Aston Villa v Leeds United Match Thread

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Aston Villa v Leeds United
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21/02/2026
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108
Played
32
Won
33
Drawn
43
Lost
-8
GD
30%
Win %
Away record
54
Played
12
Won
15
Drawn
27
Lost
-26
GD
22%
Win %
DateGroundScoreCompetition
23/11/2025 Elland Road 1–2 L Premier League
13/01/2023 Villa Park 2–1 L Premier League
02/10/2022 Elland Road 0–0 D Premier League
10/03/2022 Elland Road 0–3 L Premier League
09/02/2022 Villa Park 3–3 D Premier League
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1 Tom Jennings 7
2 Lee Chapman 6
3 Charlie Keetley 5
4 Patrick Bamford 4
5 Gary Speed 3
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1 Perri
23 Bornauw
22 Tanaka
24 James
29 Gnonto
10 Piroe
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Cjay wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:52 pm Piroe can never do enough right for some yet Saint Daniel is sacred. :oops:
Not sure why you would think that to be honest as those of us who are in the Farke is doing great camp have also continually criticised his weaknesses of which there have been quite few.

Also just the same as we continually look to improve the playing squad then we must be aware should a manager become available who might be an improvement on Daniel. My view is at this moment in time such a manager wouldn't be open to an approach from us so much better to try to get to the next stage with Farke at the helm.
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Yet another superb James Justin performance. Bargain of the season!

Darlow strong but for me Ampadu equally could've been motm.stach wonder goal and Rodon solid.

Just wish as usual , gudmonsson aside which was obvious, that we didnt near always wait for the 70 min mark to make a sub. Its become too predictable every match. But saying that, maybe itd be different next season with a bigger squad. He left it late, but for Farke to get us a point at one of the best home teams in the league, was impressive.
Now if only we could keep put those.pesky last 10 mins goals!!! I can't imagine the points we'd be on
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Siqu wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:08 pm Yet another superb James Justin performance. Bargain of the season!

Darlow strong but for me Ampadu equally could've been motm.stach wonder goal and Rodon solid.

Just wish as usual , gudmonsson aside which was obvious, that we didnt near always wait for the 70 min mark to make a sub. Its become too predictable every match. But saying that, maybe itd be different next season with a bigger squad. He left it late, but for Farke to get us a point at one of the best home teams in the league, was impressive.
Now if only we could keep put those.pesky last 10 mins goals!!! I can't imagine the points we'd be on
Bigger squad is spot on. DF must look round at his bench and think wtf. Of course, if he gave some of them more minutes they might actually be able to contribute more.
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Cjay wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:21 pm Are you denying that some people on here get favourable treatment? Hand on heart.

Be they players, managers, whatever.
Of course not. I honestly believe that some of the praises that are given to players and manager are down to people being totally fed up reading the constant negativity that happens on here. Especially during the match day threads. They are just saying f**k this im going to over praise certain people just for the hell of it.
If fans give a player, manager or whoever, negative comments on a regular basis with little or no praise then its inevitable that people will come back at them for doing so. Some of the negative comments are simply down to a dislike of a player, manager, and have very little to do with reality. We are not perfect by any stretch, and not close to being safe yet in this league, but my god we are not as bad as some fans start making out when everything doesnt go our way.
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Orange Box wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:46 pm Bigger squad is spot on. DF must look round at his bench and think wtf. Of course, if he gave some of them more minutes they might actually be able to contribute more.
At least we know the area to concentrate on next summer when it comes to adding quality to our current squad.

Thats if we stay up :verysad: Just thought i would add some negativity as i havent read too of much of that this morning :)
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GreennWhite wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 3:02 pm At least we know the area to concentrate on next summer when it comes to adding quality to our current squad.

Thats if we stay up :verysad: Just thought i would add some negativity as i havent read too of much of that this morning :)
phew, I was starting to have positivity cold sweats
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GreennWhite wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:57 pm Of course not. I honestly believe that some of the praises that are given to players and manager are down to people being totally fed up reading the constant negativity that happens on here. Especially during the match day threads. They are just saying f**k this im going to over praise certain people just for the hell of it.
If fans give a player, manager or whoever, negative comments on a regular basis with little or no praise then its inevitable that people will come back at them for doing so. Some of the negative comments are simply down to a dislike of a player, manager, and have very little to do with reality. We are not perfect by any stretch, and not close to being safe yet in this league, but my god we are not as bad as some fans start making out when everything doesnt go our way.
Fair enough.

Personally I think some players and managers have gotten an easier time on here than others.
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Cjay wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:18 pm Fair enough.

Personally I think some players and managers have gotten an easier time on here than others.
And as you often say on here, if you look at other clubs sites you will probably find similar things to here. Be they good or bad. :tup:
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The Subhuman wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:38 am Enforced wasn't it?
Indeed it was, but Gudmundsson was having a mare, so a necessary substitution.
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The Subhuman wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:42 pm Nice work Stach.. he's had a cracking game
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:43 pm Gruev has to go off doesn't he?
He was poor!

Missed tackles. poor passes & commiting fouls in dangerous areas.

God help us if Ampadu suffers an injury.
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The Subhuman wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:51 pm Bit lucky tbf... Rodon beaten in the air, just an inch too high for DCL to clear ..
Extremely fortunate!
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The Subhuman wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:52 pm Whaty an awful FK from Longstaff... really easy for the keeper
A waste of space when Longstaff came on.
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Irish Ian wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:52 pm Farke haters will be positively moist by now.
They can hate him as much as they like!

How many other coaches have taken points off Newcastle, Villa, Manure, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Fulham, Brentford, Palace, Liverpool x 2, Chelsea x 2, Everton x 2, all clubs in the top thirteen of the PL table?
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Irish Ian wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:53 pm Gruev in Bremner mode
Awful tackle, surprised he didn't get a red card the way Michael Oliver was refereeing the game.
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Interesting piece on BBC sport,we have the worst record for conceding late goals in the final minutes.If every PL game had ended on 85 mins we'd be 9th !
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Irish Ian wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:59 pm If we threw it away the strikers did.

I thought we completely nullified them.

A slice of bad luck was the difference.
Or Gudmundsson, Gruev & Aaronson who made more errors than the little they contributed.

Our other defenders, Ampadu & Calvert-Lewin worked their bollocks off.
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1964white wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:15 pm Or Gudmundsson, Gruev & Aaronson who made more errors than the little they contributed.

Our other defenders, Ampadu & Calvert-Lewin worked their bollocks off.
He wasted 2 good chances because his touch was poor though.

Running around doesn't earn points

Goals do.
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SG90 wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:03 pm He takes far too long to make subs
We haven't got the quality subs/gamechangers of our opponents

The Premier League clubs are bringing on subs that cost them between £20m & £100m £££s

Our subs weaken us as a unit.
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Johnthewhite wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:06 pm But people moan when Longstaff comes on so what is he supposed to do
Yes, our options are limited, John.
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