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Villa were outstanding and we had a lot of players out of form. Rodri is so brilliant that when he's not there it stands out a mile. Our remaining elite players who normally minimise the effect of his absence had a collective off-night. The guys are human - plus game changers like Jack and Jeremy missing. You have to go back a long way to find a performance as below par as that. Despite some of the overly excited comments on social media, I'm not worried - we're not an old team that's past its best - we're just looking leggy and out of form............... and under strength. Again, Villa were brilliant - best they've played for about forty years.
 
3 midfielders on the bench, and a midfield with Lewis and Stones, impossible to win that match with only 4 natural attacking players on the pitch, zero chemistry, the worst performance since Everton. Oh for a David Silva
 
HarrytheBlue said:
Villa were outstanding and we had a lot of players out of form. Rodri is so brilliant that when he's not there it stands out a mile. Our remaining elite players who normally minimise the effect of his absence had a collective off-night. The guys are human - plus game changers like Jack and Jeremy missing. You have to go back a long way to find a performance as below par as that. Despite some of the overly excited comments on social media, I'm not worried - we're not an old team that's past its best - we're just looking leggy and out of form............... and under strength. Again, Villa were brilliant - best they've played for about forty years.
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Villa weren't too clever vs Bournemouth which is slightly concerning from our perspective. They might not be as productive in their next league game and their winner was down to a deflection.
 
Bluefen said:
I’ve been a season ticket holder since 1982

As an out and out shot stopper you’d take all the aforementioned keepers… the game today is much more than being a out and out shot stopper

The thread is fragmenting - the point I was making is Eddy this season is showing he is a much better shot stopper than we’ve seen as we are relying on him heavily (tonight is a prime example)
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You've kind of answered your own question there. We usually dominate games so much he doesn't get a lot of opportunity to keep on pulling off match saving saves, but he has and not just the champions league final.
 
cleavers said:
No it was due to injuries and suspensions lagrely.
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What I mean is injuries and suspensions can happen - but better recruitment wouldn't have left us short.

The recruitment we have done means Pep doesn't trust Phillips, Kovacic or Nunes.

Instead he preferred an only just fit centre back in midfield before them.
 
Legal Alien said:
That's harsh, the keeper made two good saves, especially from the header
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I thought the save from the shot was we the better of the two - Haaland really should have headed it across Martinez (it was pretty much straight at him - which he’s done a few times this season)

Sure haaland acknowledged that heading was a part of his game he needs to improve
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Chelsea , Dippers , Spurs and an improving Villa was always going to be a tough run of games add the injuries and suspensions and there needs some perspective , we have some easier games on the horizon and hopefully Stones , Doku , Rodri and Grealish available for the weekend.
This is a piece of piss compared to York away !!!
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Correct and to the point.
 
RayCTID said:
Villa weren't too clever vs Bournemouth which is slightly concerning from our perspective.
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They're a totally different proposition at home. They also caught us in a poor period of form and with key players missing. We're treble winners, the scalp everyone wants, so they'll bust more of a gut against us than Bournemouth.
 
RayCTID said:
We didn't bank on Kev picking up any lengthy injury during the first match of the season. On top of that our new signings still need time to fully bed in.
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If we can't bed in one of Phillips (over two years) and Kovacic and Nunes in midfield and Gvardiol then the club needs to look at the recruitment imo.
 
argyle said:
What I mean is injuries and suspensions can happen - but better recruitment wouldn't have left us short.

The recruitment we have done means Pep doesn't trust Phillips, Kovacic or Nunes.

Instead he preferred an only just fit centre back in midfield before them.
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This post doesn't make sense, he recruited 2 of them a year them after Phillips, it's clear he's only there to smile on the bench.
 
RayCTID said:
Villa weren't too clever vs Bournemouth which is slightly concerning from our perspective. They might not be as productive in their next league game and their winner was down to a deflection.
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I've kept quiet about the deflection - no-one listens. This was probably Villa's best performance for forty years. If they can beat Arsenalhole, they could be considered the real deal, but last night's game could be their high point. If they are the real deal, they could do us a few favours.
 
richards30 said:
That was horrendous and we seem stuck in a mini rut at the moment? Pep needs to go back to a standard back 4 and fuck this stepping into midfield shite off now as it’s been worked out and we are getting killed this season when the opposition attack! Only positive was it was only 1-0 but that was truly shocking
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We've been unfortunate with injuries and suspensions throughout the team.
It's mean't players have had to play out of position and play more minutes than i'm sure Pep, and anyone, expected.

Walker, Akanji and Dias look knackered and it's showing in their play.
The midfield has all of a sudden become a weak point of the team, we can't seem to stop teams running through us and we've lost a lot of creativity.

We've been trying to plug holes for weeks now.
We need to get players back and reset, but tonight was a game too far
 
argyle said:
If we can't bed in one of Phillips (over two years) and Kovacic and Nunes in midfield and Gvardiol then the club needs to look at the recruitment imo.
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The other two players have played a lot more times than Phillips to be fair to them.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Chelsea , Dippers , Spurs and an improving Villa was always going to be a tough run of games add the injuries and suspensions and there needs some perspective , we have some easier games on the horizon and hopefully Stones , Doku , Rodri and Grealish available for the weekend.
This is a piece of piss compared to York away !!!
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The crazy thing is if Villa take points off Arsenal and we beat Luton ( Nowhere near a given at the moment! ) then in spite of this shit run we're right back in the mix.
 
Damanino said:
Pep tries too much magic tricks. Akanji hybrid role. Lewis being retrained as a midfielder after coming through as RB from youth team. Alvarez as an attacking number 8. Gvardiol as an LB after he was star CB for Leipzig for 2 years.
Walker RB as first name on the teamsheet despite his importance was getting lesser and lesser as per last season.

really interested to see the game between Emery and Arteta on saturday, how different it will be tactically, cannot see Villa do to Arteta what Pep allowed them.

still hoping a Villa win, even if that keeps them ahead of us.
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Early Pen for Arsenal and red card for Villa incoming,
 
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