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Author Topic: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread  (Read 27738 times)

Offline Holte132

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #450 on: April 21, 2021, 10:06:53 PM »
Who is the commentator on Sky? He seems to have had an endless stream of negative stats about us tonight.

Andy Hinchcliffe (born Manchester, 100+ games for Man City)

Not sure who the “main” commentator is. Some sky rent a gob.

Equally bad on Radio 5 - Michael Brown - ex City.

Michael Brown's opinion of the Stones sending off

VAR see the contact on the slow motion - John Stones comes across and hesitates and then goes to play the ball. Yes, he catches him it's a yellow it's not one where he's below the knee and the leg's planted where you can seriously injure someone, it's really high. The referees need to understand the difference in contact, at this point the referees don't understand that.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #451 on: April 21, 2021, 10:07:01 PM »
Would love Davis to nick a goal

Nurse!

Offline jwarry

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #452 on: April 21, 2021, 10:07:39 PM »
Would love Davis to nick a goal

For that he’d have to touch the ball!

Offline paul_e

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #453 on: April 21, 2021, 10:07:50 PM »
It's sadly not just the quality that's missing our workrate is way behind City's.  Davis quiting on that ball then another example and everything Ross Barkley has done since he came on

I disagree, I think we've worked rally hard, the problem is that when you defend for long periods it's a lot more tiring (mentally as much as physically) and it's taken it out of us. In the first half of the season we worked as hard as anyone. We need more of the ball, the passing is comfortably the biggest weakness for us in the last few months.

Offline TonyD

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #454 on: April 21, 2021, 10:08:16 PM »

Offline Skerra

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #455 on: April 21, 2021, 10:08:22 PM »
Easiest 2-1 win City will have all season. Sounds close but, we haven’t really laid a glove on them. If it hadn’t been Villa playing, I’d have switched this off long ago.

Offline Ads

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #456 on: April 21, 2021, 10:08:33 PM »
A significant improvement on last season at least.

Offline brontebilly

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #457 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:02 PM »
Who is the commentator on Sky? He seems to have had an endless stream of negative stats about us tonight.

Andy Hinchcliffe (born Manchester, 100+ games for Man City)

Not sure who the “main” commentator is. Some sky rent a gob.

Equally bad on Radio 5 - Michael Brown - ex City.

Michael Brown's opinion of the Stones sending off

VAR see the contact on the slow motion - John Stones comes across and hesitates and then goes to play the ball. Yes, he catches him it's a yellow it's not one where he's below the knee and the leg's planted where you can seriously injure someone, it's really high. The referees need to understand the difference in contact, at this point the referees don't understand that.

Michael Brown (if I'm thinking of the right guy) was a complete thug on the pitch

Online andyh

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #458 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:07 PM »
Fuck off

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #459 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:16 PM »
That was pretty wank.

Offline mrfuse

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #460 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:39 PM »
It's sadly not just the quality that's missing our workrate is way behind City's.  Davis quiting on that ball then another example and everything Ross Barkley has done since he came on

I disagree, I think we've worked rally hard, the problem is that when you defend for long periods it's a lot more tiring (mentally as much as physically) and it's taken it out of us. In the first half of the season we worked as hard as anyone. We need more of the ball, the passing is comfortably the biggest weakness for us in the last few months.

Well I must be watching a different game. We've worked really hard?

Offline Pete3206

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #461 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:50 PM »
Was it worth us even turning up?

Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #462 on: April 21, 2021, 10:09:56 PM »
Would love Davis to nick a goal


Nurse!
Doctor more like ha ha

He couldn't nick bog roll from Tesco's.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #463 on: April 21, 2021, 10:10:53 PM »
A significant improvement on last season at least.

Well, maybe the first half a dozen games.

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Re: Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread
« Reply #464 on: April 21, 2021, 10:11:04 PM »
Outclassed, passing not good enough at all and you end up getting more ragged as you tire.

Oh well. Best side in Europe and half of my least favourite fixture of the season.

 


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