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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on March 15, 2026, 01:15:23 PM
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Awful selection, Mings, Digne and Barkley?
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Barkley for Dougie, interesting
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Barkley to try and play the Tielemans role then? Bit of a surprise Luiz being ok the bench
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Not the line-up I was expecting. It doesn't fill me with confidence.
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Oh no - Mings at the back is a big mistake. I can’t see anything but the norm here. It’s nice to see McGinn back and I’m guessing Doug needs a break, but I foresee us finding it very difficult out of the back and facing waves of pressure.
Prove me wrong please Villa.
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Mings is a puzzle.And Cashy must have failed a fitness test
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Pau enables us to pass out of the back and organises the back line. We’ll make errors trying to play out the back and they’ll run in behind Bogarde and Digne because we won’t have a disciplined defensive line.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
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All I can think is Pau is't fully fit to play twice in a few days? We were SO much more composed with him in on Thursday.
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I have zero confidence in us today. They're all shit and couldn't finish a wank. 10-0 if we're lucky.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Yep, Anthony Taylor!!
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I agree it is an interesting line up.
Given we have won at OT 3 times in the last 50 years, I am not holding out too much hope. Even last year when we were great, and they were really shit, we managed to shit the bed and come away with nothing.
Hope I am wrong, we need a result, what with Chelsea doing their best to help us out.
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Shouldn't we have a GUESS THE PEN competition?
I'll go with 93 mins.
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Presumably, the thinking is that Pau doesn’t have 2 games in him per week, at this stage of the season.
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Shouldn't we have a GUESS THE PEN competition?
I'll go with 93 mins.
7, 39, 56, 82.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Anthony Taylor from Manchester refereeing Manchester United, what do you think?
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We've won 3 of 11 in the league, Carrick has won all his home games.
I might not even watch. Or more likely, turn it off after 5 minutes after the first pen.
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should have waited till after the game to bring the site back up
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Anthony Taylor from Manchester refereeing Manchester United, what do you think?
Kavanagh from Manchester on the VAR
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I really don't understand the anti Mings sentiments
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I really don't understand the anti Mings sentiments
Less anti Mings,more pro Torres.I mean why wouldn't you play your better option?
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Seems odd that you choose to play Mings against a 5'7" striker.
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Will be the same old, same old...
Fuck it. Onto Lille at home on Thursday!
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It’s not anti-Mings we’re just a weaker side with him in it.
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That’s a defensive, negative line up. Our possession might be 25% in the first half.
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C'mon Villa and fuck up the Carrick/media wank fest.
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I think we'll lose by at least 2. That starting 11 has caused sadness in my cat's eyes.
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Seems odd that you choose to play Mings against a 5'7" striker.
Possibly something in the Pau can't play twice in 3 days (or 3 times in 8 days) and also expecting Sesko to start.
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We are going to get a sending off (my guess is Bogarde) and a penalty against us
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The other problem we have is there is no pace to break with, or quality of passing from the back to mitigate for that lack of pace. I can’t see any way this isn’t just going to end up with us penned in and wilting under the pressure.
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Would have liked to see Maatsen start.
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Not good with Lamare at right back and two non-matchfit midfielders playing. A draw would be an achievement.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Anthony Taylor from Manchester refereeing Manchester United, what do you think?
Kavanagh from Manchester on the VAR
Sounds about right.
Would be nice if other teams could pick the officials they want n'all.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Anthony Taylor so I guess the answer is no.
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Rogers has been free-wheeling since his last good performance and that was against this lot at VP. Press coverage from that has gone to his head to make him useless.
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Would be nice if other teams could pick the officials they want n'all.
We can't obviously due to PSR issues. Refs are not cheap.
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Too much to ask for a decent ref? Just for once at this shithole?
Anthony Taylor from Manchester refereeing Manchester United, what do you think?
Kavanagh from Manchester on the VAR
Are you sure about Kavanagh? On the BBC page it says Jarred Gillett - not that he's any good either!
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So is Alysson inured?
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When was Roscoe's last start in the league, Nov '24?
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I like how we get a can of Red Bull shit in the photos
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Rogers has been free-wheeling since his last good performance and that was against this lot at VP. Press coverage from that has gone to his head to make him useless.
Nah, since we’ve lost intent and focus he’s struggled as he’s isolated. It’s not dissimilar to earlier in the season when people were saying his head was turned in the summer, he didn’t care etc. Then he got back into form and was brilliant,
He’s really bloody good, but the team isn’t functioning and he’s part of that but it’s impactful on him too. It’s not about believing his on hype, anymore than his early season struggles were down to not being committed.
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Feels like a line up with one eye on Thursdays game.
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I like how we get a can of Red Bull shit in the photos
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Thinking of Emi - he hasn’t been great of late, we need him to be fully switched on.
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need a performance from Rogers looking at his statistics sice Boxing Day.
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Here we go, so looking at the line up, can't see any way Bogarde is going to stop Cunha, seriously hope I'm wrong on that one but he's got his work cut out today, wouldn't have started Buendia, Barclay? would have dropped Rogers slightly over coming in from the left side, McGinn more central he's up against Shaw, rough, without any question I would have started Elliot on the right, this game is made for him.
Anyway, big game think we are going to win this on a penalty decision.
Come on Villa.
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EmiM will do something stupid today I reckon.
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Feels like a line up with one eye on Thursdays game.
Absolutely this
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EmiM will do something stupid today I reckon.
Please no, echoes of this time last season, he can't screw it up again.
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I had a sense of dread around the line-up pre-Chelsea and I have similar today. That isn’t the best we could pick from what we have available. I really hope I’m wrong and they prove me entirely incorrect.
