Quote from: Dogtanian on August 12, 2019, 11:52:25 AMQuote from: Nev on August 12, 2019, 11:48:56 AMOn a slight diversion, nothing sums up the modern game than the picture of SJM, on his knees, celebrating his goal in front of the massed Spurs fans. Their reaction? Nothing, emotionless faces, staring empty eyed at our player, no visible anger, disappointment, remonstration or even open mouthed shock. There are even mild smiles that I want to put down to Villa fans in their end but is probably unlikely.In know the white spittled, puce with anger faces of the furious fan can often be an unedifying sight but good lord, what have we become?Haha, I was in the second box up from that end on the opposite sideline. Silence when we scored, only to be interrupted by my very loud 'Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssss!' and fists raised high in the air. I don't think they knew what to make of it to be honest.Was particularly sweet as a Spurs fan in the box with us introduced himself to us and told us straight off they were going to beat us easily. He sat in mostly silence for most of the match. Where can i see the picture?Think we were sat not far fom you. A couple of Villa fans jumped up when we scored, and gave an almighty "yessssss". That was all, nothing untoward whatsoever. The wanker Spurs fans near them called the stewards over to try to get them ejected, which thankfully they did didn't. Me and my daughter (aged 13) also cheered, to which the fat, permatanned wife of a bloke sat next to me said "you're faaaackin' brave aren'tcha?!" Yes, as brave as you having a go at a teenage girl, you fat, sweaty Cockney c***. They couldn't even argue that we shouldn't be in there, as I got my tickets directly from Spurs and openly said they were for Villa fans.
Quote from: Nev on August 12, 2019, 11:48:56 AMOn a slight diversion, nothing sums up the modern game than the picture of SJM, on his knees, celebrating his goal in front of the massed Spurs fans. Their reaction? Nothing, emotionless faces, staring empty eyed at our player, no visible anger, disappointment, remonstration or even open mouthed shock. There are even mild smiles that I want to put down to Villa fans in their end but is probably unlikely.In know the white spittled, puce with anger faces of the furious fan can often be an unedifying sight but good lord, what have we become?Haha, I was in the second box up from that end on the opposite sideline. Silence when we scored, only to be interrupted by my very loud 'Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssss!' and fists raised high in the air. I don't think they knew what to make of it to be honest.Was particularly sweet as a Spurs fan in the box with us introduced himself to us and told us straight off they were going to beat us easily. He sat in mostly silence for most of the match.
On a slight diversion, nothing sums up the modern game than the picture of SJM, on his knees, celebrating his goal in front of the massed Spurs fans. Their reaction? Nothing, emotionless faces, staring empty eyed at our player, no visible anger, disappointment, remonstration or even open mouthed shock. There are even mild smiles that I want to put down to Villa fans in their end but is probably unlikely.In know the white spittled, puce with anger faces of the furious fan can often be an unedifying sight but good lord, what have we become?
I'm not wishing for trouble or anything like that I was just flabbergasted at the lack of reaction from the Spurs fans which leads me to believe that there are more and more neutral fans attending games, particularly at these newer, larger stadiums. Nothing wrong with that of course, but the atmosphere will suffer.
Quote from: danno on August 12, 2019, 09:23:54 AMEasy to forget Spurs are the only reason Man City didn't do the quadruple last season. That's the calibre of the side we lost to.That and VAR.
Easy to forget Spurs are the only reason Man City didn't do the quadruple last season. That's the calibre of the side we lost to.
Quote from: Nev on August 12, 2019, 01:03:30 PMI'm not wishing for trouble or anything like that I was just flabbergasted at the lack of reaction from the Spurs fans which leads me to believe that there are more and more neutral fans attending games, particularly at these newer, larger stadiums. Nothing wrong with that of course, but the atmosphere will suffer.Think this is certainly true of a lot of the London clubs. The PL is such a global brand now that the all year round tourists that London attracts will certainly be attending many PL games whilst here.
I didn't think it was a pen at the time and I still don't.
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on August 12, 2019, 01:43:41 PMI didn't think it was a pen at the time and I still don't.It was clumsy by the Spurs player and you’ve seen them given for a lot less. My question is why didn’t it go for review?
Quote from: OCD on August 12, 2019, 10:36:06 AMQuote from: danno on August 12, 2019, 09:23:54 AMEasy to forget Spurs are the only reason Man City didn't do the quadruple last season. That's the calibre of the side we lost to.That and VAR. Speaking of which I’m still baffled as to why VAR wasn't used to give us what appears to be a clear penalty https://twitter.com/dvtavfc/status/1160840567905017862?s=12
Quote from: Toronto Villa on August 12, 2019, 01:40:04 PMQuote from: OCD on August 12, 2019, 10:36:06 AMQuote from: danno on August 12, 2019, 09:23:54 AMEasy to forget Spurs are the only reason Man City didn't do the quadruple last season. That's the calibre of the side we lost to.That and VAR. Speaking of which I’m still baffled as to why VAR wasn't used to give us what appears to be a clear penalty https://twitter.com/dvtavfc/status/1160840567905017862?s=12It came up on the screens in the ground that it had gone to VAR for a penalty review, but it wasn't given. They then had one for our player to be red-carded, but thankfully that was rightly not given as well.
Quote from: Nev on August 12, 2019, 01:03:30 PMI'm not wishing for trouble or anything like that I was just flabbergasted at the lack of reaction from the Spurs fans which leads me to believe that there are more and more neutral fans attending games, particularly at these newer, larger stadiums. Nothing wrong with that of course, but the atmosphere will suffer.Quote from: Nev on August 12, 2019, 01:03:30 PMI'm not wishing for trouble or anything like that I was just flabbergasted at the lack of reaction from the Spurs fans which leads me to believe that there are more and more neutral fans attending games, particularly at these newer, larger stadiums. Nothing wrong with that of course, but the atmosphere will suffer.To be honest I don't get why you are so surprised. It's the equivalent of Southampton scoring at VP in the 9th minute. I wouldn't be particularly angry disappointed or shocked. If Arsenal West Ham etc had scored that goal there'd have been a different reaction.
There is a small element of people who need to sit back and think about things. To put Saturday into context, think back to eight months ago;https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46766457We've gone from being defeated hopelessly against newly-promoted Wigan away, to being 18 minutes from beating Champions League runners up Spurs away. That's with four players starting both games.Massive strides forward, more to come. Can't wait till next Saturday with Villa Park rocking. We have a good spine to this team, and everyone will be looking to develop and improve, and playing against Premier league teams week-in week-out will do that.Proud of the lads, the fans, and the manager.
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