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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on March 01, 2020, 03:30:28 PM
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Come on you Villa boys!!
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Give it everything you have boys.
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Their bench scares me.
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Elmo on the right? Okay, I can live with that.
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You beat me to it Mr Shin. They don't have their full strength side out so we have a chance. Still need to get into the, early and all game.
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Believe in the Villa !
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Do you believe in the Villa?
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John Stones is a liability for them. Good to see Engels back in and hopefully he and Mings can establish something of the relationship we saw early on this season.
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John Stones is a liability for them.
I was just thinking that. I think we may have a goal or two in us today.
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Come on Villa. Jack be the match winner, you are good enough!
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4 at the back?
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He should have started CH.
Come on Villa!!
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4-2-3-1 with Jack central behind Samatta?
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Their bench is frightening.
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4-2-3-1 with Jack central behind Samatta?
In 1994 we switched it up...can I dare to hope?
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Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
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Pleased to see El Ghazi has made a full recovery.
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Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
Nyland deserved to start given the cup run.
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Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
Konsa and Hause.
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Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
Konsa and Hause who isn't even on the bench.
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Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
Konsa and Hause.
Hause, rightly, dropped.
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Glad to see Nyland get his chance, been unlucky to not play recently. Good to see us mix it up and change formation, here's hoping for 94 to happen again.
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Relieved to not see Drinkwater.
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But not El Ghazi
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knew he would bring Elmo in for experience , thou I thought he would replace EGZ on the right
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Relieved to not see Drinkwater.
Cup-tied.
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El Ghazi shouldn't be playing.
But he is, and now go and score, Anwar.
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konsa, hause
Reina was one who played himself out of the team. Who else?
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which Silva is captain for them?
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Come on Villa step up.
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which Silva is captain for them?
David I imagine
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We have to put some serious pressure on stones today. Thats our best chance
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So you’re telling me there’s a chance?
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Only way to beat Citeh is to attack them.
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It’s weird, apart from the fiasco of persisting with Wesley, I very often agree with the changes DS makes and most of his selections. Probably why I’ll never be a successful manager ;D
Come on Villa let’s do this!
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which Silva is captain for them?
David I imagine
I rate Bernard , so good hes not playing ..thou it makes no difference with the rest
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Hesgoal has not kicked in for me yet.
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Effort and concentration. If we apply both of those, we could do this. UTV
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I'm convinced AEG is either going to be utterly useless or have a blinder.
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I'm convinced AEG is either going to be utterly useless or have a blinder.
Hopefully Dean has got into him all week and told him how much he owes us a performance.
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I have said all week we will get spanked, now the game is nearly kicking off I feel more optimistic. Keep it at 0-0 until half time and who knows.
As others have said that bench is frightening for them, and they are starting with Silva, Aguero and Sterling too.
Come on you Villa boys, play your hearts out and cause an upset!
UTV!
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I'm convinced AEG is either going to be utterly useless or have a blinder.
Hopefully Dean has got into him all week and told him how much he owes us a performance.
Yep. Reckon he's the first one pulled off if he's not putting in the effort.
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Mention Man City some more please Sky.
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Sky have us written off.
And, couldn't help notice that when they were bigging city up as chasing their third league cup in a row they didn't say 'villa are chasing their 6th league cup' they said something along the lines villa haven't won any trophy since 1996.
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All of that is true though...even most Villa fans have written us off!
They are rightly favourites and we are underdogs...let’s hope it’s underdog day!
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Fuck Sky, anyone who understands football knows their approach is Paint By Numbers.
On the plus side Tom Heaton is there on panel representing our club very well. Great to see him and a shame he's not out there today.
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Hearing Sir Brian on the wireless was great.
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Richards to endure at half time too, bet he has his sky blue knickers on.
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Didn't we lose our games leading up to the final in 1994?
looking for as many omens as I can find.
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Richards to endure at half time too, bet he has his sky blue knickers on.
He does. And so does Lescott.
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Didn't we lose our games leading up to the final in 1994?
looking for as many omens as I can find.
Yes we were crap. I think we lost at home to Oldham and Man City neither of which were particularly good sides. Even more worrying concerning this season is that we continued our poor league form after the final.
