Unai Emery

[Sexual Ealing]

I am guessing in terms of percentage stats for which players of ours have had possession of the ball the longest, our centre backs would be miles aheads of anyone else. Ah, the glorious sight when there's 5mins to go, we need a goal and a CB walks with the ball, checks, walks a bit more, fakes a pass, checks, walks, checks and then just plays the pass that they just faked, only now said recipient is marked. Or they square it and the other CB does the same.

This is the source of my insanity.

[ez]

Not Conceding the opening goal is important to our game plan. Teams aren't going to press while they don't have to.

[Demitri_C]

We dont score late goals anymore either  these days

[eamonn]

Our xG for goals conceded must be horrendous. Opposition teams don't have to do much to score against us.

[PaulWinch again]

I hope Unai is watching Liverpool, if you get at them they look nervous.

[edgysatsuma89]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

[pauliewalnuts]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

[edgysatsuma89]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

"Villa are lucky with all these offsides" - no you fucking idiots, that was the plan and yeah, we were really good at it.

[LeonW]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

"Villa are lucky with all these offsides" - no you fucking idiots, that was the plan and yeah, we were really good at it.

At first such comments irritated the hell out of me then I started laughing that people were still so slow on the uptake. And yes, it definitely worked.

[PeterWithe]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

Has there been any comment from UE or anu of the coaches on why thats been abandoned?

[PaulWinch again]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

Yeah I loved it because we very obviously understood that system perfectly. Our approach now is the antithesis of this.

[kippaxvilla2]

Yes why has he abandoned that high line?

[enigma]

It's why it bugs me when people say we have no plan B. This is our plan B.

I wish we'd go back to plan A though. Our current tactics are neither as fun to watch nor as effective.

[Chris Smith]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

Has there been any comment from UE or anu of the coaches on why thats been abandoned?

My guess is that for it to work it needs  constantly working on in training to ensure every player is tuned in but as we are seemingly incapable of keeping the same back four from one game to the next they are not risking it.

[Sexual Ealing]

I loved our mad high line last season. It was fun.

Also, which feels weird to think looking back, given our, err, looseness at the back this season - we were really, really fucking good at it. A machine.

Has there been any comment from UE or anu of the coaches on why thats been abandoned?

My guess is that for it to work it needs  constantly working on in training to ensure every player is tuned in but as we are seemingly incapable of keeping the same back four from one game to the next they are not risking it.

That is also my guess.