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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on November 25, 2017, 04:54:45 PM
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Only downside were the injuries to Jedi and Davis. Job done and a pretty routine home win in the bag.
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We do like a 2-0 or 2-1 scoreline.
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Nice! Hope Davis is OK.
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Another good win. Can we wrap Bert in cotton wool please?
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Excellent team performance.
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Solid, unspectacular win. The sort that will have to be the backbone for the next month or so, especially if Davis is now injured as well.
They never troubled us from open play.
2 clinical finishes from Albert for the points. We actually played some half decent stuff at times. I'm slowly warming to Snodgrass.
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We do like a 2-0 or 2-1 scoreline.
So do I as long as it's in our favour!
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Great result. We struggled with Waghorn aerially from the sounds but Ipswich didn't have a single shot on goal looking at the stats. Slight worry about an over-reliance on Adomah whose conversion rate must be the best in the country now.
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At Witton station and happy happy happy. ..well done Albert.
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Well done 8)
Albert 8)
Points 8)
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Pity he didn’t take Davis off before, as said Pre match, he has to find a way to play without Davis.
This was a very convincing win though and we played like a team that knows what it is doing.
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We've put a nice 6pt gap between us and the rest outside the play offs and at present just 2pts from second.
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Davis did jog off so perhaps the injury isint too serious.
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Now it's getting interesting!
Well done Bruce and co.
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I'm slowly warming to Snodgrass.
Ha! Take your time. He may not be spectacular but he's been the driving force for the team since he joined. Apart from Albert, he'd get my MOTM along with Cafu. Two determined players that drive the side forward.
Overall, three points are three points. Like the Sunderland game, it's not one I'll bother to watch again. The ref certainly didn't help with the lack of entertainment, allowing thousands of niggling tackles without booking the culprits but giving free kicks.
Next Friday will be a big, big test. I just hope we have Davis available. After getting bullied against Sunderland I thought he more than hold his own today.
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It was me what won it. Started the pre-match thread and predicted 2-0.
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That's a great result, confidence breeds confidence. Well done the Villa.
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As routine a home win as can be. Albert MOTM due to the goals but Davis and Onomah led the line well.
Special mention for Whelan who did the solid and unspectacular very well.
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This is a very good result. We wouldn't have won this not long ago. The team finally seems to have some, much needed, confidence. Even when things aren't going 100% to plan, they seem to have belief they can get something positive out of the game.
Well done to all concerned!
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Great stuff, Albert is a legend.
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Another welcome result and can't really knock Bruce for the last few weeks even if it hasn't been pretty. Shame all the other top few seem to be mostly winning as well.
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Goals (http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11143697/aston-villa-2-0-ipswich)
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Terrible first half we were ended so much on top decent three poilnts being on Leeds United
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Just seen the goals, lovely finishes.
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Just spat out my drink watching the 2 Ipswich players watch Whelan head to Albert to score.
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Why was the Ipswich goal disallowed?
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Why was the Ipswich goal disallowed?
Foul on the keeper that never happened.
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Why was the Ipswich goal disallowed?
Foul on Johnstone I thought.
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Ta. I thought that was what it might have been disallowed for. Looked ok to me.
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Sublime finishing. Get in, some player for us this season.
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Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil, Alan Brazil. Your boys took one hell of a beating from the club that won the 1981 league championship.
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I thought we were very good. Other than the disallowed goal, they didn't look like scoring, it was very comfortable. I'm not sure why he left Samba out but otherwise, can't complain at all. Another mention for Whelan, he was great.
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I thought we were very good. Other than the disallowed goal, they didn't look like scoring, it was very comfortable.
They had a few chances including first half, the great header that just missed the right side upright and second half a header from 3 yards that their player managed to head over the bar when it was easier to score. Fail to take your chances and you get punished as they found out today.
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An unspectacular win. Albert, Snoddy and Whelan were the outstanding players for me. Onomah is not contributing enough right now and I'd prefer to see Jack or Callum in his place.
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An unspectacular win. Albert, Snoddy and Whelan were the outstanding players for me. Onomah is not contributing enough right now and I'd prefer to see Jack or Callum in his place.
