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Grew up in Solihull (surrounded by noses). Season ticket holder from 1972 to 1991 when I moved to the states. Have lived in Rhode Island, New York, Arizona and now Florida. Get to an average of one match a year at Villa Park, plus have been to every state-side match since we started coming over (New York to play Fiorentina). Favourite trip was a road trip to Montreal then Columbus, Ohio about 15 years ago. Got to meet most of the squad at a reception in Columbus. All family still in UK. Mom & Dad still living in the house I grew up in. Mom was born in Nechells - her family weren't really into football. Dad was born in Yardley, and his Dad was hardcore Villa. My grandad never talked about blues as a rival - it was Wolves and West Brom in his mind as blues were never at the same level...
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At the start of the day, the four teams I mentioned were 1 or 2 points behind blouse. A win took them above them. Three of them did, taking the sty dwellers from 15th to 18th....
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Similar survey for them would also be five choices: Yardley, Sheldon, Small Heath, Hay Mills or Acocks Green. Their international fans are in Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green and Stirchley. To be fair, more fans have participated in this survey that they get at the Sty each week...
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Right then, just need wins for Watford, Norwich, Millwall and Plymouth to make it a beautiful start to the weekend...
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I would have thought that the ball traveling 30 yards wide to Bailey with all of their team between him and the goal would surely be considered a new phase of play, as it cleared anyone in a direct goalscoring position and the defence had ample time to react/get behind the ball. If he had headed straight out to a Villa player who had popped it straight in to the goal, then same phase of play for sure, but 30 yards away and wide? AZ literally had 11 men between Bailey and the goal. Also, the moment the ball leaves Watkin's head the goalkeeper is falling back with one arm stretched out behind him (he can play the ball with that arm unlike an outfield player) so both he and the player on the line were technically keeping Bailey onside.... OK, I'll shut up now...
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Just saw the highlights on YouTube (I was flying home from Alaska during match). How on God's Green Earth was that Lenglet goal disallowed? Bailey has the ball headed directly to him by the AZ player on the line. Not only was it "deliberately" played by the defender (he prevented a goal being scored), but said defender was on the flipping goal line. So not offside for two very clear and easy to see reasons. The mind boggles. An early goal for us would have completely changed the game. Of course, all the mainstream media idiots focus on is that our corner for the second goal shouldn't have been awarded. I hate the media. If that had been Citeh or the Dippers the match report would have been headlined "Justice Served on Night of VAR Drama."
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If ever there was an indicator of why Unai bought Moreno it was this game. Moreno would have got the same amount of space, but would have drawn a defender out and picked a pass. Digne is a great crosser of the ball from deep/wide, but his final ball when going in behind a defence is not at the quality needed.
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Nah, Cloughie would’ve driven Doug off a cliff and installed Steve Stride as Chairman…
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Every single coach at every single level should be showing this picture to their team. Talk about discipline!
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Rebuild the Witton Lane stand NOW if we can rename it.....
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I think he will probably be seen as our best ever eventually, but winning a major trophy will be an essential component of that. Rimmer, in an age when English keepers were indisputably the best in the world, was absolutely magnificent for us and helped us win it all. It was only Shilton and Clemence that kept him out of the England team. The narrative around the European Cup final and Nigel getting all the attention forgets the fact that Jimmy Rimmer was absolutely magnificent throughout that season and the season before when we won the league, including the double-penalty-save away in the earlier rounds that got us to the final....
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Not lost on me that one! Had a chat with my old man on the phone yesterday and he doesn't do well nowadays with his memory, but he had a good laugh about the Rimmer/Emi coincidence. To be fair to Arsenal they had replaced Jimmy with Pat Jennings, so you could see the reason, but I'm not putting Leno, Ramsdale or Raya in the same category as Jennings....
