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It really isn't, Iran are ranked 21st in the FIFA world rankings - the team that England lost 4-0 to the other day are ranked 40th. England should win, but it's unlikely to be an easy game by any stretch of the imagination

Yeah they changed it from Winston Churchill Boulevard or something IIRC, proper trolling There's also a chain of Bobby Sands burger bars in Tehran which is... unusual, to say the least

My in-laws are Iranian, trust me when I say that the entire country will be super motivated for that game

It shouldn't and likely won't happen, but every one of those teams will be extra motivated against England for various reasons - it's a tougher group than it first appears on paper IMO. I'm going to stick a tenner on it. Not sure if you're a gambling man, but what this generally means is I'm about to lose a tenner

Not to mention the various social/political sub plots at play. Could see some really interesting games, I could well see England finishing bottom of that group

Feel for him, could've been a huge goal for them

Palace signed Benteke's younger brother at the same time as him

Not a fan of the home shirt, liked the away shirt til I saw the weird shading on the badge. Reckon the 3rd kit might grow on me, but yeah not massively impressed

Yeah lads seriously, I only said it was something I'd noticed which I found a bit odd/irrationally annoyed me (dating way back to when he was playing with us). It's not a conspiracy and he clearly is/was a Villa fan. It's not that deep

As someone who is about to turn 30, I am immensely offended by your post and would like to report a hate crime

Chelsea really should have been much closer to the top 2. Very poor season in the end for them

Could well be right

Is it just me who finds it oddly annoying/a bit strange that he always refers to the club as Aston Villa rather than just Villa or the Villa? Completely irrational and probably one for the things which shouldn't annoy you thread, but I first noticed it a while back and can't stop noticing it every time he mentions the club now

Player of the year: Cash Young player of the year: Ramsey Most improved player: Nakamba (slim pickings for this one tbh) Most regressed player: Konsa Best new signing (summer or winter window, loans count): Coutinho Worst new signing: Bailey Most underused player: Buendia Better manager (Deano or SG): Both massively underperformed for me Best victory: Man U away Worst loss: Man City on the final day wasn't worst, but annoyed me most Goal of the year: Ramsey against Norwich

Depends mate, some think he might be a bit long in the tooth these days

Agree completely, I'd have much rather Everton or Leeds gone down than Burnley

Population roughly the same as Redditch, they've done very well to stick around as long as they have. I agree that the scheduling of the game against us was unfair

The 9th in the form table since he arrived stat is arguably (IMO) skewed by the winning run when he first arrived. Since the turn of the year, we are 15th in the form table, having taken 23 points from 20 games. That is basically the form that eventually got Smith sacked. In 2022, our league form has been worse than Burnley's and we've taken just one point more than Leeds. This is despite bringing in Digne, Chambers and Coutinho. He really needs to hit the ground running next season, or we could well be looking at another wasted year. Seems he's going to be backed in the transfer window, so there should be no excuses next year - I expect much better than we've seen of late

At least we've got a few months off from the Villa ruining our weekends

At least he didn't get on to play a part

**** sake

Yep - on the balance of it he's had a decent half there, but just lacks the technique required to play at the very highest level

But the Villa are winning mate

Where have they got 4 minutes from