Aston Villa v Boro - Match Thread

[olaftab]

i have no stream or live audio and refuse to believe we are as bad as you guys are making out
we're up against 10 men ffs we must be doing something

John I am watching this at a cold VP and we are clueless totally incompetent and here I blame players not Bruce.

[purpletrousers]

Chatting with my Mrs in Uganda. She's slowly converting to the fold despite being a default glory hunter (manure) and now referring to the 'family team' which is good.
I was letting her know we are close to firing another manager. Asks why, and comments didn't you say they've been pretty rubbish all her life (not quite true, but I do often mention to people the Halcyon Days of my early 80s childhood and how it's been pretty downhill since then).

Of interest she was saying the Uganda Cranes were most successful under Idi Amin when apparently they had to win to avoid getting caned.
Desperate times?!

There's a team in Uganda named after us in 1982. You too can play guess-which-club-went-on-to-win-everything?

Premier League winners: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Cup winners: 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009,2015

Clicky

Great name for a training ground!

Aye I know SC Villa, it took me a couple of trips to get to see them in the flesh, but saw them win in 2012.
I have a massive & not very attractive plane SC Villa shirt that needs to find a home.
I actually also went out of my way to find and visit their 'Villa Park' training ground which isn't much more than a bit of wasteland near a railway track if my memory serves me right. I was supposed to meet an old star player/Cranes defender to hand over a AVFC pennant I'd taken over but I think I had to just leave it with someone in the end.
I'll try and dig out the pictures as I did see a thread about SC Villa had come and gone a while back and never got round to sharing them.

So I've been at work and amazed it's still 0-0. I've never wanted Villa to lose, but can see the logic to maybe make a fresh start, though I hope they have a plan :/

[TonyD]

i have no stream or live audio and refuse to believe we are as bad as you guys are making out
we're up against 10 men ffs we must be doing something

Passing without purpose or much energy.
Bjarnasson must be related to that guy from Catch Me If You Can because I refuse to believe that he's a real footballer.

A bit like Emile?

[Villa75]

i have no stream or live audio and refuse to believe we are as bad as you guys are making out
we're up against 10 men ffs we must be doing something

John I am watching this at a cold VP and we are clueless totally incompetent and here I blame players not Bruce.

Agreed. Hutton and Gabby have done fuck all so far!

[Jimbo]

It's interesting to hear how positive and supportive of Boro the Radio Tees commentators are compared to our utterly morose, negative, defeated perspective. Imagine if we'd gone down to ten men after three minutes? Half of Birmingham would've been like Jonestown by 8 o'clock.

[olaftab]

Hogan and Adomah coming on.

[PaulWinch again]

Win the fucking game Villa.

[Villa75]

Hogan and Adomah coming on.

Who for?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

i have no stream or live audio and refuse to believe we are as bad as you guys are making out
we're up against 10 men ffs we must be doing something

Passing without purpose or much energy.
Bjarnasson must be related to that guy from Catch Me If You Can because I refuse to believe that he's a real footballer.

A bit like Emile?

They all look like they met for the first time in the car park before the game.

[Toronto Villa]

Kodija on after half time???

You just know Kodjia will come on at some point score the only goal and bail this fucker out for another week.

[Boz]

Looks like Hogan & Albert are coming on

Why not Kodjia

Because he's not fit. Spud will throw him on in desperation late on.

He played 45 minutes last night and if not ready for tonight, why has Bruce put him on the bench?

You're right, it's a Bruce panic move.

[UK Redsox]

Jedi & Bjork off

[PaulWinch again]

Kodija on after half time???

You just know Kodjia will come on at some point score the only goal and bail this fucker out for another week.

I hope he does if that means we win.

[malckennedy]

Kodija on after half time???

You just know Kodjia will come on at some point score the only goal and bail this fucker out for another week.

Hope so.

[Boz]

Blimey, they nearly scored straight away at the restart