Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
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Aston Villa 1 West Brom 2
Saturday 22nd October 2011, 5:10PM BST.
Paul Scharner scored a brilliant winner as West Brom came from behind to claim their first league victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park since May 1979.
Darren Bent gave Villa the lead with a 23rd-minute penalty, but a highly-charged derby game swung in the Baggies favour when Chris Herd was sent off an apparent stamp on Jonas Olsson, although neither side appealed.
Chris Brunt missed a penalty from the resulting decision but West Brom levelled when Olsson headed home on the stroke of half-time, before Scharner’s sublime finish from another Brunt corner shortly after the break.
James Collins overcame a groin injury to resume his partnership at the heart of the Villa defence with Richard Dunne, so Ciaran Clark dropped to the bench while Herd came in for Fabian Delph in the centre of midfield.
Charles N’Zogbia was handed a place in the starting line-up along with Barry Bannan, as Emile Heskey and Stephen Ireland were named among the substitutes.
West Brom boss Roy Hodgson made just the one change as Somen Tchoyi made way for Peter Odemwingie after his goalscoring heroics against Wolves last weekend, while Zoltan Gera was on the bench as Graham Dorrans recovers from a knee injury.
The match began at a frantic pace with Villa having the best of the early chances as Bent blazed over in the fifth minute, after being incorrectly flagged offside, before Bannan saw his rasping half-volley go just over the bar moments later.
Villa defender Alan Hutton was lucky to stay on the pitch in the 13th minute after a horror tackle on Baggies forward Shane Long – who limped out shortly afterwards to be replaced by Tchoyi – which somehow escaped a yellow card from referee Phil Dowd.
The home side took the lead 10 minutes later from the penalty spot, after Steven Reid was put under pressure by Gabby Agbonlahor as he attempted to shield the ball back to goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Dowd pointed straight to the spot after Agbonlahor was caught by Foster’s hand and Bent sent Foster the wrong way, as he dispatched a low spot-kick into the bottom-left corner of the net.
West Brom were presented with a chance to even it from the penalty spot up in the 37th minute when Herd was shown a straight red card by Dowd – after his linesman had flagged – for an apparent stamp on Olsson, although no visiting players appealed.
Villa’s players argued with Dowd and they will have vindicated when Brunt smashed the resulting spot-kick wide of the post.
Hutton was withdrawn with blood pouring from his head after a collision with N’Zogbia and was replaced by Carlos Cuellar, before West Brom drew level on the stroke of half-time with a powerful Olsson header.
Brunt whipped a dangerous corner into the six-yard box and Olsson outjumped and outmuscled the static Richard Dunne and James Collins to head the ball past goalkeeper Shay Given.
The Baggies exposed the vulnerability of the Villa defence from set-pieces again after the break, as they scored a second goal from a corner.
Brunt’s curling ball picked out Scharner, who controlled the ball deftly then executed a superb half-volley finish to smash the ball past Given and was then booked, for revealing the same T-shirt which had so irked Wolves manager Mick McCarthy.
The visitors controlled the game from this point forward without ever really testing Given, although Collins had a chance to equalise in the 71st minute from a Bannan corner, when he escaped his marker but could only head over.
West Brom missed a chance to put the icing in the cake with a counter attack in injury time as Tchoyi crossed for Odemwingie, but the Nigerian striker completely missed the ball as he attempted to side-foot it past Given.
Ten-man Villa took the direct route as they pressed for an equaliser in the dying minutes, but West Vrom held on to take all three points.
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Howdy Y’all
Oh so very nearly a perfect morning!
Yes,a little contraversial but they we’re both warned and maybe it’s the start of ref’s getting tougher a set pieces in the box,anyway it evens up the blatant foul on Olsson by Berra last week.
See Y’all
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wolves last week now villa. thank you roy and the lads for a great week. still a long way to go with some tough games but things are looking good
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Sweet,very very sweet.
The day before we played wolves,I said on here-
‘we have a stronger squad than last season,and I believe we will soon ‘click’ into much better form,so why shouldn’t it begin tomorrow?’.
