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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on May 14, 2011, 07:11:31 PM
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Available Sunday evening.
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Terrific result that, first half we showed potential. Bent superb.
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3 well earned points with a smattering of extreme good fortune for most of it. Shame we couldn't quite keep the clean sheet though.
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Delph was class today motm for me.
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Great result. Really did nt see that coming today!! Some awful reffing in our favour and we rode our luck, but its about time we had some.
Bent really is class..if Rooney had scored that first it would be shown round Europe all week.
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Still can't keep a clean sheet.
Rubbish.
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That was about as good as today could have gone, all results.
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We needed a satisfaction, one of the few of the season.:)
Well done Villa, UTV.
But we must not deceive ourselves, it's too easy with the "ramshackle" Arsenal that we saw today, the impression is that their players were playing against their own manager.
On a hilarious note, with Richard Dunne in action it's quite sure that you can't keep a clean sheet. The way he marked van Persie is simply ridiculous.
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Immense team performance today, Friedel the defence , midfield and Bent.
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Bit lucky with the ref and we sat back a bit too much but thank god for that. Our best league result for at least a year. Wonderful result - and looks like Blues are in trouble too.
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
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Cracking result. I told you all we would win.
Delighted.
Bent is fucking ace. Love him.
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Now that's what you call a super sunday.
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Well well well....... no lack of fighting spirit there. We rode our luck but a committed performance from nearly everybody. Bent is a class class act. two chances and bang in the net. Where would we be if we'd had him from the start of the season? Breathing down Liverpool's neck?
On the negatives:
Dunne - given the amount of times its happened this season there has to be a point when the line between unthinking ineptitude and willful sabotage is crossed. I suggest the club check his bank statements for any payments from SHA Holdings ltd.
Delph - sorry but he looks a very very limited player to me
Overall a good effort and a nice reposte from GM to all his critics.
Onwards and upwards REVOLUTION NOT EVOLUTION
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Delph was class today motm for me.
Anyone of the defense for MOTM really or Bent for the goals. Delph was too poor when on the ball to be MOTM although for most of the rest of the play he defended well.
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brilliant result,stood firm and are support brilliant as usual
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Same here, I am gladly warming up my words.
Great win... Bent really is worth every penny.
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This game has driven me to drink. WAHEY!
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We needed a satisfaction, one of the few of the season.:)
Well done Villa, UTV.
But we must not deceive ourselves, it's too easy with the "ramshackle" Arsenal that we saw today, the impression is that their players were playing against their own manager.
On a hilarious note, with Richard Dunne in action it's quite sure that you can't keep a clean sheet. The way he marked van Persie is simply ridiculous.
Richard Dunne, a couple of mistakes aside was immense today. Not sure what game you watched.
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To everyone saying the team had quit on the management take a look at that. I know McAllister might not be the most popular bloke at the club, but the players fought for him today. They could have thrown in the towel. We were safe and the players that supposedly wanted GH/McAllister out could have sent a real message the board. In the end, they worked together, rode their luck, caught some big breaks, but have a forward that given guilt edged chances puts the ball away.
Work on the defence, get younger and faster, and bring in some solid players to replace the departing and we could be in good shape. The summer is now going to be massive.
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Luke Young MOTM didnt put a foot wrong, Walcott in his pocket
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Well well well....... no lack of fighting spirit there. We rode our luck but a committed performance from nearly everybody. Bent is a class class act. two chances and bang in the net. Where would we be if we'd had him from the start of the season? Breathing down Liverpool's neck?
On the negatives:
Dunne - given the amount of times its happened this season there has to be a point when the line between unthinking ineptitude and willful sabotage is crossed. I suggest the club check his bank statements for any payments from SHA Holdings ltd.
Delph - sorry but he looks a very very limited player to me
Overall a good effort and a nice reposte from GM to all his critics.
Onwards and upwards REVOLUTION NOT EVOLUTION
Delph was very good today, off the pace a bit but that's to be expected.
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Didn't I tell you we'd win?
Bloody doom-mongerers!
Bent would be the easy MOTM pick for the goals but Reo-Coker and Collins were immense out there and Brad made some crucial saves.
Onwards and upwards.
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Great strikes from Bent; then a mixture of some good defending, favourable refereeing decisions and a bit of luck. After the season we've had, I think we deserve it.
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Set a place at the table for me please.
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Great stuff, I had a fiver on us at 7-1 to win as well!
As an aside, is Van Persie going grey?
And as another aside, that was a disgustingly biased commentary, Alan Smith ought to be ashamed as a Villa fan
Do you think it would ever be possible to watch Villa leading 2-0 and actually enjoy it without having your eyes glued on that little box showing the time in the left hand corner?
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That was Walker's best defensive performance since he joined.
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Freidel - 9 - Rolled back the years
Walker - 8 - Very good allround game
Young - 7 - Gritty and determined
Dunne - 8 - Got better as the game went on. Solid.
Collins - 6 - Looked like he'd got a cock up in him and it proved to be. Not all bad tho.
A Young - 7 - Quieter than usual but good when involved
Petrov - 6 - Faded badly after good first half
Delph - 6 - Got better after bad first half
NRC - 7 - Used ball well, but caught watching at times
Downing - 8 - Great outlet
Bent - 9 - MOTM Super centre forward display, 2 goals, his first was Klinsmann like
Bradley - 6 - He's not a bad footballer but looks lost in this league.
Overal very good display, defence looked quite solid overall for a change and good up top. My only critisism is that i can't fathom how the Arsenal midfield and strikers dropping deep had so much room in the midfield areas despite us having three in there.
