Aston Villa (H) Post Match Thread

mancityvstoke said:
You can answer a question for me.

I once went to Hampden to see Rangers V Hibs Cup final (1979 I think)

Did Rangers have some Liverpool love in back then? I'm sure I remember posters of Rangers one side Liverpool the other?

Mind you I was seeing double I'd drunk that much McEwans export on the train up.

Same day Utd got beat at Wembley by Arsenal and we (Rangers) were scrapping with reds at Preston station....never seen Utd fans run as fast.
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Always been a big loyalist area in Liverpool, in fact, there are still a few Orange Lodges in the city. Everton were always seen as the catholic club in the area.

Always plenty of scousers at rangers games and parades.

Just a strange breed who seem to act like the other glasgow based team
 
Palerider said:
Fernandinho's top speed is around 31km/h, Ollie Watkins is around 36Km/h (he's in the top 5) so no wonder he struggled. We really needed Walker to be fit. Good news is that Erling Haaland top speed is 36km/h as well, apparently quickest in Bundesliga, so those breakaway goals we got when we had Sane may return.
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It was nothing to do with speed. Watkins bullied him. It was horrible to see and a brutal last game for Dinho.

All’s well that ends well and he got the send off he deserved at the end.
 
jollylescott said:
I haven’t looked back on the entirety of the thread, but anyone who hasn’t yet heard Peter Drury’s commentary on Gundo’s final goal is missing out on brilliant work.

In my opinion he’s the best of the best in modern football. He really captures the insanity, passion and beauty of the moment.
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Which channel was he commentating on?
 
Now we have got over the line and everything has settled down i would love to know what Pep was thinking with that starting line up.

We had two fit Centre halves in Stones and Laporte, a fit right back in Cancelo and a fit left back in Zinchenko.

So why the hell he went with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back and a 37 year old midfielder at Centre half still has me baffled.
 
abu13 said:
Now we have got over the line and everything has settled down i would love to know what Pep was thinking with that starting line up.

We had two fit Centre halves in Stones and Laporte, a fit right back in Cancelo and a fit left back in Zinchenko.

So why the hell he went with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back and a 37 year old midfielder at Centre half still has me baffled.
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I know right..Zinchenko instantly made so much impact as soon as he came which begs this question. oh well..
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
spat his dummy out at the press conference to.
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That's because just like before he slipped it was all in his and that ex scouse rat Coutinho's hands. They would forever be feted in Liverpool as the men that stopped us and gave Liverpool the title. He would have been asked about it in every interview forever and had a little chuckle as he recounted it. Now like the slip it's just another occasion they fucked it up, this time letting a two goal lead slip with 15 minutes to go. "We don't let this slip now!" Only you did Stevie, you did.
 
abu13 said:
Now we have got over the line and everything has settled down i would love to know what Pep was thinking with that starting line up.

We had two fit Centre halves in Stones and Laporte, a fit right back in Cancelo and a fit left back in Zinchenko.

So why the hell he went with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back and a 37 year old midfielder at Centre half still has me baffled.
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my heart absolutely sank. It was like the CL all over again. Fortunately we did it. I dread to think what the forum would have been like had we not.
 
abu13 said:
Now we have got over the line and everything has settled down i would love to know what Pep was thinking with that starting line up.

We had two fit Centre halves in Stones and Laporte, a fit right back in Cancelo and a fit left back in Zinchenko.

So why the hell he went with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back and a 37 year old midfielder at Centre half still has me baffled.
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I mentioned it in the post match thread, almost a fuck up of the champions League final magnitude. Thankfully this time we could turn it around and win
 
abu13 said:
Now we have got over the line and everything has settled down i would love to know what Pep was thinking with that starting line up.

We had two fit Centre halves in Stones and Laporte, a fit right back in Cancelo and a fit left back in Zinchenko.

So why the hell he went with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back and a 37 year old midfielder at Centre half still has me baffled.
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We’ll never know how it’d have played out had he started with all 3 subs on Sunday, what I am glad about though is that it played out exactly as it did, even going 2-0 down. It was just beautiful how we won it. They’ll never be able to take it away from us. As the saying goes, “We’ve seen things they’ll never see”.
 
jollylescott said:
I haven’t looked back on the entirety of the thread, but anyone who hasn’t yet heard Peter Drury’s commentary on Gundo’s final goal is missing out on brilliant work.

In my opinion he’s the best of the best in modern football. He really captures the insanity, passion and beauty of the moment.
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It's been posted here somewhere and I agree the best commentary about us I have ever heard.
 
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