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    Match Thread: Burton v Villa

    in LC2: Burton a

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    2 minutes ago, flashingqwerty said:

    This is dyer!  Even without our full team we should be more than capable of beating Burton but we look the lesser side so far.

    It's not great but goal aside it's been all Villa. To say Burton are on top is more than stretching the truth.

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    Match Thread: Burton v Villa

    in LC2: Burton a

    Posted

    1 minute ago, villalad21 said:

    I really struggle to like a lot of our players.

    Bunch of mercenaries a lot of them that shouldn't be anywhere near this club. Let alone be starting a competitive game.

    It's 12 minutes into a LC round 2 game featuring mostly our second and third string.

    Haven't you got somewhere else you could be?

    Summer Transfers Window 2020

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, TRO said:

    those tap ins........you have to be there.

    It demonstrates an ability to read the play.

    This, this and this.

    We were crying out for a clinical striker who could get on the end of hopeful (and occasionally quality) balls into the box. Trez did it two or three times and it made scoring look easy.

    It's a genuine ability to read the game - yet people seem to think it's just luck.

    watching 20-21 from abroad

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    Wow, this is the first time Canadians get better streaming service than our cousins to the south. DAZN shows every premier league game + champions league, Europa, English league Cup plus serie A and la Liga. It's 150 Canuck dollars for a year. The commentary isn't North American either.

    I'm posting partially in case any new arrivals in Canada read this, but also to gloat a bit since out Netflix sucked for years and we haven't long had HBO access. Viva le resistance!

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    The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread

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    6 hours ago, MrBlack said:

    Southgate is loved by the sort of people who hate football because the players are always diving and being rude to the ref and because he's a "breath of fresh air" with his polite interviews. **** them, he's a breath of old dogshit.

     

    6 hours ago, MrBlack said:

    Lovely summary. Although, being honest,  those points in your last paragraph aren't far off describing the things about football that piss me off, but I still can't stand Southgate being England manager.

    Honestly you have to go back a long way to find a time when players didn't dive or weren't rude to the ref. I'm 40 and I can always remember it in one variant or another. Maybe it's more frequent or cynical now.

    I can also remember me and my Dad being chased by opposition fans when I was 8 after a game, so harking back to "the good old days" is really a bit of a misnomer.

    Football's always had its issues. Southgate is just one of many.

    The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by Vancvillan
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    4 minutes ago, mikeyjavfc said:

    But Grealish is just a speedy winger in the mould of Rashford or Greenwood according to Sir Gareth??

    It's incredibly frustrating. Just get him on the pitch to draw some fouls around the area. Even without 14 acres of Harry McGuire's forehead to aim at, we'd still get more joy from set pieces.

    Callum Wilson

    in Villa Talk

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    Dean Smith: "You're a once in a generation talent at the club you supported as a boy. Stay and we'll show our ambition and build a team around you."

    Jack: "Sounds great boss. Who you brining in up top?"

    DS: "Callum Wilson from Bournemouth."

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    Gun violence in the USA

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    2 hours ago, TheAuthority said:

    I don't understand the desire to kill sentient beings.

    I somewhat see how the challenge of tracking something could be exciting; chasing them in a 'hide and seek' sort of way. Especially as wild animals are creatures of which our understanding is far removed;

    But very much like De Niro at the end of 'The Deer Hunter' (terrible example I know) why destroy what you've enjoyed tracking and observing? (probably terrifying it beyond belief in all honesty.)

    For me the idea to destroy an animal is a sick perversion.  They can't fight back against a bullet. WooHoo big man, go human development. Love to see your brother in laws wrestle a bear or a tiger.

    Tell me I'm soppy.

    You're not soppy. There's a bunch of stuff to unpack here - much of which reasonable people can disagree about - but I'll tell you where I'm sitting (which is not without contradiction or cognitive dissonance). I'm definitely not trying to persuade anyone here, and I completely respect your stance.

    I eat meat. I could become a vegan (and deeply considered it) but after a lot of reading, listening and thinking I came to feel that while it may be a method of harm reduction, it doesn't remove me from suffering inflicted on other sentient beings (Robert C Jones is a vegan philosopher and interesting voice on this subject). I could drone on about this (for example, the wheat crop in western Australia is responsible for the poisoning of over 1 billion mice per annum) but let's just say being vegan doesn't mean no dead animals. For some people this is the best way to reduce harm,and I both appreciate and respect that choice.

    Given that I eat meat, I try to be conscious of where it comes from. The majority of my family's animal protein comes from my in-laws hobby farm where I see the cows range, graze and swim on an acreage run under principles of regenerative agriculture. No tilling of soil (which kills a lot of animals), no packing animals in - but at the end of the year they are sent to slaughter. While the animals are (by any western standard) humanely slaughtered, it is worth reading into what those standards are. Let's just say the majority might go clean, but a significant minority to not. This makes it easier for me to live with than supermarket / factory farmed meat, but I'm still not completely comfortable.

