wilko154 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Rob182 said: It angers me that every one of these ‘Ifs and Buts’ posts has unnecessary apostrophes in the title... My bad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, wilko154 said: My bad Don't you worry Wilko, your 'ifs' are lovely and your 'buts' fine #MeToo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trom_borg Posted April 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) Brilliant win yesterday and great that we can continue our momentum. Yesterday also showed just how quickly things can turn still though, imagine facing Bristol on sat on the back of a loss with both MIngs and Hause out, suddenly our position would be much more vulnerable. Enjoying every moment of our run in but still trying to constrain my excitement and hope a bit, if being a lifelong Villa supporter thought me anything its that! I'd say this though, sometimes football (or sports in general) has a way of unfolding in peculiar ways. And for me there has been something special about this season; from the acquiring of McGinn, Whelans penalty miss leading to cabbage gate, hiring a Villa fan and going on the most crazy of roller coast rides, including many of the best goals and most exciting games I've experiences in my time as supporter. From feeling unbeatable to giving up and back again. The fat lady is getting ready and theres surley several twists yet to unfold, but in some ways I feel that this season has an edge about it and provides a ending that will cement its place in Villa history. Edited April 11, 2019 by trom_borg Typos 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tinker Posted April 11, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2019 I love the championship , we need the premier League money to survive but the way this league plays out is what football should be about . 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Lord Willard Posted April 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2019 Stolen off facebook but thought I'd share on here too. 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 More blood is coming from sheff weds door than any other...why? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 48 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: More blood is coming from sheff weds door than any other...why? Wound is still fresh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Imagine that going up automatically that would be one of the greatest achievements ever. Sadly we left it too late. 4th would be brilliant Agreed, 6th would be more than acceptable for me though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 11, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: More blood is coming from sheff weds door than any other...why? Bruce has been hitting the kebabs extra hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dante_Lockhart Posted April 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: More blood is coming from sheff weds door than any other...why? It's chilli sauce. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddytheVillan Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Imagine if the hand of Rod had been disallowed and we beat Wet Bum. There'd be a three point swing in our favour, meaning a one point game instead of four... I think four points is too much considering our remaining fixtures, but I'm glad we've got close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 9 hours ago, abdulaziz1 said: Shall we win our next 5 with Leeds and Sheff Utd win less than 3 and 4 points respectively. Then we go up with GD. Anyway we have a good chance to be 4th which would put a lot of pressure into West Brom. Still I think we shall take it game at a time. Yesterday most of us would have taken a draw after the red card. That would be a monumental capitulation from both of them, nigh on impossible. Plus their GD is significantly better than ours anyway, so yeah that's not happening. We should definitely be aiming for 4th though. 2nd leg at VP would be ideal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) If we could have converted just a few of those draws into wins we'd be in the automatics. Annoying games like PNE where we should have had 3 points, Notts Forest and baggies bah. Edited April 11, 2019 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 11, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2019 Have to say when it looked like we'd slipped up yesterday I was consoling myself that if we missed play-offs then this season was lost some time ago and thought what a bloody good job DS has done to get us even in the hunt for 6th. Then we won, and I think I'm having trouble actually believing what we are seeing at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 4 hours ago, PaddytheVillan said: Imagine if the hand of Rod had been disallowed and we beat Wet Bum. There'd be a three point swing in our favour, meaning a one point game instead of four... I think four points is too much considering our remaining fixtures, but I'm glad we've got close. Wet Bum!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: If we could have converted just a few of those draws into wins we'd be in the automatics. Annoying games like PNE where we should have had 3 points, Notts Forest and baggies bah. Norwich 6 losses then its us and Sheffield United on 9 the games at start with Ipswich and Reading were also big dropped points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is true but you also have to remember we have had the same problem throughout the season. The only difference is in previous games we would normally concede during the spells where we are against it. We do need to try and control games better against more physical teams. But to be fair, every game in this league is a battle. Some of them we’ll have to win in a ugly way. VLV....I am not having a go by the way, just simply observations.....We should have converted that Penalty, Tammy looked like he had just seen a ghost, not the ideal candidate feeling in such a mood.....we could have been comprehensively behind like Albion against Bristol City, because we failed to physically compete as they failed to track runners....You have to work in this league, talent alone will not always come to our aid, albeit the second half, proved it did. I didn't think we were particularly good coping with the muscle under Bruce either.....The flank men are the biggest problem in terms of dealing with muscle....and it leaves too much work for the others. El Ghazi-Green & Albert do not fill me with joy, when it comes to a physical game...Taylor is easily dispossessed and Elmo despite his good moments is not a naturally wired defender. If you watch Norwich carefully their wing men, mix it well and dovetail with the centre boys.....their full backs are also well rounded and get stuck in. We need to come out of the traps quickly on Saturday and be ready to work....all of them not just McGinn. Edited April 11, 2019 by TRO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is true but you also have to remember we have had the same problem throughout the season. The only difference is in previous games we would normally concede during the spells where we are against it. We do need to try and control games better against more physical teams. But to be fair, every game in this league is a battle. Some of them we’ll have to win in a ugly way. I am not a fan who thinks champagne football is the only thing that satisfies me.....I accept ugly, just want us to do it now and again, when it's necessary. First Half....That was the bit I was waiting to see, but they just surrendered the initiative to Rotherham. Paul Warne blamed the Sending off for them losing the game, such was the change in Villa going down to 10 men.....surely losing Mings should not render us better....my suspicion is some players in the first half were in second gear. That's not on, how close we are to the play offs and on the back of 6 wins. I was appalled in the First half and proud of them in the second, after the set back.....but we can't keep having long periods of slacking off. Edited April 11, 2019 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, TRO said: I am not a fan who thinks champagne football is the only thing that satisfies me.....I accept ugly, just want us to do it now and again, when it's necessary. First Half....That was the bit I was waiting to see, but they just surrendered the initiative to Rotherham. Paul Warne blamed the Sending off for them losing the game, such was the change in Villa going down to 10 men.....surely losing Mings should not render us better....my suspicion is some players in the first half were in second gear. That's not on, how close we are to the play offs and on the back of 6 wins. I was appalled in the First half and proud of them in the second, after the set back.....but we can't keep having long periods of slacking off. I agree and throughout the season it had happened too often. But we have to remember this is still Bruce’s teams Smith is working with. I still think there will be wholesale changes no matter where we end the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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