I think Onomah is really important to the side, and we've noticeably been better with him in the side. He also scored in the last game!
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I thought we were very good. Other than the disallowed goal, they didn't look like scoring, it was very comfortable.
They had a few chances including first half, the great header that just missed the right side upright and second half a header from 3 yards that their player managed to head over the bar when it was easier to score. Fail to take your chances and you get punished as they found out today.
But over the whole 90 minutes, it was very comfortable.
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A word about Davis.
A 19 year old rookie who leads the line like that is fantastic. His work rate, effort and understanding of the game is exceptional. This is A 19 YEAR OLD ROOKIE remember.
Goals might be missing right now, but if he plays like he did today, and others chip in with the goals, then we can live with that.
Bert, Davis and Onomah were outstanding today.
Samba was solid, but bloody hell, he has all the finesse of a JCB.
For me, the only negative was Hourihane. A lot of passes went astray that I would expect him to be better with. That said, his work rate was top notch.
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Shoeperb
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A word about Davis.
A 19 year old rookie who leads the line like that is fantastic. His work rate, effort and understanding of the game is exceptional. This is A 19 YEAR OLD ROOKIE remember.
Goals might be missing right now, but if he plays like he did today, and others chip in with the goals, then we can live with that.
Bert, Davis and Onomah were outstanding today.
Samba was solid, but bloody hell, he has all the finesse of a JCB.
For me, the only negative was Hourihane. A lot of passes went astray that I would expect him to be better with. That said, his work rate was top notch.
Agree and I thought that about Hourihane on Tuesday, he is being asked to play as a more covering defensive player and it shows. Full credit for working for the team though.
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Well a better win than recent nail biters. Not been his fan but today I thought Whelan shades it for MotM just ahead of Davis, Hutton and Snoddy.
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An unspectacular win. Albert, Snoddy and Whelan were the outstanding players for me. Onomah is not contributing enough right now and I'd prefer to see Jack or Callum in his place.
Disagree, Onomah had a good game. Driving forward from midfield. Midfield clicked today.
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I thought we were very good. Other than the disallowed goal, they didn't look like scoring, it was very comfortable.
They had a few chances including first half, the great header that just missed the right side upright and second half a header from 3 yards that their player managed to head over the bar when it was easier to score. Fail to take your chances and you get punished as they found out today.
But over the whole 90 minutes, it was very comfortable.
There wasn't much in it, first half. Once we got the second we could relax a bit. They made us work hard for the full 90 minutes, we weren't any where near our best, far from it but we showed maturity, fight and confidence. That was comforting. Without playing well we picked up all the points and that's what now, 9 wins from 11? Not bad for a team not playing to their full potential.
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Good:
Albert
Onomah
Snodgrass
Hutton
Whelen
Not so good:
Taylor
Very comfortable. Onwards and upwards.
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It was a comfortable and well-earned win. Apart from the corners which were nearly all on our left, they offered very little.
I'm not usually a great Whelan fan, but he was excellent today and the Adomah-Adama exchange looks better every week.
We could have been more expansive in the last few minutes and boosted the goal difference, but 3 wins in a week is a very good return.
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Other than their disallowed goal they didn't really have much to offer. Comfortable win and a good, hard-working performance from us all round. Would have been nice to see Keinan get a goal - he works so hard as a lone striker, especially for a 'rookie'. Thought Onomah showed some great touches too. Good to see the good Dr T going round the pitch before the game and shaking fans' hands/having selfies taken. Nice touch
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The first time I have been at consecutive home wins since 2010. Such fun! Davis is just not getting his timing right and the coaches need to help him. Better judgement and we can make comparisons to McInally and Carew. Not Heskey and Harewood.
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I think this is the genuinely first routine win I've seen in about six seasons. Nice to come up from London, leave in injury time, be sitting back at home already, knowing that I'll have forgotten this entire game inside a year.
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It's almost insulting to give Grealish 5 minutes. Give him some gametime to show whether he is going to contribute or not.
The current manager does my head in.
Good result today; mediocre quality.
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We are now just churning out wins without too much drama.
Keep churning, keep adding to our points total, and we will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.
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It's almost insulting to give Grealish 5 minutes. Give him some gametime to show whether he is going to contribute or not.
