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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave on July 20, 2014, 11:16:42 PM
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Pre-match, match and post match thread for the games against FC Dallas (23rd July) and Houston Dynamo (July 26th).
New signing Philippe Senderos has spoken of his delight at joining up with Villa for the first time during the tour of Texas.
Senderos is in the 26-man party - along with fellow new recruits Kieran Richardson and Joe Cole - and he's thrilled to be with the claret and blues as they gear up for the 2014-15 campaign.
"It feels great to have joined up with the squad and I'm genuinely looking forward to the challenge ahead," Senderos said.
"Being out here in the United States will definitely benefit us as a group and it will be an opportunity for myself and the two other players who have just come to Villa, Joe Cole and Kieran Richardson, to get to know our new team-mates much better.
"The climate will be warm and conditions perfect for training and the competition from the two MLS teams we're playing will be really good as they're in the middle of their season.
"I've had a break following the World Cup, which was something fantastic to be involved in, and I'm really excited about the season ahead."
In other news, Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak have also joined the squad in the US while continuing their recovery and rehab from an achilles injury and a broken leg respectively.
Texas Tour squad in full: Brad Guzan, Jed Steer, Shay Given, Matt Lowton, Alan Hutton, Jores Okore, Ciaran Clark, Philippe Senderos, Nathan Baker, Chris Herd, Joe Bennett, Kieran Richardson, Enda Stevens, Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood, Karim El Ahmadi, Leandro Bacuna, Gary Gardner, Charles N'Zogbia, Joe Cole, Jack Grealish, Andi Weimann, Gabby Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke, Darren Bent, Libor Kozak.
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Does anyone know if Ian Taylor has travelled out there with them?
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Does anyone know if Ian Taylor has travelled out there with them?
No, Lee Hendrie said that Ian said that he said that his mom smells soh e's not allowed to go.
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I see Enda is still clinging on to his time at the club. I thought last season was the enda the road for him here.
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Interestingly that's a squad of 26.
Of those 26 3 don't need to be named in the premier league squad (Grealish, Okore and Steer) but we have Vlaar to come in. That suggests to me that we're seeing, pretty much, the premier league squad there and with 1 spot (potentially earmarked for Ki) available unless there are sales. The only really odd one is Stevens, I'm not really sure what he brings to things as the 3rd left back.
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Are the kick offs for these two game U.K friendly at all? Spurs for example kicked off against Seattle at 9pm on Saturday for example.
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No Luna
Nice job getting paid a load of money not to play - he must be really shit to have Stevens in front of him
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Are the kick offs for these two game U.K friendly at all? Spurs for example kicked off against Seattle at 9pm on Saturday for example.
Think the first one is at two in the morning, the second one is a more watchable 10pm our time.
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Isn't looking good for the watchable factor.
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Interestingly that's a squad of 26.
Of those 26 3 don't need to be named in the premier league squad (Grealish, Okore and Steer) but we have Vlaar to come in. That suggests to me that we're seeing, pretty much, the premier league squad there and with 1 spot (potentially earmarked for Ki) available unless there are sales. The only really odd one is Stevens, I'm not really sure what he brings to things as the 3rd left back.
Especially as being third best left back at Villa these days is like being the third best singer in Jedward.
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enda stevens back in squad....Roy Keane Ireland coach....
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No Luna
Nice job getting paid a load of money not to play - he must be really shit to have Stevens in front of him
Isn't meant to being sold somewhere? Maybe that's not far off which is why he hassn't gone. Have to say though bit stunned to Stevens there. I guess he could be carrying oranges or something
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More of a training/bounding trip really. Interesting to see Given back in the fold. I would say that his experience around the squad can only help, and it will be good for a youngster like Steer to feed off him. Don't think the actually matches mean too much.
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
Alternatively they're players we think would benefit from a loan and we're in discussions with clubs regarding all of them so staying back makes sense. I'd certainly expect that for Carruthers at least.
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I hope Luna is on the Verge of a move somewhere, bit harsh to be left out completely
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
Alternatively they're players we think would benefit from a loan and we're in discussions with clubs regarding all of them so staying back makes sense. I'd certainly expect that for Carruthers at least.
The manager is hardly bombing out two players he just gave new deals to.
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
Alternatively they're players we think would benefit from a loan and we're in discussions with clubs regarding all of them so staying back makes sense. I'd certainly expect that for Carruthers at least.
The manager is hardly bombing out two players he just gave new deals to.
Are you counting Robinson as well there? I've just assumed that he thinks Robinson will benefit more from a little while longer with the kids, he's young enough to take our time with him for now, I'd like to see him either rip the reserve league open or do the same on loan with someone. He had flashes of that last year, another season developing the same and we'll have a guy who can't be ignored any more.
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
Alternatively they're players we think would benefit from a loan and we're in discussions with clubs regarding all of them so staying back makes sense. I'd certainly expect that for Carruthers at least.
The manager is hardly bombing out two players he just gave new deals to.
Are you counting Robinson as well there? I've just assumed that he thinks Robinson will benefit more from a little while longer with the kids, he's young enough to take our time with him for now, I'd like to see him either rip the reserve league open or do the same on loan with someone. He had flashes of that last year, another season developing the same and we'll have a guy who can't be ignored any more.
I am. I think you're right, and I believe the same applies to Carruthers. They both need a bit of time with a League One or Championship side. It clearly helped Grealish
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
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I'm glad all the talk of Ian Taylor not going has died down. It was getting to the point where it was like John Lennon not going with the rest of The Beatles in the sixties.
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
I don't think the USA games are on AVTV. Just audio and highlights after? (Hopefully I am wrong).
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So Bomb Squad MK II is born - Tonev Luna Carruthers
Alternatively they're players we think would benefit from a loan and we're in discussions with clubs regarding all of them so staying back makes sense. I'd certainly expect that for Carruthers at least.
The manager is hardly bombing out two players he just gave new deals to.
Are you counting Robinson as well there? I've just assumed that he thinks Robinson will benefit more from a little while longer with the kids, he's young enough to take our time with him for now, I'd like to see him either rip the reserve league open or do the same on loan with someone. He had flashes of that last year, another season developing the same and we'll have a guy who can't be ignored any more.
I am. I think you're right, and I believe the same applies to Carruthers. They both need a bit of time with a League One or Championship side. It clearly helped Grealish
I hear MK Dons are interested in carruthers
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
I don't think the USA games are on AVTV. Just audio and highlights after? (Hopefully I am wrong).
The OS lists the following to be shown live, so you are right.
Chesterfield (away) Wed 30th July, 7.45pm
Walsall (away) Tue 5th August, 19.45pm
Parma (home) Sat 9th August, 3.00pm
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
I don't think the USA games are on AVTV. Just audio and highlights after? (Hopefully I am wrong).
The OS lists the following to be shown live, so you are right.
Chesterfield (away) Wed 30th July, 7.45pm
Walsall (away) Tue 5th August, 19.45pm
Parma (home) Sat 9th August, 3.00pm
that's too bad. Especially as they have shown previous tour games live this trip should be no exception. And why is the resolution on AVTV when watching games/highlights utterly garbage? Is something a little HD too much too ask?
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
I don't think the USA games are on AVTV. Just audio and highlights after? (Hopefully I am wrong).
The OS lists the following to be shown live, so you are right.
Chesterfield (away) Wed 30th July, 7.45pm
Walsall (away) Tue 5th August, 19.45pm
Parma (home) Sat 9th August, 3.00pm
that's too bad. Especially as they have shown previous tour games live this trip should be no exception. And why is the resolution on AVTV when watching games/highlights utterly garbage? Is something a little HD too much too ask?
Houston dynamos will be showing the game live on their website, so we will at least get to see one.
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Villa's matches appear to be the only ones not being shown on TV in the USA - every other pre-season US EPL side tour match is on live (and with multiple repeats).
watch it on AVTV. I signed up for a month just to watch them. I might extend it if it's worth it.
I don't think the USA games are on AVTV. Just audio and highlights after? (Hopefully I am wrong).
The OS lists the following to be shown live, so you are right.
Chesterfield (away) Wed 30th July, 7.45pm
Walsall (away) Tue 5th August, 19.45pm
Parma (home) Sat 9th August, 3.00pm
that's too bad. Especially as they have shown previous tour games live this trip should be no exception. And why is the resolution on AVTV when watching games/highlights utterly garbage? Is something a little HD too much too ask?