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Thought the entire back four played really well. Bit Keystone Cops for their goal but they showed that throw your body on the line determination from the past few years, especially Dunne.
Walkers ball in for Bent's finish was sublime and the finish should be goal of the week, superb!
Credit where it's due to GMac and the management team, three CM's worked well to frustrate Arsenal and going forward in the first 20 minutes we looked really good.
Here's to still being top flight nexct season!! Cheers lads and lasses!!
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Brilliant result down to a combination of great defending, favourable refereeing (for a change) and a top class striker.
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A brilliant, brilliant result which we earned through a mixture of some very good attacking play, shoddy Arsenal defending, bizarre referee and blind luck. Some very good performances indeed; Luke Young, Big Brad, Reo-Coker, Downing (who I thought did a great defensive job today). Oh, and then there's Darren Bent. A fine, fine goal scorer.
I thought Delph drifted out of the game a fair bit, but did OK, Ashley Young was less visible than usual, but worked his socks off for us again, and despite his brief appearance, I thought Bradley did a good job when he came on.
I think that will be the formation for us next season, if Houllier stays, and it suits the players we have well.
The lowest we can finish is 14th, which feels quite strange, suddenly.
Anyway, great stuff, and thank fuck we can kiss this season goodbye.
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Dear HoltePaul, Rawly and that other knob who got banned last night,
IN YOUR FUCKING FACE!
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Ashley Young threw his shirt into the crowd. Hmmm... ManUre beckons
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That was Walker's best defensive performance since he joined.
I thought that he was generally shit at defending but he was superb today!
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If you're going to open a dress shop, and you don't sell dresses, you don't put the prices up do you? You put them down. Its... they..... I don't understand it.
Paul "Socrates" Merson on Arsenal. No Paul, I don't understand it either.
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Agreed about Walker, very good indeed today, and a glimpse of the player he may will become. Worth signing if possible, I reckon.
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Arsene with a face like a slapped arse. No-one's fault but his own.
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Superb result, rode our luck, like all fans we forget these things happen when it goes against us but we can worry about that another time. Now a win next week and we could finish top half of the table.
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That was Walker's best defensive performance since he joined.
I thought that he was generally shit at defending but he was superb today!
Agreed. He's so good going forward too - hopefully we can get him signed up in the summer. I'd like to hang on to Luke as well
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If you're going to open a dress shop, and you don't sell dresses, you don't put the prices up do you? You put them down. Its... they..... I don't understand it.
Paul "Socrates" Merson on Arsenal. No Paul, I don't understand it either.
For such an intellegent footballer, he appears to have shit for brains.
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Set a place at the table for me please.
At least you can finish off your meal with the sweet taste of victory. Considering the diet we've all been on this season it will taste even sweeter tonight!!
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Dear HoltePaul, Rawly and that other knob who got banned last night,
IN YOUR FUCKING FACE!
brilliant
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Agreed about Walker, very good indeed today, and a glimpse of the player he may will become. Worth signing if possible, I reckon.
I would have said sign him up even before today, and despite a few misgivings. He's a bloody good player though, and it was very evident today.
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Lions to a man!!! Get in!!!
So happy, I let out a huge roar for each goal and I was the only villa fan in the place. What a day.
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Delph did'nt have the best game, but i would still play him next game, we need to show how good he can become.Showed glimpses today , needs match fitness.
Downing, i f he had some balls, could be a really good player, but he is such a tart.Probably our best player today, but needs some more aggression.
Walker, good 1st half, poor 2nd.
We could be quite a good team, Bent makes all the difference, add a passer behind him, bring Makoun in, add another and we are not far behind.
Don't want to criticise too much, but for their goal, Collins got underneath the ball again.Should have done better.
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Is this the best day's results ever?
This season YES - Wigan's late winner means the knuckledraggers are going to have a horrible week with hopefully an even worse day next Sunday.
Spurs need to win, especially if the Red Scouse are beating us, just tell any nose you see - we are going to throw the game next week to make Spurs play harder!
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Ashley Young threw his shirt into the crowd. Hmmm... ManUre beckons
TBH that was a given from about October. Although did any other players do the shirts for the very good away following this season considering the amount of wins they had seen?
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Downing was shocking today, gave the ball away ever time and back to his wussiest
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Downing was shocking today, gave the ball away ever time and back to his wussiest
He was a tremendous outlet and got us out of trouble loads of times with his bursts down the wing. His final ball was poor and he did give the ball away a bit but he was far from shocking.
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Downing, i f he had some balls, could be a really good player, but he is such a tart.Probably our best player today, but needs some more aggression.
I have to say, I think that's harsh. He put in a number of good covering tackles today, and was always working back and covering Walker. In fact, I think he did a better defensive job than attacking one today!
Either way, it all worked out this afternoon!
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Downing was shocking today, gave the ball away ever time and back to his wussiest
The main problem with Downing for most of the season is he isn't a right winger. Yes, it means he can come in and have a shot like Young is happy to do but he will not try to cross with his right which we needed today several times. Will argue about the wussiest though as he did a good defensive job.
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Great result and held on under alot of pressure.
Bradley actually looked ok aswell.
We as a team need to learn that we can keep the ball when an opponent comes near us, we were quality first 20 mins then invited pressure for the rest of the game.
But a win feels great and has put me in a good mood for my 6 aside game later.
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Paul McGrath tweeting that he's proud and that the fans must be thrilled!
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Amazing result. Bent is just the daddy.
Delph looked a bit out of his depth, lost posession too many times.
NRC battled his balls off.
Didn't think too much of Downing & Young today, but I thought Walker, L.Young were superb.