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I had a sense of dread around the line-up pre-Chelsea and I have similar today. That isn’t the best we could pick from what we have available. I really hope I’m wrong and they prove me entirely incorrect.
Plus 1.
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EmiM will do something stupid today I reckon.
A shit parry to a Yanited player.
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Feels like a line up with one eye on Thursdays game.
Nah, the league is most important for Emery, he has been consistent with this messaging. Luiz needs a rest. Our Meatball is starting when he didn't on Thursday.
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Come on Villa, lets not do the usual plan/ fixation of trying to dominate and dictate the pace of the game early on, slow start, meat and potatoes for Manchester Utd, lets change tack, surprise them, lets go at them full tilt right from the get go.
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The wimmins team have drawn 0-0 with Manchester. Hopefully the men can repeat the trick.
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I'm backing us today. Fuck it. Villa win.
Get Rogers at Yoro. He'll still be spinning from Villa Park.
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Please no. Gary Neville. I’ll have to turn off the sound
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Watching through fingers. It's almost guaranteed Fernandes will score today. Probably due to a referee error.
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MUTV again then.
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It's not often we have the chance to complete the double over these twats, even rarer that we actually do it, over 70 years.
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Rogers booting the ball away in frustration there. Don't give him a reason to book you, Morgan...
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What was that?...
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First bit of shit playing out from tge back
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Mcginn as the 10...Rogers wide right...
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Gary fucking Neville on co commentary. Jeez. No doubt he will be totally objective as usual.
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They're giving us more space than I'd anticipated
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Gary fucking Neville on co commentary. Jeez. No doubt he will be totally objective as usual.
You can hear the praise for us sticking in his throat, can't you?
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Booking? Of course not.
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Straight off the training ground....
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Dreadful refereeing.
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shite FK
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Started pretty well here. Casemiro committed how many fouls already?
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Not the best of Austin's set piece moves.
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Well that was well worked 😂
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Should have huddled around that free kick.
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I think the Man U defender saw exactly what JMc was up to there and played for the foul
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What was their free kick for?
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That was a shit free kick but it's a really soft foul against McGinn.
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Sorry, but this is what I mean. How is that a foul with some of the shit that goes on at set pieces right now. Correction, that is ALLOWED to go on. PGMOL are a complete rabble.
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In any other gamer against any other team Casemiro would get booked for his next foul
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We are doing ok at the moment.
Ginny makes us so much better.
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We are doing ok at the moment.
Ginny makes us so much better.
He gives the whole team more drive.
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Yes, this has the feel of one of those away days where we strangle the game and win 2-0 with both in the second half.
Note to karma, may not happen, but how I see it.
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Bogarde beaten too easily there
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STFU Neville
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Mings dicey with that shirt pill on Diallo. Pens at Old Trafford given for less.
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STFU Neville
Nah, show us that never a penalty again...
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These crosses are going to hurt us
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Giving them far too much time to pick a cross.
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Saved Emi!!
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Mings dicey with that shirt pill on Diallo. Pens at Old Trafford given for less.
VAR probably still looking at it.
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rogers should have played it forward then and delayed
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In case anybody wonders about any of today's decisions
Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester.
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I'm enjoying this about as much as I thought I would.
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In case anybody wonders about any of today's decisions
Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Doesn't mean he's a Utd fan
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Dion on comms on 5Live criticising Martínez for not coming out to claim balls amd leaving too much to his CBs.
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In case anybody wonders about any of today's decisions
Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Ah - but he supports Altrincham 🙄
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Buendia…..fucking hell.
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In case anybody wonders about any of today's decisions
Anthony Taylor is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Ah - but he supports Altrincham 🙄
Man Utd feeder club?
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Waltzing through is at times
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buendia doing a sancho tackle
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We didn't lack belief, Gary. We were robbed.
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Waltzing through is at times
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Oh, Mings.
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will someone shoot please
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Get a shot away, Emi.
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will someone shoot please
AVFC - sh#tting the bed in the final third since Christmas
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In any other gamer against any other team Casemiro would get booked for his next foul
But not with Mancunian Anthony Taylor refereeing the game.
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Has their goalie touched the ball at all, even for a goal kick ?
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We're very comfortable here, but sadly offering zero threat.
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Garcia on at h/t. Not necessarily Bogarde off, just somewhere else
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We're very comfortable here, but sadly offering zero threat.
Pretty standard. Good team with no where near enough in attack.
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You see Taylor is subtle, huge foul on McGinn but of course he waves okay in and gives them 10 minutes of posession.
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Mid table end of season fare here. Decent shape about us out of possession
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Guaranteed we concede this half
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And there it nearly was.
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Our midfield has disappeared in the last 5 mins
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need someone to hold the ball up front here , need abraham for that
good chance manure missed
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Good chance for them. Should have scored.
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Christ Watkins…..that is shit
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This game's crying out for Bailey, to make the rest of them feel less inept
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watkins touch :(
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We're being too sloppy with our possession now.
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Jesus Christ Watkins' touch is just horrific.
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Should have done better and not even a corner.
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We have given the ball away so much the last month or two. Our first touches have become awful
Watkins , Buendia and Rogers main culprits
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thats a fucking corner
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I'm sure the lino flagged for a corner there.
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Ollie booked.
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You see Taylor is subtle, huge foul on McGinn but of course he waves okay in and gives them 10 minutes of posession.
There's another (the corner). We should keep track.
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watkins you plonker
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Watkins off at h/t, just not working hard enough and now a stupid yellow
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Still hits it straight at the keeper, HA.