So step aside Mystic Meg,even you didn’t see this comin’.
As for villa,they’ll probably be whinging about the sending off,but as this story says,the challenge from Hutton on Shane Long was ‘X’ rated,he could easily have done much more damage,so he should have been red-carded earlier.
It also meant that our MOTM of last week had to limp off the pitch early,putting us at a disadvantage.
So we’ve now beaten them in the last two meetings,home and away,which justifies the claim that-
THE BAGGIES ARE THE TOP WEST MIDLANDS CLUB!!!
(Anyone that disagrees had better prepare a very good argument,seeing as they keep losing to us………..)
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brill massive team performance all played realy well again this teams just strating to gell well done to mr h and the lads you made us proud to be a baggie boing boing come on
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Villa are a physical side, taking the nature of their play from McLeish. Hutton should have been sent off for a shocking ‘tackle’ on Long, and should be given a 3-match ban retrospectively.
Long was kicked up in the air from the start of the game without any protection from Dowd with the inevitable result.
Villa got what they deserved when Herd was sent off and the footballing side won without problem. Foster was unworked. What a waste of money Bent and NZogbia are.
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cantello
i won’t argue with that mate
BOING BOING…
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1 Kev not in Mallorca-
Howdy,
I forgot to ask you who’s looking after your donkey’s while you’re in the U.S.of A.-
just wanna say that there’s no need to worry,because it turns out that 11 of them have been found in the home dressing room at villa park.
They even have their names and numbers on their backs.
And tonight,instead of carrots,they’ll be eating a special treat of humble pie……..
Oh,it’s great to be a Baggie……….
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Hello from cloud nine!
After years of supporting us through thick and thin and thin again, to beat Wolves and Villa in the space of a week is something I could only previously dream about.
Roy Hodgson and this team will go down as legends.
Such tremendous effort today.
Proud to be a Baggie.
THE MIDLANDS ARE OURS!!!
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Quality performance by the baggies. Shame for Shane Long, but Tchoi was class when he came on along with Olsson and Mulumbu. Hutton is a thug, and should have been sent off. Referee’s performance was disappointing. We still have dozza on the bench to come back and some up and coming kids coming up, so the future is looking good. Boing Boing
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What can i say, other than, im very proud of WBAfc. Love my club. Thank you Roy and the boys,
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If that shirt Wolves were moaning about they need to get a life ….from a Wolves fan.
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What another great derby win,especially as we have waited for a long time for this one!
Again just as last Sunday, Olsson was strong at the back and also showed his strength at the front with that well taken headder.
Brilliant goal by Scharner, a bit unlucky to be booked for his celebration. I hope Long is OK, Hutton should have been sent off.
I think Odemwingie needs some confidence building?
May be we need other penalty takers, Mulumbu or Scharner?
All the best for next Saturday!
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Best side won . Villa just not good enough . Over paid fat cats ???
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Is it me or did anyone else seem to think that Long was targeted by Villa.Very dirty tactics.
Still we give them a good stuffing.
boing boing
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Two weekends and two derby wins! what a week. Downside is long who took one hell of a knock. Cannot see why this was not a sending off offence? Hope he is okay. Boing Boing!!
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Fantastic result. My view is villas the proper derby. Great performance. I think every point villa dropped today serves them right for the sickening challenge on shane long. Really enjoyed my day though we rocked villa park
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Today we have won the biggest West Mids derby, beating Aston Villa 2-1 on their own ground. That makes it two West Mids derbies in less than a week. haven’t beaten Villa for thirty two years covering fourteen matches on their soil. Thanks to that football brain that is Roy Hodgson and his formidable BAGGIES. Digest these words all you ALBION fans, be proud of your club on this day.
Play play wherever we may be,
We ARE the only boys of the Black Country.
Also West Midlands top dogs.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Just back to London after a magical afternoon in the Seal Enclosure. Only negative: Hutton on Long. Our Irish superstar tried to play on, and showed more guts than their team put together. Great atmosphere, proud to be a Baggie.
