Match Thread Aston Villa v. Sheffield United - 17th June 2020

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BladesOnToast said:
David doesn't follow any domestic side but is an obsessive Scotland fan and follows the Scottish national side with more passion than any football fan I've ever met.
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Read that and thought, Wilder would be a good fit as Scotland manager and they would get to the knock out stages of a tournament with him in charge.
 

why do i feel this is game alot like 1st game of the euros tournament. where we win this & we can get so much momentum
 
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Scarebus said:
Hard working
Well organised

Made fucking mincemeat of them the last 3 times we've played them (even the draw) with some of the best football I've ever seen from us.

That 4-1 last season was pure magic.
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Hard Working and Well Organised are exactly how I’d expect us to be described because it’s completely true.
 
LJBlade said:
Hard Working and Well Organised are exactly how I’d expect us to be described because it’s completely true.
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Such a basic description undermines the innovative and incredible brand of football we play. It makes us out to be talentless triers. Atleast thats how I and a few other supporters see it.
 
LJBlade said:
Hard Working and Well Organised are exactly how I’d expect us to be described because it’s completely true.
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I agree. But I can't help but hear 'tough northern cloggers' when other teams fans say it. It's almost like I'm programmed to hear it said in a patronising sort of way
 
S40BLADE said:
Such a basic description undermines the innovative and incredible brand of football we play. It makes us out to be talentless triers. Atleast thats how I and a few other supporters see it.
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It’s not a basic description, I think it’s exactly how Wilder would describe us.
 
Scarebus said:
Oh no, I agree. But I can't help but hear 'tough northern cloggers' when other teams fans say it. It's almost like I'm programmed to hear it said in a patronising sort of way
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Hard Working and well organised doesn’t mean long ball cloggers though. It’s a compliment
 
Kenilworth said:
Just realised
We have 4 home games left
Attendance for each will be zero, which means our average over the season will dip below 30k
Pigs will see this as a mechanism to tek piss when there is none.
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Worked out the other week when this came up, that even with 4 games with zero attendees, our average for the season is still higher than Wensdeh's was pre-suspension.

I'm sure the attendance figures will stop at Norwich though with an asterisk for the history books.
 
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bromtom said:
Worked out the other week when this came up, that even with 4 games with zero attendees, our average for the season is still higher than Wensdeh's was pre-suspension.

I'm sure the attendance figures will stop at Norwich though with an asterisk for the history books.
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Which none of the Wendies will read 😂
 
We need to start with a win to gain momentum ahead of our run-in. Your lot need the win for different reasons. Its like the start of a new season so previous form goes out of the window, but that's not to say you won't pick up where you left it. i just hope the fact that we need it more will spur us onto a villa win, but you've been much better than us in recent match ups so I'll go for a draw.

As for how you are perceived I would take it as a compliment that you are seen as well organised and hard working, because that's what you are. yes, you do also play some good football - not innovative as described earlier - but that's because the industry in your side gives your players the confidence and freedom to express themselves.

I also note someone referred to us as arrogant. Seems you do have our number after all.
 
peter w said:
We need to start with a win to gain momentum ahead of our run-in. Your lot need the win for different reasons. Its like the start of a new season so previous form goes out of the window, but that's not to say you won't pick up where you left it. i just hope the fact that we need it more will spur us onto a villa win, but you've been much better than us in recent match ups so I'll go for a draw.

As for how you are perceived I would take it as a compliment that you are seen as well organised and hard working, because that's what you are. yes, you do also play some good football - not innovative as described earlier - but that's because the industry in your side gives your players the confidence and freedom to express themselves.

I also note someone referred to us as arrogant. Seems you do have our number after all.
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From your point of view a loss will be a big hit to take at the restart. You badly need to not lose, but that isn't necessarily going to help you.
I think we'll be on fire for this one and hard to handle.

I don't know about the arrogant thing tbh. Villas recent history is in the top fligjt and are a 'big club' so I suppose the expectation that you should be there from fans might come across like that? I think a prem with Villa in it is probbaly better, and I would rather see other teams go down. So all the best - after this week ;)
 
Oh dear me, some folk never learn......https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53049710
 
Numpty's Dusty Ruts. said:
I'd like some advice please. I don't have Sky sports, but my son (Esteemed Forgeblade) does, so I have the chance to watch the game at his place. The problem is, over many years of watching the Blades on and off at his place on Sky, I have never seen us win. This has got beyond a joke, especially with last season's game at Villa Park. I like to think I'm not superstitious but..............
Shall I go and risk what seems like the inevitable, or not go and potentially break my Sky duck????
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To confirm, he is coming to mine to watch the match. If it goes wrong, well, shit happens. I'm just really looking forward to watching United with my dad again :D :D :D
 
Silent Blade said:
Wonder if the players will be travelling to Villa Park by coach on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning?
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Don't they have to travel by car? I'd have thought Wednesday for what it's worth.

LJBlade said:
Hard Working and well organised doesn’t mean long ball cloggers though. It’s a compliment
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The problem is that some people see those two descriptions as being mutually exclusive from having technical quality. Liverpool and Man City are all three but no-one ever describes them in the same terms as they do us.
 

Balham Blade said:
Don't they have to travel by car? I'd have thought Wednesday for what it's worth.
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If all the players have to travel to matches in separate cars and cant stay overnight at a hotel then I pity for Newcastle players travelling to Brighton on the 18th/19th July weekend!
 
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