Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Smirker on May 23, 2021, 09:47:54 PM
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Well?
For me, if I picked five, they'd be:
5) "Juggling balls for Christmas"
4) Arsenal 3-0 away
3) Leicester 1-0 away
2) Louie Barry's goal vs Liverpool
1) 7-2
Plenty of great moments though.
What about you?
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Jack's highlights reel away at Leicester. And Arsenal. And West Ham. And Burnley.
How we lost those last two I'll never know.
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Again in reverse order:
5. Palace home win 3-0 when down to 10 men in the first half.
4. Arsenal away. Totally dominated them and even after missing a few chances ended up 3-0
3. Bertie goal against West Brom and the 3-0 win
2. Spurs away win. Dominated the match.
1. Chelsea today. Being there and a totally competent performance against a team who was desperate to get get a result for 85 mins.
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Two relatively minor ones, but Traore vs West Brom and Traore vs Bristol City.
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Quite a few to choose. Palace at home on Boxing Day, utter domination with just ten men made it an excellent Christmas period and Anwars goal was class. I would have gone for the 7-2 but I didn’t watch it live at the time so I lost out there on that experience .
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Jack away at Leicester? Can't recall 'owt out of the blue...
The Liverpool result/performance is a Comet-occurrence, impossible to see beyond it.
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Liverpool 7-2 the highlight.
Honourable mentions for Palace and Arsenal 3-0.
Barry v Liverpool was probably the goal I celebrated the most though.
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Louie Barry's face after he scored against Liverpool.
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Loudest cheer from me was probably Barry's goal in the cup. Most satisfying winner, the late decider at Wolves.
Greatest game, by a mile, the 7-2.
Those who are still alive will be talking about that in fifty years.
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Liverpool at home because it could have legitimately been 10
Arsenal away because it could have 5 or 6.
Liverpool at home in the cup because they had to bring on world class players in the second half to win the game vs our U12’s
Leeds away because we never let them play their game
Palace home - we were just very, very good.
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Beating Liverpool 7-2.
Will give an honourable mention to one that could easily be overlooked: beating Fulham 3-0 away on 28 September. That night I just knew we were a different proposition this season. Watkins worked his socks off and in our first two games we had two wins whereas we had only had 7 wins after 24 games in the previous season.
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Yes its got to be Liverpool - my plethora of gushing text messages from incredulous supporters of other clubs testifies to that.
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Best single moment, Louie Barry’s goal. But a pretty enjoyable season, big step forward.
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The seven goals against Liverpool, and genuinely knowing it could have been ten.
Louie Barry’s ecstatic reaction to his goal in the FA Cup.
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So many. Fulham, Liverpool, Arsenal, Palace, Tottenham, Everton, Albion games.
Quality of the football played at times this season was excellent.
Quality of Grealish, Konsa, Mings, Targett and Martinez. Smatterings of what is yet to come with Traore, Cash.
A proper number 9 Striker to be proud of in Ollie Watkins.
The hope, desire and pride is back. Our stance within the footballing world is improved and taken seriously.
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Easy
The 7-2 Probably the best performance of a Villa team in my lifetime
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There have been quite a few, which is such a nice feeling given the last ten years or so of being a Villa fan. However, in ten years time, the main thing from this season that we'll all still be talking about will be the 7-2 win against the league Champions.
Plenty of other highlights, but that result, that night, will live long in the memory.
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Two things that will live long in the memory:
Barry's goal, the most I celebrated all season.
Martinez making that save yesterday then standing up and doing a "Scott Brown" in front of the fans in the lower North Stand.
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Easy
The 7-2 Probably the best performance of a Villa team in my lifetime
This. They were utterly thrashed.
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Liverpool. They had no excuses either. Watkins totally did Van Dijk.
Yesterday was really satisfying.
Barry's goal, because, well it was Liverpool.
There were so many other good moments too.
Next season.
The FA Cup win obviously.
