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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on April 21, 2018, 02:00:50 PM
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Lots of players who like to play centrally in that midfield 5 !!
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Pretty defensive looking line-up. No width - thought he would have played at least one of Snodgrass or Adomah, though to be fair they've both been off the boil in recent games. Might be a bit boring
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My prediction of a Davis winner is looking more than highly doubtful now. I'll change it to a Whelen winner.
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The man can't help himself.
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Bruce is up to the same tactics, get a bunch of midfield players on the pitch and hope for the best, absolutely no structure!
I live in hope that one day I can look at the team and say that makes sense!
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He man can't help himself.
That was my first thought, too. I'd have just gone for it today. Three points are needed, and the potato sends that team out.
It's not the worst lineup he's ever picked, but Jesus, Bruce, be a bit braver for ffs
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2-1 Villa.
FTF
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He man can't help himself.
That was my first thought, too. I'd have just gone for it today. Three points are needed, and the potato sends that team out.
It's not the worst lineup he's ever picked, but Jesus, Bruce, be a bit beaver for ffs
I think you meant to say be a BIG beaver. Bruce is too big to be just a bit of a beaver. You can thank me later.
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He man can't help himself.
That was my first thought, too. I'd have just gone for it today. Three points are needed, and the potato sends that team out.
It's not the worst lineup he's ever picked, but Jesus, Bruce, be a bit beaver for ffs
I think you meant to say be a BIG beaver. Bruce is too big to be just a bit of a beaver. You can thank me later.
I've just modified it...haha
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I agree with giving players a rest, especially those who haven't been at the top of their game more recently. But, I would like to see a side with some shape to it.
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I reckon Thor is in there to give Taylor a dig out. One up front, with Conor and Jack coming from deep. A 433, if you like.
it might actually work out.
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Snodgrass and Albert needed a rest.
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There's a village up here called Wideopen and they have a Beavers Colony.
http://www.bentonscouts.org.uk/beavers_wideopen2.php
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Thor, Whelan and Omanah protecting the defence? Too negative? Who shall be play out of position today? Or maybe it's a cunning plan to confuse any of our play-off rivals observing us.
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There's a village up here called Wideopen and they have a Beavers Colony.
http://www.bentonscouts.org.uk/beavers_wideopen2.php
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Fantastic - wideopen beavers.
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Nice to see he is making use of our very good young players. Most of this lot will be a retirement home soon
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Nice to see some home grown lads on the bench.
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Nice to see he is making use of our very good young players.
They're obviously so good we can't risk playing them in the first team as they have a one-legged home Play-Off semi-final on Monday.
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Where’s kodjia?
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Where’s kodjia?
Injured. 'Sore' after starting against Leeds
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Where’s kodjia?
Sore from training apparently. Not worth risking him now that we are safe in the play offs I guess. Save him for when it really counts.
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Where’s kodjia?
Injured.
Piss poor line-up. No width whatsoever.
Hogan to come on at half time and Grabban to the left
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Anyone else having avtv streaming issues?
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I can't even find the link to the game. Looks like the site hasn't been updated for Live Match Centre.
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Has any one got the live match working on AVTV? Its only giving me
commentary crowd noises?
(yep, I'm accessing it outside Ireland + Britain)
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I can't even find the link to the game. Looks like the site hasn't been updated for Live Match Centre.
I usually go through the official club app, mate.
The radio commentary is just the sound of the crowd.
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Lucky the guy scuffed that.
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Has any one got the live match working on AVTV? Its only giving me commentary crowd noises?
(yep, I'm accessing it outside Ireland + Britain)
Same here, mate.
A poor showing from avtv if that's the case.
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There's no video on AVTV today as it is the feature game on C5 - commentary only, I'm afraid
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Blose one down already
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There's no video on AVTV today as it is the feature game on C5 - commentary only, I'm afraid
Ah, what a shitter. The official site were reporting there was video today.
Oh well, I'll hunt for a stream.
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I've got a stream if anyone wants it.
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There are streams.
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yes please Axl.
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please for me too
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Yes please Axl
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It's not been the best of starts
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Bjarnason playing well. Taylor having a mare as usual.
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Villa Vs Boro in the play offs?
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improving slowly.
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Yessss
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Goal!!! Hourihane
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Get in!
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Lovely work by Grabban there for the goal
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Get in!
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Hourihane!
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YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS. Not exactly a worldy!
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Goalll. Hourihane. Good poachers goal
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Lucky goal for Conor Hou... Take it
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I know he’s sometimes invisible in games but he really does know where the goal is. What is that 11 or 12 now?