I am surprised and disappointed with the goalkeeping selection today. Reina has the ideal experience for a final.
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Looking beautiful on supersports in Uganda. Come on the villa boys!!!
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Villa look fired up heading out onto the pitch. Nyland leading the way with a roar of "Come on lads!!!"
That's it. Only way we have a chance today is if we get every single individual fired up out there, just like the '94 final.
Up The Fucking Villa.
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COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Shaking
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Come on Villa!!
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Come on you Villa boys! Fuck these fuckers!!!
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I am surprised and disappointed with the goalkeeping selection today. Reina has the ideal experience for a final.
As am I.
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Fucking come on Villa!!!!
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I can only hear our fans
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I am surprised and disappointed with the goalkeeping selection today. Reina has the ideal experience for a final.
As am I.
Maybe his half arsed jogging back to his goal last week had a bearing.
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Come on Villa,just do us proud.
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We're off.
Get into 'em!
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Come on you Villa boys!
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Let's do this. Dont concede early!
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All Villa so far!
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Come on you lions
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Nice pass by AEG's arse.
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Ooooh close
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Started well
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Lovely effort from AEG.
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was 2 mins behind - had to FFW quick :)
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AEG should have hit the target there. Don't know how many chances we'll get.
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Very positive start
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We have to take advantage of this because Man City will play rope a dope and hit us late on if we don’t. And the weapons they have on the bench are scary.
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My commentary is now in a foreign language that I do not recognise.
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Sloppy from Guilbert
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My commentary is now in a foreign language that I do not recognise.
If hesgoal, that'll be Dutch.
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It is. Cheers.
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Sloppy from Guilbert
We have to start looking after the ball better.
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Fucks sake 0-1
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Just don't sit back too much, Villa.
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Oh well, it was nice to dream.
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Need to push more.
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Fucking bastards
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Inevitable really.
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Oh well
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Their fans finally get off their arses.
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So easy. Bit dozy from us.
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Shite defending. Far too passive on the edge of the box.
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I suppose if you want a straw to cling on to, we went 1-0 down to the Liverpool in the 2015.
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has nakamba touched the ball yet
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Very long afternoon now.
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No matter. We'll do it the hard way.
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We need to compete or we’ll just meakly lose this comfortably.
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Need something Escape to Victory esque.
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Oh well. To be honest, we’ve looked good so far today.
Positive, good play. Switch off for the goal. Standard really, should have been expected.
I just hope we can play like these opening 20 odd minutes for the rest of the season!
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Let's see how we respond?
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As I was saying. FFS
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Poor again. Sums up our season.
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We made a good start and it just went a bit limp then.
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Can’t really do much with the scraps of possession we are having. They must be on what, 80 odd %?
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We don't close the opposition down enough - not just today but all season
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The pitch seems dead, no zip at all.
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I'd like to see us rampaging around the pitch, flying into challenges, closing them down like madmen.
Come on Villa!
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Shot on target. We got one of those today.
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It's an awful pity AEG didn't score that chance at the start.
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We must be the only team who can play this deep and defensively, yet still give the opposition copious time and space.
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Foden is an exceptional player: That control there. Him and Jack will be the future of England's central midfield.
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Started well but sitting back and allowing Citeh to have this possession only ends up in one way.
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Get stuck into them.
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How come this Foden lad doesn’t get games, he looks very decent.
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Douglas Luiz did well there to break that up.
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I really wish Martin Tyler would lose his voice and retire
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Well in Douglas, let’s make it uncomfortable for them.
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These long balls aren't achieving much.
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2-0
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Game over.
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Damage limitation time I fear.
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Fuck me.
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Good first 5 minutes
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Terrible terrible defending.
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Embarrassing pub team defending yet again.
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Not a corner.
Shit defending.
Story of our season.
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Same old shit against this lot.
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Bastards. Wasn't even a fucking corner. Oh no.
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robbed there
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Fucking linesman right there
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The obligatory hard luck story too.
Fuck this season.
