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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #30 on: Today at 04:06:30 PM »
Our defensive structure as a team really falters without Pau in there. Hope he’s back next week.

Lindelof is in better form than Konsa too. Mings seemed to think his job was done when Brobbey went off.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #31 on: Today at 04:07:03 PM »
Our defensive structure as a team really falters without Pau in there. Hope he’s back next week.

Even Pau can't stop Sancho mis-controlling then bottling the challenge on the edge of the box.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #32 on: Today at 04:07:25 PM »
Our defensive structure as a team really falters without Pau in there. Hope he’s back next week.

Backline was fine most of that second half.


McGinn going off and Sancho's horror show nearly did for us.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #33 on: Today at 04:08:26 PM »
Can we now stop any talk of buying Sancho? He's been shite all season other than one or two games. Bailey and him are complete liabilities to Emery's system.

Ollie superb, Martinez mom for that save alone. Four more points will do it.
Couldn't agree more, both are a total waste of space and a liability at times.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #34 on: Today at 04:08:39 PM »
What an absolutely bonkers game.  For the vast majority of it, we looked absolute quality - some great passing moves, and we looked totally in control for most of the second half.  Then, on 86 minutes, we turned into vintage 2016 villa and looked totally fragile for a 6 or 7 minute period before the winner.

Ollie will rightly get the plaudits for two goals and an assist, as will Tammy for coming off the bench to score the winner, but that save from Emi at the end was worth more than just a single goal.  We would VERY easily be looking at zero points today with a different keeper in goal, and instead we're looking at all three. 

Yes, that's his job, but that was an incredible save from a keeper brave enough to stand up as long as possible in the last minutes of the game.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #35 on: Today at 04:08:49 PM »
Oh my word.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #36 on: Today at 04:09:32 PM »
It feels like I’m just looking forward to the end of the season, we seem to have been on 33 games for about 2 months.

Worrying loss of concentration when the subs were made, we cannot afford to be carrying any underperformers at the vinegar strokes point of the season. We are going to have to go hell for leather against Forest who are clearly going to target Cash and run at us from the off.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #37 on: Today at 04:10:07 PM »
The world’s number one. I wouldn’t swap him for anyone, even at 34 or however old he is.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #38 on: Today at 04:10:49 PM »
That was a bit mental

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #39 on: Today at 04:11:35 PM »
Absolutely mental. Not sure what to say. I have no notes.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #40 on: Today at 04:12:33 PM »
The world’s number one. I wouldn’t swap him for anyone, even at 34 or however old he is.

34 isn't old for a gk.

We've got him for a few more years yet.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #41 on: Today at 04:13:26 PM »
Will be happy never to see Sancho on the pitch again

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #42 on: Today at 04:13:30 PM »
Our defensive structure as a team really falters without Pau in there. Hope he’s back next week.

McGinn not being on the pitch is our biggest weakness. We're just not a fraction as sloppy when he's in the side.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #43 on: Today at 04:13:45 PM »
Can we now stop any talk of buying Sancho? He's been shite all season other than one or two games. Bailey and him are complete liabilities to Emery's system.

Ollie superb, Martinez mom for that save alone. Four more points will do it.

Sancho awful from the outset. I recall the cowardice cameos against Leeds and Wolves when we were holding on at the end.

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Re: Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread
« Reply #44 on: Today at 04:14:14 PM »
Blimey

 


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