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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on April 30, 2026, 06:46:58 PM
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Dunno why - have a feeling Elliot might be key
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About as good as we could have hoped from both line ups!
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Get the fuck into them Villa
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I'd say the selection is very Emery / safety-first: no risks, no surprises.
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Having spent much of the day on a Forest forum, that lineup is very good news for us. They were desperate for Jair Cunha to be fit and in for Morato, and Sangare to be fit and in for Dominguez.
Talk of there being no point them turning up if those two weren't available. Don't screw this up now.
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Couldn't have hoped for a better team selection. Up to the boys to deliver now . Come on you Villa boys !
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Any reason why Sels is out? Not complaining
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They also only have 3-4 senior players on their bench. And one of them is Bakwa, who I remember being hilariously poor at the VP game
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Any reason why Sels is out? Not complaining
Ortega plays their European matches. And was excellent against Porto in the last round.
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They also only have 3-4 senior players on their bench. And one of them is Bakwa, who I remember being hilariously poor at the VP game
STOP IT!
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They also only have 3-4 senior players on their bench. And one of them is Bakwa, who I remember being hilariously poor at the VP game
Bakwa MOTM it is then.
Thanks for nothing Dave.
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Dunno why - have a feeling Elliot might be key
He'll score the winner and etch himself into Villa folklore.
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Matty Cash to be Franz Carr tonight.
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Very strong line-up.
COYVB
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Their bench is Blose. I'm feeling more confident looking at both line-ups.
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Haven't been this edgy before a game in a long time, happy with the line up.
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It would be shit if celebrity Villa fan Hanks comes off the bench to score for them.
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Only kamara being available could make it a better line up.
Down to mentality and bottle
Coyvb
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Surprised they've dropped Sels.
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Pleased with that.
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Turn up and win please.
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Surprised they've dropped Sels.
This competition is a bit tinpot for them, they've won the Champions League twice and know that the PL is more important :)
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Snake Hodge just been interviewed on TNT. I booed and scared the dog.
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Happy Onana is playing. Still more stressed than I have been about a game since the final day West Ham visit.
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Don’t freeze boys. Don’t freeze.
COYL !!
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Like that team - come on let’s do this
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Come on Villa let's make this has painless as possible, not sure I would have gone with Buendia, other than that lets stick it to them.
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Surprised they've dropped Sels.
They haven't. Ortega's played every European match since he joined them.
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Feel a lot calmer with Onana confirmed. Still absolutely shitting it though, not felt like this since those play off finals.
We have to win this thing, we just have to.
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I had a quick pint at the pub then cremated some sausages on the BBQ to help me relax.
Hasn't worked, if anything it's given me the shits.
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Any reason why Sels is out? Not complaining
Ortega plays their European matches. And was excellent against Porto in the last round.
No complaints here. I really rate Sels so bring it on.
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I had a quick pint at the pub then cremated some sausages on the BBQ to help me relax.
Hasn't worked, if anything it's given me the shits.
Haha! Made me ‘lol’. Relax (not too much by the sounds of it), we’re gonna smash em.
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Come on Villa. Please don’t shit the bed and piss in the pillow…
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I had a quick pint at the pub then cremated some sausages on the BBQ to help me relax.
Hasn't worked, if anything it's given me the shits.
Brilliant :)
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Time to start acting like a big club. Take no prisoners, no excuses.
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I too have had a good few, chippy kebab and now gotten shifts. Thankfully I can see the TV from the ensuite. Bedroom smells like we keep cattle in there
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Too much information, Hookey!
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Talk about putting a shift in
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Forest will be hoping we do them a massive favour against Spuds on Sunday.
If they have any sense there will be no crunching tackles.
COYVB.
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Just out of the simulator for the type rating for my new job. Glass of Riesling in hand. Hotel food on the table.
Come on Villa!
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Anyone else's tnt playing up?
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It wasn’t that long ago that we met in the Championship and pulled a 5-5.
How times have changed
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Let's do it
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Come on lads ,they're not fucking Bradford.
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It wasn’t that long ago that we met in the Championship and pulled a 5-5.
How times have changed
One of the goalscorers has changed sides.
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This is what it's all about, come on Villa, let's play to our potential tonight!
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Come on lads ,they're not fucking Bradford.
I swear this forum is trying to give me as many Vietnamesque flashbacks as possible today.
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My hangover is lifting to be replaced with a tenses nervousness.
Toying with idea of just going to bed and waking up for the result at 10pm...
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Come on lads ,they're not fucking Bradford.
I swear this forum is trying to give me as many Vietnamesque flashbacks as possible today.
Here's a 'Nam flashback:
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lee hendrie looks old on TNT next to stan lol
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TNT loves it's drone footage.
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Just DON'T lose tonight, Villa!
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We are the best dressed team in Europe. Our tracky tops are so bloody nice.
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I am absolutely shitting bricks.
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Loving those shorts.
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Villa supporters nice and loud. So much for the hostile atmosphere!
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Wings wankers
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I am absolutely shitting bricks.
I feel physically sick.
