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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on February 07, 2026, 04:58:36 PM
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Not great.
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Only watched the 2nd half, poor.
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Utter turd of a performance. Lucky to get a point
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PWS, that's kind.
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Only saw the second half, but we were fucking abysmal.
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Atrocious second half. Played off the park by Bournemouth.
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5th is best we can do from here. I’d take it in a shot.
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Glad of the point. 6 wins from here gets us to 65
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Bailey. Fuck me he was shocking today.
Shit second half. And if you don’t score from 3 or 4 really good attacking positions in the first half, you always risk not winning games in the PL. Really pissed off with that. Yet again we miss the chance to put the other teams under a bit of pressure.
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Good result against decent opposition but we're missing our first-choice midfielders.
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Not good, take the point.
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Second half collapse.After an encouraging first. But we didn't lose.Which is what some were opining.
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Very much take a draw based on that performance. Win on Wednesday and we will be back on track.
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Considering three of our most important players are injured we just need to get through these few weeks
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An away point at Bournemouth isn’t that bad.
It more the fact we were shite.
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More points dropped, Man U and Chelsea both won, only hope is City beat Liverpool tomorrow otherwise it's been another car crash of a weekend.
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Flip side, Liverpool lost here 2 weeks ago.
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A fortunate point in the end.
That was quite a cameo from Bailey. Onana can stop wasting his time looking for houses in Madrid on Right Move.
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Garbage.
Watkins very poor.
Sancho did ok but so embarrassing when he bottles out of challenges.
What has happened to our Sharp passing...awful at times
The red filth will pass us this week and we cannot complain.
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A real poor second half no urgency at all
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An okay point. What will do for us is the home defeats to the likes of Everton and Brentford.
No evidence so far that the returnees have improved us.
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We’ve lost our mojo a bit of late, so in the round it’s a decent point. But we need to beat Brighton. Our structured play does struggle when Pau doesn’t play, but we’re going through a tricky patch generally.
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Bournemouth beat Liverpool the other week. It’s a great point in the end. Get a win next Wednesday and we will be back on track.
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Second half was weirdly crap.
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All season our midfield has been the best in the league, maybe Europe, but It’s going to be very hard to rally us without McGinn, Kamara and Tielemans, but we’ve got to keep trying.
That was tough and Martinez and our centre backs kept us in the game.
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Lucky point. Worryingly, we don’t look a top 4 team or anywhere near one. Bailey looks worse than before which is a difficult achievement.
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Digne's "defending" for their goal should see him docked 2 weeks wages
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Bournemouth beat Liverpool the other week. It’s a great point in the end. Get a win next Wednesday and we will be back on track.
That's the spirit! Was terrified Bournemouth would snatch it in injury time like they did against Liverpool!
Surely we can't lose 3 home league games in a row. Surely? Surely?
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Barely deserved a point woeful second half. Did Digne forget who he was playing for ?
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Bailey and Watkins were atrocious, to only give Abraham the last five minutes was a dreadful decision by the manager. I've played in Sunday League sides that would be screaming at each other for the defending for their goal, under 12 level at best. That was most certainly a point gained rather than 3 dropped.
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Physically out-muscled in the second half, they seemed to win every challenge and we kept giving away free-kicks whenever we did put a foot in.
Digne reverted to the soft as shite poser we bought from Everton four years ago, I thought we had beaten that out of him.
Badly missed McGinn. He would have won us free-kicks and stopped their momentum in the second half.
In isolation, not a bad point at a competitive team who are in good form.
Bournemouth played more football in the second half than Everton and Brentford did in four games against us this season, yet they only have a point to show for it.
Think our chances of winning the league are probably gone.
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Slim pickings for motm. Probably Onana, without him winning everthing in our box they very likely score from a corner or long throw.
Or Emi, but beaten at near post for the goal.
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Only watched the 2nd half
Sigh.
When will people learn?
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We look tired in the second half. Sancho and rogers were great in the first half. Ollie had a couple chances and on another day we would have been 2 up.
Bailey comically bad, and the midfield was overran in the last 30 mins.
Win the next 3 home games and all will be well again. Could be an important point.
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Poor performance. Relieved to get a point at the end.
Our injuries are killing us and this is reminiscent of two seasons ago.
Midfield was completely overrun and couldn’t get a grip. Without Kamara Onana is a Carlton Palmer figure. He has never really suited our style of play and without Kamara looks odd. Sticks a leg out occasionally and useful at set pieces.
Dougie was off the pace and we couldn’t retain possession. No craft or guile just breaks.
