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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #210 on: March 01, 2020, 10:45:02 PM »
Just got back and proud of the team, never known the Villa fans so quiet at Wembley throughout a game. I was happy to see the tactical change that Dean made prior to kick off, and could have snatched a late equaliser.

Now onto the important matches to stay in this league.
I wasn't there but based on the TV coverage I saw our fans were deafening.

Yep. Very noisy. Wasn't sure whether City were there.

At least the Man City fans weren't all at the tube station 5 minutes after the final whistle like the Arenal fans were a few years ago.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #211 on: March 01, 2020, 10:46:53 PM »
Only read the first page of this thread so far.
Why are people down on Jack?

He obviously had serious cramp for the last 30 mins and kept stretching to try and alleviate it.
For him to keep playing as he did give him massive credit. A cramp riddled Jack is still better than most if not all of our team.

Now, just stay up, that’s all I ask.


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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #212 on: March 01, 2020, 10:47:07 PM »
That John Stones tho.   ;D

Jammy w**k stain. Typically I was saying how shite he was as he thumped that header in.

What?

Do you need me to type in capitals love?

John Stones never thumped a header in. So nothing in your post makes sense.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #213 on: March 01, 2020, 10:48:20 PM »
Just got back and proud of the team, never known the Villa fans so quiet at Wembley throughout a game. I was happy to see the tactical change that Dean made prior to kick off, and could have snatched a late equaliser.

Now onto the important matches to stay in this league.
I wasn't there but based on the TV coverage I saw our fans were deafening.

Yep. Very noisy. Wasn't sure whether City were there.

Said this earlier but we were in the middle level just to the side of the so creek at the Man City end and our fans were extremely noisy all the way through. There was barely a peep from theirs other than a blue moon just before the end.

It must be great to have endless money and win all that stuff but Christ, that is a football club entirely without soul.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #214 on: March 01, 2020, 10:50:57 PM »
Got chatting to a few City fans today, and they were all decent lads to be fair. 

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #216 on: March 01, 2020, 10:56:22 PM »
Good bloody effort. I thought Douglas was great.

Now carry on that level into the rest of the season, don’t let it drop.

Douglas was great? He was awful mate.

Yeah, if not for Targett's comedy first half I'd say he was our worst performer out there.

And you'd be wrong.

My eyes and common sense tell me that I'm not, David, but thanks all the same.

Everyone I've spoken to says you are.

You mean, you and your pals who agree with everything you say regardless?

Hard not to be reaffirmed in an echo chamber isn't it.

I mean people who I spoke to afterwards, who I might regularly disagree with, and whose views I respect whether they coincide with mine or not.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #217 on: March 01, 2020, 10:57:09 PM »
Got chatting to a few City fans today, and they were all decent lads to be fair.

All the ones I know are sound. They won the lottery, anyone would have loved it if it had happened to them.

Some of them are a bit bored of it all now though and have started following various lower league teams on the side. They miss being shit.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #218 on: March 01, 2020, 10:58:19 PM »
Got chatting to a few City fans today, and they were all decent lads to be fair.

All the ones I know are sound. They won the lottery, anyone would have loved it if it had happened to them.

Some of them are a bit bored of it all now though and have started following various lower league teams on the side. They miss being shit.

Tell them to come and support us for a bit then.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #219 on: March 01, 2020, 10:58:25 PM »
Good write up here.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/mar/01/aston-villa-take-seat-at-top-table-but-leave-with-worry-theyll-never-belong

I can't decide whether that's patronising or an accurate summation of where we are.

The guy who wrote it is a Villa fan, I think.

I think he supports Spurs.

It's a good (if sobering) piece though. On balance, I think I disagree with him in our specific case because he's discounting the importance of the wealth of our owners. That said, the general thrust is pretty spot on, given that sport ought to be able to function without recourse to billionaires.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #220 on: March 01, 2020, 11:10:05 PM »
Got chatting to a few City fans today, and they were all decent lads to be fair.

All the ones I know are sound. They won the lottery, anyone would have loved it if it had happened to them.

Some of them are a bit bored of it all now though and have started following various lower league teams on the side. They miss being shit.

Tell them to come and support us for a bit then.

*whispers* some of them already do a bit

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #221 on: March 01, 2020, 11:14:18 PM »
Well we didn’t disgrace ourselves even if we didn’t ever look like getting a result. Pretty happy to not get thumped as I thought it was coming after the second.

We didn’t look after the ball anywhere near well enough to put them under the kind of pressure that forces chances

They were just far better than us, they were better than Real Madrid this week as well.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #222 on: March 01, 2020, 11:15:20 PM »
Like many, I feared the worst at 2-0 down, but at least we stuck in there.

I understood the idea of defending more narrowly to prevent them playing their way through the middle. We forced them out wide, but then let them receive the diagonal ball to the wings rather too easily.

Unlucky at the end with the Engels header, but I'm not convinced we'd have gone on to win.

The Samatta sub was the most baffling; he should've tried two up top with 10 minutes left.

I thought that Luiz was neither very good nor terrible, a bit like most of the team today.

It's only any good though if we take the positives into the remaining games. There have been too many shoots of promise only to be dashed the next time out.

Apart from losing, the most dispiriting experience was at Harrow tube where a couple of Villa 40 somethings were abusing a Man City fan with her son and father just because they must have left before the presentation. Inexcusable.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #223 on: March 01, 2020, 11:19:59 PM »
We didn't disgrace ourselves and I'm not angry with the lads today, they tried their best. Engels was a stand out for me today. Hope Jack's issues aren't serious. Let's stay up now and get to more finals in years to come. We'll have to win one again eventually.

Offline Villan82

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City, a referee and two linesmen Post Match Thread
« Reply #224 on: March 01, 2020, 11:21:08 PM »
We didn't disgrace ourselves and I'm not angry with the lads today, they tried their best. Engels was a stand out for me today. Hope Jack's issues aren't serious. Let's stay up now and get to more finals in years to come. We'll have to win one again eventually.

Engels was very good. And we are definitely owed a trophy.

 


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