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it makes me laff that ALL the pundits say that when tchoi gets the ball even he doesnt know what hes going to do!!!!!! well, surely thats a good thing, because if it wasnt hed be marked out the game because he’d be predictable, well done to him and the baggies, BOING BOING , BOING BOING
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Cantello – Villa are above you therefore you are not the top team in the west midlands and never will be.
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Wow, how bad are Villa? Icing on the cake has to be bringing Heskey on to play…centre midfield! You couldn’t write it.
Strange game. Villa came out to kick us and Dowd got pretty much every decision wrong (apart from their pen). But we deserved the win, if only because we were the team trying to play football.
I’ve had the misfortune to turn into a knee expert and I’m concerned about Shane Long. I said at the time of the tackle (watching it on TV) that I felt it could be a cruciate ligament. The way he hobbled around afterwards supported my fears. Pain in the back of the knee? Oh dear. Fingers crossed for a miracle.
Boing boing
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Stop ya whinging villa! You were beaten by a much better team today and lucky to get away with the end scoreline. You should have had 2 players sent off, and went for us with the heavy stuff from the off. You got what you deserved. Ginger hasn’t been at the seals too long but sounds like one already!!
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A great two weeks, let’s hope we can do the reds next week too.
A limited Villa side tried to kick us off the park but justice was done in the end. Hopefully Shane is not too badly injured and will be back soon. Hutton is a thug and should have been sent off. I think Jonas used his experience to wind Hird up and it worked. Onwards and upwards, I think Roy has got has got his mojo back.
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Great performace. We outclassed a terrible singles team last week and a terrible seals team this week. The only issue was the lack of police presence outside the ground, we got assaulted by seal fans outside the ground when we became detached from the Albion fans on the way to witton station… Only saving grace was the PROPER villa fans who saved us getting a bigger kicking…. Thanks!
Otherwise such a great game, we look a solid premier league team unlike about 8 teams in the league who will surely finish below us. Kings of the midlands without doubt! Who would have said that 10 years ago!
You did us proud
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Laguna Beach? There’s another Baggie Boy in the O.C.?
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Fantastic result well done lads could easily have been 5 – 2 to us. Any chance of Sharner practicing and taking penalties as that guy is up for everything, can’t see why he was booked as he didn’t take the shirt of fully, just put it over his head.
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Brilliant , the cream will always rise to the top.
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What a week!!! We controlled the game from the first whistle, even before the sending off. The stats say it all, they had 1 shot on target all match, and that was a free shot from 12 yards! (Chris Brunt take note!).
Defensively we look the best we have for years. We look organised and everyone on the pitch looks to know what they are meant to be doing which sounds obvious but that has not always been the case at the albion!
On a negative note i really hope Long’s injury isn’t too bad although from the initial comments it doesn’t look good. It was an awful tackle. McLeish has been in the press this week saying he wanted his players to “get in the face” of the opposition. They certainly took note of that advice, everytime Long got the ball they were straight through him. It wasn’t a surprise when he finally got injured. Fingers crossed.
Another couple of things to work on and think about…….we need to find a penalty taker. Brunty’s record is awful. When fit i would like to see Long take them, saw him tuck a few away for Reading. Anyone else have any suggestions.
Finally, i really don’t think Thomas is playing well at all and he hasn’t for a long time. I have seen people asking where Gera fits in when he is back fit. In my opinion it has to be in place of Thomas.
Bring on Liverpool!!
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Obvious Villa targetted Long for rough treatment which put him out of the game
No doubt they were smarting from drubbing they
got at city lets hope injury is not too serious. The dismissal of Herd was not suprising he was put in for his aggression
Felt if Shane had played a full part we would
have won by a bigger margin Foster had very
little to do. McLeish made poor tactical moves
What have they done to Nzogbia Bent not good
enough for England our defence looking good
next two games will show how good we are.
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is this the way to hammer villa paul scharner scoring the winner lalalalla laaaallaaaa
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I honestly cannot understand why there making such a fuss re the penalty decision and no body mentions that horrendous foul on Shane just minutes before. Not even a yellow card for that. Yes as i said Villa should have been playing with 10 players way before that accident occurred.