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Pathetic. Well done villa. Same old shit. Shit from officials too. Buy we gift everyone shit chances every fucking game.
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Never a corner but you still should defend better
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Terrible decision for the corner, but it’s fucking crap defending.
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Game over. Fuck the refs.
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The scoreline will depend completely on how many they want to score.
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Think Thommo on WM early on picked up on Gulibert marking on Rodri on corners as a problem. Didn't look a corner though.
As much as I hate the phrase it's apt for this game: it is what it is.
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We’ve been robbed there.
That’s what VAR should be looking at. Not if a millimetre of a heel is offside.
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So we've got VAR for clear and obvious errors. That was clearly and obviously not a corner.
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Fuck this season
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Who coaches our fucking defence?
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What’s the point in VAR if they can’t overrule a goal for a corner that wasn’t a corner?!
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Not a corner, but the defending was dreadful.
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You really don't need the refs feckin up like that in this sort of game
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We’ve been robbed there.
That’s what VAR should be looking at. Not if a millimetre of a heel is offside.
Got to defend it though. Were incapable of defending fuck all this season.
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Fuck this season
I have hated this season. Own worst enemies too often.
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It’s fucking diabolical officiating, but it’s equally bad defending.
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We’ve been robbed there.
That’s what VAR should be looking at. Not if a millimetre of a heel is offside.
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We’ve been robbed there.
That’s what VAR should be looking at. Not if a millimetre of a heel is offside.
Got to defend it though. Were incapable of defending fuck all this season.
That is very true too. Story of the season... defensively toothless.
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If we carry on sat deep allowing them possession like this then it’s going to be 5 or 6. Get the fuck out Villa ffs!!!
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What’s the point in VAR if they can’t overrule a goal for a corner that wasn’t a corner?!
That is an excellent question
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What’s the point in VAR if they can’t overrule a goal for a corner that wasn’t a corner?!
This this this this this this this. I'm fucking fuming. Fuck VAR.
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as much as we like Mings he has been part of what is a truly appalling defence this season. We simply aren't good enough.
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Targett being destroyed
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We’re going to get battered yet again
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Targett being destroyed
I think he's awful.
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You’d think the refs might have given the 50/50s our way to make a bit of a game of it
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We have so many mediocre players in the team. Just wish we could spent 100m + for once and at least get 3-4 really good players who don't take 18 months to develop.
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City are a good team but not every opposition let's them play like Brazil.
Well brazil of ol.
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Targett being destroyed
I think he's awful.
He’s always struggled in a back four, he just can’t defend
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Targett being destroyed
He’s all over the shop. He’s really not up to it in a 442
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Just look at the way City close us down whilst we sit back and let the opposition play. No wonder we aren't competing in this division
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Is Nakamba playing today?
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Back 4 I mean, yeah see above
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Brutal.
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This is getting embarrassing.
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What’s the point in VAR if they can’t overrule a goal for a corner that wasn’t a corner?!
That is an excellent question
Of course, but you cannot defend it like utter fucking cretins and then bemoan the initial decision.
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If we carry on sat deep allowing them possession like this then it’s going to be 5 or 6. Get the fuck out Villa ffs!!!
We have no pace to get out really. Other teams can just sling a ball over the top for an Adama Traore to run onto to scare Man. City.
If we park our back 4 near the halfway line it will just be like Spurs with likes of Sterling running through on goal.
Next season whatever division we're in we need far more pace in the final third.
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This is revolting to watch.
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Time for Smith to fuck off. He's turned us into a long ball team. And a shit one at that.
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I’m not enjoying this in the slightest.
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Fernandinho is a dirty bastard.
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Let's face it, this is not a fair fight.
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Far too many powder puffs out there in claret and blue.
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Both the full back are getting hurt by the overload on both sides. The switch is killing us, especially with Elmo and AEG not wanting to defend.
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We’ve been robbed there.
That’s what VAR should be looking at. Not if a millimetre of a heel is offside.
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Spot on.
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This is revolting to watch.
Turned to fucking shite alright.
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I cannot watch this.
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Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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OMG
GET IN
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AEG with the assist
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Now we’ve just made them angry.