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Of course the first booking is a soft one for Watkins
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Get Watkins off
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Please take Watkins off
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Ollie booked.
Fucking moron. He's really pissing me off now.
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Ridiculous booking to concede
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Again just dispossessed too easily
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Rogers getting pissed at Watkins. Every attack breaks down when he touches it.
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watkins oh dear again
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Tammy chants starting.
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That was a decent break until...
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another attack butchered by Watkins, it's hard to make excuses for him anymore
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Horrendous from Ollie again.
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How come that offside was pulled up straight away when Watkins was through on goal? He was offside but it looked tighter than first appeared.
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Christ how much longer do we have to put up with Ollie up front before Unai finally bites the bullet and replaces him. It’s painful to watch.
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All the ex-pros know about Watkins as well. It's an open secret. Neville today. Cole and Crouch in the week.
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just hit the fucker with your left foot and not the extra touch
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That first touch, abysmal
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He's absolutely shit
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I thought he'd be a lot more lively than this after Thursday
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Time for Ollie to go and play for West Ham or some other dull and workmanlike team.
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Christ how much longer do we have to put up with Ollie up front before Unai finally bites the bullet and replaces him. It’s painful to watch.
We have nobody else who will make performatively futile runs.
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Watkins first half has been absolute shit, and a microcosm of most of his season. Hooked at half time surely (but won't be)
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Watkins should definitely be hooked at half time
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Horror show from Watkins.
AS we used to say in Kansas, that boy sure has a bug up his ass.
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Shit corner SJM
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Watkins is dire.
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He’s now just a useful squad member.
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You all know he's nailed on to score now, don't you?
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not very good by anyone.
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Tammy must be wondering what he has to do to replace Watkins. Or why he even bothered joining us
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He’s now just a useful squad member.
Well, he's certainly in the squad.
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Ollie doing well, fancy him to score a couple second half.
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Watkins needs a rocket up his arse. As do a few others.
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The teams in 3rd and 4th in the best league in the world...yep
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They were there for the taking last year but we fluffed our lines, 45 minutes to save a repeat
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Ollie doing well, fancy him to score a couple second half.
Hahahahhaa
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It's clear as day that Watkins should be subbed at HT. It's time for Emery to be ruthless.
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That first touch, abysmal
Has to control with his left foot for starters. Defender was committed already.
We are solid enough to be fair. Was very worried after seeing starting line up. Man United have been very poor. Dreadful standard in truth.
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Ollie doing well, fancy him to score a couple second half.
Are you just trying to troll?...
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Phew. 45min gone, no goal against. Same please second half.
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Half time.
Not too bad but some very, very poor individual performances.
Barkley and Ginny won’t last 90 mins so we need to be still in this by the time they are replaced.
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Watkins should definitely be hooked at half time
I bet he is not though.
It’s actually quite embarrassing.
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We look decent in midfield but Rogers, Buendia and Watkins offering absolutely nothing in the final third.
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An inform striker and we would have done these today
well 2 0 up half time and then 3 2 loss :)
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Watkins with a new level .Please sub him; we might actually win then
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Bring some effective attackers on and we can win this. Stick as we are and they have enough up top to score to our nil.
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If we had a functioning striker who knows what we could achieve
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OK.
You can see where Emery wants control with Barkley in midfield, just depends how long he lasts.
As for Ollie, just not happening for him, we get into so many good positions with FA end product.
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I'd bring Rogers on for the second half.
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Watkins needs to join the AA as everything breaks down with him...😑
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Half time.
Not too bad but some very, very poor individual performances.
Barkley and Ginny won’t last 90 mins so we need to be still in this by the time they are replaced.
Barkley looked to be gassed chasing back that counter before half time. 15 mins max there. Game being played at pedestrian pace so might get a bit more out of McGinn.
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I’d have taken 0-0 at half time ( and full time )
But we are so so poor upfront. Make a change please Unai.
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Watkins should definitely be hooked at half time
He wont be thou but we need a forward player who can control and hold the ball up and It aint him.
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Fair f#cks to the Villa fans singing Ollie a mercy chant, but might have been the home support celebrating his 'performance'
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We give the ball away do cheaply time and time again.
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Watkins needs to join the AA as everything breaks down with him...😑
I need to start drinking when he's on the ball
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This is okay, a point from this wouldn't be the worst thing, that's the positive, looks like we are trying to coast our way through the game, playing to contain Utd, problem is we have no bite, I'm sure Carrick will bring Sesko on for the killer goal, so we have to get in there with some kind of attacking prowess to put them on the back foot, has to be Tammy and Elliot, get them on.
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This commentator needs to do his homework. Twice now he reckons we beat them in November. It was Christmas week.
Not too bad so far but no cutting edge from us.
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Digne was embarrassingly poor for Dalot's chance.
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Think the other thing we have to be conscious of is the ref, he's made some uncomfortable decisions, albeit not significant at that point of the game but something tells me he's got it in him to have an influence on the game come the time so we need to be careful with that one.
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So far ok in a really poor game all round. I thought they would really go for us from the off, but they have been strangely passive.
Barkley and McGinn have given us much needed compusure in the middle of the park but as Neville said, we lack belief that we can hurt them.
Early on Digne had chances to break quiclky, but he was content to slow it down and play back and square.
Buendia has been Buendia and I hate to pile in on Watkins, but he has been atrocious.
The trouble is we have all seen this movie before and you know the longer this goes on, they are going to create at least one moment of magic and/or get a dodgy decision and the game will be up.
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Think the other thing we have to be conscious of is the ref, he's made some uncomfortable decisions, albeit not significant at that point of the game but something tells me he's got it in him to have an influence on the game come the time so we need to be careful with that one.