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AMS. yes i totally agree with you. THE BAGGIES WILL GO DOWN. AS LEGENDS AFTER TWO DERBY WINS INA SPACE OF A WEEK.
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Hello all ESPECIALLY TO JAMES COLLINS OF ASTON VILLA.
Did any one see Photo 7 from this Sundays Sun. Well go in have a look yourselves and see how james collins of the morons from aston was laughing out loud in Brunts face after the penalty miss.
Well he who loughs first loughs last ay mr collins.
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Excellent result again, just need to keep the momentum going, hopefully we can repeat last seasons result against Liverpool, bit concerned about the fact that Dalglish is making a big song and dance again, this time about referees not “protecting” and “respecting” Suarez, so you know whats coming don’t you?, remember what happened after Pullis said pretty much the same thing about Stoke before they played us last season, I can see history repeating.
Still, all in all a brilliant week, anyone else noticed how the sun shines when we do? God (Jehovah, Allah, Krishna, Vishnu, Rama, take your pick) is a defo a Baggies fan!!!!
Boing, Boing!
p.s. it would seem our dearest neighbours have lost the lyrics to last seasons mantra, you know the one, it goes “we will be above you next week” (how many times did we hear that?) seems to have totally disappeared this season, umm?
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Villa are the new Stoke….if you cant play football kick the hell out of the opposition. Is the Villa Manager bringing his Birmingham City style to Villa and we all know how Birmingham finished.
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Fantastic, just absolutely fantastic!!!
I grew up in Great Barr, years of derision, mockery, ridicule, belittlement. I’ve longed for this day!!
Now if you’ll excuse me I’m heading back down the pub……
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Thankyou Roy – Thankyou Lads – Thankyou Mr Peace – Thankyou all coaches and backroom staff!!!!
In 1979 i was only 4 (nearly 5) the last time we won there…..
A good performance from the players and i hope Long is not out for any real length of time. Also hope that the F.A or Prem leauge can do something about Hutton!
Cheers Lads
Regards
AndyH
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that challenge on Long is disgusting. he needs a season-long ban
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Whever he touched the ball or not Hutton should have seen red. End off
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Just a thought, I wonder what odds you can get on Man City scoring 20 goals over their next two games? we are going to have to wear helmets, and there wont be a window ledge free if they perform like they did at O.T., awesome, may well push some Wolves fans over the edge! Wolverhampton Samaritans on standby please!! Couldn’t believe Man U fans calling talksport saying where Fergies gone wrong, who they should go out and buy etc, like one caller said “you see a player you like and you just go out and buy him” that simple eh! all the time I was thinking are you Wulfies in disguise?
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Rocket.
I can’t comment on yesterdays game. The match thread on the dark side has gone into meltdown and still nothing from Laughing Wolf. As we all know he’s their No1 fan surely he hasn’t just given up on them.
I’m really worried about him.
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41 WONOH.
Wasn’t that just the best thing to watch today, worth the Sky subscription to see all the Cockneys, foreigners and other glory hunters not being able to believe their eyes. Well done Battenberg on the sending off even though you bottled the penalty not long after. Glad we’re not playing either of the Manchester clubs in our next game.
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Andy H,
Don’t forget the BAGGY BIRDS and the lads and lasses from the club shop.
Play play where ever we may be,
We are the Kings from the Black Country.
They hear us here,they hear us there.
People hear us everywhere.
Up above and down below,
this is how us BAGGIES go,
BOING~~BOING~~BAGGIES~~BAGGIES.
BOING~~BOING~~BAGGIES~~BAGGIES.
That was definitely the week, that was. Cheers Roy. Hope the lads take Liverpool to the cleaners, for the way Dalglish and Co treated you. I know you wouldn’t want it that way, but I hope we do.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Fabulous win, great to stick it up the Vile. We outplayed the them before and after the red card, which I thought was an odd decision, particularly as even Olsson didn’t appeal for anything.
