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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave P on April 01, 2023, 07:26:12 PM
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Yesss. First time we’ve took a chance to go top half and it feels good.
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Standard win against inferior midtable rivals.
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This is some serious shit
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And that's what good sides do, go to mid table dross and leave with 3 easy points.
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It’s happening..!
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At 2-0 up with however long left to go, I was mildly worried but not shitting myself. This is a measurable sign of our progress under Unai.
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Can I just shock you? I like watching Match of the Day.
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Chuck off Fuckwuemeka
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We mean business now..
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This bloke is all over it.
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No worries
Let’s go FoxHunting before chopping down the trees next weekend
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Stan is singing "We've got McGinn.." live on Canal+ France. :-D
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We're qualifying for Europe.
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That is a serious result. I hope that this is a season defining win. Perfect position to crack on now
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Let's be honest, teams like Aston Villa should be going to Chelsea and wiping the floor with them.
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We've narrowed the GD to one goal against them too, which could be important.
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One of the best individual performances I have seen for a long time.
John Mcginn take a bow.
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Colour me astounded. So nice to be straight-faced smug in the lounge looking over at the wife.
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This bloke Emery really is the real deal. What a superb performance and just to add to it Sky hate it.
UTFV
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football is amazing.
Was still worried at half time we'd lose but there's an expert assurance in us once we went 2-0 up. We saw it out as comfortably as we did at Spurs so that's a great sign for the team's mentality.
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The perfect away performance.McGinn the best player on the pitch.There can't be many better in world football.
Moreno and JJ brilliant.
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I like that. A lot.
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We are going on a European tour next season! We have so many games that are potential 6 pointers coming up it's ridiculous. Fulham are going to drop off now I think.
In the form we are in I fancy us vs Brentford and Brighton. Newcastle and United are tough games but winnable.
I'm getting excited beyond belief now
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We are back and it feels sooooooo good
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Fantastic result great performances - we provided the moments of class - emi made some strong saves - midfield were all awesome - as was the defence.
Unai is a fucking genius. Every player looks worth about 20m more than when he came.
McGinns goal was immense and Ollie finish after that awful miss was showed real composer. Well done all. The fans sounded amazing on the TV too, and Nas looked a very happy man!
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29 points from 15 games now. Over a season that's 73 points.
Our manager is a stone cold fucking genius.
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An Unai Masterclass! And it’s only going to get better.
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Pah. We beat a mid table no mark. Whatever.
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A penny for Gerard's thoughts right now 🤣?
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Marvellous stuff. Always loved Doug but really flourishing now.
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A great team, all playing for each other, and they close down and break really well.
Special mention to super John McGinn, just superb they could not get the ball off him, and what a goal.
The manager is the real deal
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Can I just shock you? I like watching Match of the Day.
The bonus being no Gary L tonight.
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Oh. And jingle fucking bells.
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McGinn is really back in the groove.
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Scooooooooooooooorrrrrrchiooooooooooos
Sorry. Wrong thread
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Joy.
I'm fucking loving this. Absolutely loving it.
The players believe in the manager, they are performing as a team, we put them to the sword, our striker is on fire, the defence keep another clean sheet and the midfield are working hard.
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How about Hinchcliffe crying "what's going on?" as Young shithoused the fuck out of Stamford Bridge. Piss funny.
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Marvellous stuff. Always loved Doug but really flourishing now.
To think some used to write Luiz off. He is one of the first names on that teamsheet.
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41 points.
I think we're safe...
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That was a top performance by every player, subs included. We have a plan and it's seriously coming together. Previously we've been winning games without playing that well, today it all came together. Chelsea just couldn't cope and after the second basically gave up.
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To a man, we were absolutely superb. Not a single weak performance, subs included and the togetherness at the end is special to watch. Two good goals and some fantastic defending. Yet another clean sheet. I said we'd be nowhere near a European place this season, dare to believe now. I like Moreno. This is what happens when you have the best goalkeeper in the world. Great to see that Nassef was there too. What a win. Brilliant. 10 out of 10 for everyone.
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A penny for Gerard's thoughts right now 🤣?
We need more quality in the building.
Translation - this lot are shit.
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This season reminds me of Gregory replacing Little in 98 but a few games earlier. I hope we can keep this up to the end but a remarkable turnaround from Emery proving just how shit Gerrard was.
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Marvellous stuff. Always loved Doug but really flourishing now.
To think some used to write Luiz off. He is one of the first names on that teamsheet.
Yes, to think players coached well play well.
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Classic away performance, rode our luck a bit but always carried a threat. Could be a very exciting end to the season.
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From the Guardian MBM:
That’s pretty much put paid to any lingering hopes of Chelsea making a late run for the top four. In fact, any sort of European football next season is beginning to look unlikely for the Blues. But this should be about Aston Villa, who scored a couple of fine goals, could easily have had more, dug deep defensively when they had to, kept Chelsea at arm’s length for much of that second half, and saw the game out professionally. European football next year doesn’t seem so much of a stretch for them, who have now taken 13 of the last 15 points on offer in the Premier League. They’re going places under Unai Emery, and all of a sudden, next season becomes a whole world of possibility. (Not least because they’ll be wearing that new 1981-infused badge. Delicious.)
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After we scored our first they really had us under the pump but after our second we looked reasonably comfortable. How have they ended up with no strikers?
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This is some serious shit
Oh yes!
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Here we go. Chelsea won on stats. Fuck off Sky.
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What can you say
Wwwwooooooooooooooorrrrrrchiooooooooooos
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Pleased for you boys, beating our local rivals convincing, your got a decent manager now after the failed experiment with Gerrard, apart from you going above us!! hopefully we’ll maintain our improvement next season, so we can both try to get into Europe next season
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Let's be honest, teams like Aston Villa should be going to Chelsea and wiping the floor with them.
Absolutely, that twat Gerrard hadn’t got a clue how to manage a football squad.
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I was a bit worried about the tactical switch at half-time. What the hell do I know?
Those players were all perfectly drilled and knew exactly what they were supposed to be doing.
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We are back and it feels sooooooo good
Yep. You can feel it.
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Danny Gabbidon
Let's give credit to Aston Villa, it's been an outstanding performance from them and it's never easy picking points up on the road in the Premier League.
Unai Emery is building something here with these players. It's never easy coming to Stamford Bridge but the way they managed the game limited Chelsea's chances.
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Sky unbelievable now saying we didn’t deserve it as Chelsea had a lot of shots. They don’t say most of them went into row z
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Fantastic performance, deserved win and up to 9th. Brilliant stuff.
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Aston Villa goalscorer John McGinn, speaking to Sky Sports:
[On how his side beat Chelsea]
"Run. They are a good team, it's only a matter of time before it clicks for them. We do a load of work in training to get goals on the transitions. Ollie is on fire at the moment, so a great goal to get us going.
"Everyone was flinging their bodies on the line. This league's difficult so to go on a run like we've done, and to stay so humble, to a man we were first class today.
"It's been a long time coming I was just fortunate the shot didn't get blocked. Just an amazing feeling it went in. After the Scotland win it's been an amazing week.
"I've lost count of the amount of times I've tried to lace it and it's been blocked. So I side-footed and it went in. I'm delighted and hopefully it will start a run.
"The start of the season was for me was extremely difficult. The manager, Steven Gerrard, was first class with me, he had a lot of trust in me but I didn't really repay that. My performances were below par.
"I spent some time on the bench and put my head down and worked hard. I got my chance to come back in and hopefully I can keep doing that and keep my form up."
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The stats will say we were lucky..
I'd say we were professional.
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Marvellous stuff. Always loved Doug but really flourishing now.
Same, I’ve always thought he’s always been on the cusp, but again he’s another player really unleashing that potential under this manager.
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Sky unbelievable now saying we didn’t deserve it as Chelsea had a lot of shots. They don’t say most of them went into row z
We used to be guilty of that in some of the games we used to lose. Loads of shots but very few on target. It is the latter that makes the difference not the former, especially if most are coming from snatched chances or long range because the other team is too well drilled to let you have better ones.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
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Sky unbelievable now saying we didn’t deserve it as Chelsea had a lot of shots. They don’t say most of them went into row z
This is nearly as good as the game. Watching them cry as we beat one of their clubs. Newcastle win this and they’d be all over them but that’s fine with me, I never want us to be one of their clubs.
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Sky unbelievable now saying we didn’t deserve it as Chelsea had a lot of shots. They don’t say most of them went into row z
Last I looked you don't get any points for shots.......suggest Sky and Chelsea have a look in the paper tomorrow morning, that will tell them who won.
So nice to see Emery so comprehensively outcoach Potter, the erstwhile media darling and "new best thing". Loving life under Unai, and the players are too, it's obvious.
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Sky sports actually talking about the winning team.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
We've had goals chalked off for far less. So balls to him / them.
