Plucky, Unlucky, Bitter 0-3 The Mighty Aston Villa Post-Match thread

[Ian.]

I'm with e junior, Bamford for me as well.  A really smackable face, and the biggest cheat in the Premier League.

Have to agree with Junior and Risso.

[RamboandBruno]

I'm with e junior, Bamford for me as well.  A really smackable face, and the biggest cheat in the Premier League.

And a privileged posh twat.

Anyone know of any other non-working class British footballers?

Funny really considering all premier league players are multi millionaires now, but there is something in the fact that Bamford was born with a huge silver spoon in his mouth, that makes the cheating smug twat just naturally more unlikeable.

I suppose the last vestiges of clinging onto the idea of football being a fundamentally working class sport, despite all the evidence against this concept. Given all that it still feels like Bamford has infiltrated our game, when he should be on a rugger field somewhere.

[oishiiniku]

I don't have a problem with Bamford's background and he actually speaks pretty candidly after games, which is quite refreshing, but when he's on the pitch he is an absolute, detestable shithouse.

[TopDeck113]

If Bamford is going to be judged by his alma mater, worth noting that Frank Lampard went to the independent fee-paying Brentwood School.

For future reference, a friend of mine teaches at Manchester Grammar Junior School. A couple of years ago she had Wayne Rooney's son, Kai, in her class.  He's just joined the academy at Old Trafford.

[Risso]

Didn’t Mings go to Millfield?

[Caiphus]

It's been said plenty of times already, and I don't know why the media line is Hause should have gone too. His was a clumsy tackle, he may have made contact with his studs, but they were always parallel with the ground, it's hard to call that dangerous - the stationary body check that came with it made it look much more thumping than it was too, the actual contact with the foot/ankle was pretty feathered relative to it. Livermore lunged with no anchoring foot, studs perpendicular to the ground rather than stretching with a pointed toe so Jack's situational awareness and ability to slow down as quickly as he can speed up is the only thing that saved him from Livermore going straight through him.

We've watched Jack have the shit kicked out of him for years looking like a masochist because he would only go down if it was some Kobra-Kai-sweep-the-leg shit and he wouldn't get awarded anything. Referees don't pay fouls unless they see them and you won't be remembered after your career for a trophy cabinet full of dust and moral victories. He has his moral victories from sticking with his boyhood club through the dark hours and being the talisman that is not only bringing us back from the wilderness but helping to actually build an onfield spirit/identity/culture which is what you really need to be a noticed club in world football. Even when we've been a good team we've struggled connecting our off field history & identity with what we put out on the pitch - at least in a marketable way.

I've turned into a cow the way I enjoy the salt-lick from the tears of other midlands clubs. We've a homegrown fan, brought through the ranks to be a genuine world-class player and he hasn't cut and run for a so-called bigger club. Be salty you Baggies bitches, I'll be licking it up and mooing - still I'm also fickle and disappointed we didn't do you by 6!

[Brazilian Villain]

I'm with e junior, Bamford for me as well.  A really smackable face,

For me it's Harry Kane followed by James Maddison.

But they're still no where near the level of Drew Pritchard, definitely the most smug, smackable face on my TV screen.

[Legion]

Who?

[kippaxvilla2]

Related to Andrew Greaves.

[Sexual Ealing]

Didn’t Mings go to Millfield?

He won a sixth-form scholarship I think.

[adrenachrome]

Didn’t Mings go to Millfield?

He won a sixth-form scholarship I think.

Wikipedia

Mings was born in Bath, Avon[5] to former non-League striker Adie Mings. Mings joined Southampton in 2001 as an eight-year-old, but was released in 2009 when the youth budget was axed.[6] After leaving Southampton, he attended Millfield school in Somerset for two years on a football scholarship. After leaving school, Mings signed for non-League club Yate Town in Gloucestershire. In the summer of 2012, he considered quitting football before eventually signing for Southern League Premier Division club Chippenham Town.[7] Mings combined his non-League career with jobs as a barman and a mortgage advisor

[rooboy316]

This is awesome. Love these videos

https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1341030161228177409?s=21

When Traore scored, I was expecting VAR to look at Jack's control of the ball before he passed it, and for the goal to be ruled out. Watching it again from this angle, it looked a lot like arm...

Also, AEG could have had 5 himself.

[rob_bridge]

This is awesome. Love these videos

https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1341030161228177409?s=21

When Traore scored, I was expecting VAR to look at Jack's control of the ball before he passed it, and for the goal to be ruled out. Watching it again from this angle, it looked a lot like arm...

Also, AEG could have had 5 himself.

I am surprised they didn't look at that again. Maybe one of those that hots breastbone/shoulder

[stevo_st]

Came off his chest. Just looked odd as he was mid burst into sprint

[dave shelley]

I don't know if it's been mentioned but the pass from Grealish to Traore with the outside of his foot whilst being closed down by two defenders was sublime.