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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #90 on: Today at 07:38:46 PM »
Huge result.
Watched in a bar in Amsterdam ( last half hour) I asked the bloke behind the bar if he could put the Villa game on, it was wall to wall Spurs Forest, he did and then poured me a Guinness with AV in the foam. Nice touch.
Great. Enjoy your evening but only window shopping mind!

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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #91 on: Today at 07:43:50 PM »
The tempo has returned.

I honestly think it's down to Unai conserving energy levels during a busy schedule. We have a break now so Unai told them to up the tempo today.


 

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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #92 on: Today at 08:09:07 PM »
Yeah Traore was very predictable in his appallingly output.

Has been utterly dreadful other than a 6 month spell at Wolves, which he’s somehow still stealing a living off.

Roided up beefcake with zero football brain.

That effort with his left late on was awful but I thought he gave Cash more to think about when he came on. Far more than the guy he replaced in any case. Bringing on likes of Wilson and Traore kind of sums up why they are fighting relegation.

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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #93 on: Today at 08:12:55 PM »
Very comfortable game for us and it felt to me that Unai wanted us on the front foot from the start to get the crowd up which in my opinion definitely worked. Onana MOTM for me and it was great to see some of the players and BL from 1996 at halftime.
With Youri back and the break I don’t see why we can’t have a strong end to the season.
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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #94 on: Today at 08:31:14 PM »
Meatball made the difference. Nice weekend let’s push on

Big time, thinking back to all those lifeless performances against Leeds, Wolves, Brighton et al. From the first whistle today we were on it. Quick restarts, throw ins, free kicks - some contrast. All with the same players bar one. Difference has to be a fully fit McGinn.

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Re: Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #95 on: Today at 08:45:16 PM »
Finally home. So enjoyable to see Villa play well and get a truly massive 3 points. The team looked confident, organised and bright on the ball. Some very good patterns of play and very dominant for pretty much 90 mins. All topped off with an Ollie goal and Youri back on the pitch. Hopefully we have enough to make it over the line. Only downside was Bailey as a sub.

 


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