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I see your point hawkeye, Downing is a tart, but he was more of an outlet today than AYoung.
Although i would say that AYoung did a lot of support today for LYoung.We will miss his workrate.
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Delph didn't have the best game, but i would still play him next game, we need to show how good he can become.Showed glimpses today , needs match fitness.
Walker, good 1st half, poor 2nd.
Don't want to criticise too much, but for their goal, Collins got underneath the ball again.Should have done better.
Now we have no pressure I would actually start with Gary Gardner, Delph and Reo with Albrighton on the right and Downing on the left. Young can stay on the bench and come on second half if needed for any plaudits the fans thinks he deserves.
As for the Walker comment. I thought he played quite well throughout although there was obviously a lot more pressure for all the second half.
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I see your point hawkeye, Downing is a tart, but he was more of an outlet today than AYoung.
Although i would say that AYoung did a lot of support today for LYoung.We will miss his workrate.
Young's pass for the goal was sublime.
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Great result at the end of a forgetable season.
Just hope Wigan and Spuds get it right next week.
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For me the man of the match was the ref. Thought he had a blinder. Mind you if I were an Arse fan i'd be spitting feathers right about now.
We should have lost that game comfortably but i'll take the win ably assisted by a moogy ref and say well done to the defence. At least I can relax next week and enjoy the Liverpool game without growing any more stomach ulcers.
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I see your point hawkeye, Downing is a tart, but he was more of an outlet today than AYoung.
Although i would say that AYoung did a lot of support today for LYoung.We will miss his workrate.
Young's pass for the goal was sublime.
Had Fabregas played today and made that pass we'd still be watching replays of it.
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I see your point hawkeye, Downing is a tart, but he was more of an outlet today than AYoung.
Although i would say that AYoung did a lot of support today for LYoung.We will miss his workrate.
Young's pass for the goal was sublime.
Had Fabregas played today and made that pass we'd still be watching replays of it.
I'll be honest, I still am.
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I see your point hawkeye, Downing is a tart, but he was more of an outlet today than AYoung.
Although i would say that AYoung did a lot of support today for LYoung.We will miss his workrate.
Completely one-eyed view from the pair of you. Both did their jobs today, which was to drop back when we lost the ball, and we lost so much that they were auxiliary full backs for much of the time. They did their job and worked their arses off.
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Some pride restored with a great result and a good performance - Formby cricket club didn`t know what hit it when VCTM, VCTM jnr, Mrs VCTM and Ms VCTM were jumping up and down at the final whistle. Come on you Lions !!
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Yeah , great pass by AYoung for Bents goal.......thats what he needs on a more regular basis.
But i think hes gone, and i would play Delph, Clark definately next week.
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Well would you adam and blinking eve it.
Where did the passion come from ?.
Fair play to all involved , it was great today.
Freidal proved he should get another contract, he shouldn't be automatic chloice as now (basicallyllin , he plays) but he should be allowed to hold the shirt and keep it until he drops performances - and in fact, he has got better as the season has gone on.
Dunne and Collins through themselves nto every challenge - yeah they were lucky on a few decisions, but deserved it
Walker was immense, both attacking and defending , and looked the player we bought. Luke Young challenged everything and won everything
Petrov and Reo Coker controlled midfield - won everything, NRC expecially. Petrov was clearly hurt from about 65 mins but battled on until it got too bad.
Delph got caught a few times, but on the other hand, created a lot - can't understand why he hasnt been given a chance this season. Everyone I know has said since about January our midfield should be todays - so again, you have to question the management of why it hasn't been.
Downing was our most dangerous threat and was superb.
A Young battled harder than I have ever saw (however, the cynic in me thinks he was tryingo impress Capello and Wenger
Bent - well !!! - 4 yrs I wanted him and he ain't disappointed. The guy is the best forward we have had since McInally and I can't wait to see the next few years with him.
McCallister - I don't like the bloke but fair play today, got selection right, got tactics right, got substitutions right and made at right time.
Overall , a cracking day, and we can now enjoy a party on the Holte listening to the Alliance going back to where they belong
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I'm over the moon what a performance brilliant I thought we were awesome it was a pleasure to watch us today Darren Bent what a goalscorer I thought Downing, Delph, and NRC played really well and Ashley Young who covered His full back brilliantly had another good game the defence where also brilliant repelling Arsenal second half fightback and to cap it all off I had Darren Bent for first goalscorer at 8/1 happy days roll on Liverpool.
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Could today have gone any better? Only with the addition of Pippa Middleton and a jar of Nutella when I got home.
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Excellent and totally unexpected result. At last it's safe to relax my sphincter. There that's much better. Oh.
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Could today have gone any better? Only with the addition of Pippa Middleton and a jar of Nutella when I got home.
You'd turn her lesbian too though, and that would be a waste!
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Yeah , great pass by AYoung for Bents goal.......thats what he needs on a more regular basis.
But i think hes gone, and i would play Delph, Clark definately next week.
Although Youngs pass was good, the best was from Walker to Bent for the first. Also liked either Walkers or Collins FK to Young which lead to the 2nd goal as well.
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NRC battled his balls off.
Yeah, That's the swashbuckling midfield general we wall hoped we were getting 4 seasons back, If only he could maintain it, great performance today, hope it's not just his usual flash in the pan to strengthen his contracts bargaining position.
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Could today have gone any better? Only with the addition of Pippa Middleton and a jar of Nutella when I got home.
You'd turn her lesbian too though, and that would be a waste!
Not if she let me watch.
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I can sleep easy for the first time in months. Phew. Thanks RL for Bent he has saved us without a doubt, we're lucky to have both. Great support....now come on Spurs you know what to do...give me a reason not to hate you even more.