However the tackle on Long was disgraceful, he should have been charged for GBH it was that bad! I wouldn’t be surprised if McLeish has targeted Long and I think that the FA should look at video evidence of that and ban him for 3 games at least. Hope the injury on Long isn’t too bad, the kid has been superb since we signed him.
Nice little unbeaten run now, bring on Liverpool!
Boing Boing!!
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It just goes to show how far we have come as we can now pick and choose out team to suit the team we play. Dorrens rested to make way for Scharner (who is now oficially a legend). Our main striker gets taken off due criminal offence on the pitch but hey no worries we have Tchoiy to totally mind boggle them with his skills. Gera is back soon, Coxy and some very talented and hungry England International youngsters waiting to get a chance to play for the stars in stripes!
So proud to be a Baggie, always kept the faith from 91 onwards and we’re fianally there defying the odds by becoming the best Football club in the Midlands!
ALBION TILL I DIE!
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Great win, been a long time comin, takes me back to my youth.
Horrible challenge by Hutton, just hope long’s not too badly injured. Couldn’t believe Eck tried to justify it after the game – maybe ‘cos it was a pre-planned tactic to rough Long up after the roasting he gave to Johnson & Berra ….
Also sickened by villa so-called fans jeering Sl as he limped off.
Boing Boing
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3 but they still above us in the league.
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i was mocked a few weeks ago when i said the only way we will get results is if we drop Shorey and Morrison, but i was accused of being a dingle,seems Roys agreed with me and ive been proved right again.
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20 Mr.B.?-
(I’m guessing your full name is Mr.Bluenose,but as a villa fan you’re probably a bit reluctant to tell us).
Looking at the table,Albion and villa have the same number of points,but we beat you at the Hawthorns (with 10 men),and have now also beaten you at villa park-and apart from the penalty,I don’t think your lot had a single shot on target.
So you’ve really put a good case forward to convince us how good villa are………
And I can’t even accuse you of being a typically arrogant villa fan,because all you’ve said is that Albion will NEVER be the top West Midlands club-
what a gift,to be able to see the whole of the future before it happens!!
Incredible!!
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38 Tiny Clacka-
after myself and ShropshireBaggie told you I was ‘in retirement’,you still say you’re surprised nobody wants to employ me-
it doesn’t take a lot for you to make yourself look an idiot,does it?
Now go back to sulking about your struggling wolves team……..
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39 Sherlock,
that Hutton ‘tackle’ on Shane Long very much reminded me of the infamous ‘Battle of Bramhall’,when Sheff. Utd’s George Santos dived two footed into Andy Johnson,sending him cartwheelin’ through the air.
Santos was immediately shown a red card,and then United,who had him on loan,sacked him after the game.
Hutton wasn’t even cautioned on saturday by Ref.Dowd,and the villa manager said afterwards that he did nothing wrong.
So much for consistent Referees,and Managers who’s opinion you respect……….
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How was Huttons challenge not a sending off it beggers belief, How the Villa player got sent off beggers belief and Brunts pen miss well that beggers belief as well
On a positive note we played well jones and Mcaully look good and Tchoyi is learning to pass. Two derby wins in a week it cannot get better than this surely
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38, you’ve got enough problems to moan about over the custard bowl haven’t you, without trying to wind us up?
Mick out, Mick out, Mick out, Mick out!!!!
Boing Boing!!
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Wolves and Villa vanquished in a week and we are the poor relatives of the West Midlands , who would have thought it .
TC
If you cannot write anything without being offensive , it maybe a good idea to write nothing at all .
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Looks like Jerome Thomas is the new target for the boo boys , i thought he played well in the last two matches , quite what games some of you watch i a’int so sure.
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Oh, George, did ya attoo ? JT did play well enough and you couldn’t blame anyone not inviting tackles from the madman Hutton. Roy should throw protocol out of the window and ask the F.A. to look at that tackle. Drogba saw red for Chelsea for a bad one but it was a 5 compared to a 10 from Hutton. Dowd was very poor with the big decisions and his linesman on one side was wrong on at least TWO occasions, one for the Herd sending off, and one for St.Pete’s goal.
