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Offline dave shelley

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1710 on: May 01, 2014, 06:05:53 PM »
In all my years watching and following the Villa, Villa Park has never been a fortress.  At times, very strong at home but, never a fortress.  I wish it had been/was.

Online django

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1711 on: May 01, 2014, 06:24:51 PM »
Surely Villa Park has to be a fortress, so it can safely store our transfer war chest.

Offline Monty

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1712 on: May 01, 2014, 06:25:41 PM »
Surely Villa Park has to be a fortress, so it can safely store our transfer war chest.

To do that we'd have to go out all guns blazing in home games.

Offline Ads

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1713 on: May 01, 2014, 06:33:37 PM »
There must be a tower where we store the giant deus ex machina birds from The Lord of Rings for our tanager swoops.

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1714 on: May 01, 2014, 06:57:44 PM »
The Philosophers Stone is kept in a metal locker in the McGregor suite.

Offline Ads

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1715 on: May 01, 2014, 06:59:22 PM »
There is a room in the North stand the size of the warehouse at the end of Raiders where Doug keeps all the treasures he has plundered across the ages.

Offline brian green

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1716 on: May 01, 2014, 07:02:23 PM »
There was a tower where we kept the Argus pigeons.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1717 on: May 01, 2014, 10:24:02 PM »
The Wildcats play in purple, I get the purple line to work. they put purple dye in the fountain near North Western on match days.
The Wildcats usually lose.





















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Offline silhillvilla

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1718 on: May 01, 2014, 10:36:06 PM »
Villa Park only becomes a fortress after dark. We need more night games !
Sunderland 6-1
Spurs 1-0 (the great lockout)
Liverpool 5-1 77?
Gornik Zabreze 2-0
Athletico Madrid 2-1 SVC
Inter 2-0 Kent !
SHA 6-0
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Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1719 on: May 01, 2014, 11:02:53 PM »
Villa Park only becomes a fortress after dark. We need more night games !
Sunderland 6-1
Spurs 1-0 (the great lockout)
Liverpool 5-1 77?
Gornik Zabreze 2-0
Athletico Madrid 2-1 SVC
Inter 2-0 Kent !
SHA 6-0
Yanited 1-0



So, eight "fortress" games over a period going back 37 years?

Not exactly (pre this week) Bayern at the Allianz, is it?

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1720 on: May 01, 2014, 11:07:52 PM »
Villa Park only becomes a fortress after dark. We need more night games !
Sunderland 6-1
Spurs 1-0 (the great lockout)
Liverpool 5-1 77?
Gornik Zabreze 2-0
Athletico Madrid 2-1 SVC
Inter 2-0 Kent !
SHA 6-0
Yanited 1-0



So, eight "fortress" games over a period going back 37 years?

Not exactly (pre this week) Bayern at the Allianz, is it?
That's just a small sample off the top of my head. I think we are better with the lights on

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1721 on: May 01, 2014, 11:10:40 PM »
It's as though 030303 never happened. Or all the other regular Monday night beatings, or European fuck ups. *wink*

For as long as I can remember our home form has rarely gone above good, and is more often in the crap-average bracket.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1722 on: May 01, 2014, 11:44:20 PM »
There is a light that never goes out  ;D

Offline The Left Side

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1723 on: May 01, 2014, 11:54:50 PM »
There is a light that never goes out  ;D

Uh oh, you're in trouble when you quote The Smiths around here.

Offline olaftab

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Re: Relegation?
« Reply #1724 on: May 01, 2014, 11:54:54 PM »
In all my years watching and following the Villa, Villa Park has never been a fortress.  At times, very strong at home but, never a fortress.  I wish it had been/was.
Same here. I can't remember us ever winning 3 home games on the run!

 


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