Houston dynamos will be showing the game live on their website, so we will at least get to see one.
That is good news!
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
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I hope Luna is on the Verge of a move somewhere, bit harsh to be left out completely
Rumours of a Serie A club taking him on loan, Chievo Verona I think.
I'd imagine we're also working on loan deals for Tonev and possibly Robinson as well, unless Callum picked up an injury. I would have thought he'd be very much in Lambo's plans.
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that's too bad. Especially as they have shown previous tour games live this trip should be no exception. And why is the resolution on AVTV when watching games/highlights utterly garbage? Is something a little HD too much too ask?
When we were in the States 2 years ago, iirc 2 of the 3 games were live on the US club's sites, but not AVTV.
I think on AVTV it is just extended highlights available not long after the game has finished.
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that's too bad. Especially as they have shown previous tour games live this trip should be no exception. And why is the resolution on AVTV when watching games/highlights utterly garbage? Is something a little HD too much too ask?
There are little buttons that allow you to toggle between SD and HD, or at least there were the other night. Nothing that allows you to toggle between N'Zogbia and Garrincha unfortunately, but I am sure Jack is working in it.
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
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Houston Dynamos = High Definition ?
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
Applauds......
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
Duly stolen.
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
And then you walk into the bedroom and Victoria Principal is there.
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
Applauds......
Seconded.
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I got in touch with FC Dallas and asked them why the Villa game isn't being streamed live.
They replied with: stay tuned (smiley face)
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
Brilliant!
Although being pedantic you would only find that last season was a dream. On the upside you would then get to choose between the 1980's version of Victoria Principal or Priscilla Pressley. And you would also be an oil billionaire.
But you would still live with your mom.
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You lot do know that the Houston game doesn't kick off until 2am UK time, don't you ?
Has Jack gone over with the squad ? If so, we need a sweepstake on how long into the game it takes for him to say "Houston, we have a problem"
During the Dallas game I intend to take a shower so I can wake up and find the last four seasons was just a dream.
Brilliant!
Although being pedantic you would only find that last season was a dream. On the upside you would then get to choose between the 1980's version of Victoria Principal or Priscilla Pressley. And you would also be an oil billionaire.
But you would still live with your mom.
Finally a villa fan rich enough to buy us :D
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The OS lists the following to be shown live, so you are right.
Chesterfield (away) Wed 30th July, 7.45pm
Walsall (away) Tue 5th August, 19.45pm
Parma (home) Sat 9th August, 3.00pm
This has annoyed me.
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What if Jerry Jones bought the Villa.
He will make Doug Ellis look like bambi
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
What channel?
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
What channel?
If it is live it will be on the Dallas site. That is how we watched games live 2 years ago, the respective US clubs had them on their sites.
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
What channel?
I'm presuming here (http://www.fcdallas.com/) or here (https://www.youtube.com/user/FCDCommunications/featured)
They've said it will be streamed live.
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
Cheers. Way past my bed time.
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Is the game on live tomorrow and if so what time ?
Yes. 2am KO.
What channel?
If it is live it will be on the Dallas site. That is how we watched games live 2 years ago, the respective US clubs had them on their sites.
One was streamed live on youtube it's still up here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNM9bQI42uU)
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That's when Tom Hanks met Lambo and Bent. Lambert looked so awkward. I think Delia Smith had been the most famous person he had met up to that point.
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That's when Tom Hanks met Lambo and Bent. Lambert looked so awkward. I think Delia Smith had been the most famous person he had met up to that point.
And Geezer was there
(http://media.oregonlive.com/timbers/photo/11351508-large.jpg)
(http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Geezer+Butler+Aston+Villa+v+Portland+Timbers+d_bAEEE2qWol.jpg)
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PWS & Goldie cheers lads.
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For a minute I thought Stephen Ireland was still with us.
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For a minute I thought Stephen Ireland was still with us.
He's come back for more money.
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According to 7500 to Holte (http://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2014/7/23/5930213/aston-villa-fc-dallas-friendly-how-to-watch-online-streaming) the youtube link for live streaming of the Dallas game is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ)
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Hope they are not GEO blocked.
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That's when Tom Hanks met Lambo and Bent. Lambert looked so awkward. I think Delia Smith had been the most famous person he had met up to that point.
And Geezer was there
(http://media.oregonlive.com/timbers/photo/11351508-large.jpg)
(http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Geezer+Butler+Aston+Villa+v+Portland+Timbers+d_bAEEE2qWol.jpg)
I was there. I am in this shot! (in the crowd) :)
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Fact of the day.
Did you know that the home of FC Dallas, now known as Toyota Stadium was once called Pizza Hut Park?
And we think stadium names like Sports Direct.Com Stadium are bizarre. ;)
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Guys, I'm a nerdy villa fan
But I think if you're stating up from 2-4am to watch a pre season questions you need to be asking yourself a few questions!
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Then you're no Villa fan.
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It is times like this that being a bit of an insomniac with no work tomorrow comes in useful.
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Why? We going round Matt's house to do him? Then watch the game on his computer? I like it.
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It is times like this that being a bit of an insomniac with no work tomorrow comes in useful.
You're telling me.
I will be here, following every move.
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After joining the posse to go and do Matt, naturally.
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The H&V massive descend on Matt's house later tonight
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/heskis1/Internal%20New/FireMob.gif)
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It is times like this that being a bit of an insomniac with no work tomorrow comes in useful.
Seconded.
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Matt's not a proper Villa Fan. Boooooo!
Now I'm going to bed and miss the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games so that I can be up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 1.30am to watch our plucky little side take on the might of FC Dallas.
Oh by the way, does anyone know if JR and Bobby Ewing are playing for them?
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Fact of the day.
Did you know that the home of FC Dallas, now known as Toyota Stadium was once called Pizza Hut Park?
And we think stadium names like Sports Direct.Com Stadium are bizarre. ;)
Also, saying that it's in Dallas is a bit of a stretch. It's like playing in Worcester and saying its in Birmingham.
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Fact of the day.
Did you know that the home of FC Dallas, now known as Toyota Stadium was once called Pizza Hut Park?
And we think stadium names like Sports Direct.Com Stadium are bizarre. ;)
Also, saying that it's in Dallas is a bit of a stretch. It's like playing in Worcester and saying its in Birmingham.
Right, after Matt, and the game, if we're still awake we're coming to get you Einstein.
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Then you're no Villa fan.
I frequently wish I wasn't to be honest! Supporting villa and England. What the hell did I do to deserve that?
Still, it could have been the blues or boggies so small mercies and all that
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If I were still manager, then Matt would have stayed up to watch us. Just saying.
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If you were still manager, we'd be testing the aircon stadiums in Qatar
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To anybody not staying up from 2am - 4am.
You're not fit, you're not fit, you're not fit to wear the replica shit !
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I'm too old, I'm too old, I'll be sound asleep. I will be sound asleep.
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My King Size bed ! My King Size bed ! Is bigger than this ! Is bigger than this !
My King Size bed is bigger than this.
Its got a mattress and some pillows....My King Size bed is bigger than this !
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ALITA you might want to edit the last word.
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*turns over, falls out of bed smashing front two teeth on laptop on bedside table. Laptop opens atop Lee's head. Lee cries.*
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Unlike Gay Matt, I'm really looking forward to this. This could be our best result. Ev-uh!
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Unlike Gay Matt, I'm really looking forward to this. This could be our best result. Ev-uh!
Less of the homophobia please. It isn't Matt's fault he's a big girl's blouse.
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Guys, I'm a nerdy villa fan
But I think if you're stating up from 2-4am to watch a pre season questions you need to be asking yourself a few questions!
Matt, if you are a big girls blouse, then so am I! No chance I am staying up for it.
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Anybody think it's worth a match thread?
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Anybody think it's worth a match thread?
You're currently posting in it.
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You'd all be staying up if we were title contenders. Bloody plastic part-timers!
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And the door's locked so you can't leave and go to bed.
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Anybody think it's worth a match thread?
You're currently posting in it.
How very low key.
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Well it's nearly Thorsday.
Oh, very clever.
Thank-you.
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Anybody think it's worth a match thread?
You're currently posting in it.
How very low key.