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McGinn to score twice tonight.
I’ve seen it in my wine sediment!
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I can't wait, gotta love big games.
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I swear this forum is trying to give me as many Vietnamesque flashbacks as possible today.
Igor Jesus is wearing nineteen, n-n-n-n-nineteen.
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Atmosphere sounds brilliant on the radio!
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Nerves going in to overdrive tonight. Come on me Villa babbies!
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Cant even listen to it
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Nope I’m turning off already.
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What's this not scoring yet shit?
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McGinn to score twice tonight.
I’ve seen it in my wine sediment!
If your reisling has sediment I suggest a change of bottle.
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Ooooooh
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McGinn to score twice tonight.
I’ve seen it in my wine sediment!
If your reisling has sediment I suggest a change of bottle.
A very good point, but that Riesling didn’t last long. It’s now a Bordeaux.
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Doing ok atm.
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We look fast and alert. Lots of good movement.
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Started alright
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Braga ahead
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Better team so far.
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Decent start.
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Onana has been good so far.
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onana made 2 great tackles
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Tactical set up and attitude good so far.
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We need to deal with woodcock
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Segregation looks OTT I suppose to keep our numbers down. The seat I had for the league match is covered up!
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Braga 1-1
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We need to deal with woodcock
I have it on good authority from a former work colleague that the name befitted the man
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Segregation looks OTT I suppose to keep our numbers down. The seat I had for the league match is covered up!
Probably UEFA regulation
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Segregation looks OTT I suppose to keep our numbers down. The seat I had for the league match is covered up!
Probably UEFA regulation
Nope they just cover a load of seats as they only gave us 5%.
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Ref very quick to give them fouls if they go down
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Segregation looks OTT I suppose to keep our numbers down. The seat I had for the league match is covered up!
Probably UEFA regulation
Nope they just cover a load of seats as they only gave us 5%.
I hope we reciprocate…
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Yep we gave them 5% as well.
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Buendia just gets in the way, he does nothing useful.....except when he ping sone in from outside the box, of course.
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I thought someone on Central News said earlier Forest will have the same allocation as we had tonight.
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Yep we gave them 5% as well.
Good though still means 800 more of their away fans
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ffs buendia wake up brilliant onana
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Onana is showing why he's so important for us with Kamara missing.
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Come on Buendia get a grip!
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The ball is being a twat.
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We have to give them 5%, so that would be more then they gave us simply because of the size of the respective stadiums.
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Careless in last few mins.
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Overhead kick straight to his own player, these are having all the fucking run.
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For all our good work we never make it easy for ourselves because we just don’t score enough goals.
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Fucking "Fletch" and McCoist. Don't they ever have a night off?
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For all our good work we never make it easy for ourselves because we just don’t score enough goals.
It’s back to the XG thing for what it’s worth. Fine when we were banging in 30yd screamers every week but it masked the fact that we don’t take enough shots or score bog standard goals
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Fucking "Fletch" and McCoist. Don't they ever have a night off?
Fletch is a massive Forest fan too
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Ortega saves
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that fletcher is forest
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Decent effort, but we’re being too careless on the ball at times.
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How is that not a foul?
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Decent effort, but we’re being too careless on the ball at times.
That’s been us all season
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Digne is annoying tonight. Heavy touch, crap crossing.
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Buendia and Digne need to up it
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TNT by line camera is annoying for corners and crosses. Hard to tell what’s going on. ITV used to do this and it’s really annoying and adds nothing.
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Think Beundia looked good
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ref giving us nothing
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RED all day
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No VAR for that ankle tackle?
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bullshit
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How is that not a red??
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That's red on Watkins surely. Could've been a leg breaker.
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Dirty runt
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We don’t want anyone sent off
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Forest growing in confidence, we need to peg them back, need to do something about Gibbs White.
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dirty fuck
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That’s was high
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That's a fucking red all day long!
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What a save!!!!
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Take it it’s not been given?
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This is altogether too exciting.
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Fucking SAVE!
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Anderson getting away with one against us again, dirty twat.
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World's number one.
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Grreat save Emi!
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What a save. Got fortunate, switch on Villa
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No repercussions for six studs planted above the ankle. Unacceptable from the referee.
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Incredible save there.
Need to stop letting them get to us though.
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He likes those saves at Forest.
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Bloody unusual for foreign refs not to call that on VAR
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What a save
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Great save
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Bloody unusual for foreign refs not to call that on VAR
100%
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What an unbelievable save
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shit ref
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Hopefully the result means that save is remembered a bit more.
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That's shite, Buendia.
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sort your touches out ffs
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Get your fucking cards out for Anderson ref.
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That from Buendia sums up all of.my.complaints about him.
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There's something off about our passing and close control.
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Anderson still not even booked. FFS.
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red
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A red every day of the week. Except today.
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We are being very disjointed.
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Defo
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McGinn given no help by his teammates at all there.
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How is that not a foul on Ollie....how man!?
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UEFA refs are normally so fast on studs up challenges as well, Red would have been justice but not even a yellow is a disgrace.