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shit on it
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Nice finish Ally!
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The little tweak to the lineup was the inclusion of Elmohamady?
We look very very poor. Inept doesn't do our performance justice.
Get in there samagoal!
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Samatta is a Villa legend already!
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Turned my stream off a few minutes ago. Staying that way now!
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Great header. Go on Tanzania.
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Gett innn!
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COME ON VILLA....
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GET THE FUCK IN!!!
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Turned my stream off a few minutes ago. Staying that way now!
Cheers!
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Great goal. Really well taken.
Targett and Guilbert are massively problematic in this shape.
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Get some fucking crosses to Samatta.
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What’s the point in VAR if they can’t overrule a goal for a corner that wasn’t a corner?!
Agree. How come VAR spent 3 minutes going through umpteen phases of play trying to find a reason to disallow our goal earlier this season and yet a decision that leads to an obvious goal scoring opportunity i.e. a corner apparently isn’t in VARs remit.
Like a lot of what passes for the ‘Premier League’ or whatever it’s called it’s a sick joke.
Ps while I was typing this , great header Samatta!
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Cross. Header. Goal.
Get in yooooooooooooooooooou beauty!
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Thanks Stones.
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Get in samaattta!!!! U fucking beauty
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Great header
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Our first goal from open play in a cup final since Dwight Yorke.
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Great header
Very benteke like
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Take this to half time ffs
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Oh and I know this isn’t a league match before some smart arse points it out.
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Haven't heard the City fans once
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Nakamba do something!
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Fuck, I switched my stream off too. Now I can't put the bastard on again!
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Fuck, I switched my stream off too. Now I can't put the bastard on again!
For the greater good.
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Haven't heard the City fans once
Too busy eating prawn sandwiches.
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HT
And breath.
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Tempted to stick Davis on.
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Mine is staying off. Not that I'm superstitious or anything.
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I love Samatta. Genuinely.
If we do go down this season, I hope a/ we keep him and b/ sort out our problems in defence.
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My brother at the game says Man City fans are outsinging us? May be I’m half cut but doesn’t sound like that on tv.
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Jesus I thought it was going to be five at Half Time. Thank fcuk for Stones and great header by Ally.
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Took the chance we had that’s all you can ask for at this level.
Their midfield worries the life out of me.
Big first 15 minutes and let’s see where we are.
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Tempted to stick Davis on.
Yes, absolutely. Get someone making a nuisance of themselves amongst the City defenders.
I love two up front. It's a dying art
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I love Samatta. Genuinely.
If we do go down this season, I hope a/ we keep him and b/ sort out our problems in defence.
He'll score 20 odd no problem in the championship given the amount Tammy scored from simple crosses last season.
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John Stones is one of those players, like Michael Carrick and Gabby, who look like there's absolutely nothing going on upstairs.
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That's how you fucking head a ball. We're losing 2-1, getting outplayed, but that bullet header has made my day.
If only we'd bought Samatta last August.
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And we are still in it! I'm still spewing about that corner given to them. What is the fucking point in VAR if they can't correct the referee with a simple mic chat, 'sorry old son, but that is a goal kick'. Absolute shite. I know we defended it really poorly but prevention is better than the cure.
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Samatta isolated, Grealish isolated, Targett and Guilbery targetted, Got ourselves a huge lifeline there with a fucking brilliant header. Need Davis on, nothings stick8ng up top. I hate Elmo as a winger.
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Man. City have actually only had two shots on target. Would've certainly taken that for a half of football and they shouldn't have been given the opportunity to get their second on goal.
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I love Samatta. Genuinely.
If we do go down this season, I hope a/ we keep him and b/ sort out our problems in defence.
Same, what a likeable player. Busy, positive, takes his chances. If we do go down he’ll score a shit load in the championship .
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This next 45 will be the hardest second half all season, DS must organise us better against the Man City wide play, ripping us apart, still in this, its going to be massively hard, but we are Villa, we do hard.
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Samatta is quality boys. Absolute quality. Special shout out to AEG that cross was superb.
