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[Albion] Bizarrely flat evening
- Thread starter Bozza
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theboybilly
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From my seat in WSL I could see a couple of 'blocks of around 10 seats that were empty in the North Stand but they must have been people coming by coach and stuck in traffic or something like that as those blocks filled after about 15 minutes. Other than that I didn't notice loads of empty seats...odd one here and there yes but not swathes of empty seats. You need to find a pub with a decent telly PPF
Wasn't Preston match 2-2?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
They started off ok but the game was flat as per the OP. It's hard to maintain.
theboybilly
Well-known member
AND Sidwell...my MotM. He broke up so much of Villa's good play
Correct - spent much of the game making up for Stephens losing the ball.
Dunno if flat is quite the right word. Villa were INSANELY dominant in terms of winning possession. Not seen us bullied like that at the Amex in years. Felt like a preview of how it would be in the Prem against someone like, say, West Brom.
el punal
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Well I'm glad that one's out of the way. I don't know why but had a feeling of trepidation about this game. Whether it was the sour taste in the mouth regarding the Calderwood situation, or the return from an international break, or being a Friday night fixture and all the transport chaos or all three, but there was a strange atmosphere tonight. For me, the Albion never really got going and it showed as Villa took the initiative for most parts of the match.
I now console myself with the fact that that was definitely one point gained for us and two points dropped by Villa.
I now console myself with the fact that that was definitely one point gained for us and two points dropped by Villa.
All that and we still didn't lose [emoji106]
And Bruno
Prettyboyshaw
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Terrible performance Villa were shit and we deserved to lose. Didn't get going at all no composure passing or build up just panic and run. Very poor but a point after that shit is good I suppose.
Gazwag
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We must stop this away attendance announcements. It gave their supporters a massive lift and could have cost us the game.
It's the Villa factor. It has happened before when we played Villa at home. Always.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Not that you'd know, sat on your arse on a barstool somewhere, but a smash on the A23 and the usual SASTA omnishambles contributed to many difficulties for fans who GO TO THE GAMES.
Eddiespearritt
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Absolutely endorse this - the style of the announcer also doesn't help - like he's encouraging us to cheer the (Villa in this case) away fans - and they respond by making a hell of a noise. When there's 3000 away fans just don't do it that way. Put it on the screen if you must announce the made up pretendence - but don't give the opposition a boost. If there's 26 away fans from Accrington in a 3rd round FA Cup replay on a wet Tuesday night I'll stand up and applaud too.
If home games on a Saturday kicking off at a nice leisurely 3pm is what's required to get us all going, we'd better beat Fulham.
As we'll be in a relegation battle by the time the next one comes around.
I thought a combination of transport problems and the minute's silence probably took the edge off to begin with. Thjnk crowd and team a bit 'rusty' - would have been much livelier straight off the back of 2 great results. As for the game, thought we were playing ok until Villa's cheap goal. After that their pressing high up the pitch made it impossible for the team to find a rhythm. Think we hoped they'd run out of steam and had them chasing around the defenders for that reason - but with players of the standard of Ayew and Grealish to come off the bench, just proved too tough. That's where the big spenders have a real advantage. Bruce got it spot on and Villa will surely be top 6 now... maybe even top 2, hopefully not... so a good point overall.
Also, agree on the attendance announcements. Against a club the size of Villa, getting over-excited about a 30,000 crowd is just the cue for a mass piss-take and boosts their noise levels. It's announced as if we're amazed that we're not playing in front of 8000 at Withdean any more. Let's save the away fan figures for the occasions when they deserve a clap... like fans who've travelled the length of the country to watch a team fighting relegation. If at all. And if we HAVE to announce the attendance, the time honoured "Tonight's attendance is..... " in a boring monotone is perfectly sufficient.
Se20
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Personally thought they deserved a clap.
Over 3000 on a cold Friday night, many having a day off work, and live on sky .
Good support.
Because of traffic/trains.