MARTIN O'Neill has urged his players to stand tall and not 'hide away in a corner' as Villa face two crucial games which could decide their Premiership fate.
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THERE were several positive points for Martin O'Neill to ponder after Villa's second string comfortably defeated the Premiership Reserve League South leaders.
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ANTICIPATION, excitement, despair, frustration, anger, tension, then joyous rapture and ultimately contentment...just another night at Villa Park.
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IT wasn't the Mae West, although certain aspects were Robin Hood: John Carew's Sausage Roll when he picked his Selina Scott and stroked the Albert Hall Pope in Rome.
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PERHAPS the biggest miscarriage of justice in Reading since Oscar Wilde was banged up in the local nick for doing something he oughtn't. Martin O'Neill may want to lock some of his sleepy defenders or goal-shy strikers away after letting this one slip.
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MARTIN O'Neill is extremely wary of "false dawns" - something which seems to show that a successful period is beginning or that a situation is improving when it is not.
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VILLA started like a 1978 Austin Princess – probably the worst car ever manufactured – in damp conditions, having lain dormant and untouched at the bottom of an old man's garage for nigh on 30 years.
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IF Milan Baros is as good at learning French as he is at finishing chances in the Premiership, then he will be spending the next few months muttering the phrases "Je parle Francais" and asking "Ou sont les toilettes s'il vous plait?" around the streets of Lyon.
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THERE was a time when Villa were bigger than United. A proud club from a buzzing area at the very heart of 1970s industrial Britain. But how times have changed since those halcyon days.
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WHEN the 13th-richest country in the world takes on the biggest, according to economic statistics, it is akin to the United States being invaded by Australia.
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THE last time Villa were beaten by Chelsea on home soil the western world was squabbling over beef and bananas, Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan were battling it out at the Oscars and B*witched were riding high at the top of the charts with Blame it on the Weatherman.
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TWO-GOAL Cristiano Ronaldo's virtuoso performance and a superb strike from Paul Scholes proved to much for Villa as they went down at home to title-chasing Manchester United.
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WHEN the English monarch, the Dutch aristocrat William the Third, was short of money he attempted to find a solution with the imposition of the much-hated Window Tax, which led to: "Daylight Robbery".
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"ALL'S well that Ends Well. It was Much Ado about Nothing!" is how Martin O'Neill amusingly played down a "handbags" tunnel confrontation that followed Juan Pablo Angel's stray elbow into the face of Chris Morgan in the dying embers of an enthralling contest.
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MARTIN O'Neill spent many days and nights swotting up on Villa by cramming in videos of last season's struggles following his shock return to the Premiership.
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