Topic: PlayerMatch Ratings 2009-2010

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Remember the Alamo!
	Posted by: John on Monday, August 30, 2010 - 08:39 AM Yes it was a little reminiscent of that yesterday. A third of the possession, 4 corners to their 18 but it is goals that win matches and the only goal of the game was ours and took us into the top four with only Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United standing above us.
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Bubbles burst!
	Posted by: John on Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 11:53 PM Not bad for a club in crisis was it?
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Villa lack the goal threat to pip Valencia!
	Posted by: John on Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 12:35 PM Valencia head up to Manchester City for their second game in 24 hours after this one and may have Milner hitching a lift with them on the team bus!
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We rely on Hull to keep us in the top 6!
	Posted by: John on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 08:17 AM Our two worst home performance in the league were our first and last of this season. We won just 8 of 19 home games where the top 4 won from 14 – 17 of theirs and we also drew 8 to make it 25 points dropped at Villa Park compared to only 20 away. The figures show that our home form cost us fourth and but for already doomed Hull’s point against Liverpool today we would have ended the season seventh.
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The joy of six (or the agony & the ecstasy)!
	Posted by: John on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 08:15 AM This gave us six successive ding dong derby wins, it kept us still in the chase for a Champions League spot, it stretched the point chasm between the two teams to 17 points and it left the Small Heath manager bemoaning the fact that “the bigger teams get more decisions through the course of the season”.
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Both Villa and Everton’s European aspirations take a hit!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 08:39 AM Two goals in the last 20 minutes showed Everton that we do not fade away during the last 30 minutes of every game and left them still 4 points behind us with just 4 games remaining to make those points up.
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We have hit the wall again in March!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 07:51 AM Four dropped points from two home games have proved once more that points on the board are worth more than games in hand and our season may well now rest on what we do in our next four games and two of those are against Chelsea!
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Are we still hungry like the Wolves?
	Posted by: John on Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 11:24 AM Was this a sign that we had gone one time too many to the well or can we put these two dropped points behind us and go on the sort of run between now and the end of the season that will give us the 19 points from 27 that I think may give us fourth spot? We showed spirit by once again coming back from behind and we will need to show the same never say die attitude in our next home game and in the 8 that follow!
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90 minutes from Wembley Part Deux!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 06:45 AM This was not as comfortable a win as the score would suggest or that it really should have been given the number of opportunities we had but a win and an important win it was!
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Villa proven to be the finer of these two vintage Clarets!
	Posted by: John on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 01:38 AM If this had been a fight the referee would have stepped in on 68 minutes to stop it!
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We can still beat Manchester United twice this season!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 02:37 AM We left the ground disappointed at not doing the league double over Manchester United this season despite our four point haul being the best we have produced against them since season 1995-96. That’s progress!
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Gunners fail to hit the target as do we!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 02:39 AM A good performance witnessed by a third very good crowd in 8 days against an Arsenal side that could have gone top with a win showed that we are not for being distracted by our forthcoming Cup Final in the league as we had already demonstrated on Saturday we would not be in the FA Cup!
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Are we going to Wembley once, twice or thrice?
	Posted by: John on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:48 AM Another three goals and another FA Cup win at Villa Park. We now stand only 2 ties away from a second Wembley appearance this season and three from a second Cup Final so does anyone fancy making it a cup double?
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Que sera sera!
	Posted by: John on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 08:32 AM Well we were not expecting that were we? Two goals down within 25 minutes had wiped out our first leg advantage and left us in real danger of becoming only the third team in the 50 year history of this competition to win an away leg but not reach the final. But our six goal salvo did for Big Sam’s Blackburn and put us back at Wembley after a 10 year absence!
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We fail to burst their bubbles!
	Posted by: John on Monday, January 18, 2010 - 12:39 AM These two dropped points may cost us a great deal when the points are added together in early May. Struggling West Ham have taken four points from us this season and must be wishing they could play us every week as those 4 points may well keep them up as might dropping 5 points against them keep us outside of the top 4!
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The cup that cheers!
	Posted by: John on Sunday, January 03, 2010 - 10:18 AM A win from the first of our January trilogy of cup ties against Blackburn extinguished their hopes in the FA Cup and proved a welcome tonic to us on the back of two successive league defeats!
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Torres steals the points!
	Posted by: John on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 10:36 AM Two defeats in three days has taken us from fourth to sixth and from eight points clear of Liverpool to being just two points ahead of them. We now face a season defining month and must ensure that a second season of immense promise does not implode with a dismal run of results!
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Functional Potters lack our gloss finish!
	Posted by: John on Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:24 PM Nine points from three games in an 8 day period is Championship form. OK lets not get too carried away but as we enter the festive period we now look realistic Champions League contenders as we prepare for a 6 pointer against Arsenal and a home game against mid-table Liverpool!
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Tigers mauled by Lion!
	Posted by: John on Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 01:14 AM Another home win has taken us back above Liverpool into fifth, has left us level on points with fourth placed Spurs for a minimum of 24 hours and has kept us 5 points clear of the eighth placed team whose supporters must be having nose bleeds!
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You have to hand it to Spurs (or the referee did)!
	Posted by: John on Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 10:46 AM It seemed to me there were potentially three hand balls by Spurs players last night rather than just one. One of them was spotted by the officials, one might have been ignored by them because it led to a goal for us anyway (if the officials are to be given the benefit of the doubt) but the third cost us the game!
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