weedman

54 minutes ago, limpid said:

There is a thread explaining it in "site issues".

I actually looked at that but only seemed to get the link but guess I was doing something wrong as seems to work now

Can't figure out how to link Instagram

19 hours ago, Cjay said:

Spend record amounts of cash, nearly bankrupt yourself and gamble apparently . . . .

I dont dislike Villa, never did so yeah, congrats 

I think Leeds have proven that only brings you relegation and an eternity in the lower leagues...

12 hours ago, GarethRDR said:

Bloody love you all. Today is running my wedding close for best day ever.

I get married next week...when I talk about the "best day of my life" this will be mentioned, I'm sure the football hating Mrs will be thrilled

It's a really hard call, but Whelan starts for me, only because I can't really choose between them for a start, but Hourihane can offer far more coming on as a substitute, especially if we need a goal. 

7 hours ago, av1 said:

I hope you get man flu over the weekend 

6 hours ago, alreadyexists said:

Think this games being played in Aberdeen, I’d fly up if I were you mate, maybe even make a weekend of it? 

Can someone nobble his VT account too? 

4 hours ago, Mazrim said:

I hear the Police are turning a blind eye to Cannabis use at Wembley as long as you let them know you intend to smoke in the ground. Make yourself known to the Met on Monday morning. Enjoy the match...

Don't worry guys, this is the year when records are broken! It's time to break my Wembley curse!

On 20/05/2019 at 20:18, Mantis said:

In the new Wembley, just the one - the 2015 semi-final.

Our record there is pretty **** awful though:

2-1 defeat to Man United in LC final

3-0 defeat to Chelsea in FA Cup semi-final

2-1 victory over Liverpool in FA Cup semi-final

4-0 defeat to Arsenal in FA Cup final

1-0 defeat to Fulham in play-off final.

 

Or to put it another way, in the three finals we've had there, we've conceded 7 goals and scored one, and that was a penalty.

On the other hand, this is the first time we've actually been favourites at the new Wembley.

 

Personally I'm not very confident, but then again I was confident against West Brom, and I wasn't confident in most of the games we won during our winning streak.

I was at all those games except the 2-1 victory over Liverpool. I've only ever experienced heartbreak at Wembley...and I have a ticket to this one as well

1 hour ago, villalad21 said:

Working hard should be a given. I have no idea why people keeps bringing it up.

Weimann worked hard as well but he was still useless. You need the ability to back up your hard work.

I really can't understand when people say this.

Yes, working hard SHOULD be a given, but it isn't, you only have to look at most of the players we've had in the last decade to see that, that's why everyone keeps bringing it up.

Leeds are the best team in the playoffs IMO (excluding us of course) and for that reason I want them in the semi final, get past that and I'd fancy us against Boro/Derby/Bristol and make us slight favourites against West Brom in a final, and if we're going to lose I'd rather it be in the semi than the final. The best case is we play either Derby or Boro in the final, but I think it's unlikely either of them will beat Leeds over 2 legs

Surely Bamford has to be done for "successful deception of a match official"?

I think he could do just as well in the Prem as well. I remember the start of the season his energy was amazing but his final ball was really hit or miss. He seemed to misplace some passes and held the ball for too long not really knowing when to release it. He's upped his game to match the league this season and kept his unbelievable energy, I say within a year in the PL the big boys will start being linked with him

18 hours ago, a m ole said:

I love Jedinak in that clip

I was about to post the same thing

6 hours ago, mikeyp102 said:

The ref didn't give a freekick to Mings though, so how could the opposition get booked?

From the highlights I've seen, Mings was kicked, ref missed it, opposition got the ball, Mings retaliated by kicking opposition, ref saw it, ref booked Mings. It's fair enough. Mings didn't argue the booking. I would think that Smith was upset that we didn't get the first free kick, not about the awarding of the card.

The last couple of games, Mings has got wound up by the opposition, may be a chink in his armour, and something that he needs to keep under control.

That's the point though isn't it? We're talking about a poor refereeing decision aren't we? Most poor refereeing decisions are down to the ref "not seeing it". You can't say it was a good decision because the ref missed what happened, what if he hadn't seen the handball that won us the 2nd penalty and didn't give it? Would that be "fair enough" as well because he didn't see it?

Most referees aren't corrupt, they get decisions wrong because shit happens sometimes, but that doesn't make it a fair or correct decision.

