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OB1 said:
No. I think he is improving. I’ve not checked the stats but I think he is slowly but surely getting more involved in play. The problem is the team are not creating enough good chances for him, IMO, and we are not attempting enough through balls.
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did you watch him against spurs he couldnt trap a bag of cement

one season wonder
 
jamesha said:
Giddy Villa fan in work this morning but at least he has bought some nice mince pies. He's saying that Villa can be this year's Leicester - I replied relegated in 2026 then.
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heabutt the soft ****............Villa looked like Brazil last night...they're not Brazil.

They were running fast as fuck closing us down rapid. We were trotting about like it was a sunday league game and we were still pissed from night before.

Villa will win fuck all ........we probably won't win a trophy this year either though.

We badly miss Rodri when he's not playing and KDB. We also never really replaced Mahrez or Gundo with similar quality.

Fuck off Villa . Rant over ta
 
No DeBruyne. No Rodri. Gundogan hasn’t been replaced.

Whilst we can come on strong in the second half of the season, I think it’s very competitive this time.
 
It's funny how accustomed to winning we've got. I'm a sore loser! I'm a sore drawer as well!

Poor performance, Villa out ran us and outplayed us and Pep didn't change things. But the only solution is to go out and start winning again. Do that and we'll be alright. We're through the tough run, although we've got another one with the reverse fixtures in March/April. Put some wins together and the outlook will change.

We're not far off 40pts lads, we've been through a lot worse!
 
BigJoe#1 said:
The harsh truth is that IMO was the worst performance under Pep and this was highlighted by the fact Villa played very well.

I don't think all is lost though as I believe the title will be won with less that 85 points and we are still in it. When this latest round of injuries/suspensions is over I think we will kick in.

I believe the recruitment of Phillips and Nunes was not so good and for me I was expecting a lot more from Kovacic - last night I thought he was very poor and didn't seem to play the "Pep way".

Have faith we will recover!!
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How do you think we will recover?

As you've already pointed out, our three latest CM signings are proving to be wholly inadequate and not capable of meeting the standards required in order for us to continue our previous levels of success.
 
TivvyBlue said:
Agreed. Echo others that Kovacic and Nunes haven't done enough since signing, nor looked anything like what we'd have hoped. Think based the selection last night that Pep thinks that too. Losing Rodri is like playing with ten at the minute. How's that cloning clinic that Mansour was on about coming along?
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You might have had high hopes for Kova and Nunes but as far as I'm concerned they've entirely lived up to the underwhelming expectations I had for them.
 
Sometimes you just have to put your hands up and say that the best team won. And they did. Villa were superb last night, we were off key. However, they were better than us in all departments with the exception of the goalkeeper. We will regroup and go again.
 
paulchapo said:
At this moment in time I wouldn't put any money on it. In spite of losing to Arsenal Luton were very unlucky. A small tight ground, raucous atmosphere, wet and windy conditions and we have lost our belief. It will be like a cup tie from the seventies. In fact I'm going to check the odds for a Luton win.
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Hot on tail of winning 180 quid on Sunday with Spurs equaliser, I won 131 last night(35 quid Villa draw no bet at 11-4) I didn't want to win either bets and still feel sick, but if the bookies want to offer silly odds against a team who are well off it,then I'll back em. Moneys money! :( Sundays odds are Luton 18-1 to win and 15-2 the draw. I'm not sure we're gonna stoop this low but you really wouldn't be confident backing us to win anything at the moment. :( I think a bet that interests me is Luton to score 2 or more at 6-1(skybet) We might beat them 3,4 or 5-2 for instance but you'll still win the money. I'm hoping we bounce back and smash em 5-0 but like I said, I'm not confident at the moment. :(
 
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Tolmie scores said:
Alvarez like Haaland are NOT foitballers..instinct finisher is Alvarez and a headless chicken..keep going on, but Kane oooh for Kane literally 10 x the player Haaland will ever be. We scored more in 5 of the 6 years before Haaland arrived. This focus has msde us a poorer team
We won the treble but honestly. We would have without Haaland. Stars showed this to be the case.
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I suspect that what you've written is a load of old bollocks, but I can't be sure as it makes no sense whatsoever.
 
lancs blue said:
Passing - shit
Tackling - non-existent
Creativity - non-existent

Ederson is the only player who can be satisfied with his performance.
Top 4 will be tricky if we don't sort ourselves out soon.
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Agreed. How many times did a Villa player get surrounded by 3 of our players and still waltz away with the ball. Not one of our better performances....
 
Rammy Blue said:
I’m not reading the thread, but saying my view.

Without a shadow of doubt the worst I’ve seen us play in the last 10/15 years, absolutely atrocious.

Players who had no idea where their team mates were, no plan from the manager, no confidence, no nothing.

Vast majority of the blame on Pep as he picked the 11 and set us up - I predicted that Alvarez shouldn’t be starting, that Rico hasn’t played well recently, Bernie wank, Phil should be playing central, Dias shite etc etc.

Not saying we’d have done any better anyway, but if everything I thought might happen did, then why is a guy who is paid circa £15/20mil per year not capable of seeing what would happen.

Wank, wank, and even more fucking donkey spunk wank. Cunts.
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ITS CLEARLY OBVIOUS, YOUR VEXED. !
 
Villa played differently to most teams against us,they squashed to within 15 yards of half way, most play 10 near their own area. With Rodri he would have played over the Villa defence, we had nowhere to go,
Maybe with Roders playing they would have stayed back?
 
We don't have Rodri today but it just shows how much burden on Rodri because the rest of the midfield is like this...


Other teams miss their CM at times but rarely drops level like this...

If we don't change anything and just "wait for Rodri to come back", we will burn Rodri out by the Christmas time.
 
elbearos said:
Villa played differently to most teams against us,they squashed to within 15 yards of half way, most play 10 near their own area. With Rodri he would have played over the Villa defence, we had nowhere to go,
Maybe with Roders playing they would have stayed back?
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Chelsea showed it to the rest of the league - we are most vulnerable when being attacked.

Teams are no longer that afraid of us.
 
Wretched Vengeance said:
Could start with moving Bernardo to central midfield.
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This. Maybe try playing Doku where he was actually bought for -- the RW -- and allow Bernie to be an actual midfielder, along with Phil in the middle. Drop Alvarez from starting every game (was he given game time commitments to sign that new contract?) and start rotating him like we did last season. Then we'd have Grealish, Haaland, Doku across the front. Bernie and Phil in the middle and Rodri behind. All players who actually know how to play in those positions rather than square pegs in round holes all over the bloody place.
 
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