The current manager does my head in.
Good result today; mediocre quality.
Tut.
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We are now just churning out wins without too much drama.
Keep churning, keep adding to our points total, and we will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.
Bruce at his pragmatic best. Nothing spectacular but churns Out result after result.
I’d take this over anything that went before over the last 7 years.
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It's almost insulting to give Grealish 5 minutes. Give him some gametime to show whether he is going to contribute or not.
The current manager does my head in.
Good result today; mediocre quality.
Tut.
Well yes indeed tut. Insulting to give a 21 year old who has had a liver injury (FFS!) some game time? Bizarre comment.
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It's almost insulting to give Grealish 5 minutes. Give him some gametime to show whether he is going to contribute or not.
The current manager does my head in.
Good result today; mediocre quality.
Why is it insulting? He's just a player coming back from injury.
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Really enjoyed a 2nd half where we comfortable never looked like conceding and taking the piss in the last 10 mins
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Very comfortable.
We were a bit sluggish first half but even then Davis should have scored a brace.
Second half we upped it and finished very strongly.
They looked dangerous at set pieces but nothing more. Very poor in fact.
Onomah, Adomah, Snodgrass and Whelan all played well.
In the past week we've had an excellent performance, a ground out and a comfortable stroll about. Result is the same. 6 goals scored, 2 conceded and 9 points accumulated, with each result never looking in doubt.
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It's almost insulting to give Grealish 5 minutes. Give him some gametime to show whether he is going to contribute or not.
The current manager does my head in.
Good result today; mediocre quality.
Why is it insulting? He's just a player coming back from injury.
I said "almost" ...
Because, like any sub, it takes a few minutes to play yourself in and Grealish is someone who - IMO - needs time to make an impact. Actually, I was surprised that the manager did not bring Angela on instead ....
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Thanks to the incredible generosity of Wittonwarrior and the tireless support of The Malandro I had a truly memorable day at Villa Park. I met Ken McNaught and Dennis Mortimer. I totally disgraced myself talking to Dennis when I choked with emotion taking him yard by yard through his goal against Liverpool. All the Holte, I tried to tell him, were convinced Liverpool were going to chop him down. "Nah" he said "they were never going to catch me". Great day. Thank you Alex. Thank you Olly. Enjoyed the game too, despite freezing my knackers off.
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Very much routine in the end
Having said that, the first half was an absolute abomination. Terrible, terrible football
Adomah always a threat
Thought Whelan and Hutton were the picks
Onomah and Davis were in and out but both did what they do enough to show their value
Samba’s physicality was effective
Curious to see their disallowed goal as it wasn’t an obvious foul from where I was sitting
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Very much routine in the end
Having said that, the first half was an absolute abomination. Terrible, terrible football
Adomah always a threat
Thought Whelan and Hutton were the picks
Onomah and Davis were in and out but both did what they do enough to show their value
Samba’s physicality was effective
Curious to see their disallowed goal as it wasn’t an obvious foul from where I was sitting
I couldn't see what was wrong having seen the replay on AVTV.
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Another good win but we still need to be a lot better against the better teams. We can't play like that at Leeds and expect to win.
Wolves have won this league but any of about 6 teams are aiming for 2nd. I think Derby will be our main challengers for it.
Wolves, Villa and Gary Rowett's Derby to get promoted while Small Heath go down. Carlsberg don't do football seasons...
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A good solid team performance today,whelan man of the match for me. Be interesting to see how we perform next week against tougher opposition.
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Big improvement on Tuesday night, but a bit concerning it's only Bert finding the net, superb as he is. Probably the biggest plus was Whelan, who at last showed the form, he produced for Stoke over so many years. The Scottish Cafu continues his outstanding run of form.
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They looked dangerous at set pieces but nothing more. Very poor in fact.
I only got nervous with them at corners. They could quite easily on another day have scored a couple. The fact they didn't is why we're sitting here looking smug with the three points. They didn't manage a single shot on target all day. For me, Bruce has instilled a hard working ethic to match anybody in this league. Despite being two down, right up to the last minute, Ipswich were chasing and fighting for everything, even though we rode out the last ten minutes by simply passing the ball around at will. We have to maintain that effort and we'll keep picking up the points.