How do we be careful?
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Abraham for Watkins is the obvious one. Barkley's doing well at 8, so risky one, but Luiz for Buendia, Barkley to 10, Rogers left and McGinn right could work too. Play the Elliot card when one of Barkley or McGinn tire.
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Digne was embarrassingly poor for Dalot's chance.
Been pretty good therwise.
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Is Alysson injured?
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Done ok apart from once we're nearing the final third, no one doing well once we get there.
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So far ok in a really poor game all round. I thought they would really go for us from the off, but they have been strangely passive.
Barkley and McGinn have given us much needed compusure in the middle of the park but as Neville said, we lack belief that we can hurt them.
Early on Digne had chances to break quiclky, but he was content to slow it down and play back and square.
Buendia has been Buendia and I hate to pile in on Watkins, but he has been atrocious.
The trouble is we have all seen this movie before and you know the longer this goes on, they are going to create at least one moment of magic and/or get a dodgy decision and the game will be up.
Neville is right we need to get at them, we need to believe we can beat them, attack them, I do think Carrick card up his sleeve will be Sesko
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Digne was embarrassingly poor for Dalot's chance.
Thought Konsa was too deep and played him on
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Abraham for Watkins is the obvious one. Barkley's doing well at 8, so risky one, but Luiz for Buendia, Barkley to 10, Rogers left and McGinn right could work too. Play the Elliot card when one of Barkley or McGinn tire.
Agree.
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I would give Elliot a shot at this one because he's a player blooded at Liverpool, it in his DNA to go at Man Utd.
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Garcia for Bogie would give us more intent on the right
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It reminds me of the 0-0 here a few seasons ago which to be honest I will take at FT
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So far ok in a really poor game all round. I thought they would really go for us from the off, but they have been strangely passive.
Barkley and McGinn have given us much needed compusure in the middle of the park but as Neville said, we lack belief that we can hurt them.
Early on Digne had chances to break quiclky, but he was content to slow it down and play back and square.
Buendia has been Buendia and I hate to pile in on Watkins, but he has been atrocious.
The trouble is we have all seen this movie before and you know the longer this goes on, they are going to create at least one moment of magic and/or get a dodgy decision and the game will be up.
Neville is right we need to get at them, we need to believe we can beat them, attack them, I do think Carrick card up his sleeve will be Sesko
Agreed, I thought the same earlier. He would have got on the end of at least one of those ball into the box.
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Watkins's peevish booking is the excuse Emery needs to replace him at halftime. I mean, apart from the obvious reason.
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Abraham for Watkins is the obvious one. Barkley's doing well at 8, so risky one, but Luiz for Buendia, Barkley to 10, Rogers left and McGinn right could work too. Play the Elliot card when one of Barkley or McGinn tire.
Agree.
Yep.
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You all know he's nailed on to score now, don't you?
🤞🏻
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Digne was embarrassingly poor for Dalot's chance.
Been pretty good therwise.
Stupid header there
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Done ok apart from once we're nearing the final third, no one doing well once we get there.
Agree and it's a common theme. Build-up and some periods of possession have been good, only for it to consistently break down in the final third. We not even getting a shot in as it breaks down before we even manage that.
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I love watching us give the ball away constantly.
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Fucks sake Ollie. Time to be hoiked.
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Should have been 2 Vs 1 there. Shite touch again..
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50 minutes without a...(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDPB_wLWEAAP6gZ?format=jpg&name=small)
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Abraham for Watkins is the obvious one. Barkley's doing well at 8, so risky one, but Luiz for Buendia, Barkley to 10, Rogers left and McGinn right could work too. Play the Elliot card when one of Barkley or McGinn tire.
Buendia willkeep going for the full 90mins though.
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Fucking useless Rogers
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Give it away again and they nearly scored.
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And there it is. Wankers.
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There it is
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So much time to just kick it out for a throw.
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And there we fucking go.
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rogers useless
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Given away again... corner to them and a goal
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Thanks, Rogers.
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Fucks sake
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Silly corner to concede. They'll score a second and then we'll make subs.
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Between 50 and 60 minutes after no changes at half time AGAIN. Fucking fed up with it.
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There we go
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all from rogers losing the ball
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Pathetic
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Shocking. Why the fuck does Digne put that out for a corner?
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Why is no one on the back post?!?
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Rogers you twat.
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Martinez should be saving that. Watkins shit at front post.
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rogers and watkins DIRE
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Rogers and then Digne, Thanks
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Rogers is so overrated.
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All came from Rogers giving the ball away so poorly.
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Everything about that sums up Villa 2026
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Wank from the second half. Subs were needed obviously. This is on Emery I'm afraid to say.
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We have given the ball away so cheaply too many times this match.
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Martinez should be saving that. Watkins shit at front post.
Martinez definitely should have saved that.
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Wank from the second half. Subs were needed obviously. This is on Emery I'm afraid to say.
He always waits until we go behind to make subs.
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Casemiro allowed to do infinite fouls with no card
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Tammy and Leon on soon.
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Neville making out there's only been one team in it most of the game...
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... And it's time to switch off another stream. Fucking shite.
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Now we decide to attack.Ye gods
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Neville making out there's only been one team in it most of the game...
He's not wrong though. We created fuck all. They've been well on top
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When rogers is poor, he is monumentally shit. No half measures.
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Fucking Casemiro with a wild swipe from behind and no yellow card.
Fuck off.
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We just don’t look like scoring unfortunately
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As slow and as one dimensional as you can get for a few months now.
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That all stemmed from losing it in their half.
A quick break.
