Match Day Thread Villa v Spurs

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The Changing Man said:
This is a supposedly 'serious' journalist..

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So much of this crap on the socials today, you would have thought that Villa had played the kids yesterday of the 7 changes 6 were full internationals, yes they were terrible but we deserve some credit for taking them to task in the opening 30 minutes and not allowing them to find any rhythm.
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Are you sure it's a serious journalist?

Looks like Chris Evans after four pints of Stella to me
 
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SpursDisciple said:
Anyone else think it's unfair to give Forest the Monday game. Villa having 24 hours more rest is an advantage.
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I think it happens all the time to all teams. It's the result of so many competitions. I have always thought the league cup was superfluous. Purely brought in by the Football League to diminish the FA Cup. The war between the boards of the Football League and Football Association was a constant in the newspaper headlines. There was often more about these boards than the games. It ended with the creation of the Premier League and that neutered the FL.
 
Thanks for that Brian said:
Such transfers usually involve huge sums being paid to players and, more relevant to COYS Daniel, their agents.

That, he just wouldn't do. Having principles is nice, even laudible, but if they stop you from doing your job properly...you're in the wrong ****ing job.
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We rarely dipped into the freebie market because it tends to be players coming to the end of their career with little sell on value, who expect a huge wage as they chase a last paycheck (which they could get if they just moved to Saudi or America).

Both of these factors made Levy break out in a rash.

Robertson, Senesi, and Stones on free transfers would be very smart business, stacking the team with experience while several promising youngsters develop.

Other names of interest who will be free agents in June are Leon Goretzka, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Rico Henry.
 
Citizen Kane. said:
We rarely dipped into the freebie market because it tends to be players coming to the end of their career with little sell on value, who expect a huge wage as they chase a last paycheck (which they could get if they just moved to Saudi or America).

Both of these factors made Levy break out in a rash.

Robertson, Senesi, and Stones on free transfers would be very smart business, stacking the team with experience while several promising youngsters develop.

Other names of interest who will be free agents in June are Leon Goretzka, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Rico Henry.
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Realistically it depended on the manager (and I'm not counting youth/development signings, as we'd be here all day...)

Under Redknapp we got Gallas, Friedel, Cudicini, Saha, and Nelsen
Under Villas-Boas we didn't, though we did try to pull a fast one for Holtby (which is probably why his wages were so high)
Under Poch we re-signed Vorm
Under Mourinho we got Hart
Under Nuno we didn't
Under Conte we got Perisic and Forster
Under Ange we got Solomon
Under Frank we didn't

It does paint a picture about a manager with a strong personality could sell the board on free transfers, even if half the time they were reserve keepers, but the more passive ones like Nuno and Frank didn't get any
 
Citizen Kane. said:
We rarely dipped into the freebie market because it tends to be players coming to the end of their career with little sell on value, who expect a huge wage as they chase a last paycheck (which they could get if they just moved to Saudi or America).

Both of these factors made Levy break out in a rash.

Robertson, Senesi, and Stones on free transfers would be very smart business, stacking the team with experience while several promising youngsters develop.

Other names of interest who will be free agents in June are Leon Goretzka, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Rico Henry.
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Sounds like the kind of thing people who have no idea how to build a football team do.
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
Realistically it depended on the manager (and I'm not counting youth/development signings, as we'd be here all day...)

Under Redknapp we got Gallas, Friedel, Cudicini, Saha, and Nelsen
Under Villas-Boas we didn't, though we did try to pull a fast one for Holtby (which is probably why his wages were so high)
Under Poch we re-signed Vorm
Under Mourinho we got Hart
Under Nuno we didn't
Under Conte we got Perisic and Forster
Under Ange we got Solomon
Under Frank we didn't

It does paint a picture about a manager with a strong personality could sell the board on free transfers, even if half the time they were reserve keepers, but the more passive ones like Nuno and Frank didn't get any
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That's a list of useless players imo...none of them offered anything useful to a team chasing champions League

Robertson, goretzka are the type to go straight into our first team

Perisic is the only one out of that list that was useful but he was injury prone or cursed by our medical team... either way we don't sign experience that can make a difference on the pitch.
 
Because I was kinda accepting our own demise for several weeks, I hadn't realised just how tight, points-wise, the bottom 2 thirds of the table (excluding the already relegated Wolves and Burnley).
Is it that unique?
 
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Spurlock said:
That's a list of useless players imo...none of them offered anything useful to a team chasing champions League

Robertson, goretzka are the type to go straight into our first team

Perisic is the only one out of that list that was useful but he was injury prone or cursed by our medical team... either way we don't sign experience that can make a difference on the pitch.
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Gallas was clutch in his first season, as he allowed us to rest Ledders knowing we'd have an experienced head alongside Daws or Kaboul
 
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SarrMan said:
Villa currently public enemy number one on social media. Loving the salty tears from all corners that we’ve started to remember how to put in a performance.
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They all want us to be that story like 2016

You can tell from the tones in many conversations in the media

The biggest relegation story in Prem history blah blah

Will just make it that little bit sweeter if we beat the drop. I'm far more concerned about what lessons will those people running us learn?

I honestly think...none.
 
Left on the Shelf said:
Because I was kinda accepting our own demise for several weeks, I hadn't realised just how tight, points-wise, the bottom 2 thirds of the table (excluding the already relegated Wolves and Burnley).
Is it that unique?
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I have been pondering this (the pts gap
between 4h and 18th seems very small) .

If I had the src data I could tell you for certain
(I will have a quick look at the PL website to
see how easy it is to do src data ETL on
a "web scrape" ) .
 
The RDBD said:
I have been pondering this (the pts gap
between 4h and 18th seems very small) .

If I had the src data I could tell you for certain
(I will have a quick look at the PL website to
see how easy it is to do src data ETL on
a "web scrape" ) .
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I cannot fully automate the ETL from the PL website :( ,
but if you :

1. want the PL stats for one particular match round
(ex : week 35)

2. know of other websites that have PL table data that
can be displayed as year + match round


let me know.
 
Congratulations on staying up.. I know you'll be delighted to have to put up with me for the coming years.
 
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