Watching the Rags tonight, a very hard working performance and chances to win by a few goals against a team you would have expected to smash them. We just need to keep taking our chances and working hard and we should be "there or there abouts".
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Big improvement on Tuesday night, but a bit concerning it's only Bert finding the net, superb as he is. Probably the biggest plus was Whelan, who at last showed the form, he produced for Stoke over so many years. The Scottish Cafu continues his outstanding run of form.
Totally agree, Whelan deserves a mention as hes usually the first to criticised. Albert's going to get a lot more attention from defenders in forthcoming games.
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They looked dangerous at set pieces but nothing more. Very poor in fact.
I only got nervous with them at corners. They could quite easily on another day have scored a couple. The fact they didn't is why we're sitting here looking smug with the three points. They didn't manage a single shot on target all day. For me, Bruce has instilled a hard working ethic to match anybody in this league. Despite being two down, right up to the last minute, Ipswich were chasing and fighting for everything, even though we rode out the last ten minutes by simply passing the ball around at will. We have to maintain that effort and we'll keep picking up the points.
Watching the Rags tonight, a very hard working performance and chances to win by a few goals against a team you would have expected to smash them. We just need to keep taking our chances and working hard and we should be "there or there abouts".
Out of interest, were you at the game or did you watch the highlights?
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It was me what won it. Started the pre-match thread and predicted 2-0.
Fair do, Risso, you're the man with the shirt now.....it's down to you now so don't let us down
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Dull but effective. They didn’t trouble us, it would be nice to throw the shackles off and really stuff someone, and Ipswich could have been the team to do it to.
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Caught the ‘highlights’ on the terrible Channel 5 programme, did the owner do some sort of lap of honour today?
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I thought corners aside Ipswich were the worst side I’ve seen here all season.
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
A very good place to be
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
I'd rather be where Wolves are and have everyone 'masturbating themselves' over us. Their football is exciting and on a different level to us.
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
I’ve never known a club more punch-drunk at been top of the Championship in my life. Listening their fans the last couple of weeks has been brilliant, they’re not content with just winning this league, a good number of them actually think they’re gonna win the PL next season and then take on Europe. Unbelievable.
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
I'd rather be where Wolves are and have everyone 'masturbating themselves' over us. Their football is exciting and on a different level to us.
You’d think they’d sell out every week though what with their Barcelona style football, but they don’t, and their stadium only holds about 30k. Terrible support really.
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
I'd rather be where Wolves are and have everyone 'masturbating themselves' over us. Their football is exciting and on a different level to us.
Whats there attendances though?
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While the nation is masturbating themselves into a frenzy over Wolves, we are going about our business quietly and effectively.
I’ve never known a club more punch-drunk at been top of the Championship in my life. Listening their fans the last couple of weeks has been brilliant, they’re not content with just winning this league, a good number of them actually think they’re gonna win the PL next season and then take on Europe. Unbelievable.
one of my closest mates is a Wolves fan, followed them home and away through the shite years and i'm happy for him and all that but like you say he has gone from years of telling me how shit they are, to how they need to expand their stadium to cope with their European football demands, with literally nothing in between.
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Bit ropey in the first half, but better in the second and threatened to cut loose for a while after the second goal. Thought Ipswich were very average and hardly created anything in open play, though they did whip in some very dangerous set pieces.
I thought Whelan had a good second half and the revival of Alan Hutton continues to amaze. Very cold in B6 this afternoon!
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They looked dangerous at set pieces but nothing more. Very poor in fact.
I only got nervous with them at corners. They could quite easily on another day have scored a couple. The fact they didn't is why we're sitting here looking smug with the three points. They didn't manage a single shot on target all day. For me, Bruce has instilled a hard working ethic to match anybody in this league. Despite being two down, right up to the last minute, Ipswich were chasing and fighting for everything, even though we rode out the last ten minutes by simply passing the ball around at will. We have to maintain that effort and we'll keep picking up the points.
Watching the Rags tonight, a very hard working performance and chances to win by a few goals against a team you would have expected to smash them. We just need to keep taking our chances and working hard and we should be "there or there abouts".
Out of interest, were you at the game or did you watch the highlights?
