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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on August 20, 2022, 02:00:36 PM
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Nice - no complaints
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blimey...Coutinho on the bench. Emi starts along with Bailey.
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A positive result please Villa.
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Bold!
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Looks like we are going for it then
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Mr Shin got me by 6 seconds.
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Fuck me Philip 'He needs to feel loved' Coutinho is dropped.
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Another Doucourě midfield opponent...is he any good?
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Everybody's been screaming for Buendia to start so let's see what he can do. The ability to bring Coutinho and Ings on as circumstances dictate is pretty decent. Would rather see Iroegbunam on the bench than Marv though.
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Apart from. Chambers instead of Konsa that is a good line up. Now do the business villa
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I have no complaints with this team selection. Ings will be disappointed after playing well and scoring last week, but as the man said in his interview yesterday, horses for courses.
Win please Villa
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Like the look of that especially Buendia starting.
Let's FTF.
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Everybody's been screaming for Buendia to start so let's see what he can do. The ability to bring Coutinho and Ings on as circumstances dictate is pretty decent. Would rather see Iroegbunam on the bench than Marv though.
And Archer can come on to take the piss if required.
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I can't believe Palace chose a photo where Guaita looks like an angry proctologist.
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
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I can't believe Palace chose a photo where Guaita looks like an angry proctologist.
I think more concerned than angry.
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It's the struggling online car sellers derby today.
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I'm glad Buendia is starting.
McGinn and Ramsey both starting is the weakness in midfield for me.
It's going to be tough, but come on Villa boys!
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
Or maybe picked a team on form and who he thinks can beat Palace?
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Interesting selection. He's not afraid to make changes which is good.
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
Or maybe picked a team on form and who he thinks can beat Palace?
In which case he'd have picked Buendia as a starter weeks ago
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Didn’t Phil pick up an injury last week?
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I can't believe Palace chose a photo where Guaita looks like an angry proctologist.
Had to google proctologist, very good ;D
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Marv makes the bench; interesting. Not Sanson though.
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I can't believe Palace chose a photo where Guaita looks like an angry proctologist.
Had to google proctologist, very good ;D
I apologise in advance for the google ads that will follow you round the Internet for the next few weeks...
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If anyone could DM me a link to watch it on I would really appreciate it.
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Konsa selection worries me.
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Does that mean Buendia on the right wing? I'm really glad (and impressed) he's starting but I hope he has license to go more central, that's where he's most dangerous I think.
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
Or maybe picked a team on form and who he thinks can beat Palace?
In which case he'd have picked Buendia as a starter weeks ago
We're on the third game of the season, and Buendia hasn't been fully fit.
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Konsa selection worries me.
Big show of faith in him anyway, needs to reward the manager and show his best form.
Changes are welcome but I'm not sure about Bailey. Means another 433 and I'd prefer Buendia left centrally, not coming in off the wing. Great options on the bench.
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Thinking of going fishing so looking for a river to angle.
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Blimey I am running out of reasons to blame Steven for his team selection.
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I think Buendia will play more centrally, with Bailey playing a more forward position with Watkins. On paper at least, it's a very good forward three. The graft and pressing of Watkins, the speed of Bailey and the guile and trickery of Buendia.
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Would prefer Chambers over Konsa and not convinced our midfield is right.
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Everybody's been screaming for Buendia to start so let's see what he can do. The ability to bring Coutinho and Ings on as circumstances dictate is pretty decent. Would rather see Iroegbunam on the bench than Marv though.
Iroegbunam played for the U21s last night.
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Happy with the team, time for Bailey to show what he can do.
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That sounds really exciting! Buendia pulling the strings behind Bailey and Watkins. Not a formation I'd considered so fair play if that's what it is.
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I'm liking the squad rotation.
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Big chance for Bailey. I like that SG has changed the team, none of this once size fits all, we need to play the players that cam hurt the opposition on the day.
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I hope it's not a return to lumping the ball into the box. Watkins needs a good game on his own up front. It's a brave decision by Gerrard. Everything crossed it pays off.
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That sounds really exciting! Buendia pulling the strings behind Bailey and Watkins. Not a formation I'd considered so fair play if that's what it is.
I thought it was a 4-3-3 but guess there's a flexibility in and out of possession. Buendía left forward Bailey right forward however it is there's goals here. Let's go Villa!
Confident of the win.
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
Or maybe picked a team on form and who he thinks can beat Palace?
In which case he'd have picked Buendia as a starter weeks ago
We're on the third game of the season, and Buendia hasn't been fully fit.
Yep I suspect the “mood of the terrace” has nothing to do with it, and I’d bloody hope it doesn’t.
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Looks like Steve has felt the mood on the terrace
Or maybe picked a team on form and who he thinks can beat Palace?
Indeed, mind you if he has heard some of the nonsense spouted on the terrace who could blame him for becoming "terse" or "spiky".
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Would prefer Chambers over Konsa and not convinced our midfield is right.
I thought he might bring Luiz in for Ramsey today for a bit more protection. But looks like we’re going for them and maybe Luiz hasnt signed a contract yet.
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
Same for me with perhaps Luiz/Sansom for Ramsey?
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
Same for me with perhaps Luiz/Sansom for Ramsey?
Same here but very much minor quibbles rather than "what's he playing at?"
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Have to get at their full backs as they are weak links.
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Interesting selection. He's not afraid to make changes which is good.
Only taken him about 3 centuries.
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I'd have gone Chambers rather than Konsa but a brave side by Gerrard and sticking his mates on the bench, fair play to him.
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It is always worrying when the manager picks a team that most on this forum agree with. I am going to go and hide.
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But that team should have pace going forward. Could be a good game.
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Ings deserved to keep the jersey after his goal last week. His Villa career has been stop start.
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How are the water ways ?
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PWS...what's your strike rate like at starting threads ?
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How are the water ways ?
me too please.
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It's a good team. Over to the players to perform today.
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How are the water ways ?
me too please.
And me please
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It's not all that massively different to the team that lost 1-4 at home to West Ham last year.
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
Same for me with perhaps Luiz/Sansom for Ramsey?
None of them have particular strength in their hair. It's why we should be in for Conor Gallagher.
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
Same for me with perhaps Luiz/Sansom for Ramsey?
None of them have particular strength in their hair. It's why we should be in for Conor Gallagher.
MUST NOT START HAIR-RELATED PUNATHON
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Interesting selection. He's not afraid to make changes which is good.
Only taken him about 3 centuries.
