- Jul 10, 2003
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But onto the important things, what was the most popular replica shirt amongst your lot in the pub ?
Chelsea, Man Utd, Albion or the Arsenal/Man City half and half one
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[Albion] Bizarrely flat evening
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But onto the important things, what was the most popular replica shirt amongst your lot in the pub ?
Chelsea, Man Utd, Albion or the Arsenal/Man City half and half one
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Agree - I thought it was a good game , open and flowing with two equally matched teams generally nullifying each other but I think Villa had the edge. This is what Premier football will be like and this was against a team that was relegated...
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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He does n't dominate his goal area, good shot stopper & good distribution but needs to be able to catch the ball . Had he caught the ball then we would have had less corners against us and less pressure, same against wolves.
pearl
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two villa fans took the long journey from Sx Uni ..... ha ha
True. It's a good indicator of how tough the Premier League would be although I reckon that Villa side is better than they've been for a while - simply because they're organised and longer totally dispirited. And we would expect Albion to strengthen if we go up. With the TV millions it becomes a whole new ball game.
grubbyhands
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It does make you wonder what game he was watching.They are a quality outfit who ,on reflection, probably deserved to get a winner in the last 10 minutes. How many consecutive corners did they have? What quality from the bench and a decent choice of strikers too.We could easily have lost that one. Still, onwards and upwards eh?
BrianWade4
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If everyone is like me, then on Friday night you are toast.
At work all week, so haven't slept properly in days, normally asleep by 9.30 on a Friday so mustering any energy is a struggle
At work all week, so haven't slept properly in days, normally asleep by 9.30 on a Friday so mustering any energy is a struggle
Langley
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I think you are mistaking him for Skalak.
100%. A mixture of us not being on our game (perhaps the Calderwood thing - Hughton definitely seemed quite shocked in his SCR interview post-match) PLUS, Villa being completely rejuvenated by Bruce (who is an absolutely first class manager/tactician). Very happy with a point in the circumstances.
Was the Preston performance really lack lustre? It was just one bad defensive moment and a last minute equaliser.
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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Maybe not lack lustre, but we were poor 1st half, whatever CH said at half time worked cos we were a lot better 2nd half.
London Irish
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It was a boring game with defences on top for both teams and little creative football tried. Both managers happy - and given the creativity of the Villa subs, perhaps we were fortunate Bruce showed us so much respect
London Irish
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Yep the way we dominated a good Preston team was encouraging, the mistakes were just galling
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Transport was a nightmare last night.
Does the club still employ a transport manager?
Colossal Squid
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Friday night is NOT for football.
I've had to swerve the last couple on a Friday and would be tempted to miss them again in the future. It doesn't feel right, the atmosphere isn't there and I'd usually have to miss something else to be there. Either that or I am just missing having a lovely relaxing evening in knowing I don't have to get up early the next day. A very simple pleasure but one which shouldn't be undervalued
In fairness it wasn't the worst game nor the worst atmosphere, but it wasn't great.
Saturday afternoon I am RIGHT up for it.
Friday evening I am knackered.
Also, SASTA can't cope at the best of times, but on a busy Friday night when the world and his dog wants to get the **** out of London, it's just a complete pisstake. Frankly we should be excused having to stage games on a Friday night because the transport is such a balls up. I honestly cannot imagine how bad things have to get before anyone steps in to end this misery and right now it just seems we're lumbered with this worst rail franchise on Earth indefinitely, AND STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. The club had better be kicking off on our behalf because every one of us is putting money in SASTA's greedy pockets for a shambles of a service that simply cannot justify ANY amount of money.
Still, remember that Millwall game under Hyypia on a cold December night where we lost 1-0? Compared to that game this was an absolute showpiece
I've had to swerve the last couple on a Friday and would be tempted to miss them again in the future. It doesn't feel right, the atmosphere isn't there and I'd usually have to miss something else to be there. Either that or I am just missing having a lovely relaxing evening in knowing I don't have to get up early the next day. A very simple pleasure but one which shouldn't be undervalued
In fairness it wasn't the worst game nor the worst atmosphere, but it wasn't great.
Saturday afternoon I am RIGHT up for it.
Friday evening I am knackered.
Also, SASTA can't cope at the best of times, but on a busy Friday night when the world and his dog wants to get the **** out of London, it's just a complete pisstake. Frankly we should be excused having to stage games on a Friday night because the transport is such a balls up. I honestly cannot imagine how bad things have to get before anyone steps in to end this misery and right now it just seems we're lumbered with this worst rail franchise on Earth indefinitely, AND STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. The club had better be kicking off on our behalf because every one of us is putting money in SASTA's greedy pockets for a shambles of a service that simply cannot justify ANY amount of money.
Still, remember that Millwall game under Hyypia on a cold December night where we lost 1-0? Compared to that game this was an absolute showpiece
Hammer15
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Hi all, long time lurker here finally making a post.
Delighted with that point tbh. Villa are a fast-improving side and will almost be guaranteed play-offs (and possibly more) if they continue on that trajectory. The fact we can play so abysmally and still get a 1-1 shows we're made of the right stuff for the promotion charge. But much, much better needed from now on (particularly from the likes of Stephens who couldn't pick a 10-yard pass at times). Also agree that the atmosphere was weirdly subdued last night, though the team didn't give us much encouragement until Murray's goal.
Delighted with that point tbh. Villa are a fast-improving side and will almost be guaranteed play-offs (and possibly more) if they continue on that trajectory. The fact we can play so abysmally and still get a 1-1 shows we're made of the right stuff for the promotion charge. But much, much better needed from now on (particularly from the likes of Stephens who couldn't pick a 10-yard pass at times). Also agree that the atmosphere was weirdly subdued last night, though the team didn't give us much encouragement until Murray's goal.
Watching on telly I didn't find it boring, and the commentators were often saying how good it was for neutrals. Granted, we didn't have a lot of creativity ourselves, but watching your team defend something like seven corners in a row when you know if we concede we're not likely to come back into it is never boring. Unwanted yes - but that's what football is all about.
So what age are you? Why do you think anyone older than you,and kids, who are possibly younger than you, spoil the atmosphere? What is the perfect age for people to go to a match? Are you a complete AR5E?
*Gullsworth*
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Yep flat on the pitch and flat atmosphere. Villa were loud at times.....We were strangely quiet. We never got going, into our stride but credit to Villa they looked a decent outfit and were unlucky not to win. But we are second,playing great clubs like Villa in front of 30k crowds. Not a bad way to see an under par performance. Who would have thought we would be this success full 10 years ago?