No narrative from me this time, what can you really say to provide any kind of worthwhile analysis? It was a freak result that doesn’t reflect our part in proceedings? Don’t believe me? Compare the numbers below with the statistics from the 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Villa Park back in October.
I guess sometimes it’s a really fine line between a great victory and a humiliating drubbing.
Incidentally, apart from Luke Young in at right back in place of Carlos
James Collins just made an apology on Twitter:-
so sorry to every villa fan after that appalling performance,im embarrassed to call myself a footballer after that rubbish…sorry.
Speaks volumes about the man. I don’t really need to add to that, I’ll let it speak for itself, but all I will say is that I hope they use this as motivation for the rest of the season. If they do, and they go on to finish the season in style, I
Absolutely bludgeoned.
Feels bad, man.
Going to sulk.
I may be some time.
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Other Fixtures Today
Birmingham (9) v Arsenal (3)
Hull (19) v Fulham (10)
Tottenham (4) v Portsmouth (20)
West Ham (17) v Stoke (12)
Wolves (15) v Everton (8)
Bolton (14) v Man Utd (1) [5.30pm]
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Forest wanted
Everton fans must truly wonder what a season could deliver for them if they could hook it up at the start of the season the way they do towards the end. As far as the race for fourth place goes this season, they’re arguably hitting form at just the right time and, looking at their run-in, aside from coming to Villa Park on April 14th, every other team left to play is below them in the table. I
There can’t be too many people close to Martin O’Neill’s innermost thoughts. In fact, there may be a few who wonder whether he is close to his innermost thoughts sometimes, but I couldn’t possibly comment. I’m certainly not among the inner sanctum so it’s idle speculation on my part here, but is it possible that MON’s transfer dealings to date reveal a tactician who is actually ahead of the curve? Wait, hear me out here!
MON’s activity in
My personal feeling about this game is that MON gambled. He rolled the dice on Richard Dunne and James Milner’s fitness and neither looked like they should have started this game. Richard Dunne was caught off guard on a number of occasions and it was clear he was off the pace. James Milner struggled to make any impact in this game and it was little surprise that he left the pitch in the 77th minute. I
Well, another game, another draw at Villa Park. 1-1 this time and with City getting beaten at home 2-0 by Everton it’s a chance to go 5th that I think we’ll look back on at the end of the season and rue.
I can’t find too many faults in the performance, Craig Gordon had to make a couple of game saving saves in the first 10 minutes. I mean, real top quality saves that reinforce why Sunderland paid so much money
It’s that time of the month again, time to see how our players are measuring up according to the Actim Top 100 Index. This time we once again have 8 players in the top 100:-
6th Gabriel Agbonlahor – 489 points
14th Richard Dunne – 425 points
15th Carlos Cuellar – 411 points
16th James Milner – 408 points
17th Ashley Young – 397 points
28th Brad Friedel – 368 points
63rd Stiliyan Petrov – 301 points
79th James Collins – 288 points
James Collins slipped 10 places,