He's only been in charge for 282 days so not quite 300 days.
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How are the water ways ?
me too please.
And me please
Send me a pm. And I will reply with H20 can do ten pms
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Eduard no goal in 13
That’s that then.
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A river would be amazing
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I can't send pm's for some reason - anyone help me out with a watery flow?
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Why is Buendia wearing a single white glove?
He a fan of Wacko Jacko?
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A river would be amazing
Send me a pm. And I will reply with H2O
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Zaha moaning at officials inside 30 seconds.
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almost a gift from konsa
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Konsa you sloppy prick
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Konsa you twat.
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Yes! Watkins. Baily assist.
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Yessss.
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Drop him, he's shit.... Oh no, he's scored! Get in!
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Gooooooaaaaaaallllllllllllll Ollie!!
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Get in Ollie
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Cracking finish by Ollie
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Why is Buendia wearing a single white glove?
He a fan of Wacko Jacko?
Thought the game was at Craven Cottage.
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Get in!!!😁😁
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The header from Bailey was outstanding
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Nice one oliver
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Get in, delighted for Bailey and Ollie!!
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Swap konsa for Chambers and that's the line up I would have picked. Our bench looks great too. Time to turn up lads
Same for me with perhaps Luiz/Sansom for Ramsey?
None of them have particular strength in their hair. It's why we should be in for Conor Gallagher.
MUST NOT START HAIR-RELATED PUNATHON
If you do we'll root you out.
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Fucking get the fuck in!!!!!!
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Super finish and a cracking headed pass from Leon.
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1-1 ffs
Zaha
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Fenton!!!! Brilliant assist from Bailey.
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Ollie Ollie Ollie!
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1-1 already.
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Fucking hell villa
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1-1 Zaha.
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Oh bollocks.
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Where’s chambers ffs
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That's how to finish
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SCORRRRRRRRRRRRRRCHIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Here he is, Mr 2 minutes ahead of everybody else! :)
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Fuck sake Villa strikes again!
That lasted long.
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GETTTTT INNN!!!!!!!!
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bastards....exciting game on the cards tho
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Wake up Konsa, my lord.
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I have no idea what’s going on.
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Well. Mings gets a lot of unwarranted stick, but Konsa has turned into absolute shite over the last year or so.
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FFS Good finish though.
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Typical
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Zaha is a narky git.
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Ffs terrible from Konsa. He’s been really poor for a while.
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Get the fuck in!
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What a game!
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Well. Mings gets a lot of unwarranted stick, but Konsa has turned into absolute shite over the last year or so.
Yup.
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Oh!
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I have no idea what’s going on.
No Diego Carlos that’s what’s going on
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Didn't last long. End to End. Beautiful touch from Bailey for our goal.
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Can't find where to watch this if anyone can help, cheers.
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All these calls of “get in”
Can you put the score please? From where I am, I can’t work out if it’s 1-1, 2-1. 1-0 or whatever!
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Wake up Konsa, my lord.
He was jogging and NO foot in or hassle at all, pathetic
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All these calls of “get in”
Can you put the score please? From where I am, I can’t work out if it’s 1-1, 2-1. 1-0 or whatever!
Get in! FFS! Does that help?
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FFS. Why we do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot??
Had to be Zaha didn't it?
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All these calls of “get in”
Can you put the score please? From where I am, I can’t work out if it’s 1-1, 2-1. 1-0 or whatever!
1-1
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Goalie got to do better there
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Watch us be all over the shop now.
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Wake up Konsa, my lord.
He was jogging and NO foot in or hassle at all, pathetic
He totally half-arsed his angle and left Emi vulnerable. Two colossal mistakes in 8 minutes.
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Well it’s entertaining if nothing else!
Bubbly game.
Digne should have done better. Still 1-1
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There's a reason Mings is an England international and Konsa isn't. FFS, that was schoolboy
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I don't think you need to be Nostradamus to predict there's gonna be a few more goals in this game.
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Goalie got to do better there
Konsa for me needs to make a challenge.
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This why we bought Carlos and why we have to replace him. Konsa is fucking awful.
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Chambers needs to move ahead of Konsa in the pecking order
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I don't know why Chambers isn't playing. He's looked solid for us, is decent on the ball, and has the occasional sexy goal in him, too.
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I love Buendia! He's already shown great feet, a lovely pass on the half volley on the outside of his foot. He's gonna score today.
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Fuck me Philip 'He needs to feel loved' Coutinho is dropped.
According to the Grauniad match preview, he was doubtful due to "fatigue". Sounded a bit odd to me, maybe he's been unwell?
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Get Matty or McGinn to smash Zaha, get him narked, and we'll do this lot.
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Terrible ball McGinn, awful.
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Why we can't defend corners anymore I don't understand.
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Digne should have done better there.
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This why we bought Carlos and why we have to replace him. Konsa is fucking awful.
Chambers is so much better. Can't understand why he's not playing! I wonder if Gerrard thinks Konsa is the more mobile of the two?
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We are all over them, just crap defending undoing us again. Expect a new CB next week
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Apparently marking at corners isn't a thing any more.
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We are all over them, just crap defending undoing us again. Expect a new CB next week
Caleta-Car for me please.
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Bailey isn't super quick is he
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Apparently marking at corners isn't a thing any more.
Indeed
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Bailey isn't super quick is he
You mean he is.
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Bailey isn't super quick is he
He’s incredibly quick.
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Bailey reckons that with the ball he is quicker than Usain Bolt.
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Apparently marking at corners isn't a thing any more.
Why isint that asked about in the pre-match press conference?
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Bailey reckons that with the ball he is quicker than Usain Bolt.
Quicker than Bernie the Bolt maybe
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Joe Bennett sent off at the Sty after 10 mins.
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Why are they booing Watkins?
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Why are they booing Watkins?
Think he gave it the biggen to them when he scored.
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Finn Azaz scores again.
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I feel like they're bossing the game now.
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I'm sick of these wankers who collapse after being touched with a waft of a hand. Fucking ****** and so is everybody in football who lets it happen. ******!
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Finn Azaz scores again.
Why would you post this here?
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When do McGinn and Ramsey arrive?
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Kamara needs to wake up, very poor so far.
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2-1 down
Schlupp
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Turd.
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Shocking defending.
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We are a really poor side
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Need to double up on Whining Wilf. Mark him out of the game and we'll piss this - Currently leaving him too open on that left wing.