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Everyone of the team battled for this result, and fair play, they aren't the best team out there but this was a classic example of body on the line defending, combined with an excellent discipline and positional awareness. A great example for the underdog.
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When I turned 30, and I had to make a wish after blowing out the candles on my cake, the first thing that popped into me head was 'survival'. Next year, I'm wishing for Angelina Jolie.
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Well today dispelled one Holte End theory and chant - "Shit refs we always get shit refs" !
(courtesy of Villa Phil from Preston)
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Bent - well !!! - 4 yrs I wanted him and he ain't disappointed. The guy is the best forward we have had since McInally and I can't wait to see the next few years with him.
Since Dublin and then Yorke maybe before Alan Mc.
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Great 20-25 minutes, thought we played very, very well. Two up, sat back, rode our luck and understandably so. Would like to see what we are capable of with a few new additions and the confidence to keep going at teams...great result, sleep easy, have a good old laugh next week and see what the close season brings.
Bent, priceless. If Arsenal would have had him they would have run the title close.
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NRC battled his balls off.
Yeah, That's the swashbuckling midfield general we wall hoped we were getting 4 seasons back, If only he could maintain it, great performance today, hope it's not just his usual flash in the pan to strengthen his contracts bargaining position.
Well he kept up his record of never being on the losing side against the Arse. We missed a trick there in November.
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Ash Young's 10th booking today, wasn't it?
He has played his last game for Villa, methinks.
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Same here, I am gladly warming up my words.
Great win... Bent really is worth every penny.
Yep me too - fantastic result.
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The luck that has been absent all season came back today and about time.
Great first 15, then a backs to the wall performance, credit to the stand in manager but we still need a new manager next season.
And, for once, credit to the players, including Ashley Young who spent the whole game working for the team and less time diving and moaning.
There's a great team there, all we need is a great manager.
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Ash Young's 10th booking today, wasn't it?
He has played his last game for Villa, methinks.
They had an amnesty on yellow cards back in March, so he will be available next week.
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Ash Young's 10th booking today, wasn't it?
He has played his last game for Villa, methinks.
They don't count anymore.
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Ash Young's 10th booking today, wasn't it?
He has played his last game for Villa, methinks.
They had an amnesty on yellow cards back in March, so he will be available next week.
I stand corrected, thank you.
(iv) If a Player accumulates ten cautions in FTCM between the opening day of the Playing Season and the second Sunday of April in the same Season, he will be suspended automatically for a period covering:- Two First Team matches
(v) If a Player accumulates ten cautions in FTCM between the opening day of the Playing Season and the last day of the same Season, he will be: - “Severely Censured and Warned as to his future Conduct”
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Ash Young's 10th booking today, wasn't it?
He has played his last game for Villa, methinks.
How many of those haven't been for diving or dissent? I'll have a guess a none.
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You can never trust these players can you? They just don't do what is necessary. I mean today I had £10 at 7/2 for a draw and they go and win! Tut tut
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Anyone remember that Dr bloke (the arsenal fan who was slagging us off a couple of seasons ago)?
Wonder what he made of todays result then?
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You can never trust these players can you? They just don't do what is necessary. I mean today I had £10 at 7/2 for a draw and they go and win! Tut tut
Oh, I don't know, I had a fiver on us to win at 7/1
Us finishing mid-table or thereabouts really shows you just how rank the league has been this year when you bear in mind how awful we have been
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Don't understand the criticism for Delph. My university mates, a mixture of United/Arsenal and Liverpool fans, were raving about him. I thought he had a solid game, with the odd ridiculous tackle mixed in with the odd world class 50 yard pass.
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Darren Bent is ace. Everyone played well, great result! I hope we can buy Walker somehow, or at least get him on loan again.
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Don't understand the criticism for Delph. My university mates, a mixture of United/Arsenal and Liverpool fans, were raving about him. I thought he had a solid game, with the odd ridiculous tackle mixed in with the odd world class 50 yard pass.
You also have to bear in mind the guy hasn't played for ages and then suddenly gets dropped into Arsenal away against one of the best midfields going...
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Could today have gone any better? Only with the addition of Pippa Middleton and a jar of Nutella when I got home.
Love it!
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Don't understand the criticism for Delph. My university mates, a mixture of United/Arsenal and Liverpool fans, were raving about him. I thought he had a solid game, with the odd ridiculous tackle mixed in with the odd world class 50 yard pass.
You also have to bear in mind the guy hasn't played for ages and then suddenly gets dropped into Arsenal away against one of the best midfields going...
Exactly. I remember him disposessing somebody, playing a lovely one two with Downing and then bombing after 80+ mins as well. There is a real player in there, I think next season will be his year!
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Don't understand the criticism for Delph. My university mates, a mixture of United/Arsenal and Liverpool fans, were raving about him. I thought he had a solid game, with the odd ridiculous tackle mixed in with the odd world class 50 yard pass.
Thought considering he has hardly played and was playing a decent Arsenal side that he looked pretty good. The old cliche about a good preseason behind him and all that and could be our "different" midfielder in the middle. Makoun, NRC, Delph.
By the way did anyone else hear them say NRC has never lost vs Arsenal? surely not...remarkable if true.
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Great first-half performance, we were a bit sloppy second-half but brave defending earned us the win. VERY HAPPY WITH TODAY. Well deserved win for us, would have been better if Sky could of muted all the moany Arsenal supporters.
W2
D2
L1
Not a bad record at the Emirates eh? ;)
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Great first-half performance, we were a bit sloppy second-half but brave defending earned us the win. VERY HAPPY WITH TODAY. Well deserved win for us, would have been better if Sky could of muted all the moany Arsenal supporters.