Mbuemo gets a shot off => corner => goal.
If it had been Watkins with the chance you know he'd have just lost possession lamely.
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Our attack really is horrible at the moment.
It’s out of balance totally, and we don’t even look like scoring.
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I certainly didn't expect a win, or even any goals. I did think we might have a shot at some point in the game, though. Their goalkeeper should have brought a newspaper with him.
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YES, Leon Bailey is coming on....YESSSS!!
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Tammy and Leon on soon.
He was listening...
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Rogers 'hurt himself, trying to get through a gap'. Fuck off.
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Casemiro allowed to do infinite fouls with no card
Done another two in the last couple of minutes.
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Our attack really is horrible at the moment.
It’s out of balance totally, and we don’t even look like scoring.
STILL NO BOOKING FOR THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE.
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Fucking Casemiro with a wild swipe from behind and no yellow card.
Fuck off.
He has actually been booked...
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50 pence head again
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It’s all just so fucking tame.
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Bailey coming on.
Seriously Emery you have lost the plot.
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And Casemiro still not booked.
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Ollie and SJM off
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Bailey. Jesus fc
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YES, Leon Bailey is coming on....YESSSS!!
Very good 😅
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Nope, did get booked eventually.
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Well it was nice to see SJM back on the pitch
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We’re going to lose by 3 in the end. This is just so typical of the past few weeks.
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thats a chance
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watkins off 59 mins too late
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Why the fuck hasn’t he brought Luiz on.
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Why does the commentator seem surprised Casemiro has been booked? Oh! Yeah! It's them and it's against us!
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Unai must be a joy to play against when hes in one of his funks.
It just so predictable from substitutions to tactics, yes losing the heart of the team should have had an effect but not to this extent.
Watkins must have some compromising pictures to be starting every game in the "form" he is in.
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We just don’t look like scoring unfortunately
Mings just missed a sitter
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Better!
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A shot!
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Decent effort on target at last
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We just don’t look like scoring unfortunately
Mings just missed a sitter
??
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Good work from Onana.
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ROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSY
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YYES !!!!!!
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Hows Bailey doing
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Came of Amadou didnt it....offside probs.
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Get in
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GET IN!!
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Ross!!!!!
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Wait for VAR
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Get in!!!
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Let's see what they find to disallow this for.
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I.m sure they will find a way to rule it out.
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Get the fuck in
You beauty.
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Get the fuck in
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Wait for VAR
They’ll find something
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That’ll do. Now let’s make it 2
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Not celebrating yet.
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Here we go ffs
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Tammy will be offside.
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Fuckers appealing for different imaginary offences
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come on villa
barkley you legnd
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That entire phase stems from Abraham holding the ball up and releasing to Digne.
Barkley has been superb.
Edit: they'll disallow this. Obviously.
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Let's see what they find to disallow this for.
It will be a public hair blowing in the wrong direction that will be enough to disallow it
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Amazing what subs do
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Stands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank fuck for that
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They're desperate, so desperate...rule out the fun....oh, they didn't, shock!
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Bloody Hell, we actually got benefit of the doubt.
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Fuck off wankers
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Thank fuck for that.
A VAR decision in our favour at Mould Trafford
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No. Fucking. Way.
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Fuck me, they did their best to disallow that.
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Came of Amadou didnt it....offside probs.
Ball does not deflect in any way from its path
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They were looking to rule that out for the ball brushing the fabric of his shorts
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I love you VAR
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Thank fuck for that.
A VAR decision in our favour at Mould Trafford
One for the annals
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They were desperate to rule that out.
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My god they have given it!!
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Well done Ollie for softening them up for an hour!
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Well blow me down! A VAR decision at OT goes our way
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Knock me down with a feather, they’ve allowed it!
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they tried the best
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How many minutes??
Just leave enough for injury time for something dodgy
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Oh Tammy!!
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Come on Villa!!!
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Ollie would have buried that...
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Good job that wasn't McGinn's arse.
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Ollie would have buried that...
Ha ha.
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Now that we can enjoy the goal, that was a superb strike by Ross with his left peg first time
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I’m genuinely shocked they’ve given the goal. I fully expect planet earth to now spin off its axis and we all get sucked into a black hole.
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Oh Ollie! Oh, wait
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Good job that wasn't McGinn's arse.
Hahahaha. So true.
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That is VAR in the right spirit. No clear evidence to disallow = allow
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Ollie would have buried that...
Never in the Smirker household
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Our tails are up again. Finally!
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FFS. Tammy's been practising his first touch with Ollie.
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They were looking to rule that out for the ball brushing the fabric of his shorts
Homoerotic AF
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It's because I stopped watching... I'll turn it back on.
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We'll need another goal at least for a point, factoring that twat Sesko's inevitable goal from the bench
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Wah, Tammy missed a sitter. So does Ollie. So does Haaland.
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Buendia booked for being an opposition player at Old Trafford.
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Oh fuck off
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2-1 shit
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Bollock arse
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How fucking easy is that.
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Oh bollocks to it!
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From losing it. Again.
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Keep giving the ball away you're going to concede eventually.
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Fucking Bailey!
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Bailey
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What is Konsa doing there!!??
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Bailey giving the ball away to nothing leads to 2 passes and goal
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Chris every time we give the ball away they punish us.
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Fucking Konsa.
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baileys fault that time
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Bailey. ******.
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Bollocks
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Too fucking easy for them every fucking time. Gifting possession repeatedly and doing minimal effort to score ourselves.
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Leon Bailey does my fucking head in.
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Fucking Cunha AGAIN.
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What is Konsa doing there!!??