[EDIT] Still 1-1 on my stream! FFS
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Oh crap
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Boils my piss
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I'm sick of these wankers who collapse after being touched with a waft of a hand. Fucking ****** and so is everybody in football who lets it happen. ******!
Agreed one of the refreshing things that doesn't happen do much watching Women's football.
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Always loved VAR!
1-1
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We are a really poor side
This is the truth
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2-1 them, no marking ...shit defending
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Goal does not stand. Back to 1-1.
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Offside
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Yay!!!!! Fucking wake up now.
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Ramsey just watching football
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Ooo!
Goal disallowed, thank fuck!
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Our defending of set pieces is absolutely atrocious though. Complete chaos every time in all three games so far.
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Phew !
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In my head I had this as 2-1 to them… please don’t let it happen Villa.
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Ramsey just watching football
Lucky escape...not sure what McGinn was whinging at. Schlupp ran off the back of him.
I think our defensive line needs to drop off a good 5 yards.
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That's a shit goal to concede though. Glad to read it's been over turned.
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Bollocks.
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Thank the gods of football for VAr
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Amusing singing of “Watkins, what’s the score?” just as the offside is given
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Fucking lucky. How shit are we at defending set pieces, absolutely abysmal. Why is that long-haired clown still on the payroll?
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Mcginn just left his marker there I noticed in that disallowed goal
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Get in! FFS! FFS! No! (For Chris)
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We need a defender in asap
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Offside, yes!
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Get in! FFS! FFS! No! (For Chris)
And just like that, my mind has exploded.
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Love us singing VAR ma lord lol
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Our two full backs getting bullied now.
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Fucking lucky. How shit are we at defending set pieces, absolutely abysmal. Why is that long-haired clown still on the payroll?
It’s weird because when he came he was extremely highly rated but we’re seemingly back to the cornalty days.
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Ramsey not at the races at the moment
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Fucking lucky. How shit are we at defending set pieces, absolutely abysmal. Why is that long-haired clown still on the payroll?
Aren't we just.
A very frustrating watch so far. Started brightly, but Palace are a far more cohesive unit than we are currently.
McGinn and Ramsey need to up their game, fucking hell. McGinn is possibly the blandest, most uninspiring captain I have ever seen.
Zaha is superb. How I wish we had someone like that. Miserable fucker or not
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These last 20 minutes have been unacceptable against opposition like Palace.
Poorly organized, no ball retention, aimless going forward apart from Buendia and getting embarrassed in the midfield.
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I would be really unhappy if we'd had that goal disallowed.
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Fucking lucky. How shit are we at defending set pieces, absolutely abysmal. Why is that long-haired clown still on the payroll?
None of the bands he works for have resumed touring yet since the pandemic.
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We could have 10 defenders on today, we still couldn’t cope with Zaha
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I don't get the hate for McPhee?
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All over the place at the back.
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I would be really unhappy if we'd had that goal disallowed.
Yeah me too. Beyond marginal to the extent that any difference looks made up.
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Our midfield is fucking awful
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Is McGinn even on the pitch?
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Surprised he didn't pick McGinn or Ramsey today.
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I don't get the hate for McPhee?
Have you seen anything that makes you want to spill your seed over him?
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We are a disaster waiting to happen every time they go forward.
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Konsa, again, letting Eduoard in behind.
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Where is our midfield? FFS.
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I don't get the hate for McPhee?
Set piece coach, so people assuming he also handles defending them - given that we look like conceding from every corner.
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Another lucky escape, Konsa caught on his heels.
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I don't get the hate for McPhee?
Have you seen anything that makes you want to spill your seed over him?
That beautiful move against Noocastle a year ago
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Konsa looks a nervous wreck. Get Chambers on.
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What does Bailey actually do?
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
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I don't get the hate for McPhee?
Set piece coach, so people assuming he also handles defending them - given that we look like conceding from every corner.
Fair point
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We've been garbage again
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
Samson for Ramsay too maybe.
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Konsa being bullied
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My streams keep dying and I’m not necessarily that bothered tbh…
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
Samson for Ramsay too maybe.
Not on the bench.
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McGinn is fucking shite.
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What does Bailey actually do?
Waits for distribution, over and over and over. I can’t blame him one bit. He’s an out and out winger in a narrow system - this 4-3-3 ain’t working.
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
Samson for Ramsay too maybe.
Not on the bench.
Balls.
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Konsa and McGinn need taking off ASSP
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McGinn then "Where's the fucking wall?"
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
Samson for Ramsay too maybe.
Not on the bench.
This is a game for Sanson to come on. Is he injured?
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I fucking hate this system. Cash chugs down the wing and puts in a shit cross, they clear it easily and suddenly we have seven players wrong side of them ball. Rinse and repeat.
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Ramsey and McGinn do offer enough protection or energy in the midfield..
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Zaha booked
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Konsa being bullied
Has lost all confidence on the ball too, doesn't want it. Mings in fairness has been superb with and without ball so far.
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This has all the hallmarks of another relegation battle. Losing to Bournemouth and strugging against a poor Everton hardly fills me with hope for Gerrards claims of a top eight spot.
Even Fulham look a better side than us at the moment.
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I fucking hate this system. Cash chugs down the wing and puts in a shit cross, they clear it easily and suddenly we have seven players wrong side of them ball. Rinse and repeat.
agree
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We are a poor team. Will definitely be in the bottom 6 this season.
Not an ounce of leadership out there. Hoof and hope. Midfield is a big problem. Sanson and Luiz might be a better fit alongside Bouba.
I have to say, I don't get the high standing Digne has in the game. Looks weak and ill disciplined to me.
Come on Villa. Ram my moaning back down my fucking throat.
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Bold of us to not play a midfield.
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We are just too slow to move the ball forward.
Palace move it at light speed compared to us.
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Gerrard's tactics not unlike MON's except without the counter attack danger.
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McGinn needs hooking.
Doug on.
Samson for Ramsay too maybe.
Not on the bench.
Balls.
Got to feel for Sanson. Can't even make the squad when players such as McGinn and the totally out of form 'he's one of us so that's ok' golden boy Ramsey are in the starting 11. There has to be some real bad blood behind the scenes for him to not even be on the bench, with some of the shite being dished up by this first choice 11.
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It’s comical how invisible our midfield has been for ages. I think it starts with McGinn just having no presence at all. And he keeps retaining his place. And the fact we continue to whack it long meaning the ball continue to come back to our back four too easily and too often.
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And now Bailey looks fucked
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Ref is rubbish.