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stil fuming about that red and he would miss next weeks game too
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Finally. A decision in our favour.
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We are being very disjointed.
Anderson is trying to.
I'm just not a fan of Buendia starting.
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Farcical refereeing so far. Anderson got away with two, one of them a leg breaker.
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Shoulder barge in the back is ok too.
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this ref is wank
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Don't know who's worse, this guy or the last ref we had.
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This referee is a fucking clown.
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You idiot McCoist of course it was a foul.
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Absolutely knew we would get an utter twat referee against these thugs.
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Absolutely knew we would get an utter twat referee against these thugs.
He's playing with them alright.
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someone said on apodcast if forest get to rough this ref is yellow card happy and they will be booked , what bullshit
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Do we have to endure the same referee in the next leg?
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I'm pretty lenient on refs, but this bloke is fucking terrible.
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this ref cannot be qualified for this level. he hasn't a clue.
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UEFA refs are normally so fast on studs up challenges as well, Red would have been justice but not even a yellow is a disgrace.
Blatant yellow on McGinn ignored too
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Hardly touched him man but the comms, "lucky not to get a card"
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Have that Anderson.
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Fcuking hell I’ve just switched it on to find the referee berating Watkins
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That ref is shocking, but only shocking for us. Very sharp on the uptake for them.
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I'd take a point
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Half-time. Take some deep breaths...
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fuck off commentator
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We are being very disjointed.
Ollie's joint was certainly tested by that challenge from Elliot
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Watkins returning the serve ;D
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Pretty ordinary. Need to be a lot sharper in the second. How Anderson is on the pitch is beyond me.
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Playing okay against thirteen men.
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And that's what happens when the referee doesn't do his fucking job. Prick.
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Apologies but Xcancel will not play the video.
Emi
https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2049936137393672307
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Half the Forest forum are calling that Anderson tackle a red. That's when you know.
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Buendia not good enough, Rogers needs to get in the game.
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well done Ollie
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Started well, but then faded away. Anderson is a lucky boy not to be sent off but he has been the best player on the pitch.
Buendia I hate to say has been a total passenger
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Very even half but they had the better chance that Emi did great to keep out. Digne has been unusually sloppy in possession, Tielemans anonymous and Torres a bit jittery. Think Buendia has been ok, working hard anyway. Cash and Onana our two best.
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We do badly lack pace.
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Buendia off, anyone else on.
Digne - wake up. Maatsen unlucky not to start this one.
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fuck off commentator
Beautifuly put. McCoist is a ball ache.
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Better attitude than Saturday. Onana showing his value, Buendia ineffective and Anderson should be off.
I'd take this at FT
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Thought we’ve done well and look organised. Pressure is on Forest now.
We’ve wasted corners and set pieces.
Pleasantly surprised with Onana but disappointed with Rogers.
Clear red card which was missed! If Watkins had stayed down I wonder?
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Anderson should be out of this game and the second leg the dirty ******. Loved th commentary team jizzing over a slo mo of that meg right after a slo mo of the ankle break lunge. Classy.
We are too nice sometimes.
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Buendia not good enough, Rogers needs to get in the game.
Yep, Bundia has been poor. A tight game might need some real quality to make the breakthrough.
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Pretty happy at half-time. Forest had a good spell, but we've defended well, and pulled ourselves back into it over the last 10 mins. Think it's been fairly even.
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The refree! is bllind or something and let Forest play ugly.
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Hard first half, goals in this for somebody, I would take Buendia off, move Rogers in bring on Maatsen to play wide and in front of Digne so he can get back and support Digne, he's going to need that second half, such an unwieldy side Forest, stubborn.
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I thought it was a good half of football; both sides playing well. Ref missed the Anderson yellow, but he's generally had a decent game. Villa look very composed.
Keep this up!
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Shockingly bad refereeing - not just the center, but VAR too. That's a red card all day long - Forest are being allowed to kick us freely, but when we do it the twat with the whistle blows.
Regardless, a decent 1st half . Doing the business.
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World class save by Martinez.
Buendia, Rogers, Tilemans and Watkins have all been pretty crap to be honest, hopefully one of them can take the game by thw scruff of the neck in 2nd half.
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Andersen is a cn*t.
No.1 target at VP next week. Well done Ollie re the payback.
Well done Emi on that save!
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Need to get Bailey on.
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I’m fcuking sick of us getting shit all from officials
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Rogers playing centrally never works. We are clearly playing for a 0-0 though, so moving him probably won't make much difference.
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Surely someone is speaking to the referee at halftime
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Rogers playing centrally never works. We are clearly playing for a 0-0 though, so moving him probably won't make much difference.
Never?
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Good half. Bit more composure going forward and we win this.
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World class save by Martinez.
Buendia, Rogers, Tilemans and Watkins have all been pretty crap to be honest, hopefully one of them can take the game by thw scruff of the neck in 2nd half.
come on! No one's been crap! Buendia has been weak in a couple of scenarios but generally it's been good
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Need to get Roger’s and McGinn on the ball more. Digne been unusual poor.
