MOTD

[Risso]

From today's Guardian:

"We’ve read and heard numerous paeans to a three-way title race only for Liverpool and Arsenal to hand control to Manchester City, jeopardising a season’s work and legendary denouement in a single afternoon. Nevertheless, on the face of things this represents an improvement: City can end the season on maximum 91 points, far less troubling than the 98-100 recorded by the league-winners between 2017-18 and 2019-20. This is because the Palaces and Villas of this world – along with nearly every team in the division – have various players able to hurt the best, in theory a good thing but in practice possible mainly because those clubs can outbid more storied European rivals for talent, while the champions-elect, champions in six of the last seven seasons, have links to a nation state with human rights issues. So, while no one can dispute the compelling entertainment of it all – Sunday was another fantastic day of Premier League Football™ – the same problems persist, just in slightly different forms."

Peak patronising.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/15/premier-league-10-talking-points-from-the-weekend-football-action

The Villas and Palaces - twat. Two clubs who you really shouldn't be bracketing together as if they're in any way similar.

[lovejoy]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

[Demitri_C]

It was all going well until they showed Enckleman. What's that? Only 21 years ago?

It was a compilation of bad keeper mistakes in the prem era so……

Tbh I was expecting to come here to see people raising shearers really poor mention of our name when stating ‘West Ham are probably in their top position of being the best of the rest, apart from Aston Villa”, not seeing an encklemann clip when my first fault on seeing the goalie mistake was it was a bit like it.

I switched off after I'd seen us, so missed the keeper errors. Was there a bad error today/yesterday?

My Dad hates Shearer, but I always find him very complimentary about us.

Thought the analysis was balanced erring towards generous. They spoke about what we did well and not what Arsenal failed at.

Really bad error by the Burnley keeper v Brighton on Saturday

That was a enkleman mark 2. But i still dont get how that enklemen goal stood as it was from a throw on

[Rigadon]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

This thread is the place where people come to have a bit of a moan about media coverage - maybe you should give it a swerve?

If the tone of the article doesn't get your heckles up a bit, I salute you. 

[Somniloquism]

Because Ellery can see a keeper make a very very fine touch of a ball from the halfway line whilst looking the opposite direction. And also Encklemann was too shit to even make out he hadn't touched it and reacted like he had personally booted it in.

[lovejoy]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

This thread is the place where people come to have a bit of a moan about media coverage - maybe you should give it a swerve?

If the tone of the article doesn't get your heckles up a bit, I salute you.

Fair enough but surely our mentality should be to enjoy the win not have a chip on our shoulders?

[kippaxvilla2]

Elleray the absolute moron bottled it big time that night. 

[LeeB]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

This thread is the place where people come to have a bit of a moan about media coverage - maybe you should give it a swerve?

If the tone of the article doesn't get your heckles up a bit, I salute you.

Fair enough but surely our mentality should be to enjoy the win not have a chip on our shoulders?

There's quite a few people in the comments below the article taking issue with it, because it's ridiculous and ignorant.

[OCD]

Because Ellery can see a keeper make a very very fine touch of a ball from the halfway line whilst looking the opposite direction. And also Encklemann was too shit to even make out he hadn't touched it and reacted like he had personally booted it in.

Enckelman probably didn't know the rule.

[Olneythelonely]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

This thread is the place where people come to have a bit of a moan about media coverage - maybe you should give it a swerve?

If the tone of the article doesn't get your heckles up a bit, I salute you.

Fair enough but surely our mentality should be to enjoy the win not have a chip on our shoulders?

Probably not the place to look for that

[Rigadon]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

This thread is the place where people come to have a bit of a moan about media coverage - maybe you should give it a swerve?

If the tone of the article doesn't get your heckles up a bit, I salute you.

Fair enough but surely our mentality should be to enjoy the win not have a chip on our shoulders?

Yeah definitely.  I think most of us are ecstatic after yesterday - as good a performance and result from any Villa team I've seen. 

[eamonn]

There's no club in Europe/anywhere more "storied" than us, that's the one objection I'd have.

[Drummond]

From today's Guardian:

"We’ve read and heard numerous paeans to a three-way title race only for Liverpool and Arsenal to hand control to Manchester City, jeopardising a season’s work and legendary denouement in a single afternoon. Nevertheless, on the face of things this represents an improvement: City can end the season on maximum 91 points, far less troubling than the 98-100 recorded by the league-winners between 2017-18 and 2019-20. This is because the Palaces and Villas of this world – along with nearly every team in the division – have various players able to hurt the best, in theory a good thing but in practice possible mainly because those clubs can outbid more storied European rivals for talent, while the champions-elect, champions in six of the last seven seasons, have links to a nation state with human rights issues. So, while no one can dispute the compelling entertainment of it all – Sunday was another fantastic day of Premier League Football™ – the same problems persist, just in slightly different forms."

Peak patronising.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/15/premier-league-10-talking-points-from-the-weekend-football-action

The Villas and Palaces - twat. Two clubs who you really shouldn't be bracketing together as if they're in any way similar.

There is a link.... Palace played in Claret and Blue until the 1973...

[PeterWithe]

Are you deliberately misunderstanding this or are you permanently looking to get angry? It’s a valid point that the strength of the overall division means there are banana skins for all clubs, which is why we look at Sunday vs Bournemouth as a risk.
He put Palace with Villa as we both won yesterday against the title chasers.
Lighten up.

That's the way I read it as well. Isn't he saying that 'slip ups' are more likely to happen in the league than in europe due to the financial strength of all in it.

[Somniloquism]

There is that, but I think the main contention point is they are claiming a top 3 side losing to 14th is on par with a top 3 side losing to the 4th side.