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20 Mr Bitter
You just hang onto that mate. Keep selling your best player every summer and replacing them with kids and you’ll still finish in the top 10 because ‘Villa are a massive club historically’.
Let’s see how the table looks when everyone else has played Bolton, Blackburn, Wigan, Newcastle and Wolves at home……
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CR78 (52)
I had exactly the same thought as you when I first saw that tackle (assault??) on Shane Long.
The only thing I can say on reflection was that Hutton was acting under orders to kick him off the park whereas Santos’ challenge on Johnson was borne purely out of revenge.
sis (22)
not sure if you are trying to discredit me but please change your name as I having been posting under Stars In Stripes for some time now and try to see things from a reasoned perspective and would hate people to think I was responsible for your last two small-minded rants. Thanks.
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lets not get carried away we have beat 2 very poor teams one of them with 10 men,lets see how we do on saturday.
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56 i do say nice things but i get accused of being a dingle,how come you only post when cantello sprocket post.
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how come nobody as mentioned that the results have started to pick up since Shorey and Morrison have been dropped,i did tell you dident i.
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62 CLACKA OR TC OR SHIRLEY
I post all the time if Cantello does or not . He happens to be a mate of mine and on several occasions you have made nasty snidy remarks about him not working which is offensive and quite frankly none of your business.
Just for the record it is ‘did not’ or ‘didn’t ‘ and yes we all bow to your tactical acumen , frankly we are not worthy of your wonderful posts and extensive football knowledge.
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Roy`s public persona is normaly one of statesmanlike decorum, but the assult by Hutton even pushed him over the edge.
Quite how Dowd saw that as anything less than a career finisher, defies comprehension.
Roy also seems to have a knack of ending long standing reversals.
Never beaten Mic Mac- check
Have not beaten Liverpool, or even scored against them in the prem- check
Have not beaten Villa since flares and a perm-check.
On another note, i cant help but think that Alex Fergusson make a big mistake by leaving out Howard Webb for such an important game.
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does anyone know if hutton can be pulled up down to video evidence by the SWEET F.A.?
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TC (63) or should we all call you the Oracle.
I can only presume the FA are keeping tabs on you as a potential successor to a certain Mr Capello with your ‘finger on the pulse’ aptitude for team selection.
I’m sure Roy must log onto the E&S forum each day in the hope you can enlighten him in his obvious lack of football knowledge and guide the team once again to glory.
There we go, hope that’s brushed your ego enough :-)
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64 Forever.
I was beginning to doubt your sanity when you said you couldn’t believe Dowd missed the assasination attempt. This idiot only comes second to the divine Rob Stiles in the all time great refs list and is doing his best to push our old favourite Kevin Lynch into third. He is totally incompetent and therefore has no trouble maintaining his place as one of our top referees.
But then you come back with the Fergie bit. Brilliant.
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56 mornin’ Max,
this ‘TC clacka/beatles’ accused me of always thinking I’m right,then said the team selection showed that what HE said proves that he’s right again.
He could be lone wolf or ‘kennyhibbit’ trying a wind-up,but he’s probably more like a guy I met when I was fishing last week-
the local village idiot.
So from now on,he can be our own village idiot,he’s well qualified for the job,
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64 WBAFOREVER
Liked the joke about Howard Webb.
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It wasn’t a tackle, it wasn’t a challenge. in Huttons case it was G.B.H. This type of assault needs to be expunged from the game. Roy, do all you can to make it happen for the good of the game, inform the F.A. Dowd the disgrace allowed the assault to happen and the clogger to get away with it. Then we are supposed to respect referees. Give me strength.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Lets bask in the sunshine while we can, the last two weeks have been fully deserved. This to me is the big one and to beat the Villa in their own back yard was priceless. I just hope Long is ok. Hutton is one thug. After the match the aggro nearly kicked off down towards Witton as a lot of bad losers from Villa started. All the police could do is film it with their video cameras.
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69,Rocket.It aint me mate.
Im keeping a low profile at the minute for obvious reasons.