Probably worth giving Barkley a go. He can’t be worse.
mings and Martinez a little bit dodgy today. Digne weird for the goal.
Rogers peripheral.
Not certain whether their scorer meant his shot. Strange finish at near post which fooled Emi.
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I think we can safely say there’s no title coming to Villa this season so from now on we support C115 starting very much with tomorrow!
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Bournemouth beat Liverpool the other week. It’s a great point in the end. Get a win next Wednesday and we will be back on track.
That's the spirit! Was terrified Bournemouth would snatch it in injury time like they did against Liverpool!
Surely we can't lose 3 home league games in a row. Surely? Surely?
Hope not. And don't call me Shirley
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pretty meh
Awful goal to give away, Id prefer Lindelof in there too , watkins was on 80 mins too long , Bailey wouldnt get a game at Harrogate playing like that Id prefer JJA coming on instead of what I saw today , Buendia had one of those games and too many of them lately .
Emi kept us in it , Sancho is slowly getting better , most couldnt control the ball most the match , our goal was ace and the ref was bollocks.
We are missing players of course, but elite international players playing under Emery and for our club like ours should know how to control a ball.
very meh
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Glad for the point. Poor second half. That midfield without Kamara and Youri is just not doing enough. Bailey OMG that was bad. It just shows how fucked we were in Jan to sell Malen and bring him back. Surely Kaden Young would have been a better option. We just need to keep going and hope our winning form returns and that Chelsea and Man Utd start to falter.
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Okay result but dreadful in the second and not great in the first. Konsa and Martinez were superb, especially Ezra's clearance off the line. Bailey was just terrible. And of course the injuries are and excuse, daft to say otherwise.
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I'm afraid it's going to be a matter of damage limitation until McGinn and Tielemans are back.
Not a disastrous result today, by any means.
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Glad for the point. Poor second half. That midfield without Kamara and Youri is just not doing enough. Bailey OMG that was bad. It just shows how fucked we were in Jan to sell Malen and bring him back. Surely Kaden Young would have been a better option. We just need to keep going and hope our winning form returns and that Chelsea and Man Utd start to falter.
At least you can strut around Dorset without cruel jibes this weekend.
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Not a catastrophic result - Bournemouth are a decent side, but we were concerningly woeful. If we win Wednesday then it's been a broadly ok week. We'll presumably have to do it without Onana though, who I imagine will have picked up some form of a knock.
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Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.
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Not certain whether their scorer meant his shot. Strange finish at near post which fooled Emi.
He shanked it, wrong-footing Martínez but despite lil'Lee pointing it out, the commentator jizzed-on about how good it was.
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Second half was garbage. Mings and particularly Digne culpable for the goal. Our form is becoming a concern.
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We no longer look like a team. Very disjointed, only standouts were Rogers, Martinez and Sancho. Bailey is a terrible player, it’s obvious why we loaned him out and begrudgingly recalled him.
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Second half was garbage. Mings and particularly Digne culpable for the goal. Our form is becoming a concern.
I’d lay that blame firmly at Digne
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Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.
They both left it to each other. Shit happens, albeit this was explosive diarrhoea.
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Bloody hell - we’re going through a tough patch of form, heavily influenced by injuries, but also just generally. It happens and it will happen to the teams behind us. A point at Bournemouth is a decent result, especially as we’re struggling a bit. We’ll get into better form soon and we’re very much still well placed for Champions League.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
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We just have to tough out the next few weeks until we get most of our midfield back and firing.
A point at Bournemouth is a start, it is no easy place to visit.
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Not certain whether their scorer meant his shot. Strange finish at near post which fooled Emi.
He shanked it, wrong-footing Martínez but despite lil'Lee pointing it out, the commentator jizzed-on about how good it was.
Ah my commentary was German!
He sort of hit it with the outside of his foot but you never see a finish like that.
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... Bailey wouldnt get a game at Harrogate playing like that Id prefer JJA coming on instead ...
I'll let you know how he gets on at Whetherby Road.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
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All season our midfield has been the best in the league, maybe Europe, but It’s going to be very hard to rally us without McGinn, Kamara and Tielemans, but we’ve got to keep trying.
That was tough and Martinez and our centre backs kept us in the game.
We needed Onana to step up but he was mainly going through the motions and Dougie faded. Neither fill the boots of McGinn, Kamara or Tielemans. At least Bogaarde has a spring in his step and is very tidy. Bournemouth had a free rein in the centre of the park and used the flanks well. Both Cash and Digne had a tough afternoon with little help.