Blaming everyone else - standard
Bailey - please fuck off
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We'll need another goal at least for a point, factoring that twat Sesko's inevitable goal from the bench
And filho da cunha of course. Forgot the wolves twat was playing. Wtf was Konsa doing?
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pathetic from Bailey, pathetic from Onana, limp from Konsa, just abject
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Fucking rubbish
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fuck off Villa
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Konsa was so slow there.
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Konsa moaning - he was the one out of position
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Bailey's turn to needlessly give the ball away and we get done on the resulting break.
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Id have played elliot not bailey so no reason emery having a go at bailey , your sub ..
konsa was poor too
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Keep giving the ball away you're going to concede eventually.
it’s the biggest difference between the teams and why we are losing
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Bailey's turn to needlessly give the ball away and we get done on the resulting break.
He's got form for that
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Bailey had done ok before then, we're always going to struggle if we give the ball away so often every game.
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FFS. Tammy's been practising his first touch with Ollie.
That was horrendous from Tammy
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Konsa the prick, never takes responsibility for his fuck-ups.
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Although as usual Bailey lost it and stood there with his arse in his hand instead of busting a gut to get back and put some pressure on them.
I wouldn't mind but he's only just come on, it's not like he's tired. He's just a lazy ******.
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It’s all so fucking predictable whenever we play this lot. Wherever we play this lot and especially at this ****** of a stadium.
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All momentum gone. FFS.
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Bailey's turn to needlessly give the ball away and we get done on the resulting break.
yes we brought the match winner on for them
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Hang about? They had a player booked for a foul as we were breaking before their goal?
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Bailey had done ok before then, we're always going to struggle if we give the ball away so often every game.
At least just keep possession, recycle it back.
Rogers has been diabolical again today too
Get Maatsen and Luiz on, Elliot too
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Buendia is such a fucking whiney little bitch.
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Hang about? They had a player booked for a foul as we were breaking before their goal?
Yep- foul on Abraham
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It's almost like selling Malen and replacing him with Bailey was a shit idea.
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You really have to ask why he brought on such a shit liability of player in Bailey and left Luiz on the bench.
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Of course what isn't mentioned is that Yoro taking out Abraham played a massive part in us losing possession because he would've been the player we were looking for in the box.
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We'll never be a top top team if we can't keep the ball. Our forwards never keep the ball.
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I’ve lost patience with several of our lot now. Buendia is one but Bailey is absolutely top of the list. When it’s possible bloody get rid.
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It's almost like selling Malen and replacing him with Bailey was a shit idea.
Abraham is Malen's replacement.
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Watkins gets booked for kicking the ball away, but when Ratboy brings down Mings and stops us building up - nothing
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I have love patches of this season. But this is utter dross. Again. Total and utter bullshit.
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It's almost like selling Malen and replacing him with Bailey was a shit idea.
But that's what happens when you have money but aren't allowed to spend it.
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Watkins gets booked for kicking the ball away, but when Ratboy brings down Mings and stops us building up - nothing
Because he's already on a yellow?
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Got to say Neville's right here. One pass too many every time...
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We'll never be a top top team if we can't keep the ball. Our forwards never keep the ball.
It’s the lack of intent to keep possession , they just give it up and shrug.
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If you struggle to score you struggle to win. We've 2 or more in a league twice in 2026.
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3-1
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It's almost like selling Malen and replacing him with Bailey was a shit idea.
Abraham is Malen's replacement.
Literally and figuratively given he barely starts or gets a chance above Watkins.
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Got to say Neville's right here. One pass too many every time...
Spot on. Could see we were going to cough the ball up there.
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FUCK OFF.
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3-1 game over
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Done
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Pathetic
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I was going to say unbelievable, but it’s not.
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3-1
I knew they would score 3 against us. Fuck we are truly shit
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I think we'll lose by at least 2. That starting 11 has caused sadness in my cat's eyes.
I am shocked, so very shocked.
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We die a death
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We were never going to beat them twice.
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Hang about? They had a player booked for a foul as we were breaking before their goal?
Yep- foul on Abraham
If Abraham isn't blocked it's a quick break from Bailey to ping the ball in for Tammy, as it is, the obvious ball is taken off him by that foul, & he ends up giving the ball away for Man U's goal, but I guess today we're not going back to the previous attack to disallow a goal - that rule is for us not Man U.
I knew it was too good to be true when they didn't disallow ours!
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Another fucking defensive shit show
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we are absolutely pathetic right now, that 3rd was beyond belief for ineptitude
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Wft? Utter clown show
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We love nothing more than falling apart.
Bloody fantastic. Another weekend ruined by this bunch of chancers.
BUseless.
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Great assist from Bogarde there...
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We’d got the ball back then Bogarde just taps it back to them. Brilliant
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Oh Emery this shit show is all on you.
Crap starting 11
Crap subs.
No excuses
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This fixture ffs. We dont deserve anything today tbf. 10 mins we looked ok between their first and second goals. Rest of it not good enough.
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We were never going to beat them twice.
I'm.more worried about when we'll win in the league again.
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If you shoot you have a chance of scoring. We should try it more often.
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Oh piss off.
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Can't be any top side in a major league that gets pumped as often as we do. Every season there's a bunch of pastings.
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And the fucking international feed has been pure MUTV today too. I think Matthew Upson is the co commentator
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I can not watch anymore.
Pathetic, , so many poor performances, they should be embarrassed by that.
I don’t see us winning May PL games now.
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Unfortunately there is a severe lack of fight in this group of players
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Perennial comfortable 3 points for manure. I’m never watching this fixture again.
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Mattsen and Luiz on 82 mins too fucking late.
