Don_Simon Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Calvert Lewin just been sent off, so assume he's MIA for our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Bad injury for McNeill too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Very handy DCL getting "sent off", he hadn't scored for twelve games and you know how helpful the Villa usually are to managers/players/teams on a piss-poor run. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I bet they win the red card appeal, you just know it's gonna happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 This is a must win if we wanna stay in the title race. Man City and Spurs both have tough away games, This is our chance to go clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 10 hours ago, rjw63 said: I bet they win the red card appeal, you just know it's gonna happen. They should. Was terrible call 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 06/01/2024 at 00:49, rjw63 said: Very handy DCL getting "sent off", he hadn't scored for twelve games and you know how helpful the Villa usually are to managers/players/teams on a piss-poor run. That's a fallacy. People only count the hits and ignore the misses 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colhint Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 (edited) Just been onto the Everton forum. They're just like us. one bloke, talking about mcneils injury typed angle instead of ankle. Then there was a pun rest Was it his right angle, was the pain acute, don't be obtuse etc. I laughed because the same would happen here. Edited January 7 by colhint 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyvilla Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 8 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: They should. Was terrible call Do wonder what precident it would set though , im pretty certain it was var that asked the ref to look at the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villan95 Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 (edited) 5 hours ago, colhint said: Just been onto the Everton forum. They're just like us. one bloke, talking about mcneils injury typed angle instead of ankle. Then there was a pun rest Was it his right angle, was the pain acute, don't be obtuse etc. I laughed because the same would happen here. That must have been tiring Edited January 7 by villan95 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) But off topic but if anyone has Peacock they're showing the 3-2 game at Goodison in full right now. Just started. Christ how the hell did we not win anything with that side!? That midfield in its plomb would be frightening - Petrov, Barry, Milner, Sidwell, Young Edited January 7 by stewiek2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochheads twin Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned the fact that this is the most played top flight fixture. “Not a lot of people know that!” it’s status has looked in danger given the form of both sides over recent years but it does look set to continue for a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 6 hours ago, stewiek2 said: But off topic but if anyone has Peacock they're showing the 3-2 game at Goodison in full right now. Just started. Christ how the hell did we not win anything with that side!? That midfield in its plomb would be frightening - Petrov, Barry, Milner, Sidwell, Young Sidwell was bang average lol. We had a decent midfield in general but other parts of the team weren't great, Laursen was very good in defence but getting old and injury prone and Davies never lived up to potential, our full backs weren't great. Friedel was a solid goalkeeper but 37/38 when we signed him so not a long term solution. Up front Carew and Gabby was ok but neither even got close to scoring 20 goals a season. And our squad was very weak, no decent options off the bench really. We had a decent team (i.e. first 11), some might even say it was very good, but it wasn't amazing and nowhere near the likes of Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal at that time, even Liverpool. But competition was less then that it is now, no strong Newcastle, Spurs or Man City, no outside challenge from a Brighton or West Ham, Everton were our closest challengers to break into the top 4 and they weren't all that. We have a better team, squad and manager than we had back then, but because of the extra competition that exists now it is more difficult. However, I'd be much more surprised if this team doesn't win anything and/or make top 4 at least once than the team in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 13 minutes ago, Leeroy said: Sidwell was bang average lol. We had a decent midfield in general but other parts of the team weren't great, Laursen was very good in defence but getting old and injury prone and Davies never lived up to potential, our full backs weren't great. Friedel was a solid goalkeeper but 37/38 when we signed him so not a long term solution. Up front Carew and Gabby was ok but neither even got close to scoring 20 goals a season. And our squad was very weak, no decent options off the bench really. We had a decent team (i.e. first 11), some might even say it was very good, but it wasn't amazing and nowhere near the likes of Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal at that time, even Liverpool. But competition was less then that it is now, no strong Newcastle, Spurs or Man City, no outside challenge from a Brighton or West Ham, Everton were our closest challengers to break into the top 4 and they weren't all that. We have a better team, squad and manager than we had back then, but because of the extra competition that exists now it is more difficult. However, I'd be much more surprised if this team doesn't win anything and/or make top 4 at least once than the team in 2008. Oh we're miles ahead of that team. But for the time, it was criminal we didn't win a trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: Oh we're miles ahead of that team. But for the time, it was criminal we didn't win a trophy. Maybe. We got to a Carling Cup final in 2010 and lost. Spurs weren't great at that time and won a trophy, even Portsmouth were able to win the FA Cup (both 2008 I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Tough game this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvilla2 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 21 hours ago, colhint said: Just been onto the Everton forum. They're just like us. one bloke, talking about mcneils injury typed angle instead of ankle. Then there was a pun rest Was it his right angle, was the pain acute, don't be obtuse etc. I laughed because the same would happen here. Sine of the times 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 8 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Melvilla2 said: Sine of the times Don't go off on a tangente now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Hopefully that's their good run done with now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 19 hours ago, Lochheads twin said: I don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned the fact that this is the most played top flight fixture. “Not a lot of people know that!” it’s status has looked in danger given the form of both sides over recent years but it does look set to continue for a bit longer. I think we're a few games ahead now as it seems quite a while since they beat us in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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