
Bournemouth at Villa Park, slip up last weekend and some players back
Thursday was a nice run out but nicer to see Tielemans and Buendía back on the bench and getting some minutes. Nice also too see we're in the top eight, which is basically where we want to finish after these initial matches.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv at Villa Park and that match last weekend
I don't often write that we're going to win a match and I didn't last weekend, but I thought we had a good chance. Liverpool are not the Liverpool they were under Klopp and they were on a horrible run. But it just wasn't our day.
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Manchester City done, Liverpool next and match facts from the BBC
It was a very good result and performance at the weekend and Matty Cash is in the spotlight for a second week running. This time, scoring the goal with his weaker foot to win us the game.
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Ahead to Manchester City at Villa Park and match facts from the BBC
Go Ahead Eagles are currently twelfth in the Eredivisie and I think it's fair to say that Thursday night was possibly the biggest match of their season and it's hard to play against sides that like. And it didn't play out as we would have hoped.
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Is the beauty in the game coming back and Go Ahead Eagles tomorrow night
It's important not to get carried away or drink too much at the pub watching a couple of matches and then think you can stay away on a reclining chair at the cinema. And damn, here I am at the airport bar with a couple of hours to space before my fli...
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Beating Spurs in London is nice, those two goals were better
What a day yesterday was. Not just for the football. I woke up in the cinema about 90 minutes into the film. I think I must have fallen asleep very early in. Don't know if I snored or even how I woke up. I think it's entirely likely someone nudged me...
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Spurs on Sunday, something on salary caps and match facts from the BBC
Time for copy and paste. You know what I'm going to write, so I'll just skip right past. But it's great that proper football is back and that's all I'm going to think about this afternoon.
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Sunday Funday, Burnley at Villa Park and match facts from the BBC
Burnley have four points this season and if they win today, they go above us. Just because this is their first season back doesn't mean this is an easy game. That said, we've won three in a row and we have John McGinn who is currently scoring at a ra...
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