M_Afro
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Stop being so sensitive. Was that our strongest team in your view? Of course not.
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No. Not my take away at all. Spin it how you like but you know what I mean! Why didn’t we go with a stronger team?
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I’m not sure where to post this because it’s not my intention to have a go at the manager after an excellent effort from a very young inexperienced team but it does annoy me that we don’t take the cups more seriously. I was lucky enough to be at Wembley in 1996 and if you said to me then that we wouldn’t win anything in the next 25 years I would have laughed my head off. Why don’t we try? We don’t play that many matches and we could have afforded to play a stronger team tonight. I wonder how many cups we could have won in the last 25 years had we taken each game seriously?! I want to see us win something again!!!
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He is what he is, a league 1 level gk. To expect him to be anything else at this stage of his career is bonkers. We were definitely after a new back up in the summer but for some reason it did not come off. We just need to hope that Emi stays fit.
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I would go Steer, Targett, Hause, Axel, Young, Marv, Sanson, Emi2, Bailey, Bert, Ollie.
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Our set plays have been utter rubbish for years…….Not any more. I’m not sure who should get the credit but Dean is the boss so I shall give it to him. It’s really great to see. UTV
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I watched them last week and they certainly don’t seem to have the same energy levels. I think they have much better players than Sheff U had though and also a much better manager. I suspect that they will be fine. We definitely should be targeting to finish above them though.
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They got played off the park by Burnley for 45 minutes last week! Their performances have not been much better than ours. No way can they thrash us at VP. We are much more likely to win 3-0 than they are.
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I remember Dean saying that he wanted to talk to him about a new contract (some time ago). I would be surprised if we weren’t in discussions. He starts most weeks and I think he has less than two years to go.
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I think we will win this. A comfortable 3-0. Everton have been riding their luck so far and we have a decent record against them recently. A first Bailey goal too just as a cherry on top.
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I think you have to go back a long way until you get to a Villa centre half that’s been better for us than Mings. Maybe even as far as Laursen and Mellberg. He does make the odd mistake but in between those he is always excellent. We have lots of players who don’t reach his levels. I hope he is part of Villa for a long time to come.
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Mings is a long way down our list of worries. We are lucky to have him and we would be lost without him.
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Mings ball was poor but Steer had a really poor starting position, he then stopped instead of committing to the challenge, he failed to make himself big and he got his angles all wrong. He is certainly not absolved of blame. That goal never goes in if Emi is in goal. That’s the difference in having a world class player and a lower championship player in goal.
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It really wasn’t. He just played to his level of capability. He is nowhere near a PL keeper which is why he’s never been one. That’s not his fault. We are all limited by our own capability. If you mean that Emi would likely have done better then I agree. Emi would have stood a chance of saving all 3 goals and he almost certainly would have prevented the second one which was the killer blow.
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Totally agree with this. It was frustrating yesterday but I really enjoyed the game and the performance. It was our best for some time. If we keep at those levels it will be a good season.
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Mings getting loads of stick for the second goal today but Axel was awful for the first. Got it totally wrong from start to finish. Lots more to come from him I’m sure but let himself down there.
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I like Steer but he is nowhere near good enough to be our first reserve. Emi saves at least one and maybe two of those goals today.
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It was poor from Mings but he was totally let down by Steer for the second goal. That doesn’t go in if Emi is in goal.
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He was really good today. When he plays well we seem to play well. I wonder if we will get him to sign a new contract.
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I was never into the Ings signing but it is too early to judge him. This was his first start with Ollie. There was enough there to be encouraged about.
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I am always quick to criticise Smith but no criticism from me today. Really good performance and a totally unjust score line. A frustrating result but much to be hopeful about.
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Great half from villa. Their GK motm so far. The ref has been rubbish. Keep it up boys. Ollie is a beast.
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I have no real expectation of us getting points today but I am really looking forward to the game. Chelsea is a really tough game these days but with the players we have available there’s always a bit of hope. I’m just looking forward to seeing Ollie, Ings and Bailey. They will cause problems if we can get the ball to them.
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Zaha is such a horrible little worm. That Spurs player would also have kicked 7 bells out of him.
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I really hope not. It could get really messy if that’s the case.