His game management was utterly appalling, I mean sure, you can give a soft yellow card resulting in a red, but you don't have to, especially when the 1st yellow was also soft. How often do we see a "if he wasn't already on a yellow that's a booking all day long, but it's just a final warning this time"? He could have given a yellow card to the chap that hacked down Grealish for our first penalty, it probably would have been a correct decision, but he didn't did he? He could have given a red to the guy that accidently trod on Grealishs foot while he was on the floor, it would have been soft, but he could have given it. He could have given a red card to the guy that went in 2 footed on Adomah, again would have been soft, but he could have given it

He could have completely ignored DS walking 2 foot out of his technical area to place the ball on the line for a throw in, given that managers leave their technical area constantly without repercussions unless it's really bad, but he didn't, ran straight over there and whipped out the card 

These decisions could all have been considered correct by the letter of the law had he given them the other way, but he chose not to and resulted in a first half where all of those 50/50s went against us, hence understandable anger towards the ref

If you could appeal yellow cards, we wouldn't be able to appeal either of Mings', but if yellow cards could be issued retrospectively he wouldn't have ended up with either (assuming they weren't given on the night) IMO 

9 minutes ago, Enda said:

I'll probably be slated for this, but the first one was a yellow all day long.

Their player was niggling at him (maybe should have been a free, but the ref didn't blow it up) and in frustration Tyrone kicked out and tripped him up. Blatant yellow card any day of the week.

Either both players get a yellow there or neither of them. We had the ball in possession, both players take little bites at each other and it's a free kick to Rotherham and a yellow card to Mings? No chance

New chant : There's only 2 John McGinns

Immense tonight, the Kodjia of old. Was so tempted to give him MOTM but you just can't not give it to McGinn

2 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Harsh 2 yellows apparently I havemt seen the clips to judge

First one was very harsh. 2nd one, well, if it's a handball it's a yellow so hard to argue

1 minute ago, Demitri_C said:

Big blow that he is out Saturday 

It's ok, Mile is back!

Just now, sidcow said:

Jesus, just messed up a 3 on 2 attack. Aaggghhh

Grealish was in as well and it was a simple pass to him

20 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

So you're saying Hourihane been playing badly since Jack's return? Interesting

Arguments he's made...hmm all looking pretty solid, can't argue with any of that

Arguments he hasn't made...ooh I can argue these all day!

So you're saying we should sell Grealish for £5 to Huddersfield? Interesting 

36 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Because Hourihane offers more goals, assists and general play.

You could say Whelan offers more when we don't have the ball, but i would argue Hourihane  more than compensate for that when we're on the ball

So performances don't matter and the best course of action is to pick your favourites and play them whenever fit regardless of form/opposition/tactics etc.

Martin O'Neill...is that you?

20 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

And i can't help but notice why you haven't answered the question about what Hourihane has done to deserve being dropped?

Haven't I?

1 hour ago, weedman said:

He wasn't "dropped for going to his child's birth", he was unavailable for selection and his replacement has come in and played brilliantly, making him undroppable as things stand. If his levels drop Conor will be there waiting in the wings to regain his place, it's called competition for places, actually pretty common in professional football believe it or not

Ah it turns out I had, now, why should Whelan be dropped?

40 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Not comparable. 

Kalinic haven't played well and it was the perfect opportunity to try Steer. The difference is Hourihane played very well, scoring goals and looked very good together with Jack and McGinn.

We look more of a attacking threat with Hourihane in the team, Mings and Hause is bossing the back 4 so i would argue we don't really need Whelan to protect the back 4. And the proof in that is we were still winning when Hourihane played.

 

Can't help but notice you still haven't answered the question about what Whelan has done to deserve being dropped? Interesting, it's almost like you're trolling and finding whatever you possibly can to complain about, however illogical 

38 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

That is the same for the whole team then i expect?

So if Jack attends the birth of his child and Bjarnason plays well in his absence. Grealish is now a bench player, yeah?

If Bjarnasson plays better than Jack, then why not? Surely can only be good for Villa to have their best performing players in the starting 11? (Note, obviously I don't believe he would play better than Jack does consistently) also, Bjarnasson to Jack Grealish is not the same as Whelan to Hourihane, the latter are relatively similar in terms of ability (although I rate Hourihane higher mainly because of the set pieces) whereas the former 2 are light years apart

26 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

It is true though.

If he had ditched he's child's birth he would still be in the team as amusing as you find it.

And i highly disagree with it, you should be dropped for having a bad game but that is not the case with Hourihane.

 

Classic case of not answering the question because it invalidates your entire argument, given your posting history it is not a surprise.

He wasn't "dropped for going to his child's birth", he was unavailable for selection and his replacement has come in and played brilliantly, making him undroppable as things stand. If his levels drop Conor will be there waiting in the wings to regain his place, it's called competition for places, actually pretty common in professional football believe it or not

It's not Conors fault, it's not Smith's fault, it's not anyone's fault, but it's happened and that's football. Look at our goalkeeper situation, Kalinic got injured, Steer came in and has done well and has subsequently kept his place in the team. It wasn't Kalinic fault that he got injured, and it's not his fault that we've been playing so well in his absence he can't get back in, but it's happened and that's football, he'll get a chance to take the place from Steer at some point, and it's up to him to take that chance

Just now, villalad21 said:

You better not attend the birth of your child then or you will lose your place in the team 

That's how it should be!

As amusing as I've found this argument, your position is clearly Hourihane didn't deserve to be dropped, so, using your own logic, what has Whelan done to deserve to be dropped?