Proud Dad of two beautiful girls.AVFC runs through the veins and onto my timeline.Often wrong but always right!
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Probably the best interview I've seen from Uni
Talking in his Mother tongue so he is more expressive and more detailed in what he is saying
Great insight into the great man and Villa goat in my eyes
Great work #Betano
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#AVFC
iain ankcorn retweeted
Carra's criticism for months has been full of hypocrisy and bias, which means hes been unfair
Now hes getting his taste of unfair
Karma doesn't need to rush. It doesn't need to announce itself. Eventually, people meet the consequences of the things they've done to others
iain ankcorn retweeted
I’d like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners & their fans.
My language this week was clumsy & wrong.
I can assure Villa fans it was tongue in cheek but I can understand it’s not come across that way, so apologies.
Good luck today UTV!
iain ankcorn retweeted
Big clubs don't sue over commentary?
Factually incorrect. Real Madrid routinely sues publications and pundits to protect its brand.
Aston Villa is an ascending multi billion pound asset executing its legal obligation to defend corporate and brand equity from smears.
#AVFC #UptheVilla @AstonVilla
Personally I would prefer our owner to sit Emery down and get that contract renewal signed.
Be the best 'fuck off' to a certain sofa of x-players and expert voices over a legal case
But then again if was £500m in balls deep I'm coming out swinging regardless of how it looks
@avfc
iain ankcorn retweeted
Nassef isn’t suing Carragher because he thinks a High Court judge is going to slap a damages order on a podcast rant. He’s doing it because the entire media class has spent years treating Villa (#avfc) as a convenient stepping stone and a permanent second tier.
Carragher didn’t just give an opinion. He told the fans to "shut the fuck up" and declared the club can never reach the level of the traditional powers, right as the ownership has poured hundreds of millions in, won the Europa League, and got the team competing in Europe properly. That isn’t banter to the people who actually own and run the club. It’s a direct fucking insult to these owners who've done a terrific job rejuvenating the club and running it better than at least 3 of the media six, it's an attempt to set the ceiling in public and keep the hierarchy story alive.
Sawiris has form for pushing back when he thinks the system or the narrative is stacked against the project. This is the same instinct. Put the statement out, make the pundits and the wider media think twice about casually writing Villa off as forever below United, and show the fanbase that the ownership won’t sit quiet while the club’s rise gets dismissed. Whether it ever reaches a courtroom is almost beside the point. The message is the point.
If you want the current hierarchy left unchallenged, fine. Call it tinpot. The people who rebuilt the club from the brink of HMRC winding them up clearly see it differently.
Thats is what the Law is there for you clown..to decide where the line is drawn
Tell me Terry..you ever invested £500m and 8 years of your life into something..no you haven't so don't try and understand what a man like the Villa owner is feeling or how to act
iain ankcorn retweeted
Special report on Zion Suzuki - one of the Premier League signings of the summer and a standout star for Aston Villa 2.0 #avfc
🦁 how Villa beat PSG to a deal
🦁 the pass master
🦁 Luka Modric moment 🧤
🦁 “he can be one of the world’s best”
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AVFC will never be @MUFC.
Thank the lord and baby Jesus for that nugget Jamie you weapon
@Carra23
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🚨🚨| Manchester United have been ranked as Europe’s 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 for transfer business over the last five years, with their signings losing an estimated €405M in value.
According to CIES, €186M was lost on players already sold, while those still at the club have lost another €219M in value.
Some major examples:
→ Antony: Signed for around €95M, sold for approximately €25M.
→ Jadon Sancho: Signed for around €85M, left on a free transfer.
→ Rasmus Højlund: Signed for around €83M, with United reportedly facing a significant loss on his departure.
[@CIES_Football]
Cat shit wrapped in dog shite but you know what I think we get value from that result
Time to take it down a notch
Think come Nov/Dec/Jan the the rest will help to PL finish
Our front e average age for the future is what these games are for long term
We have our trophy
#AVFC
iain ankcorn retweeted
Points and net spend the last three years 💰 📈
Aston Villa - 199 / £14m
Newcastle - 175 / £110m
Tottenham - 145 / £528m
But of course, #AVFC and #NUFC fans know their place by now
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iain ankcorn retweeted
Aston Villa keep scoring goals season after season through simple but effective solutions.
When a centre-back drives inside, the midfielders move diagonally.
This positioning forces the opposition midfielders to choose: protect the space or stay closer to their man.
If they stay central to protect space, Villa's midfielders are free to receive. If they become man-oriented, straight passing lanes open up towards the front line.
In Serie A, teams have long tried to manipulate man-to-man systems by moving midfielders into wide areas to open direct passing lanes towards the front players. However, this comes with a risk: losing the ball can leave midfielders out of position and expose the team in transition.
Aston Villa approach this differently. They understand that vertical progression from the defensive line towards the front line during the deep build-up carries an inherent risk of losing possession. That's why, in their 4-2-2-2, the midfielders remain central, providing protection in case the ball is lost.
Pau Torres feints to play around his direct opponent before driving inside. The midfielders move diagonally to open up space. McGinn receives between the lines and uses his body to protect the ball, while two other attackers begin intelligent runs in behind, timing them to exploit the defenders' blind sides. I don't know how many times I have seen this in Villa's games.
Same game model season after season, but with individual details refined every year. Opponents know what's coming, but Villa keep doing it, and it keeps working.
iain ankcorn retweeted
Harry is a hero!
“The big news is that on 18 November in Leeds at the High Court we are taking the Hone Secretary & the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire to Judicial Review”
Harry Miller on what’s next for @WeAreFairCop