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Cutler was a part of the process once they'd narrowed it down, but I think the interview with him (Cutler) made it look too much like he was the reason we signed him. From what I gathered they had a shortlist that included Emi, Butland and a couple more..... Cutler was definitely key to his development when he joined us, but Emi's distribution and tactical nous has improved ten-fold since Unai brought in his own GK coach. To think he was preceded by the likes of Nyland, Kalinic and zimmer-frame wielding Reina....
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Ah yes, but to be fair, there was a lot more debate around Westwood. Everything from he's our version of Pirlo to he ain't fit to lace Gavin McCann's boots... Emi on the other hand has the thread united in the knowledge that he is really really good, just creates debate about just HOW really really good he is.... Rimmer still ranks as best-ever in my lifetime.... But Emi has overtaken all the others at this point for me, and he's in good company - Spink, Bosnich, Friedel....
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Growing up I always wanted to wear number 3 when I played, no matter what position I was playing. It was because of Charlie Aitken. His name is and was synonymous with pure class and Aston Villa. May he Rest In Peace. The ultimate Holte Ender in the Sky.
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Part of it was due to the way Luton set up - they essentially held a defensive line 40 yards from goal and didn't press until we crossed halfway line - tried to make the game compact so we couldn't play into the pockets that Zaniolo and McGinn usually occupy. What they didn't do well was press Kamara/Luiz/Torres well enough and the ball behind them was on with well-timed runs by our front players. Second and third goals were a clear indicator that our manager is a bloody genius. Luton started with a back five and were denying us any space in the channels first-half. Brought on Bailey at half time to play wide-right, told Digne to roam forward more and gave McGinn license to get out wide left, hence stretching them sideways. This forced their left/right centre backs into a stick or twist scenario and the wing-backs were getting 2v1 situations. Diaby's goal was the result of a McGinn/Digne combination wide-left. Then Luton switched to a back four and the channels opened up for Diaby and Watkins, hence the third goal. Kamara played him in.
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He needs a goal, or an extra-special moment to set up a goal. You can see he's struggling for confidence. Anything will do - a rebound, a tap-in, anything. Then I think we'll see a top player. I don't think Unai replaced him at half-time today solely because of his performance, but also to change our shape by putting Bailey out wide and giving McGinn license to get wide on the left to counter their back-three. Paid immediate dividends too with the second goal coming from a Digne cross after McGinn had put him in wide-left. Luton changed to a back-four a few minutes later.
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I think so, yeah. I think even as a brand new American ownership group, Randy and Gen Krulak weren't that naive!
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I remember just after Lerner bought the club that there was some talk circulating that a rebrand of Villa would include more reference to Birmingham and it may be incorporated somehow into our name. It was quickly dismissed! Would have been a bigger PR disaster than the Leeds bicep badge.
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If memory serves there were some rumours around about Rowett before we went down - maybe around the time Lambert was hired, or maybe as replacement for Lambert...
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Not our best and not up there with Schmeichel but I wouldn't say he was shite.... certainly not as blunder-bound as Nyland and Olsen....
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OK, "Nordic Goalkeepers" .... Forgot Jussi Jaaskelainen too...
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Turned on the telly tonight and witnessed none other than a long-haired Orjan Nyland in goal for Norway against Spain. Only saw about half-an-hour of the match, but he looked just as scary as he did when he was in our colours! With Olsen, Nyland and Sinisalo (good prospect but our 4th choice) all being regulars for their respective countries it begs the question, what the heck happened to the Thorsveldts, Ravellis, Schmeichels and Sorensens? Did Enckleman lower the bar for all to follow?
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Yeah what the hell ever happened to him? Was a bit-part player at Chelski, then all of a sudden was a key part of their team under Conte, then seemed to completely disappear again....
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It's all about the booze. Pre-match pint or three and everyone is fired up for kick-off. Then the buzz wears off about 15-20 minutes in unless we get an early goal. Half-time pint gets everyone going again except those who stood in a queue for the entire break to go to the bog, and they are thoroughly p**ed off and blame Leon Bailey..
