El Zen

This thread is in a current state of complete bonkers.

Yeah, fair enough.

While I’m not prepared to crown him the long awaited heir to Benteke just yet, if he keeps giving performances like that, we’ve got one hell of a player. Immensly strong, quick, good passing, tireless running and smart movement, and his finish for the goal was as cool as you’d want. Proper complete striker.

Mings and Engels will potentially be even better than Olof and Laursen, I think. They are both comfortable bringing the ball out and can go past opposition players in a way I can’t recall seeing neither Mellberg nor Laursen doing.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen André Gomes do anything on a football pitch, other than looking like an Ancient demigod of the sulky variety. This includes his time playing in some fairly decent Barcelona teams. How he has tricked the football world into paying him millions is beyond my comprehension.

What a great feeling. We got the luck that eluded us last weekend, and Everton will wonder how they never scored, but we played a good game and look like we belong in this league. Wesley was fantastic, as was Freddie Guilbert. Mings and Engels is just a superb duo. Grealish pulled the strings in midfield. And the atmosphere at VP. Bloody hell. Can I also comment on André Gomes? What does he offer to a team, and how the f*** did he ever play for Barcelona?

Alice? Alice? Who the f*** is Alice?

I’m gutted we’ve walked away from that with nothing. We were the better team and created enough to have scored a hatful. We asked questions of them throughout. The only problem was that one of those questions was «how would you like to be gifted two goals?» Shame, because there were plenty of positives here.

We’re playing well. Very unlucky.

Very unlucky to be two down, all in all.

Soooo. Yeah.

Yeah, but I’d have closed it for the lols.

I can’t believe this made it to 1000 pages. If I were a mod I’d definitely close it at 999.

You’re just asking that for the halibut.

You’d love to hear it: «Of course, they hate a good number 9 here at Morecambe. Don’t care for it at all». It’s the worst cliche in football.

A few ex-Villa, obviously, but other than «my» two clubs I hate most other teams and their players. If they’re a potential rival, they’re words removed. I’m very tribal when it comes to football. I do like St. Pauli and Union Berlin for their club culture, but I don’t follow German football closely, and Lionel Messi’s Barca is a long time guilty pleasure of mine. Other than that, f*** the lot of them

Bernie would have beaten Trump in 16, and could absolutely beat him in 20. I think the DNC establishment’s views on «electability», whatever that is, are outdated.

Warren is impressive. Watched a couple of town halls with her, and she’s both bright and personable, while coming across less combative than Bernie. Probably my preferred candidate

Meanwhile, VP Biden is on the campaign trail making a fool of himself: https://mobile.twitter.com/twinklingtania/status/1159643459055042560?s=21 «Poor kids are just as smart as white kids» Great work, Joe. Great work.

One of my favourite shows right now. You wouldn’t have guessed it, but I’m really into the «science» of comedy. (I just choose not to practice it.)

You’d be a very unsuccessful sitcom writer.

Bested by a superior team, broken by superior players. Move on and move forward. You never want to lose, especially when you get the first goal. I left the pub in a disappointed, frustrated mood. I felt we played a decent first 60 mins, but completely fell apart. I felt we made too many individual mistakes, and I was frustrated we didn’t make the ball stick in their half more often than we did. I was surprised we never managed to press them higher up the pitch. The reality of it is, though, that a defeat away to the Champions League runners up will not define our season. Tonight has showed us what we already knew: we still have a long way to go before we can compete with the very best in the business. Tonight, however, says nothing about how we’ll do against your Brightons, your Bournemouthes and your Burnleys. I expect we’ll see a very different Villa, starting a week from now.

Well, this Premier League stuff is stressful, isn’t it?

A couple of surprising selections, but I think Deano has earned our trust.

It’s true. For a funeral recently, I tried on a jacket I bought when I was a good three stone heavier. Reminded me of Dr. Fraud.