Vancvillan

6 hours ago, RichiBoi11 said:

Stop this now. It must be pasture bed time.

More puns? I'm out - I haven't got the stomachs for this.

5 hours ago, MNVillan said:

I will never, ever understand how Leicester is pronounced “Lester.”  It will always bug me, and for that completely rational reason I hate the Foxes. Throw the full might of Villa at them and let’s go back to Wembley for the 3rd straight season.

My Canadian wife had all sorts of trouble when we lived over there. Gloucestershire, Bicester, The river Thames, Worcestershire sauce...

Though she quickly understood why Paul Tait is pronounced "Massive word removed".

1 minute ago, AVFCDAN said:

Villa really are one of the poorest sides to be in the Prem in the last decade. Grealish is the only player that has something about him, everyone else, is championship at best. Let’s be honest, Grealish wouldn’t even start for us. Deulofeu, Doucoure, Sarr. He’s not taking any of their spots. 

http://wfcforums.com/index.php?threads/aston-villa-vs-watford-fc-21-01-2020.56739/page-3

To be fair most of the posts on there have been pretty balanced - and we would have been fuming if the Mings combo of foul (which could have been a straight red) and handball (unpunished) had been their player who was involved in a late winner.

I'd wager VT has a small number of reactionary dick heads (though I can't think of any specifically).

It was a game of if and buts,

Now Troy Deeney can suck my nuts.

While the chance of him starting vs. Watford is non-zero, it's not much higher. He won't have trained with the team for any meaningful amount of time.

16 minutes ago, chips'ngravy said:

...not particularly looking forward to going and having to listen to the growing anti-Smith brigade from about the 5th minute onwards. Lose today and I think we'll be back to the toxic atmosphere we thought we'd left behind.

I feel your pain. Pre-season everyone's a mature knowledgeable fan who is expecting ups and downs and can take a high level view, but a handful of poor performances and the toxicity sets in.

I don't believe DOL's assessment that Villa fans are uniquely fickle, but a small portion are manic.

7 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said:

Nah, Guilbert and Trez aren't the best players but the idea that we can't survive in the prem with them in our starting 11 is ludicrous. They should be good enough for that at least.

I'm with you - this is bonkers. Go back three weeks on the Guilbert thread for a bunch of people saying he was the future, one of their favourite players and integral to the spine of the team.

Trez suffers from the fact that he constantly looks like he doesn't know what his feet are doing but he's not a bad player.

I'd give Dean the season personally, though I'd imagine that lack of "decisiveness" will not be popular.

On a lighter note, the combination of kit colours would really have annoyed me on Pro Evo on the PS2. They'd all be blocky white blobs so picking out those runs would be tricky on the eyes.

Remember when Man U had that grey 3rd kit that they said blended in to the crowd so they couldn't see each other?

Either way, we're getting battered so far.

On 13/04/2017 at 14:02, Xela said:

All this talk of dutch players with dreadlocks...

Regi Blinker

Just came in to post this more than two years later.  That own goal is worth watching again.

1 minute ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

I BET THIS IS BECAUSE I MOANED ABOUT HIS SHOTS THIS WEEK.  

Now I'm really hoping you're one of the people who's been shitting on Wes....

A bit of light-hearted fun... hopefully.

You can sign one former or current Prem player in Jan. Transfer fee and wages are irrelevant. Only rules are:

1. They have to have played in the Prem at some point.

2. We get them at their peak Prem ability level, so if you pick Piqué, you get Man U Piqué.

Given the squad we have and how we play, who would you sign to take us further up the league?

Looks like the guy who played RoboCop*.

Has the engine of a man who's half robot.

Tackles like his prime directive is to **** you up.

Love him.

*(Shit remake circa 2014)

I didn't think it's rocket science - he's knackered. That was 180 mins of international football over the break - he'll still run himself into the ground for us, but he's only human. 

Tired legs leading to him either being indecisive or shooting because he's about to collapse. Either keep him as an impact sub for the next game, or be prepared to sub at 60 mins.

It says something when a player who scored a great goal and got a great assist still can't get MOTM in a team with Jack in it. He was a level above tonight.

20 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

I would be seriously tempted to give El Ghazi a crack at centre forward. The lad can finish

No offense, but that's like saying Trez can finish. I like them both but this is stretching reality.

Wes put himself about all night so that SJM could shoot wide about fifty times when it was 2 on 2, or 3 on 3 and should have released it. 

But yeah, let's shit on the lone striker who spent the whole game putting himself about and making space for runners from midfield.

Seriously guys - there are plenty of sticks to beat Wes with, but last night wasn't one of them.

I'd like to see someone with a bit of Prem experience come in and put their arm around Wesley. I think he's got the attributes, I just don't think he's quite adapted to the league just yet.

Jermain Defoe is banging them in 

4 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said:

Is it a competent commentator or Jack Woodward?

I only turned it on for a few seconds to check for MaVilla, but I'm pretty sure my ears winced...

5 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

anywhere to listen to this on radio etc? (legitimately)

Just tried BBC WM but not available online.............

I can get audio on the Villa app under "AVTV". I used to have a subscription but don't any more and it still works.

Back to the topic of the game...

Lansbury pass was class but having seen it from every possible angle during half time, their left back was caught in no man's land for the goal. 

Would like to see us get to the byline more second half.

13 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Concerned about Hause. Dont think he's good enough at this level.

I just assumed this was sarcasm.

5 minutes ago, useless said:

Chem Campbell

Has he got a brother called Mical?