As I usually do, I watched the full 90 minutes. Why do you ask?
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Literally just got back in, thought we were solid and completely in control - aside from their disallowed goal Ipswich were very poor. Whelan, Snodgrass, Onomah and Chester very good, Adomah sublime, Samba did well too when he came on aside from some very heavy clearances. Very pleasing and great to catch up with Frank on the way home too.
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Caught the ‘highlights’ on the terrible Channel 5 programme, did the owner do some sort of lap of honour today?
Yup. Before the game he went round the pitch shaking hands with fans in the Lower Trinity, Holte and DE. Very well received by all
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A very pleasing win! Another 3 points in our quest to catch 2nd place. Whelan was my motm and Albert's finishing was brilliant. Well done Villa!
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They looked dangerous at set pieces but nothing more. Very poor in fact.
I only got nervous with them at corners. They could quite easily on another day have scored a couple. The fact they didn't is why we're sitting here looking smug with the three points. They didn't manage a single shot on target all day. For me, Bruce has instilled a hard working ethic to match anybody in this league. Despite being two down, right up to the last minute, Ipswich were chasing and fighting for everything, even though we rode out the last ten minutes by simply passing the ball around at will. We have to maintain that effort and we'll keep picking up the points.
Watching the Rags tonight, a very hard working performance and chances to win by a few goals against a team you would have expected to smash them. We just need to keep taking our chances and working hard and we should be "there or there abouts".
Out of interest, were you at the game or did you watch the highlights?
As I usually do, I watched the full 90 minutes. Why do you ask?
I just wondered. Thanks for the reply.
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27k there today. Their highest attendance in 35 years was against us just over 30k.
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Caught the ‘highlights’ on the terrible Channel 5 programme, did the owner do some sort of lap of honour today?
Yup. Before the game he went round the pitch shaking hands with fans in the Lower Trinity, Holte and DE. Very well received by all
Find it all a bit odd the owner of a football club doing such a thing. I suppose it’s his to do what he wants with it.
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Wolves have won this league but any of about 6 teams are aiming for 2nd.
No Wolves have not won the League. Not in November anyway. I don’t think there are 6 teams for second place. Realistically they any two of the current top 4.
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Concerning that only AA is among the goals lately? Hourihane and Snodgrass not getting in good positions any more?
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Doesn't concern me. Fully expect both of those to chip in a few. Don't need to at the moment. Only time to worry is when we are not scoring 2 a game.
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Wolves have won this league but any of about 6 teams are aiming for 2nd.
No Wolves have not won the League. Not in November anyway. I don’t think there are 6 teams for second place. Realistically they any two of the current top 4.
Cardiff, Sheff Utd, Us, Bristol City, Derby and anyone else who goes on a run will all be aiming for 2nd.
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Wolves have won this league but any of about 6 teams are aiming for 2nd.
No Wolves have not won the League. Not in November anyway. I don’t think there are 6 teams for second place. Realistically they any two of the current top 4.
Cardiff, Sheff Utd, Us, Bristol City, Derby and anyone else who goes on a run will all be aiming for 2nd.
But how many tickets will they sell?
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Wolves have won this league but any of about 6 teams are aiming for 2nd.
No Wolves have not won the League. Not in November anyway. I don’t think there are 6 teams for second place. Realistically they any two of the current top 4.
Cardiff, Sheff Utd, Us, Bristol City, Derby and anyone else who goes on a run will all be aiming for 2nd.
We could well be 2nd on Friday night. Just enjoy winning a few games for a change.
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Any idea whats Jedinak done?
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Shoulder injury.
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The Ipswich player who kicked off the second half passed directly back to their goalkeeper. FIFA should ban him from football for life.
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Solid, comfortable win. Congratulations to the Ipswich fans for the longest celebration of a disallowed goal I've ever seen. Marvellous.
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Fell asleep when I got in - did we get away with the disallowed goal?
Thought Whelan had his best game for us yesterday and Onomah was solid. Uncle Albert what can you say he has totally reformed himself and is no longer the shy risk taker last year.
Big games coming up so holding my breath right now but we are on the up
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We always looked as though we knew we were going to win. Just a very solid all round team performance. Long may it continue.
