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Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Crystal Palace
AvonVillain replied to limpid's topic in PL: Crystal Palace h
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Personally I'd stick with Dean Smith, and I think we will for both practical and long-term reasons. One being the massive upheaval involved, and the other the limited time between seasons. Surely JT will leave though, which seems right, given our defensive record.
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Well said. This absolutely HAS to be a thing of the past, because really, desperately average players filling up the bench on massive wages has come to define this club over the last 10 years.
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Love this kind of optimism, but of course here's the flaw: Could a different team capitalize and really push hard to keep things interesting given the same circumstances? Yes, absolutely. Could the Villa? No.
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Whenever I heard an ex-pro trot out the old, "There's always twists and turns and surprising results right to the end," you just knew that wouldn't apply to the Villa. Congratulations to West Ham and Watford.
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Yep, along with our now established losing mentality, the players will see the task is insurmountable. That's that then. Actually feel quite emotional, rather than the numbness I expected.
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Oh well. I wish I could say it was nice to have been back in the big league for a spell, but it really wasn't.
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By the sounds of it, they also seem to miss a hatful. They should be out of sight in this game, and *could* still lose.
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I wonder if any of the Norwich players will come out after the match and say: "Now that relegation is confirmed we can relax and give something back to the fans...." or whatever poorly considered, loathsome thing it was that JL said those few years back.
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The one factor that consistently lets us down in this furious calculation of permutations, is Aston Villa.
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It's the hope that kills you.
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"Must win" has been thrown around........ well, forever, but Sunday is now very much the definition of the term. Lose, and although mathematically yes we could still do it I think the players' confidence and even desire for the fight will be shot to pieces. Can't help but think a draw will just needlessly extend the pain for everyone connected to the club. A win will at least keep things interesting for the final round of games.
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Thank goodness I was out and completely missed this. Did we at least manage a shot on target?
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Not sure I'll ever forgive the Villa if they don't relegate a team as woeful as this West Ham. Absolutely positive they won't beat Norwich next.
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No doubt. But it's still in our own hands.
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Amazing how sarcasm came to replace: 'Oh sorry, yes, I see that I was wrong'.
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Ours. Confirmed. Whether we'll take the opportunity is entirely different.
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+ we play West Ham final game. So, still in our hands.
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....the remaining fixtures. "In what way shape or form is us staying up" not in our hands?
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Still in our hands. It's desperate and looks bleak, but remarkably, there is still hope.
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Plus, can't help but wonder how much time passed between hearing this 'rumour', and posting something as '100% not the case' on social media... Surely enough time to do the smallest amount of research.
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You "heard a rumour" that something is true. He's right. It is still in our hands. West Ham still have to play Watford. You think both could pick up 3 points in this fixture?
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Bringing it back to us for a second, the one constant of Dean Smith's reign at VP is that just when we look as utterly dreadful as anything we've seen in the last number of years (I've forgotten how many), we suddenly go on a run or do something extraordinary to somehow get us over the line, like winning a record breaking 10 on the trot, or winning the biggest game of the season at Wembley at his first attempt. Bournemouth are finished. This is still very much in our hands.
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We've been brilliant, and not worked the keeper at all.
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Going one nil behind?