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Bailey doesn't fancy it
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Under the cosh, Ayew brings a save from Martinez.
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I think this just shows it doesn't really matter if you play Coutinho or Buendia if the rest of the midfield are shit.
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GET KONSA OFF.
This is nightmare stuff - thank you Emi.
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What a fucking save by Emi. We are a shambles
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Konsa is having a nightmare
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We really need another enforcer in midfield don't we?
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Going to be a long season.
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Bloody hell. I'd take the draw now.
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The only possession we've had has been between Mings and Martinez. This is shit.
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I hope the owners are watching this
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I want more from Bailey. Looked great in pre season.
Joe Bennett sent off for Wigan. Had forgotten all about old Joe
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Bailey with the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot in the trenches, there.
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Buendia has a shot! Finally, only taken us over half an hour to have another one.
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Brilliant save, but we’ve really switched off.
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Palace just look bigger, stronger and faster. And meaner. And overall much more organized and focused.
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after a great start, we are losing the physical battle, being roughed up in midfield.
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I hope Gerrard makes a couple of changes at half time.
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Great save, Emi!
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Konsa, I’ve no idea what’s happened to him.
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Oooooh Buendia close
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We have no midfield. Week after week, same problem.
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This is getting a little painful. Our lack of midfield is shining through.
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This isn't very good. McGinn and Konsa are fucking dire. The invisible men. Shite, shite and thrice shite.
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We really need another enforcer in midfield don't we?
I'd say we need any tactics whatsoever. You could take the two managers off the touchline, put them in de-ageing machines and put them in midfield, won't make a blind bit of difference if they keep watching the thing sail high in the air to their left and right.
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I hate to ask this but is Kamara playing today?
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How does PWS have access to a stream that shows the action before it's actually happened in real life?
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I think this just shows it doesn't really matter if you play Coutinho or Buendia if the rest of the midfield are shit.
Surely then can be coached to keep the ball and move it about a tad faster.
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I hate to ask this but is Kamara playing today?
Game passing him by.
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How does PWS have access to a stream that shows the action before it's actually happened in real life?
Maybe he is the ball
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Hopefully this is our shit half™
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Ramsey and McGinn have been shockingly bad. Total passengers.
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Buendia got to bury that
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How does PWS have access to a stream that shows the action before it's actually happened in real life?
He's got superfast broadband.
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Ramsey needs to step on.
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How does PWS have access to a stream that shows the action before it's actually happened in real life?
He's prob listening on the radio - streams aren't real time
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Whack, whack, whack. That’s all we fucking do from the back.
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Ramsey and McGinn have been shockingly bad. Total passengers.
yep awful
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I see no tactics, no style of play and no midfield
Thank god for mings
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Bit concerned that Gerard is making Ramsey not progress
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I hate to ask this but is Kamara playing today?
Game passing him by.
Not his fault. Viera got his formation right today and they’ve got three fairly talented attacking players buzzing in the middle of the attacking third. He’s probably asking the same thing of McGinn and Ramsey.
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Half time. Despite taking an early lead i'm quite relieved to be going in level.
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What the hell were some of our lot clapping there?...
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Halt-time. Make a couple of changes please.
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Half time then.
Time to deconstruct and reconstruct.
What midfield options do we have on the be ch today?
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I think this just shows it doesn't really matter if you play Coutinho or Buendia if the rest of the midfield are shit.
Surely then can be coached to keep the ball and move it about a tad faster.
Considering some of the players we've seen pass rings round us over the years thanks to good tactics and coaching, you'd think we'd be capable of doing something similar even once in a fucking while.
Instead, we remain as fucking Brexity a team to watch as any in the division.
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Absolute turgid nonsense
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Get Doug on in midfield.
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If mings was as consistently shit as mcginn, imagine the stick he'd get. Captian? Fucking hell
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I hope that was our shit half ™
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What the hell were some of our lot clapping there?...
No queue at the bar
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Ramsey and McGinn have been shockingly bad. Total passengers.
yep awful
Both absymal. Ramsey I really like, though
McGinn I'd cut up his contract.
What on earth has he ever done to warrant the Villa captaincy?
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We are mentally weak and slow right now.. oh, and we are physically weak and slow.
This is alarming stuff today.
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
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I see no tactics, no style of play and no midfield
Thank god for mings
There is kind of a game plan with the fall backs. But it doesn’t work.
So rely on the odd good series of passes to create a chance.
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Anyone name a player who's improved since Gerrard came in?
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We need a defender in asap
Chambers
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I hope that was our shit half ™
C’est le plagiat!
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Booooooooo. What a rubbish waste of 45 minutes of my time.
I'm breaking out the cannabis oil.
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We are so easy to play against. 1 tactic MON style without the results.
Gerrard looks like a coach from 20 years ago. Zero tactical acumen
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Anyone name a player who's improved since Gerrard came in?
Zaha on the last 45 minutes evidence
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Totally over run in midfield. we've reverted back to giving it Mings whose only option is to hoof it.
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HT, and fucking lucky to be going in level!
He's not going to hook McGinn, so I'd go with the double change -
Ramsey > Luiz
Konsa > Chambers
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
Yep, it's normally really good but been terrible today.
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The midfield is a massive problem, doing nothing either in attack or defense, the gaps are huge.
There is never a pass on so we just hoof it forward and are second to every bouncing ball.
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This is alarming stuff today.
Not really. This is exactly how we perform most weeks.
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We’re being overrun in midfield by a good, physical side, and the defence as a team is shaky, though Mings has been excellent. Cash is getting joy down the right. We may have Lady Luck on our side.
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
Yep, it's normally really good but been terrible today.
I actually think it's been a bit iffy on other occasions so far this season
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Very, very lucky to be level at HT.
Konsa is absolute garbage and McGinn not far behind him.
Show us something different Villa.
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Dougie for Ramsey
Chambers for Konsa.
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"We haven't got John McGinn"
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
Yep, it's normally really good but been terrible today.
Assuming it’s the same one, who is the second commentator? I think it’s Hendrie?
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Season after season we underwhelm in the midfield area and it gets exposed time and again. We'll do very well to get a point here.
Get Luiz on.
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oh for a functioning midfield
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Bit concerned that Gerard is making Ramsey not progress
He's trying to play him back to form and it's not happening.
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
Yep, it's normally really good but been terrible today.
Look at you two bragging about having a shit stream, while the rest of us have a perfect picture of just how bad we are.
