foreveryoung Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Odds are shocking, 1.25, Man City, really, they haven't been been too convincing lately, an we could surely at least grab a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post It's Your Round Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 22 hours ago, WakefieldVillan said: Heart 1-2 Grealish 90+2, McGinn 88, Ramsey 90+5 I like this hypothetical outcome. Grealish in tears as Ramsey roars away in celebration. McGinn telling Jack to get up and stop being a deck heed. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 hours ago, foreveryoung said: Odds are shocking, 1.25, Man City, really, they haven't been been too convincing lately, an we could surely at least grab a point. We never, ever get a result at Man City and usually get hammered. If we lose by 2 or less its a result for us there given everything. The odds are like that for a good reason. I'd rather we didn't play this game each season and just give up the 3 points to focus on the next match. Hate this fixture more than any other. They'll batter us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 48 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said: We never, ever get a result at Man City and usually get hammered. If we lose by 2 or less its a result for us there given everything. The odds are like that for a good reason. I'd rather we didn't play this game each season and just give up the 3 points to focus on the next match. Hate this fixture more than any other. They'll batter us. What the hell is this?! Our last five games: Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa, Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa. I don't see any hammerings there, in fact we would have won at least one of those games if we'd managed the games better. Probably didn't help that we had Gerrard and Smith as managers for those games. Of course the odds will be heavily in their favour, it's very difficult to win at the Etihad for any team, but to write the game off like you have is very silly. We are more than capable of going there and causing problems and I would expect to see a reaction after Leicester and in particular the defence to be much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochheads twin Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Does Arsenal slipping up this afternoon make tomorrow’s task even tougher? city should be really focused and know how important a win will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Leeroy said: What the hell is this?! Our last five games: Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa, Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa. I don't see any hammerings there, in fact we would have won at least one of those games if we'd managed the games better. Probably didn't help that we had Gerrard and Smith as managers for those games. Of course the odds will be heavily in their favour, it's very difficult to win at the Etihad for any team, but to write the game off like you have is very silly. We are more than capable of going there and causing problems and I would expect to see a reaction after Leicester and in particular the defence to be much better. Why have you given home games as examples? Talk about being strawmanned! I said we never get a result AT MAN CITY. And we usually get hammered. Here are our league results at their place in the last 10 years: Manchester City 5 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 4 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 4 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 3 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 2 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 3 v 2 Aston Villa You don't see any hammerings there? Ok mate. We've scored in just one of our last 6 visits there, conceding 21 goals in the process. You know if you are going to quote someone then you should really do it honestly. Our record their is appalling. With plenty of hammerings. Being optimistic is one thing, but ignoring the facts and changing the goalposts on what someone has posted is totally different matter. Edited February 11, 2023 by GlobalVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I’m expecting defeat with such certainty it almost makes me think we might sneak a point 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I think we've acquitted ourselves well in the last few visits to Citeh. Should definitely have won last season but for some calamitous defending. Also the game when Deano got sent off for arguing about the goal that never should have been. I remember McGinn missing a great chance in that game. I'm always optimistic before a game, regardless the opposition. Come on me Babbys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 9 hours ago, foreveryoung said: Odds are shocking, 1.25, Man City, really, they haven't been been too convincing lately, an we could surely at least grab a point. 12/1 for a Villa win, I'll have some of that, please. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted February 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) For those who do like a bet, double chance will be great odds and that means you get Villa and the draw.... I got $4.10 here in Oz Edited February 11, 2023 by Villan_of_oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2023 Wait. This is a weird-arse match. Gotta stop and behold the toe-curling weirdness of it all. The context is just ... mad. I feel there's this unfair pressure on us to beat the Evil Cheaters, and I hope our players can ignore all that. But especially with awful Pep pretty much embracing the evil, I also fear their players will be all juiced up on degenerate petro-club zombie defiance and just kick the living shit out of us and eat our livers for dinner. Very, very hard to ignore the messed-up context for this match. A lot of people all over the world will be rooting for us. It feels really, really big to me. I hope we can at least offer a noble effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: Wait. This is a weird-arse match. Gotta stop and behold the toe-curling weirdness of it all. The context is just ... mad. I feel there's this unfair pressure on us to beat the Evil Cheaters, and I hope our players can ignore all that. But especially with awful Pep pretty much embracing the evil, I also fear their players will be all juiced up on degenerate petro-club zombie defiance and just kick the living shit out of us and eat our livers for dinner. Very, very hard to ignore the messed-up context for this match. A lot of people all over the world will be rooting for us. It feels really, really big to me. I hope we can at least offer a noble effort. All of the above plus the fact that Arsenal slipped up today and they can close the gap right down and put the wheels back on their PL season. In case they needed more motivation. We won’t be able to match that cutting edge motivation (although I fully expect us to put on a hard working professional display) so it’s all on the tactics and carrying out the game plan. And hopefully no suicidal play at the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GingerCollins29 Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 11 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: We never, ever get a result at Man City and usually get hammered. If we lose by 2 or less its a result for us there given everything. The odds are like that for a good reason. I'd rather we didn't play this game each season and just give up the 3 points to focus on the next match. Hate this fixture more than any other. They'll batter us. Are you available for some motivational speaking any time soon? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I think we'll lose, they'll have too much for us after we put in a dogged resistance and they'll get a very favourable ref/var decision. My only hope is that under unai we have been superb against the sky 6. Come on villa! I also think tomorrow will be grealish's 'moment' where his lasting supporters in claret and blue turn on him. He'll dive/celebrate after scoring. Very much the yorke kissing the utd badge or a.young diving for united against us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I reckon we are in for a thrashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Nothing to lose here except the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 47 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Are you available for some motivational speaking any time soon? Why? Are you playing? Just pointing out that our record their is horrendous and I despise playing them. Since nobody on this forum is playing the game I don't need to be motivational and pretend otherwise. I'll leave that for the manager and the people that will actually be on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 48 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: I think we'll lose Lol. How's your motivational speech coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Win , loose or draw we need a good performance considering last week was so poor I'm looking for a response and no individual mistakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 10/02/2023 at 11:30, DJBOB said: And depending on how the match goes - we could see a lot of Duran. Ollie and Bailey are going to put in a lot of graft pressing but also taking on a lot of solo runs on the counter. Curious why you think we'll see a lot of Duran. Pumping long balls for the big guy to win in the air and playing route 1 rather than playing from the back because City's press will be too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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