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In isolation, you could say that was a lucky win. But you don’t win six away games in the Premier League without knowing what you’re doing. We were brilliant on the break and SJM is now bossing games like he was in our 10 game streak in the Championship. Enjoy the beers tonight. UTV
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That was a top performance by every player, subs included. We have a plan and it's seriously coming together. Previously we've been winning games without playing that well, today it all came together. Chelsea just couldn't cope and after the second basically gave up.
I honestly thought the Bournemouth performance was better and, despite their league position, that's a team who who beat Fulham and Liverpool and pushed Arsenal all the way, we made them look like relegation fodder.
That said today as another game where it's hard to fault anyone,7-8s all-round for me, Mcginn, Mings and big Emi probably our 3 best players.
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Fantastic win.
I had the feeling we could step up another gear if we had to. We didn't have to.
Chuffed, just chuffed.
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It's very funny that Chelsea spent half a billion this season and forgot to sign a striker. Well one that isn't a past it toxic twat.
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
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Was nervous with Kamara going off at HT and thought our control of the game could be better second half.
But you aren't going to dominate at those sort of places for 90 minutes.
Imagine how we'll look with two > three quality additions to this side.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Would we bollocks. I'd be moaning at whichever one of our twats had wasted a glorious chance by unnecessarily shoving the defender. With both hands. In front of the referee. The massive twat.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Not a chance. It was a full on two-handed shove in the back.
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I had a feeling it was going to comfortable.
It's looking good isnt it?
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
McGinn’s goal as well eh?
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
McGinn’s goal as well eh?
He can only score against shit teams though.
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Sky sports actually talking about the winning team.
I popped out for a few seconds and missed that bit. Back to normal now though.
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Only on here, after a game like that, with a manager like this, on the run that we are on could someone bring it down to a bad decision by the officials.
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I thought Potter was very honest, although saying that Villa won the battles in both boxes. We defended brilliantly, although both of our goals were scored from outside the box!
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Potter was more balanced in his view than Sky.
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Highlights
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12847789/chelsea-0-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights
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I thought we started poorly and gave the ball away, they had some gilt edge chances but they don’t have a finisher.
After we scored I thought we were brilliant and deserved the win because we looked like a real team whereas they look like a bunch of over priced players.
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Emery
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12847820/unai-emery-8216european-place-will-be-difficult-but-we-will-try8217
Potter
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12847811/graham-potter-8216we-were-second-best-in-both-boxes8217
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My bruv has just Whatsapped me.
Fernandez £107m
Cucarella £65m
Mudryk £85
McGinn £2.3m
Thankyou Steve Bruce.
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https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/12847789/chelsea-0-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights
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Superb win, SJM was immense. In the top half, hadn't said that for while.
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Can't believe they're even debating the Chilwell push on Young, two hands in the back, it's a blatant foul.
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I'm convinced that they bought that full back because he caught everyone's eye with his "hair bear bunch" trim.
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To a man, we were absolutely superb. Not a single weak performance, subs included and the togetherness at the end is special to watch. Two good goals and some fantastic defending. Yet another clean sheet. I said we'd be nowhere near a European place this season, dare to believe now. I like Moreno. This is what happens when you have the best goalkeeper in the world. Great to see that Nassef was there too. What a win. Brilliant. 10 out of 10 for everyone.
He looked incredibly happy
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Highlights
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12847789/chelsea-0-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights
I watch this and I see Micah Richards on the advert beforehand for WeBuyAnyCar and I realise how far we’ve come.
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All this navel gazing tosh from Sky about Chelsea having better stats than us is laughable and shows them up for the Greedy6 obsessed numpties that they are.
The only stat that counts is goals scored.
Which is why we won.
Not difficult is it?
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Under the cosh in the first half but, we looked far more assured in the second half. 3 or 4 good additions in the summer and we’ll be rocking and rolling.
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Highlights
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12847789/chelsea-0-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights
I watch this and I see Micah Richards on the advert beforehand for WeBuyAnyCar and I realise how far we’ve come.
I watch it and see they've omitted the Watkins miss for a handful of Chelsea chances and remember how much joy I get from sticking it to the cabal.
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I was sat in the front row of the east stand, amongst the home support. Couldn’t stop smiling all the way through the second half.
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Standard win against inferior midtable rivals.
Putting uppity has beens in their place.
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We've narrowed the GD to one goal against them too, which could be important.
No, our rivals are teams above us Brighton and Newcastle not Chelscum.
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I usually quite like Chilwell as a player, but if you added up the combined height of his shots over the bar I reckon they’d be sailing over The Shard. Shooting that would put Tonev to shame.
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29 points from 15 games now. Over a season that's 73 points.
Our manager is a stone cold fucking genius.
OK but NGE. I have told him him I want on average at least 2 per game, so he needs to up his game a little.
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I was sat in the front row of the east stand, amongst the home support. Couldn’t stop smiling all the way through the second half.
Glad you Enjoyed your day.
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I don't want to jinx anything but...I'm starting to believe.
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A penny for Gerard's thoughts right now 🤣?
Don't worry about him. The twat's counting his money that we threw at him.
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Yeah, Ashley is a puny, physically weak, moaning little shit. Still, I'm glad he plays for us rather than having to come up against him.
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The stats will say we were lucky..
I'd say we were professional.
Our Exg or whatever it's called was 0.82 whereas Chelsea were 2.09. We will never get anywhere unless we up our Exg.
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
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I thought Potter was very honest, although saying that Villa won the battles in both boxes. We defended brilliantly, although both of our goals were scored from outside the box!
Why not, I bet he's delighted club he supports won handsomely.
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I’m at a wedding just outside London. Mate is a huge Palace fan. His new wife is Villa. Didn’t get to watch the game. But let’s just say everyone is very happy. I’ll catch up on all this later. But fuck me. UP THE FUCKING VILLA
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Had we beat Leicester we would be 5 points off 4th.
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It's really starting to feel like Villa are on the march again. A great result in isolation but weighed against what we've been doing in the league, it's hard not to start getting excited. And always a joy to stick one on one of the Sky clubs.
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Southgate must be gutted he can’t pick our players because of his pathetic grudge.
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I’m at a wedding just outside London. Mate is a huge Palace fan. His new wife is Villa. Didn’t get to watch the game. But let’s just say everyone is very happy. I’ll catch up on all this later. But fuck me. UP THE FUCKING VILLA
Enjoy mate and have a beer.
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Bloody beautiful, best side we’ve had in year’s . Just the beginning of a beautiful journey under Unai. Fucking love the Villa!
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I remember watching the home game against these hungover as fuck in a Sheffield pub, being bored stiff with football and barely managing to care. What a transformation.
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Sexy beast
FA Cup next year
Thats it.
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Was in the boozer at lunch time gloating at the plastic scousers, I said to the local Bluenose….
We will win tonight. Emery is a smarter manger than Potter.
That simple.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
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Can I just shock you? I like watching Match of the Day.
The bonus being no Gary L tonight.
Why? Because he hates you anti-immigration children?
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Yes and do you know what? I am or was fed up of crying blue murder again and again and losing. I like it much better this way.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
I hope your user name isn’t because you are a follower of Tim Lovejoy.
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Oh how I love beating these scumbags... 😂
Absolutely delighted with that. Not just the result. But the performance. Every player to a man stepped up & did their part.
And its great to have a manager who knows what he is doing. When we see changes, they make an actual difference.
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Fantastic away day. We really do look good under Emery. Maybe if Potter gets the sack he can come to Villa as a no 2. Learn his trade from an elite manager..
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We have significantly improved defensively in the last two months. I know they were profligate on some occasions, but our work rate was excellent and has improved such a lot.
When we got to 80 minutes, I thought we would win, whereas in times gone by I would be thinking we could still implode.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
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I very rarely feel comfortable in these type of games but today was different. I was quite calm and relaxed; almost watching in the knowledge that Chelsea were never going to score. Today was possibly John McGinn's best top flight game for Villa and his goal topped a fine performance.
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I was confident it was game over as soon as McGinn scored. There's not a chance this Villa side under this manager is ever going to let it slip. We didn't even need to employ our full battery of time-wasting shithouseries!
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I very rarely feel comfortable in these type of games but today was different. I was quite calm and relaxed; almost watching in the knowledge that Chelsea were never going to score. Today was possibly John McGinn's best top flight game for Villa and his goal topped a fine performance.
My arse was a bit twitchy the last ten minutes of the first half when they were bombarding us, but I was expecting a second half onslaught that never materialised, and once we scored the second it looked like we could go on and score more.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
I hope your user name isn’t because you are a follower of Tim Lovejoy.
TV antique dealer.
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Nasseff Sawiris' massive grin at full time was also a thing to behold.
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In isolation, you could say that was a lucky win. But you don’t win six away games in the Premier League without knowing what you’re doing. We were brilliant on the break and SJM is now bossing games like he was in our 10 game streak in the Championship. Enjoy the beers tonight. UTV
I am a passive F1 fan and someone similar once asked me 'Do you think Hamilton is good or lucky?' I said he may be lucky to have a very good car but you don't fluke 6 titles, you must bloody good too.