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Getting repetitive isn’t it. Perhaps it’s the manager? So bad a defending set pieces
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Gerrard is holding us back, we should be better than this.
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Anyone name a player who's improved since Gerrard came in?
We are Frankenstein's monster. Lots of, seemingly good players purchased, but stick em all together...........
I hope we change it, I hope we are settling in to the new season but, I just don't see it at the moment. Slow, ponderous and our midfield needs strength and guile.
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His system doesn't work, he won't change it so he'll go eventually. It's pretty obvious now.
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Rubbish really. Got the perfect start but as ever, we struggle with a physical, quick side. The midfield has been trampled and Konsa has been awful. What happened the the Rolls Royce of two years ago?
Relieved to be level at half time but it is hard to see much changing.
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Terrible first half, can't see us getting a draw or win, expect a lot better second half, but I thought the same about the Bournemouth game
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His system doesn't work, he won't change it so he'll go eventually. It's pretty obvious now.
I agree. It just feels inevitable.
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I can see Chambers coming on for Konsa to start the second half. We will be bringing in another CB this week. Nailed on.
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We seem to have no shape or identity other than something resembling a jelly.
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I don’t care what’s meta or hip at this point.. the 4-3-3 has got to go.
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We are so easy to play against. 1 tactic MON style without the results.
Gerrard looks like a coach from 20 years ago. Zero tactical acumen
But gets away with it on the back of his stellar playing career.
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That offside corner, Palace were first to the first and second balls, then got the shot off with nobody anywhere close. Fucking diabolical defending.
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Bit concerned that Gerard is making Ramsey not progress
He's trying to play him back to form and it's not happening.
I think peak Viera would struggle in this set up though
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Not too sure what we expect, same players playing the same confusing system will lead to the same results.
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I would like to have seen Tim I on for McGinn, but as he's not even in the squad bring Nakamba on instead and get a grip on the midfield.
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His system doesn't work, he won't change it so he'll go eventually. It's pretty obvious now.
It's difficult to tell what the system is.
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Bit concerned that Gerard is making Ramsey not progress
He just hasn’t got going this season at all yet
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Konsa has lost it totally, such a dip it's hard to understand.
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Anyone name a player who's improved since Gerrard came in?
I'd say Buendia had, but then he replaced him first chance he got.
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That kid's penalty was the best thing I've seen in a Villa shirt today...
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I can see Chambers coming on for Konsa to start the second half. We will be bringing in another CB this week. Nailed on.
Just start Chambers, it's not hard yet this rookie manager is making it seem like one of the toughest decisions out there.
I have a feeling he'll put Young on early second half to try to wind up Zaha a bit. He's on a yellow so chip away and see if he reacts as him getting sent off is our best hope of a result here.
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Konsa has lost it totally, such a dip it's hard to understand.
I think his confidence has been systematically destroyed. Mings deserves serious credit for how he's been playing with everything going on in the background.
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Some don't know how to do simple basic defending and I not talking about our defense
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McPhee is absolutely stealing a living. We are awful at set pieces at either end of the pitch.
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Absolutely shite. Again.
What has happened to Konza. He looked nailed on to become a rock.
Digne is shite.
McGinn is McGinn - sell him.
Ramsey going backwards.
Chambers and Doug on.
Take your pick who to hook for them. I’d be tempted to keep Konsa on. Maybe he might play through this bad patch.
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My stream is awful today (I see you're watching the same one Risso)
Yep, it's normally really good but been terrible today.
A blessing so far.
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We weren’t any better before he came in. Similar squad to Smith
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Bit concerned that Gerard is making Ramsey not progress
He's trying to play him back to form and it's not happening.
I don’t think Ramsey can absolve himself of responsibility there, as much as it is popular with some to blame all bad stuff on Gerrard.
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We look the most lightweight team in the league. Midfield is just awful
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:'(
Konsa has lost it totally, such a dip it's hard to understand.
I think his confidence has been systematically destroyed. Mings deserves serious credit for how he's been playing with everything going on in the background.
seconded
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Once again, beyond trying to get Cash in to cross the ball, I can't see what we're trying to do. And meanwhile, our defence (Emi and Mings apart)... what is happening?
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Away from home, we have to go with a double pivot with Luiz in surely
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I would like to have seen Tim I on for McGinn, but as he's not even in the squad bring Nakamba on instead and get a grip on the midfield.
Always fascinated by the instinct, when the team is losing the ball too much in midfield, to bring on players who can win it back but famously lose it again. What happens when Nakamba gives the ball away too?
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His system doesn't work, he won't change it so he'll go eventually. It's pretty obvious now.
I agree. It just feels inevitable.
Agree, we look like we ve done since long time, no changes. Like as with this game I had liked to see him outsmart Vieira with some formation change or subs to win the gane. Cant see it at all, you dont get the sense. positives: Buendia, still very frustrating: RB defending and delivering.
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No matter how he changes the personnel, more often than not we look slow, create little, and lack a midfield. This is league game 30 for him, we should really be looking a bit better on a regular basis.
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How the hell is McGinn leading the BBC rankings?...
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We look the most lightweight team in the league. Midfield is just awful
Good point - can't think of a less imposing midfield.
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Not too sure what we expect, same players playing the same confusing system will lead to the same results.
Precisely. Like I said earlier, we've got the same front five from the team that got battered at home by spam last October, plus the 'keeper and half the back four.
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The thing is, the centre back problem is actually the least worrying one.
It's the dreadful style of 'play' that just does not work that he has to fix.
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Totally over run in midfield. we've reverted back to giving it Mings whose only option is to hoof it.
Mings use of the ball has been surprisingly good. Could hear him giving out yards to his midfielders as none of them want the ball.
We are very fortunate to be level. But still look dangerous whenever we attack. Buendia really should have scored that chance before half time. Eze isn't defending at all, Cash is getting all the space he wants but Buendia chance aside has messed up nearly every cross.
I actually wonder if Nakamba could be an option to come in? Harsh maybe but I'd hook Bailey and switch to 4231. Nakamba or Luiz to come in. Our midfield three could all be taken off, game has passed Kamara by completely.
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Away from home, we have to go with a double pivot with Luiz in surely
He has to be on at HT.
Watch Gerrard put him on at 75th minute when we're 3-1 down.
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Overrun in midfield and can’t deal with their physicality all over the pitch
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Konsa has lost it totally, such a dip it's hard to understand.
I think his confidence has been systematically destroyed. Mings deserves serious credit for how he's been playing with everything going on in the background.