The first post on the thread:
"Pre-match, match and post match thread for the games against FC Dallas (23rd July) and Houston Dynamo (July 26th)"
As for tonight's opponents, I recognise two of the current squad - Hendry Thomas who spent a couple of years as a reserve for Wigan and Peter Luccin who played for various big clubs around France and Spain around ten years ago and is now 35.
They've also got a Colombian called Andrés Escobar, but I'm guessing it's not the one who was murdered in 1994.
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I expected a kiss off John Barrowman at least.
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I expected a kiss off John Barrowman at least.
2 hours to go, you could still get lucky.
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Unlike Gay Matt, I'm really looking forward to this. This could be our best result. Ev-uh!
Less of the homophobia please. It isn't Matt's fault he's a big girl's blouse.
Sorry about that. Also sorry for the delay. I was tattooing Villa v Dallas on my face.
Just realised it will look like ecnalubma.
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just got up for the match
(not really, just too bloody hot to sleep)
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According to 7500 to Holte (http://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2014/7/23/5930213/aston-villa-fc-dallas-friendly-how-to-watch-online-streaming) the youtube link for live streaming of the Dallas game is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ)
This one guy's its got a countdown clock.I love a good countdown.
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According to 7500 to Holte (http://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2014/7/23/5930213/aston-villa-fc-dallas-friendly-how-to-watch-online-streaming) the youtube link for live streaming of the Dallas game is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ)
This one guy's its got a countdown clock.I love a good countdown.
One from the top please Carol.
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According to 7500 to Holte (http://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2014/7/23/5930213/aston-villa-fc-dallas-friendly-how-to-watch-online-streaming) the youtube link for live streaming of the Dallas game is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_X6M5jHGQ)
This one guy's its got a countdown clock.I love a good countdown.
One from the top please Carol.
Rear of the year for a second time.We do live in a strange country sometimes.
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Watching that clock ticking away reminds me of this.............
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
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Dallas has an Andreas Escobar... hope he doesn't score an own goal.
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You can comment on the side of the video as well. This is all dead modern.
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Just been reading some of the comments and noticed we have a fan in Russia.
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Got you tube streaming onto the big screen. I feel so tech savvy.
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[First Half]: Given, Hutton, Okore, Stevens, Baker, Herd, Bacuna, Gardner, Weimann, Bent, Grealish.
[Second Half]: Steer, Lowton, Senderos, Clark, Bennett, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Delph, N’Zogbia, Agbonlahor, Richardson.
Shay is Captain.
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No Joe Cole I notice.
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Is anyone just listening?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtQ-q05CAAAevGi.jpg:large)
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I will just watch the text.
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Let's hope we can spot Randy sitting next to somebody very rich.
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No Joe Cole I notice.
Hmm not even a sub? Strange. Not an injury already, surely?
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A countdown clock then starting soon laugh.
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No Joe Cole I notice.
Hmm not even a sub? Strange. Not an injury already, surely?
Apparently it is.
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No Joe Cole I notice.
Hmm not even a sub? Strange. Not an injury already, surely?
Apparently it is.
Sigh.
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The Villa official Twitter account posted a pic of Gabby earlier.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtNPDVVIAAERooe.jpg)
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I'm beginning to think that maybe this live stream business could be a wind up.
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I'm beginning to think that maybe this live stream business could be a wind up.
We have pictures but it's the same thing over and over.
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I'm beginning to think that maybe this live stream business could be a wind up.
Graphics are up.
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I'm beginning to think that maybe this live stream business could be a wind up.
Spoke to soon :)
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It came on whilst I was writing my last post.
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Boy the YouTube comments ...... :o
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Anyone had a fit yet?
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What a goal!
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Watching a stream...just waiting for Spurs v Toronto to end
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Boy the YouTube comments ...... :o
Makes this place feel like a Shakespeare workshop. :)
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What a goal!
Andros? Was a cracker
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Boy the YouTube comments ...... :o
Makes this place feel like a Shakespeare workshop. :)
Somewhere the FC Dallas head of communications is looking at them and rethinking the decision to allow live comments....
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Looking to get my first real look at Grealish tonight, not counting the 2 seconds at Man.City
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The off-fence, the dee-fence. We have pictures.
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Christ this US commentator. I am considering listening to Woodward instead.
See what you made me do?????
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No Joe Cole I notice.
Hmm not even a sub? Strange. Not an injury already, surely?
Apparently it is.
Where did you hear this?
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No sound now.
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Maybe an advert break
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No Joe Cole I notice.
Hmm not even a sub? Strange. Not an injury already, surely?
Apparently it is.
Where did you hear this?
I am all knowing.
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I am all knowing.
Fair enough mate.
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Just heard he is injured. No idea if it is true or not, and if it is, what kind of injury
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What the fuck are outside backs?
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Drums?
And did I miss a Gardner goal against Mansfield?
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Drums?
And did I miss a Gardner goal against Mansfield?
Yup. He scored.
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What the fuck are outside backs?
;D
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Is the super draft like Miller lite?
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Is anybody else wondering what the Stoke game last year was like?
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Grealish looks very composed and silky.
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Grealish looks like he has so much time on the ball. My best mate, a Bolton fan reckons Hutton was a class above.
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Is anybody else wondering what the Stoke game last year was like?
It must have made an impact in the mind. They keep mentioning it.
By the way if those drummers ever showed up near my seat those drumsticks would be up their ass.
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Ha the commentary is shocking....stat obsessed
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1,868 watching now
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Obvious foul my arse
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Great tackle
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Drums?
And did I miss a Gardner goal against Mansfield?
Yup. He scored.
They reckoned he scored twice.
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Sounds like Ron Burgundy
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Ha the commentary is shocking....stat obsessed
Some more stats on Shay Given, he has drunk 2041 pepsi's in his career and then of course his brief coke loan spell adding an extra 203.
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Drums?
And did I miss a Gardner goal against Mansfield?
Yup. He scored.
They reckoned he scored twice.
Oh, hah. I see , No he did not :)
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Grealish running the show.
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Ooh, lovely move
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Their number 8 has a 79% pass completion rate when passing with his left foot to the right wing in the rain.
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So happy we live in a cold, wet country, not a fan of these drink breaks.
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Current temperature in Dallas is 33C, but feels more like 42C with the humidex
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Amazing..."A great crowd here tonight...yea a lot better than when Stoke were here"
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I promise never to criticise British commentators again.
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The FCD express. Made stokes crowd look small
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These two commentators basically just talking to each other as if they're at the pub.
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They love Diaz. When's sextape out?
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These two commentators basically just talking to each other as if they're at the pub.
With the more drunk one looking up stats on his phone.
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I promise never to criticise British commentators again.
Apart from Andy and Clive.
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Zog is a new addition.........
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Unlucky Edna
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Enda going close there with a nice move and shot
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Ends is doing well
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club foot
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We are giving the ball away so poorly here. Dallas should have scored there.
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Cla Ret
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Aston Villa in the white shirts and "Chlor-ret" shorts
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Someone tell Ron Burgundy its a friendly
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Derek bent
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Enjoying Enda on the LW into midfield
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Great keeping
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Andi boy
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1-0 Weimann
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1-0.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
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Weimann 1-0.
'Weimann is a quality goalscorer for Aston Villa' - He is?
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Get in. Bent assist. Andi goal
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Lovely hot pants on the cheer leaders...they're a Chlor-ret colour too.
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Can't wait for the half time show.
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Not been great but good to see ball go in.
Grealish looks good.
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You are a minute before my stream!
Hurray!
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Can't wait for the half time show.
I wonder of there will be a wardrobe malfunction?
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You are a minute before my stream!
Hurray!
You watching the Youtube one?
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It's boiling down there, Dallas are in the middle of their season and doing well, we're in preseason and getting our fitness up. All in all decent first half. Knocked it about, no long balls of note, a little sloppy at times at the back.
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Can't wait for the half time show.
I wonder of there will be a wardrobe malfunction?
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You are a minute before my stream!
Hurray!
You watching the Youtube one?
Yes
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Can't wait for the half time show.
I wonder of there will be a wardrobe malfunction?
I've never got cheerleading
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Signature move. Ha! What a great idea. I wonder what Hutton's is.
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This is quite amusing
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One nice bit from the commentators, after Dallas had played a few long balls: "Aston Villa must think they're playing one of Sam Allardyce''s teams"!
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Signature move. Ha! What a great idea. I wonder what Hutton's is.
A suplex off the right side advertising into your groin.
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Get up and get loud and make some noise for your FC Dallas.