The ref has been poor
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Need to get Bailey on.
....the team bus? Niw?
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We haven't created a great deal.
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Thought we’ve done well and look organised. Pressure is on Forest now.
We’ve wasted corners and set pieces.
Pleasantly surprised with Onana but disappointed with Rogers.
Clear red card which was missed! If Watkins had stayed down I wonder?
It wasn’t missed, VAR looked at it and decided to dismiss it. Very fishy
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Surely someone is speaking to the referee at halftime
Marinakis for sure.
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What I can't get my head around is VAR looked at it, studs up, over the ball and straight onto his ankle and didn't even bother getting the ref to check it. Bullshit like that is exactly why 'he got the ball' is about the worst catchphrase to ever enter the game as if a knick on the ball on the way to his ankle makes it any less of a leg-breaker. It wouldn't have taken much more force for that to wreck the end of our season.
To add insult to it 10minutes later Buendia got a touch on the ball and then tripped Hutchinson with his follow-through and the ref gave the free kick.
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My little river has dried up. Anyone got any water supplies please?
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If we keep the ball better we'll open them up.
How Anderson hasn't had a card of any colour is shocking.
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Surely someone is speaking to the referee at halftime
Marinakis for sure.
Would that even surprise anyone?
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We haven't created a great deal.
Same as them really. Onus is on them though. Our crossing and final ball has been poor.
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That Anderson is a ****** - that was a potential ankle breaker
And as for Andy Reid on the TV - fucker Kevin Webster wannabe
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Andy Reid's been on the Guinness.
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Fat Andy Reid thinks Anderson won the ball.
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My little river has dried up. Anyone got any water supplies please?
PM sent
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Andy Reid talking shite
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It’s because Anderson is the new darling of English football. And manure want him
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Ankle breaker that, farce of a decision.
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It’s a contact sport you’ve got to be aloud to break someone’s ankle
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
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Andy Reid was a fat fuck when he was a professional athlete, to be fair to the fat fuck.
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Buendia, stop giving the ball away please.
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Happy with that half and reckon we still have one or two gears to go up.
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Yeah, but you've got to let the game flow. Yeah right.
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Yeah, if someone had done that to her when she was playing, she'd have been apoplectic and rightly so.
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Forest will try to step it up in the second half. I think we'll carry on as we are.
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Th first euro ref to ‘let the game flow’ is a bit of a bind against wrestlemania FC.
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We lack pace. Such a shame we sold Malen. Still don’t get why.
We should be playing v ten men now.
Need a moment from Rogers or Watkins or a long range pile driver from McGinn
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Lets just see what all these twats have to say if Kane gets one like that in the world cup, they'd be calling for a fucking lynching.
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At least we're not playing against ten men.
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Rather have 11 men on the pitch ra ra ra. I'd rather someone didn't risk snapping Watkins' ankle to pieces, but there you go. I got stuck in at centre half and never once led with my studs. You don't have to do it. Ever. That high it's a red. Plain and simple.
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Aston Villa have only won one of their last six away games in all competitions that have been level at half-time (D2 L3), beating Lille 1-0 in this competition in March
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Having seen a few angles now of the Watkins ' tackle ', Anderson is a lucky boy. Barely touched the ball, over the top of it and studs up. How Watkins is still playing is a miracle, could have been a career ender. Like Paulinha got away with it against us.
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Anderson gets his red and that would be tie over. He's everywhere for them.
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Rather have 11 men on the pitch ra ra ra. I'd rather someone didn't risk snapping Watkins' ankle to pieces, but there you go. I got stuck in at centre half and never once led with my studs. You don't have to do it. Ever. That high it's a red. Plain and simple.
Would have settled for a yellow because then he would be worried on getting a second one of those. Instead he is still diving around and fouling.
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Andy Reid was a fat fuck when he was a professional athlete, to be fair to the fat fuck.
Pissed away his career. Cruising around championship when he should have easily been top half PL. Disappointed in Carney there, like her as a pundit usually but she's getting paid to give an opinion.
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Red card is excessive force, which that was. I'd be surprised if that didn't get given in the premier league, but I'm stunned that a European VAR decided it was okay. My guess is they thought "It's a yellow, but we don't have a facility for that, so play on".
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Richard Dunne and Shay Given are on the Irish coverage. Their verdict when the presenter asked if it was a yellow or a red? "It's an orange".
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Still don't think a one goal deficit going into next week would be a complete disaster
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Referee starting off the same way
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Richard Dunne and Shay Given are on the Irish coverage. Their verdict when the presenter asked if it was a yellow or a red? "It's an orange".
Don't think he got any of the three cards, did he?
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This wanker is giving us nothing tonight
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Ollie isn't allowed free kicks.
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Ref allows a suplex on Ollie.
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welp, time to start surrounding the referee. All the big clubs do it.
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Watkins has swapped sides. Good idea
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We’re very ponderous when we get the ball.
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since when are european matches refereed like this?
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Just once I would like us to go back to the good old days of pace.
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Amazing how often Watkins is manhandled in games and doesn’t get fouls!