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Not a bad record at the Emirates eh? ;)
I enjoyed listening to them. Makes a change to hear the groans rather than be part of them.
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Great first-half performance, we were a bit sloppy second-half but brave defending earned us the win. VERY HAPPY WITH TODAY. Well deserved win for us, would have been better if Sky could of muted all the moany Arsenal supporters.
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Not a bad record at the Emirates eh? ;)
Now taken more points at the Emirates than any other team?
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Great first-half performance, we were a bit sloppy second-half but brave defending earned us the win. VERY HAPPY WITH TODAY. Well deserved win for us, would have been better if Sky could of muted all the moany Arsenal supporters.
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Not a bad record at the Emirates eh? ;)
Now taken more points at the Emirates than any other team?
I would think so.
Oh and I would also like to point out the tactics put out by the man in charge were spot on. Counter-attacking at it's finest haha.
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0-2 according to Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2360624,00.html)
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0-2 according to Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2360624,00.html)
I'll take it!
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Don't understand the criticism for Delph. My university mates, a mixture of United/Arsenal and Liverpool fans, were raving about him. I thought he had a solid game, with the odd ridiculous tackle mixed in with the odd world class 50 yard pass.
Thought considering he has hardly played and was playing a decent Arsenal side that he looked pretty good. The old cliche about a good preseason behind him and all that and could be our "different" midfielder in the middle. Makoun, NRC, Delph.
By the way did anyone else hear them say NRC has never lost vs Arsenal? surely not...remarkable if true.
I think he has only played against them 7 times now with us and the kit stealers so that could be some of it. Although he is the best type of player against them, someone who spoils their rhythm and gets the foot in when required. Did well the second half after being booked to still be effective.
As for Delph, the criticism was when he was attacking even before we were under pressure. Easy balls misplaced or dwelling too long. But defensively he was really good apart from the stupid attempt at a tackle which gave them a FK chance when the play was going away from the box and he had no chance of winning the ball. But when we started to get breaks out in the 80th minute onwards his stamina meant he could break as well.
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I thought Delph did pretty well given how long he's been out.
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wooo bloody hooo one my other things is camping. So in december when no one thinks of camping I bought a load of gear off ebay Just managed to sell some of the other stuff today on ebay to leave me with a £200 tent for free.
Villa had there first bit of luck for ages and played well. And the bears won
whoo bloody whooo
PS mr Bent could become a legend
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I dont go over the top in praise for many players but Darren Bent is fucking brilliant.He is so clever,right on the shoulder of the last defender all the time.Have to admit,wasnt too excited when we bought him but fuck me the lad knows where the net is,set a midfield up to supply him and we could be right back up there next season.
Good luck Blackpool and Spurs next week
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PS mr Bent could become a legend
perhaps even more so than Marcus Allback!
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Ashley Young threw his shirt into the crowd. Hmmm... ManUre beckons
TBH that was a given from about October. Although did any other players do the shirts for the very good away following this season considering the amount of wins they had seen?
does it miss next weeks game .. think it was 10 yellows now
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Ashley Young threw his shirt into the crowd. Hmmm... ManUre beckons
TBH that was a given from about October. Although did any other players do the shirts for the very good away following this season considering the amount of wins they had seen?
does it miss next weeks game .. think it was 10 yellows now
I don't think so because of an amnesty, as some have mentioned. Although I checked the PL stats page and it says he's on 7.
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No, 'it' does not due to the amnesty prevously posted.
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Great villa win... and Van Persie is my Fantasy Football Captain. Get in!
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Freidel - 8 - Faultless
Walker - 8 - excellent - sign him ( in young deal )
Young - 7.5 - very good , keep him next season
Dunne - 6.5 - ok , they should have had a pen and distribution at times was poor.
Collins - 7.5 -Very good today , got stuck in .
A Young - 7 - quiet game , worked hard , good assist
Petrov - 6 - Faded ..
Delph - 6.5 - got caught in first half at times but better in second half , needs to start next game
NRC - 8 - thought he had a good solid game , broke up arse play
Downing - 7.5- worked hard but made the odd wrong pass
Bent - 10- MOTM 18 million is a absolute bargain. Best english striker in a Villa shirt, makes me proud . I will always remember Houlier for getting this man
Bradley - 5.75 - looked ok to me , even thou I kept thinking he was Collins
Heskey 6 - just for not getting sent off
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Set a place at the table for me please.
Count me in too. Its gonna be crowded around yours tonight.
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I'm over the moon what a performance brilliant I thought we were awesome it was a pleasure to watch us today Darren Bent what a goalscorer I thought Downing, Delph, and NRC played really well and Ashley Young who covered His full back brilliantly had another good game the defence where also brilliant repelling Arsenal second half fightback and to cap it all off I had Darren Bent for first goalscorer at 8/1 happy days roll on Liverpool.
I agree.
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What a fantastic result!
I was expecting the worst but that was pleasantly surprised by both the performance and the result. After all the stresses and strains of worrying about relegation I can relax and finally enjoy game number 38.
A dog shit season is nearly over but Darren Bent has been a real bright spark and looking forward to his contribution in claret and blue for many years to come
Up the Villa!
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I predicted us getting a real tonking. Dinner tonight will be a starter of humble pie followed by a main course of my hat.
Set a place at the table for me please.
Count me in too. Its gonna be crowded around yours tonight.
The party's in full swing - we're already on our second bottle of Blues None!
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Brilliant result, although we were almost outrageously lucky at times!
I thought there were enough snippets to get us excited for next year.
