The use of the third person singular with collective nouns (the team 'is', Aston Villa 'sucks') is a good indicator of someone being on the wrong side of a division by a common language.
The harmony between objective quantification and a deep, emotional grasp of how the sport functions is what can create a more complete understanding.......it’s difficult to succinctly identify leadership just through numbers and by not being in the locker room of a club....
I agree with is Richards assessment, but strongly disagree with the blaming of the attacking midfielders I've often said we look as though the defenders, midfielders and attackers train individually, but i think the creativity blame has to fall at the feet of GestedeTheres only so much a Gil or Grealish can do with someone who refuses to move, and has almost amateur level of footballing ability with his feetThe facts are Gestede wants cross happy wingers who will whip 20 crosses per game into him and he can dive about all game hoping one hits his headGil and Grealish want a clever striker who is as good as them on the ground and can provide them with some movement and fluidityAnyone who watched the Notts County game saw the potential of what our forward line could possibly be. It was Sinclair up front but he knew how to get in the right positions and was set up for tap ins numerous times because of that