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If this was 2014 and Mourinho was our manager. The world would be jizzing their pants saying it’s the perfect away win
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
Correct. As I've said on here before, if you don't want to be pulled up for pushing, don't put your hands on your opponents back.
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Slowly but surely we seem
to break Chelsea’s belief they could get back in this game
it was a pleasure to see and really should provide confidence
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I was really annoyed by the Sky tagline for the game:-
'Blues on the Rise'.
We were level on points with them and in far better form. So fuck the fuckers. Never liked Chavski anyway.
Some top performances today. Just hope Ashley Young can put in another shift on Tuesday night.
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Brilliant result, and a perfect away performance against a team that was always likely to have most of the ball. Some shocking finishing from them, (chilwell was terrible, but honestly, if your left-back is the one taking so many of the shots, then you're doing something wrong).
A couple of things I noticed; I really think Emi has got into their heads of some forwards in this league, and now has an 'aura' about him. A bit like Schmeichel Snr had back in the day. For example, the Mudryk chance in the first half, there is no way he takes it that early and that meekly if he knows he's facing a different keeper one on one. He's in the heads of some of these big players now, and I love to see it.
Also, a special mention for the bit of skill from Ollie in the second half where he took out three players with one turn out on the left - it came to nothing once it when inside (to Bailey I think?), but had we scored from it, that clip would be going viral right now. We don't often see Ollie displaying that sort of skill or technique, or even trying it that often, so I think it's a sign of where his confidence is right now - long may it continue!
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Despite what the experts think, this result should come as no surprise. We need to get used to being able to compete with & beat the top teams. The club have the best manager in at least a generation & the owners will back him in the summer to improve us further.
Quite how Chelsea have spent half a billion pounds to end up without a centre forward & then play with only 1 centre half is astonishing.
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I think Ollie has something of that aura about him now, he physically dominated Koulibaly today and does everyone at the minute, never looks hurried
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
Correct. As I've said on here before, if you don't want to be pulled up for pushing, don't put your hands on your opponents back.
I dunno...I think Young anticipated contact and dived in style. If Mings was in that position or if Ash wasn't "eight stone, wet through" (still - after all these years!), I think he would have stood his ground.
Chillwell though...does he always moan as much as today? It seemed like every time we dared to tackle him, he was in the ref's ear, pissed off about it.
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Legends! Haven't seen them since they sang about Leeds, falling apart (again) when we won up at Elland Road last year.
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Totally agree about Martinez, Smithy. Mudryk shat himself, there's no other explanation for him taking the shot that early.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
Correct. As I've said on here before, if you don't want to be pulled up for pushing, don't put your hands on your opponents back.
I dunno...I think Young anticipated contact and dived in style. If Mings was in that position or if Ash wasn't "eight stone, wet through" (still - after all these years!), I think he would have stood his ground.
Chillwell though...does he always moan as much as today? It seemed like every time we dared to tackle him, he was in the ref's ear, pissed off about it.
If he'd put his arm over Young's shoulder for leverage, he'd have been fine, but he put both hands on his back. As Dave confirmed from his years of refereeing, that's going to be given at any level regardless of Young's actions.
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Legends! Haven't seen them since they sang about Leeds, falling apart (again) when we won up at Elland Road last year.
Lower Lower Chelsea, Higher Higher Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1616727934496112640
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Class. As someone says in the comments, imagine getting some of them across to see a game in the Holte End.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
I hope your user name isn’t because you are a follower of Tim Lovejoy.
TV antique dealer.
A class act!!
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Last on Match of the Day. Standard expected victory at Stamford Bridge, it seems.
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Brilliant, I love those guys.
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If say 50 of them were at a game then i'd definitely be in favour of drums and instruments in the ground for once.
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What a great result. We rode our luck a bit at times and probably still made a few too many errors, but we looked dangerous on the break throughout and had some very good passages of play.
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If say 50 of them were at a game then i'd definitely be in favour of drums and instruments in the ground for once.
** LeeB to the thread please, LeeB to the thread, thank you**
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If say 50 of them were at a game then i'd definitely be in favour of drums and instruments in the ground for once.
** LeeB to the thread please, LeeB to the thread, thank you**
Yeah, they'd definitely have to be sat next to LeeB. And get him involved in the dancing.
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Not for me.
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LeeB protests too much, he'd be playing the biggest drum in reality.
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Legends! Haven't seen them since they sang about Leeds, falling apart (again) when we won up at Elland Road last year.
Lower Lower Chelsea, Higher Higher Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1616727934496112640
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Have to get them to villa park somehow
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Legends! Haven't seen them since they sang about Leeds, falling apart (again) when we won up at Elland Road last year.
Lower Lower Chelsea, Higher Higher Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1616727934496112640
m
Have to get them to villa park somehow
By reversing car perhaps.
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Just got back, waiting to watch it on MOTD. The best away atmosphere I’ve seen for a long time. Fantastic support.
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Just got back, waiting to watch it on MOTD. The best away atmosphere I’ve seen for a long time. Fantastic support.
Good on you, Chico. We have the best travelling support in the country.
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A couple of things I noticed; I really think Emi has got into their heads of some forwards in this league, and now has an 'aura' about him. A bit like Schmeichel Snr had back in the day. For example, the Mudryk chance in the first half, there is no way he takes it that early and that meekly if he knows he's facing a different keeper one on one. He's in the heads of some of these big players now, and I love to see it.
I wonder if his recovery save from the mistake he and Boubacar did also had an effect on the decision making. After all the spread and reactions meant Mudryk knew getting too close was also a no-no.
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LeeB protests too much, he'd be playing the biggest drum in reality.
The drum covered with the stretched skin of his impoverished tenants.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
We'd be rationalising moaning about it by saying it probably wouldn't have been disallowed if a Chelsea player had done that.
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LeeB protests too much, he'd be playing the biggest drum in reality.
The drum covered with the stretched skin of his impoverished tenants.
He could put up the Ghana Lions in his fleet of caravans.
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Just got back, waiting to watch it on MOTD. The best away atmosphere I’ve seen for a long time. Fantastic support.
Is that the Guinness talking? ;)
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
Erm excuse me, but what are you on about? How is my post bullying?
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Please no, not after the match thread!
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
Erm excuse me, but what are you on about? How is my post bullying?
I wondered about that too, Drummond.
There seems to be a warped definition of bullying doing the rounds. I saw the match thread, and sorry, there's no way Bad English is a bully. So him being called out for bullying is utter nonsense.
ps. Sorry, Rory! Just noticed your post
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I respect both posters a lot but the constant digs at Footy, suggesting he has multiple "alts" (or personalities?) is tiresome at best and offensive at worst.
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I think Footy sometimes makes a rod for his own back with the tone of his posts, and of course people are going to argue or question that.
As for the comments about multiple personalities, I read that as Footy being part of a team of posters, rather than an individual.
Anyhow, I respect that we all see / interpret things differently.
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
Erm excuse me, but what are you on about? How is my post bullying?
I wondered about that too, Drummond.
There seems to be a warped definition of bullying doing the rounds. I saw the match thread, and sorry, there's no way Bad English is a bully. So him being called out for bullying is utter nonsense.
ps. Sorry, Rory! Just noticed your post
'SCOOORRRCCCHHHIIIOOOO' is one of my favourite things ever, so anyone who objects to it is a bully in my eyes 😉
I like Bad English.
I do think sometimes there may be cumulative bullying (if that's a thing) of Footy - not any one poster, but when there's reply after reply, comment after comment, from different people, even if none of them in isolation is particularly nasty, it can get a little unpleasant.
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Superb performance again. So well organized, particularly out of possession and there’s a calmness to us which inspires confidence. I struggle to recall a time in recent memory when we’d look like such obvious winners as we did in that second half - no panic, nothing frantic, just expertly manage the game and take the points. Marvelous.
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
What bullying?
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That Premier League table looks great now. It has taken quite a while to smash through the ceiling between top and bottom halves. And what a way to do it!
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They had 22 more shots than us...... We had 3 bookings..... There's the premonition right there eh Footys?
But you're glad that he went to Stamford Bridge to enjoy today's win, right? Bullying was called-out on the match thread, it would be nice not to see more of it.
Agreed.
Erm excuse me, but what are you on about? How is my post bullying?
I wondered about that too, Drummond.
There seems to be a warped definition of bullying doing the rounds. I saw the match thread, and sorry, there's no way Bad English is a bully. So him being called out for bullying is utter nonsense.
ps. Sorry, Rory! Just noticed your post
'SCOOORRRCCCHHHIIIOOOO' is one of my favourite things ever, so anyone who objects to it is a bully in my eyes 😉
I like Bad English.
I do think sometimes there may be cumulative bullying (if that's a thing) of Footy - not any one poster, but when there's reply after reply, comment after comment, from different people, even if none of them in isolation is particularly nasty, it can get a little unpleasant.
