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Offline Monty

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #60 on: Today at 12:27:19 PM »
Five at the back is the answer.

Plus two holding midfielders. At home. Against everyone.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #61 on: Today at 12:32:58 PM »
I do sometimes wonder what Cash could do to warrant dropping in the minds of some. Like, I agree Torres is badly out of form, but had he committed half the errors that Cash has - not to mention generally looking as comfortable on the ball as a giraffe coming off a particularly bad night's sleep - there'd be calls for him to be put in the dock at The Hague.

Presumably in the absence of Garcia or a right-sided CB to play where Konsa does it's more a case of there not being an obvious alternative?

It's interesting to me that it's not even discussed that perhaps we should try Konsa out there with Mings and Torres, who can shuffle over to make a much more natural three like in fact Cash was asked to do against Brentford (and didn't do particularly well). Like, one thing is considered beyond question (two left-sided centrebacks failed once so it's OVER), and another thing not even worthy of mentioning (Cash at rightback shuffling across has been a weak link dozens of times).

I think it's connected to a weird characteristic a lot of people have, where they view hard work as virtuous in and of itself.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #62 on: Today at 12:38:42 PM »
I do sometimes wonder what Cash could do to warrant dropping in the minds of some.

Pick up the ball to concede a penalty?

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #63 on: Today at 12:48:49 PM »
I do sometimes wonder what Cash could do to warrant dropping in the minds of some. Like, I agree Torres is badly out of form, but had he committed half the errors that Cash has - not to mention generally looking as comfortable on the ball as a giraffe coming off a particularly bad night's sleep - there'd be calls for him to be put in the dock at The Hague.

Presumably in the absence of Garcia or a right-sided CB to play where Konsa does it's more a case of there not being an obvious alternative?

It's interesting to me that it's not even discussed that perhaps we should try Konsa out there with Mings and Torres, who can shuffle over to make a much more natural three like in fact Cash was asked to do against Brentford (and didn't do particularly well). Like, one thing is considered beyond question (two left-sided centrebacks failed once so it's OVER), and another thing not even worthy of mentioning (Cash at rightback shuffling across has been a weak link dozens of times).

I think it's connected to a weird characteristic a lot of people have, where they view hard work as virtuous in and of itself.

I mean it's admirable, and I do like him, and I think he's been good at times! But he does make rather a lot of mistakes, and the smallest mention of this provokes wails of protest from corners that are one loose pass away from burning effigies of Onana in the streets of global capitals.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #64 on: Today at 02:31:20 PM »
I do sometimes wonder what Cash could do to warrant dropping in the minds of some. Like, I agree Torres is badly out of form, but had he committed half the errors that Cash has - not to mention generally looking as comfortable on the ball as a giraffe coming off a particularly bad night's sleep - there'd be calls for him to be put in the dock at The Hague.

It's a strange time to have a go at Cash, he got a pass last weekend. The best of our back 5, back 6 if you count the 50m hole in our midfield.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #65 on: Today at 02:33:40 PM »
I do sometimes wonder what Cash could do to warrant dropping in the minds of some. Like, I agree Torres is badly out of form, but had he committed half the errors that Cash has - not to mention generally looking as comfortable on the ball as a giraffe coming off a particularly bad night's sleep - there'd be calls for him to be put in the dock at The Hague.

It's a strange time to have a go at Cash, he got a pass last weekend. The best of our back 5, back 6 if you count the 50m hole in our midfield.

I just...I don't care. My point is proved as far as I'm concerned.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #66 on: Today at 02:51:05 PM »
Fuck me this forum needs 3 points at the weekend. 

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #67 on: Today at 02:51:51 PM »
Cash gets a lot of unfair stick, IMO. We were the best defence in the league in the last two months of the season and he played virtually every game. He's been a massive part of our success in the last two and a half season since Emery turned up.

Edit: second best, Man City better.
« Last Edit: Today at 02:55:34 PM by cdbearsfan »

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #68 on: Today at 03:04:21 PM »
Fuck me this forum needs 3 points at the weekend. 

And some sex please

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #69 on: Today at 04:29:58 PM »
We’ll camp in their half going side to side without success. They’ll hit us on the break a few times. 3 goals for Sarr and 3 goals for Mateta.

Standard.

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Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match
« Reply #70 on: Today at 04:33:34 PM »
We need to try and not get bullied here 

 


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