Yes he’s down well
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Should be at least 3 1 to CP.
I have no idea how konsa who's been poor for a long time gets in front of the reliable chambers and still can't get my head around mcginn as captain about as useless as an igloo in the sahari .
And now the bloody Leicester game is on my stream
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No changes it appears. Expect 2-1 to Palace in the next 10 min
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We've got a lot of midfielders at the club. Some of them are even rumoured to be good and yet we can't put a decent midfield out.
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We look the most lightweight team in the league. Midfield is just awful
Good point - can't think of a less imposing midfield.
Let's just put three oak trees in midfield I guess, that'll solve it.
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We look the most lightweight team in the league. Midfield is just awful
We're hardly pulling up any trees in attack either. Bailey and Watkins combined well for the goal but other than that they may as well not be there for all they've achieved since. Emi B is brilliant though he should have scored.
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I don’t remember us getting as easily bullied all over the park in a half before.
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Guarantee Doug and Phil will appear this half
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Anyone name a player who's improved since Gerrard came in?
Tyrone Mings ;)
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Guarantee Doug and Phil will appear this half
Is that a bad thing?
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I will say Palace look really, really good though. Loads of verve and not afraid to show off some quality. Eze is superb.
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Remarkable he's not hooked Konsa after that first half.
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I’ve apparently got to go and cook dinner. Will be reading the match thread in here…
A recipe for confusion.
No changes yet. That’s not good at all.
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Guarantee Doug and Phil will appear this half
Is that a bad thing?
It will be when they come on for Buendia and Bailey.
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When's ayew going to get booked
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Gerrard is going to look like TST (The Scottish Tramp) in about 2 months
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Should have been 2-1 to them
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Are we safe yet? I think neglected to solve midfield and loaning in an extra-CB will be our Achilles (sorry Diego!) heel this season.
Two absolute priorities before the end of the transfer window.
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That lofted ball from McGinn...it's all he's got when faced with an opposing player cos he knows he won't get past him.
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I’m not sure how much more of this I can take
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we are absolutely horrifying at the back today. Horrifying.
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Wtf ming's to Martinez and kicked out of play
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We keep getting undone by long balls and long right to left diagonals.
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Bailey hits the bar
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So we have no cutting edge, we can't keep the ball in midfield and leaky at the back. Great!
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Simple route one fools our defence. Dear oh dear.
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So we have no cutting edge, we can't keep the ball in midfield and leaky at the back. Great!
It's not a great combination is it?
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This is not great is it - These players should be performing at much higher standards than they are currently.
What the hell is Gerrard and his almighty ensemble of countless assistants doing during the week?!
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In fairness great defending by Konsa there. But we are exposed way too easily
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Quality by Konsa there.
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There's the Ezri I remember on Edouard.
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Good work, Konsa
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Great effort
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Unlucky from Leon, he's been decent today.
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How anyone wants Bailey to come off is beyond me.
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Konza. Awesome
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Bailey hits the bar
That just happened now
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Konsa shows what he CAN do
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So we have no cutting edge, we can't keep the ball in midfield and leaky at the back. Great!
But other than that…Aren’t you glad watching Villa is back?
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Unlucky from Leon there. Great strike.
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Better from Ramsey and then Konsa
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Palace close yet again. There is no way they are not scoring again soon
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I expect Ash to come on soon
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It’s a funny old game.
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We need another midfielder.
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Another Emi1 save
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Digne looks shit
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Palace close yet again. There is no way they are not scoring again soon
They just hoof it and immediately put our backs under pressure. This tactic is bland and it’s working.. we should try using tactics.
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Well played Konsa and unlucky Bailey.
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We are some rabble, every long ball is catching us out. Get Digne and Kamara off.
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Konsa just left Edouard completely unmarked.
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VAR penalty check against Digne
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We are some rabble, every long ball is catching us out. Get Digne and Kamara off.
Erm no.
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Digne looks shit
To be fair they know he’s been told to get up the pitch so they are lobbing long balls down his wing to Ayew
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Going to the screen, so likely a penalty.
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Make a change ffs Gerrard, or are you waiting until we concede again.
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This will be a penalty. Bollocks.
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And it's given
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FFS
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Going to the screen, so likely a penalty.
I do not like this. My stream is so far behind that anything could be happening.
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I think that’s harsh
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Fuck
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No way is that a penalty
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Just fucking hell.
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It's a shirt pull as well.
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Saved but Zaha scores the rebound.
2-1
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Never a fucking pen
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How many fucking mistakes is Digne going to make?
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He’s not even looking at the ball! Ridiculous
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Gerrard deserves everything that he gets. He had the chance to change things at half time and didn't. I don't see what Digne adds to this side either.
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Suck on that
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That's a complete cock decision. Zaha remains my most disliked player in the prem. Utter cheat.
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Ridiculous penalty award.
Palace deserve to be infront though let's be honest.
Gerrard sat on his hands yet again at half time and look what happens.
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We are absolutely fucking shit.
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Wank
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I’m going the pub.
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Fucking twats
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I don't think Digne can have any complaints. What is his arm doing up that high? No hope of him physically competing anyway, he's soft as shite.
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Livid.
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I hate Zaha. And I'm not very fond of Steven Gerrard or this football team either.
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An un-natural position for the arm, how are you supposed to jump for the ball?, fucking ridiculous
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Didn't it come off Digne's head first? I didn't think it was a handball if it came a player's own body first.
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Absolute fucking rubbish again.
I just don't see how he thought he'd improve us by sending out the same eleven after HT
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Oh bollocks and fuck it.
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It's the arm he used to lift himself in the air and he's looking the opposite way.
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VAR penalty check against Digne
First week he costs us a goal as off pitch removing jewellery and now hands away from body in pen area ! Let’s see what Augustine has got about him for an international
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We are just not good enough. At all.
Pathetic. Simply pathetic.
Zaha can fuck off too. I hate him with a passion.
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Oh well that’s done.
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It is a joke , this is turning the game into a lottery.
They have decided to change the laws to accommodate VAR which is the wrong way round.
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Gerrard does nothing to change things.
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VAR penalty check against Digne
First week he costs us a goal as off pitch removing jewellery and now hands away from body in pen area ! Let’s see what Augustine has got about him for an international
And scored an OG last week.
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Konsa has had a much better second half so far. Midfield is a disaster zone.
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It's just not a pen. The var ref needs a fucking lesson.
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Shirtless Palace fans behaving like eels, wriggling all over one another.
