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Alison saved day for us. Need to extra careful till march
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**Official** English Football Season 2024/25
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Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
As is Darwin Nunez….what a miss!! Cracking game though and draw probably fair result.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
It's amusing how the media seem to be relentless in their quest to essentially treat Liverpool as "little brother" in the whole title race narrative. No matter what they do or what results they get the headlines are always about Arsenal. E.g., "Good/bad news for Arsenal as Liverpool pick up/drop points."
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
I brough in Cody Gakpo and made him captain of my fantasy football team because of the 2 fixtures week. He didn't play in either.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I haven't played Fantasy Football for years, but the first rule of it was always to get the top points scorer in no matter what and then fill in the rest. If you haven't got Salah then you're doing it wrong.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
Reminded me of a Liverpool miss at Aston Villa of yesteryear......Ronny Rosenthal! ronny rosenthal miss - Google Search
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Skipper Pup
U19 Captain
Salah is the GOAT
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Certainly not the draw Liverpool wanted in the Champions League. It was either PSG or Benfica and they got the French.
Looking at the paths through to the Final, you'd be happy being a Barca fan at the mo. The Madrid Derby in the last 16 is superb, whilst Bayern v Leverkusen should be fun too. Decent draws for both Villa and Arsenal, although Villa get Liverpool/PSG next and Arsenal will be heading to Madrid one way or another.
Looking at the paths through to the Final, you'd be happy being a Barca fan at the mo. The Madrid Derby in the last 16 is superb, whilst Bayern v Leverkusen should be fun too. Decent draws for both Villa and Arsenal, although Villa get Liverpool/PSG next and Arsenal will be heading to Madrid one way or another.
flibbertyjibber
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Bottom half of the draw looks much weaker. Villa will be happy, should fancy their chances of winning and if they lose in quarters they'd have taken that before the season started.
Barcelona to make final, take your pick from top half.
Barcelona to make final, take your pick from top half.
Uppercut
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Are there really fans who think this way about cup competitions? I understand saying something like "I'd have taken 12th before the season" in the league, but this is insane to me.
Red_Ink_Squid
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Yeah not a bad draw, someone just needs to give Mings a quick reminder on the handball rule before the tie.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Haha yeah I wondered this.
I've made no secret that I don't really place any sort of importance on most domestic cup comps, and am rarely disappointed about an exit, but whilst you are in them you may as well make your aim winning the entire thing. An exit is an exit, regardless of which round it occurs in. And like you say, I can't really imagine anyone anywhere spends time thinking "gosh I really hope we make it to the fourth round of the FA cup this year".
Edit: Unless you're a really small team who's hoping for an away draw against a Prem side or something I guess.
Jarquis
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I don't really understand the objection? I appreciate variance is larger in cup competitions but how's the principle any different? If you can make it to the last 8 of a competition when there are comfortably more than 8 better teams than you, then that's a success?
Even from a financial perspective it would constitute an overachievement relative to expectations/predictions.
Of course you'd take it as a Villa fan considering the issues they've skirted with PSR etc.
It doesn't make the exit any less disappointing once you get there and it happens but I don't know why it is 'insane' to think that way as a fan?
Even from a financial perspective it would constitute an overachievement relative to expectations/predictions.
Of course you'd take it as a Villa fan considering the issues they've skirted with PSR etc.
It doesn't make the exit any less disappointing once you get there and it happens but I don't know why it is 'insane' to think that way as a fan?
flibbertyjibber
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Well Villa have no European experience and are against a lot of bigger clubs so last 8 would be acceptable and good money for the club.
Skipper Pup
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Our fans are a little on edge right now. Understandable given what's happened with City in the past but aside from Grav's fatigue I don't think there's all that much to be worried about. Arsenal seem buoyed by our recent results and momentum has shifted but even this City game I'm taking a draw. As long as the squad doesn't get rattled by the gap closing I think we'll have more then enough to stay ahead in the run home.
That UCL draw is annoying. Should be some reward for finishing top but instead we draw the French champions. PSG looked decent against Brest but we should still comfortably get through. Kvara and Barcola will be a problem, especially given our LB/RB are quite vulnerable at the moment.
My final point is this Nunez cat and the abuse he's copping from both rivals and our fan base. Rivals I can cop but our fans need to support him. He's got 12 prem games left at the club and there's a title to be won, little to no point getting on his back with everything at stake now.
That UCL draw is annoying. Should be some reward for finishing top but instead we draw the French champions. PSG looked decent against Brest but we should still comfortably get through. Kvara and Barcola will be a problem, especially given our LB/RB are quite vulnerable at the moment.
My final point is this Nunez cat and the abuse he's copping from both rivals and our fan base. Rivals I can cop but our fans need to support him. He's got 12 prem games left at the club and there's a title to be won, little to no point getting on his back with everything at stake now.
Niall
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4 points from City and Newcastle would be pretty good IMO.
Its dangerous making definititve predictions about future matches for both Pool and Arsenal.
I look at Arsenal's fixtures, West Ham next should be comfortable but it is a London derby, then its Utd and Chelsea. United are useless but do game raise against the better sides although obviously could also get smashed and then who knows with Chelsea atm.
Fulham away then looks very tough on paper.