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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #315 on: March 22, 2026, 04:02:00 PM »
Honestly, I know our blip was horrible - but having our midfield back (minus Kamara sadly!) for this run in is exactly the lift we needed.

I was hoping the blip wasn't going to be as bad, but I did think the same for when they came back.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #316 on: March 22, 2026, 04:02:28 PM »
A Tammi-goal would be the perfect ending to today now

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #317 on: March 22, 2026, 04:02:46 PM »
Honestly, I know our blip was horrible - but having our midfield back (minus Kamara sadly!) for this run in is exactly the lift we needed.



No club survives what we did losing all three starting midfield players within a couple of weeks. My only disappointment was that we still should have been better. Unai is so stuck to his structure that when such a rare thing happens he doesn’t show enough flexibility with what he has left to work with. Anyway a conversation for another time.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #318 on: March 22, 2026, 04:03:13 PM »

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #319 on: March 22, 2026, 04:03:21 PM »
Any goal for us would be perfect. Gets us closer to Liverpool's GD. The other two are out of sight.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #320 on: March 22, 2026, 04:04:37 PM »
3-nil Forest lol

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #321 on: March 22, 2026, 04:05:16 PM »
3-nil Forest lol

Ok, this is getting even better.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #322 on: March 22, 2026, 04:05:42 PM »
4 added mins

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #323 on: March 22, 2026, 04:06:23 PM »

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #324 on: March 22, 2026, 04:07:05 PM »
Bailey has done some good things since coming on but gives away ball too much

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #325 on: March 22, 2026, 04:07:08 PM »
Why have we got some bloke off the street playing in our number 31 shirt. We could have at least picked someone who had played football before

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #326 on: March 22, 2026, 04:07:11 PM »
Honestly, I know our blip was horrible - but having our midfield back (minus Kamara sadly!) for this run in is exactly the lift we needed.



No club survives what we did losing all three starting midfield players within a couple of weeks. My only disappointment was that we still should have been better. Unai is so stuck to his structure that when such a rare thing happens he doesn’t show enough flexibility with what he has left to work with. Anyway a conversation for another time.

Mentioned on Radio 5 commentary that we've had the 3rd worst injury record in the Prem so far this season

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #327 on: March 22, 2026, 04:09:03 PM »
In reply to Saddvillan’s post - If you think about that injury record, it’s actually amazing that we’re still where we are.

Ok, the gap with the teams below us has been eaten up. But we’re still here. I just wonder what we would have done had our injury record this season not been so atrocious..

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #328 on: March 22, 2026, 04:09:36 PM »
FT

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Utd Match Thread
« Reply #329 on: March 22, 2026, 04:10:21 PM »
If Carlsberg could do weekends ...........

We are back. Well done lads.

 


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