City are bloody good. We are having trouble containing sterling on that right side. Elmos need to be getting back quicker
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Just too easy for them, they hardly had to get out of 1st gear. Still, the goal gives us a sliver of hope.
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Gotta change our shape, too exposed on the wings, though we then could be outnumbered in the middle.
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Targett has to go off anyway, I'd try Elmo on left. Could try Konsa and switch to a 5 or Hourihane in midfield. Finished the half well and still in the game. Fine assist from AEG and header from Samatta.
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Tempted to stick Davis on.
Yes, absolutely. Get someone making a nuisance of themselves amongst the City defenders.
I love two up front. It's a dying art
Only question is who to take off. Perhaps Gulibert and move AEM to RB.
I'd make a move while we're still in the game as won't be long until they bring likes of De Bruyne, Mahrez etc on. No good making 2-3 subs at 3-1.
Give Stones more problems. Fernandinho can't cover for him everytime.
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Tempted to stick Davis on.
we need the ball first. Our possession rate must bre be low.
Yes, absolutely. Get someone making a nuisance of themselves amongst the City defenders.
I love two up front. It's a dying art
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We’re so weak at fullback. Targett is a waste of a shirt in this formation.
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If only we had mcginn to unleash second half i think we would have a great chance.
I think smith needs to use stones vulerability and put more pressure on their hack four
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Destroying us in fullback areas. Grealish not in it so far, Doug and Elmo doing ok. Samagoal hasn’t been in it, but does what he’s paid to do when asked.
I’d have taken 2-1 HT before the game....especially seeing as 2nd goal shouldn’t have stood. If we can nullify them down the wings, anything is possible. Jack needs to step up.... second below par outing from him in a row.
Shooting towards the Holte second half too.... 😉
UTV!
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Targett being destroyed
I think he's awful.
I'm closer to the man running off his back than Targett is.
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We’re sat a couple of rows away from Super John.
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One thing that they’ve just said on sky. That second goal. Tyrone isn’t marking anybody. I don’t understand the coaching there at all.
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The trouble is even though theres 45 minutes left we won't have the ball for a lot of it.
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Sky make a good point. Tyrone is our best header of a ball, why is he not more central to defending corners.
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It’s there for the taking for me.
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One thing that they’ve just said on sky. That second goal. Tyrone isn’t marking anybody. I don’t understand the coaching there at all.
This zonal marking crap. Get Mings slightly deeper and tell him to attack everything. Really poor from us.
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We need to get the fuck out...we’ve had what, 2 or 3 shots and scored 1...so get at them. Stop standing off, close them down. Get into em...fuck em up!!!
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I feel more optimistic about the 2nd half now.
I think it’ll be tough but it’s a free hit on them. One goal in it.
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Foden is destroying Targett.
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Foden is destroying Targett.
His ball control is unreal. Been really impressed
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We’ve had the same amount of shots on target as City that half, 2 each.
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One thing that they’ve just said on sky. That second goal. Tyrone isn’t marking anybody. I don’t understand the coaching there at all.
We tend to let him defend zonally so he can read the flight of the ball and head it away. It's worked quite a bit this season but has problems when he's nowhere near the cross.
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We've hung on in there. Never a corner, but we should defend better. Targett ball watching.
I feel Davis for Elmo, as Stones is dire and we can use the long ball to make it stick. Make them.chase Samagoal into the channel.
Over 3/4s of the middle tier is Villa and City have sold about half their bit of it. Dire.
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Great stuff Samatta and AEG. Tood advantage of a bit of crapness from Stones but sticking that away was quality. It makes the decision to award the corner for their second even more galling, as we have taken advantage of their individual weakness, they have taken advantage not only of our individual weakness that was pretty much brought about by the ineptitude of the linesman.
Anyway, Samatta looks a proper good 'un, and I just love the way his instinct after scoring is to get on with the game, and not do the great 'look at me everyone'. He could become a legend.
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It's the width. We're defending as if we're expecting the fullbacks to overlap and they're just not, Foden in particular is absolutely killing us staying wide and we're getting sucked in over and over again.
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First part of this second half we have to let Man City know we are in the game. prima donas this lot, leave a bit on em, get into them and then at them, John Terry style.
