mattyvilla

1 hour ago, villalad21 said:

Benteke had a good first impression though. He scored on his debut.

He did indeed but looked awful , scored a bit of a jammy goal i recall off the bench ,spent a couple of weeks before that on the bench . Don't think he really stopped scoring after that

i remember a certain Mr Benteke getting the same stick , lets give wesley a chance

2 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

Didn't the ticket office only have one single window serving people? No wonder the que was long 

yes , laughable

Our season tickets weren't uploaded , refused to let us in without going to ticket office , stood in the queue for 40 min and then was told to go back to the turnstile and they would now let us in. 3rd year in a row the same problem!

sizing is woeful , ordered a training top , went a size up and still way too small and now out of stock everywhere

40 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

resurrecting an old thread...anyone use the ticket exchange last year? was it ok? i see it's ticketmaster now

We didnt have a resale partner last year , was a shambles

Watched the players celebrate for 15 min , then joined the tube queue where a fair amount of derby fans clearly wanted trouble with villa , being as they couldnt get a reaction due to us being hugely outnumbered , they proceeded to fight each other on the tube.No need at all there were loads of kiddies from both teams around.

just a heads up to anyone travelling from tamworth train station , there have been a lot of cancellations today due to staff shortages , hopefully wont happen again tomorrow

ill be wearing a claret and blue scarf so im easy to recognize!

sold out

3 hours ago, imavillan said:

 

 

Anyone getting the train from Lichfield and/or Tamworth and then Atherstone and Rugby just need to be mindful that this will be the same line that the Derby fans will be using.

I have done a search of trains from Derby, Its a change point at Tamworth and then these are the calling stations....

Tamworth station will be very busy with Derby and Villa fans. Unless they have put specials on for the Derby fans but i doubt it.

This will be the same for the later trains leaving as well.

Will also make the return journey interesting as well.

 

Last year Tamworth station was full of Villa fans who effectively filled the train at that point. So Monday will be interesting to see how the trains cope. I can see some of them being standing room only.

Great im on this , i thought derby fans would get the st pancras train straight through

10 hours ago, imavillan said:

It's just the train fare.

Did you use the 20% off code?

booked on west mids trains , so code not valid .Still not too bad a price with tube passes

5 hours ago, imavillan said:

From Tamworth to Euston booking with The Trainline £28.50 for an adult with no rail card.

Out 08.03 - gets to Euston 09.40

Return 19.46 back at Tamworth 21.13

2 Adults 2 adults £57 

look here for all of the details

 

Same price with Cross Country Trains

but using the code from @Kingman take 20% off = £22.80

Does that have underground passes includes , ive paid £86 for the same journey 2ad 2ch

Norwich to be awarded the trophy after the game apparently (should they win it ) , would pretty much put the dampeners on the lap of honor

2 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Pretty sure they will be automatic 3-0 defeats. 

believe so , unless the league expel them

34 minutes ago, Enda said:

Does this lad still play for us?

was on the bench on monday

9 minutes ago, flashingqwerty said:

Read the regs handbook again, and be very precise when looking at the language.

It effectively says its only a free kick for handball if there is intent in the referees opinion, so by default, if he gives a free for handball, he's also saying he believes there was intent and therefore has to book the player.

Just to be clear, i'm not saying i agree with the rules, but in this incident, the rules were correctly applied.

I take my info from bbc's deliberate handball guide , i'm not clever enough to provide a link , so certainly can't find it in the rulebook 

25 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

I was looking at picking a couple up in the lower Holte...Apparently there's only a hundred or so left with no two together. How does that work, surely the entire lower hasn't gone to ST sales? Do they reserve loads of rows for general sale? 

This seasons holders seats won't be released until the deadline has passed , usually in the summer june time

13 minutes ago, flashingqwerty said:

Funny, i thought you were talking about whether Mings should have been booked...

He lashed out after not getting a free kick he, and I, felt he deserved - definite yellow.

The ball does strike his arm, and were the same happen in their box, i would expect a penalty.  Unfortunately, the rules state that a handball is a yellow card - so both fair yellows and fully justified and in accordance with the rules.

Take off the claret specs, and objectively, its 2 yellows.  Can't appeal, as you can only appeal straight reds.  I have no complaints with those 2 decision - plenty of others - but not those 2.

Handball isn't a caution , Deliberate handball is. There has to be an intent to handle for a card to be given , attempting to chest the ball and it hitting the arm isnt a caution if we go by the letter of the law.

i don't believe for a minute that the owners would allow our best chance of getting out of this league to be dropped for the last 3 months due to a fallout 

cant think of any really bad views in the trinity , they are prob at one end and you end up with a bit cricked neck looking down the pitch!

1 hour ago, Demitri_C said:

Smith clearly don't rate jedinak but I would rather see him than whelan.

Yesterday he looked out if his depth with his dreadful subs. Your chasing a goal and you bring a cb and dm on???

I mean seriously thats Sunday league management.

Spot on , i think smith gets a bit of an easy ride he is getting it horribly wrong.It was crying out for keinan davis to hold the ball up , and he made defensive changes

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

What’s so amusing about Tammy leaving us hey! 

(Yes im bored).

edit:  Bolasie knew he was staying!!

Go on youtube and look for why you coming fast , there is a joke in what bolasie said

Just wish it would get sorted , feels disrespectful now , chelsea should just recall

Will watch his progress from afar , 3 goals from the bench in the 2nd half of the season for wolves , returned to chelsea and swiftly loaned out to recently relegated fulham . He could have got himself a big permanent move in the summer had he stayed here and scored goals!