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Watkins has swapped sides. Good idea
Taking the piss that he's playing for Forest this half.
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This prick has been paid.
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since when are european matches refereed like this?
..when the referee has been promised a villa in Greece..
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This ref is dreadful.
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Richard Dunne and Shay Given are on the Irish coverage. Their verdict when the presenter asked if it was a yellow or a red? "It's an orange".
Robbie Keane's view on Andy Reid would be interesting 😀
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This ref is dreadful.
I don't think I've seen anything like it.
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Just once I would like us to go back to the good old days of pace.
Remember those days when people ludicrously thought that Diaby's 20 goals and assists in his debut season was shit and needed to be upgraded?
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Bogarde coming in for Onana, huge ask
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Bogey on for Onana
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Oh ffs
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Not getting much off the ref
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Onana looking a bit limpy
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This ref is dreadful.
He wouldn’t look Youri in the face then. Something is definitely fishy
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This prick has been paid.
Thought had crossed my mind.
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Great - Onana off who has been our best player.
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Andy Reid was a shit footballer and, on this evidence, he's an even worse pundit, twat. Not too impressed with Carney either because she knows that's a red card.
Richard Dunne and Shay Given are on the Irish coverage. Their verdict when the presenter asked if it was a yellow or a red? "It's an orange".
Don't think he got any of the three cards, did he?
No.. made me wonder whether VAR can only give a red or nothing but that can't be right.
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Onana really is made of glass.
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Ffs - not a lot going our way
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Bogarde and not Luiz, i cant understand it.
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Oh great
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Bogarde and not Luiz, i cant understand it.
Defensive work rate.
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Backwards sideways across
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My mom's collection of porcelain is sturdier than Onana. FFS.
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Bogarde and not Luiz, i cant understand it.
Yep. Struggling with that. Think it might cost us.
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Good start Bogarde….
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Move Mr Glass on
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Ooooooh
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Ankle-breaking tackles aside, Anderson is really good.
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Ref for fucks sake.
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Bogarde and not Luiz, i cant understand it.
Hasn't turned up for anyone in 2 years.
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Ankle-breaking tackles aside, Anderson is really good.
He really is
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Ankle-breaking tackles aside, Anderson is really good.
Yep, quality. The bastard.
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Nearly.
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Oh Ollie
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Ref's obviously checked and confirmed at HT that the drachmas have arrived in his bank account.
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Urgh.
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Reckon we will get to final?
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I'd sell Onana in the summer.
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Can someone tell me PWS secret
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Ankle-breaking tackles aside, Anderson is really good.
He really is
Likely heading to Man U. Imagine the decisions he will get if he gets away with these playing for Forest.
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McGinn has been meh so far
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Ankle-breaking tackles aside, Anderson is really good.
He really is
Likely heading to Man U. Imagine the decisions he will get if he gets away with these playing for Forest.
I reckon Citeh for Anderson. Rodri isn't what he once was.
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Creating more…
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If Ollie puts that in the corner he ain’t stopping it
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Ally, the only thing is he's showing his studs a little bit"....but never broke his ankle Ally, so.....
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Game of few chances for us, and we haven't taken any. Must do better.
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Caught in possession too often this half. They’re hurting us in transition.
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McCoist is fucking shite
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This ref is an absolute bloody moron.
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Nice elbow there from Konsa
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Andre one-half.
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This referee has definitely been nobbled
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How was that a foul on the keeper?
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Game of few chances for us, and we haven't taken any. Must do better.
Still look dangerous when we break. Maatsen s would be a good addition
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How was that a foul on the keeper?
Because referee.
Do we have this twat in the second leg?
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Refs a fucking clown.
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These commentators are doing my head in.
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He headed Konsas elbow ffs
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insane foul to call without any body contact on the keeper.
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In fact, I take it back. The referee is a chode.
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Buendia just too slow!! Get him off.
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Buendia ffs
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Buendia has been really poor.
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Isn't Darren Fletcher on coms a Forest fan. Ally is certainly sucking him off.
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get buendia off
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Buendia has to come off. Keeps losing it and he had so much space there.
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Surely we have someone better than Buendia?
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Cmon Ollie can't be losing it there ffs. Buendia a minute before. Sloppy
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Need to hook Buendia, losing possession nearly every time.
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Buendia's always poor in these high intensity, physical scraps.
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Their best player is the one who should have been sent off an hour ago.
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Wonder if we should shoot from distance a bit more?
A la Duran?
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Need to hook Buendia, losing possession nearly every time.
His passing is fine, getting turned over in possession far too often though. Obvious sub is Luiz in and Tielemans forward. Very disappointed in Tielemans so far
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At the moment can't see us scoring
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Their best player is the one who should have been sent off an hour ago.
He was always going to be man of the match once they bottled the red card. I wouldn't be shocked if we get a couple of really soft bookings as well.
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Buendia off please.
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Fuck off Buendia, get Harvey on.
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It's all us now
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My HBo feed is shocking tonight
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Fuck, pen
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VAR check for a Forest pen
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Pen
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Fucking hell
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Seems like VAR is working after all. Fucking great.
