Southampton vs Aston Villa pre-match scran

[Drummond]

I think Buendia could play up front.

[eamonn]

I think JJ could probably do pretty well up top if called upon

He's never played as a striker in his life. Why do we always need to hope a player can do a job somewhere, rather than just going out and buying a good player for that position?

We're Aston Villa, we'll do what we want!

Exactly! Fuck VAR and the other 91 clubs in the professional land!

[exigo]

Been dicking around with ChatGPT today. It appears to have evolved further than Gerrard, but not quite reached peak Emery yet.

Write a team talk to inspire Aston Villa to win at Southampton, in the style of Unai Emery.

"Gentlemen,

We stand here today with an opportunity to make history. An opportunity to show the world what we are truly capable of. We are Aston Villa, and we are here to win.

When we step out onto that pitch today, we will be facing a formidable opponent in Southampton. They will be strong, they will be determined, but they will not be victorious.

We will be victorious because we are a team. We are a family. We are Aston Villa.

We will win today because of our passion, our determination, and our never-say-die attitude. We will win because we have trained tirelessly, we have prepared meticulously, and we have the desire to succeed.

We will win today because we are a team that never gives up. We will fight until the final whistle and we will come out victorious.

We are Aston Villa, and we will win today.

Let's go out there and give it everything we've got. Let's make history. Let's make our supporters proud.

Villa till we die."

Please note that the style of Unai Emery's team talk might be different from the above, this is a fictional representation of what a team talk from him could be like based on my knowledge.

[bob]

dang so he's used that "we are a family" shtick before what a fraud

[ChicagoLion]

dang so he's used that "we are a family" shtick before what a fraud

Has he got all his sisters with him?

[OCD]

Whenever I've gone onto ChatGPT in the past couple of days, the site's been down.

[PaulWinch again]

Always dread this game. Will be tough I think.

[eamonn]

Is Winch full of Saints fans? I know one who is.

[PaulWinch again]

Is Winch full of Saints fans? I know one who is.

Yep it’s a Saints town.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Always dread this game. Will be tough I think.

We've won 3 of the last 4 after a winless run of 9.

https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Southampton/

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Remember years ago Sir Ron played John Robson up front for one game. Fair to say he didn't do it again.

Allan Evans arrived from Dumfermline as a striker. I'm sure he was thrown up front for the 2nd half of one game we were chasing and he scored a couple.
Maybe we should play Tyrone up front.

[Axl Rose]

I'd gone 3-2 with Ings to win it. Revising that to 2-1 with a Mings stunner to win it.

[SamTheMouse]

My memory's terrible, so basically when I look back, all I can remember from games against Southampton is us losing to a shit team with players like Francis fucking Benali in it.

I can't stand the twats.

[TonyD]

We should batter these.  Should. 

[TonyD]

My memory's terrible, so basically when I look back, all I can remember from games against Southampton is us losing to a shit team with players like Francis fucking Benali in it.

I can't stand the twats.

Always Matt LePiss scoring.