Well I absolutely loathe SCOOORRRCCCHHHIIIOOOO, so pop me on that list of terrible bullies :D
I found a way around it, however. SCOOORRRCCCHHHIIIOOOO, that is, not the list :)
As for Footy, I hope he enjoyed his day out yesterday.
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That Premier League table looks great now. It has taken quite a while to smash through the ceiling between top an bottom halve. And what a way to do it!
Quite. What an excellent performance, great result and totally professional.
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That Premier League table looks great now. It has taken quite a while to smash through the ceiling between top an bottom halve. And what a way to do it!
Quite. What an excellent performance, great result and totally professional.
This.
So good that it was against those lot, also.
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Nasseff Sawiris' massive grin at full time was also a thing to behold.
A bit different from the last time he watched us in that part of London.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
The best bit was the way Ash turned it into a shockingly violent attack😆
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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink suggested the disallowed goal should've stood. He said it was a 'natural' movement when Chilwell jumped for the header and leaned on Ash. I thought his comments were bollox as it was clearly a push. Lee Hendrie disagreed with him in the studio. Anyway, a superb performance and win. Leicester up next.....
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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink suggested the disallowed goal should've stood. He said it was a 'natural' movement when Chilwell jumped for the header and leaned on Ash. I thought his comments were bollox as it was clearly a push. Lee Hendrie disagreed with him in the studio. Anyway, a superb performance and win. Leicester up next.....
I reached my conclusion after the first three words 🙂
The guy's main job is to sit between two blokes who disagree with each other, be invited to arbitrate and then say "well I dunno, y'know..." then use lots of words to say nothing while the others calm down.
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JFH is too nice. He can't find it in himself to utter a bad word about anybody, ever! He won't slag off Chilwell because it's not in his nature.
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
The best bit was the way Ash turned it into a shockingly violent attack😆
He was just making sure the ref had noticed it. Like he does.
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One of my favourite away days in some time.
Almost sad to see how sanitised Stamford Bridge has become as their fans barely made a peep all game. Our fans were magnificent and to get to sing “You’ve seen the Villa, now f*ck off home” to the leaving home fans was brilliant.
What a team performance - lost count of how many headers we won from their crosses.
Getting Unai Emery was one of the smartest pieces of business this club could do.
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Watched some extended highlights late last night, that Chinchilla fella with the hair, how much was he again, £60 million I recall? I hope they kept the receipt.
Hard to pick a MOTM performance, Douglas Luiz is becoming quite a baller, McGinn has his mojo back and other than the miss early on Watkins is on a roll.
Under that chancer Gerrard I’d happily have sold half that starting 11, not sure now.
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I was surprised at how basic Chelsea's football is. Bore more than a little similarity to us under Gerrard. Slide ball behind fullback, stand cross up. Are they setting up to bring Kerry Dixon out of retirement?
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Let’s be honest we’d be crying blue murder if that Chilwell disallowed goal had been scored by us.
Disagree. Clear foul for me.
Yeah, two hands on his lower back, you'll get pulled up for that on a Sunday morning.
The best bit was the way Ash turned it into a shockingly violent attack😆
He was just making sure the ref had noticed it. Like he does.
Surely the learned pundits on Sky and the BBC call that "clever" or does that only work for some teams?
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With Arsenal winning we can no longer win the Premiership. Ah well.
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Son rang me three times from London asking did I see the match, think he was slightly drunk, memories he never forget
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One of my favourite away days in some time.
Almost sad to see how sanitised Stamford Bridge has become as their fans barely made a peep all game. Our fans were magnificent and to get to sing “You’ve seen the Villa, now f*ck off home” to the leaving home fans was brilliant.
What a team performance - lost count of how many headers we won from their crosses.
Getting Unai Emery was one of the smartest pieces of business this club could do.
They were certainly audible at the final whistle. It must have sounded even better being there.
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A fabulous team performance. Like others have said, I never felt we would concede after the second goal despite the stats which suggested we got away with a lucky result. We restricted them to lots of sideway passes and hopeful crosses and woeful shooting. Excellent all round.
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LeeB protests too much, he'd be playing the biggest drum in reality.
The drum covered with the stretched skin of his impoverished tenants.
Tee hee!
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Son rang me three times from London asking did I see the match, think he was slightly drunk, memories he never forget
Good for him, he's had a tough time at Spurs this season
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LeeB protests too much, he'd be playing the biggest drum in reality.
The drum covered with the stretched skin of his impoverished tenants.
Tee hee!
Come on eamonn, where's your concern for the constant harrasment of simple travelling folk like me?
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Just wow.
I don't think Chelsea would score if we were still playing now.
Mings/ Watkins - Southgate you fucking clown.
Anyone still think it was a mistake to let Ings go?
I like a good few on here thought McGinn was finished at this level but what a turn around
Now we need to punish Leicester
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The stats will say we were lucky..
I'd say we were professional.
Our Exg or whatever it's called was 0.82 whereas Chelsea were 2.09. We will never get anywhere unless we up our Exg.
Higher xG didn’t seem to help Chelsea though, did it?
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Son rang me three times from London asking did I see the match, think he was slightly drunk, memories he never forget
Good for him, he's had a tough time at Spurs this season
was waiting for it
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The M6 was shut J17-16, so it took my 2.5 hours to get to Stoke, and while things picked up beyond there, it took over 5 hours to grt to Chelsea. Every minute absolutely worth it.
It felt strange to go down to Stamford Bridge and expect us to win, not out of blind loyalty, but because the stats, the form and everything about the way they and we had been playing, suggested we would. And then to do it, so comfortably, absolutely brilliant!
McGinn gets man of the match, and he was excellent, but every week Dougie Luiz is bossing midfield. We can talk about a lot of players who have improved, but his form is excellent. We're so organised, we respond well tactically, such as stopping the Sideshow Bob/Chilwell axis- their increased moaning 2nd half evident of our tactic working.
I was upper tier and in line with their disallowed goal, it looked an obvious foul, climbing all over him.
We gave them a pair of chances first half, the dodgy pass into Kamara and Mudyk going through (I think if Chilwell hits the target Emi is there and saves), but 2nd half they huffed and puffed and never looked like scoring. Lots of crosses, lots of 20 yard+ shots, Emi never really doing anything significant to earn the clean sheet.
Ollie should have scored, the football before McGinn hit the bar was fantastic. Both goals so well taken. We could have used the ball a bit better, which would have helped us control it more. But still, incredibly pleasing win.
I've probably tempted fate, but I've said aloud that I'm going to hold up on the summer holiday as I might well need that annual leave come the autumn...
They're noticing us now.
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Hope I’m not jinxing anything but, as is known, there’s usually one surprise team that go on a bad run and end up being relegated. Could it be that Villa will be the team that goes on a great run and finishes in the top 7 which virtually anyone wouldn’t have predicted a couple of months ago. Fingers and everything else crossed!!
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We have 10 games left, all we have to do is win them all and we’ll have 71points. That should be enough for a top 4 finish.
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We have 10 games left, all we have to do is win them all and we’ll have 71points. That should be enough for a top 4 finish.
Thats a gimme then ;)
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One of my favourite away days in some time.
Almost sad to see how sanitised Stamford Bridge has become as their fans barely made a peep all game. Our fans were magnificent and to get to sing “You’ve seen the Villa, now f*ck off home” to the leaving home fans was brilliant.
Love it, sounds like it was a great away day.
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I don't know Chelsea. I know Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1642234750571016195
Legends! Haven't seen them since they sang about Leeds, falling apart (again) when we won up at Elland Road last year.
Lower Lower Chelsea, Higher Higher Villaaaaa
https://twitter.com/AvfcGhana/status/1616727934496112640
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Have to get them to villa park somehow
If someone organises a whip round I am in.
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Just wow.
I don't think Chelsea would score if we were still playing now.
Mings/ Watkins - Southgate you fucking clown.
Anyone still think it was a mistake to let Ings go?
I like a good few on here thought McGinn was finished at this level but what a turn around
Now we need to punish Leicester
Agree about Mings/Watkins, if they continue with their current form they will be an absolute must for the next squad. Still think it was a mistake letting Ings go because he hasn’t been replaced.
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Anyone still think it was a mistake to let Ings go?
Yes. If Watkins gets injured, we're stuffed.
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If Watkins got injured and our only replacement was Ings, we'd be stuffed anyway. At least this way we've trousered a few bob.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
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Just wow.
I don't think Chelsea would score if we were still playing now.
Mings/ Watkins - Southgate you fucking clown.
Anyone still think it was a mistake to let Ings go?
I like a good few on here thought McGinn was finished at this level but what a turn around
Now we need to punish Leicester
Agree about Mings/Watkins, if they continue with their current form they will be an absolute must for the next squad. Still think it was a mistake letting Ings go because he hasn’t been replaced.
We have Duran who is more mobile than Ings. Ings was fine for us but his game overall is in decline I think.
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Brilliant win and brilliant away day.
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What on earth was their left back thinking for Ollie’s goal? The centre half was perfectly positioned to deal with the pass.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
Eh? Monkey gesture? Doesn't he pull his ears?