Fuck off, and fuck off Villa, you inept swines
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Fair play to emi…. Great initial save from pen
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It's the arm he used to lift himself in the air and he's looking the opposite way.
Absolutely but I expect fucking duck head Walton come up with some shit rule that makes that ok. Unbelievable
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We remain a really ordinary, easy side to play against, despite all the money we have spent. This is as much to do with fanboy Purslow in appointing Gerrard as it is on Gerrard. This is fucking rubbish, dreadful decision to make a completely ordinary, out of form player, Captain too. We are going to struggle this season.
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VAR penalty check against Digne
First week he costs us a goal as off pitch removing jewellery and now hands away from body in pen area ! Let’s see what Augustine has got about him for an international
And scored an OG last week.
VAR penalty check against Digne
First week he costs us a goal as off pitch removing jewellery and now hands away from body in pen area ! Let’s see what Augustine has got about him for an international
And scored an OG last week.
Digne was on the pitch
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It's like Steve Bruce never left.
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It's like Steve Bruce never left.
Made us all laugh, but its not far from the truth.
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Digne was on the pitch
And off it when they attacked his side and won the corner.
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When is it time for the cabbage
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Ings on for Bailey
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Shambles, players losing their heads all over the pitch.
Where are the subs?!!!!!
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What a mess.
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My word, this is absolutely pathetic.
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Bailey.Just can't see it.
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Come on Danny
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McGinn should be subbed, not Bailey
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I can't believe he sees this and thinks "I know what this needs, Ings on and Bailey off".
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Bailey.Just can't see it.
Me neither.
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McGinn could've easily had a red card there.
Just not good enough all over the pitch.
Doucoure looks a player for them in central midfield, easily muscled Ollie off the ball.
Ings on.
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McGinn not very clever nor good, is he?
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We won't win many matches this season will we
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Gerrard's tactics are fucking shite. Sorry, but they really are. We have no midfield.
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So sick of seeing us play aimlessly down the wings.
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What I'd give to have Viera in charge instead of that squirm faced scouse twat right now... Stealing a living on past fame.
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Look at all that space in midfield.
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Gerrard's tactics are fucking shite. Sorry, but they really are. We have no midfield.
He's utterly clueless
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There is just no discernible style, plan or approach in our play. Nothing. We are going backwards at a rate of knots.
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Ings on. Will we get the ball to him at all.
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We won't win many matches this season will we
We'll win enough to finish 14th again.
If only there was something we could do to try to improve this situation.....
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When is it time for the cabbage
The Tesco down the road is gonna sell out of cabbages at this rate.
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McGinn not very clever nor good, is he?
He’s playing out of position as is Ramsey. It’s the system that is shit.
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To think we played really well here last season under Gerrard. We have gone proper backwards.
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Bailey.Just can't see it.
:o
Had a beautiful assist to get our goal, hit the crossbar out of nothing and is the only player we have that can take on a defender whether from a still or at pace.
He’s a winger in a narrow system. We can’t even figure out how to get him the ball.
We have way bigger problems than a winger that can actually play football and knows what direction the goal is.
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Gerrard's tactics are fucking shite. Sorry, but they really are. We have no midfield.
He's utterly clueless
A true donkey.
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We won't win many matches this season will we
We'll win enough to finish 14th again.
If only there was something we could do to try to improve this situation.....
Purslow won't be sacking his mate any time soon, though!
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3-1
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I know this is the height of fickle and fuck me I love being wrong so let's hope so, but this isn't just poor - as far as Gerrard's concerned, it looks terminally poor. There's no way that with a pre-season under his belt they should look this bad, this disjointed, this uncoached, this incoherent. It's the worst of the back end of Dean's run, but without any of the love.
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We've been outclassed for most of this game.
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Fuck off Gerard.
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Genuinely, I don’t recall us stringing 3 passes together today
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We won't win many matches this season will we
We'll win enough to finish 14th again.
If only there was something we could do to try to improve this situation.....
Purslow won't be sacking his mate any time soon, though!
And that will be a waste of a season.
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Game over
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Think I've seen enough. Time to go.
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Gerrard next Liverpool Manager? Absolutely no chance.
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Jeez our defence
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We have the wrong manager
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Vieira was a better player than Gerrard. Seems like he's a better manager as well.
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3-1.
Game over.
Stream turned off in disgust.
Gerrard out.
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Gerrard, current Villa manager, no chance
Gerrard next Liverpool Manager? Absolutely no chance.
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Sack him. Now.
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You can't play wing backs with only two Central defenders. Gerrard seems to think you can.
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Gerrard, current Villa manager, no chanceGerrard next Liverpool Manager? Absolutely no chance.
He's clueless, and his spikey attitude with the media does him no favours.
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My God they should have 5 at least.
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Cash , konsa amd mings all shocking positions to take up defending that cross
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I’m not watching any more. I’m too angry.
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Ladies and Gentlemen prepare for a relegation fight.
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Turned it off. Appalling.
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Gerrard next Liverpool Manager? Absolutely no chance.
More chance of Gabby agbonlahor
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Damage limitation now.
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Jeez our defence
What defence?
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No disrespect to Palace who look a good overall side (even if Zaha is a twat) but this has been wholly unacceptable.
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Stream died. Shame.
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3-1 is flattering to us it should be more.
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What a load of old toss! Battered by Palace. Yes, Coutinho is going to take this game by the scruff, isn't he Gez?
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Doesn't deserve the cabbage. A net of sprouts would be more appropriate!
Palace are a decent side but it's disgraceful that we as so far behind them, with the money spent and resources available.
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This is the worst I've seen Villa since Lambert had us try to play out from the back against Man City. Just clueless, idealess, broken football.
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Palace could have had five and it wouldn't have flattered them. Dire.
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Complete shambles . Mings lost the goalscorer but I thought Martinez bottled coming out too. Lots of finger pointing going on, something not right with team spirit I think.
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This could get embarrassing
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Crap manager, crap players.
Non existent performances from McGinn, Ramsey, and Konsa.
Watkins has done nothing since his goal. Nothing.
Players need to sort themselves out.
Gerrard can fuck off. Not an ounce of talent.
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Don't panic it's West Ham, Arsenal and Man City next 3 league fixtures.
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This is the worst I've seen Villa since Lambert had us try to play out from the back against Man City. Just clueless, idealess, broken football.
Yet probably one of the best squads I've seen for a long time .
