Chris | Wannabe Polyglot

@WhatTheForkAVFC There is no rivalry. They hate us with a passion, but we generally don't care about them. Other than when we have an opportunity to relegate them.

This is true to be fair, i was a kid and it’s been so long that i don’t remember much about it.. They said they’d be back 25 years ago. They’ve held on to the rivalry, we (for the most part) haven’t. 🤷‍♀️😂

@AVL8ton I agree, but it's funny as when it goes wrong and someone posts the video on social media, like those two Spurs fans earlier when Brighton equalised for a second time, or that Irish Liverpool fan when we beat them 7-2.

Watch along fan channels are amongst the most gormless fuckwits on the planet, especially when asking you to watch along to a home game. Proper fans are either at the game or watching via TV, or the same naughty stream the gormless pricks asking you to watch along are using.

@japtejghura UCL teams not good enough to progress should enter the Europa - the following August. 😂 Meanwhile, those already in it can crack on.

UCL teams no longer dropping down to the Europa League has killed it as a spectacle. Freiburg, Villa, Forest and Braga are the four teams left. It used to be Man Utd, Dortmund, Juve etc. It’s not really worth watching anymore

@trwsenti Your figures are crap.

£32,000 a year. Graduate job. What it actually comes to: Gross: £2,667 a month. Income tax: £324 National insurance: £225 Student loan Plan 2: £35 Pension (4% auto-enrol): £107 Take home: £1,976. Rent in any UK city worth living in: £1,200. Council tax, gas, electric, water, internet: £420. Train or petrol to get to work: £250. Bills alone eat £1,870 of it. Leaves you £106 a month for food, clothes, socialising and any kind of life. This is what a 'good graduate job' looks like in 2026 after 3 years at uni and £50K of student debt. How did we let them sell this to us?

@GarySmithJnr Can't they both lose?

Are we all wanting United to win tonight? 😩

@AlexBorregalesX @pablolopez111 Si Emery quiere jubilarse, quizás vaya a Madrid. Todos entrenadores hacen dos o tres años max allá. Al Villa, él es el jefe de todos departamientos. No tendrá esta en Madrid.

@pablolopez111 Emery Directo al Madrid con el Peludo de atrás , que es el experto en pelota parada del Aston villa

Unai Emery Tiene al Aston Villa entre los 4 primeros de la Premier League !!! Ayer metió a los ingleses en semifinales de la Europa League tras 9 victorias seguidas en la competición !!!! Es un ESPECTÁCULO !! …si tuviera un mayor altavoz mediático !!

@NoContextBrits Doner.

What are you going for?

Okay then #avfc fans, just for fun how far up that list can Ollie get?

@BerksBucksLions Less than double the train fare 🤣

1 or 2 nights for the away trip to Nottingham?

@russkyd11 It ain't happening. I've long said if he did return it would mean something's gone wrong on the club's journey.

If you're a fan of Aston Villa & you want to see the club progress then you don't want this to happen. His legs are weaker than a chrones patients arsehole. #AVFC

@DanIonasca Hope so.

I think Unai can achieve with us what Simeone did with Atletico. 15+ years in management, every year in Europe, a few titles, a few UCL finals. Basically establish the club in the top 4 and growing an international fanbase #avfc #utv

@CyberVillan @DanIonasca Nah, any manager that rocks up at Real gets 2 to 3 years tops. He will know that. He's still got a point to prove in England, and we will be the lucky beneficiaries of this for a while to come, regardless of winning the Europa or not.

@DanIonasca Hope so, but cant help thinking winning the europa with villa is a milestone, he can say he's achieved his goal and go to madrid

@AlyssonSZN We best keep qualifying then. That'll fix that. :)

Still behind in the 10 years coefficent but can get in the top 30 by the end of next season

Villa have overtaken United in the UEFA 5 year coefficient ranking Now in the top 20 in Europe + it means we will get more revenue based on past success every time we qualify #AVFC

Ticket prices for Villa vs Forest in the PL in January (Adult) were £92 (1888), £82 (Zone 1), £77 (Zone 2), £71 (Zone 3) & £58 (Zone 4). Yet there was an outcry over the Bologna ticket prices last night despite them being cheaper. Make it make sense. #AVFC

@The_Forty_Four Take it off them.

🏆🌍FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed the World Cup Final will host its first ever ‘Super bowl like half time show’ Coldplay will be performing & the show is expected to last 25 minutes…🎤🎹 A 25 minute half time break? Games so far gone now🤦‍♂️

@KingsyAVFC Drive up after work, if I can get a ticket.

How are people doing Forest away? Day off work vibes? Half day?

Did anyone else notice that, as well as scoring his 100th goal for @AVFCOfficial, Ollie Watkins also became Villa top all time scorer in Europe? #avfc

I just think we are going to get ridiculed at some point for a tifo, à la Arsenal last season, and that would be a shame.

I think #avfc should give the tifos a rest for a bit. I know someone puts time and effort into creating these things, and some of them have been great (No limits to our dreams, and the Ozzy one) but if we are comparing last night's vs the one Lille produced in the last round...

@MLautmer Nothing especially. As ever with languages, it's a matter of practicing, working on your weaknesses.

@PolyglotChris Are there particular exercises you do to develop your RR pronunciation in Spanish?

#langtwt What pronunciation difficulty do you have in your L2 language that gives you away when you are speaking it with a native speaker? I know that in Portuguese it’s my vowel sounds, particularly knowing whether it’s an open or closed E or O sound.