Aston Villa v Ipswich Town 15.02.25 - Pre Match Thread

[Brazilian Villain]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

Must be up there with your regrets in life.

Along with naming himself after an Irish TV puppet.

[Dave P]

So you still saw it sail over the keeper, someone who was probably on the 6 yard box if that. I remember the drooling over the Yorke goal at the time because of the "team" play which is why I mentioned 20 passes earlier. It was four.

7:42 in, Saunders at 11:55.

Didn’t Ipswich knock us out the league cup that season?

[Olneythelonely]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

In my 11-year old head, at the ground, he hit it from the halfway line. When I saw it on tv I was a bit disappointed.

[VillaTim]

------- Martinez ---------
Garcia Disasi Bogarde Digne
--- Kamara -- Tielemans---
Ascensio ---- McGinn -- Rogers
-------- Marlen ------------

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

Must be up there with your regrets in life.

There’s not a day that goes by

I was in the bogs at Selhurst Park when Dalian scored the goal of the season.

[eamonn]

This could be a wonderful safe space for those who can admit to missing key Villa moments live without fear of castigation.

[Bosco81]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

Must be up there with your regrets in life.

Along with naming himself after an Irish TV puppet.

Have another guess, try and think a bit more Villa

[RamboandBruno]

I’m so excited about this game. I’m taking my 7 year old to his first match. We live in SE London and it is hard to keep kids on the straight and narrow. He’s flirted with the idea of supporting Arsenal (2 of his best friends do) and my wife thinks I should bring him up Palace (so we can actually attend games). She has no interest in sport at all and just doesn’t understand how impossible that would be for me.

I still remember my first visit. August 86, lost 0-3 to Spurs on the opening day. I’m hoping we do slightly better than that.

I remember that game distinctly. Chiefly because there was serious talk in the lead up of Villa challenging towards the top of the table before the beginning of the season. No, believe me, there was. Really. How hollow that talk seemed 90 mins later, even if 0-3 makes it look more one-sided than it actually was

Bob Wilson backed us as outsiders for the title on football focus. Id been going to a good few games for a couple years, but I’d managed to scrape together £24 for my first juvenile season ticket on the Holte for 86-87 as a twelve year old. A Clive Allen hat trick gave the childish me a proper Villa reality check.

[RamboandBruno]

They'll have a good turnout as they make their way back from the protests in London, but this is the day it clicks and we'll twat them 5-1 with Asensio applying the coup de grâce.

Agree.
Think Delap will actually give our back line a harder game than any of the spurs players. But Bailey, Asensio, Malen, Rashford, Ramsey, Rogers at various points in the game, will overwhelm them

[Bosco81]

[quote author=RamboandBruno
Bob Wilson backed us as outsiders for the title on football focus. Id been going to a good few games for a couple years, but I’d managed to scrape together £24 for my first juvenile season ticket on the Holte for 86-87 as a twelve year old. A Clive Allen hat trick gave the childish me a proper Villa reality check.
[/quote]
I remember Match Weekly predicting we’d finish 2nd after the canny signings of Cooper, Keown & Thompson

[jon collett]

So you still saw it sail over the keeper, someone who was probably on the 6 yard box if that. I remember the drooling over the Yorke goal at the time because of the "team" play which is why I mentioned 20 passes earlier. It was four.

7:42 in, Saunders at 11:55.

The one with so many passes was against Sheffield Wednesday.

I remember Motson describing Deano goals goal fifth decade at the time. From the top of the Holte it had an amazing trajectory which I remember to this day.

[Bosco81]

I was in the bogs at Selhurst Park when Dalian scored the goal of the season.

Had someone nicked your umbrella after you’d had a piss as well

[Smithy]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

Must be up there with your regrets in life.

That was my first game at Villa Park.  And I was sat right behind Deano when he hit it and watched it sail all the way in (I was sat directly in line from him to the goal).  It set me up for a lot of disappointment, as I expected similar for each subsequent visit...

[VillaTim]

Some of our recent goals are far better , full teamwork goals , see McGinn v Arsenal .
Also loved Yorke's goal v Sheffield Weds which was like a 30 pass move . Up there with the best .

[N'ZMAV]

I claim that Deano’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen.

In reality, I was looking at my programme and only looked up after he hit it.

In my 11-year old head, at the ground, he hit it from the halfway line. When I saw it on tv I was a bit disappointed.

same