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That’ll be given as the referee is in the pockets
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This is a pen.
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Not liking how long this is taking
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never like buendia starting ...
wtf is going on now
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Be amazed if they don't get this.
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Off to the screen
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It’s definitely a pen if the ball is in play. Digne what are you doing.
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I wouldn't want us to be given a pen in this circumstance
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That's a pen. Not much to say, really.
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Pen given
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Come on Emi: pretend it's the World Cup Final again!
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This is a penalty if the ball didn’t go out. They’re hurting us post is in the way.
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Shite handball rules
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Digne you fucking idiot.
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that ball stayed in..?!
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Fucks sake. We were probably 2 mins away from Digne being hooked as well.
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Digne what the fuck are you playing at.
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Glad they found the batteries for VAR at half time.
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Just fuck off Digne
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Wood scores
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We just committed suicide - fucking ridiculous.
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goal
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So they've remembered the pitchside monitor exists. twats.
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Why is he raising his arms like that? So stupid.
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Digne has been paid off
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Fuck off.
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That's just mad by Digne.
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Digne disaster.
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FFS.
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Investigate these refs.. its all too conveniently poor and inconsistent.
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Oh well. Screw the Europa and hope we can get some points in the league.
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Fuck's sake
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This is pretty much exactly how I thought it would go. Their thugs allowed to do whatever the fuck they like and player who has been out for six months comes back to score.
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Idiotic from Digne. But we’ve been rubbish here.
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Typical fucking Villa. We always shit the bed when we have a chance to do so.
Digne, off. Maatsen on.
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Shame the bastard didn't see Anderson's taking out of Ollie. No going to the monitor for that one.
FFFS.
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I'd say we shot ourselves in the foot but we'd miss if we tried.
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What the f was Digne doing
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Unfortunate really. Need to react now. We are the better side but attacking play needs to be sharper. Luiz & Maatsen needed
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For heaven's sake, why does Digne even see the pitch anymore?!?! Maatsen is better at both ends of the pitch.
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We love to bring gifts for our European (!) hosts.
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Come on, Villa. Shut this crowd up.
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everyone stop fucking crying, its 1-0
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Can we try and not be fucking rubbish please Villa.
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Digne has been paid off
Utterly ridiculous comment.
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They certainly want this more than we do.
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Nottingham Forest have won seven penalties in the 2025-26 Europa League, more than any other team.
And probably not one as presented on a plate as that one.
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Fucking clown, what's he doing?
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Oh well 31 years
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mcginn has been pretty meh too
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Try and actually attack with a bit of quality maybe?
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I can’t be too critical of Digne. He was trying to keep his arms out of the way of the ball over the top if anything. It’s just a fucking stupid rule. We got. O benefit from the ball being hit against his arms in that situation.
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Fuck this fucking game
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Nothing to panic about, we always needed a couple of goals at Villa Park, as it stands 1-0 down or a draw, much the same, in fact it may work in our favour Forest will have a lot to protect and think about.
We must not let them score again
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You guys do realise there's 106 minutes to go, right ?
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Still not convinced that ball was in play
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Our quality always drops at the crucial moment.
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We have an absolute monopoly on calamitous incidents leading to a goal. I'm fucking raging about that. So thoughtless.
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They have our bloody measure though.
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Are we bigger bottlers than Arsenal? Every big game..
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You guys do realise there's 106 minutes to go, right ?
Amen.
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Nothing to panic about, we always needed a couple of goals at Villa Park, as it stands 1-0 down or a draw, much the same, in fact it may work in our favour Forest will have a lot to protect and think about.
We must not let them score again
Bang on
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We don’t really look like scoring.
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Wakey wakey Unai!!!
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Blown it again, Emery out!!
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Still not convinced that ball was in play
Me neither. Did var see it from the other side of the pitch?
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Villa have played well tonight. Digne has not been paid off. We're still in it. The better football has been played by Villa.
Everything else on here is shite.
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I can’t be too critical of Digne. He was trying to keep his arms out of the way of the ball over the top if anything. It’s just a fucking stupid rule. We got. O benefit from the ball being hit against his arms in that situation.
That makes no sense. There's no reason in football to ever have your hands in that position.
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Not one player has stepped up tonight so far.
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Keep it at 1 and we have a good chance.
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All, seriously, there's 110 minutes of the tie left, with 90 mins at home. Calm down.
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Is one of these big players of ours ever going to show up in a semi final?
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Are we bigger bottlers than Arsenal? Every big game..
Oh come on that was a fluke spotted by a suddenly eagle eyed VAR
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Villa have played well tonight. Digne has not been paid off. We're still in it. The better football has been played by Villa.
Everything else on here is shite.
Bang on
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Luiz and Ian getting ready
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We are far too conservative. Just not enough urgency.
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Why are none of our players anywhere near each other?
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My worry is we went full strength tonight and we're losing.
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Need to regain our composure here.
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Sancho luiz and Maatsens coming on
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Ref has given us nothing tonight
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Not one player has stepped up tonight so far.
