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Match Day Thread Villa v Toon

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  1. G4rdToonArmy

    G4rdToonArmy Well-Known Member

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    Could see this coming from the beginning excluding their lucky goal after 30 seconds. Lucky to go in at 1-1 at the half. Bruno and Joelinton needed subbing at about 50 mins as did Murphy and Trippier but we made one sub in 75 mins despite being utter ****…
     
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  2. Hung Drawn and Quartered

    Hung Drawn and Quartered Well-Known Member

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    just hasn't fell for us today
     
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  3. Eddie's British Plodders

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    Yeah. Makes zero sense to have kept Guimaraes and Joelinton on, with their yellows. The match is gone, should've subbed them off.
     
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  4. Roland Deschain

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    We look absolutely ridiculous.
     
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  5. Obi Wan

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    What? Their players fell for us loads of times.
     
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  6. Eddie's British Plodders

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    Could've been even more embarrassing if the woodwork hadn't made so many saves.
     
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  7. Hung Drawn and Quartered

    Hung Drawn and Quartered Well-Known Member

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    yellow card for 1st Villa player

    ref being a prat by stopping us take a free kick
     
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  8. Geordie Ginola

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    Just one of them games where I think we all knew we would probably lose.

    But the way we lost. We just folded like a pack of cards.

    Let’s just hope we can do enough for top 5.
     
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  9. Dr Venkman

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    Possibly tried to be too cute second half. It just felt like one side knew it had to win and one side wanted to try an manage the game.

    We move on.
     
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  10. Geordie Ginola

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    We could have lost 7/8 today. I think easily our worse performance this year.
     
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  11. Hung Drawn and Quartered

    Hung Drawn and Quartered Well-Known Member

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    late ****ing tackle on Bruno from Tielemans from behind

    no ****ing foul **** off ref
     
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  12. Dr Venkman

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    Tindal should get Bruno off so we don't lose him
     
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  13. Hung Drawn and Quartered

    Hung Drawn and Quartered Well-Known Member

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  14. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

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    Gordon should start next week.
     
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  15. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

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    That's the end of this year's title charge
     
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  16. Obi Wan

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    Screws over the goal difference advantage we had built up last couple of games.
     
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  17. Dr Venkman

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    It's also one of the hardest away games
     
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  18. Eddie's British Plodders

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    That would require a moment of thought.
     
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  19. Dr Venkman

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    1st half wants happy with ref, but we deserved to lose.

    We looked second best in every single area of the pitch.
     
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  20. Dr Venkman

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    The changes were too late and didn't work when they came.. That's usually the case for us mind, but we have to just take the hit and move on.

    The players didn't want it today imo just rolled over which is odd.
     
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