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Gol Gol Gol Gol
I think I'm watching in Dutch, or Arabic
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I've got a stream if anyone wants it.
It's a yes please from me too. ;)
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Goooooooooooool Hourihane. Just landed in Perpignan. Yay!
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Serves them right for giving Grabban so much stick
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I know he’s sometimes invisible in games but he really does know where the goal is. What is that 11 or 12 now?
11 I think.
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Good stuff let's get some momentum.
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They should have scored. Dreadful marking
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Shocking miss.
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Grabban looking lively today
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Blues level.
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Brucie's looking a bit porky again!
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Close by Conor again from the free kick. We look quite comfortable
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Red Card - Grant Ward for them.
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Close by Conor again from the free kick. We look quite comfortable
Shhh. Never ever say we look comfortable at 1-0.
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Ipswich down to ten men.
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Red card for Ipswich
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I've got a stream if anyone wants it.
It's a yes please from me too. ;)
And me please:-)
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Shocking tackle. Rightly a red card
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Fuck me that’s a terrible foul by Ward
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Red Card - Grant Ward for them.
Nasty challenge.
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Even Bruce can't fuck this up now.
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Christ that’s a leg breaker if ever I saw one!
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Horrible one. Walks off to “wanker” chants from the away fans.
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Braindead vicious tackle for the red
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Right we need a few goals to claw some of Fulham’s goal diff advantage
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Who was it on?
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Taylor
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Who was it on?
Taylor
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Who was it on?
Taylor, he's very lucky to not have been badly hurt, proper leg breaker.
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The yokels will be embarrassed booing Taylor when they see that tackle again
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Did they peel off their mask to reveal it was Seamus Coleman?
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Tractor boys booing Taylor every time he touches it - presumably they think he cheated by keeping his leg intact
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Grabban's hold up play has been good
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Slow start. Very decent first half in the end. Ipswich weren’t great with 11 men, with 10 we should see this through.
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At this juncture I think it is appropriate to spare a thought for Alan Brazil, who didn't win the league with Ipswich in 1981, and who isn't bitter at all.
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We should be kicking ourselves at these dropped points recently.
Could have had autos.
Anyway what's done is done come on lads keep it up one more goal please UTV.
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Slow start. Very decent first half in the end. Ipswich weren’t great with 11 men, with 10 we should see this through.
I won't say very decent, we're doing enough, just one shot on target in the first 45. I'd like to see us create more in front of goal rather than see this through.
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Thor could have done better - poor first touch
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Slow start. Very decent first half in the end. Ipswich weren’t great with 11 men, with 10 we should see this through.
I won't say very decent, we're doing enough, just one shot on target in the first 45. I'd like to see us create more in front of goal rather than see this through.
That’s why I used the word decent ;)
We’ve had a lot of the play and not really been in much trouble. Our inability to take shots however has been an ongoing issue. I’d love to see shots on goal stats by club this season. We won’t be near the top is my guess and poor relative to our overall league position.
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Slow start. Very decent first half in the end. Ipswich weren’t great with 11 men, with 10 we should see this through.
I won't say very decent, we're doing enough, just one shot on target in the first 45. I'd like to see us create more in front of goal rather than see this through.
That’s why I used the word decent ;)
We’ve had a lot of the play and not really been in much trouble. Our inability to take shots however has been an ongoing issue. I’d love to see shots on goal stats by club this season. We won’t be near the top is my guess and poor relative to our overall league position.
I'd imagine the Cardiff stats are very decent.
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Good move there. Nice shot by Josh
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Nice move decent shot by Onomah
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We're knocking it around, nicely. Good to see. Onomah unlucky.
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Good shot from Onomah after good patient build up.
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This coaching lark is too easy. Good move and a shot on target.
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I'd say the best thing about Ipswich is their pitch.
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Grabban!!!!
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We've Grabb'd another.
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2-0
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YESSSSSSSSS
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Get in Lewis!!
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We’ve been superb this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent
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Superb turn and strike
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Its official, Grabban is Really Quite Good
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YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSS. Grabban! Sign him up
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Cracking goal.
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Best striker at the club if you ask me
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Good stuff boost the confidence.
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And it’s a gooooal
Very good.... blimey
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I'd say the best thing about Ipswich is their pitch.
Farmers ain’t they.
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I have to say since coming back in Onomah has looked very good indeed
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Grabban with a good finish.
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Goals are important. Score some more.
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Best striker at the club if you ask me
He does appear to fit in very well.
