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[Albion] Premier League 1-4/1
- Thread starter Bozza
- Start date
They really do have one of the best midfielders in the league though in Grealish. He was brilliant last season I thought. But he’s one up a level now.
Take him away and Villa are a very different prospect. Can’t see him staying there.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Any contact in the penalty area is now a penalty, sad state of affairs.
Why do people constantly bleat on about ‘how <insert team> here are so much better than us’ Villa spent 30M on a goalkeeper in the summer and pay outrageously high wages, at the moment we can’t compete with that level of spending.
Why do people constantly bleat on about ‘how <insert team> here are so much better than us’ Villa spent 30M on a goalkeeper in the summer and pay outrageously high wages, at the moment we can’t compete with that level of spending.
Richy_Seagull
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Interesting that there was less contact than Pogba on Connolly....but this one not overturned....
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Never a penalty in a million years.
Oh no bias to bigger clubs at all. How dare you suggest such a thing [emoji6]
That var penalty reversal still pisses me off
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The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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The thing for me is now if you have the ball alongside someone in the box just fall over, referees are giving way more soft penalties because they know VAR will give them if you so much as brush another player, you can see players are cottoning on to it more and more now, it’s going to end up in a situation where we end up with at least one penalty a game, it’s getting silly.
Someone has to make clear there is a difference between contact and whether there’s enough contact to warrant a player falling to the ground.
Someone has to make clear there is a difference between contact and whether there’s enough contact to warrant a player falling to the ground.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
When you are playing well and in top half of the table life is a little different
Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
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VAR is ruining the game - its becoming more like American football with the stops and starts (and I am saying that as someone who likes American football - but that game is built on stops and starts) - let the refs make the decisions - they will get some wrong - but it usually balances out in the end.
Seasidesage
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Villa have spent according to Google £220m on fees plus God knows what on wages. They damn well should be better than us...
In other news Liverpool and Manchester United are better than us too...
In other news Liverpool and Manchester United are better than us too...
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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I’d be surprised if Grealish doesn’t end up at the very, very top somewhere I hate the guy as much as anyone, he’s an absolute turd waffle but what a ridiculously influential and classy player, his final ball has reached a point that now matches the rest of his game. Greasy diving little rodent.
Although he is allegedly on 200k p/w at Villa so would probably take some prying away.
Although he is allegedly on 200k p/w at Villa so would probably take some prying away.
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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You're right of course. We might as well not actually bother playing the season. Just rank the sides by how much they spend each summer and be done with it.
The Wizard
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Generally football inevitably does end up mostly like that eventually, clubs that don’t spend as much do tend to eventually go down and clubs that spend a modest amount on mostly average players like us don’t fair much better either.
Just turned this on. I dislike both teams. I also can't stand Gary Neville, especially when talking about MUFC. For those reasons, I hope they draw 3-3 with 4 red cards apiece.
And honestly, is it fair that AVFC have to play in roller skates?
And honestly, is it fair that AVFC have to play in roller skates?
Billy in Bristol
Well-known member
Seeing Mings and Maguire. If only Lewis Dunk were at his normal performance levels...
Seasidesage
New member
Generally the wage bill table is pretty close to the real one come the end...
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
What Villa don’t do is piss about passing sideways and backwards they move the ball quickly unlike our walking football.
Algernon
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Opposition players play with urgency and pace whilst the majority of ours tend to just.......potter about.