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Good effort Villa. No,I mean fucking shit effort Villa. Bailey must be the most stupid sub we could possibly make.Lost a lot of faith in Emery now.
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Fucking relegation form. Unacceptable.
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Lack of belief again, came out sloppy second half. We never take the game to them until too late and often get punished
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we're in one of these ruts where we're not very good at anything
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It’s tough to watch the villa at the moment. We are in free fall in the league and I honestly think we will finish 7th at best. Leon Bailey is a joke of a player. He’d do well to look good in league 1.
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Mattsen and Luiz on 82 mins too fucking late.
Don't understand Emery at all these days
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Finishing outside the top 5 by the looks of it, make the most of this seasons Europa League...deary me
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We do look like a team of pussies.
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yeah match of the day wanking themselves silly tonight.
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Worst thing is this game was there for the taking at half time. Series of bad decisions on and off the field have done us.
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Big games vs Chelsea and Man U and we’ve scored 2 conceded 7. Utter fucking shit.
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I can not watch anymore.
Pathetic, , so many poor performances, they should be embarrassed by that.
I don’t see us winning May PL games now.
I turned that shite off at 2-1. I'm good watching these bottle jobs.
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I'd settle for a point now.
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not good from emery today
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We know our place sadly
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We’ve been abject for so long now. That winning streak earlier in the season feels like another lifetime.
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Fernandes taking the piss sadly
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Realistically, winning the Europa is our only route to the Champions League and I wouldn't bet a lot on that happening. Failing to qualify
could will put us back years
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We do look like a team of pussies.
We never used to be this whiny. I hate it. Konsa, Buendia the worst of them. Be fucking accountable.
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In all honesty I just hope it ends 3-1 and not 4 or 5.
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Why are we always so shit against this crew at Old Trafford?
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Realistically, winning the Europa is our only route to the Champions League and I wouldn't bet a lot on that happening. Failing to qualify could put us back years.
We ain’t winning that.
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not good from emery today
Try the last 2 months.
He’s been awful
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Worst thing is this game was there for the taking at half time. Series of bad decisions on and off the field have done us.
Tammy missed a sitter to put us 2-1 up, hard to believe now
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not good from emery today
He's shit the bed since the midfield injuries. Really flailing around and looking like he doesn't know how to deal with it.
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Would never have thought that first half would be our good half.
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Nice one Unai, playing with 10 men without the obligatory sending off.
Fucking pathetic.
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get the 80 mill for Rogers while we can , at least get some players in who might not give the ball away.
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Garcia on the RW. Is Unai on crack?
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I'd settle for a point now.
The best we were ever going to do was 0-0. As soon as they scored the game was up.
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not good from emery today
Try the last 2 months.
He’s been awful
He decided that he was going to stick with the system despite the injuries, and I am afraid that was a shit decision.
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We are Blues in possession.
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not good from emery today
He's shit the bed since the midfield injuries. Really flailing around and looking like he doesn't know how to deal with it.
It’s not unreasonable to expect a drop off in form when 3 key players were all injured within a week or two of each other. But the drop off should never have been this bad.
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Onana. Sums up this team and performance there.
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Emery needs a massive reset somehow - this is lifeless, he's not getting enough out of this group of players. They don't look well coached, and they clearly lack a plan B
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Braindead stuff at times today. Every bit as bad as the ladlst time we went there.
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So you play a player who's not a RB, and then bring a RB on...wtf
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Bogarde's lacking in pace and gets caught out.
But with Cash not being available we shouldn't be relying on a defensive midfielder to play at right back.
That's down to signings - or the lack of them.
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Only selves to blame and Emery when he hits a slump boy he hits a slump. So can’t be arsed with football atm. Simply cannot compete in this league
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A very big game to flap it in, even if we never get anything here anyway.
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Bogarde cross looking for Bailey's head beyond the far post. Lol.
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Emery needs a massive reset somehow - this is lifeless, he's not getting enough out of this group of players. They don't look well coached, and they clearly lack a plan B
Emery doesn’t stick around in most jobs for than a few years. You wonder if his insistence on his structure and methods wear thin. He insists on the same players and systems and when it doesn’t go well it goes really bad quickly. That’s what we are seeing now.
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Bogarde's lacking in pace and gets caught out.
But with Cash not being available we shouldn't be relying on a defensive midfielder to play at right back.
That's down to signings - or the lack of them.
That mistake aside he's been ok. No excuse whatsoever for picking Digne
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For the life of me, I cannot fathom how Bailey gets in this squad, let alone team.
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I just laugh whenever Bailey gets the ball now. Man is stealing a living.
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Only selves to blame and Emery when he hits a slump boy he hits a slump. So can’t be arsed with football atm. Simply cannot compete in this league
some would say we're acting spoilt - complaining as such when we're in a good position on paper.... but I get what you're saying, football as a whole just fucking stinks
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No idea why he didn’t play Konsa RB and use Lindelof.
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And ManU haven’t even been that good.
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For the life of me, I cannot fathom how Bailey gets in this squad, let alone team.
Because Emery is convinced Bailey knows out structure. Whatever the fuck that even means anymore
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the squad is clearly getting old now, and it needs a huge refresh, can't see us having much money to do that though, unless Rogers is sold.
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Eight minutes added. Hold on to your hats.
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And ManU haven’t even been that good.
They didn’t need to be, we kept giving them the ball.
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It was pretty obvious we were going to lose this one.
We now have a run of, in theory, very winnable games. Need to get our arses in gear as quickly as possible, it’s still in our hands.