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I have to say since coming back in Onomah has looked very good indeed
As I thought at the time, it's two things he's now got some confidence back and he's playing in the right position.
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
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Turning the screw now
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We’ve been on the receiving end of so many games like this where we just can’t get out of our own half. Nice to be on the giving end.
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I would take Whelan off now as we don’t need him with Barney there, and get Snoddy on
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
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Hogan on for Taylor
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Hogan for Taylor, Thor to LB??
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Hogan on for Taylor!
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I would take Whelan off now as we don’t need him with Barney there, and get Snoddy on
Well what do I know😳
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Thor at LB I think
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And he moves Grabban our to left wing 😳 I bet their centre halves are relieved
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Thor should have crossed that.
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No point bringing Snodgrass on. He’s been knackered and well deserves a rest.
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Thor should have squared that
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Ffs Elmo... how shit are you at crossing, and wtf are you doing it over and over...
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Lansbury on for Conor
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C’mon we need the goal difference.
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Lansbury for Hourihane
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That might have been the worst shot ever by Elmo. Certainly rivals Taylor’s the other week
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
Don't go all Clampy on me. I'm just pointing out and japing at your excitement to a half decent performance. It would be rude not to.
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No point bringing Snodgrass on. He’s been knackered and well deserves a rest.
Totally agree with 2 no meaning games to come keep him and Albert fresh for play offs
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3-0 Grabban
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We have Grabb'd another.
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
Don't go all Clampy on me. I'm just pointing out and japing at your excitement to a half decent performance. It would be rude not to.
No the fact that you’d go to the lengths to correct my opinion is a little Eastie. Creepy to be honest. I’m hardly waxing lyrical about us winning 2-0 at Ipswich
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Sign him up.
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And right on cue. So yes Grabban has been superb. 3-0 lovely Grabban goal
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3-0 Grabban!
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Well done that man.
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Three nil! Seventy goals and twenty four wins.
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GD better than Cardiff now
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4-0 Lansbury
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Lovely touch by Onomah, Jack should have done better
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Wonderful stuff
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Goooooooooooool!
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Grabban hat trick please.
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Four! Angela!
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Mad ting tbh.
We are capable of this.
Should have done it more.
Get another goal please. Grabban hat trick.
Thanks.
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Oh my word
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OMG 4.
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Blimey!
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Lansbury 4-0! Super cross from Bjarnasson.
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Lansbury header!! Collector’s item! Great stuff.
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Albert coming on for Grabban
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Great noise from the Villa boys
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It’s good to go out and thump a side now and again,nice to have that feel good factor about the place again.
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
Don't go all Clampy on me. I'm just pointing out and japing at your excitement to a half decent performance. It would be rude not to.
No the fact that you’d go to the lengths to correct my opinion is a little Eastie. Creepy to be honest. I’m hardly waxing lyrical about us winning 2-0 at Ipswich
Now you can say we've been "superb" this half. ;)
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Great win. Trying hard not to think "what if..." now about the bloody Norwich game and just enjoy the comprehensive victory. I think hoping for GD to play a part in our final position after all is said and done is pie in the sky stuff though
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Bent has just scored against Sunderland to make it 1-1
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Sign him up.
I'm with you on that CJ
I'm also a CJ by the way !!!
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
Don't go all Clampy on me. I'm just pointing out and japing at your excitement to a half decent performance. It would be rude not to.
No the fact that you’d go to the lengths to correct my opinion is a little Eastie. Creepy to be honest. I’m hardly waxing lyrical about us winning 2-0 at Ipswich
Now you can say we've been "superb" this half. ;)
We've been excellent and we go again next week against Derby.
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What a mad game at Brizzle
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We’ve been superb very decent this half and Grabban absolutely deserved that goal. He’s been excellent industrious.
FTFY
Did you wake up dreaming about me Mark? You seem a little obsessed in a teenage girl kind of way.
Don't go all Clampy on me. I'm just pointing out and japing at your excitement to a half decent performance. It would be rude not to.
No the fact that you’d go to the lengths to correct my opinion is a little Eastie. Creepy to be honest. I’m hardly waxing lyrical about us winning 2-0 at Ipswich
Now you can say we've been "superb" this half. ;)
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That would have been a beauty from Hogan.
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Hogan did well to turn and shoot there.
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Burton now winning
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Oh Scotty - should have buried that one
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Hogan should have scored there.
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Bent has just scored against Sunderland to make it 1-1
Not to the same extent, but bit of a Dennis Law moment.