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
Is holding your ears a monkey gesture?
I wouldn’t want to defend a racist fan but I’ve not seen that before. I think fans who spend the whole game doing wanker signs at opposition fans are pricks anyway, but equally I don’t like the press making something out of nothing.
Of course if it is, then he’ll get a deserved ban.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
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How is that a monkey gesture?
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How is that a monkey gesture?
It isn’t. It’s just shit stirring.
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Is holding your ears a monkey gesture?
Dunno, earlier in the week I was convinced it was a sign you were lying.
Suppose only he will know but wouldn’t the stewards, a few feet away, have acted if it were?
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Chelsea fans calling someone racist? Next thing you'll have Stripeys calling others bitter.
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That penalty incident with Mings in the second half, when he was on the floor having just made a tackle - even supposing that the ball had hit him on a part of the arm which technically might have given rise to a hand ball offence, how on earth could hand ball (and a penalty) have been awarded for that? At the time, all the discussion on screen seemed to revolve around whether the ball might have hit him on the shoulder rather than the arm, but the fact that that VAR even got involved in that incident seemed to me to be totally ridiculous.
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Not defending, but looks to me that he’s gesturing something like ‘not hearing you now’, but then I did get sent off as a 10yr old for sticking my tongue out at an opposition player.
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Even if the ball had hit him on the arm it came off his head first so couldn't be classed as handball anyway according to the current (confusing) law.
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How is that a monkey gesture?
It isn’t. It’s just shit stirring.
Agreed. All looks relatively innocuous to me, even the bloke making the V signs at the bottom right of the screen seems to be doing so as part of a 2-0 gesture (though I don't know what the score was at time of said incident).
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
Does it come with audio or am I missing something?
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Someone posted a clip of this lad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UuLIS-i11g) on an away day not long ago and sombody on here alluded to the fact it was our Darren Wooley. Can either Darren or someone who knows for definite confirm please. It would be nice to put a face to the name. About 2:45 in.
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Maybe if Chelsea fans really wanted to fight racism and avoid trouble with away fans they could film and expose their own fans who have "form", or ask those supporters why they spend 2 hours goading a teams away fans and then scream horror when gestures and insults are returned.
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Someone posted a clip of this lad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UuLIS-i11g) on an away day not long ago and sombody on here alluded to the fact it was our Darren Wooley. Can either Darren or someone who knows for definite confirm please. It would be nice to put a face to the name. About 2:45 in.
Never, ever identify Big Daz in public.
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Someone posted a clip of this lad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UuLIS-i11g) on an away day not long ago and sombody on here alluded to the fact it was our Darren Wooley. Can either Darren or someone who knows for definite confirm please. It would be nice to put a face to the name. About 2:45 in.
It is indeed.
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So all those jokes about our king and his big ears, oh, and Gary Lineker…those were racist ?
Are people with big ears a different race now ?
I suppose Noddys dwarf mate could be.
Fuck, am I allowed to say dwarf ?
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Just wow.
I don't think Chelsea would score if we were still playing now.
Mings/ Watkins - Southgate you fucking clown.
Anyone still think it was a mistake to let Ings go?
I like a good few on here thought McGinn was finished at this level but what a turn around
Now we need to punish Leicester
Agree about Mings/Watkins, if they continue with their current form they will be an absolute must for the next squad. Still think it was a mistake letting Ings go because he hasn’t been replaced.
We have Duran who is more mobile than Ings. Ings was fine for us but his game overall is in decline I think.
totally agree with your points but would Duran be a straight replacement for Watkins??
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Thanks Risso and sorry for outing him Dave.
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How is that a monkey gesture?
It isn’t. It’s just shit stirring.
Agreed. All looks relatively innocuous to me, even the bloke making the V signs at the bottom right of the screen seems to be doing so as part of a 2-0 gesture (though I don't know what the score was at time of said incident).
Yep, I'm more interested in finding out how Ange Postecoglou got a ticket for the away end.
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The irony of The Daily Mail pointing the finger at somebody for supposed racism will be lost on their readership.
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Thanks Risso and sorry for outing him Dave.
It's not me you need to apologise to. Let's hope for your sake that Big Daz is feeling benevolent.
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Brilliant win and brilliant away day.
And topped off with yourself featuring on Villa On Tour. The perfect weekend.
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Thanks Risso and sorry for outing him Dave.
It's not me you need to apologise to. Let's hope for your sake that Big Daz is feeling benevolent.
I shall beg his forgiveness at the Altar of Aston.
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Daz lives!
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Thanks Risso and sorry for outing him Dave.
It's not me you need to apologise to. Let's hope for your sake that Big Daz is feeling benevolent.
I shall beg his forgiveness at the Altar of Aston.
It may be too late, I'm reminded of the words of Michael Collins upon his signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
Unless there's more footage than what we've seen it looks to me like he's making gestures about the Chelsea fans ears? That's not racist . If it turns out to be racist then throw the book at him by all means.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
Unless there's more footage than what we've seen it looks to me like he's making gestures about the Chelsea fans ears? That's not racist . If it turns out to be racist then throw the book at him by all means.
The video is on the link and he’s literally just pulling his ears. The article even says that the club have decided not to take any further action. Because let’s be honest, there’s no further action that could be taken. I mean, I think away fans who spend the entire game waving their hands at the home fans on the other side of the segregated seats are utter twats, but that’s not an offence in itself, sadly.
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How is that a monkey gesture?
It isn’t. It’s just shit stirring.
Yes but it's more sinister. Daily Mail are trying to discredit actually offensive incidents.
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The worst thing about this, is that I've clicked on the link to see what they are on about and had to watch four targeted ads of 30 seconds each thereby financing their drivel. Fuck's sake!
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
Diddums Jamie. :-x
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What on earth was their left back thinking for Ollie’s goal? The centre half was perfectly positioned to deal with the pass.
I thought it was a brilliant flick on and meant Watkins only needed one touch to score😊
In Gerrard’s first game at home to Brighton I thought Cucurella looked like an excellent player but he seems like a scapegoat who has lost all confidence at the moment
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
Because they live on the doorstep. What I need clarifying is did we take three points off them or free?
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What on earth was their left back thinking for Ollie’s goal? The centre half was perfectly positioned to deal with the pass.
I thought it was a brilliant flick on and meant Watkins only needed one touch to score😊
In Gerrard’s first game at home to Brighton I thought Cucurella looked like an excellent player but he seems like a scapegoat who has lost all confidence at the moment
I thought he was a niggle little shite bag who is prone to getting rattled. He'd had a couple of digs at McGinn in the first 15 minutes, then McGinn flattened him off the ball and a couple of minutes later he mugged that header.
Job done.
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Chelsea fans are arseholes mainly. The abuse they gave Benitez when he was there was ridiculous.
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
Spurs fan Jamie O'Hara thinks losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Interesting.
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I thought it was a brilliant flick on and meant Watkins only needed one touch to score😊
I do hope he gets an assist credit against his name.
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
He’s a such a tediously shit radio presenter. Talksport do have some decent hosts, eg Wood, Hawksbee and Jacobs, and even Adrian Durham in small doses. But O’Hara is just the sort of no-nothing twat who wants to be a shock-jock and just talk the biggest amount of nonsense to bait white van men into phoning in.
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Maybe if Chelsea fans really wanted to fight racism and avoid trouble with away fans they could film and expose their own fans who have "form", or ask those supporters why they spend 2 hours goading a teams away fans and then scream horror when gestures and insults are returned.
I remember we played West Ham on Melberg last game and one of them lot was giving it loads from the stands above, told some young lads just ignore him and I cupped my ear pretending I couldn't hear him, come the end of the game he blew his top and I was laughing,did the same against Chelsea in the 5-1 cup game?, except this one was miles away and in the end he was offering to go outside side,he must have been one of the Chelsea pensioners, live and learn son live and learn
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Should be called Radio London now
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Chelsea fans are arseholes mainly. The abuse they gave Benitez when he was there was ridiculous.
I remember being on a train back to New Street after they had beaten us at Villa Park when Benitez was their manager and some of their fans were singing 'Jaeger bombs when Rafa's dead'. He won them the Europa League that season.
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Not one of the usual Chelsea mob down my local for their usual Sunday lunchtime pint.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
What's this?... ah the Daily Mail being shite... what's for dinner?...
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Burn it.
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
When Troy Deeney said he stepped away from talksport because editorially they expected some of the pros/ex pros to chat nonsense to generate a response….O’Hara alongside Gabby & Cundy are three prime examples of that pathetic gobshite pundits.
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Jamie O'Hara is a prized ******. Apparently losing at home to Aston Villa is unacceptable. Why do SSN give these twats jobs?
When Troy Deeney said he stepped away from talksport because editorially they expected some of the pros/ex pros to chat nonsense to generate a response….O’Hara alongside Gabby & Cundy are three prime examples of that pathetic gobshite pundits.
Cundy got to be one of the worse, can't even remember him at Chelsea
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Ohara is probably mates with old Slippy G.
