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Post by tory on Nov 27, 2023 11:34:06 GMT
Villa had an excellent result yesterday. Is it too early to say Tottenham have already bolted from the title race?
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Nov 27, 2023 11:44:13 GMT
Villa had an excellent result yesterday. Is it too early to say Tottenham have already bolted from the title race? They were never in it.
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Post by rayge on Nov 27, 2023 11:46:08 GMT
1. Villa had an excellent result yesterday. 2. Is it too early to say Tottenham have already bolted from the title race? They did. Spurs were never in a title race. There really isn't a title race.
That said, they are still having a great season, played really well in all three losses, and probably will again in their fourth consecutive loss next weekend at the Etihad.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Nov 27, 2023 12:39:48 GMT
I do think losing Maddison is a big blow. Ange needs to be given a few windows to shape the squad to his requirements. If they can do that well, then we can talk of a potential title challenge.
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Post by rayge on Nov 27, 2023 13:17:43 GMT
I do think losing Maddison is a big blow. Ange needs to be given a few windows to shape the squad to his requirements. If they can do that well, then we can talk of a potential title challenge. Wouldn't disagree with any of that, although the loss of Mickey vDV is more crucial than that of Maddison. And losing Ashley Phillips (perhaps the best young CB in the country) to injury in a junior international wasn't ideal.
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Post by DarknessFish on Nov 28, 2023 11:53:21 GMT
Don't know how this goal didn't get more recognition at the time:
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Post by rayge on Dec 4, 2023 16:56:02 GMT
A grand weekend for spectacular goals, even in the Championship
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Dec 7, 2023 12:11:52 GMT
Too early to be writing them off, but City are looking really out of sorts. Villa dominated them the other day.
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Post by tory on Dec 8, 2023 6:15:00 GMT
Irons!
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Dec 10, 2023 8:31:57 GMT
Don't think the Arsenal attack is quite good enough to win the title. Have felt this for a while to be honest. Really it should have been addressed earlier instead of pissing about with the goalkeeping position. Be interesting to see what Arteta does in January.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Dec 10, 2023 16:50:48 GMT
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Post by tory on Dec 10, 2023 18:03:12 GMT
European hangover. Three points from two tricky away games isn't bad.
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Post by rayge on Dec 11, 2023 9:49:05 GMT
I think 'grovebury's btl comment from Guardian is a parody, in which case it's a work of genius, but even if it isn't, it's pitch-perfect satire
"The abiding memory of the Arsenal Villa game is going to be all the Villa fans leaving their ground saying how Arsenal were the best team they have faced not only this season but many a year.
The truth is that Villa didn’t win on Saturday, Arsenal lost. Lost because the team is up against not only an anti-Arsenal media, not only a team facing 115 FFP charges, but also seemingly now a PMGOL determined to give decisions against them no matter what. How could Havertz goal not be allowed to stand? How did Matty Cash stay on the pitch? How is it that Saka likes balls into his feet but the referees just wouldn’t allow the game to flow that way? I would call it a disgrace but that would be to understate it.
Also all the Villa fans giving it large at the moment baffle me. This is their first good season since 1981 and they are acting like they support Real Madrid. In that time Arsenal have won five league titles, gone invincible, become the one and only club to win the golden premier league trophy, won a record number of FA Cups, multiple Charity Shields, have more friendly trophies than any other team in the world, have come to have the biggest YouTube fan channel on the planet, have more Twitter aggregator accounts than any other team in world football, have a state of the art stadium with the most diverse match day crowd of any other club in the league and so much more. Meanwhile Villa have languished in mid table mediocrity, boast Gabby Agbonlahor as their greatest player of the modern era, been relegated and are now managed by an Arsenal reject. Justified arrogance is one thing, but delusions of grandeur quite another. Time for them to wind their neck in a little."
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Post by adamcoan on Dec 11, 2023 9:58:40 GMT
Or, it's just the usual banter. Sing when your winning.
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Post by tory on Dec 18, 2023 11:23:35 GMT
Genuine quality from Kudus, Pacqueta and Bowen. Hopeful of a trophy this season.
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