Proves the manager and coaching staff are poor
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Purslow being allowed his own vanity project is bordering on negligence
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Team spirit is lacking - seems so low right now.
Also reminded me of Lambert days...
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I hate feeling this but I can’t see Gerrard lasting the season. Utterly unacceptable performances.
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I’ll back any manager but the Bournemouth game and now this one is very worrying. We have the look of relegation strugglers and somethings got
to change. The midfield is woefully short of quality and has needed an upgrade for a few seasons. I’ve always been one for giving people time but the writing is on the wall here and I’d rather do it sooner rather than later.
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I hate feeling this but I can’t see Gerrard lasting the season. Utterly unacceptable performances.
Season???? I would say October.
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There's no way Gerrard will still be here at Christmas.
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This is a fucking shambles. Our midfield is laughably bad.
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I hate feeling this but I can’t see Gerrard lasting the season. Utterly unacceptable performances.
I can't see Gerrard lasting until the end of September. I didn't particularly want him last November and I really don't want him now.
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A total shambles of a team.
Glacial management.
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Its what you get when you do not interview suitably qualified candidates for the position of manager.
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He puts out a team which looks decidedly less than the sum of the parts.
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There's no way Gerrard will still be here at Christmas.
Thank the lord there’s a 7-8 week international break for the WC.
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For us to get 10th we need 2 new centre halves and a number 8. That's 10th not Europe. If thus isn't forthcoming, we need to reasses our expectations and accept that a potential battle is on our hands with the hope of finishing in the 12th-14th area.
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Amazing FK routine.
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You've had your full pre-season Gerrard. Now fuck off!
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Can't wait for the serious-face-black-pullover-over-club-tie-admittance-of-mistakes-but-obviously-throwing-the-players-under-the-bus interview later.
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This is a fucking shambles. Our midfield is laughably bad.
We're not blaming the players here are we?
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As Spurs have shown, you can't scrimp on the most important addition to your club - The manager.
If the owners want success, they can't shop in the bargain basement on 'promising young managers' or your jobsworth's on the manager merry-go-round.
Pot Gerrard now - Any spirit this squad had is being dismantled week by week.
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This is a fucking shambles. Our midfield is laughably bad.
Thing is they are not bad players
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Gerrard should never have been made manager in the first place, terrible appointment. Success in Scotland means nothing. Look at Neil Lennon.
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It smells of Lambert.
Even the body language of the players looks poor.
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Embarrassing set piece. If only we had a coach for them.
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You've had your full pre-season Gerrard. Now fuck off!
Post of the day
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3-1 flatters us. Against Palace.
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He puts out a team which looks decidedly less than the sum of the parts.
Spot on. Any half decent team look like world beaters vs us currently. We beat Everton who look pretty shit themselves.
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What on earth has happened to our defence? We are shockingly bad. Relegation could be a real threat. And we are the 4th highest spenders in the league. SG has got to turn this round quickly or he will be gone. If we're still struggling by the time the world cup break comes they might decide to use the time to replace him.
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This is a relegation battle season, I'm afraid.
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Konsa is a disaster
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The performances over the the whole of the first three games of this season have been at least as bad as anything we saw under Dean Smith after promotion.
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Konsa let’s Will Hughes, of all people, dash in behind to totally fluff #4.
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That's a 1/10 performance from Konsa today, remarkably poor. Why is he still on the pitch?
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Another weekend ruined on top of Englands lamentable performance yesterday.
Just a matter of when he goes for me, depends how much damage is done by October I guess.
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If we're still struggling by the time the world cup break comes they might decide to use the time to replace him.
They could get it done today while the players are having a shower and an ice-bath.
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That long shot by Cash was like watching something from a shit game like FIFA on the PlayStation.
Embarrassing.
That Eze is a million miles ahead of anything we have in midfield.
Kamara must be wondering what on earth he has done to play in such a shit lineup.
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The club spent an entire summer being smug about what they had done in its first week, and now we'll blow seventy odd million on three panic signings in the last fortnight hoping it'll all make sense.
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That's a 1/10 performance from Konsa today, remarkably poor. Why is he still on the pitch?
Because the manager keeps fucking up.
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Once again we have the wrong man in charge. Far too long now Villa have been in the duldrums and cant seem to hack it in the top flight. Gerrard needs to sort this out as it is a shambles. A better man in the dugout would get this squad playing better. We cant keep recruiting up and coming, left field or plain out of depth managers. We need a full blooded top flight utter ruthless bastard who can get the team riled up to go out and win. Gerrard for Liverpool? He wishes judging by this. The media can blow smoke up his arse all they like, Gerrard is a step sideways from what we had.
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That's a 1/10 performance from Konsa today, remarkably poor. Why is he still on the pitch?
Because it's yet another 1/10 performance by the manager.
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Gerrard can fuck off now. He can't get a tune out of a decent bunch of players. Lost the plot.
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What on earth has happened to our defence? We are shockingly bad. Relegation could be a real threat. And we are the 4th highest spenders in the league. SG has got to turn this round quickly or he will be gone. If we're still struggling by the time the world cup break comes they might decide to use the time to replace him.
Gerrard will be gone well ahead of the World Cup. If I had my way he'd be gone before News at Ten.
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Loving this "continuous improvement" that Villa are delivering.
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What on earth has happened to our defence? We are shockingly bad. Relegation could be a real threat. And we are the 4th highest spenders in the league. SG has got to turn this round quickly or he will be gone. If we're still struggling by the time the world cup break comes they might decide to use the time to replace him.
Gerrard will be gone well ahead of the World Cup. If I had my way he'd be gone before News at Ten.
If I had my way he would be left outside Selhurst Park. How much more damage do we let him do?
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Don't panic it's West Ham, Arsenal and Man City next 3 league fixtures.
We don't like it up us!
Was Wes Edens there again today?
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Like all really bad managers Gerrard has the twin faults of 1. having favourites and 2. playing them.
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There's an evening ruiner.
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It's surely though got to be a tactical it mindset thing. Once team was announced there was a vague universal acceptance of correctness. The subsequent performance was shit, so what's the problem...
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We’ll soon see how serious we are as a club. Act now before it’s too late. I sat there at Rennes watching a terrible game and put it down to it being a friendly and now I know it wasn’t a 1 off. The way we surrender has relegation written all over it.
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I hate feeling this but I can’t see Gerrard lasting the season. Utterly unacceptable performances.
I can't see Gerrard lasting until the end of September. I didn't particularly want him last November and I really don't want him now.
Same here