EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT NEW-MANAGER-ON-THE-BLOCK GRAHAM POTTER HAD PULLED OFF SOME KIND OF TECHNICAL WIZADRY AFTER LUCAS PAQUETA SCORED AN ABSOLUTE BLINDER AT ONLY 9 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN ASTON VILLA VS WEST HAM LAST NIGHT, WITH A TOTAL OF 11 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING PAQUETA’S), 326 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY. AND ASTON VILLA HAD A TOTAL OF 16 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING AN AMAZING GOAL FROM ONANA AT 71 MINS., WHO FOUND HIMSELF IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOLLOWING SOME COMPLICATED PLAY, AND EASILY ABLE TO JUST CHIP THE BALL OVER THE LINE AND THROUGH SEVERAL PAIRS OF WEST HAM LEGS. ALTHOUGH THE CORNER ITSELF WAS DEEMED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, IT DOESN’T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS GOAL. (SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE CORNER.) SO, IT WAS QUITE A WHILE BETWEEN PAQUETA’S FIRST GOAL, AND ONANA’S GOAL AT 71 MINUTES, AND FOR A WHILE MANY WERE WONDERING IF GRAHAM POTTER COULD BE THE “COME-BACK-KING”, BUT, THEN CAME AN UNFORTUNATE COUPLE OF NASTY-LOOKING SETBACKS FOR TWO OF HIS MEN, WITH FULLKRUG AND SUMMERVILLE LOOKING AS THOUGH THEY HAD SUSTAINED NASTY INJURIES, AND WITH ASTON VILLA’S MORGAN ROGERS SCORING AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY IN THE 76TH MINUTE, IT WAS TOO-HIGH-A-HILL-TO-CLIMB FOR WEST HAM, WITH THE GAME CULMINATING IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO ASTON VILLA, AND ALTHOUGH THIS MEANS THAT WEST HAM ARE OUT OF THE FA CUP, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY BRIGHT START TO GRAHAM POTTER’S TENURE NEVERTHELESS! (WE WISH NIKLAS FULLKRUG AND CRYSENCIO SUMMERVILLE ALL THE VERY BEST FOR A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY. WE WILL BRING YOU ANY NEWS AS SOON AS WE KNOW!)
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : ASTON VILLA VS WEST HAM UNITED 10/01/2025
CHECK OUT LAST NIGHT’S UPSET BETWEEN LEAGUE ONE WYCOMBE WANDERERS AS THEY BEAT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM PORTSMOUTH 2 – 0 WITH TWO CRACKERS FROM BRANDON HANLAN AT 17 MINS., AND SONNY BRADLEY AT 27 MINS., AND ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 8 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET (INCLUDING HANLAN AND BRADLEY’S), FOR WYCOMBE, AND 7 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET FOR PORTSMOUTH, (WHO INTERESTINGLY RETAINED 70% POSSESSION) THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO WYCOMBE WANDERERS!
FA CUP THIRD ROUND : WYCOMBE WANDERERS VS PORTSMOUTH 10/01/2025