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Ohara is probably mates with old Slippy G.
Recently saw a photo on Twitter that showed Gerrard on holiday in Spain with Robbie Fowler and Denis Irwin (which surprised me).
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O'Hara was a shit player. Slowly sliding further and further down the pyramid with no club wanting him there more than a year. He also came across as a bit of a wanker as his numerous clashes with his own fans suggest.
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A thoroughly professional performance by the lads and there seems a real togetherness about them, in terms of our support one of the noisiest way games I’ve been to and the Chelsea lot were so quiet and subdued, SJM quite superb but everyone played they’re part, I still have to pinch myself re who we have in charge, what a job Unai is doing at our club.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
From the absolutely non-racist Daily Mail, to boot.
By the way - no actual racism here, just general twattery - did anyone notice the Chelsea fan aged about 12 giving Bailey abuse near the corner flag near the end? And his dad (or whichever adult was in charge of him) joining in instead of clipping him round the proverbial ear? Depressing and typical Chelsea.
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How is cupping the ears racist?
The worrying thing about this is that anyone in a football crowd can go viral by doing absolutely nothing wrong. Job and reputation possibly in jeopardy and people actually calling for a lifetime ban on social media. Bonkers.
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How is cupping the ears racist?
The worrying thing about this is that anyone in a football crowd can go viral by doing absolutely nothing wrong. Job and reputation possibly in jeopardy and people actually calling for a lifetime ban on social media. Bonkers.
any one know a good lawyer
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How is cupping the ears racist?
African elephants, innit?
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Cupping ears is totally racist insult….to Lineker and his type. Jug ears have rights that should be respected.
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Cupping ears is totally racist insult….to Lineker and his type. Jug ears have rights that should be respected.
Disagree.
Tough on jug ears, tough on the causes of jug ears.
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What an absolute fantastic win and performance on so many levels.
All week spent counting down to the game just absolutely knew we’d get a result.
In the morning Mrs Remy decided to prank me by saying Unai had resigned and I fell for it !
We haven’t beaten these scumbags for years at their place. Well deserved.
Groaned when Olilie missed his first chance but he showed iron composure to lob the keeper.
McGinn and Mingus were immense. That twat Chilwell - what a shit journeyman overpaid muppett thinks he’s Lampard. Laughed hard when his cheating goal got chalked off like his FA cup final non goal.
Unai kicked every ball. Subs were great.
That McGinn strike arrowed into the net and cue the entire Remy family jumping round the living room certain we’d won despite 35-40 mins still to play. Wouldn’t have done that in the past.
Away noise coming from the tv was amazing.
Hinchcliff on the commentary pulling his withered cock over 2 chavski passes then groaning when Mings or Konsa cut it out.
Potter will be relieved of his duties shortly.
We didn’t do ourselves justice vs Foxes I hope this is put right Tuesday - can’t wait!!!!
Love my club. Now in its glorious 37th year!
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What an absolute fantastic win and performance on so many levels.
All week spent counting down to the game just absolutely knew we’d get a result.
In the morning Mrs Remy decided to prank me by saying Unai had resigned and I fell for it !
We haven’t beaten these scumbags for years at their place. Well deserved.
Groaned when Olilie missed his first chance but he showed iron composure to lob the keeper.
McGinn and Mingus were immense. That twat Chilwell - what a shit journeyman overpaid muppett thinks he’s Lampard. Laughed hard when his cheating goal got chalked off like his FA cup final non goal.
Unai kicked every ball. Subs were great.
That McGinn strike arrowed into the net and cue the entire Remy family jumping round the living room certain we’d won despite 35-40 mins still to play. Wouldn’t have done that in the past.
Away noise coming from the tv was amazing.
Hinchcliff on the commentary pulling his withered cock over 2 chavski passes then groaning when Mings or Konsa cut it out.
Potter will be relieved of his duties shortly.
We didn’t do ourselves justice vs Foxes I hope this is put right Tuesday - can’t wait!!!!
Love my club. Now in its glorious 37th year!
Ah um.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
From the absolutely non-racist Daily Mail, to boot.
By the way - no actual racism here, just general twattery - did anyone notice the Chelsea fan aged about 12 giving Bailey abuse near the corner flag near the end? And his dad (or whichever adult was in charge of him) joining in instead of clipping him round the proverbial ear? Depressing and typical Chelsea.
I did, I also noticed two Asian lads? behind the goal that SJM scored in, easily spotted by the huge blue and white scarves they had on and as the ball hit the net the one fecker missed it as he was buggering about on his phone.
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Potter potted.
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Not the first Chelsea manager to be sacked after losing to us, won't be the last either.
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Whilst not sympathising with their plight, rash decision to get rid of Tuchel in the first place.
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A bizarre appointment in the first place.
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Not the first Chelsea manager to be sacked after losing to us, won't be the last either.
That's what I thought but I don't recall who it was. We have a history of getting managers the sack after beating their team. I think there was a Spurs manager as well who got sacked after we won there. I mean how can their club lose to little old Aston Villa?
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Wasn't it Morinho, when DE bade good day to Abramovich?
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A bizarre appointment in the first place.
Not so bizarre on it's own, but then to follow up with the spending spree was nuts, he was never the kind of manager to manage that.
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Wasn't it Morinho, when DE bade good day to Abramovich?
It was indeed.
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The funniest thing Doug ever did on purpose.
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A bizarre appointment in the first place.
Not so bizarre on it's own, but then to follow up with the spending spree was nuts, he was never the kind of manager to manage that.
Basket case of a club. Potter is a great manager but he should have known better than to take that one - his time would have come. Proof if it were ever needed that money alone does not buy success - it helps but has to come with a strategy, a world class manager, a master plan, and common sense. Chelsea in last year had none of that.
Half a billion - wow - what a cluster fuck.
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Chelsea's problems go far deeper than Potter I think. This shitshow will go on, hopefully.
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Potter strikes me as a manager more along the lines of Emery, in that he likes to work to the strengths of his players, bring players in to fit his plan and so on rather than sign a mass of players and then try and work out what to do with them. It seems strange that they hired him on that basis it seemed at the time as they talked long term, and then did the sign loads of players stuff.
That said, since they turned up and wiped the floor with us at VP his league record is W4 D7 L8. Over a season that's 38 points, it's hard for any manager to survive that these days.
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He's a great man for the xG wins, Potter, but it's noticeable how under De Zerbi, Brighton have learned to tuck away the chances that their possession and approach play have created since Potter was there.
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Daily Mail running a ‘Villa fan makes racist gesture’ story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11929595/Aston-Villa-fan-filmed-allegedly-making-monkey-gesture-Chelsea-fan.html
They’re claiming that’s racist? Fuckin hell I’ve seen it all now.
He must've been looking for trouble, turning up with his face pixelated like that.
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What an absolute fantastic win and performance on so many levels.
All week spent counting down to the game just absolutely knew we’d get a result.
In the morning Mrs Remy decided to prank me by saying Unai had resigned and I fell for it !
We haven’t beaten these scumbags for years at their place. Well deserved.
Groaned when Olilie missed his first chance but he showed iron composure to lob the keeper.
McGinn and Mingus were immense. That twat Chilwell - what a shit journeyman overpaid muppett thinks he’s Lampard. Laughed hard when his cheating goal got chalked off like his FA cup final non goal.
Unai kicked every ball. Subs were great.
That McGinn strike arrowed into the net and cue the entire Remy family jumping round the living room certain we’d won despite 35-40 mins still to play. Wouldn’t have done that in the past.
Away noise coming from the tv was amazing.
Hinchcliff on the commentary pulling his withered cock over 2 chavski passes then groaning when Mings or Konsa cut it out.
Potter will be relieved of his duties shortly.
We didn’t do ourselves justice vs Foxes I hope this is put right Tuesday - can’t wait!!!!
Love my club. Now in its glorious 37th year!
Ah um.
Typo promise ! Mings - absolutely love the guy. Fondest memory is not giving Zaha an inch in the Palace game.
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I noticed that when they showed McGinn celebrating in front of the Villa after his goal, that a few of our lot were more interested in recording the moment on their phones, rather than leaping around.
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I noticed that when they showed McGinn celebrating in front of the Villa after his goal, that a few of our lot were more interested in recording the moment on their phones, rather than leaping around.
It's the modern way innit. Miss out on the spontaneous enjoyment of an occasion so you can make a video on your phone that you'll almost certainly never watch again.
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What an absolute fantastic win and performance on so many levels.
All week spent counting down to the game just absolutely knew we’d get a result.
In the morning Mrs Remy decided to prank me by saying Unai had resigned and I fell for it !
We haven’t beaten these scumbags for years at their place. Well deserved.
Groaned when Olilie missed his first chance but he showed iron composure to lob the keeper.
McGinn and Mingus were immense. That twat Chilwell - what a shit journeyman overpaid muppett thinks he’s Lampard. Laughed hard when his cheating goal got chalked off like his FA cup final non goal.
Unai kicked every ball. Subs were great.