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I remember someone (Monty perhaps) saying a few years ago that we make so many terrific last-ditch blocks because our basic defending is terrible and I think that also applies to this team
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From the top tier, you can see how difficult it has been and how good their movement is. They are confident enough to play two at the back which allows them to push players forward and their movement and interplay is so good at times.
We need to be confident enough to just keep the ball at times as hitting hopeful balls up to Samatta is just giving it back to them and it starts again.
Thought before the game if there is only the odd goal in it by 70 minutes we will have a chance. These first 15 minutes are crucial.
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No changes from either side and we're off.
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Where is Elmo supposed to be playing? He looks to me more in the position of a striker than someone deployed to provide cover on the wings, where he is most needed.
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I remember someone (Monty perhaps) says a few years ago that we make so many terrific last-ditch blocks because our basic defending is terrible and I think that also applies to this team
It's so true. Engels fucked up a header and then had to throw his body in the way. It looks like great defending but, deal with it properly in the first place!! Happens way too often.
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I know we're not allowed to judge Wesley on half a season but Samatta already looks a better player after a handful of games.
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All considered, I think we've done okay. Certainly a big step up in effort, considering how poor we've been and up against a very well oiled team, we've held our own. Just. Great ball in for goal and boy what a header.
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We have to keep the ball much better
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Fair play to Man City players for not kicking Jack’s legs from under him like most oppositions this season.
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Look I know we are playing Citeh but surely we can stop passing it straight back all the time. Ball retention is woeful.
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Standing off them way to much, must press them better don't give Man City to much time on the ball.
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Big half Villa. Come on, do us all proud!
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I’m assuming he wants to be still in it after 70 and go for it.
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We are tackling better
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That's better Villa some stiff challenges going in
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Standing off them way to much, must press them better don't give Man City to much time on the ball.
Standing off against any PL opponent is a mistake let alone the very best. It's killed us all season and we cannot let them dictate how this half goes hoping to hit them on the break.
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Samatta goal https://twitter.com/SkySports/status/1234165917065584641
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Our defending remains woeful.
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Targett isn't the best player, but he did his best to race back there. Nakamba was ambling back through midfield at the same pace as a snail.
Get him off and get someone with some energy on.
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Sterling booked
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Oh fcuk De Bruyne.
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Sterling calm down or get sent off.
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De Bruyne on for Gundogan
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Come on you Villa boys!
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Right. Big bone cruncher on De Bruyne in the next few minutes please Villa.
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De Bruyne. Citeh scared
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Half time penalty kick competition between a Villa fan and a Man City fan, except the latter admits that he's actually a Palace fan
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I would love to see Sterling get sent off. He’s close to losing his head too.
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Rodri booked
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Right. Big bone cruncher on De Bruyne in the next few minutes please Villa.
You can see how easy it is to rattle Man City players.
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Foden really has been excellent.
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They are losing their heads a bit. Get them flustered... and then do a “reducer” on De Bruyne
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He might be okay going forward but Targett is an atrocious defender
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We are absolutely living on the edge here. It just seems a matter of time before they score again
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Get Davis on now. Might as well go for it.
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We need to get Jack into this.
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He might be okay going forward but Targett is an atrocious defender
4 at the back yes
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We are absolutely living on the edge here. It just seems a matter of time before they score again
Is that a quote from Blue Moon?
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Ooooooh
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Poor, Jack.
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come on villa give it a go
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Shocking free kick. A real waste of everybody's time.
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Come on Villa get at them
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FFS Jack you never do that!
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Grealish has been poor. Need more from him. Foden far outshining him today
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If Jack can hit form then we're well in for this.
Trez warming up
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Luiz is so sloppy with the ball today
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Elmo booked.
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Hotlips also getting ready to come on. Elmo and Luiz going off I assume.
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Hourihane and Trez
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Luiz is so sloppy with the ball today
Been poor today
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Hot lips and Trez coming on
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It's hard to pressure press these.
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Elmo and AEG apparently.
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Hot lips and Trez coming on
Good change I reckon.
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Trez for Elmo, Hotlips for AEG.
