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  1. Condimentalist
    No need to panic. We played well without being truly incisive enough. We will need to get used to the occasional side playing like that at VP. Hopefully we can bounce back with a win at OT. Would you bet against us?
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    Lol. Glad I'm not next to you in the trenches mate
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    Thought he was one of our best players tbh
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    I got the disallowed goal but that is a **** penalty FFS.
  5. Condimentalist
    We're not playing badly. They are sitting v deep. Need to stay patient.
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    Like this, and I like our current badge which this is similar to (but gaslamp is a nice addition). I don't really understand why we're re-running this process again considering it produced a good result last time. I fear the hubris of Heck but we'll see.
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    Howe would be ideal
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    It's certainly interesting timing with Atairos coming on board to fund "growth and infrastructure projects"...
  9. Condimentalist
    I can see Heck's argument. If tearing down the North Stand affects the atmosphere and performance of the team - which is plausible - that could be more damaging to the club financially from loss of TV and commercial revenues (e.g. Champions League) than an additional £8k seats. I do think it's a problem that will have to be solved at some point. But I can kind of see that doing it just as we might be establishing ourselves back in the big league is risky timing.
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    Line up here will be interesting. It's a very different game to previous weeks as I don't see Sheff having much ball at all. Ideally I'd be resting McGinn as both him and Kamara out for Old Trafford would not be ideal. So: -- Emi Cash Konsa Pau Moreno Bailey Luiz Tielemans Ramsey Diaby Watkins -- I'd be equally happy with Carlos rather than Cash, Digne ahead of Moreno, and if it's felt we need more balance then Dendonk in for Ramsey or Tielemans too. Lovely to have options, even with players out.
  11. Condimentalist
    We are missing players but so are they. If we want to finish top 4 we can't conclude that these types of games are too hard. I think we can definitely win today.
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    Sure you don't mean the playoff semi? I don't get to all the games sadly but went to a fair few of that run and that one stood out. Probably my favourite VP atmosphere. The 6-4 against Blackburn in the League Cup semi 2nd leg 10 or so years ago was also pretty great - including the pitch invasion.
  13. Condimentalist
    Not sure this is true. Dougie is brilliant but we have a brilliant team that plays as a team, whereas Jack carried the side.
  14. Condimentalist
    It's part of our historic treble.
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    **** me that might be the best Villa performance I've ever seen. Momentous. Unreal.
  16. Condimentalist
    Free shot tonight. A genuine chance to beat the best team in the world for our 14th straight home win. If not, things are still going **** swimmingly thanks very much.
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    Class act
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    I am sure they will be looking but agree it'll only be done if the right player is available. We got Moreno last Jan, it's far from impossible.
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    Really good. Fantastic that he can play off the left like that, solves what has been our problem position so far this season.
  20. Condimentalist
    Unbelievably slow bar service in Upper Trinity last night - the reward for which was two cold tandoori pies which had to be returned. It's so poor.
  21. Condimentalist
    Ah the old "media randomly hates Aston Villa" theory. There's no agenda here - but I do think that there is a huge amount of 'conservative' thinking, particularly from ex-pros, who can't conceive of the idea of change. Unai can achieve a lot of what he wants to achieve in football with us. Will he retire here? I doubt it, but there are several more chapters to be written in this story ye before he maybe eventually goes to one of the very top clubs in the world.
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    I agree on Olsen and Dendonk but I think those upgrades will get made in the summer. RB is the one I can see us trying to plug in January as Cash is playing a lot of games.
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    The reason though is that there's a lot of poor teams in the league, which we also benefit from. We're where we should be (which is fantastic).
  24. Condimentalist
    His recovery to get at their striker when he blazed over was the reason he missed IMO. Great pace and determination. Could have been a different game if that went in.
  25. Condimentalist
    For me peak Benteke was a better individual. We were basically a one man team at that stage and he could be totally unplayable. He dropped off though. Sadly my main memories of Yorke were at United. Watkins has always been a player who makes the whole team better with his workrate and physicality but now his finishing and overall gameplay has improved markedly. Helps that he's playing in the best team we've had in decades too. I think by the time he leaves or retires he'll be considered our best Prem striker. A lot of this team will be remembered as legends in due course because I think we're just at the start of an amazing few years.
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