Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on April 16, 2026, 09:51:06 PM
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Never in doubt.
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Buenia my motm.
We're now into the juicy part of the competition.
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A lot less stress then the last two QF second legs. Can we play them every year?
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Satisfactory, bigger tests await.
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Really good tonight, totally dominated it in the first half and then turned it into a training session.
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Great result.
Fell the Foresr
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All good.
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Can we play them every year?
It would seem so.
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Hopefully we'll now do the same to Forest.
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Very good. The first was a top class team goal.
Still lots to do and a long way to go. Stay focused Villa!
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Very good. Perfect really.
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Absolutely solid result. Well done all concerned.
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Forest through.
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We are definitely a better team than Forest, have better individuals and a better manager. Please, please don't fuck this up Villa. Braga or Freiburg in the final is eminently winnable.
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We are just a class act.
Hopefully, we will need some brasso at the end of the season.
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Porto sabotaged themselves in both legs.
I think both Wood and Hudson-Odoi went off injured, not that they won't be fit to play against us. No yellow cards for their players either.
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Porto looked the kind of slicksters that are capable of playing through us and then defending a lead solidly, they've beat themselves though. Forest if we match the intensity and fight we should be able to beat.
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Would rather have had Porto.
Oh well.
Second leg at home is huge, can't see us not making the final.
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Pretty impeccable quarter final performance all told. One step closer.
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Brilliant effort over the two legs. Need to back it up in the semi-final now.
Our first goal was superb, and the other two were really well taken. Hope it boosts Rogers confidence again.
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If we can replicate that 1-1 we got at the City Ground last weekend in the first leg that'd be grand lads.
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Would have preferred Porto but bring on Nottingham Forest.
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If we can replicate that 1-1 we got at the City Ground last weekend in the first leg that'd be grand lads.
I would hope to better that.
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Would rather have had Porto.
Oh well.
Second leg at home is huge, can't see us not making the final.
Reckon that could go all the way to pens: God knows what time we will all get home!
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Wasn't expecting it to be as easy and as comfortable as that. We were great.
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Would rather have had Porto.
Oh well.
Second leg at home is huge, can't see us not making the final.
Reckon that could go all the way to pens: God knows what time we will all get home!
However long it takes pens up to the 4th round to be taken with our record at them recently as Forest do seem fine with them.
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Some really good football today, great combinations and Buendia was outstanding. Bailey still struggling, but signs Rogers might be getting some form back (pen aside).
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Piece of piss.
Would’ve preferred Porto but we’ll beat Forest over two legs.
UTV!
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The first goal was a thing of beauty.
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Couldn't have gone much better, missed pen aside
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Easy win, didn't get out of 3rd gear. Pau was my motm. On Ana again, superb. Ref was a bit whistle happy.
Slightly ruined the evening having 2 older ladies moaning from start to finish, had a go at us for playing out from the back...20secs later we scored, they just sat there looking miserable
Why bother going?
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Forest and Braga or Freiburg to complete our odyssey in this competition... it's a pity we haven't really played anyone sexy along the way. We need to leave this and the Conference comps behind, they're a bit crap. CL for the next 10 years in a row pls.
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Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Forest will be very difficult
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This is still the old UEFA Cup for me.
That was always pretty sexy.
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European football is great whatever the competition.
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Easy win, didn't get out of 3rd gear. Pau was my motm. On Ana again, superb. Ref was a bit whistle happy.
Slightly ruined the evening having 2 older ladies moaning from start to finish, had a go at us for playing out from the back...20secs later we scored, they just sat there looking miserable
Why bother going?
they were probably expecting to see Andy Lochead heading one in from a ball smashed 75 yards upfield on a mudbath of a pitch
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Forest and Braga or Freiburg to complete our odyssey in this competition... it's a pity we haven't really played anyone sexy along the way. We need to leave this and the Conference comps behind, they're a bit crap. CL for the next 10 years in a row pls.
Feyenoord the biggest name really.
Don't mind if we win it all though.
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This is still the old UEFA Cup for me.
That was always pretty sexy.
Should never have rebranded it.
Such a stupid thing to do.
It had more prestige before.
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I already feel physically sick.
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This is still the old UEFA Cup for me.
That was always pretty sexy.
Except the teams that were good enough to challenge for the UEFA cup would be in the Champions League now, this is very much a less prestigious competition.
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We've won fuck all for 30 years, after 1 season in 40 in the CL we shouldn't be looking down on the competition.
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This is still the old UEFA Cup for me.
That was always pretty sexy.
Except the teams that were good enough to challenge for the UEFA cup would be in the Champions League now, this is very much a less prestigious competition.
By that definition, though (and I don't disagree), the Champions League is very much a less prestigious competition, too. That's not how it is viewed, though.
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We've won fuck all for 30 years, after 1 season in 40 in the CL we shouldn't be looking down on the competition.
Quite right.
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That first goal was a thing of beauty. Not sure how many passes or how many players touched the ball before we scored, but it felt like a LOT.
Anyone can win a one-off game if they get the rub of the green or a bit of luck in their favour, but over two legs, I think we beat forest 90% of the time. I'd MUCH rather face them in a two-legged semi than in the final. I'm confident, but definitely without thinking it's in the bag.
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I think this would be brilliant and so important to win.
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Check out the comments on the BBC match report. Lots of praise from other clubs then BluenOse1875 turns up, makes about 7 comments. Poor lad is on verge of suicide:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cwydgm13v8dt
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Yeah, we can't be spoilt twats if we haven't had so much as a Toffo in decades. That would just make us twats.
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Liquid football
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=905863392488373
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That first goal was a thing of beauty. Not sure how many passes or how many players touched the ball before we scored, but it felt like a LOT.
Anyone can win a one-off game if they get the rub of the green or a bit of luck in their favour, but over two legs, I think we beat forest 90% of the time. I'd MUCH rather face them in a two-legged semi than in the final. I'm confident, but definitely without thinking it's in the bag.
According to the TNT commentator, 14 passes and 9 players.
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We're in a really good place at the moment, playing with freedom and confidence and the manager is happy to encourage this. You can see that when we were up against it he kept us calm, tight and cautious knowing that we wouldn't be down for too long. Bide your time and your time will come.
God, I hope this is finally ours.
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They need to bloody hurry up and finish the building work.
There was a terrible draught in the UDE.
Well done boys. A thoroughly professional performance tonight.
Very, very proud.
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Thought he would take McGinn off at half time seeing he was a booking away from missing next game. Why Emery still persists with Bailey is a mystery to me he is not getting any better.
Is it Forest in the semi or is there a draw?