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I like their badge...could see a Villa one in that style
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I hope Jack's watching this. 'Name that tune' was excellent. Crap. I lost Natalie.
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Jack vs these???? Tough call
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Wonder what this new guy of ours is like,,,,,,,,the one the commentator referred to. I think he said his names N'Zogbia.
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Morning gents.
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Nzog looks.... fat :(
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Zoggy
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Nice goal Zog
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Nice
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Think the word is muscular
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Jeez. Save those for games that matter. NIce goal.
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Proper slam dunk
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Can still hit a deadball though :)
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Zog smacked that one in.
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What a goal that was
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Whahey! Nzogtastic!
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Didn't really set the wall for a left footer which made it easy.
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Is it my imagination or have we more possession and better movement, this half?
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Just you wait another minute.
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I was thinking the same Lou.
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Traditional pointless Delph yellow card.
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Ok, it's my imagination. They've got the ball.
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Richardson is quick. More counter attack
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Quite impressed by Richardson's pace.
Richardson is quick. More counter attack
edit. Yup.
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I was thinking the same Lou.
Thought we looked a bit more purposeful in the opening minutes.
Playing further up as well, which leaves them room to counter attack. Exciting, though!
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Has Tonev changed colour or was that N'Zogbia skying one into the stands?
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Has Tonev changed colour or was that N'Zogbia skying one into the stands?
Shay playing a blinder, tonight
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And Randy Lerner's there as well.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566 (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566)
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Don't want to jinx him but Richardson is really impressing me. Energy, pace, great runs, gets back when he needs to.
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Zog should have scored again. Excellent save from their keeper.
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Good to see Villa knocking it about
Ooh thought we'd got another one!
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Gabby doing what he does best.... Nothing.
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The ref has an aerosol line marker...and we've won!
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Solid result 2-0. We played some really nice stuff, pretty much all on the deck. Lots of passing and movement, possession has clearly been stressed in training. Very impressed with Okore again, Zog, Senderos and Delph. Enthusiasm naturally tempered given the opposition, but we look very assured indeed 2 games into pre-season.
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Usual crap.
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Considering they are well into their season and this was only our second pre-season game, especially with us playing the 2 different outfield teams, that wasn't too bad. 4am, might be bed time.
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Good commentary by the two Americans.
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Usual crap.
That's the spirit.
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Good win. Second half was a bit like last season in places. We got decent possession in their half but inevitably funnelled the ball backwards. First half with Grealish and Gardner we looked far more creative but at the same time lacked a bit of presence.
Nice free kick from NZog but he did little else.
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Good to see Lerner showing his face at a Villa game.
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Usual crap.
That's the spirit.
It brings some balance to Toronto's prozac fed mumblings. ;)
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Good to see Lerner showing his face at a Villa game.
Even better to see was the legs on his bird. Highlight of the night.
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And Randy Lerner's there as well.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566 (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566)
Is that Randy's new 'bird?'
Looks like she has a massive tattoo on her leg?
I wonder if randy made her get a villa lion done to match his?
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A few positives to take from that,
Jack Grealish looked very good. The way Bent and Weiman combined for the first goal.
Richardson looks as if he might be a bit of a handful. The Zog is back but looked ring rusty.
Senderos looks as if he's a good acquisition. We tried to keep the ball on the ground.
We still give the ball away needlessly at times and we still seem to go into headless chicken mode when defending deep.
All in all not bad at all.
And so to bed.
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The goals have been posted by @midlandsfooty and @Robert_AV90.
no idea how to get them on here but at least you know where they are!
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I was expecting the mob around my house at around 2am. What happened?! Disappointed
Just watched the game on YouTube (it's still there). Can never read too much into these games and we didn't really play a side that would play in the league. Though interesting that we're not obviously trying to blood a 352 formation
First half
I thought grealish did great for half an hour. Though I don't think he beat his man once and did start to get crowded out. So encouraging, but perhaps not ready yet
Having said that Weimann and bent did sweet fanny Adams apart from the goal which the keeper should have done better on
I'm conscious that I've a heavy bias against Chris herd but his distribution and blind alley running was pretty hopeless I thought. Bacuna also looks out of place in central midfield. Gardner was ok
I thought enda Stevens did quite well though Hutton was poor
Second half
Good n'zogbia free kick though again it went straight where the keeper should have been. Pretty fast though!
I thought for about 15 mins you could really tell it was a more first choice midfield as we pressed it and passed it well
I'd like to think that the sloppiness, bad passing, blind n'zogbia alleys, lack of hold up play up front, weak distribution from the back were all symptoms of pre season. It's just that none of that was new!
Overall, in a game where there wasn't too much pressure on the ball the ease with which we gave it away is still a big concern
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So you got up at 5 o'clock to watch it? You need to have a word with yourself.
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I always wake up around half five my bedroom is too light at this time of year
Plus you can fast fwd through the boring bits
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Good result, stayed up like a true supporter and followed every kick live during the night.
Mods....why have you deleted all my match comments ?
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Bloody power cut at 1am.
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
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Best bit is at 2.33.
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Best bit is at 2.33.
They weren't even watching and no reaction to the goal. That has to be the worst wall ever for Zog's goal.
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When was the last time we actually won 2 consecutive games?
We'll have to change all 11 players at half-time every match.
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Well there's a surprise. Let's get Kieron Dyer in as a replacement.
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thanks for that
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Looking like another astute buy.
After game comments by Lambert following the same pattern as last season.
How Villa perform against Stoke will be a better measure of our hopes for the new season rather than playing an MLS team.
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
There's a surprise.
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So he's out for one more game then? Wonder what the injury is?
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I think its now safe to say after those to victories that we could be looking at a champs league place this season,
maybe even doing a Liverpool and having a crack at the top spot
exciting times ahead ........................
then again, maybe not
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Thought we did okay without having to exert ourselves too much. Second half we looked better, but I think largely by virtue of having more or less our current first choice CM. First half I thought Gardner did well, but Bacuna and Herd are not of the required standard in midfield.
In principle a player like Herd could suit us, as he allowed Gardner to make a few forward runs, but ideally we need a Premier League quality version and someone who can pass the ball. Bacuna is either an okay winger, potentially decent wing back, or mediocre fullback or central midfielder.
Grealish did alright. He glides round the pitch, but ended up crowded out as he was really our only player with guile in the first half.
Zogbia was a positive for me. Great goal, looked quite lively. Still got major work to do on his fitness, and still frustrating at times, but that threat of genuine quality is something we could do with. Richardson played well again too.
The onus on passing the ball has been the most positive thing about the two games thus far. It's not always worked and we're still missing something in midfield, but we're moving in the right direction. That said, I'll be curious to see how we play against Parma.
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Usual crap.
That's the spirit.
It brings some balance to Toronto's prozac fed mumblings. ;)
No. Just calling out the positives as they present themselves. I'm sure had we lost or just played poorly I'd not have posted that. That's what I'd normally consider as balanced observation.
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And Randy Lerner's there as well.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566 (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exclusive-pictures-aston-villa-owner-7496566)
Is that Randy's new 'bird?'
Looks like she has a massive tattoo on her leg?
I wonder if randy made her get a villa lion done to match his?
The Mail's photo gallery best shot was the progamme sellers ;D
The car park when Randy arrived was pretty empty, perhaps most of the fans walked to the ground!!
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Looking like another astute buy.
After game comments by Lambert following the same pattern as last season.
How Villa perform against Stoke will be a better measure of our hopes for the new season rather than playing an MLS team.
Even by our standards slagging a signing because the manager might not risk him in one pre-season friendly is good going.
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It's getting to the point for some where saying something negative has replaced not saying anything at all. And God forbid they go as far and try and find a positive.
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Randy's girl friend looks a bit skinny. I hope he took her to Burger King after the game.
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Looking like another astute buy.
After game comments by Lambert following the same pattern as last season.
How Villa perform against Stoke will be a better measure of our hopes for the new season rather than playing an MLS team.
A bit obvious Boz!
The pre-season games are to get the players match-fit and playing together successfully. If that works out we'll be in a better situation than if we'd lost all of the pre-season games and looked completely lost.
One step at a time, and yes, the Stoke game will be a better measure...as it will be for Stoke too.
Don't think Lambert's gonna change the way he talks up every game...that's his style, whether we like it or not.
UTV!
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TBAR is thinking that is Micky Arison with Randy? Looks like his wife too?
