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  1. est1874
    The glee in here is hard to stomach. People need to grow up.
  2. est1874
    Of course not. I'm not talking about that, we're talking about this season where them knocked out of Europe could very possibly cost us a Champions League place which could affect our fortunes and finances for years to come But yeah sure, change the subject and harp on about something they did years ago that has no relevance to Aston Villa currently.
  3. est1874
    You do you. If it potentially disadvantages Villa, I don't give a **** what happens to other teams, good or bad.
  4. est1874
    You're crowing like this is good for Villa. It's not.
  5. est1874
    **** West Ham are 2 down now too. Not gonna get CL are we.
  6. est1874
    Edited. Shite anyway
  7. est1874
    Knew we'd eventually find something we could agree on, Stevo.
  8. est1874
    It was gorgeous.
  9. est1874
    18th worst? So, 3rd best.
  10. est1874
    We don't talk to the ref. You never see McGinn, our captain, talking to him at all. Ever. We also never "crowd the ref" - which honestly is a testament to our character... And yet we have the 3rd worst disciplinary record, unjustly IMO. It's an unfortunate fact of the modern game that if you don't put pressure on the ref, you won't get the rub of decisions in your favour. Ridiculous, but that's how it is. On the other hand regardless of whether we want to box clever with the officials, the team captain should always be asking him to explain/clarify decisions and is entitled to address the referee to point out patterns of poor behaviour from the opponent. Terry was great at this. Jack didn't do it because he became a target of the refs for his "diving" i.e. drawing fouls so they couldn't take him seriously. I'm not convinced McGinn would be taken seriously either, and maybe he knows it, hence why he doesn't try. I'll bet a big calm lad like Mings or Torres could get the ref's attention in a positive sense, though... Just saying.
  11. est1874
    I've no issue with his comments. It's encouraging to know that the team are finally realising they have a collective impostor syndrome / inferiority complex to overcome. Villa have suffered from this as long as I can remember and will never overcome it unless it's faced up to. I honestly don't care whether that's behind closed doors or not. Sometimes you need to address the elephant in the room, even if the door's open.
  12. est1874
    Unai has done brilliantly. We're not as good a team as we think. Mentality is also another issue - extremely fragile under pressure.
  13. est1874
    £150m.
  14. est1874
    What does that even mean? You can't have a no excuse culture in such a corrupt league. We're up against it most weeks.
  15. est1874
    I don't agree. You can't say we've deserved the injuries we've had, which have been a big factor at key times this season. You also can't suggest we've deserved to face United, Newcastle and Spurs on their absolute best days this season when all 3 have been largely shite or jammy elsewhere. Football doesn't work the way you suggest. The concept of merit is elusive when it's not a level playing field out there.
  16. est1874
    Yes but also a big missed opportunity. You can't just ignore or dismiss that because of where we are. But hey, we're Aston Villa. Undisputed champions of missing big opportunities.
  17. est1874
    Anyone who thinks these refs aren't making money for their mates or betting on games just like some of the players evidently are needs their head checked. It's so **** obvious there's fiddling going on.
  18. est1874
    There goes 4th.
  19. est1874
    He could try receiving a basic pass to his feet and not inexplicably putting it out of play.
  20. est1874
    It's not the local Sunday league team this. These tickets cost £35-60. It's premier league - the fans pay the inflated prices to go along to be entertained. I don't blame anyone who's sitting there yawning. I lost my voice screaming the lads on against Spurs and got humiliation to take home with me for my troubles, sometimes it's down to the XI men on the pitch to play better, not on the fans to make it so.
  21. est1874
    You should know by now that the VP crowd reflects what's on the pitch. We're never going to be the type of fanbase who gets the team going, we need the team to get the fans going and then it becomes symbiotic. At the end of the day it's the lads on the pitch being paid silly money to be there, not those in the crowd paying their hard earned money to watch 11 lads looking ponderously at an opposition wall. When the team plays up, the fans wake up. It's always been that way at VP.
  22. est1874
    No we just need to be better - cannier, quicker, better movement. Right now we're just standing over the ball waiting for Brentford's shape to crumble. Daft.
  23. est1874
    Bailey looking like his old self here so far.
  24. est1874
    I think we might concede first today, but hopeful for a comeback win.
  25. est1874
    They're also massive twunts.
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