    Which brings me on to wild game.  These are animals that live longer and freer than domestic livestock. If they are killed by a hunter that is a life cut short, but for wild animals there are no retirement homes. Death is almost certainly coming from either famine, disease or predation, and none of those are quick and merciful (do yourself a favour and don't learn about how wolves feed in elk and moose calves). There is no joy in the kill for many hunters - I wouldn't go as far as to call it regret, but a sorrow and a very strong connection to the tragedy of the act is a lot more common than I think many non-hunters would perceive. Most people cry on their first hunt, and many continue to have a great deal of internal conflict from then on. There is often a feeling a triumph in that they may have been tracking that animal for weeks or months (hunting in most cases is actually incredibly difficult), but I do not think that the majority of hunters have a blood lust. Obviously there are pricks in every community, but in my experience they are a small percentage.

    So why use guns? It's a fair question. For literally all of the hunters I've spent time with, an ethical (quick and clean) kill is paramount. A 30 calibre bullet to the lungs of anything outside of Africa is going to cause death before the animal feels much more than the shock of being hit.

    Let's go down the road of levelling the playing field some more though.

    Bow hunting is popular, but compound bows (with cams to increase the energy applied to the arrow) are often used - again in the name of making a quick kill, so there a technical advantage there. Recurve bows (traditional bow - think Hunger Games) transfer much less energy to the arrow so are a much trickier tool to use consistently if the aim is a kill shot. In either case, it's fairly typical that the animal will run after being shot, so you're tracking a blood trail rather than watching an animal drop. There's a reason bows aren't used in slaughter houses, though this is still a much quicker death than wild animals typically experience.

    If you really want to see a human spear, stab or wrestle a deer (ungulates being by far the most common source of big game meat) in order to kill it and then eat it, well at that point I have to say I just disagree - I think that's cruel to the animal. Bear hunting is another subject we can chat about if you want to - I leave that for now though. We do have pumas in North America (and there is limited hunting), but no tigers so I can't speak to that.

    So for me confronting and bring directly involved in the tragedy of taking life to sustain life is somehow cathartic to me - I recognize that no human on earth exists without the death of other sentient beings, and this is the way that right now (and I'm open to change) brings me the most peace in terms of minimizing that suffering.

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    Gun violence in the USA

    in Off Topic

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    On 27/08/2020 at 02:44, villa4europe said:

    But its initial intention is so out of date its incredible, they arent forming a militia, it's utter bollocks, Jim Jeffries is still right the only defence for owning a gun is the admission that you like guns

    Hunting.

    Though I'd be quick to point out that 99% of hunters where I live (Canada) happily abide by laws that are much closer to Australia's than the US. In fact "a loaded weapon has no place within city limits" is a pretty common phrase, and they get very pissed when people caught with illegal firearms aren't jailed for multiple years.  From my limited exposure with the hunting community in the US I'd say it's somewhat true there too.

    Whether or not you think hunting is necessary is another point of discussion - just keep in mind that while it's a sport for posh clearings in the woods in red coats in England, it's culturally very different in North America and has roots in a much more working class, "fill you freezer" mentality.  That said, I'm happy to engage in any good faith discussion on any of this - you won't hurt my feelings by disagreeing with me.

    The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread

    in Other Football

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    9 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

    I just saw that too, it is worrying if true. And coming from the Birmingham Mail, its almost like they want Grealish to leave...I don't get it. Are they just doing this to generate traffic to their page?

    But surely we aren't stupid enough to sell one of the best players we ever seen in a Villa shirt?

    No, I'm sure their number one priority is maintaining the integrity of their journalism.

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    The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by Vancvillan
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    6 hours ago, Only2McInallys said:

    Mason Mount has 6 England caps.Can anyone remember him doing anything while playing for England?I can’t.

    I know he is a talented player but I can’t think of 1 thing he has done for Chelsea this season maybe it’s because I don’t watch other teams much.Maybe I have missed his brilliant goals and assists.

    Err...

    https://gfycat.com/orangewideeyedheifer

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    Jota

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by Vancvillan
    I'm an idiot.

    5 minutes ago, Five Ken McNaughts said:

    Seems a long time ago now, but Jota played an absolutely key role in that 2-0 home win vs Everton. Were those three points worth the transfer fee? I’d say

    Edited - completely misread your post.

    James Bree

    in Other Football

    Posted

    On 21/08/2020 at 15:01, avfcDJ said:

    That's emmental if true

     

    On 21/08/2020 at 15:10, Zatman said:

    We paid 12 million for Hogan, nearly a million for Jacob Bedeau that window and gave Lansbury a contract for life. It wouldnt surprise me

    r/woosh

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