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I thought Luiz was lucky to start.
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Elmo and AEG apparently.
Jack out wide?
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dont rate trez so score and shut me up mate
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Come on Trez. Goal please.
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As I said... with Trez, I always think there’s a screamer in there somewhere. It just hasn’t found it’s way out yet!
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Come on villa
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Trez gets a rough press. He’s scored a few at least.
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Come on Villa
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Citeh seem a bit rattled, come on Villa take advantage
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Nakamba booked
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great tackle
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FairPlay to Dean. Correct subs.
Hopefully get something more out of Grealish now too on the left.
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Nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
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That’s not even a booking ten years ago. Cnuts.
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Now that’s a good old fashioned “reducer” right there.
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Blimey that was a shocker from Marvelous.
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What a challenge. That's the way Nakamba.
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"Hot-lips" is Conor Hourihane... But why?
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Nyland with the save
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Fcuking hell.
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Superb tackle nothing wrong with that
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Mings again marking thin air.
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Nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
Agree except for the fact you can't make physical contact with starlets like Aguerro
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"Hot-lips" is Conor Hourihane... But why?
MASH
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Superb tackle nothing wrong with that
Agreed. Aguero makes it look bad and the ref and Gary Neville bought it
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Our fans are something else.
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Let’s push for an equaliser now.
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It was two footed with studs up. Won the ball, I guess but pretty minging
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Get Davis on.
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I'd get Keinan on, may as well go for it now and their defence against 2 nuisance strikers could be their weak point.
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Our fans are something else.
Wall of sound. You would think we were winning.
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The more I see of Mings the more I think the championship is where he is best suited. Far to many mistakes in him for this level of football. Shame as I really like him.
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"Hot-lips" is Conor Hourihane... But why?
MASH
That's a bit obscure!
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comr on villa we cant go out with a corner that never was
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Superb tackle nothing wrong with that
Agreed. Aguero makes it look bad and the ref and Gary Neville bought it
Strange from Neville, he's taken more scalps than most people can count.
Cone on Villa, we need the goal
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I'd get Keinan on, may as well go for it now and their defence against 2 nuisance strikers could be their weak point.
Whats the point if we can't and won't get the ball to them?
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In a better defence Mings is Premier League quality.
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Keinan getting ready to come on and Nyland nearly does a James.
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Replacing Samatta. jeeze.
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Surely Samatta stays on with Davis?
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What the fuck is Smith doing.
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I'd have gone for it, disappointed with that.
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What the fcuk is that about. Take a midfielder off and go for it.
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Replacing Samatta. jeeze.
Should have gone 2 up front
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We need Jack to get involved. Hardly noticed him today.
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No Smith. Keep him on. Go two up front.
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I'm fucker by sick of us turning around and playing back to the fucking keeper every fucking time every fucking game. Get it fucking forward FFS
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I would have just gone for it... I guess you don’t want unbalance the midfield though.
Davis to become a villa legend today??
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I wouldn't have taken Samatta off, unless he's picked up a knock.
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We look tired now.
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We've barely won a header in the middle of the park
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Has Trez touches the ball yet?
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It's as if they are playing a different sport to us at times.
Come on Villa!
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Has Trez touches the ball yet?
Is he on?
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What the fuck is Smith doing.
I’m a Deano fan, but bloody hell, why would you take off our main goal threat and replace him with a kid who hardly ever scores. I’m hoping typing this will be a commentators curse in reverse and he will score.
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Jesus on for Aguero
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Think Smith realises we can have an impact on the game being more physical Davis giving us a bit of muscle up front
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Fcuking hell Orjan.
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Has Trez touches the ball yet?
Our midfield has barely touched the ball.
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Fucking bench they have!
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Think Smith realises we can have an impact on the game being more physical Davis giving us a bit of muscle up front
Means fuck all unless we get the ball to them. Pointless substitution from a clues manager.
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They are killing the game here.
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Did I actually see Aguero wasting time there?!?
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Davis won't score and neither will Trez.
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It's still there for us to get this equaliser. Come on!
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Jack injured, hopefully only cramp.
