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So, I was watching Chelsea on the old telly box at the weekend, and I think I've seen the future, or the present, or something, of where Lambert wants to take Villa - and I notice Aston Villa Review agrees with me, although I'll need to listen to the podcast to find out why .. I am listening as I type, so will let you know.....
Chelsea are, albeit at a very different level, going through the same kin
Well, that wasn't very pretty, was it? I wrote on twitter that I felt uncomfortable about being outplayed (and we were very outplayed) by Norwich. Alan Hansen reportedly described our performance as embarrassing, and while i dont usually have much time for the miserable sweaty, on this occasion he was right. it was embarrassing.
I dont do knee jerk reactions, and while I remain confident that we will come through this, I'm not *quite* as confident as I was before. For me, what has changed
Back from the game, and well, i dont quite know what to say about that......
First things first..... last minute winners away from home in the cup are bloody epic, and I dont care who it was against, but moments like that are what football addicts out of us. Absolutely fan-bloody-tastic, the away end went mental.
More rationally, we look very at home at this level.
Defensively we are just a joke. Comical really. First half we played OK, we contained the expected rush early on, put
Really impressed by Serie A lately. Seems to me the quality is big improvement over last year. So many cool players! Taty. Scamacca. Chiesa. Ivanovic? Spelling. 😬
Seems to happen a lot at some clubs - Sheffield United a good example.
Honest question: Are we any better? That is, if we are 3-0 down at home by halftime, do we leave Villa park half empty?
You could at times play Morgan at 10 and then JJ / Buendia and Diaby/ Bailey either side of him with Ollie / Jhon up front.
Or in a 433 JJ left mid and Morgan left attack. That would be frightening to be fair as they could easily swap positions .
Hmm... interesting take.
What I heard was this: "Some junior players were in first class, and some first team players were in economy."
Why? Why not all in the same class? If I was Terry, I'd be annoyed too. Had AVB made them all fly economy, then that's that.
With all the talks about player sales, and who some think weay need to sell etc.
Have we discussed Tielemans?
We did sign him on a free, and he is probably worth good money, also potentially someone we can replace cheaper?
Not saying I want him sold by any stretch, but as we know, these things go in order of value/age Vs contribution and replaceability etc.