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I'm not so sure, we've beaten them 3 times already this season, home and away and I think by the time we play them they'll have nothing to play for, won't be able to finish any higher than 2nd of lower than maybe 3rd by that point, where as we could still be battling for that CL spot. We'll see but I fancy us for the win again.

It's really not helping when you're looking for something to go at tired legs towards the end of the game and you bring on captain cripple. He's shot and I can't see him coming back from this now, I'm just really confused as to why Osula can't get in ahead of him, it makes zero sense.

Enjoy the win, well done for beating Tindall while Howe was in hospital, I hope it makes you very happy. What a sad little life Emery.

I absolutely love Bruno, he bleeds black and white, but it's to his own detriment, he definitely needs a rest and he needs to stop that nasty streak when the game isn't going well for him. Having said that I think more than one of his "fouls" was grade A* play acting by the opposition, which probably wound him up even more. No, he hasn't had a good game in a little while, but he was a beast in the League Cup final and he'll be a beast again in more games where we need him the most.

We smash these, Villa and City draw, Forest lose to Spurs and draw with Brentford, Chelsea draw with Fulham and lose to Everton and everyone is delusional again and we're winning the league next season.

Man yous lot are so bipolar after a result, last week we were pushing for thr league title next season with a couple of additions, this week we're gonna struggle next season. It was a poor result, poor results happen for every team in the league, it was our toughest fixture on paper in the run in and we weren't gonna win them all. Take a deep breath and notice we're still in the driving seat for a top 4 finish and we have money to spend in the summer.

Best part about that is one of them will be off the pace after this game, a nice draw will keep them both at arms length

Villa are fast in transition and we let them cut through us with ease, too many players looked off today and were more of a bunch of 11 players rather than a team, no one showing for anyone and players running into dead ends, looking isolated all over the pitch. Fair play to Villa, they know how to play a ref and he's swallowed it in front of a baying crowd, but even without his help I think they've done enough to win this one. Most importantly we did the hard work last week that keeps us in 3rd and 4th at the very worst after this match week. We go again next week against Ipswich and this will all be forgotten as we stay in the top 4 for another week.

We haven't really looked up to it today, like. Defended well in the most but not given anything going forward, poor day at the office.

Just walked through us

I've watched Trippier let his man go too many times already, ball watching

Obvious foul, this ref man

How's Watkins getting a free header there?

So they're the most fouled team in the league because they're a bunch of diving cheats?

So do we

So they're ok to just keep fouling but we get carded yeah?

As I said...

GET INNNNN!!!!

Lot of bed wetting going on here for a game that's 15 minutes old, we're behind by a lucky deflected goal, Villa are coming at us at 100mph but we've soaked it up for the most part, we'll come back into this.

No way a red but he shouldn't be taking that risk there

Quietly confident on this one, they are a good side, but even watching them against PSG I thought they should have been punished more and their goals were mostly fortunate rather than great goals. These are susceptible to the way we play and if we're on our game tonight then we'll punish them. I have less animosity towards them than I did when we were relegated and anyone that upsets the cartel are OK by me. Having said that, reading those posts by their supporters about us was a little rage inducing and I hope we smash these tonight, I also hope they win the rest of their games to finish above Chelsea though.

Happy with that tbh and a strong looking bench too, into them!!!!

It's not like we go in there and discuss all their weaknesses and players after match and no other thread is bumped though, it doesn't dominate the forum.