Yeh, kind of under estimates the threat they'll pose from their LW-er.
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Yeh, kind of under estimates the threat they'll pose from their LW-er.
And Matty Cash committing GBH
We should send someone with a Corgi to shit on the refs lawn. Try and foster a hatred for anything that looks like a Corgi
Also their CB Carlos that should have got a red and given us a penalty for GBH on Gil.
That clip should be doing the rounds on socials all week really. With the Cash clip as well
Don't be ridiculous, we were far from "fucking awful".
I know you take a perverse delight in drawing no pleasure whatsoever from Tottenham, but at least pretend to try for some sort of balance.
Delight?
I take no delight for being bored shitless for an hour on Saturday.
I want to see it acknowledged it was boring and ineffective until it was changed. Not people suggesting we keep it the same ffs.
Combined 11s are the absolute worst thing about football Twitter I hate them. Should be banned
Tbf to us, we're there to play attacking football. If the oppo want to bore us shitless with their low-block there's not much we can do except be patient and find a way through. It is dull but much like it was when we used to play Burnley under Poch.
I sometimes do this myself when we're playing sides on a similar level, though unless you can completely take bias out of it they are utterly pointless. I just see them as a way to waste a few minutes.
I will say that Villa are a good team though and I would quite happily take Douglas Luiz and Watkins from them. Jacob Ramsey too although he's had an injury hit season.
Same as the ratings threads then.
xG is good for working out trends over a season, using it in isolated matches doesn't tell the full story though.
Does anyone really care about trends over a season? At the end of the season all I care about is the table.
If people didn't care then people wouldn't talk about it.
I'm not massively over-confident about playing them, but I'm looking forward to it and think we can do them if we can keep it tight until the later stages. If we can get in front, we will run them ragged and ruin them for their run-in.
Overall, I'm pretty confident about getting 4th place off them.
Negatives:
They play more games at home.
We kind-of have to beat them, or at least draw.
Positives:
Villa are almost certainly going to go for it in the conference*, so we might benefit from some tired legs.
Villa's run in is just as hard as ours, if not harder.
* Because they know there's a good chance that the PL will get that 5th CL spot via City or Pool having a good run and winning it, and they might as well go for some silverware with that as a back-stop. Even Europa is progress for them.
Overall, I'm pretty confident about getting 4th place off them.
Negatives:
They play more games at home.
We kind-of have to beat them, or at least draw.
Positives:
Villa are almost certainly going to go for it in the conference*, so we might benefit from some tired legs.
Villa's run in is just as hard as ours, if not harder.
* Because they know there's a good chance that the PL will get that 5th CL spot via City or Pool having a good run and winning it, and they might as well go for some silverware with that as a back-stop. Even Europa is progress for them.
This just isn't true. Having the ball and passing it slowly around the outside of the opposition 3rd isn't attacking football. People seem to believe this is all down to the opposition "low block"
It's not just that though. We seem to see them do it, and immediately revert to a tactic of "Let's just pass the ball about relentlessly and hope they drop a bollock"
I never get the feeling we're trying to really put any pressure on, force anything, seize on some space or generally just actually attack.
First half stats Vs Palace had us with 82% possession and 2 shots. 1 whole shot more than the team that had 18% of the ball and barely came out of their half. How are people constantly convincing themselves this is attacking football?
People will say "we're only 6 months in"
This squad and coach weren't born in August. They and the coach are all experienced enough to know when to pass it around patiently, and when to thread a ball into space and let a *Werner or Son run on to it. We just didn't do it.
*Werner missed one of those. Let's give him 2 or 3 a match. And back him up when he's through like that.
All I know is our xP*on sunday will be 0.0 even if Cash shoots Sonny with an AK47 in the area.
*Did I just make that up or is there such a thing?