Friedel - very steady, definitely worth a new contract.
Walker - I thought he was absolutely outstanding.
Collins and Dunne - both lionhearts, Collins a bad mistake for the goal and Dunne lucky not to concede a penalty. Got beaten over the top at least 4 times in the first half and I'd absolutely still get someone pacier in to play alongside one or the other of them. I don't think Clark is ready.
L Young - excellent.
NRC - thought he was superb all game and a nightmare to play against.
Petrov - very good first half, faded a bit but his experience told.
Delph - I don't understand some of the criticism at all. He did fade in and out but I thought there were several moments of real class. My spurs mate thought he looked class. For his 3rd start of the season I thought he was very good.
Downing - a real threat, but poor final ball on several occasions today.
A Young - really good pass for the goal. Worked very hard.
Bent - excellent finishes.
Bradley - I actually thought he did pretty well and would be tempted to see him against Liverpool.
I'd like to think the 4-3-3 was the way fwd for next season. We'd need someone to replace AY - Albrighton won't be able to do it every game. And we'd need a better goalscoring threat from central midfield too.
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We needed a satisfaction, one of the few of the season.:)
Well done Villa, UTV.
But we must not deceive ourselves, it's too easy with the "ramshackle" Arsenal that we saw today, the impression is that their players were playing against their own manager.
On a hilarious note, with Richard Dunne in action it's quite sure that you can't keep a clean sheet. The way he marked van Persie is simply ridiculous.
Richard Dunne, a couple of mistakes aside was immense today. Not sure what game you watched.
Not sure how you can consider immense a central defender "a couple of mistakes aside".
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We needed a satisfaction, one of the few of the season.:)
Well done Villa, UTV.
But we must not deceive ourselves, it's too easy with the "ramshackle" Arsenal that we saw today, the impression is that their players were playing against their own manager.
On a hilarious note, with Richard Dunne in action it's quite sure that you can't keep a clean sheet. The way he marked van Persie is simply ridiculous.
Richard Dunne, a couple of mistakes aside was immense today. Not sure what game you watched.
Not sure how you can consider immense a central defender "a couple of mistakes aside".
This is his problem though. He was commited and threw himself at everything, but then again he could of cost us two goals, should have been sent off and he should have given away a penalty. I respect him for his performance today, but he has had it at the top IMO.
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Great first-half performance, we were a bit sloppy second-half but brave defending earned us the win. VERY HAPPY WITH TODAY. Well deserved win for us, would have been better if Sky could of muted all the moany Arsenal supporters.
W2
D2
L1
Not a bad record at the Emirates eh? ;)
Now taken more points at the Emirates than any other team?
Probably not as many as Arsenal have.
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To my surprise, Villa are fifth in the official Premier League form table after today's result (on the same points as Man Utd). Fair play to GH and GMc.
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Can't remember why we spent £8 million on Delph but there was probably a half-decent reason.
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Can't remember why we spent £8 million on Delph but there was probably a half-decent reason.
Because he's a very good player is my guess.
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Can't remember why we spent £8 million on Delph but there was probably a half-decent reason.
He covered a lot of ground today and showed some decent touches, he did look like a headless chicken at times, he has talent
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I had a fiver on Wolves, Blackpool, Wigan and Arsenal to win. I thought if those results came in and I had another week of torture, at least I'd take some comfort from the bookies. Never have I been so pleased to lose £75.
Great performance.
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We needed a satisfaction, one of the few of the season.:)
Well done Villa, UTV.
But we must not deceive ourselves, it's too easy with the "ramshackle" Arsenal that we saw today, the impression is that their players were playing against their own manager.
On a hilarious note, with Richard Dunne in action it's quite sure that you can't keep a clean sheet. The way he marked van Persie is simply ridiculous.
Richard Dunne, a couple of mistakes aside was immense today. Not sure what game you watched.
Not sure how you can consider immense a central defender "a couple of mistakes aside".
Well you can, players make mistakes all the time. He kept us in the game on more than one occasion.
I still think he's shit mind, I'm just not going to say it when he plays well.
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I thought the post match interview and Dunne presenting Darren Bent with the MOTM award was quite uncomfortable.
I got the impression that there was little love lost between them.
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No doubt in my mind, the player to replace Ashley Young is Charles N'Zogbia. We should do the deals as soon as the season ends.
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I thought the post match interview and Dunne presenting Darren Bent with the MOTM award was quite uncomfortable.
I got the impression that there was little love lost between them.
A teetotaler and a not-so-teetotaler. Who would have thought that they mightn't see eye-to-eye?
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Feck me...I'm actually going to watch, AND AM LOOKING FORWARD to MOTD 2 tonight !!!!
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0-2 according to Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2360624,00.html)
So we did get a clean sheet.
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I thought the post match interview and Dunne presenting Darren Bent with the MOTM award was quite uncomfortable.
I got the impression that there was little love lost between them.
A teetotaler and a not-so-teetotaler. Who would have thought that they mightn't see eye-to-eye?
I don't think Darren Bent's very comfortable facing the media anyway. I wouldn't read too much into that thirty seconds.
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I thought the post match interview and Dunne presenting Darren Bent with the MOTM award was quite uncomfortable.
I got the impression that there was little love lost between them.
Dunne handing some booze over...uncomfortable..hmmm why would that be ?
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Sorry if it has been mentioned, having just got home and too knackered to check, that was the most pathetic lap of honour I have ever seen. I do hope we have not sent that nice Mr Wenger into retirement.
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Sorry if it has been mentioned, having just got home and too knackered to check, that was the most pathetic lap of honour I have ever seen. I do hope we have not sent that nice Mr Wenger into retirement.