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Good result, stayed up like a true supporter and followed every kick live during the night.
Mods....why have you deleted all my match comments ?
No worries I red dem b4 dem mods chew dem up. U write gud massive respect.
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Good to see Lerner showing his face at a Villa game.
Even better to see was the legs on his bird. Highlight of the night.
Guck me she's got legs? Strange woman!
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Good to see Lerner showing his face at a Villa game.
Even better to see was the legs on his bird. Highlight of the night.
Godawful tattoo on one of them, mind.
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Good to see Lerner showing his face at a Villa game.
Even better to see was the legs on his bird. Highlight of the night.
Guck me she's got legs? Strange woman!
Sorry for you, Olaftab if you don't see it but I'm a bit of a leg man. The longer the better.
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Decent showing. We looked good the counter, and the shape of the team pretty good, with some encourging performances, the best being from Grealish who looks a really prospect, think he can be a good player at both ends. We were still a bit sloppy at times in prosession, and the back four once again looked shaky. But am pretty pleased overall. I say get past this tour, and then start giving the new signings more minutes a head of the season.
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Rumour has it that Randy didn't come to VP while I was manager because he didn't want me stealing his woman.
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Rumour has it that Randy didn't come to VP while I was manager because he didn't want me stealing his woman.
Randy didn't come to Villa Park during your tenure because of the mind-bendingly shit football you had us playing.
No offence, Ads, but you made McLeish's Villa look like Cruyff era Ajax.
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I shouldn't have done that fist pump after the 0-0 with Southampton.
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I shouldn't have done that fist pump after the 0-0 with Southampton.
The lap of honour was a bit much too.
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Rumour has it that Randy didn't come to VP while I was manager because he didn't want me stealing his woman.
I imagine revealing you had genital warts in that tell all article in Four Four Two magazine wouldn't have helped your cause even if he had showed up with her. Sometimes you really let your fame get the better of you.
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And why did you try and coax Seth Johnson out of retirement?
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Well there's a surprise. Let's get Kieron Dyer in as a replacement.
And Darren Anderton.
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Pretty sad that only a few Villa players acknowledged the Fans at the end of the game, considering the distance that some had travelled some had come. Well done Richardson and Senderos for at least making it to the halfway line to give us a clap.
Disgraceful.
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Come off it CL you are all in the same country. It's not as if you had to fly abroad or something! ;)
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Joe Cole injured ! No surely not
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And why did you try and coax Seth Johnson out of retirement?
He knows why.
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Kendrick reporting that Joe Cole is injured and won't feature again in the tour.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-texas-joe-cole-7496996
Looking like another astute buy.
After game comments by Lambert following the same pattern as last season.
How Villa perform against Stoke will be a better measure of our hopes for the new season rather than playing an MLS team.
Even by our standards slagging a signing because the manager might not risk him in one pre-season friendly is good going.
Since when is having an opinion and an observation about a Lambert signing "slagging off"?
I note several other posters made similar oblique comments regarding other well known injury prone players
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I have seen a suggestion elsewhere that Tonev was not able to go on the US tour due to him having a criminal record?
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I have seen a suggestion elsewhere that Tonev was not able to go on the US tour due to him having a criminal record?
There are so many obvious rejoinders to that about shootings....
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I have seen a suggestion elsewhere that Tonev was not able to go on the US tour due to him having a criminal record?
Obviously Americans listening to Nigel Farage and declaring all eastern europeans as dodgy.
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I have seen a suggestion elsewhere that Tonev was not able to go on the US tour due to him having a criminal record?
There are so many obvious rejoinders to that about shootings....
The only other people to fire off so many shots without doing any serious damage were The A Team.
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I have seen a suggestion elsewhere that Tonev was not able to go on the US tour due to him having a criminal record?
There are so many obvious rejoinders to that about shootings....
The only other people to fire off so many shots without doing any serious damage were The A Team.
I'll see your A-Team and raise you the Imperial Stormtroopers from Star Wars
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Come off it CL you are all in the same country. It's not as if you had to fly abroad or something! ;)
There were people who had flown from the UK, there was also a couple in their 70s who had driven from Winnipeg.
The players could not be bothered to walk half a pitch length.
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Is the match tonight or tomorrow night?
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Saturday, I think.
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Sunday 2am BST.
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Link for tomorrow's - Sunday's match: Dynamo vs Us (http://www.houstondynamo.com/live)
I'm presuming our game is live straight after.
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Come off it CL you are all in the same country. It's not as if you had to fly abroad or something! ;)
There were people who had flown from the UK, there was also a couple in their 70s who had driven from Winnipeg.
The players could not be bothered to walk half a pitch length.
Agreed not good enough. Well done to our supporters in any case.
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Come off it CL you are all in the same country. It's not as if you had to fly abroad or something! ;)
There were people who had flown from the UK, there was also a couple in their 70s who had driven from Winnipeg.
The players could not be bothered to walk half a pitch length.
I noticed this a lot at away games last season. Particularly Gabby who is one of the first off down the tunnel without even a glance at the away end.
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I am surprised Lambert-Keane have allowed that to happen as they are both old school thinkers ......
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When it comes to being arsed with coming all the way up to the away support and clapping them Kevin Gage was always excellent in that respect.
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Players should never forget who pays their wages these days. They should run up to the cameras and applaud.
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Players should never forget who pays their wages these days. They should run up to the cameras and applaud.
fans are no longer represent the majority of the revenue for player wages. I'm sure the players thank the TV companies, sponsors, agents. Not saying they don't appreciate the fans but we shouldn't kid ourselves regarding the dwindling financial influence we have.
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When it comes to being arsed with coming all the way up to the away support and clapping them Kevin Gage was always excellent in that respect.
As was Mark Lillis.
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Players should never forget who pays their wages these days. They should run up to the cameras and applaud.
fans are no longer represent the majority of the revenue for player wages. I'm sure the players thank the TV companies, sponsors, agents. Not saying they don't appreciate the fans but we shouldn't kid ourselves regarding the dwindling financial influence we have.
Who pays the TV companies for the privilege of watching the football? Who buys the products that the players advertise? It's still "us".
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Although I get your point, I'd have thought the majority who pay the TV companies rarely, if ever, set foot inside a football ground.
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Although I get your point, I'd have thought the majority who pay the TV companies rarely, if ever, set foot inside a football ground.
I reckon a huge percentage of attending supporters also have Sky. I was assuming that Toronto meant all fans, not just those regularly in attendance, particularly because he used the word "we".
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agree. Football supporters who actually go to games represent a fraction of the wider sports audience that buy sports packages on TV. Again, this isn't me saying they shouldn't have come over to thank the travelling fans, but just that our level of influence on footballers wages isn't what it was many years ago. That gap has grown immeasurably and will continue to grow. At the top level football could play in front of a simulated audience and it would still appeal to the TV audience.
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Anyway, I spent most of last season giving the finger to any player daring to applaud us at Villa Park. Except after the Southampton game. What a tremendous performance, I was hoping for a full lap. A performance of champions, what a point.
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My mate works for Surrey CC and he said their players either finds the fans 'trainspotter geeks' (obsessed and psyschophantic (sp?)) or 'aggressive haters'. As a result they'd prefer to not mix with them unless absolutely necessary.
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Anyway, I spent most of last season giving the finger to any player daring to applaud us at Villa Park. Except after the Southampton game. What a tremendous performance, I was hoping for a full lap. A performance of champions, what a point.
I don't think I'll ever, ever forget that point.
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Anyway, I spent most of last season giving the finger to any player daring to applaud us at Villa Park. Except after the Southampton game. What a tremendous performance, I was hoping for a full lap. A performance of champions, what a point.
I don't think I'll ever, ever forget that point.
many a fist pump was delivered that day
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Whenever I am feeling down I go here (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-0-southampton-0-7000780) to cheer myself up and re-live better days.
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When it comes to being arsed with coming all the way up to the away support and clapping them Kevin Gage was always excellent in that respect.
As was Mark Lillis.
peter withe and his sweatbands!
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Whenever I am feeling down I go here (http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-0-southampton-0-7000780) to cheer myself up and re-live better days.
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Has this game already kicked off? Is it being shown on the Houston website?
Sorry, just found the kick off time.
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[First Half]: Steer, Herd, Senderos, Baker, Lowton, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, N’Zogbia, Agbonlahor [c], Weimann.
