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Offline brontebilly

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #135 on: July 09, 2020, 01:25:12 PM »
He’s going with Smatta and Davis up front. So at least a bit of positivity up front.

We started with them v Wolves and there wasn't much positivity on show. Shape wise we have been a lot better in last games. I'd expect that to continue today but another narrow defeat.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #136 on: July 09, 2020, 01:41:57 PM »
We need to score the only goal of the game in the last twenty seconds of injury time, for obvious reasons.

They'd add 5 minutes additional time to allow for our celebration.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #137 on: July 09, 2020, 02:09:13 PM »
Jon Moss is ref tonight btw, this decade's Phil Dowd so will be 90 minutes of just being grateful to get a free kick in the opposition half and watching them all take turns to foul Grealish before one gets booked in the 95th minute.

Edit: Read a few weeks ago he runs a retro Music shop in Headingley.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #138 on: July 09, 2020, 03:08:20 PM »
I just hope we don’t go 2.0 up. 

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #139 on: July 09, 2020, 03:27:47 PM »
I don't think it'll be a mauling because we have genuinely tightened up at the back but we just have nothing going forward except an off form Jack.  0-2

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #140 on: July 09, 2020, 03:48:37 PM »
Jon Moss is ref tonight btw, this decade's Phil Dowd so will be 90 minutes of just being grateful to get a free kick in the opposition half and watching them all take turns to foul Grealish before one gets booked in the 95th minute.

Edit: Read a few weeks ago he runs a retro Music shop in Headingley.

And he's a wind-up merchant: Grauniad evidence

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #141 on: July 09, 2020, 04:02:45 PM »
He’s going with Smatta and Davis up front. So at least a bit of positivity up front.

We started with them v Wolves and there wasn't much positivity on show. Shape wise we have been a lot better in last games. I'd expect that to continue today but another narrow defeat.
I’m glad we’re going two up front. It’s not a massive surprise it didn’t work against Wolves as I’m pretty sure it’s the first time this season we’ve had two up top. I’d like Us to persevere with it and work at it.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #142 on: July 09, 2020, 04:14:52 PM »
For some reason I have been selected for the fanwall tonight.  The fact that I'm on camera may help me relax a bit...

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #143 on: July 09, 2020, 05:12:12 PM »
I'm really struggling to see how whatever midfield combination Smith picks today is going to deal with Pogba and Fernandes.  We need Jack and Luiz to have the game of their lives.  I'd be telling Davis to keep pressuring Maguire as well.

Does that mean Smith gets a pass?

As long as he doesn’t then give it away immediately

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #144 on: July 09, 2020, 05:15:22 PM »
John Moss is my second least favourite ref after Kevin Friend and has fucked us over almost as many times.

Offline RichardBatchelor

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #145 on: July 09, 2020, 06:56:47 PM »
Villa 2 (Mings 34, Samatta 48)
Manure 3 (Greenwood 87, Martial 89, Pogba 101)

Actually, they’ll beat us far more easily than that this time.
Existence is eternal sufferance ... well, it would be if all life was this fixture.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #146 on: July 09, 2020, 07:01:41 PM »
0-3

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #147 on: July 09, 2020, 07:02:25 PM »
John Moss is my second least favourite ref after Kevin Friend and has fucked us over almost as many times.

He always seems a fair few metres off the pace of the game to me as well.

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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #148 on: July 09, 2020, 07:07:39 PM »
As someone has already said, it looks like Netflix will be busy later, judging by the comments on here!

0-4 to finally fuck up our goal difference...


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Re: Villa v Manchester United pre-match thread
« Reply #149 on: July 09, 2020, 07:12:49 PM »
Just got 40/1 on a Bournemouth & Villa double. A cool £1 at risk.

 


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