Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on May 15, 2026, 09:59:27 PM
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Never in doubt.
Another CL season.
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Lovely stuff.
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Yessssss! Rog and Ollie were so good tonight.
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Yessssss! Rog and Ollie were so good tonight.
Tuchel there tonight?
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Outstanding performance.
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Thought the last 2 fixys of the season would be where it goes tits up....such a dick.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
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Not a great performance. They happen.
Should have had a pen.
Oh well.
Bournemouth aren't catching us and we'll be in the CL next season.
Villa 8)
Bournemouth aren't the only risk. If Brighton beat Leeds and an on-the-beach Man Utd at home on the last day, we need something from Liverpool or Man City.
On current form, we're not getting anything from either of those games, so we're relying Man City to beat Bournemouth, and Leeds or Man Utd to get something from Brighton.
If we end up needing anything, which I don't think we will, we're good enough to get it.
That's it. Not arguing any more over it.
Chill 8)
And some of you were having meltdowns and describing Burnley as a 'massive' game 😂
Villa 8)
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Get in!
They're a poor Liverpool side, but beating them is always a great scalp.
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
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love these boys
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Been at work so didnt get to see it. Phenomenal stuff. Delighted. Imagine possibly qualifying for the Champs League twice.in one season.
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Takes some of the pressure off for Wednesday and next Sunday which means they just have to play similar to Forest and today but not with todays defending.
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A brilliant send off for next week. Just a superb all round team display. Shame about the last goal for them but it doesn’t matter. Job pretty much done now for CL and what we hope is the platform for some silverware on Wednesday. Ollie, SJM both outstanding.
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Just brilliant tonight!
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Yeeeeessss.
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
Only one of those things happened
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
We didn't lose to Burnley.
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Roll on the Final!
Re-finding the big-game mentality at the right time.
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Brilliant.
Konsa and Pau cool as cool things
Youri nearly back
Barkley superb.
Rogers and Buendia very good.
Ollie immense.
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Up the fucking Villa!!!
This is exactly what the doctor ordered. Expend every last drop of energy on Wednesday, play the kids vs City.
And it's soooo, soooo good to put Liverpool to the sword. About bloody time.
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GTFI!!! Fanfcukintastic!!!
Champions League here we come…now go and win the Europa League first!!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Players and manager. Thank you again!
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What a win
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
We didn’t lose to Burnley even if it might have felt like it dropping two points.
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What a performance.
As a support some of us really need to adjust our mentality to where we are now!
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Magfuckingnificent.
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You could't ask anymore, proper job, well done Unai well done the lads, relax and we can get over the top excited about Wednesday knowing the Champs league next season is solid.
Well done the lads.
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
We drew!
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
Only one of those things happened
Oops my bad
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Outstanding
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Lovely stuff. Up for that, wasn’t we?
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Also think about the money this will earn.
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Players and manager. Thank you again!
Yep - Their Night.
Wonderful. Let's get the 65 points now
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Ok you pedantic fuckers. DRAW to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
😆
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Never in fucking doubt! Fuck Liverpool fuck sky fuck var fuck the lot of them!!!
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That really takes the pressure off the team before Wednesday. Brilliant second half performance.
Absolutely desperate to see meatball lift that trophy on Wednesday, he bloody deserves it.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
Birmingham do it?
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Brilliant 2nd half, could and probably should’ve scored more.
Every time we went into a tackle I followed the player afterwards to check he wasn’t limping.
Sets us up perfectly for Weds. UTV!
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What a win, absolutely brilliant. VAR tried to find whatever it could to help them.
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Lose to Burnley beat Liverpool. So Villa!
We drew!
Exactly my point above
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Jimmy Tarbuck, Cilla Black, Stevie G , Sporty Spice, your boys took one hell of a beating.
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2nd half in particular was excellent and responded well to the equaliser. Slot was crazy with his subs leaving so much space and we should have had a few more.
Watkins was brilliant. You can take the chances he misses when he puts in an all round display such as that.
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Brilliant, well done Unai and the players. Ollie was brilliant, as were the whole team. Magnificent end to the home season.
Love beating Liverpool.
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Right I making sure I am attending every champion league home game
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You can never tire of beating Liverpool but I'm willing to give it a go.
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Qualified for the CL with a game to spare and heading for a European final next week.
What a time to be alive.
Emery's a genius.
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Get in!
They're a poor Liverpool side, but beating them is always a great scalp.
Didn't just beat them annihilated them in the second half. Some exceptional individual performances, Ollie destroyed them. Digne, Buendia, Rogers all superb too.
