Category: Opinion
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Brighton – Villa; Is today the day we qualify?
I’m sure you already know, but I’ll say it anyway. It’s nothing like a prediction from me, but the simple facts are that if we beat Brighton and Liverpool beat Spurs, we will qualify for the champion’s league and finally hit the big time that we’ve longed for, for so many years. Assuming Salah’s petulant…
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Villa – Olympiacos; Our first European semi since 1982
The Intertoto cup that we won in 2001 obviously doesn’t count then, even though it was administered by the same Uefa that administers all the current European competitions. Just like football didn’t exist before the Premier league, nor did any older competitions that aren’t current, obviously. I wonder how the dark side feels now their…
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Villa – Chelsea: Is this the one?
I can’t say I’ve watched Chelsea very many times this season and if I have, it’s mostly through interest in seeing how Chucky has been doing. The fact that he hardly gets a start is satisfying, even though it’s also a bit nasty of me. Hey ho, that’s how footy gets you. I went out…
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Villa 2 – 0 Wolves; An excellent, deserved win.
After what was a torrid fifteen or twenty minutes, where Wolves were sharper and frankly better than us, we managed to fight our way into it and went on to dominate for the rest of the game. We had a bit of a scare and it was all quite strange, as Ait-Nouri found himself in…
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Villa – Wolves; Another big game. Aren’t they all now?
So the utter waste of time that is the International friendlies is over and we’re back to the proper stuff. My disdain for these friendlies was only increased when I heard that Matty Cash got injured when he was out with Poland and is out for probably a couple of weeks. It’s not as though…