Same XI for me. Continuity and hopefully some confidence gained will see us get a similar result.
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You know something we don't obviously.
Mental! Villa might be deemed as 'big' as us on a theoretical scale for winning the FA cup (even though they may still go down actually) VS The smug scum of the earth lifting another trophy.
This is bait, don't take it!
You just speculated he´s a good motivator though
They players have said they like him and he has had his moments this season, what I wonder is it him that does the motivating it must be surely?
If it distracts them who cares?
Maybe it's time to start the "Argentina! Argentina!" chants. Just as long as Lamela realises it isn't for him until he stops playing like an electrocuted chicken on speed.
dont care about villa or everton, just want Woolwich to lose full stop. in any case if villa become a big club it is because of financial injection not because of a tin pot here or there. Good luck to them
Vlad at right back for me
Since this is apparently the Aston Villa thread...
The reason winning the FA Cup does not make them a threat is because it's a one off. They could win it and still be sweating relegation next season. We won't be. It's not a sign of a trend or moving up, it's just an isolated piece of silverware for a single overachieving tournament run. They're Wigan with a little bit of history from long ago, that's it.
The reason winning the FA Cup does not make them a threat is because it's a one off. They could win it and still be sweating relegation next season. We won't be. It's not a sign of a trend or moving up, it's just an isolated piece of silverware for a single overachieving tournament run. They're Wigan with a little bit of history from long ago, that's it.
It's most definitely not bait, it's part of my carefully considered Weltanschauung (or more accurately Englandschauung
) of where we stand in the football hierarchy.
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So the FA Cup is a 'tin pot' nowadays? The Cup that made us famous is now just a tin pot, sad.
So this means there are nw only two meaningful trophies we can win? The Prem and the CL? Neither of which we have been anywhere near in their various formats for at least thirty years, maybe more.
Furthermore, such a viewpoint actually adds weight to my view that Villa are a serious rival of ours. Since they've won one of the trophies 'that really count', the EC, which we haven't even reached the final of (tho we wuz robbed v Benfica
) and they have won the league far more times than us and far more recently (1981 compared to 1961) 
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So the FA Cup is a 'tin pot' nowadays, the Cup that made us famous is now just a tin pot, sad.
So this means there are only two meaningful trophies now to win? The Prem and the CL, neither of which we have been anywhere near in their various formats for at least thirty years, maybe more.
What's more such a viewpoint actually adds weight to my view that Villa are a serious rival of ours, since they've won one of the trophies that really count, the EC, which we haven't even reached the final of (tho we wuz robbed v Benfica
Maybe tin pot was the wrong word, as I did not mean to disrespect our past victories, I just meant that for me, trophies are not the end of being a fan. I like watching games and having a laugh. I only like trophies as a means to having a bit of a laugh. I do not see competition for trophies as a particularly legitimate reason for a rivalry.
That being said, I do not realistically see Villa as threatening us anytime soon, mostly because of their crap squad and limited finances
Its still on his website
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Tottenham_Hotspur_v_Southampton_Match_History.html
If it was 1982 I might take the rival threat seriously. They've had a good cup run, in no way are they or will be until they sort themselves out on and off the pitch a rival in terms of the league.So the FA Cup is a 'tin pot' nowadays? The Cup that made us famous is now just a tin pot, sad.
So this means there are nw only two meaningful trophies we can win? The Prem and the CL? Neither of which we have been anywhere near in their various formats for at least thirty years, maybe more.
Furthermore, such a viewpoint actually adds weight to my view that Villa are a serious rival of ours. Since they've won one of the trophies 'that really count', the EC, which we haven't even reached the final of (tho we wuz robbed v Benfica
Sherwood definitely didn't endear himself to me at all when he was in charge at Spurs. Weirdly now that he's at Villa I'm finding him a lot more likeable. What he's done with the players there in a short space of time has been great for them. I don't begrudge them any success and I don't really see the logic that winning the cup will make Villa a bigger team than Spurs.
I'd like them to smash the fucking Gooners a fucking new back door in the final. Give them a proper fucking shoeing. I want to see fat men in red crying their eyes out all over the internet the next day. I'll buy any Villa fan I meet a pint after that. I'll have 5 goals from Benteke please Mr Tackticks Timmeh!
I'd like them to smash the fucking Gooners a fucking new back door in the final. Give them a proper fucking shoeing. I want to see fat men in red crying their eyes out all over the internet the next day. I'll buy any Villa fan I meet a pint after that. I'll have 5 goals from Benteke please Mr Tackticks Timmeh!
Fair comments Aaron. We see football differently, but that's no problem.