Martinez 8, Cash 6, Konsa 8, Torres 7, Digne 8, Lindelof 4 (Barkley 7), Tielemans 7, Buendia 9, McGinn 8, Rogers 9, Watkins 9
Small bit worried about our midfield ahead of Wednesday, mind.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
South Birmingham do it?
FTFY. The bottlers.😉
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That really takes the pressure off the team before Wednesday. Brilliant second half performance.
Brilliant result, love beating Liverpool, but easing the pressure on Wednesday night by clinching CL is a big bonus,
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Ken Dodd, the Diddymen and The Liver Birds. Your boys took a hell of a beating!
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Lap of honour being broadcast...
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKZzjldAVvKB
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Hopefully we can now keep Rogers and add some genuine quality to the squad.
Tickets for the CL games will be like gold dust with only 3 stands available, but the revenue could mean a new Witton Stand.
What a journey Emery is taking us on.
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Emery is in statue territory.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
South Birmingham do it?
FTFY. The bottlers.😉
Haven't a clue how that "South" got in
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What a weight off our shoulders. Magnificent 2nd half.
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And Emery never made the manger of the year shortlist.
What he's done with this squad is an absolute miracle. No pressure on Wed, go out and play as we know we can.
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Second half we were epic, could've been another 7-2.
One game away from our best season in my life time!
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
South Birmingham do it?
FTFY. The bottlers.😉
Haven't a clue how that "South" got in
Villa are bigger than the other lot in South Birmingham. It’s just that they’re none existent in the north.
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Fuck the chimney wankers, they aren't worth a mention in this thread.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
South Birmingham do it?
FTFY. The bottlers.😉
Haven't a clue how that "South" got in
Villa are bigger than the other lot in South Birmingham. It’s just that they’re none existent in the north.
Most of South are Villa fans nowadays.
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Absolutely brilliant 2nd half, it could easily have veen another 7-2!
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Fuck the chimney wankers, they aren't worth a mention in this thread.
Agreed.
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Do you get the impression that Unai had this planned all along?
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A Conference League Semi Final
Champions League Qualification
FA Cup Semi Final
Europa League Final
Champions League Qualification
...beginning to unlodge the big 6
...not doing too bad so far the boy Emery
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Absolutely brilliant 2nd half, it could easily have veen another 7-2!
Yeah absolutely agree, hard hard season lows and highs, still a final to come, Villa are now established in the Euro established elite, top side.
Unai addressing the crowd what a determined bloke, in fact they should call him the Terminator, he will get you in the end.
fantastic and more to come.
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Champions league baby!!!
What a magnificent result. I think thats been our best 2nd half performance all season in the league.
Now lets go win that trophy!!!
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Champions league baby!!!
What a magnificent result. I think thats been our best 2nd half performance all season in the league.
Now lets go win that trophy!!!
Brilliant.
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Do you get the impression that Unai had this planned all along?
Don't even go there. Everything we collectively know about football would just go straight out the window.
To answer your question: possibly.
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Once the game opened up they couldn't compete with us, they didn't deserve their second as We were well on top and could have had more. Special mention for Ollie, some, me included were thinking he had run his race but the last few weeks he has been brilliant, seems he is over his problems. Now the fun begins, bring home the cup next week, beat City on their patch and then start speculating on who will be coming in next season, it never stops does it.
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Emery needs a new contract we need to keep him here as long as possible
He is literally the god of management
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Do you get the impression that Unai had this planned all along?
Don't even go there. Everything we collectively know about football would just go straight out the window.
To answer your question: possibly.
With Unai anything is possible, did you see him talking about the final.....wow!!!!! this is going to be some game, Unai is up for this big time.
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Stated on here Unai lost me after the Spurs debacle. What an absolute dickhead I've become in my old age. Get the status's foundations dug now. Oh, and John McGinn, fuck me what a player.
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And when things aren’t so good, we just need to run with it. He is so good for us. Just be thankful.
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Just brilliant.
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Emery needs a new contract we need to keep him here as long as possible
He is literally the god of management
tell you what, in all seriousness, Unai will get some magnificent approaches this summer, from the best of the best, we need to offer him the world, a stake in the club you name it, he should get it.
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Great game, now a chance to rest before next Wednesday. Good goals, no poor performances, fully deserved win.
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Stated on here Unai lost me after the Spurs debacle. What an absolute dickhead I've become in my old age. Get the status's foundations dug now.
Same here, although not sure if I would have preffered to fuck over Spurs 4-2 if we had to do one of them or Liverpool.
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What an amazing achievement.
We've a core of players and a world class manager who over the past 3.5 half years achieved things that no one (apart from unai) would have thougt possible.