Sky Sports seemed to think there were hints of that - their outro ended on Wenger in black and white looking very fucking miserable and tired.
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The goals
http://rutube.ru/tracks/4433971.html
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Much more like it.
Friedel - 8. Great stuff.
Walker - 8. Sign him up.
Dunne - 8. More like early last season Dunne.
Collins - 7. Looked vulnerable at times, awareness issues. But doesnt want for courage.
Young - 7. Composed.
Delph - 7. Don't understand some of the comments. He was either really good or sloppy but you get that with young players still finding their way.
Overall I thought he did really well and he's going to be a top player for us. That beautiful ball he played for Young doen the left was a sign of things to come. And something we havent had since Barry left.
Reo Coker - 8. Dogged and powerful.
Petrov - 7. Tidy.
Young - 7. Quiet game by his standards apart for the great ball for our second goal. Worked hard though.
Downing - 6. Like Ashley but without the assist.
Bent - 9. He shoots, he scores. If only, MON. If only.
I though Bradley did O.K when he came on.
I was impressed with McAllister too. Credit where it's due and I'm not his greatest fan although I respect him, but he got it right today and was a auhoritative, animated and motivated presence. I was pleasantly suprised.
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The goals
http://rutube.ru/tracks/4433971.html
Thanks ez. Good work.
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much better performance today,started the game really well and two great goals from Bent! and the defence done really well under all that pressure in the 2nd half. Friedel was brliiant to,couple of great blocks! Well done to the brilliant supporters aswell!!up the villa!!
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Great day out and a battling performance with some snippets of genuine quality. The passes from Walker and Young which led to the goals were pure class, and Bent's finishing was lethal.
The loudest chant from Arsenal was "6% you're having a laugh", and I have to admit they had a point. Plenty of empty seats in the upper tiers.
Neither Ash or Downing can cross from the byline on their weaker foot.
Dunne put plenty of heart and effort into the game, but he is just not comfortable with an attacking full back in a back four.
Delph will be class.
What a fucking season.
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Amazing result, no fear of relegation now.
Nothing more to be said, until after Liverpool
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No doubt in my mind, the player to replace Ashley Young is Charles N'Zogbia. We should do the deals as soon as the season ends.
Yes he will be a good shout. Just watched Wigan West Ham highlights and a reminder again why Robert Green is NOT for us.
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Amazing result, no fear of relegation now.
Nothing more to be said, until after Liverpool
Lets hope we dont lose then, or we might receive the pleasure of one of your more in depth posts.
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Had the fortune of being in hospitality today and had great difficulty in hiding my claret & blue allegiances. My observations;
- the one game in the season I don't pay for is probably the most memorable of the season. West Ham & Man City at home plus this one I reckon.
- Darren Bent - that's what big money buys you. Two top finishes
- Enjoyed watching Delph. He made mistakes but there's a top player in there
- Enjoyed watching NRC as much; knitted it all together and guided Delph through
- Brilliant from Dunne & Collins as we know they can
- Great to sit in the home end and listen to some brilliant away support
Great result yet infinitely frustrating when you ask yourself - why not like that every week?
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Great result yet infinitely frustrating when you ask yourself - why not like that every week?
Because we can't always have that ref. <wink>
But the first 20 odd minutes and towards the end of the second half shows what we can do attacking wise. Now if we can keep that level of attacking play up for more then 30 mins a match and have the defence playing as well past 80 mins we might be onto something.
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Great link for the goals and what a result and a fantastic day for us.
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Thank you for the beautiful link of the goals! :D
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Regarding this supposed stonewall penalty Dunne was supposed to have given away.
From what I could see, Dunne got his leg in the way of the ball, then Ramsay kicked it. As I see it, this is a foul to Aston Villa and not a penalty. Or is the Arsenal player entitled to kick the ball unchallenged?
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Great day out and a battling performance with some snippets of genuine quality. The passes from Walker and Young which led to the goals were pure class, and Bent's finishing was lethal.
The loudest chant from Arsenal was "6% you're having a laugh", and I have to admit they had a point. Plenty of empty seats in the upper tiers.
Neither Ash or Downing can cross from the byline on their weaker foot.
Dunne put plenty of heart and effort into the game, but he is just not comfortable with an attacking full back in a back four.
Delph will be class.
What a fucking season.
Thanks for clarifying what that chant was, I thought it was the Villa fans singing it and couldn't work it out
Lot of empty seats and also very noticeable at Chelsea too today...
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Regarding this supposed stonewall penalty Dunne was supposed to have given away.
From what I could see, Dunne got his leg in the way of the ball, then Ramsay kicked it. As I see it, this is a foul to Aston Villa and not a penalty. Or is the Arsenal player entitled to kick the ball unchallenged?
Although I don't think it was a stonewaller and can definitely see why the ref didn't give it as it looked like he got the ball first, Dunne did catch Ramseys leg rather then Ramsey kicking him.
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Did anyone else see that protest they had at about 2 o'clock?
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I wouldn't read too much into that thirty seconds.
I said exactly the same to my mrs after we first spent the night together...
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I thought I would research how much a ST was at the Arse. I don't know how recent this is (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_money_does_a_season_ticket_for_arsenal_cost) but I like the extras you get for the Club Class.
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Just got back. Brilliant day. Bent superb. Chance. Goal. Chance. Goal. Job done. Brodie's. Euston Tap. RAF.
Mission accomplished!
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I'm sorry, I missed the match, was out salsa dancing
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Best away game of the season by a mile and our stupendous away support did us proud. Looks like Ring of Fire is catching on....
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I'm actually kicking myself as I was offered tickets for today...
