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Author Topic: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread  (Read 6692 times)

Offline Somniloquism

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #105 on: Today at 03:13:19 PM »
The four on our B squad list is Proctor (19), Wright (21), Houston(17) and Oakley(17).

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #106 on: Today at 04:51:31 PM »
Do we know when the team are flying out?  Is it the day before like a usual away game or they going today/tomorrow?

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #107 on: Today at 04:53:33 PM »
I’d heard tomorrow afternoon, but no idea how true it is.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #108 on: Today at 06:45:27 PM »
There are 4  flights out of Birmingham to Istanbul tomorrow.
Turkish Airlines TK1968 dep 10.00
Pegasus Airlines PC1784 dep 13.00
Pegasus Airlines PC7384 dep 13.20
Turkish Airlines TK1970 dep 17.55

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/flights/departures/?Count=20&Search=istanbul

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #109 on: Today at 06:47:45 PM »
Theirs would be a private charter flight not showing on that board.
« Last Edit: Today at 06:49:26 PM by Somniloquism »

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #110 on: Today at 06:55:06 PM »
Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #111 on: Today at 07:06:54 PM »
They’ve got some very good players, particularly Manzambi, who’s basically their Rogers. I also think Matanović will score because, since the turn of the year, he’s been in good form and tends to score in patterns of three — he’s currently on a two-game streak.

I can see this being a high-scoring match, with the winners (hopefully us) winning by the odd goal.

I'm expecting a tough game, they'll be no easy pushovers. The more I hear about them, the more I hope Unai has done his full preparation and the players realise they're in for a real battle. We'll need another Forest type performance and our attacking players to be clinical.

If you can put up with Luke Robinson, he has a guest journalist on UTV podcast giving the inside on Freiburg. Well worth a watch.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #112 on: Today at 07:38:40 PM »
Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.
What happened to him?

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #113 on: Today at 07:40:53 PM »
Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.
What happened to him?


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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #114 on: Today at 07:54:13 PM »
Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #115 on: Today at 08:00:06 PM »
Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

I know someone that worked with him that had a very different opinion of him.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #116 on: Today at 08:03:22 PM »
Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

I know someone that worked with him that had a very different opinion of him.

I always got on with him, but I could see how he could be eminently dislikeable.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #117 on: Today at 08:09:35 PM »
We've covered it before. Gary Newbon was partly to blame for there being no TV coverage of Villa 5 Liverpool 1, although the main culprit was Trevor East.

https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=56877.45

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #118 on: Today at 09:53:02 PM »
I was perfectly calm until I saw their fake yesterday now I’m feeling physically sick.  Someone make me better.

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Re: SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #119 on: Today at 10:38:51 PM »
The referee for the game is François Letexier from France, which is a good omen as the ref in Rotterdam was Georges Konrath, also from France.

 


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