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To be honest, I’m not massively bothered about trying to analyse what went wrong last night. It’s just simple to say we were awful in the first half and were better in the second, albeit still not good enough to…
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Southampton – Villa; No faith whatsoever.
It seems such a short while ago that we managed to scrape a win at Old Trafford, doesn’t it? Confidence was palpable throughout the players, the fans and the whole club. Confidence was brimming. Yet here we are just six…
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Why do some fans think John Terry is the answer? I don’t get it.
Having read around for the last few days, or more accurately, since our recent debate over 3/5 at the back began, I’ve seen some say they’d like to see Terry come in. I’ve also seen quite a few suggestions that…
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Villa 1 – 4 West Ham; Smith stays. For now. POLL
Well, that wasn’t very good, was it? I expected to get beat, but it was even worse than the 3-1 loss I predicted. I’ve given myself some time to think about it and have decided I’m not going to make…
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Villa – West Ham; I fear for us here
Well, the holiday was great and the truth is I really wasn’t looking forward to coming back to this cold weather. I hate this time of the year, with it being dark, damp and cold etc, but I always try…
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Villa – Wolves; and I have a bad feeling
Badger is away sunning himself in Gran Canaria so I’m filling in this week – to be fair though we’re having some issues with the site which has prevented Badger from writing an article. Wolves had a poor finish to…
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Spurs – Villa; Er, I’m worryingly confident
It’s been a long while since I’ve been confident about a Villa game. I think it’s just that I’m scared that I’ll jinx things. Well, portraying things in a pesimistic light has certainly worked quite well lately. This is one…
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Man Utd 0- 1 Villa; Totally deserved after brilliant effort.
How good was that, getting a win at Old Trafford against twelve men Man Utd? It certainly doesn’t happen often and the last time it was a bit of a smash and grab. This time though, it was totally deserved…
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Man Utd – Villa; Will things be different?
I’m not sure you can hate a fixture, but if you can, it has to be this one doesn’t it? I look at it not quite with dread, but more a massive sense of resignation. Our record is so bad…
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Chelsea – Villa; Carabou cup, will we take it seriously?
I never got chance to write anything about our 3-0 win over Everton, but obviously it was a great win. Leon Bailey put on a great cameo, scoring a near net-buster that I thought he controlled very well, given the…
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Villa – Everton; Our best bet for a while
The big talking point here has to be the fact that Emiliano Buendia and Emi Martinez won’t be arriving in the UK until some time tomorrow morning. Surprisingly, (to me anyway) the flight time from Croatia is only just over…
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3-5-2 or whatever; Do we have the personnel?
Dean Smith apparently played the formation against Chelsea and I can see why, as it counters the way they play. But I always have massive doubts about the formation because it’s far too easy to make it a 5-3-2 and…
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Chelsea 3- 0 Villa; That was never a 3-0 game.
Well, I’m pretty gutted after that. I thought we were excellent in the first half and were probably the better side overall. Axel Tuanzebe failed to stand up against Lukaku and it cost us, as we had a few chances…
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Chelsea – Villa: I don’t fancy our chances here.
We did really well against Chelsea last season, having got a draw at Stamford bridge and beating them at home, so I don’t know why but I really don’t expect us to get anything from this one. I think it…
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A World cup every two years?
It’s only a short one, because it’s not really relevant to the Villa as such, but it does affect the game. It all started yesterday when I heard that Arsene Wenger has suggested a world cup every two years. I…
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Villa – Brentford; This should be easy, right?
I’m being facetious of course. I don’t think for one minute that this is going to be easy. I took the trouble to listen to Dean Smith’s presser today. I don’t normally bother, as for some reason I’ve always preferred…
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Barrow tonight, Macphee leaves for Scotland and brief Newcastle thoughts.
So, there I am, on holiday and for some reason I suddenly can’t access the administration part of the site, meaning I couldn’t write or even approve moderated comments. And then, I get home and suddenly the site’s working again…
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Newcastle next up
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A view from the touchline
First off, I didn’t see Saturday’s game so this is not a review of the game. Rather its a number of thoughts and observations as viewed by an interested on-looker. However, it seems from the comments that many of you…
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A new season, Watford first up and injury problems already
So we stand on the threshold of a new Premier League season having lost our talisman and captain but £100m richer. We’ve also lost JT and the gravitas that he brings to the club but we always knew he would…