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Somehow we don't score, ffs
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Whatever happens now we've had a go.
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So unlucky there. Fuck.
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Fuck me how close
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So close.
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There'll be 5 mins added time
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A fantastic save in fairness. Fuck me
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So so close
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Nyland saves
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We have stood up today unlike in 2015.
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Man City time wasting lol
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Another in challenged header in midfield
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FFS Trez
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Proud of the team today. We might not have won, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves.
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
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trez u plonker
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About 4 mins added time left, come on Villa!
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Proud of the team today. We might not have won, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves.
We've had 2 shots all game.
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Mings booked
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
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Proud of the team today. We might not have won, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves.
We've had 2 shots all game.
We've had the same number on target as Man City. And it's more than 2.
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We’ve not embarrassed ourselves. We are likely going to come up short but if we play with this much desire the rest of the way this season we will give ourselves every chance of staying up.
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If we had some luck...
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Could the very loud announcer not have waited 20 seconds for our attack to finish before saying how long was left? It’s got to be a little off putting.
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Very disappointing. We haven't been humiliated, but still, it's just disappointing to (probably) lose
A corner. Come on
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Show this level of commitment from the second half for the rest of the season, Villa.
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
Barely troubled them, what a load of fucking shite
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All Villa pressure
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Full time. We gave it a go, wish we'd gone 2 up front.
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No complaints from me. Far better than I expected.
Now let's take this into the last 10 games, win a couple and make things interesting.
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
Barely troubled them, what a load of fucking shite
Not sure about that.
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Should have got something from that. Fucking linesman cost us that. ******.
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
Barely troubled them, what a load of fucking shite
they had is penned back most of the game
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Extra time then? 1:1
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Should have got something from that. Fucking linesman cost us that. c***.
Yep. In the end, all down to that
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No complaints from me. Far better than I expected.
Now let's take this into the last 10 games, win a couple and make things interesting.
Same here. Best realistic scenario I’d have hoped for. Better shape, bit of spirit, made them work for it to the end.
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
Barely troubled them, what a load of fucking shite
they had is penned back most of the game
You do know they won a cup final 6-0 last season? This isn't Derby.
We were only going to have short spells of danger today. We scored a really good goal from one and could've easily got another at the end.
The only regret is we couldn't get more players gambling on the crosses we got in.
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Proud of the team today. We might not have won, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves.
Well said.
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Second half Man City knew they were in a game, good response from Villa, nothing to be ashamed about, anybody looking at that not a Villa or Man City fan would put that down to a good battle, well done Villa, we take that fight and spirit into the remaining games of the season and we have a chance of survival.
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No complaints from me. Far better than I expected.
Now let's take this into the last 10 games, win a couple and make things interesting.
Same here. Best realistic scenario I’d have hoped for. Better shape, bit of spirit, made them work for it to the end.
Think it's good next league game is Monday night rather than on Saturday. We'll need the extra 50 hours to recover from the effort we put in.
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Proud of the team today. We might not have won, but we’ve rolled up our sleeves.
Well said.
And we'll support them evermore!
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If Man City win this they done it on a goal that should never have been, they will know that, we've done okay
We'd have lost and barely troubled them
Barely troubled them, what a load of fucking shite
they had is penned back most of the game
You do know they won a cup final 6-0 last season? This isn't Derby.
We were only going to have short spells of danger today. We scored a really good goal from one and could've easily got another at the end.
The only regret is we couldn't get more players gambling on the crosses we got in.
Yes, but he still has a point. We were second best for large parts of the game.
But anyway, let's not fight amongst ourselves. We weren't smashed and we weren't great.
Up the Villa
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We lost. We did not expect to win but we tried even though we were second best. we can walk away with some positives of working hard against one of the best teams in Europe. UTV
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Picture on the BBC web site with Jack flat out on his back after the final whistle. Looks like he has put a proper shift in. I think 2.1 is no disgrace against a team with some of the finest players in the PL. Lets hope we can take the positives from the game and focus on PL survival over the next 10 games and get some wins under our belt. A bit of luck wouldn't go amiss either, we're certainly overdue some. UTV!