Cash has pocketed MGW for starters.
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Are we bigger bottlers than Arsenal? Every big game..
Oh come on that was a fluke spotted by a suddenly eagle eyed VAR
I’m not into conspiracy theories at all. But it is suspicious in this case…
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worried about our subs here - not exactly the strongest mentality of player coming on
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Fuck off with your windmilling the crowd shit
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Absolutely nothing going our way tonight...
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SJM and Digne off. Sancho on for Bendy.
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Buendia has been f*cking sh-*te almost all game
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Buendia is so shit!!!!
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Our away form has been poor since the turn of the year.
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Hopefully this is the good sancho
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ffs buendia been on 76 mins too long
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Digne should never have been on.
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We’re not scoring here.
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First yellow for a foul on Anderson. Fuck off.
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Oh, hope Anderson's ankle is alright after that tackle
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Sancho luiz and Maatsens coming on
We need something quick from all of them. Something quick and good
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This is pretty much exactly how I thought it would go. Their thugs allowed to do whatever the fuck they like and player who has been out for six months comes back to score.
Marinakis has been associated with more than his fair share of match fixing/ ref bribing scandals in his homeland over the years (nothing proven).
The ineptitude of the ref in the Olympiakos SF home leg in 2024 and tonight's numpty are entirely coincidental.
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To be fair that is a yellow but it's interesting that he's eventually found his cards.
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Poor Anderson, ref has given him nothing.
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Creating sum total of fuck all
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Corner for Ally so definitely a goal kick then
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Two straight games where we have barely looked like scoring.
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We've gone properly shit this half.
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Emery getting schooled tonight.
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Slow slow slow predictable shit
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
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First yellow of the game for a foul on Andersen - the irony.
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We need Atkinson with a last minute volley
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
Agreed
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Shoot Sancho
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OMG we got a foul!
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We’ve been ok - an awful decision not to send of Anderson’s in the first half.
The fact that vars only use for us seems to be ruling if a ball is over the line or not to replace one subjective decision with another subjective decision.
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Shoot Sancho
Instructions for who?
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Shoot Sancho
Seems harsh.
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Thug master supreme Yeats coming on.
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Just fucking hit it!
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Maatsen and Sancho. Instantly more dynamic.
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
Agreed
It’s understandable when you’re getting fucking old and have seen us win Fcuk all for 31 years.
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
Agreed
Way over top comments
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We create so little.
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Tammy has to wonder sometimes why he joined us. So underused.
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Thug master supreme Yeats coming on.
Mission to break three ankles before next Thursday
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We need Atkinson with a last minute volley
Yes please!
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I'd take a draw now.
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We’ve gone to sleep again.
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Can we please stop giving the ball away?
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Tammy has to wonder sometimes why he joined us. So underused.
Elliot as well!!!
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Losing Kamara and Onana all the time is fucking killing us.
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We create so little.
Yet we complain when XG stats show exactly that.
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We are shit in semi finals. We are making them looks like it's Brazil
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Their performance of the decade and we have gone to pieces a bit.
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I'd take a draw now.
Worse part about it Forest have also been poor
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Ally and Fletch can fuck right off.
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
Agreed
It’s understandable when you’re getting fucking old and have seen us win Fcuk all for 31 years.
Neither have 98% of the clubs in Europe. We're in the first leg of a European semi-final and top 5 in the league, and people are crying like we're fucking Spurs. Get a grip.
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McCoist adds no value at all.
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Losing Kamara and Onana all the time is fucking killing us.
They’ve got big players out this evening
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It’s a massive shame Onana came off. Totally understandable but we’re a better team with him at the spine.
I’m gutted about tonight so far. It’s just so bloody predictable from us… how many times have we seen this?
We’re on the cusp of something special. And then we cock it up… massive massive 90 needed back at Villa Park. No excuses.
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I missed why Onana went off. Was he re-injured? Or are they just limiting his minutes?
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monumental idiocy in this thread tonight.
Agreed
It’s understandable when you’re getting fucking old and have seen us win Fcuk all for 31 years.
Neither have 98% of the clubs in Europe. We're in the first leg of a European semi-final and top 5 in the league, and people are crying like we're fucking Spurs. Get a grip.
No way is it 98%
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Looks like we're happy with a 1-0
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I'd take a draw now.
Worse part about it Forest have also been poor
As I said the only thing to worry is has been a fluke
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I missed why Onana went off. Was he re-injured? Or are they just limiting his minutes?
Limped off
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They’ve been better than us but the ref has let them do what they like
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Small Heathens liking this... :'(
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Losing Kamara and Onana all the time is fucking killing us.
They’ve got big players out this evening
None as vital to them as Onana and Kamara are to us.
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So dull, so predictable
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Looks like we're happy with a 1-0
Since Away Goals were scrapped it hasn't got same jeopardy
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Emery getting schooled tonight.
Get a fucking grip!
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Bogarde is league one standard.
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I missed why Onana went off. Was he re-injured? Or are they just limiting his minutes?