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subs: Given, Hutton, Clark, Stevens, Gardner, Westwood, Richardson, Bacuna, Grealish, Bent.
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Anyone else wincing at the lack of Okore in those lists?
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Anyone else wincing at the lack of Okore in those lists?
Oh for fucks sake no, please no.
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After so long out it makes sense to ease him in and not take any risks if he felt even the smallest of twinges.
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Thats also true of Nzogbia though. Any twinge with Okore gets me all panicky
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Don't think there's any need to play the national anthem during a bloody friendly.
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
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Houston, we have a problem.
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
Yeah, its like my dog is chewing the remote.
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
Yeah, its like my dog is chewing the remote.
Mine's still broke....the commentators sound strange.
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Thats also true of Nzogbia though. Any twinge with Okore gets me all panicky
Zog may not have any kind of twinge. Stop worrying me!
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
Yeah, its like my dog is chewing the remote.
Mine's still broke....the commentators sound strange.
Mines fine but I've been on method all day
I meant meth
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
Yeah, its like my dog is chewing the remote.
Mine's still broke....the commentators sound strange.
All seems to be resolved now.
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Gabby...the most goals in Villas history....Hmmmm.
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Edit: I am looking at motor bikes.
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Anyone's stream going nuts?
No they're still sounding strange...Kla-ret shorts...
Yeah, its like my dog is chewing the remote.
Mine's still broke....the commentators sound strange.
All seems to be resolved now.
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Nah it was Baker mate...do your research
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I am thinking the "co-commentator" from Villa does not have his mic setup right.
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One cidre, predator on Film4 and Villa on the laptop....not a bad morning.
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I am thinking the "co-commentator" from Villa does not have his mic setup right.
Supposed to be 2?
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I am thinking the "co-commentator" from Villa does not have his mic setup right.
Supposed to be 2?
Yup. Shawn coffer(?)
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Bennett, Herd and Delph have all made tackles with the wrong foot and therefore showing studs.
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Can anyone figure out our formation? is it a back 4 or 3?
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Whatever formation it is, they're playing crap. Houston could have easily had 2 if they weren't minnows.
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Can anyone figure out our formation? is it a back 4 or 3?
Looks a 5 to me as Bennett and Lowton haven't got out of their halves yet
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The vanishing foam is out. Yet another commentator going on about stoke city
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Fuck me the yanks are more obsessed with Manchester than Sky.
"Chris Herd, who made his debut against Manchester United"
"Joe Bennett, born in the Manchester area"
SNORE
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Feels like 95F with the humidity, says the commentator.
Having lived there, I have to say I wouldn't fancy walking a couple of hundred yards to a store, never mind playing a game of football.
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Good save steer
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We haven't exactly started well.
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I'm so glad I don't have to listen to American commentators after this.
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Can't believe that having been up at five for work this morning, I've stayed up for this and can't watch it on my kindle.
Watch the kids get up early tomorrow now.
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Can anyone figure out our formation? is it a back 4 or 3?
4, I reckon.
Their payer Davis looks the best player on the pitch thus far.
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Nice move Houston, Davis shoulda scored
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Try their website Perce
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Can't believe that having been up at five for work this morning, I've stayed up for this and can't watch it on my kindle.
You using the youtube link?
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Can't believe that having been up at five for work this morning, I've stayed up for this and can't watch it on my kindle.
You using the youtube link?
Tried, not working.
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Pluckers wing bar????
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The link on their website is about 30 seconds in advance
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Pluckers wing bar????
Quality wings at Pluckers
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Can't believe that having been up at five for work this morning, I've stayed up for this and can't watch it on my kindle.
You using the youtube link?
Tried, not working.
Any good?
http://www.houstondynamo.com/live
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http://www.houstondynamo.com/live
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Only half watching due to having to actually do some work for once.
We haven't been very good so far have we?
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"Happy Birthday landon". Thanks for taking over the whole screen during the game. Twats.
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
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'nice dribbling...'
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Has our 2nd half team been announced? Can't see Okore anywhere.
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Plucks Wing Bar looks good.
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
You got chrome on that kindle? Chrome should play youtube.
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Can't believe that having been up at five for work this morning, I've stayed up for this and can't watch it on my kindle.
You using the youtube link?
Tried, not working.
clear your cookies
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
What browser does the kindle have?
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Cheers for trying lads. Not missing much am I?
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Cheers for trying lads. Not missing much am I?
Just commercials
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Aston Villa's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Guzman; Richardson, Okore, Vlaar, Bacuna; Delph, Westwood, Yueng; Weimann, Cole, Weimann
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Yueng?
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Plucks Wing Bar looks good.
The menu mmmmmmm
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no we are playing just like normal
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Charles does take a nice deadball.
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Morning gents.
Kind of a downer after the World Cup, what?
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The ads are annoying but a welcome break from the action
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Yueng?
Guzman. Weimann twice. It was such an appalling effort on an American site I felt it deserved to be shared.
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
What browser does the kindle have?
Kindle runs a version of Android which does not like Adobe Flash Player which Youtube uses. You can side-load an old version of Flash if you are determined, but I doubt Percy needs that type of aggro.
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Cheers for trying lads. Not missing much am I?
Missing some great commentary... 'a lot of size on this Villa team'
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Richardson on for delph
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
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Here's Kieran Richardson with his great res-u-me
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Well done again Steer
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
What browser does the kindle have?
Kindle runs a version of Android which does not like Adobe Flash Player which Youtube uses. You can side-load an old version of Flash if you are determined, but I doubt Percy needs that type of aggro.
Have an xbox? Doesn't that have a Youtube app?
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"BBVA reading and banking seminar for young kids."
:o
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The ads are annoying but a welcome break from the action
Agreed it's been pretty lackluster so far
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Missed that, what happened?
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we're starting to knock it long a bit too often again
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Composure has been one of my biggest worries watching Villa for years.
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we're starting to knock it long a bit too often again
Yup. Hoofing has returned. This game has 0-0 written all over it.
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current temperature in Houston is a chilly 30C, but feels more like 41C with the humidex
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Try their website Perce
'My browser doesn't recognise any of the formats available', it says.
I know fuck all about computers.
What browser does the kindle have?
Kindle runs a version of Android which does not like Adobe Flash Player which Youtube uses. You can side-load an old version of Flash if you are determined, but I doubt Percy needs that type of aggro.
What an insightful chap you are Ad.
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Lowton's crossing is so poor
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I have never heard cross being called, "serving".
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Ashe looks quite useful.
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stupid challenge from Herd. It's what happens when the heat saps your judgement and energy
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Lowton's crossing is so poor
As is his tackling! Yellow card.
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Can tell Heard has been coached by Keane the last few weeks
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Yowza. Chris, its a fucking friendly.
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Herd is a crazy man
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This is only worth watching to see how many minutes Chris Herd lasts on the pitch.
Mentalist.
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Missed that, what happened?
He was subbed after half an hour, Richardson on.
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Missed that, what happened?
He was subbed after half an hour, Richardson on.
Injured?
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ooh Joe Bennett makes it 1-0
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
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Big Joe in the air
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Missed that, what happened?
He was subbed after half an hour, Richardson on.
Injured?
nope didn't seem to be.
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Me too, PWS. He didn't look best pleased.
Herd is playing like a fucking nutter.
Nice header by Bennett.
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Goal. 1-0 Villa. Bennet header.
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Nice header! Happy for Joe. maybe give him some confidence.
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Scoring before ht is becoming a thing
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Nice cross, good header.
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Is that Bennett's first goal in the Claret and Blue
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We were pretty crap that half. Picked up a bit towards the end.
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I think so.
The dam has burst!!!!
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I hope they do the singing at HT again.
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Scoring before ht is becoming a thing
nothing wrong with creating that habit
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We were pretty crap that half. Picked up a bit towards the end.
hard to judge performance when you are mixing and matching all of the time. That opening line up arguably only had 4 or 5 starters. Looking forward to seeing Bent, Grealish and Okore this half.
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Me too, PWS. He didn't look best pleased.
tbf the first guy he spoke to was the physio ?
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We were pretty crap that half. Picked up a bit towards the end.
hard to judge performance when you are mixing and matching all of the time. That opening line up arguably only had 4 or 5 starters. Looking forward to seeing Bent, Grealish and Okore this half.