Beating Man Utd, not just once either.
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Yep,, the stand out is the Liverpool 7-2 win. The thing about it is that they know it could easily have been 10. Overall it’s that we are now taking points from the media darlings and long may that continue.
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Two games against Liverpool - the 7-2 (https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=61345.0), and the FA Cup game. Hard to separate the two really - the league game was the most incredible individual result I can think of in my Villa-supporting life. The FA Cup game, because the kids did themselves & the whole club proud.
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There have been so many beating Liverpool 7-2 , Louie Barry scoring against Liverpool, the wins over Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and West Brom and the Football we played at times this season was brilliant the players have been brilliant for us I've enjoyed it so much this season I can't wait until next season.
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Game = 7-2
Moment = Louie's goal
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That 7-2. That was the day of the Virtual London Marathon, which I'd been training for the entire year after it got pushed back, and I'd been out for over four hours running loops in the piss rain. I thought I must have had a heart attack and was sitting in heaven, watching us dismantle the team I most despise in the universe.
Special mentions: smashing Palace as the Beeb's Boxing Day game - nobody could be in any doubt we were back.
Traore at the Yawnthorns - what a pisstake of a finish.
Davis equalizing against the Bitters - he'll never score in the Prem again, so effectively relegating that self-satisfied wanker Allardyce was ace.
Louie Barry - lived our dream.
Iwabuchi's worldie for the Villa women - you can't coach that kind of talent.
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So many fabulous moments this season but I’m going for the 3-0 at Arsenal. We played them off the park in there own manor, brings tears now thinking about it. Barry’s goal against Liverpool had me screaming at the top of my voice outside the front door. So many more, Emi celebrating his save yesterday with the fans just brilliant
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I thought we were absolutely magnificent at home to Liverpool and away to Arsenal in particular.
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Jack away at Leicester? Can't recall 'owt out of the blue...
The Liverpool result/performance is a Comet-occurrence, impossible to see beyond it.
The Leicester clips, his performance just built up until he was taking the piss out of three (very good) players at a time. It was pure joy.
https://twitter.com/colmbarron/status/1318478918907813888 (https://twitter.com/colmbarron/status/1318478918907813888)
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the 7-2 against liverpool, the 1-0 at leicester and the 3-0 at arsenal.
all on a sunday night, and being so enthralled i struggled to get to sleep!
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Jack away at Leicester? Can't recall 'owt out of the blue...
The Liverpool result/performance is a Comet-occurrence, impossible to see beyond it.
The Leicester clips, his performance just built up until he was taking the piss out of three (very good) players at a time. It was pure joy.
https://twitter.com/colmbarron/status/1318478918907813888 (https://twitter.com/colmbarron/status/1318478918907813888)
What a player. Not even a 'memorable' performance as proven by this thread. He's so chuffing brilliant.
The 7-2 is clearly top, any other choice is a bit mad. Liverpool had their sticky patches this season so it's easy to forget that was them fresh off a title win, hot favourites for this year's championship and with their best team out. We took them apart, it didn't seem real. Arsenal away, Palace home, Leeds away and the last couple of games are up there too as others mentioned. We've had a couple of nearly moments from Jack too when he's taken on half the team at home to Leeds and away at Burnley. He'll finish one of those off at some point and score the sort of goal that goes down in history. Hopefully it's for us.
But most of all over that early part of the season, it was the routine, comfortable 2 and 3 goal wins which I loved. No jeopardy and enterprising, attacking football.
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Best Moment: Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool long live in the memory
A wonderful wonderful display.
Alongside all the notable mentions made before this post which whole heartedly agree and smile in reminiscing with I would like to honourably add for calendar year 2021
Keinan Davies getting his first Premier league goal Vs WBA
And the double by Trezeguet and turnaround Vs Fulham
Of course in most recent times the last two matches of the season fully illustrated how far under Dean Smith we have come.
Already looking forward to next season.