Well done in beating the Villa. Even i cant put any negative spin on the result. You won fair and square and the best team won.
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At least we know how to silence our neighbours, eh?
Some of the pundits comments on the sending off were laughable. On a football pitch, Olsson gives as good as he gets – some might want to deny this, hide from it or go nudge, nudge, wink, wink – but, he is no different to the majority of defenders! I’m passing no judgement; my point is he accepts ‘bending the rules’ and only appeals when obvious things go on such as trips, tugging, etc. so he wouldn’t jump up and down about a tussle with Herd because it could be him next time around.
Hutton, on the other hand, should’ve gone. Like it or not, in the modern game arguing, “I got the ball first” is no defence when the force of the tackle is a potential leg breaker. What ‘saved’ Long was the fact Hutton turned at the last minute and hit him with his legs rather than his feet. Poor indecision by Dowd.
I thought Albion played a measured game and Trevor Francis remains a stupid ass!
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TRBH
Do i detect that you have a pathological dislke of Manchester Utd bordering on the obsessive ????
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I never realised it was compulsory to roll around like a big girl or complain, to get a penalty. I always thought it was enough for the officials to signal one.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Cameras prove that Hutton won the ball,stop whinging will you,be fore 2nd tackle long had fouled Hutton.
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77
Glad you choose to call yourself Epstein rather than Einstein, saves us a lot of trouble.
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Max.
You may be right there, give me Wolves any day at least they’re a proper club with proper fans. I also hate Liverpool equally.
PS Did your post at 57 have a hint of irony?
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77 BRIAN
How silly of us all to get it wrong.
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69 Rocket and 67 SIS.
Lonely has denied that he’s any of these various alter ego’s and I believe him. Which leaves us with Laughing Wolf. This may account for his absence from the Wolves pages because if I post too often I get a ‘you’re posting too regularly’ message comes up.
This joker PETER, PAUL AND MARY AND EPSTEIN AND SHIRLEY AND TOM JONES etc always posts his name with caps lock on. Shadrag is missing getting his fix of publishing his Wolves team so it would also explain the extensive knowledge of who to pick for ours.
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Jonny Giles
Just here on holiday visiting my son who lives just up the road from Laguna beach,obviously he’s a Baggie.
Y’all
Still haven’t seen any humble pie from the “Roy out” morons and the bingo callers!
See Y’all
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77
Before you next embarrass yourself on a public forum, I suggest you learn the laws of the game. The relevant rule says : “A player is guilty of serious foul play if he uses excessive force or brutality against an opponent when challenging for the ball when it is in play.
A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned as serious foul play.
Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
Any player who is guilty of serious foul play should be sent off….”
No mention any where of winning the ball.
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not since Ronnie Allen Rocket in 1959
that sent the villa down has a win given me so much satisfaction.Derby games in those days
were really something special.
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79 TRBH
I think you have me all wrong , i do not boo players never have . If you refer to my dislike of a certain ex goalkeeper, well for my money he had more than enough chances to prove himself.
Thomas appears to be the new Carson if you like but imo does not deserve it , yes he did have a poor start to the season ( he was not alone in this) and in the last two matches as performed well , again imo for what it is worth.
ps i a’int fond of Manure or Liverpool either.
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81 Bully,
if lonely says he’s innocent,I believe him,at least he holds his hands up if he’s sussed,this ‘TC’ just lurks in the shadows,and was caught out the other week when he couldn’t remember the names of which Albion players were sent off at Blackpool,despite claiming to go to all the away games.
He never did tell me where he sits in the Hawthorns,and doesn’t want to meet any of us,so it carries all the trademarks of shadrag,
how sick is he feeling at this point in time?
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86 i was at blackpool that night,cant remember anybody asking the question,though i did say Jara deserved to go,i was at villa to,ive not missed a game this season,and i sit in the brummie rd,and no i dont want to meet any of you why should i want to,your just a bunch of happy clappers who agree with each other,infact becaouse of people like you we dont get proper albion fans on here anymore,apart from me that is.
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It aint me either, i’m too busy on our site !!! Plus i would have been much more witty!!
