Aston Villa v Manchester City - Pre-Match

[Le Lapin]

My young fellas first game in Villa Park, and my first trip over in a good few years. Arrived here yesterday. We're having a great time.

From Carlow to Aston, the road less travelled!

You could say that Eamon. It's great to be here, we've had great time since we arrived. A good/great result would top it off nicely.

[Richard E]

1-1

[LeeB]

I fucking hate the Guardian.

[LeeB]

Also, the beeb with a massive in depth piece today about how Hansi Flick has revived Rashford's career, not a word about the time with us.

[Pete3206]

1-1

[Richard E]

I fucking hate the Guardian.

I fcuking heat teh Grauniad as wlel.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

Statement win. 4-1 Villa.

[Sexual Ealing]

Also, the beeb with a massive in depth piece today about how Hansi Flick has revived Rashford's career, not a word about the time with us.

They're all out to get you mate.

[Monty]

Also, the beeb with a massive in depth piece today about how Hansi Flick has revived Rashford's career, not a word about the time with us.

They're all out to get you mate.

It is, in a very basic way, bad journalism though. Not for being anti-Villa, just for being Big Boy Ballwashing.

[Sexual Ealing]

Also, the beeb with a massive in depth piece today about how Hansi Flick has revived Rashford's career, not a word about the time with us.

They're all out to get you mate.

It is, in a very basic way, bad journalism though. Not for being anti-Villa, just for being Big Boy Ballwashing.

Firstly, negative points for not putting 'journalism' in quote marks like I just did, which makes my point not just relevant, but satirical.

'Journalism' (I did it again because I'm relentlessly satirical) is like every other 'profession' (I'm not scared of anyone), in that it adheres to a commercial imperative. Rashford is doing well at Barcelona. He did aright here, but that doesn't really fit the narrative. Who cares?

[cdbearsfan]

Plenty of people said how well Rashford was doing at Villa, tbf. The Guardian are still toadying lackies, though. Do they still list every tedious Duke and Earl that nobody has ever heard of in their "birthdays" section?

[Allan C]

Woke up with a great feeling about this one. I’m going 1-0  don’t care who scores it

[Monty]

I agree that it adheres to its commercial imperative, and it might be worse now than at other times, and I don't think it's a problem pointing it out - saying it's part of an anti-Villa conspiracy obviously is silly, but saying shit things are shit when you see them being shit strikes me as something a person can do.

[brontebilly]

Very difficult to guess what X1 Emery will go with today. We should be going in full of confidence but
that feckless effort on Thursday night won't have helped matters. Should Mings stay in to deal with Haaland? I think Guessand will stay in for this one with Rogers and McGinn. One of Bogarde or Onana next to Kamara. Maatsen didn't do enough during the week to displace Digne.

Impact from the bench will be key today.

[Nev]

It feels different facing the 115 ers after the last couple of seasons, they don't seem so invincible but it's still a really tough game and after Thursdays mess we are on the back foot slightly. Not enough to lose though.

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