Austin MacPhee

[Dave P]

An interesting article on how Villa use Trackman to work on set pieces;

https://theathletic.com/4634460/2023/06/29/villa-trackman-golf-free-kicks/

Villa were the first Premier League team to start using it when Austin MacPhee introduced it in 2021. He also uses it with the Scotland national team.

"At Villa, set-piece training was detached from the main sessions and not fully aligned under previous managers."

"In the first week at Bodymoor Heath, Emery watched MacPhee’s sessions closely and liked what he was seeing."

"Both Digne and Luiz scored from direct free kicks, establishing this as the first Villa team for nine years to score two direct free kicks in a Premier League season."

I can't see what any of the training has to do with scoring direct to be honest. You've just got to kick it so it goes straight into the goal.

I can see what you mean.  Thew other free kick goal was because the Spurs keeper had chocolate wrists.  You can't coach that.

[Brend'Watkins]

Our set piece coach is proving his worth. Clear evidence of it in an attacking sense and we appear to have improved in defending set pieces. 

[Somniloquism]

Danny Murphy was still having ago at having a set-piece coach on MOTD last night. "I used to come up with routines like that myself", "Why can't other coaches do that as part of their job?".

Why has football changed so much since you played Danny. Because different methods are happening now.

[Toronto Villa]

Danny Murphy is such a useless wanker. I don’t see how or why he is kept on in any capacity to provide commentary on football today. He is such dour prick too. He’s the miserable version of Micah Richards who masks his lack of knowledge with that stupid fucking laugh and need for constant “bantz”. Fuck off the pair of them.

[VILLA MOLE]

Danny Murphy can do everything !!! Didn't you know ? Set Pieces,  Refereeing ,  Var official  !! everything comes easy to him

[Brazilian Villain]

Danny Murphy can do everything !!! Didn't you know ? Set Pieces,  Refereeing ,  Var official  !! everything comes easy to him

Apart from growing hair.

[danno]

Villa, after years of not being good at set pieces employ a set piece coach. Set pieces dramatically improve.

Danny Murphy: “yeah but players”.

[wince]

Danny Murphy can do everything !!! Didn't you know ? Set Pieces,  Refereeing ,  Var official  !! everything comes easy to him

Apart from growing hair.

Danny Murphy looks like that potato you forget about in the cupboard that starts sprouting. Except the potato makes more sense

[Risso]

Fair play to the guy. At one point he was possibly even less popular than Gerrard, but Emery doesn't strike me as suffering fools gladly, so I assume he's still here on merit.

[RamboandBruno]

Fair play to the guy. At one point he was possibly even less popular than Gerrard, but Emery doesn't strike me as suffering fools gladly, so I assume he's still here on merit.

The greatest of all the great survivors, he’ll be here long after we are all gone, still coming up with over elaborate but enjoyable set piece routines

[john e]

that Trackman thing was gonna be the ace up his sleeve
He knew Unai would love it to death it was like revealing kryptonite to superman

He got him hook line and sinker with that master plan

[Ger Regan]

Fair play to the guy. At one point he was possibly even less popular than Gerrard, but Emery doesn't strike me as suffering fools gladly, so I assume he's still here on merit.

Amazing to think the transformation in opinion of him and Bailey in recent times. I said it at the time but i thought the stick he got was very ott considering his very specific role. There were enough examples, even back then, of set pieces leading to goals.

[Toronto Villa]

Maybe the buffoon we had before didn't provide him the ability to flourish.

[algy]

Danny Murphy can do everything !!! Didn't you know ? Set Pieces,  Refereeing ,  Var official  !! everything comes easy to him

Apart from growing hair.

Danny Murphy looks like that potato you forget about in the cupboard that starts sprouting. Except the potato makes more sense

Stealing this as my Danny Murphy description

[eamonn]

that Trackman thing was gonna be the ace up his sleeve
He knew Unai would love it to death it was like revealing kryptonite to superman

He got him hook line and sinker with that master plan

So are you saying he's shite then?