6 years ago we watched our beloved Villa beat Reading 1-0 on a blurry stream in our uni flat. Today he played against them, scored a worldie and set up the other 4 in a 5-5 thriller... Out of superlatives to describe the proudness @JLolley23 ๐คทโโ๏ธ #avfc#nffc
Full-time: Aston Villa 5-5 #NFFC (Abraham 11โ, 14โ, pen 36โ, 71โ, El Ghazi 75โ; Grabban 3โ, 82โ, Carvalho 6โ, Cash 22โ, Lolley 51โ)
Report and reaction to follow from a bonkers evening at Villa Park...
The privilege that we take for granted; watching a World Cup where the 2 best players in the world, are the 2 best players in the tournament, who are the 2 top scorers in the tournament, who are both not only in the final, but also both score 2+ in the final.
Mbappe.
Messi.
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To @HKane,
In 2012 you were on loan at Millwall (no disrespect to Millwall), but 10 years on youโre Englandโs top scorer.
Weโre all gutted, but Harry, youโre every single thing that gave me & our fans the passion for football back - so there will be no apologies - HK ๐
@kendoherty1997 cheers KenDo ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช over for my mates 30th (Ross) and just saw this up in temple bar - can you wish him happy birthday please? Top man ๐
@AVFCFaithful_ Letโs go and build on a fantastic performance (albeit disappointing result vs Chelsea) - give SG the season, be patient & support the team.
@AVFCFaithful_ If people think a) Pochettino would be interested or b) that heโd suddenly make us into a top 8 side in 12 months if he took over, Iโm afraid youโre deluded on both counts. The club needed a rebuild post-Smith and that takes time for the transition to take place.
@marshallavfc Whilst against bottom 6 sides where we would expect to have more of the ball higher up the pitch, we play 2 up top.
Hence, I would expect to see these sort of numbers for that reason.
Stats are useful but need to be broken down. (2/2)
@marshallavfc Possibly, except naturally when facing tougher opposition - tactically any team would set up more defensively to combat oppositionโs attacking threat, meaning against top 6 sides we would more often play 1 up top to bolster midfield/defensive optionsโฆ (1/2)
@janverhaas Jan, can you clear up a question pleaseโฆ
If the cue ball is touching 3 reds in the bunch, in a way that itโs impossible to play a shot without moving one of the reds it is touching - what is the rule?