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The 7-2 best moments of the season match
Aston Villa v Liverpool Premier League match programme selling for
£46.89 on eBay !
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I'll go with winning at Leicester. Loads of attention on us after the 7-2, and it could easily have been "after the Lord mayor's show". A professional display against a very good side
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The youth team tonight are coming up in my list.
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It's wonderful there have been so many.
The 7-2 win over Liverpool
Louie Barry's goal against Liverpool.
Winning 3-0 at Arsenal.
Beating Spurzzz away.
The Youth team today, winning the Youth Cup.
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Easy one last night! Long term that is a much better result than the 7-2 or the win at Arsenal
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Beating Liverpool and actually really hammering them where even 10 goals would have been justified has to be the high point.
The most relaxed I’ve been watching is in a long time though was against Leicester, the score line was close but we were so much in control and I was just in doubt we would win. I rarely feel that way, even when we are 3 goals to the good!
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Easy one last night! Long term that is a much better result than the 7-2 or the win at Arsenal
That maybe 1 or 2 players might with luck come through for the club in the future is better than thrashing what was then the reigning champions?
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Great moments in a consolidating season, the only negative for me was how well we played against the top sides but put in shockers against poor sides. What was a very good season could have been so much better. Much to look forward too next season.
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The Liverpool vLogger tuning in expecting to see us crushed. Gloating about ManU losing 6-1 then ending his evening mumbling over and over again seven, seven, seven.
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The Liverpool vLogger tuning in expecting to see us crushed. Gloating about ManU losing 6-1 then ending his evening mumbling over and over again seven, seven, seven.
Craig. He's a star, well he certainly was after that went viral.
First half of the season there was so much to admire but I'd probably go for the Arsenal game. It confirmed the Liverpool result was no one off, it more like watching a computer game, total, liquid football. The first goal had everything you could ever dream of, the second lethal and the 3rd the best counter attack I can recall. From the catch by Martinez, his quick roll out to Jack, him racing up the pitch to set up Ollie with a finish so sharp you could shave yourself with it.
Second half I mostly want to forget but it has to be the Spurs and Chelsea games. It was essential we finished the season on the right foot. Ollie's goal at Spurs showed how hard we were working as a team, pressing the life out of them. Bloody impressive especially when we had nothing except our pride to play for. Same goes for the Chelsea game, you'd have thought it was us not them fighting for a CL place.
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the 7-2 is the best match but the best moment for me is a choice of about 4-5 from Bertie, turning de Bruyne inside out, ditto Allan and his goals against west brom and in the cup. Having a player capable of those sort of highs makes me really happy, even if he doesn't do it consistently enough.
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the 7-2 is the best match but the best moment for me is a choice of about 4-5 from Bertie, turning de Bruyne inside out, ditto Allan and his goals against west brom and in the cup. Having a player capable of those sort of highs makes me really happy, even if he doesn't do it consistently enough.
Grealish turning three West Ham players inside out before delivering a left footed cross in December was pretty special too...
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Game = 7-2
Moment = Louie's goal
You do talk sense.
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The way that we easily hammered Liverpool 7-2, could of and should I’ve been more
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One of the best goals that gets forgotten is Bert’s first one for us at Bristol City in the cup. Just absolutely sublime and if it felt jammy to anyone at the time, some of goals and play the rest of the seasons suggests it was anything but.
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The second goal against Arsenal at the Emirates. Beautifully flighted long ball from Douglas Luiz, picked out and fired over on the volley by Ross Barkley and perfect positioning by Ollie to head it in. They don't come much more perfect than that and I was disgusted it didn't even get into goal of the month on the beeb. Criminal.
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My best moments came on Monday night. After being unsuccessful for the Chelsea ballot I had a ticket for the Youth Cup Final. Going through the turnstile, up the stairs to look out onto the pitch then seeing the lads turn over Liverpool to win the cup. Magic, I have missed it so much.