in particular. Wouldn’t be surprised if we field a second string side.
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It would be befitting that a famous club like Villa become the first to win the trophy in 3 different centuries. There's only a select few clubs that can achieve that accolade. I know it's lost a bit of glamour , but I would love us to win it.
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I don’t want to lose this one. Especially to this lot.
There are no replays and all games played on Saturdays. (Or weekends anyway)
I’d expect him to play a stronger side than he has been in the Europa League.
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I don’t want to lose this one. Especially to this lot.
There are no replays and all games played on Saturdays. (Or weekends anyway)
I’d expect him to play a stronger side than he has been in the Europa League.
Funny how views can be different - I absolutely expect to see changes and something like the Europa League sides.
And while I’d love to see a trophy, I find myself quite ambivalent about this one ( in the context of our current season)
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Aston Villa treble winners 2026 sounds nice so let's smash these so hard they become a non league club again.
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If we do win, I think the sex'n'ski instructor (his'n'hers) will be out of a job by the end of the weekend.
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They have 9 players out but can field a reasonably strong team if they want to. If they do, this will be an Emery masterclass with second half substitutes
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Here's the piece about the Spurs v Villa game from the Guardian's column
FA Cup third round: 10 things to look out for this weekend
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We absolutely cannot risk the irreplacables in this game, so no Martinez, Konsa, Cash, Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins. We are going to need some of the backups at some point so lets give them game time.
Bizot
Garcia Bogarde Lindelof Maatsen
Jimoh-Aloba Hemmings McGinn Sancho
Buendia Malen
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We absolutely cannot risk the irreplacables in this game, so no Martinez, Konsa, Cash, Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins. We are going to need some of the backups at some point so lets give them game time.
Bizot
Garcia Bogarde Lindelof Maatsen
Jimoh-Aloba Hemmings McGinn Sancho
Buendia Malen
I agree,I would like to rest SJM if possible, i think there will be a lot of sharing going on.
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I'd play Pau, it'll be useful for him to get some minutes after missing a few weeks. It sounds like there's a decent chance Alysson will play as well.
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I don't mind that team but please leave Sancho out completely. Better to actually play with 10 than 'play with 10'.
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If Sancho’s named in the starting XI, will he actually play?
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Stick in Jimoh and Georgie, let them run rampant like Chucky and Phoilogene did as subs a few years back at this Tottenham library.
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Spurs are there for the taking at the moment. Depends who Emery puts in but I fancy us to get a narrow win.
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Some wild team selections being touted. Apart from Emery's first season (Stevenage - less said the better), he's picked strong FA cup teams in both seasons. Both of those seasons we were in European competition.
There might be one or two changes but I absolutely can't see a world where Jimoh, Hemmings, Garcia etc all play
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I expect Spurs will make a big thing of the death this week of Martin Chivers.
Minute silence/applause, armbands, highlights reel on the big screen etc.
Understandable.
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So did West Ham with Billy Bonds, fat lot of good it did them.
Also, our tribute to Gary Shaw looked, sadly, a bit half-cocked in comparison. Was there even a tifo? Ozzy got one without giving a shag about the Villa.
Minute's silence was fucked-up and turned into an applause too.
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I think we’ll win this despite putting out an almost unrecognisable team. If we do go out though, it’ll affect me for all of 5 minutes. The FA Cup lost its glory for me years ago when the clubs stopped caring. 1-0 to us I think
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Some wild team selections being touted. Apart from Emery's first season (Stevenage - less said the better), he's picked strong FA cup teams in both seasons. Both of those seasons we were in European competition.
There might be one or two changes but I absolutely can't see a world where Jimoh, Hemmings, Garcia etc all play
I agree, with no midweek game next week I think he’ll go fairly strong.
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Some wild team selections being touted. Apart from Emery's first season (Stevenage - less said the better), he's picked strong FA cup teams in both seasons. Both of those seasons we were in European competition.
There might be one or two changes but I absolutely can't see a world where Jimoh, Hemmings, Garcia etc all play
I would agree. I can't see all of them starting and don't think I would want to. In the past, when fit, he nearly always selects Martinez, Konsa, Tielemans, and Rogers, and whilst he may vary from that, we need to put a strong team out. We shouldn't shrug the FA Cup away, especially whilst there is no guarantee of winning another trophy this season.
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I see the match is on on both the Beeb and TNT, which is a bit odd, but it's good for those, who haven't Sky or Virgin.
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Martinez definitely out although I doubt he would have started anyway. Mings still to be assessed. As for Alyyson, sounds like they are considering him in the squad but very non-comittal on starting.
Meanwhile, January signing Alysson could be involved at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Emery said: “Today, we are training now and we expect to be ready for tomorrow, but we need to check him in the training session.
“Of course, he did a few training (sessions) with us and he had a small stop for one small injury.
“But he trained yesterday, he has to adapt in everything, but we want to try and include him as soon as possible in our meetings, in our moments gathering for dinner, lunch, breakfast.
“Try to get close with his team-mates and hopefully he can travel to London and be in the match tomorrow against Tottenham.”
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Romero banned.
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Romero banned.
Shame, he's such a lovable scamp.
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I expect an extra match ban for Grealish as well.so he might also miss our match next week.
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It's the one trophy I really want to see us lift in my lifetime. I'm also totally on-board with us focusing on winning the Europa and getting top 5 as absolute priority, and won't shed a tear if we go out tomorrow.
Equally, I'm very on board with our new Brazilian tearing them a new one and sending Spurs into meltdown.
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I had a look at The Fighting Cock.
- They think we'll hump them.
- Some of them will be annoyed if they win because it means Frank will say longer.
- They won't have many there (in the stands or on the bench).
- They're confused why so many Villa fans seem to have a downer on them. I thought about this, and the best I could come up with for me is, 'doesn't everyone hate Spurs?'
4-0 them.
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Even more inexplicable is how many of them hate us. Guess it's a compliment!
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Romero banned.
Oh bugger, that strengthens them.
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We have 8 days before Everton. Play to win, please.
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Romero banned.
Oh bugger, that strengthens them.
Saves some of our players from potential injury though.
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Even more inexplicable is how many of them hate us. Guess it's a compliment!
I think it's mainly because we have the High Wycombe Goikoetxea playing at right-back (a lot of the recent stuff genuinely is that, weirdly).
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Surely most people hate them because they snuck into the big 6 based entirely on location. They've won almost nothing, been pretty average for huge parts of the premier league era and have no real right to be lumped in that group but try to act like they belong.
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That and that fucking slow song. ******.
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That and that fucking slow song. ******.
And it's not even their song!
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It’s a curious one - they’re in a bad place, we’ll probably rotate and this is very obviously lower priority. Quite hard to call.