That McGinn strike arrowed into the net and cue the entire Remy family jumping round the living room certain we’d won despite 35-40 mins still to play. Wouldn’t have done that in the past.
Away noise coming from the tv was amazing.
Hinchcliff on the commentary pulling his withered cock over 2 chavski passes then groaning when Mings or Konsa cut it out.
Potter will be relieved of his duties shortly.
We didn’t do ourselves justice vs Foxes I hope this is put right Tuesday - can’t wait!!!!
Love my club. Now in its glorious 37th year!
Ah um.
Typo promise ! Mings - absolutely love the guy. Fondest memory is not giving Zaha an inch in the Palace game.
Sorry, it was a very obscure pun based on an album by Charles Mingus.
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A bizarre appointment in the first place.
Not so bizarre on it's own, but then to follow up with the spending spree was nuts, he was never the kind of manager to manage that.
Which is kind of what I meant, to go from the big names to Potter was also just an incredibly odd change of habit. It’s also cost the mugs over £60 million in compensation payments, £21 million to Brighton and £40 million to Potter. Ludicrous amounts of money.
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What an absolute fantastic win and performance on so many levels.
All week spent counting down to the game just absolutely knew we’d get a result.
In the morning Mrs Remy decided to prank me by saying Unai had resigned and I fell for it !
We haven’t beaten these scumbags for years at their place. Well deserved.
Groaned when Olilie missed his first chance but he showed iron composure to lob the keeper.
McGinn and Mingus were immense. That twat Chilwell - what a shit journeyman overpaid muppett thinks he’s Lampard. Laughed hard when his cheating goal got chalked off like his FA cup final non goal.
Unai kicked every ball. Subs were great.
That McGinn strike arrowed into the net and cue the entire Remy family jumping round the living room certain we’d won despite 35-40 mins still to play. Wouldn’t have done that in the past.
Away noise coming from the tv was amazing.
Hinchcliff on the commentary pulling his withered cock over 2 chavski passes then groaning when Mings or Konsa cut it out.
Potter will be relieved of his duties shortly.
We didn’t do ourselves justice vs Foxes I hope this is put right Tuesday - can’t wait!!!!
Love my club. Now in its glorious 37th year!
At one point, Hinchcliffe seemed genuinely angry at Dougie for moaning about the ref not giving us a drop ball after the ball hit him (as per the rules).
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At one point, Hinchcliffe seemed genuinely angry at Dougie for moaning about the ref not giving us a drop ball after the ball hit him (as per the rules).
The ref made a mistake, and that utter wankspanner Hinchcliffe made up his own rule that because the ball ricocheted back to Dougie, he should stop moaning. Here are the actual rules from IFAB:
"A player (Team A) plays the ball which then touches the referee (outside the penalty area), remains on the field of play and, as a result, Team A starts a promising attack. What is the referee’s decision?
Play is stopped, the referee drops the ball for one player of Team A at the position where the ball touched the referee."
It makes no difference if the ball goes back to the team that last kicked it before it touched the ref. In anycase, the ball bounced back to Luiz in a way he obviously wasn't expecting, so it's not at all like it was positive for us.
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At one point, Hinchcliffe seemed genuinely angry at Dougie for moaning about the ref not giving us a drop ball after the ball hit him (as per the rules).
The ref made a mistake, and that utter wankspanner Hinchcliffe made up his own rule that because the ball ricocheted back to Dougie, he should stop moaning. Here are the actual rules from IFAB:
"A player (Team A) plays the ball which then touches the referee (outside the penalty area), remains on the field of play and, as a result, Team A starts a promising attack. What is the referee’s decision?
Play is stopped, the referee drops the ball for one player of Team A at the position where the ball touched the referee."
It makes no difference if the ball goes back to the team that last kicked it before it touched the ref. In anycase, the ball bounced back to Luiz in a way he obviously wasn't expecting, so it's not at all like it was positive for us.
That’s the one mate. Did you hear his blood boiling?
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Thanks for the explananation Risso as this was what I thought yesterday. The referee got in the way of an attacking pass from Dougie, the fact it bounced back to him ( awkwardly) should not make any difference and a drop ball taken where the referee obstructed the ball should be taken. If you are going to make a ‘career’ out of punditry then I suggest Hinchliffe you do some homework around the prevalent rules of the game.
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Controversial opinion here but I watched the whole game back on Sunday morning and thought Hinchcliff was measured and fair
Yeah he didn’t get it all right no one does, but he was better than most for me
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Controversial opinion here but I watched the whole game back on Sunday morning and thought Hinchcliff was measured and fair
Yeah he didn’t get it all right no one does, but he was better than most for me
Yes I agree. Although occasionally I find Hinchcliffe irritating I do think he is normally pretty fair and measured, better than most co-commentators (he did p%ss me off with the drop ball thing though). I'm sure it was him who, when we were in the Championship, was usually very complimentary towards us.
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At one point, Hinchcliffe seemed genuinely angry at Dougie for moaning about the ref not giving us a drop ball after the ball hit him (as per the rules).
The ref made a mistake, and that utter wankspanner Hinchcliffe made up his own rule that because the ball ricocheted back to Dougie, he should stop moaning. Here are the actual rules from IFAB:
"A player (Team A) plays the ball which then touches the referee (outside the penalty area), remains on the field of play and, as a result, Team A starts a promising attack. What is the referee’s decision?
Play is stopped, the referee drops the ball for one player of Team A at the position where the ball touched the referee."
It makes no difference if the ball goes back to the team that last kicked it before it touched the ref. In anycase, the ball bounced back to Luiz in a way he obviously wasn't expecting, so it's not at all like it was positive for us.
Me and the mrs were absolutely going mad at that, and when they said about the ball going back to him I thought that's fucking news to me, although it sounded plausibly stupid enough to be true these days.
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There was a called on 606 who said "losing TO THE LIKES OF ASTON VILLA is totally unacceptable".... I'll just leave that there.
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There was a called on 606 who said "losing TO THE LIKES OF ASTON VILLA is totally unacceptable".... I'll just leave that there.
Get used to it suckers.
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There was a called on 606 who said "losing TO THE LIKES OF ASTON VILLA is totally unacceptable".... I'll just leave that there.
I't feel like the Chelsea board and media almost felt the same way, almost well that's the last straw loosing to Villa. I quite like our currently flying under the radar and that no one has really watched us or comments on how we are playing in any in-depth way.
In reality I felt we went to Chelsea full of confidence expecting to win and at worst come away with a draw. Chelsea had a few moments but we have that different mentality now, one where we don't collapse from a 2-0 winning position.
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At one point, Hinchcliffe seemed genuinely angry at Dougie for moaning about the ref not giving us a drop ball after the ball hit him (as per the rules).
The ref made a mistake, and that utter wankspanner Hinchcliffe made up his own rule that because the ball ricocheted back to Dougie, he should stop moaning. Here are the actual rules from IFAB:
"A player (Team A) plays the ball which then touches the referee (outside the penalty area), remains on the field of play and, as a result, Team A starts a promising attack. What is the referee’s decision?
Play is stopped, the referee drops the ball for one player of Team A at the position where the ball touched the referee."
It makes no difference if the ball goes back to the team that last kicked it before it touched the ref. In anycase, the ball bounced back to Luiz in a way he obviously wasn't expecting, so it's not at all like it was positive for us.
Me and the mrs were absolutely going mad at that, and when they said about the ball going back to him I thought that's fucking news to me, although it sounded plausibly stupid enough to be true these days.
I’d never heard of this clause in the rule either, it stunk of making it up as you go along. Overall though I thought the ref was unusually fair and had a decent game. Many referees would have given the disallowed goal because, well, it’s Stamford Bridge isn’t it.
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It was another example of inconsistency. Like non-penalty for handball vs Bournemouth and the couple of trips on Ramsey, which were as soft as the one Bailey gave away or the one Ratboy won vs man city.
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Just got back, waiting to watch it on MOTD. The best away atmosphere I’ve seen for a long time. Fantastic support.
Is that the Guinness talking? ;)
Yes. Still true though….
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I was going mad about that incident where the Ref got hit by the ball. To be honest I thought I was wrong after what Hinchcliffe said so I'm glad to see this corrected on here.
Hinchcliffe is generally fair but it's that bias of seeing things from one point of view constantly that irks me. It happens across the piece and is reflected once again this morning in the Guardian's 10 things. I know it's big news that they lost their Manager but that is covered elsewhere in depth so one paragraph about the opposition would represent some thought and balance.
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There was a called on 606 who said "losing TO THE LIKES OF ASTON VILLA is totally unacceptable".... I'll just leave that there.
I't feel like the Chelsea board and media almost felt the same way, almost well that's the last straw loosing to Villa. I quite like our currently flying under the radar and that no one has really watched us or comments on how we are playing in any in-depth way.
In reality I felt we went to Chelsea full of confidence expecting to win and at worst come away with a draw. Chelsea had a few moments but we have that different mentality now, one where we don't collapse from a 2-0 winning position.