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Solid, comfortable win. Congratulations to the Ipswich fans for the longest celebration of a disallowed goal I've ever seen. Marvellous.
Wellit will give Mick fucking Mills something to moan aboit for the next 3 decades
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Concerning that only AA is among the goals lately? Hourihane and Snodgrass not getting in good positions any more?
That doesn't concern me too much either and besides, Onomah scored on Wednesday.
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That's the first game at home for some time where I thought the opposition wouldn't score once we took the lead. A very comfortable afternoon's viewing Albert easily MOM, Hutton a close 2nd. Most pleasing of all was Wheelan, I thought he had a great game. Their disallowed goal looked perfectly legit from my view. What was it disallowed for?
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That's the first game at home for some time where I thought the opposition wouldn't score once we took the lead. A very comfortable afternoon's viewing Albert easily MOM, Hutton a close 2nd. Most pleasing of all was Wheelan, I thought he had a great game. Their disallowed goal looked perfectly legit from my view. What was it disallowed for?
I think it was for a foul on Johnstone.
What's happened to the "Oh It Must Be..." banner across the North stand?
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Where is Alan Brazil when you really want to bump into him?
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Where is Alan Brazil when you really want to bump into him?
In a pub in Australia as part of Talksport's Ashes coverage.
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I'm sure he was on Blue Planet 2 the other night, but it may have been a hitherto unknown species of octopus.
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Of late a number of players are stepping up to the plate every week notably Adomah and Hutton. Others are starting to do it more often now. If we can keep it up then we are in with a great shout of finishing top six. Watching Ipswich yesterday I don't think they have to worry about finishing top 6 as they rarely threatened.
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I thought they would score to be honest, especially after gifting them so many corners.
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That's the first game at home for some time where I thought the opposition wouldn't score once we took the lead. A very comfortable afternoon's viewing Albert easily MOM, Hutton a close 2nd. Most pleasing of all was Wheelan, I thought he had a great game. Their disallowed goal looked perfectly legit from my view. What was it disallowed for?
I think it was for a foul on Johnstone.
What's happened to the "Oh It Must Be..." banner across the North stand?
I hadn't noticed but if that banner is gone I for one will be glad to see the back of it. It always seems so small time to me. Almost like an acceptance that it's the one and only time we will be top of the pile.
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Of late a number of players are stepping up to the plate every week notably Adomah and Hutton. Others are starting to do it more often now. If we can keep it up then we are in with a great shout of finishing top six. Watching Ipswich yesterday I don't think they have to worry about finishing top 6 as they rarely threatened.
Hutton has performed well on the whole for a considerable amount of time now. His turnaround in form has been pretty amazing.
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Re Alan Brazil, my son Holte Lower RR113 is also watching the Ashes. If Fatty Brazil bumps into him he will get the same treatment.
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We always looked as though we knew we were going to win. Just a very solid all round team performance. Long may it continue.
This was my view as well. Both players and fans knew it was just a matter of time. We will score and that will be it.
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Re Alan Brazil, my son Holte Lower RR113 is also watching the Ashes. If Fatty Brazil bumps into him he will get the same treatment.
So will I Brian if Brazil is still there in mid December.
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I thought they would score to be honest, especially after gifting them so many corners.
So did I and was amazed it was only 6 corners; almost amazing as not a single shot on target. When was the last time that happened?
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Great, Aftab. Have a fantastic time. Give them a shout for me please.
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Game was over at two nil and you could tell both Ipswich team and supporters knew it - they were incredibly quiet second half. They were more lively on New Street platforms after the game than they were during it.
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I thought they would score to be honest, especially after gifting them so many corners.
So did I and was amazed it was only 6 corners; almost amazing as not a single shot on target. When was the last time that happened?
Almost al of their corners were given away by Neil Taylor when he should have done better.
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Really enjoyed yesterday went to Peter Withe's book signing legend then saw Villa win again happy days.
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That's the first game at home for some time where I thought the opposition wouldn't score once we took the lead. A very comfortable afternoon's viewing Albert easily MOM, Hutton a close 2nd. Most pleasing of all was Wheelan, I thought he had a great game. Their disallowed goal looked perfectly legit from my view. What was it disallowed for?
