That’s why I don’t talk about it even though I’m commenting about itIf people didn't care then people wouldn't talk about it.
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That’s why I don’t talk about it even though I’m commenting about itIf people didn't care then people wouldn't talk about it.
We need some consistency in our line up it's been changing constantly.Why not change it?
We were fucking awful until Ange changed it against Palace.
Yeah I've always liked him too. Good playerGood little player though. Far better than McTominay who seems to get a lot more praise just because he gets on the end of things now and again but is quite useless 90% of the time.
Good time to play them as they are away to Ajax (improved but nowhere near good anymore) on Thursday, so play us 3 days later.
I thought we were much the better side when they came to The Lane and should have been at least 2 up in the first 10 mins despite the result. The only time we looked shit was dealing with high balls into the box (Davies & Emmerson were our CB's) and we did fade quite alarmingly in the last 10mins. So, we were without Romero & VdV at the back, without Sarr, Bissuma & Madders in midfield, we lost Bentancur after 30mins too. Our bench after we subbed PEH for Bentancur was Dier, Dorrington, Skipp, Veliz and Donley (whilst I want to see Sonny as our striker I also would welcome Richy as an option off the bench).
Make no mistake Villa are a good side and has a couple of players who can cause us some trouble like Bailey (who was on the bench for the first half when they came to the Lane) and Watkins (I like McGinn and Douglas Luiz too), their 'keepers handy too and was their MoTM.
They, the whole Club (fans and team) will see this as a massive game and we will have to deal with that aspect too, remember when we started to compete for 4th and 6 pointers like this made for some epic atmospheres.
But hopefully, they will be playing with tired legs and maybe the players will be fatigued from hearing 2 multi-hour pre-match lectures in a week leading up to the game that fries their brains.
We absolutely have the players to unpick their high line, which I think is the best drilled in the league especially as they don't rely on pace to mop up the ball played behind. I think Biss could be key, he's clearly a confidence player and is making some small improvements (I thought he played well vs Palace), if he can get to the levels of confidence where he picks up the ball on the half-turn when we play out from the back (as he did at the beginning of the season) then Ange-Ball gets ignited again.
I didn't see their game last week vs Luton (where most teams that have gone there have had to work very hard for a win), were they struggling when they got pulled back to 2-2? Or were they Mourinho'd or Moyes'd?Yeah it is just a shame we arent playing them at home. I would be confident of beating them had that been the case.
Was checking on BBC on the train back home, it looked like Villa were hanging on at 2-2I didn't see their game last week vs Luton (where most teams that have gone there have had to work very hard for a win), were they struggling when they got pulled back to 2-2? Or were they Mourinho'd or Moyes'd?
I don't think they've been anywhere near as good in 2024 as they were earlier in the season, drew 1-1 vs Sheffield Utd, lost to Utd twice, last min penalty to beat Burnley at home (conceded 2), 0-0 vs Everton (but I think they are tough to beat), lost to Newcastle, fairly even game against Fulham if I remember but won. Can't profess to have a good handle on them now as most of their games I have watched recently have been only the highlights but just get the feeling they are there to be beaten if we turn up.Was checking on BBC on the train back home, it looked like Villa were hanging on at 2-2
"Luton the most likely to score" etc
We mostly dropped these kind of games in the past years....Good time to play them as they are away to Ajax (improved but nowhere near good anymore) on Thursday, so play us 3 days later.
I thought we were much the better side when they came to The Lane and should have been at least 2 up in the first 10 mins despite the result. The only time we looked shit was dealing with high balls into the box (Davies & Emmerson were our CB's) and we did fade quite alarmingly in the last 10mins. So, we were without Romero & VdV at the back, without Sarr, Bissuma & Madders in midfield, we lost Bentancur after 30mins too. Our bench after we subbed PEH for Bentancur was Dier, Dorrington, Skipp, Veliz and Donley (whilst I want to see Sonny as our striker I also would welcome Richy as an option off the bench).
Make no mistake Villa are a good side and has a couple of players who can cause us some trouble like Bailey (who was on the bench for the first half when they came to the Lane) and Watkins (I like McGinn and Douglas Luiz too), their 'keepers handy too and was their MoTM.
They, the whole Club (fans and team) will see this as a massive game and we will have to deal with that aspect too, remember when we started to compete for 4th and 6 pointers like this made for some epic atmospheres.
But hopefully, they will be playing with tired legs and maybe the players will be fatigued from hearing 2 multi-hour pre-match lectures in a week leading up to the game that fries their brains.
We absolutely have the players to unpick their high line, which I think is the best drilled in the league especially as they don't rely on pace to mop up the ball played behind. I think Biss could be key, he's clearly a confidence player and is making some small improvements (I thought he played well vs Palace), if he can get to the levels of confidence where he picks up the ball on the half-turn when we play out from the back (as he did at the beginning of the season) then Ange-Ball gets ignited again.
We are a long way ahead of where I thought we would be at the beginning of the season.We mostly dropped these kind of games in the past years....
If we win this we are going to CL if we lose ... Europa....
Lets see if Ange and Sonny can change the damn cursed culture of this club..
I didn't see their game last week vs Luton (where most teams that have gone there have had to work very hard for a win), were they struggling when they got pulled back to 2-2? Or were they Mourinho'd or Moyes'd?
Was checking on BBC on the train back home, it looked like Villa were hanging on at 2-2
"Luton the most likely to score" etc
Hopefully Porro back and we have our full strength defence. Then its a question of Sarr or Bents to start in the middle, with either Johnson or Kulu on the left. Personally hope its Sarr and Johnson, think there will be a bit more room for Johnson in this game, with Villa at home and pressing us.
[lineup] Vicario Porro Romero VDV Udogie Bissouma Bentancur Maddison Deki Son Werner [/lineup]