We're still under the radar; I like that.
It won't be for too long, especially if we continue our current trajectory.
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The Var on the potential Mings handball was also ridiculous. What was he supposed to do when sliding in the direction of his goal and the ball comes off Emi at pace? Even if it hit him on the lower arm it could never be deemed intentional but I got the feeling that had it hit him clearly on the arm they'd have given it.
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The Var on the potential Mings handball was also ridiculous. What was he supposed to do when sliding in the direction of his goal and the ball comes off Emi at pace? Even if it hit him on the lower arm it could never be deemed intentional but I got the feeling that had it hit him clearly on the arm they'd have given it.
It was at that stage of the game as well where something soft as shite is given to give them a way back in
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I think I heard someone mention this over the weekend, and if so, I agree, but what I don't get with Potter and Chelsea is that they didn't just take him from Brighton, they took their recruitment team also.
If you look at their insane dick waving, money spunking in January, which is one of the most insanely stupid transfer windows the game has ever seen, it is surely impossible to believe those signings all came from this top notch recruitment set-up, surely?
Did the same people who turned Brighton into a gold mine in terms of buying and selling players really say, yeah, £88m on someone whose career consists of 50 games in the Ukrainian league is money well spent?
Did they also think, yeah, let's spunk half a billion pounds and still rely on Kai fucking Havertz to get the goals?
It beggars belief.
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I think I heard someone mention this over the weekend, and if so, I agree, but what I don't get with Potter and Chelsea is that they didn't just take him from Brighton, they took their recruitment team also.
If you look at their insane dick waving, money spunking in January, which is one of the most insanely stupid transfer windows the game has ever seen, it is surely impossible to believe those signings all came from this top notch recruitment set-up, surely?
Did the same people who turned Brighton into a gold mine in terms of buying and selling players really say, yeah, £88m on someone whose career consists of 50 games in the Ukrainian league is money well spent?
Did they also think, yeah, let's spunk half a billion pounds and still rely on Kai fucking Havertz to get the goals?
It beggars belief.
Yep, good isn't it?
I hope they continue to spend stupid money and royally screw themselves up for years. Which, if they continue with these 9 year contract things, they are likely to do.
Having said that, should they get someone of the calibre of Unai Emery, they may find themselves doing ok.
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What is the point of Kai Havertz exactly? Like someone put Stephen Ireland on a wrack for a year then glued some hair on him.
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What is the point of Kai Havertz exactly? Like someone put Stephen Ireland on a wrack for a year then glued some hair on him.
He just lopes around looking like a teenage girl.
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Wish I had hair like his.
I nearly put, "wish I had his hair", but then I thought that makes me sound like Buffalo Bill.
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Mudryk is one of the most impressively deranged signings. They literally just bought him because Arsenal wanted to. No plan, no strategy, no thought for how he might work in the team or how long it might take.
Just 'the Arsenal want him??? Sign him up!!'
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What is the point of Kai Havertz exactly? Like someone put Stephen Ireland on a wrack for a year then glued some hair on him.
He just lopes around looking like a teenage girl.
He belongs to a group of feted players that look like they have high ability but make no significant impact whatsoever, his colleague Mason Mount being another one and the likes of Jaden Sancho and Anthony too.
Honestly, give me bloody Trez at the back post anyday.
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It's worth watching the Villa On Tour video of the game for many reasons (H&Vs Daz finally entering the limelight, for one).
But especially for the amusing couple of chants towards the end were - "Carney, what's the score? Carney, Carney, what's the score?" as Chukwuemeka warmed-up near the Villa fans. Only beaten by "You've seen the Villa, now f@#k off home!" as blue seats became more visible in the last few minutes.
As away days go, it looked pretty unbeatable (until we win at Anfield in a few weeks, obvs).
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The entitled Chelsea tossers on the radio this morning!! , if i hear about being elite club one more time . None of these arsepipes remember being a shit fancy dan cup side. I hope they spiral down and Potter ends up at England
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The Daily Mail says we won't be taking any action against the fan highlighted by their shit stirring.
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Did they also think, yeah, let's spunk half a billion pounds and still rely on Kai fucking Havertz to get the goals?
It beggars belief.
While it was obviously a crazy window, they've already signed Nkunku from Leipzig to play up from next season. So I'm guessing that was in their thoughts when deciding not to spend another £100m on a striker.
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I don't get the Havertz situation. He was decent under Touchal but seems to have lost it all under Potter. He's still only 23 so there's plenty more to come from him I think. It might not be at Chelsea though.
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I don't get the Havertz situation. He was decent under Touchal but seems to have lost it all under Potter. He's still only 23 so there's plenty more to come from him I think. It might not be at Chelsea though.
He does seem to go missing for large parts of the game, he was virtually invisible on Saturday.
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As long as they don't have an upturn in form that helps them to qualify for the Champions League, they'll need to sell players to conform to FFP.
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
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Legendary.
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Superb, I almost feel like I was there with you. UTV!
BTW when you mention Easter and your pilgrimage, do this mean you're going to the Forest game or are you off to see Roma?
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Beautifully self-deprecating. :o
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Thank you Footy. We will miss you this month :'(
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Glad you enjoyed the day Footy. Have a nice Easter!
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I heard on a podcast over the weekend
Most football people would have thought that Potter would be our Manager and UE would be at Chelsea
So glad we got it the right way round
NO doubt Poch will throw his hat out of the ring (Not sure what he is actually waiting for?)
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I think Poch is waiting to see if Wrexham get promoted
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Enjoy the pilgrimage, to wherever it is you're going. My presumption is that it isn't, as many on here might think, to Villa Park!
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Now that is a great away day! I'm very glad that you got to see Chelsea beaten by the Villa.
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Now that is a great away day! I'm very glad that you got to see Chelsea beaten by the Villa.
And glad the club decided not to ban him for cupping his ear towards Chelsea fans.
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The Var on the potential Mings handball was also ridiculous. What was he supposed to do when sliding in the direction of his goal and the ball comes off Emi at pace? Even if it hit him on the lower arm it could never be deemed intentional but I got the feeling that had it hit him clearly on the arm they'd have given it.
Guaranteed that'd been given if we were playing ManUre or ManShitty.
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Wasn't there a stat that we'd scored most goals from outside the box this season and Chelsea were yet to concede one?
'Immovable' object 0, Irresistible force 2
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Great post Footy. Glad you were there to see it.
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A super performance and a memorable event personally for me. I was fortunate to have good box seating and thoroughly loved the entire event. It was truly amazing to watch and I'm falling in love with McGinn again. What a score!! And, as much as I'm focusing on performances, the end outcome was spectacular but not unexpected. The master Emery's clear tactic was brilliant, and I was constantly pointing out the game plan to those I was hobnobbing with. Not everyone is as big a football fan in my attendance but those who are were all on Chelsea's side and didn't believe Villa posed much of a threat! However I, like the Villa squad, knew better. Now I can look forward to Easter and my pilgrimage, and I wish those who are going to Leicester an enjoyable time but to play nice.
Personally, can find football fans to be bawdy and boisterous for someone of my refinement and sensitivity, but I could feel the very jubilant following aand vociferous support! God Bless Everyone. And will post in May!
Up the Villa!
Great post Footy. Glad you were there to see it.
Yep - Great Stuff FV.
I find the fans to be bawdy and boisterous because I am old miserable fucker who doesn't get the jokes.
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I was listening to something today and it amused me as they claimed Chelsea’s French contingent took the piss out of their ex manager as his surname is the same as a famous fictional wizard and as Mudryk, minus the tattoos, bares a passing resemblance to Malfoy was the reason he wasn’t picked much.
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I wanted to watch Ref Watch with Dermot Gallagher on Sky yesterday to hear his opinions on the Chelsea controversies but had to go out so I recorded it.
FWIW for anyone that didn't see it, these were his opinions:
1) The disallowed goal. A correct decision, Sue Smith disagreed but Warnock agreed with him. Gallagher added the caveat that it was the correct decision and it was great that it was given on-field and not brought back to the monitor by VAR.
2) Penalty appeal for hand-ball by Tyrone. He said basically that had a penalty been awarded for that, then it would have been a disgrace. The other two agreed.
We all knew that though didn't we?
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I wanted to watch Ref Watch with Dermot Gallagher on Sky yesterday to hear his opinions on the Chelsea controversies but had to go out so I recorded it.
FWIW for anyone that didn't see it, these were his opinions:
1) The disallowed goal. A correct decision, Sue Smith disagreed but Warnock agreed with him. Gallagher added the caveat that it was the correct decision and it was great that it was given on-field and not brought back to the monitor by VAR.
2) Penalty appeal for hand-ball by Tyrone. He said basically that had a penalty been awarded for that, then it would have been a disgrace. The other two agreed.
We all knew that though didn't we?
Did they not look at the most obvious one, Koulibaly pushing Ramsey over when he was clean through?
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The one where Hinchcliffe said for him there has to be consequences, or some other trot.
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Neither were mentioned.