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86 CR78.
Just read 87.
It’s Shadrag.
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Epstein,
Scything down Long, Extensive bone bruising and a chipped bone is O.K., but a shoulder charge is a foul. Gotcha Idiot.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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87 TC (AKA village idiot)-
funny how you always forget things you don’t like to hear.
It was last week that you said Albion fans were upset that Jara got sent off at Blackpool,and a REAL Albion fan then corrected you by pointing out you GOT THE WRONG PLAYER,Ibanez was the innocent guy.
Obviously you read the story somewhere at the time,but because it was a while ago,you forgot the details.
And strangely enough,when ‘laughingstockwolf’ was challenged,he used to say he sat in the Brummie,but didn’t want to meet any of us.
And your ‘happy clappers’ is a term associated with the wolves site.
You’re obviously a phoney.
And not a very clever one at that.
(p.s.- you told us a while ago that you were on an E&S photo featured here,that showed the Smethwick End crowd-now you say you sit in the Brummie-what a fraud.)
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Epstein (77)
Your one-eyed ignorance is palpable. If you consider Hutton’s challenge anything other than a straight Red you really do have a head full of fairground music my friend.
My Nan always told me when I was young to eat plenty of fish because it was ‘brain food’. However ‘Mr. Seal’ you quite clearly provide evidence to the contrary. Then again, it is difficult to nurture something that is evidently not there.
Feel free to come back to this site when you have something constructive to say……… although I won’t be holding my breath.
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92 S.I.S.,
Epstein/Paul/Ringo/TC,etc. are all the same person-
it’s a wolves fan we know who is so miserable at the dire situation over there,that he’s trying to stir it here because he things ‘why should Albion fans be happy while we’re suffering?’.
He’s just a very sad individual.
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93 TC(AKA Village Idiot)-
if you read my post at 91 again SLOWLY,so you can UNDERSTAND what I said,you will see that it’s YOU that got it wrong.
So you tell me to get my eyes tested,when you haven’t read my post properly.
You really are the biggest idiot to ever come on here.
(p.s.- they BOTH got sent off,you would have known if you’d read the story properly at the time-such a phoney).
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congratulations on beating villa….
the problem with most clubs is that the only glory they achieve is beatin the local rivals , that goes for everyone… but having the bragging rights is only short term…
the long term objective of winning trophies regularly is only achieved if you can see the bigger picture just ask man utd/chelseas/arsenal/liverpool…those clubs have dominated domestic football for decades, even if they do lose to thier local rivals or the handfull of games a season.
i hope we all do well,baggies,villa,walsall.
i’ve got a sense of humour, i bloody need one at the moment….. a draw with swansea at home…indeed…lol
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Total Clot,
Pardon me, So if someone told you to jump in the cut, you would do it, as you haven’t a mind of your own. In my opinion severe bone bruising and a chipped bone backs up what I thought at the time, it WAS an horrendous assault. Only a Dingle would agree with your point of view, as they like O.T.T. contact.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~Jth.
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Why does the e&d persist on letting Wolves fans post non relevant, informative or humorous articles on here whilst blocking Baggies from doing the same in return?
Whoever is moderating these pages have totally destroyed the Baggies side, our pages used to be lively with colourful characters who actually had something to say, now, thanks to the over zealous and biased moderating, many of those posters have disappeared.
You only have to look at the most commented articles box at the top of this page. In a week where we have beat our two nearest rivals, one not achieved since 1979, and Wolves have not achieved anything out of the ordinary, of those most commented stories above, it breaks down like this-
Wolves 837
Albion 194
That’s over a 400% difference! 400% are you sure? given our gates vary by (25,000) + – 1000 or so, the only conclusion can be this, either Albion fans actually go to the games, or, Wolves should be out selling Real Madrid each week, which they don’t.
If there comments pages are bulging now, just imagine what they would be like if they had actually beat us and Villa in the same week? we wouldn’t get a look in, still at least our comments pages would be bigger, albeit because it would be full of Wolves fans!
Conclusion then, either start treating us with a level playing field, or lose us.
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