We're useless up front and Unai needs to take his watch in for a service bringing on Tammy for Watkins on 85 minutes was a joke. Sancho had his best 45 minutes first half, actually looked like a player, Buendia links up so beautifully with Rogers but his booking meant he was always on borrowed time. Rogers must be so frustrated playing in a team where he's our only real goal threat apart from the three balls into the six yard box in the first half where Watkins was caught in the wrong position every time. His greatest talent seems to be failing him. The thought of getting a decent fee for him in the summer are fading with every game. I think we need to see him coming off the bench in future, playing against tired defenders, it may suit him more.
Obviously Anthony **** Taylor was his usual pathetic self, once again the level of physicality wouldn't have been allowed last season. Bournemouth got away with murder from the first minute but he didn't seem to mind. Any time we mixed it up he was reaching for his cards, the tosser.
Overall, decent first half but piss poor second and that's without mentioning Leon Bailey except to say I wish we'd kept Young instead of sending him out on loan.
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Decent away point. Performance sounds awful from the comments on here. The BBC were a bit more complimentary.
Managed to rotate a few players so hopefully there’s some freshness in the legs versus Brighton.
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We were always going to win that until they scored and I’m sorry but WTF was Digne doing?? As soon as they scored our game plan went out of the window. I imagine a certain manager won’t be happy
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
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It felt like Bournemouth were the team with something on the game and we were the team in midtable obscurity
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
Neil Young would offer more.
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Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.
Indeed, I couldn’t quite understand the comments on my stream praising Rayan for the goal. It was more a case of poor defending and it opening right up for him than any trickery on his part.
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Really shit. We've lost the midfield fluidity we had and we're too easy to out muscle and over power now. Our forms a big concern.
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Looking for some positives: we defended corners and the long throw ins very well. Martinez showing his best form their goal apart. Barkley is probably worth a start.
Negatives: too many to mention.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
Neil Young would offer more.
Jimmy Young would
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
and his dad Ashley :)
p.s I missed the earlier ash comment . Ill change it to Charlie Young .
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Decent away point that will look better in a few weeks' time, as Sunderland did. Hopefully it will prompt a similar improvement in results.
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Signed, Mings and Martinez all culpable for their goal. Signed should have just dealt with it, but then Mings doesn’t close-off the route to goal, and Martinez is beaten at his near post. We seem to concede a stupid goal in most games.
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Paul Young would be better than Bailey. Can't continue like this, Everything Must Change.
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Signed, Mings and Martinez all culpable for their goal. Signed should have just dealt with it, but then Mings doesn’t close-off the route to goal, and Martinez is beaten at his near post. We seem to concede a stupid goal in most games.
We signed Signed?
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Decent away point that will look better in a few weeks' time, as Sunderland did. Hopefully it will prompt a similar improvement in results.
Yup. We’re understandably going through a lull, our last two away results have been good. The last two home have been rubbish and that’s what we need to correct.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
Neil Young would offer more.
Jimmy Young would
Sean Young would have offered more.
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Paul Young would be better than Bailey. Can't continue like this, Everything Must Change.
In hindsight, we shouldn't have told him to come back and stay.
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Bailey back was panicky shit again in the market. He's so poor. Unless it was part of oiling the Abraham deal.
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A good away point against a decent team on form, that seems to have extricated itself from the slump it had been in of late.
As for us, we need to work through our midfield issues. The three players out were central to our structure, our way of playing. We need to rebuild that structure with our new look midfield. You can see that it's going to come (I felt, and we will be very good when it does), but we're not quite there yet.
Had to smile at Leon today - made Sancho look like a club bouncer.
Digne was poor for the goal (though there seemed to be a miscommunication somewhere - was he expecting Buendia to cover inside?) and though the number of crosses into our box might have justified his selection, I wasn't that impressed with Mings.
Martinez man of the match for me, though Rogers looks head and shoulders above everyone in all that he does.
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Positives - we got a point from a game we have all seen us lose in the past, Martinez’s saves, our goal, Sancho, Barkley.
Negatives - too many.
Take the point and move on.
UTV
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Sean Young would have offered more.
Like Villa, she was great in the early 80s.
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Take an away point. On to the next
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In isolation a point isn’t bad, but after failing to beat 10 man Brentford and with Chelsea and Man United both winning four in a row it’s really not good.
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Only watched the 2nd half, poor.
Only daw 1stvhalf when we were good
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We have some great players. We also have some shite.
The shite players can be carried when we are at full strength. Unfortunately, they can’t when are not.
Buendia - one moment of magic every 3 or games masks the sea of diarrhoea he serves up the rest of the time.
Bailey - a clear reminder of why we couldn’t wait to get rid of him.