It's pretty easy to judge the performance of that 45, which was pretty crap. It means nothing when the season starts, but means quite a bit at 3am and this game.
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That half was fucking dreadful.
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Nice cross, good header.
Indeed. Who put the cross in?
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I really hope Delph going off was planned in advance.
Me too, PWS. He didn't look best pleased.
tbf the first guy he spoke to was the physio ?
Yes he made one of those stupid tackles with the wrong foot and probably injured himself.
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That's 45 minutes of my life I'm never getting back. Chris Herd is a daft sod isn't he.
I'm not going to watch the second half am I? Really?
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Gabby and Nzog looked really poor in the first half, between them they managed to kill almost every attack we made. Thought Weimann, Bennett and Senderos all looked good though, and Steer did everything that was asked of him.
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I'd get one of those BBVA Compass credit cards if the chick in the hat asked me nicely.
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Scoring before ht is becoming a thing
nothing wrong with creating that habit
Nope. Let it continue forever and ever!
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Nice cross, good header.
Indeed. Who put the cross in?
Baker
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Nice cross, good header.
Indeed. Who put the cross in?
Baker
Weimann
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Gabby and Nzog looked really poor in the first half, between them they managed to kill almost every attack we made. Thought Weimann, Bennett and Senderos all looked good though, and Steer did everything that was asked of him.
Gabby is a waste of a shirt and a number.
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They have left Herd on for the second half! Joined by Hutton!
It could be carnage!
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what's with this new camera angle?
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Hutton does more as an attacking force in 3 mins than Gabby managed in 45.
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Looks like they're sticking with this cam angle
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I hate this angle as you can't see any runs off the ball etc
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I used to watch footie from this angle on Sky when you go change your view
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Brian Doogan sounds uncannily like Derek Dougan.
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Grealish does look promising.
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This is much better.
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we've had a couple of chances to shoot from the edge of the box. Needed to pull the trigger on one of those
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Villa 'really the first super club in the world'.
Yeah something like that!
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"Really the first Super club in the world"
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Alan Hutton looks a step up from Lowton...
at this level of competition
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Villa 'really the first super club in the world'.
Yeah something like that!
Quality
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Yo!
Some brunette chick dressed in orange just pulled down a blind with advertising shit mid game.
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Yo!
Some brunette chick dressed in orange just pulled down a blind with advertising shit mid game.
Highlight of the half so far!
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Great ball by Grealish.
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what a lovely run and through ball by Grealish. Bent just a little early
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Alan Hutton looks a step up from Lowton...
at this level of competition
That is a measure of how bad some of our players have been in the last two seasons.
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Brian needs to learn you don't say "erm" and "er" every other word.
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Alan Hutton looks a step up from Lowton...
at this level of competition
That is a measure of how bad some of our players have been in the last two seasons.
Yup
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Brian needs to learn you don't say "erm" and "er" every other word.
Communications director?
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How are y'all enjoying the drumming?
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In the past 5 minutes Clark has had a complete 'mare.
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I think this will finish 1-0 so I am turning in. Goodnight all.
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Communications director?
With the amount of comment which we heard from him in the first half, he must be!!!!
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We look knackered
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Nice bit of play from Dynamo there.
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Who's captain in the 2nd half?
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Hmmmm Mr Bent.
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Westwood shoves ref shocker
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Hmmmm Mr Bent.
I think I've seen that movie and know how it ends
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Brian needs to learn you don't say "erm" and "er" every other word.
MoN on Mogadon or Mandrax.
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What a shot from Gazza
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Go home Doogan, you're drunk.
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Doogs really isn't covering himself in glory.
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Fuck me. Who is the thick bastard who keeps playing those ads and missing the game?
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We'll be running round the Bullring with the cup.
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1-0 win is a win. Nothing to write home about. Hopefully everyone gets home safe and sound.
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The quadruple is still on.
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First trophy of many this season no doubt. Gabby looks well pleased with that.
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All down to Menchies for a frozen yoghurt then!
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Grealish looked a level above anyone else on the pitch when he got the ball. We need to be careful with him but there is a very good player in there.
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Shit game and performance but we won. Which is nice. Been awhile since i've seen us win 3 in a row.
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Superb quality stream on youtube
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Grealish was so clearly a cut above anyone else it was scary. He didn't play particularly well either.
Poor overall. But I can't imagine either 11 is how we'll start against Stoke.
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I'd imagine it is nailed on Steer won't start. A fair few of the others will be looking to though. Grealish really does look a player it has to be said.
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two games in four days played in heat approximating the surface temperature of the sun. We looked good in spells, mediocre in spells and sloppy at times, the latter often caused by just looking exhausted. That said, we still very much need that creative player to come through or join the club or we'll look as one dimensional as did last season. Bent is limited without any supply, Weimann huffs and puffs, and Gabby no longer looks the player he once was. We need a player or two to not only break up the opposition but also one that has the confidence and ability to bring it forward and see runs that others are making. Grealish is the closest thing to it right now but it's not fair to put that on him yet.
Let's hope the next couple of weeks sees Delph and Vlaar sorted out with new deals and some money being spent. The season is less than 3 weeks away.
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Pretty crap game in truth. The first half team with Delph/Amahdi in midfield looke dworryingly threadbare
Grealish is a big plus. I dunno if it is a good sign that Hutton has played well again.
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Agree Steve.
We looked better when Richardson came on. The movement up front in the first half was non existent.
Hutton did look good (worryingly), as did Grealish.
Still it was a pre-season game played in very difficult conditions so we shouldn't complain.
What was with the ads when a corner was being taken though? Very annoying.
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All down to Menchies for a frozen yoghurt then!
Fucking gagging for one me, after all those ads.
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Just watching on YouTube as can't sleep. They look tired and it looks really hot and humid. I hope that explains the performance as we look awful. Really substandard.
The 3412 in the first half hasn't worked at all. 4 of the back 5 just aren't good enough for premier league football. I really like Lowton and I want him to do well but I think you'd have to start Hutton ahead of him at the moment. Senderos isn't great but he's much better than baker or herd.
With ball retention as bad as ours has been playing this formation just leaves Delph and KEA looking too light. The front three didn't do much at all and we looked too narrow up front
All in all there's a lot of reasons not to read too much into the game but it hasn't done much to convince me we're going to do anything other than really struggle. I might give up football for September given our fixtures
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Second half was better and the back four worked much better than the three. Hutton was our best player :-|
interesting we've barely seen Richardson at left back. I'd assumed that's where he'd play. And he might. If he's not going to play there we'll need another left back. Bennett or Stevens can't be trusted
Grealish does look to have more quality than most of our players. He's lovely to watch. But I've not seen him really hurt teams that much on this tour - though he's had a couple of close through balls where he waited a little too long. Weimann, n'zogbia, gabby and bent haven't been great but they all have hurt teams. Hopefully that comes but you do just wonder about his lack of pace.
Bent's hold up play was hopeless.
Gardner did well again I thought. Looks much sharper than last pre season. Would love to see him make it. Bacuna has been shit so far this pre season
I see lambert has been eulogising about the performance. I hope Keane is going to say to him, 'look Paul that was shit', when relevant. I never know if lambert believes his own hype or if he's just doing it for players' confidence. We've sure had a lot of 'world class' performances for a team that's been battling relegation for two years
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Watched it this morning. Not much to say really. Played better in the second half in a poor match and both Grealish and Hutton performed well.
Im glad I didn't stay up. Those who did deserve a round of applause.
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Anyone heard anything on Okore's knee injury? I'm hoping it's not too serious.
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I realise that it's a sideshow, but I really don't get why anyone thinks Herd is a CB ... and why do they keep playing him there when we need a solid CMF player. Herd could actually have a role to play in CMF - albeit as a squad player - but has no chance as a CB.
Re Hutton, I'm not surprised that he looks better than Lowton and other options: he is, after all, an experienced international fullback. Lowton, meantime, was a promising FB who spent most of last season - a key season in his development - arguing with the club about stuff.
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On herd - I just don't get why some people think he could do a job on midfield. His passing is atrocious and he runs into blind alleys. He's had one good game at right back in his career. I genuinely think he's one of the worst players in the league.
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Herd is not a centre half, not in a million years. As for midfield, i'd like to see Clark given a go in there.
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Agreed on Herd. I can never understand why anyone advocates him playing at all to be honest. He is just so so poor on the ball. A huge liability.