One more win on Wednesday and this squad go down in the history books.
Ollie, Emi, McGinn, Konsa, Cash, Youri, Rogers, Digne, Beudina, Pau, Mings, Kamra - If the next week goes well they will never need to buy a pint again in their life and rightly so.
And Unai - how blessed we are to have him and long may it continue. He's playing all this on hard mode and making it look easy!
The last 2 home games have been an absolute masterclasses - now the same on wednesday please
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Stated on here Unai lost me after the Spurs debacle. What an absolute dickhead I've become in my old age. Get the status's foundations dug now. Oh, and John McGinn, fuck me what a player.
John McGinn, when I played he would have been touted as a soldier, solid, resolute, only knows one way, like Dalglish, type of player you treasure, they don't come around that often.
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Best manager in my lifetime by a mile, Imagine how good we'd be if we could sort our recent recruitment out properly for him.
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Fuck the chimney wankers, they aren't worth a mention in this thread.
Agreed.
Completely agree, don’t punch down.
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A Conference League Semi Final
Champions League Qualification
FA Cup Semi Final
Europa League Final
Champions League Qualification
...beginning to unlodge the big 6
...not doing too bad so far the boy Emery
He'll get found out soon.
Its unsustainable.
Arsenal fans have tried to tell us.
Any season now.
Honest.
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Best manager in my lifetime by a mile, Imagine how good we'd be if we could sort our recent recruitment out properly for him.
I can only agree with this, 100% correct, that said he has had to cope with this PSR shit, we all know it is shit, he's done it, but now we are CL again lets back Unai.
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I did say last week that I had a feeling that we'd draw against Burnley and beat Liverpool.
You're welcome!
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Absolutely brilliant! Well done to all in the stands and at the club!!
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Do you get the impression that Unai had this planned all along?
Don't even go there. Everything we collectively know about football would just go straight out the window.
To answer your question: possibly.
With Unai anything is possible, did you see him talking about the final.....wow!!!!! this is going to be some game, Unai is up for this big time.
Just seen it. He scared me the other day, laughing like a mad man, so happy after a draw at Burnley, so proud of his team. Tonight he was post match the most I've ever seen him so relaxed.
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Considering our start, losing the midfield for a quarter of the season and the overall financial position we find ourselves in what a quite extraordinary season.
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Come on then, own up you yellow bellied bastards, who wanted us to put out the second string?
What you saw tonight was what big clubs do.
South Birmingham do it?
FTFY. The bottlers.😉
Haven't a clue how that "South" got in
Villa are bigger than the other lot in South Birmingham. It’s just that they’re none existent in the north.
Most of South are Villa fans nowadays.
👍
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Slot’s gone over the edge:
“We've definitely conceded far too many goals. We also haven't scored enough goals, although two at Villa Park is not bad. If you told me we did that before the game, I would think we are not far from a good result."
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What a second half performance. First half was fine - but second half we could have easily scored more.
We ripped them apart. The last 2 second halfs at Villa Park have been other-worldly - just relentless and bags of quality.
Maybe, just maybe, all this slow passing it around and the back means we have an extra now.
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Qualifying for the CL will allow the club to bring in some proper talent and allow us to start the very real project of moving on from some of the stalwarts. Unai has squeezed every drop from this group.
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I've given up trying to understand us. We just don't make sense, and that's how it is.
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Qualifying for the CL will allow the club to bring in some proper talent and allow us to start the very real project of moving on from some of the stalwarts. Unai has squeezed every drop from this group.
Spot on
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Best manager in my lifetime by a mile, Imagine how good we'd be if we could sort our recent recruitment out properly for him.
I think Emery has a strong say in recruitment!
He continues to get a tune out of Dean Smiths players, that's his greatest attribute.
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What a result tonight, the match and the season, with CL lined up and the Europa Cup Final on Wednesday.
Unai is a genius, and the players have worked so hard to achieve this.
I’m so impressed with the club!
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Now let's line up some proper signings who will actually contribute next season, and really establish ourselves.
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Well that was ratherrrrr nice.
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Off you fuck Slott , I’m sure you’ll miss the fireworks.
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That was nice and I was absolutely this calm during the game
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I love you all - including Smirker
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Just catching up on the BBC Highlights. So Van Djik can just push a player running through on goal and nothing is given. I know they state "force of the push" but it was so blatant he wasn't even trying for the ball right in front of the ref.
We apparently almost had out first league penalty of the season but it was luckily over-rode by our 3rd goal anyway. Glad the ref didn't blow before the ball went into the net as I'm not sure it wouldn't have been VAR'd out.
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BRASSNECK!