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  • Transfer window musings

    Aug 26, 2020

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    Hitchens60
    in News, Opinion

    Despite the concerns raised over our lack of activity in the transfer market, isn’t the reality that very few transfers, within the EPL, have actually been concluded and, might I add, none relating to players we might have an interest…

  • Backroom restructuring – good or bad?

    Aug 15, 2020

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    Badger123
    in Opinion, Submitted article

    Hitchens60 asks an interesting question; The position Director of Football or Sporting Director – what’s in a name; aren’t they essentially the same roles? -raises an interesting dynamic. For the Head Coach the role provides a degree of protection; if…

  • Thinking ahead; thoughts on the squad

    Jul 28, 2020

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    Badger123
    in Opinion, Submitted article

    Hitchens60 has offered the following thoughts about incomings and outgoings at the club. Cheers, Hitch. Now that we’ve secured our immediate premiership future, thoughts turn to next season and the need to strengthen the squad; to bring in that bit…

  • So we’ve survived; Now what? POLL

    Jul 27, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, POLL

    Well, against pretty much all the odds, we’ve done it. We’ve stayed in the Premier league and I was of course ecstatic. We didn’t look like had the slightest chance of surviving just a couple of weeks back and massive…

  • West Ham – Villa; I can’t call it, too scared

    Jul 26, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I wanted to write this yesterday, but I’ve frankly been too scared to. It’s daft really, as I’m not really the superstitious type, but I just don’t want to call it in case I “Jinx” things, call the result wrong…

  • Villa 1 – 0 Arsenal; What a monster result!

    Jul 21, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    Well, hands up, I really didn’t expect that result. And it was super Trez, who scored again. I told you he was the man! Seriously though, that was a decent performance. We didn’t bottle it anywhere near as much as…

  • Villa – Arsenal; A bridge too far?

    Jul 21, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I’ve said previously that I thought we’d be able to beat Palace, Everton and West Ham. I’ve also said that this is a game that I don’t think we can win. I’m sorry to say I still think that applies.…

  • Facing relegation; Why? POLL

    Jul 18, 2020

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    Badger123
    in Opinion, POLL

    The Arsenal game isn’t until Tuesday, so I thought I might sneak a post in before then. I’ve just seen a very interesting statistic and while scary, it also provoked me into wondering why it is that we look like…

  • Villa – Palace thoughts; can we beat Everton? and Man City

    Jul 13, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I’m not going to dwell on the Palace game too much, as most of it has been said already here and elsewhere, save to say that their handball goal should have stood and Grealish, in all honesty should have been…

  • So we’re down, but Villa – Palace anyway.

    Jul 11, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I’m despondent, to be honest. I’ve done my best to stay positive and hopeful, but having seen today’s results, we’re now seven points behind our nearest competititors. With four games left, there’s no way I can see us catching them.…

  • Villa – Man Utd; It’s now or never, nearly

    Jul 8, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    It seems strange having a game on Thursday and indeed, I nearly forgot about it. I think overall, there’s not really much to say, is there? We need points and while losing tomorrow won’t mean guaranteed relegation in itself, you…

  • Liverpool 2- 0 Villa; Questions

    Jul 5, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    Well, at least it wasn’t the thrashing that many of us were expecting. And to be honest, I thought we did quite well. Let’s face it, noone has taken a point at Anfield this season, so I don’t think we…

  • Liverpool – Villa; It looks bleak, doesn’t it?

    Jul 4, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    So I was talking to a Villa supporting workmate and he’s terrified about this one. His prediction was, that it might be 7-0. It’s easy to think that and I can understand why he said it after Pool got whupped…

  • Villa 0 – 1 Wolves; Mediocre, mediocre, mediocre

    Jun 27, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I honestly struggle to think of a game that depressed me more than that one. Our play lacks invention, it lacks incisiveness, it lacks desire and urgency, it lacks pace and it lacks quality. We’re just a very, very poor…

  • Villa -Wolves; Can we win this?

    Jun 26, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I really don’t know what to think about this one. I’ve spoken to a Villa fan at work and he strongly thinks we’ve got this. Intruguingly, my Stokie mate, who’s also on the same job, thinks we’ll win too. I…

  • Newcastle 1 – 1 Villa; We should have done better.

    Jun 24, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    After the result, I was convinced that this was the game that had relegated us. But now, I’m beginning to think that it’s how we do compared to West Ham, which will be the deciding factor. Norwich are gone and…

  • Villa 1 – 2 Chelsea; Tactically poor and lacking bottle

    Jun 21, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    For what it’s worth, the scoreline I had in my head for this game was a 2-1 defeat, but I’m not at all happy that I got it right. Hence it’s no surprise to me that we lost, but I…

  • Villa – Chelsea; Now here’s a tough one.

    Jun 20, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    Are there any easy ones? Of course, there aren’t and this will probably prove as tough as most of our remaining fixtures. On the face of it, it’s a pretty daunting fixture and I’m finding it hard to see how…

  • Villa 0-0 Sheffield Utd; Very, very lucky, but not too bad.

    Jun 17, 2020

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    by

    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    You couldn’t make it up. If you wanted a big story for the first game of the restart, what would be better than goal-line technology massively failing and VAR then failing to overturn what was a blatantly obvious goal not…

  • Villa – Sheffield Utd; The season restarts and it’s going to be strange.

    Jun 16, 2020

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    Badger123
    in News, Opinion, Preview/Review

    I’ve found myself thinking about how much I’ve missed the game and my thoughts on the season restarting. And to be honest, I’m pretty sanguine, as I’m not too hopeful of our chances of avoiding relegation. There was an article…

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Latest Comments

  1. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Anyone see the banner the Palace fans made about Marinakis? Wow. Surprised they got away with that!

  2. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    I blame Pep.

  3. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Clough literally had no tactics! 😆

  4. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Absolutely correct. Totally agree.

  5. John on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Tom, A combination of foreign managers and the ‘men in suits; have made a simple game complicated. Perfect example is…

  1. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Anyone see the banner the Palace fans made about Marinakis? Wow. Surprised they got away with that!

  2. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    I blame Pep.

  3. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Clough literally had no tactics! 😆

  4. BFR on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Absolutely correct. Totally agree.

  5. John on Brentford 1 – 0 Villa; So poor I don’t know where to start.24 August 2025

    Tom, A combination of foreign managers and the ‘men in suits; have made a simple game complicated. Perfect example is…


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