Limped off
Dang.
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It's way too early to panic but the vast majority of teams in Europe this season have won a trophy recently.
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I missed why Onana went off. Was he re-injured? Or are they just limiting his minutes?
Defending a corner and started limping so was subbed. Whether it was the knee again, another injury or a precaution in case we don't know
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Plenty of passing with no end results
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They iced up his calf
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loose touch Villa
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This is damage limitation now.
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Bogarde is woeful on the ball, no composure at all.
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Oh Lamare you need to be better than that
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Appears that Emery is settling for not conceding again and taking the score back to Villa Park. Hopefully we show the same fire we did versus PSG and get the job done.
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Bogey losing it again.
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Oh Youri
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Losing Kamara and Onana all the time is fucking killing us.
Its forest we are playing not Bayern Munich
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They iced up his calf
We probably won't see him again for a couple of weeks.
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Bogarde is woeful on the ball, no composure at all.
He’s dreadful
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Ahhhh Youri, wheres the Cup final peg
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This is damage limitation now.
You must be watching a different game to me. Forest have everybody behind the ball!
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Tielemans...
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Shocking effort by YT
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5 added mins
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Just 5 even though there was 6 to look at the pen.
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He just sums up how loose we are in possession. We give the ball away so often and put ourselves under pressure.
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Terrible effort that.
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5 mins added time. Come on Villa!
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2-0 on 90 plus 5 is my prediction
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It's not just the defeat, it's that we seem satisfied with this night's work.
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This is damage limitation now.
You must be watching a different game to me. Forest have everybody behind the ball!
Yet are creating more than is.
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just not clinical again
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Rogers has played well second half
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Both teams would end this now if given the choice
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I don’t ever want to see Bogarde play for us again
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Another thug comes on
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Both teams would end this now if given the choice
Why?
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We're workmanlike but the quality just isn't there lately.
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We will be fine as long as we don’t get a penalty
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If it remains 1-0 this is a good European first-leg result.
All other opinions are redundant.
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frustrating - but absolutely still in this
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If it remains 1-0 this is a good European first-leg result.
All other opinions are redundant.
Agreed - you're supposed to win your home match.
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would elliot and tammy been any worse
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I love how people who are annoyed are labelled as 'crying', rather than just being, you know, a bit annoyed. We're still very much in this, obviously.
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If it remains 1-0 this is a good European first-leg result.
All other opinions are redundant.
Too many youngsters on here to understand that concept
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Why can't we win a bloody away game
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Absolutely sh-*te performance with very little quality
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I’d just liked to have seen more invention by us. Villa Park 1-0 down of course we have to be favourites but hey won’t be easy at all and they will try to hit us on the break.
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Tielemans has not been at it since his return from injury. And Bogarde is just not good enough.
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Losing 1-0 isn't a disaster but it sure as fuck isn't a good result.
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The fucking passing.....fucking hell
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I don’t ever want to see Bogarde play for us again
He's shit.
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Hopefully get Watkins and Roger’s back for the game at Villa Park. Missed them tonight.
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would elliot and tammy been any worse
You're determined to write a negative narrative, but you're wrong.
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Rogers, WTF was that?
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It would have been 0-0 if Digne hadn't handed the win to them.
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Another weak away performance all over.
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Dogshoit from us. Not sure why I expected anything else.
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Hopefully get Watkins and Roger’s back for the game at Villa Park. Missed them tonight.
Stop it!!
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No conviction there from Sancho.
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We need to start shooting for the hands rather than the goal
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I don’t ever want to see Bogarde play for us again
He's shit.
He was good .Back when
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rogers that was bloodty awful
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I don’t ever want to see Bogarde play for us again
I’d like to see Malen play for us again
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Sancho is just a complete waste of time. He’s been poorer on loan than their league position low expectations I already had.
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We can still win this but concede early next week and it could get ugly. When will we turn up for a semi final?
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I don’t ever want to see Bogarde play for us again
I hate this sort of comment so much, way over the top.
No doubt that Bogarde did struggle, he is such a big Stepdown from Kamara and Onana. Buendia very poor, Sancho lively and I reckon he will get the nod next week. People forget he was playing well prior to the Sunderland debacle.
If we are honest, we have struggled for fluency coming forward for much of the season. We don't create enough, teams double up on Rogers and we don't have players elsewhere to take advantage. It has to be the biggest priority in the summer.
Anderson excellent for them, aside from the ankle breaker. He is a quality player.
Shite to concede from a nothing situation.
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would elliot and tammy been any worse
You're determined to write a negative narrative, but you're wrong.
actually thought onana wss good the rest meh
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Double post
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I can’t be too critical of Digne. He was trying to keep his arms out of the way of the ball over the top if anything. It’s just a fucking stupid rule. We got. O benefit from the ball being hit against his arms in that situation.
That makes no sense. There's no reason in football to ever have your hands in that position.
I don’t know. I think there is more chance of the ball hitting his arms in that position if he had them out in front of him. He was possibly more worried about the ball being fired back across the face of the goal at chest height.