I think it was for a foul on Johnstone.
What's happened to the "Oh It Must Be..." banner across the North stand?
I hadn't noticed but if that banner is gone I for one will be glad to see the back of it. It always seems so small time to me. Almost like an acceptance that it's the one and only time we will be top of the pile.
Its part of the North Stand to me
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Seeing Villa win twice in 5 days is a great feeling. I thought we were comfortable and much the better team - am I starting to feel a bit of momentum? In terms of form we must be second or thereabouts after Wolves?
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Last 10 games we're 2nd.
http://www.soccerstats.com/formtable.asp?league=england2
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It was cornalty alert but Lambo isn't in charge anymore so we managed ok.
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It was cornalty alert but Lambo isn't in charge anymore so we managed ok.
Ha ha one of my friends told me as we kicked off that Ipswich scored most of their goals from corners so I got nervous every time they got one.
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Last 10 games we're 2nd.
http://www.soccerstats.com/formtable.asp?league=england2
If this is the same after the next ten games, I might just start to believe! I know that the second half of the season mirrors the first, but somehow I feel that we've played the easier games other than Wolves and Cardiff away.
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Difficult games to come. Wolves Cardiff Sheff Utd at home. Sheff Utd and Leeds away. The rest all winnable.
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It’s certainly true that despite the upturn in form we’ve still not been great against the best sides in the table. Maybe Fulham was the exception to that.
A win at Elland Road would really start to get some momentum going
On paper doable. But villa have always struggled at Elland Road in my lifetime. Can’t think of many wins
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We’rent Ipswich second a few games ago?
There really isn’t anyone to fear in this league, Tatters apart all the others are pretty poor.
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Game was over at two nil and you could tell both Ipswich team and supporters knew it - they were incredibly quiet second half. They were more lively on New Street platforms after the game than they were during it.
Saw it kicking off just outside the away end after the game too!?
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Re Alan Brazil, my son Holte Lower RR113 is also watching the Ashes. If Fatty Brazil bumps into him he will get the same treatment.
i went on Friday afternoon- didn’t see fat Alan Brazil though. I did see a bloke in a Villa shirt with a rough looking bird wearing a blues shirt in tow. Fair play for making her walk behind him. Also had a chat to a very strange person wearing a retro cov shirt who was with his equally weird offspring. The lost tribe of Albion (who I first saw in Wellington a few years back when Root and Compton were starting out - what happened to Compton?) were also in attendance. No sign of any bitter ginger Scottish piss- heads to report though, thankfully. For those interested, there was quite a bit of scrapping towards the end- aussies can handle their beer and banter usually- just not at the same time unfortunately.
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It’s certainly true that despite the upturn in form we’ve still not been great against the best sides in the table. Maybe Fulham was the exception to that.
A win at Elland Road would really start to get some momentum going
On paper doable. But villa have always struggled at Elland Road in my lifetime. Can’t think of many wins
I went in January and December 2000 and we won both games 1-2, don't think we have played them much in the league since then so hoping for another 1-2.
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This time last year when we played Leeds away we were also on a good run. As I remember it, defeat set us in the road to a truly horrible set of results which ultimately ruined our season.
Let’s hope this can be an occasion to accentuate the difference between the sides this year and last, and take a bit of revenge. It’s going to feel like an old-style premier league game, in many ways the biggest game of the season so far- win here and it really is all systems go, and might go some way to excorcising the misery of Cardiff and Wolve away.
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Game was over at two nil and you could tell both Ipswich team and supporters knew it - they were incredibly quiet second half. They were more lively on New Street platforms after the game than they were during it.
Saw it kicking off just outside the away end after the game too!?
yeah I was coming out the North and saw loads of police rushing around the corner to the away section. Before the game I saw a Villa fan with a battered and bloody face standing outside the Witton Arms being looked after by his mates. I had just been in the bookies and seen a very noisy and gobby bunch of Ipswich fans go past about five mins earlier so I don't know if they were responsible. They were all young 'uns and making a lot of noise, mainly about Norwich.
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Took in the Melbourne test in 1997. Boxing Day gough bags a hatrick where was I still in bed following the proofs how many hours on the ale