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    Dem will be over the moon with this
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    You can see today as a missed opportunity or that we lost a tough away game (Forest have lost just 2 of their last 20 at home) and in doing so lost no ground to Arsenal and only find ourselves 1 further point behind Liverpool who had in most peoples eyes a nailed on win against Luton to come. If you'd have told me after 11 games (including games against Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea, Brighton, West Ham) we'd be sitting 5th 2 points off third, 5 points off top spot, I'd say 99.9% of Villa fans would have bitten your hand off. Almost a third of the season gone and we have put a cracking foundation down to build on for the rest of the season.
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    Away Form

    markavfc40 replied to villan95's topic in Villa Talk

    I don't think our away form is anything to be overly concerned about. We have lost at arguably the two toughest away grounds, Newcastle and Liverpool, and today against a side who have lost just two of their last 20 at home. Today was a real freak of a game in fairness as we have dominated other than putting the ball in the net and will play way worse than we did today this season and win.
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    Strange game. Martinez has had next to f all to do and we have, other than putting the ball in the net, dominated the game yet lost two nil. Just one of those days that you'll get once in a blue moon. We'll play way worse this season and win.
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    True it is but Forest aren't biting in terms of committing men and us being able to break their lines. Now they have 45 mins to hold a lead that is likely to be even more the case. We'll have to quicken things up.
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    Arguably the worst we have played all season. Loads of possession but way too pedestrian. Zaniolo is a passenger again and I'd be looking to bring Bailey on for him at HT and get him to run at the forest back line as at the moment it is way too easy for them.
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    What a goal that is.
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    Just when you thought that evil bitch Braverman couldn't stoop any lower she now wants to restrict tents for rough sleepers, and make it an offence for charities to supply them, implying that rough sleeping is a lifestyle choice. The Tories have overseen a huge increase in homelessness since 2010 due to their polices and then they come up with this. I wonder how this will play with their ever dwindling supporters. The narrative will be around some of those sleeping rough being from abroad when the facts are more of those sleeping rough will be veterans.
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    Less than 1k tickets left. This will pretty much be a sell out. Anyone know how many AZ are bringing?
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    Just finished the 2nd series of Time (started on BBC1 tonight but all 3 episodes on iPlayer). It is brilliant and one of the best mini series I have seen in a long time.
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    If the Police have made the decision to be ruthless you can guarantee they will be OTT in their actions.
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    Like others have said he was also before my time but clearly worthy of the three words Aston Villa Legend. I doubt his appearance record for the club will ever be beat. RIP Charlie.
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    I am not doubting all of that mate and that he clearly has excelllent fighting qualities in a different discipline but he was up against one of the two best heavyweights in the whole world and in his first professional boxing match at the age of 37 he beat him. It is the kind of stuff if it happened in a Rocky film you'd think was a bit far fetched. I can't think of another era where this would have happened and it is purely because there is a real lack of quality in the division. Fury, Joshua, Usyk, Wilder would not have got anywhere near the level they have in the 70's/80's/90's and early 2000's.
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    What's arguably worse than the actual corruption here is the sad state of heavyweight boxing. Ngannou won the fight which means a guy who is a 20 fight mixed martial artist, in his first professional boxing match, at the age of 37, beat the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. It is unreal the lack of quality in the heavyweight division compared to past eras.
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    I actually hadn't realised Starmer is 61. He'll very likely be 62 by the time of the election which would make him the oldest Prime Minister upon appointment since Callaghan in 1976. If he remained Prime Minister until your date of 2031 he'd be the oldest serving Prime Minister since Churchill. Bit of useless, irrelevant bollocks for you. In my defence I am on a days leave with f all to do.
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    Unai Emery

    markavfc40 replied to PeterSw's topic in Villa Talk

    I think there is a very real likelihood of that happening. I'd like to think before it does though he'll have another 3 years at least here, win something, oversee us qualify for Champs league and established as contenders for European places. Those are all certainly realistic targets and if he achieves them he'll leave us in a position where we will have become a club used to winning again and be a very attractive proposition for another top manager. For now though I think we should just enjoy this ride as times like this don't come that often for us. It is interesting that in the AZ reaction thread almost 90% of us voted that the managers performance was very good or good. It wasn't though was it. That is the average under Emery now. Remarkable what he is doing here.
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    I think given his performance last night Tielemans deserves to start his first Prem game for us on Sunday so I'd give McGinn a well deserved rest in this one. Other than that Konsa, Pau and Diaby back in so a front three of Watkins, Diaby, Bailey, midfield Kamara, Luiz and Tielemans in an advanced role, and the usual back four. I can't see anything but a win in this one but possibly closer than our recent home results would suggest. I'm going 3-0.
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    I'd imagine Wes Streeting will be Labour leader at some point.
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    Not a single tree and hardly a patch of grass/shrubbery etc in sight. It is horrible.
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    There is a decent chance Rooney will lose his first 5. They have Southampton away next, who are 5th, then Ipswich at home who are 2nd and then Sunderland away.
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    They reported this on ITV News last night. They stuck a nice knife in though when they said it had been opposed by a number of Tory MP's, who are themselves landlords.
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    According to a study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 3.8 million people were destitute at some point last year, including more than a million children. Another stat to add to the Tories legacy.
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    One of the top strikers in the Premier League. It is as simple as that. Due to his attitude/determination then I am also in no doubt he is yet to reach his peak. We are fortunate to have him and we'll have a hell of a struggle to bring in a striker of his quality when we have to replace him.
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    As fans we are totally in tune now with how we play. It is not so long ago that us playing it around at the back would have made the crowd very nervy and we'd have been wanting us to hump it forward. We are well past that now and it does make a difference on the pitch as there simply isn't that panic that can be generated from an edgy crowd. The patient football on the pitch is reflected in the crowd now. It is remarkable to have been a part of that transition really and full credit to the players as it can't have been easy at times playing in front of a crowd on edge urging you to lump it forward. Full credit to the manager as well for instilling the belief in the players to stick with it and I suppose credit should go to us the fans, although that has been made easy given our results/performances.
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    I think we'll go with the same line up as we did at Wolves with three CB's and Cash and Digne pushing on. Antonio is a handful and Carlos should be up for that battle and Soucek plays further forward than he used to so the extra CB would also be handy with him. They are also a pretty big side so having three CB's will help in that regard. I have no doubt that we'll score and I'm going for a 3-1 win.
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