Newry_Villan Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Topping the bill tonight on MOTD. Wonder if they'll say we were jammy today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Appreciate Gary Lineker opening his interview with Unai by saying Buenas Tardes. Spoiler Good Evening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Christ that was the worst piece of punditry I've seen. Literally brushed over the game as the couldn't wait to get onto the Manure game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 3 hours ago, The_Rev said: Appreciate Gary Lineker opening his interview with Unai by saying Buenas Tardes. Reveal hidden contents Good Evening I'd imagine he picked up at least some rudimentary Spanish when playing for Barcelona? Although it should probably have been Catalan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Get a load of this- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oishiiniku_uk Posted December 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2023 11 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: Very negative article about us from the Graun again We had 3 times their xg (and most of theirs came from a single big chance), two thirds of possession, double the shots and missed a hatful of clear chances but somehow Burnley are unlucky cos they didn't get a handball (which would not have been a red card) and they were on the wrong end of a marginal penalty call. Oh and an offside goal that was correctly called offside. The media (and Vincent Kompany) can go and cry somewhere else. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Headlines and text all from BBC articles on recent wins by Arsenal, Liverpool and Villa against lower table opposition. Can't help but feel that there's a different tone to how we are being reported on! Edited December 31, 2023 by oishiiniku_uk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2023 Our performances are killing em. We're finding our feet and the old school network doesn't like it. If we continue to be top 6 then they will have to draft some ex villa players or managers into the fold and that means one or more of em losses a table at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, tinker said: Our performances are killing em. We're finding our feet and the old school network doesn't like it. If we continue to be top 6 then they will have to draft some ex villa players or managers into the fold and that means one or more of em losses a table at the top. I don't think they care as long as the money rolls in tbfh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2023 36 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: I don't think they care as long as the money rolls in tbfh. If an ex Manu or Chelsea player doesn't get called on to talk about their game because an ex villa player is on talking about ours then the money will stop and the "big top 6 media cartel" is challenged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, oishiiniku_uk said: Headlines and text all from BBC articles on recent wins by Arsenal, Liverpool and Villa against lower table opposition. Can't help but feel that there's a different tone to how we are being reported on! Ours and the Arsenal one are basically identical, no? Just the managers saying different things (“showing spirit” vs “struggle”). The BBC article (as you’ve quoted BBC here) is “Aston Villa ‘struggle’ but title challenge grows” - they’re talking about us being title challengers! I have no idea why we’re so obsessed with this stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 20 minutes ago, bobzy said: Ours and the Arsenal one are basically identical, no? Just the managers saying different things (“showing spirit” vs “struggle”). The BBC article (as you’ve quoted BBC here) is “Aston Villa ‘struggle’ but title challenge grows” - they’re talking about us being title challengers! I have no idea why we’re so obsessed with this stuff. It's a subtle difference but the perception is definitely different for us vs the established teams up there, IMO. I'm not insulted by it, but I find it interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 43 minutes ago, tinker said: If an ex Manu or Chelsea player doesn't get called on to talk about their game because an ex villa player is on talking about ours then the money will stop and the "big top 6 media cartel" is challenged Yet it used to be the top 2 cartel. Then the top 4. Now it's the top 6. And the PL is making more and more money than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The problem is, with there world wide fan base, Man City, Arsenal and LIverpool get the worlds eyes on the Premier League, Villa don't. Which is why they don't shut up about Chelsea and Man U still, even though at the moment they are going nowhere. Swap Chealsea or Man U for our position and exact results, an they wouldn't shut up about them fighting for the title, it's all wrong really, but who really cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 You see it on every Premier League Facebook post, a million pilchards from random African and Asian countries arguing about Arsenal and Man United. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 MOTD say Duran dived, that may be so but if it was Squealy Saka or Rat Boy they’d be “clever”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 15 minutes ago, rjw63 said: MOTD say Duran dived, that may be so but if it was Squealy Saka or Rat Boy they’d be “clever”. Begining to dispise Saka, he'd get away with a leg breaker, but touch his arm and he screams little a little girl expecting a red. I even think he's a little overrated, good player, but couldn't win a game on his own, like a Salah, an would you swap him for Watkin's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 10 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: I'd imagine he picked up at least some rudimentary Spanish when playing for Barcelona? Although it should probably have been Catalan He's pretty fluent in Spanish, saw him interview a golfer in spanish at the US masters before. I also think Spanish is widely spoken throughout Spain, even in Barcelona and the Basque region. If you go to Bilbao very few people speak in Basque and pretty much all the young people talk in Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 14 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: would you swap him for Watkins?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 10 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: I'd imagine he picked up at least some rudimentary Spanish when playing for Barcelona? Although it should probably have been Catalan He's fluent. I believe he has Japanese down to at least a conversational level too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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