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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by trinityoap on Today at 01:21:46 AM »
Belated thanks M V.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: England national team
« Last post by Mellin on Today at 01:19:59 AM »
Southgate is the second best England manager ever by a vast, vast margin. Better squads and alleged better managers have done a lot worse over the years.

Livramento being replaced by Chalobah due to injury;

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7365471/2026/06/16/tino-livramento-england-world-cup-injury/

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13554613/world-cup-2026-tino-livramento-suffers-hamstring-injury-and-replaced-by-trevoh-chalobah-in-england-squad

As for the current fella, he's just called up his sixth centre back, and at least two of them are shit. Personally I think he's had a complete mare with this squad and that is a proper mental decision. All the players left at home and you replace an injured fullback with...Trevoh Chalobah!?! When James gets injured the full back options are Nico O'Reilly and Djed Spence. Sweet.

Only thing I can think is he's going to Martn O'Neill it, which if the options were Terry, Campbell, Ferdinand, King and Woodgate I could probably live with. Or maybe a back three, but he has taken four wingers, so that doesn't scan either. It's a terrible squad.

It's okay. Quansah and Chalobah will save the day. Incomprehensible.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by Ads on Today at 01:13:13 AM »
I like that we hate the Noses and they hate us, despite the wild disparity (and obviously because of it). We're a much more interesting club because of the minnows who surround us and very occasionally for a limited period, get to play us.

I've sang about the Noses watching us play in Europe on a Thursday/Wednesday/Tues night along with the rest of the away ends since August 2023. People are obviously entitled to think singing a catchy little ditty is cringe. I think the faux objection to pretending we're the only club above it all is silly. Because we're not and what a dull existence it would be without the B9ers or even the B71ers. I don't gove much of a hoot about Coventry, but it will be fun receiving all that hate. I doubt it will be quite Highfield Road given its so far out of town.

Sport is competion, its rivalry, its having fun, especially at your neighbours expense. I cannot say that rivalry would ever energise me enough to make a flag about the supposed Gypsy's Curse that Barry Fry had to exorcise it by pissing in every corner of Mordor, but again, each to their own.
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100%. Just threw ITV on without checking the fixtures. Straight to ITV4. Thanks.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: England national team
« Last post by ChicagoLion on Today at 12:47:27 AM »
Why it was odd to bring in another centre half when he RB back up got crocked. I expect Konsa to play there now.
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Heroes Discussion / Enjoy the peace and quiet
« Last post by dave.woodhall on Today at 12:44:53 AM »
Richard Keeling is building sandcastles a long way from Villa Park.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2026/06/26/enjoy-the-peace-and-quiet/
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We're all Cape Verde ay we.
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Sports Arena / Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Last post by Brazilian Villain on June 26, 2026, 11:38:18 PM »
Ireland beat India for the first time. https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cwy0k47k3wno

It must have been the Belfast heat that did for the tourists.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by German James on June 26, 2026, 11:23:21 PM »
That would be gob-smackingly cringeworthy, if true. Going to our first European final for over 40 years and singing about another club - ANY other club - is embarrassing  enough, but taking the time and effort to incorporate some slur against them in a flag design is unbelievably small-time. And people claim THEY'RE obsessed with US? I sometimes think a section of Villa fans and a section of Blues fans deserve each other.
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Heroes Discussion / Re: UEFA getting the big stick out
« Last post by Pat McMahon on June 26, 2026, 11:13:33 PM »
The friend I went to the Europa final with reckoned he saw a flag referencing 'travellers' (or a possibly more offensive term) as we entered the Villa end. He said he couldn't remember the phrase though, and I don't remember it at all.

It seems the flag that's been reproduced on here isn't the cause of the fine.

Somewhere in socia media I saw a post saying the offending banner related to travellers and the curse on the sty. No idea if true and no photo evidence of said banner
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