FUUUUUU
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The loudest chant from Arsenal was "6% you're having a laugh", and I have to admit they had a point. Plenty of empty seats in the upper tiers.
Fair play to them for that, I can remember going to Arsenal in the 80's and they were pretty damn cheap.
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It was great to get "the breaks" today (for a change). We need someone who can feed Bent the ball on a consistent basis!
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Arrived at the pub at a quarter past five local time. To my chagrin all the tv's seemed to be showing the Redshite-Spudzzz game. Then I sat down at a table with mates when one of them said ''Look, Villa are winning two nil!''
Turned out there was a flatscreen above the door into the pub.
And sure enough as I looked-up a replay of Dazza Bent firing home the second was being shown.
I quickly ordered a whisky chaser.
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Once Bradley came on for Petrov was that the least amount of hair Villa have ever had on the field at one time? Only Downing needed shampoo in the shower.
Who'd have thought back in the days of the flowing locks of Willie Anderson, Pat McMahon and Chico that it would be Andy Lochhead the youngsters modelled themselves on in 2011.
Apart from that little observation... what an enjoyable performance that was!
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The loudest chant from Arsenal was "6% you're having a laugh", and I have to admit they had a point. Plenty of empty seats in the upper tiers.
Sorry I don't get it. Someone explain for me.
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I'm not sure, something to do with the increase in (season) ticket prices next season?
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Retail Prices Index
It should be pegged to the Retail Prices Index
Pegged to the Retail Prices Index
Etc
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I think Ramsay kicked dunne. But it could very easily have been guven
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Regarding this supposed stonewall penalty Dunne was supposed to have given away.
From what I could see, Dunne got his leg in the way of the ball, then Ramsay kicked it. As I see it, this is a foul to Aston Villa and not a penalty. Or is the Arsenal player entitled to kick the ball unchallenged?
Spot on Maz, exactly what I thought watching it.
Twat wanted too much time.
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Got to admit I thought 'penalty' at the time and still think we were lucky for it no to be given.
Bent is Bent and you know what he's going to do. What surprised me, and probably turned a 3-2 defeat into a 1-2 win, was the defending. Collins in particular was excellent and it was a return to the old 'they shall not pass' attitude we had under MON. More of that please.
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must be me but I thought collins in the second had got slaughtered. Walkers improved defending, Friedels blocks, the posts and their poor shhoting did far more.
But then I remember some epic 'defensive' displays in london under mon, far worse than yesterdays too.
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More performances like that during the season and where would we be now ?
Certainly not looking over our shoulders and showing concern over other teams' results.
NRC & Young7 body language at final whistle would seem to confirm both are leaving, pity
as Nigel is type of player we need to bring the Delphs, Bannans & Gardners through in next couple of
years.
Whilst our away support is amongst the best- we excelled ourselves yesterday and really were
the 12th man on this occasion.
Inclusion of Delph gave us more energy and the back four looked solid with Brad senior defying the
critics (me included) with a motm performance.
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I thought it was a penalty until I saw the replay.
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I thought it was a penalty until I saw the replay.
That's pretty much what I meant. Those usually get given at places like Arsenal, so although it would have been the wrong decision I was surprised they didn't get it.
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Young seemed to wave goodbye as well as hand his shirt over. It's inevitable, it's time for him to go so let's just maximise the fee.
We lived very precariously in defence at times, but it was always going to be like that after half time. We needed to keep the ball better than we did but I have to give credit to Dunne and Collins who got their bodies in the way of most things thrown at them, while Friedel was there when they didn't. Considering Delph has hardly played I thought he showed some good touches and tried to drive us forward when he had the chance in the 2nd half. Downing didn't stop working - including defensively.
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Good team effort I thought if the highlights on MOTD2 were representative of the whole match.
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Young was waving to some girls that he must know who were up in the top tier above the away fans.
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Young was waving to some girls that he must know who were up in the top tier above the away fans.
Beats waving to them via his webcam.
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Young was waving to some girls that he must know who were up in the top tier above the away fans.
Beats waving to them via his webcam.
Love it jM ....
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Re NRC, did anyone else hear the stat in the Sky commentary that he's never lost against Arsenal? That's some record over a good few years
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Has anyone got a decent pic of Bent scoring the first goal? It's make a cracking wallpaper. I've trawled a fair few sites and most of the picture galleries show the ball in our penalty area. Looks like the photographers were as optimistic as most of us going into the match yesterday.
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Nice way to mark the 30th anniversary['80/'81 championship] at Highbury....
Bosko Jankovic a Legend.
Darren Bent a Saviour.
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Nice way to mark the 30th anniversary['80/'81 chanpionship] at Highbury....
Bosko Jankovic a Legend.
Darren Bent a Saviour.
Here here
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Great result yesterday and a resolute display, especially in defence. It just shows that there's not as much deadwood there as we think.
A quick word on Gmac. He's taken a lot of stick on this board and most of it justified, but he got everything spot on yesterday, the starting line up, the subs, the timing of the subs and most importantly, not bringing Pires on, so credit to him, but he still needs to be gone at the end of the season.
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I agree with the sentiments in your second paragraph, as much as it pains me to do so.
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I have a great day at work so far, no sarky comments and no Arsenal fans to be seen anywhere
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The main Bluenose wind up merchant at our place was mysteriously off sick today.
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Has anyone else noticed that the attendance on Sunday - 60,023 - was exactly the same as it was when we participated in the first ever Premier League game at the Emirates in August 2006?
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http://www.winkball.com/search/arsenal%20aston%20villa
Watch this clip - sums up sunday (some drink may have been taken by the chosen ones)