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I'd love to see someone wiser and more knowledgeable than me throw some deep analysis into this match. Why did we suddenly seem so damn capable and dynamic? How much of it is thanks to Jack? Was it just the right guys in the right spots? What can we learn and take away from this performance? At times it sort of gave me the same feeling as when we obliterated Liverpool, except, of course, this time we didn't score every time we looked towards their goal. Still, we were mostly on the front foot, hungry and intense, we mostly made spurs look like West Bromwich. (At least in the half I actually watched)

Chumbawamba! almost!

His play ahead of the second goal was a gorgeous piece of handiwork. Or footwork, perhaps.

He's not as good as Ollie at creating and getting to chances, but he can rival anyone in the team when it comes to taking the chances / being cool and find the goal. Anwar certainly has big weaknesses, but on days like this it's just difficult not to love him.

That was about as satisfying as the 2-3 result against them in 2008. Also highlighting how seemingly random football is. The two latest matches, and especially today, the team has been almost transformed. Suddenly the drive, hunger and forward leaning attitude from early season is back. Is there yet to be a final twist this season?

OK, Keinan. From now on, you just go ahead and save our season. That's a good lad.

Oh, it must be...and it is! Keinan Davis!

Woa. For a little, precious while they made it all seem rather easy!

That is why we shouldn't try to buy Barkely.

Haha, such an anti-climactic celebration.

What is slightly frustrating is that Newcastle clearly is there for the taking, just taking our offensive game up a little notch would quickly result in several goals.

Watkins is no Alan Hutton.

Agreed. Just got a new keyboard, so spelling is a bit all over the place right norw.

Dwigfht Gayle is such an ungly bastard. For some reason I just can't stand him.

Just seren the latest 15 minutes, and Trezeguet really hasn't pulled up any trees during this time.

Looks like several teams, like Rome and Athletico Madrid now have their own crypto fan tokens. I wonder when this will be a craze in PL, and if AVFC would do well getting on the train early. Though I do suspect that teams with large fan bases like scouse and manure might actually earn considerable amounts of money on such a thing, as "everyone" would want to own some. Of course, the tokens should be given a "practical" value, like being usable in fan gear shops or for buying tickets etc. Plenty of practical challenges of course, but with crypto markets booming right now it's far too easy to imagine stuff like that!

During the last match commentators made his name sound like "Morgan So-so". The cheekiness!

0-0 is a fair reflection of this match. As bad as Villa has been, Brighton haven't actually produced enough to deserve a win, either.

Mon Dieu! Sanson on.

Jack's touches are less silky today than they use to be.

Well, how shit isn't Brighton for not scoring against us! Such a team should be there for the taking.

I agree. It's almost like we learned that playing like Barcelona results in bitter losses, so we got pavloved into not doing that again.

Too much sloippiness, giving away the ball and misplaced passes. This is going to cost us. Also, most of our attacking play lose steam.

Based on conventional wisdom, about now is where a Barkley goal pops up.

I really hope we don't lose against this lot, that would be embarassing. Their name sounds so...amateurish. "Brighton and Hove Albion" sounds like a non-league pub team. Like if U2 were to call themselves "U2 and a Fokker 70 and perhaps a small helicopter as well". Also footballing reasons.