Unambition aside for one moment, I believe that Senderos and Richardson will prove to be a couple of relatively astute signings. Both have that little bit of class in possession which we generally lack throughout the team.
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They both look more assured than some of our other players I think
Senderos has got a few mistakes in him though
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They both look more assured than some of our other players I think
Senderos has got a few mistakes in him though
Less than Baker or Clark, though.
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A good work out for us and another win should get there fitness up.
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Any news on Okore injury ? Bit worried he is injury prone.
Chesterfield here we come.
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Any news on Okore injury ? Bit worried he is injury prone.
Chesterfield here we come.
Injury prone? He's had one bad injury.
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The thing with our midfield is, that it gets sliced through too easily. We've often needed a holding player in there to offer some protection to our defence. Unfortunately the only player in our squad currently, who can do that is Herd. He did okay there under McLeish, in as much as he showed plenty of energy and disrupted the opposition. So in that regard I see why some advocate playing him in midfield, to allow players like Delph and Westy to have more freedom to express themselves.
That said, he is a poor player, and he doesn't seem to have quite the same brimming enthusiasm he had 3 years ago when he was last more of a regular in the side. Obviously off field problems have been an issue.
It is clear as day though, that we need a quality player in midfield who can mop up the mess, but is comfortable on the ball with it.
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All down to Menchies for a frozen yoghurt then!
I used to get all my school supplies and CDs from them but haven't been in years.
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Must admit I completely forgot we were playing again, these late starts aren't helping so just reading the comments over the last few pages.
Must say it sounds Gabby is having a very lacklustre pre season following on from last year which is not good enough as we need him to perform with our main two strikers missing.
A case of him being told he's not getting a new deal whatever's happening?
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I've been a staunch defender of Gabby, particularly the post O Neill years when his impact on the pitch has dwindled with the exception of a few months under McLeish and 4 months under Lambert in his first season.
However toward the end of last season, apart from his form and end product going to shit, there was also just a worrying lack of motivation and effort on the pitch. That appears to have continued in pre-season. He just looks like he's not that bothered any more. The difference between Gabby and Bent say, is that Bent's never been a go get them sort of player. When he's not on the end of a chance putting it away, Bent, like Van Nisterlrooy, or Berbatov as well, has a body language that looks quite lackadaisical. They look lazy, without that necessarily being the case, or indeed as players you get used to them looking like that.
In Gabby's case he's gone from being a player who looks like he loves playing for his boyhood club, runs all game and puts in the yards, to someone jogging lazily around with the occasional half-assed burst of energy. Now, that he can't go on as many surging runs as he used to, or chasing down defenders quite like he did 4 years ago, is undoubtedly partly down to all his injury problems in recent years, with constant niggles. But he certainly seems to be a player now who seems like he's got no real motivation to give 110%. Apart from Houllier, Gabby's been a first choice. He hasn't had to fight for his place. If he does have to fight for his place this season (which I hope he does), he really has to work his bollocks off.
Pre-season he's just looked a bit lazy, heavy, worryingly slow (by his standards) and completely shot as a player at this level. It is only pre-season of course, but he seriously needs a rocket up his backside. A player who used to play like he was exploding with energy, and largely with a smile on his face, now plays looking like he's permanently sighing and that it's a chore. Maybe as a fan all the shit we've had to deal with over the last four years has got to him, but as a pro, he's seriously got to up his game now. He's in danger of heading down Lee Hendries path. Leaving us as a good player who never quite fulfilled his potential, and then just doesn't seem to have any desire left at the clubs he moves to. Inevitably ending up dropping down and then out of the pro-leagues.
Sort yourself out Gabby. I can't really defend him any more. As more and more posters call him uninterested and lazy, or shot at this level, he's showing nothing to suggest that isn't the case, and I now see the lazy side too unfortunately. I'd be taking any offers coming to us to be honest. Cash in while we can. He shouldn't get a new deal.
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I'm starting to agree with that Tom and I too am a big fan of his purely due to him giving me some of the best memories in my Villa supporting lifeline...all the derby winners, winner at Old Trafford, second goal in our first win at Arsenal in 15 years.
So much good stuff there which is why I cut him some slack but how much of that is he capable of now? To me it's worrying as we need him to be a spark upfront with no Benteke around for the first few months.
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Gabby with less pace will have little to offer at top level.
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I've had my doubts about Gabby ever since the latter part of the Houllier season. After Bent got injured and we went to shit, Gabby plays up front as a proper striker and when we really needed him he contributed nothing. We see the occasional glimpse of the old Gabby but nowhere near enough over the last 4 years. In that time he has had 2 decent spells, first 3 months under McLeish, and 4 months at the end of the first Lambert season, not good enough imo over a 4 year period.
And considering most of us class Vlaar as injury prone then the same has to be said for Gabby as he has played 1 less league game than Vlaar over the last 2 years.
Frustrating as we saw in the first half at Liverpool last season what a difference Gabby on form makes to us, and how he can tear any opposition apart, he's now only doing it 2 or 3 times a season though.
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Gabby should now be nothing more than an impact sub.
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I did say that a few years ago about Gabby but just got stick from everyone, so live and learn kids 8)
Anyway, pretty crap match, our best spell was for about ten minutes following the goal, apart from that we were pretty useless and if they had a better delivery or more up front they could have won the game. Also, the communtry was far worse than the other night.
Steer did what he had to do, and is one of the only ones who will really benefit from this trip. Grealish again looked impressive, Senderoes not bad, and after that I am struggling.
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I thought Weimann had a good first half, he was held back by nzog and gabby offering very little.
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Gabby should now be nothing more than an impact sub.
I'd happily play him against the top 6 teams at home who should all come and attack us. I'd also play him in away games. He's usually a passenger against anyone that sits back against us though.
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Is it let's have a pop at Gabby day or something ;)
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Is it let's have a pop at Gabby day or something ;)
hmm.
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Herd is not a centre half, not in a million years. As for midfield, i'd like to see Clark given a go in there.
When he was picked in midfield under AM people wanted him at the back. I agree though, he doesn't seem cut out for centre back.
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Is there a highlights link for this ?
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&feature=player_embedded
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Thanks.
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Best pic of the trip (just links to avoid spam)
Kozak & Tekkers in light training.
http://i2.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article7486346.ece/alternates/s2197/Libor-Kozak-and-Christian-Benteke-are-put-through-there-paces.jpg
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/updated-more-aston-villa-pictures-7483728
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The thing with our midfield is, that it gets sliced through too easily. We've often needed a holding player in there to offer some protection to our defence. Unfortunately the only player in our squad currently, who can do that is Herd. He did okay there under McLeish, in as much as he showed plenty of energy and disrupted the opposition. So in that regard I see why some advocate playing him in midfield, to allow players like Delph and Westy to have more freedom to express themselves.
That said, he is a poor player, and he doesn't seem to have quite the same brimming enthusiasm he had 3 years ago when he was last more of a regular in the side. Obviously off field problems have been an issue.
It is clear as day though, that we need a quality player in midfield who can mop up the mess, but is comfortable on the ball with it.
I think that is a good assessment, Tom.
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Gabby with less pace will have little to offer at top level.
I think sadly we have reached that point.
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I don't. I'm still fully behind Gabby and used right he is still an asset to us.
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Alan Hutton with jet lag could be an interesting spectacle Wednesday night. Wouldn't want to be the winger going into any 50 : 50 's .
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I don't. I'm still fully behind Gabby and used right he is still an asset to us.
The last time I reckon we saw the best of Gabby was when he was played as the lone striker for a while under MON. He looked really good and it seemed to bring the best out of him.
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I don't. I'm still fully behind Gabby and used right he is still an asset to us.
The last time I reckon we saw the best of Gabby was when he was played as the lone striker for a while under MON. He looked really good and it seemed to bring the best out of him.
He was excellent last few months of the first Lambert season. Finished with 9 goals and most of those came during that period.
Just did not kick on last season especially after a decent start.
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I don't. I'm still fully behind Gabby and used right he is still an asset to us.
The last time I reckon we saw the best of Gabby was when he was played as the lone striker for a while under MON. He looked really good and it seemed to bring the best out of him.
He was excellent last few months of the first Lambert season. Finished with 9 goals and most of those came during that period.
Just did not kick on last season especially after a decent start.
yep, he was unplayable on the opening day against Arsenal, and did well in the next couple as well, but then he just fell apart and hasn't really shown any form since.