Good Ebening! - The Aston SeVillaReal Thread

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I want one.

ā€¦ They will be available at the Anfield gift store in a few years, when he takes over from Jurgen at LFCā€¦! :0)

Very cool to see from the players perspective. You get a feel for the intensity and just how quickly theyā€™re closed down. Barely time to take a touch. :grimacing:

https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1684290846865104896?s=20

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The single most under appreciated thing in sports is how quickly long distance runners are actually trucking when competing - the speed a world class marathon runner will do each of his 26 miles is a pace that a good recreational runner would struggle to sustain for even a single mile. The time on the ball players have at this level is probably second.

Thatā€™s what has made Busquetā€™s move to the MLS so funny. You see him scan the pitch in preparation for receiving the ball trying to get a gauge of where the pressure will come from and then seems visibly confused at the complete lack of pressure heā€™s then put under.

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Lot of serious injuries going onā€¦ :pensive:

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Fingers crossed we maxed our ones out last season.

Though crossing his fingers may have put Keita out.

Wonder if itā€™s a lag from that season as it was utterly punishing. I did like our pre season set up to be fair. We went late with games and started against low key teams and built up.

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Bottom of their group in the ECL.

Game on Sunday will be easier.

We are playing Westham on Sunday :wink:

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They play Chelsea

Inane vox pops aside, I fucking love this videoā€¦

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There was a thing on the beeb a couple of days ago about the Villa womens team saying they were dreading the start of the WSL as they have several TV games early in the season and have seen how bad the shirts are for the men.

You would have thought the kit manufacturer would have put the proposed shirt through testing with both men and women to ensure player comfort

Found the article - Aston Villa: Jacqui Oatley says women's team 'dreading' WSL opener because of 'clingy' shirts - BBC Sport

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Itā€™s interesting how Womenā€™s Football constantly demands to be treated entirely the same as Menā€™s Football, until they are and then thereā€™s a problem resulting from them being biologically different and then they donā€™t want it to be the same.

How is it biologically different if the men are also complaining about the shirt?

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Newcastle apparently cancelled their contract with that kit manufacturer because of concerns with the quality of the shirt.

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If you canā€™t work it out yourself, thereā€™s no point me trying to explain it.

Both the menā€™s and womenā€™s teams have complained about the shirt quality. I donā€™t see what part biology differences is playing in this.

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Castore forgot to print the sponsor on the new Feyenoord kits before sending them out to the club shop in Rotterdam. The kits look better for it, obviously, but how are they even getting contracts.