Aston Villa (H) - Sat 9th Nov 2024 (8:00pm)

[Butch]

Just now, Josef Svejk said:

 

I'm going with Virgil Konate.

Was thinking Curtis or konate myself. With games Curtis just gets better and better. 

[Reckoner]

27 minutes ago, deiseach said:

Just back from the ground. That was fucking brilliant. I'm giddy out.

Yeah me too, was boss wasn’t it, everyone was buzzing at the end. I feel like the crowd is learning we need to maybe make an effort to back the players from time to time. Arne is educating us to a new way of playing and we look fucking tough to play against.

[Reckoner]

1 minute ago, Butch said:

Was thinking Curtis or konate myself. With games Curtis just gets better and better. 

Konate was fucking insane from where I was sitting. An amazing performance.

[Reckoner]

Hooray

[Kevin D]

38 minutes ago, rubble-rouser said:

I didn’t follow this forum during this game, but people are down on our performance? 
 

we bossed. That game. We let them

 Back in A bit too much, but they never looked like threatening 

I’d have preferred us to keep forward 45-75, but we beat a good team again.
 

this might all turn to dust, but for now it’s fucking boss  

What a load of fucking shite.

 

Real men post during the match thread while their blood is up.

[Reckoner]

1 hour ago, suzy said:

Allez allez

…Allez?

[chrisbonnie]

My best mate is a villa fan. 

 

He reckons they where denied a stone wall penalty. 

 

What a twat!! 

[Red_or_Dead]

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

And so it came to pass!

 

Best atmosphere for a "normal" league game in a long time.

 

Another potentially difficult test passed. Another clean sheet. Another goal for Mo.

 

What's not to love?

 

If you're Stringy, lots! 

[Bobby Hundreds]

I met a mate at 2 and stayed out. I watched the game but didn't see any of it. I dont know if we were good, shit or whatever all know is my missus is irate and I am hungry.

[Creator Supreme]

1 hour ago, Section_31 said:

 

 

How did you get my picture?

[Creator Supreme]

11 minutes ago, chrisbonnie said:

My best mate is a villa fan. 

 

He reckons they where denied a stone wall penalty. 

 

What a twat!! 

Which one? Konate and Wally Shitkins, or one of the 2 on that Torres twat?

[Chocoholic]

Am I worth it? Damn fucking right, I am.

 

 

La, la la, I'm not looking, so it's not happening.

[Heinze]

Leaving no one in defence for corners didn't work out well for them.

 

How did Emery not see this?

[Reckoner]

1 minute ago, Chocoholic said:

 

The selfish bastard was sat right in my way, I couldn’t see a thing.

[Chocoholic]

If you were Code, you'd have been wishing for him to fart in your face.

[deiseach]

1 hour ago, Jose Jones said:

I can see what Emery means about not really creating any chances.
Darwin’s missed header was the only really good chance we had from “open play”.

Both our goals, Darwin’s shit finish and another couple of good positions came from us breaking after one of their set pieces.

Maybe he should be having a word with his set piece coach.

Emery's a good fella, you could see the warmth towards Slot when they shook hands after the game. Hardly the first manager to engage in if-me-auntie-had-balls talk after a dispiriting result.

[El Rojo]

I’d be using both domestic cups to get game-time into whoever isn’t playing much in our small squad. 
 

Hopefully Elliott and Chiesa will be in that group again soon. 
 

We should keep a narrow focus on the two big competitions. 

[deiseach]

10 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

I’d be using both domestic cups to get game-time into whoever isn’t playing much in our small squad. 
 

Hopefully Elliott and Chiesa will be in that group again soon. 
 

We should keep a narrow focus on the two big competitions. 

 

The amnesty thread is thataway...

[coachpotato]

We had Villa at arms length mostly, and their chances came through us giving the ball away or making mistakes I thought.

Villa seemed happy to sit and not give us the opportunity to hit them on the break, and only became more expansive with their substitutions with about 20 to go, and of course we hit them on the break twice, but also made other chances and were let down with the final pass or a poor finish.

Typical Emery tactics, time wasting and simulation to win penalties or fee kicks from the start, but Coote is so inept that the one he could have given (Bradley’s shirt pull on Torres) he consulted VAR on and they seemingly saw nothing, it would have been harsh though given that Bradley was being manhandled at the same time. Seen them given though.

The other two they were whingeing about were never penalties, Watkins swan diving after a slight touch by Konate and Torres treading on Ibu’s foot and not only going over but staying there when there was plainly fuck all wrong with him.

Once again we were defensively solid with Kelleher pulling off a couple of good saves, Virgil and Ibou imperious, Robbo better than he’s been recently and Bradley very good once he’d come on.

Gravenberch was excellent, again, Mac Allister and Jones less so, both giving the ball away at times, but both also producing some good moments.

Diaz played well and was our best forward, ironic given that the other two were the ones who scored. Nunez should have had at least another one, and Salah’s passing was atrocious at times, but, he got a goal, so all is forgiven.

We’re doing what is necessary to win, not a bad habit to be in, and making supposedly decent teams look ineffective by the way we control the games mainly.

Too early to get giddy about winning leagues etc., but I’d sooner be in our position than anyone else’s.

 

[sir roger]

Got some balls that McGinn, most guys in Witness Protection keep a low profile.

[chrisbonnie]

1 hour ago, Creator Supreme said:

Which one? Konate and Wally Shitkins, or one of the 2 on that Torres twat?

I've no idea, the little baby... I told him to kop the fuck on..... 

[Lee909]

All the crying for a pen for the Torres pull in the box from Villa and Owen, if thats a pen then Diego Carlos on Nunez in the first few minutes is a pen

 

[Chocoholic]

Not a word on any analysis on this challenge. Meanwhile, Michael Owen kept repeating himself, on the Bradley v Torres situation, which had far less contact, and without the ball being directly adjacent and in control of the player being fouled.

[Binomial]

Kelleher - Instinctive

 

Trent - Hammy

Ibou - Dominant

Virgil - Effortless

Robbo - Attentive

 

Grav - Attractive

Mac - Untidy

Jones - Effective

 

Salah - Unstoppable

Darwin - Chaos

Diaz - Tenacious

 

Bradley - Adequate

Gakpo - Uninspiring

Szobo - Nonentity

 

[Binomial]

2 hours ago, chrisbonnie said:

My best mate is a villa fan. 

 

He reckons they where denied a stone wall penalty. 

 

What a twat!! 

Now former best mate?