Sancho - lately he has been slightly less shit than usual. Not a great appraisal of him.
Watkins - a great servant but is closing in on being finished at the top level. Slow to react to chances in the box, and its getting very tiring watching him in one on one situations when he is so easily dispossessed or knocked over.
We have a big squad, unfortunately there is too much fluff in it
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Today laid bare how we miss those three midfielders and any side would suffer. We were good first half but couldn't contain Bournemouth in the second so I was glad of the point. "fucking hell Bailey" made an unwelcome return where I was watching, Watkins was not much better. Subs were a bit mad, particularly when Maatsen was in midfield for a wild ten minutes that nearly cost us a goal and nearly got us one. I thought Tammy deserved longer.
A hard fought point overall and it looks like a poor run now given the last few results but when you have the injuries, luck and bollocks decisions we have had to put up with it's not all that surprising.
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Take an away point. On to the next
Away draws aren't always good results, especially when you lose at home to some right blose in consecutive games. Given the battering we got in the second half, it's a decent point. Take that away, it's a bit meh.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
So would my pet goldfish Tiddles and its been dead since 1968
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Where we going to finish then?
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4th.
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Where we going to finish then?
There’s not been one single second this season when I wouldn’t have snapped your hand off for a 5th place finish
I still think we’ll get there 3/4/5 it doesn’t matter to me as long as it brings CL football
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Draw at Bournemouth not the worst result maybe.
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
Neil Young would offer more.
Jimmy Young would
Sean Young would have offered more.
Carl Jung would have offered more and also analysed where the others were going wrong.
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Where we going to finish then?
There’s not been one single second this season when I wouldn’t have snapped your hand off for a 5th place finish
I still think we’ll get there 3/4/5 it doesn’t matter to me as long as it brings CL football
Going to require a huge effort to win the 6/7 games (minimum) we'll prob need to get over the line from here on in.
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Sean Young would have offered more.
Seán Óg (Ó hAilpín) would definitely improve us.
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We have some great players. We also have some shite.
The shite players can be carried when we are at full strength. Unfortunately, they can’t when are not.
Buendia - one moment of magic every 3 or games masks the sea of diarrhoea he serves up the rest of the time.
Bailey - a clear reminder of why we couldn’t wait to get rid of him.
Sancho - lately he has been slightly less shit than usual. Not a great appraisal of him.
Watkins - a great servant but is closing in on being finished at the top level. Slow to react to chances in the box, and its getting very tiring watching him in one on one situations when he is so easily dispossessed or knocked over.
We have a big squad, unfortunately there is too much fluff in it
Really harsh on Buendia. He gets the most shit for losing the ball when all of our players do it. I think it's some confirmation bias thing where folk see that he's small and physically inferior so he has to make up for it by always keeping possession.
His pressing game is completely over-looked, only Watkins compares and his little passes and flicks turn our possession into dangerous attacks. He's got highly-impressive shooting technique and his ability at free-kicks is proven.
He's saved us buying Harvey Elliott, meaning that £30m can go elsewhere next July. And he has increased his value by close to double compared to last summer if we were to sell him next summer and try replace him with someone younger.
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Feel for Emery, there's not much more he can do, Onana was walking all second half, Watkins is a shadow of former self and those that were happy to see Bailey back will be sorely disappointed.
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Digne and Mings do so badly for that goal.
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Digne and Mings do so badly for that goal.
Digne was pathetic. Mings should probably have been sharper to get across but that non effort from Digne was unacceptable.
Only saw the highlights, Martinez very fortunate to get away with those two parries
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This Alysson cant be any worse than Bailey.
KYoung also potentially offers more.
Ashley Young offers more.
Neil Young would offer more.
Jimmy Young would
Sean Young would have offered more.
Carl Jung would have offered more and also analysed where the others were going wrong.
Carson Yeung would have offered more and sold millions of shirts in his Villa shops all across China.
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Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.
I can't really comprehend what happened, it was that shit.
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Anybody care to explain to me what Digne thought his job was there?
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I'll take a point.
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I'll take a point.
How longs left Daz?
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Didn't see the game, anybody play well at all?
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Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.
I can't really comprehend what happened, it was that shit.
When your coaching kids not to switch off this is the video to show them.
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Anybody care to explain to me what Digne thought his job was there?
Because his starting position was so bad, ( he was no where near the winger when he recieved the ball and made no attempt to get there), it was then too late to engage, it just took a bit of acceleration and he was in on goal.
It was the most passive piece of defending I can recall.
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A good point normally but not in the context of the last couple of weeks or in the current league table. Unai will continue to manage our expectations that we're punching so it will always feel good when we do.