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All 3 goals have come from us losing possession/passing to them. we've dealt with all the chances they created without our help
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the squad is clearly getting old now, and it needs a huge refresh, can't see us having much money to do that though, unless Rogers is sold.
It is one of the biggest failures of Emery’s time with us that he’s allowed the squad to age as it has. That we are still playing most of Dean Smith’s team is embarrassing
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totally predictable, slow and sideways.....
Abraham never getting a game.
Bailey playing.
Buendias moaning.
Mings and Konsa sloppy.
Martinez not saving much.
Set piece goals against.
Watkins etc
and more...
it just all sums us up
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Tammy done eff all since missing that chance.
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For about the 10th time today, a UTD player plays his way out of the challenges of 3 Villa players.
Disgraceful
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not good from emery today
He's shit the bed since the midfield injuries. Really flailing around and looking like he doesn't know how to deal with it.
It’s not unreasonable to expect a drop off in form when 3 key players were all injured within a week or two of each other. But the drop off should never have been this bad.
You keep playing out of form players then it comes back to the manager.
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That is it, lads. The horseshoe of misery will get the two quick goals we need.
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Tammy done eff all since missing that chance.
Hold up play has been Ollie esque
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Only selves to blame and Emery when he hits a slump boy he hits a slump. So can’t be arsed with football atm. Simply cannot compete in this league
some would say we're acting spoilt - complaining as such when we're in a good position on paper.... but I get what you're saying, football as a whole just fucking stinks
We had a sniff at the top which makes it worse. But with 115 and racist owner fc manure and absolutely no chance for any other club to break the sky 6, it’s boring as fuck. Only hope spurs get relegated
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No idea why he didn’t play Konsa RB and use Lindelof.
I don't what Lindelof has done to deserve being frozen out.
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It was pretty obvious we were going to lose this one.
We now have a run of, in theory, very winnable games. Need to get our arses in gear as quickly as possible, it’s still in our hands.
The only thing in our hands is our arses, which are handed to us regularly.
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the squad is clearly getting old now, and it needs a huge refresh, can't see us having much money to do that though, unless Rogers is sold.
It is one of the biggest failures of Emery’s time with us that he’s allowed the squad to age as it has. That we are still playing most of Dean Smith’s team is embarrassing
Are you serious?!? The reason the team hasn’t changed is because the Sky6 and FFP meant we weren’t allowed to change anything. Emery has done brilliantly with the cards he was dealt with
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For the life of me, I cannot fathom how Bailey gets in this squad, let alone team.
We’re not allowed to spend any money.
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Amad bullying Onana off the ball in midfield
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the squad is clearly getting old now, and it needs a huge refresh, can't see us having much money to do that though, unless Rogers is sold.
It is one of the biggest failures of Emery’s time with us that he’s allowed the squad to age as it has. That we are still playing most of Dean Smith’s team is embarrassing
Are you serious?!? The reason the team hasn’t changed is because the Sky6 and FFP meant we weren’t allowed to change anything. Emery has done brilliantly with the cards he was dealt with
A level headed post.
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We wasted 30 million on Guessand.
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That is it, lads. The horseshoe of misery will get the two quick goals we need.
It's amazing how many chances we create via the Mings-Konsa to me, to you, to me, to you...
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So you play a player who's not a RB, and then bring a RB on...wtf
whats Lindelof done wrong? could have played RB
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So you play a player who's not a RB, and then bring a RB on...wtf
whats Lindelof done wrong? could have played RB
No he really can't
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So you play a player who's not a RB, and then bring a RB on...wtf
whats Lindelof done wrong? could have played RB
I'd have atarted him with Konsa
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Bailey giving the ball away high up the pitch was the turning point...
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Sky wankathon on man u is something to be hold
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the squad is clearly getting old now, and it needs a huge refresh, can't see us having much money to do that though, unless Rogers is sold.
It is one of the biggest failures of Emery’s time with us that he’s allowed the squad to age as it has. That we are still playing most of Dean Smith’s team is embarrassing
Are you serious?!? The reason the team hasn’t changed is because the Sky6 and FFP meant we weren’t allowed to change anything. Emery has done brilliantly with the cards he was dealt with
Yep. The team is going to need rebuilding and because we didn’t get into the CL for a few years 10 years ago we’re not allowed to spend money.
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Fucking comedy twats
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Sky wankathon on man u is something to be hold
A true underdog story
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Oh fucking hell, what is going on with this lot.
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I reckon 99% of the posters on here could have written the script for today and got it pretty much spot on.
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Well that suns everything up.
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Feels like something's coming to an end here.
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Clown show
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Two players getting in each other's way to score the consolation sums us up currently. Poor again from Tammy too.
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Feels like something's coming to an end here.
To be fair, we are usually shite here even when we are doing well.
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Sky wankathon on man u is something to be hold
So is the official PL international feed.
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Sky wankathon on man u is something to be hold
A true underdog story
Turned off at 80 mins (20 mins from the end?) as I knew what was coming.
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Two players getting in each other's way to score the consolation sums us up currently. Poor again from Tammy too.
Sums us up.
Did we pass the ball to a player in red more than thry did?
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For the life of me, I cannot fathom how Bailey gets in this squad, let alone team.
We’re not allowed to spend any money.
spent money on elliot, guessand and 200k a week on sancho?
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Feels like something's coming to an end here.
To be fair, we are usually shite here even when we are doing well.
You're right. They are 2nd in the form table we are 17th. Had our positions been reversed, the result and performance would have been the same. Just more annoying.
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And the bbc spunkathon begins.
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Bailey stays on the bench we don't lose that match.Convinced of this. Unai has had ages to sort this out. Brain dead tactics.