StefanAVFC

1 hour ago, jayEm said:

Sheffield and Burnley is as close to a guaranteed 6 points as you can get

What happened to us then? Full strength on the back of a million home wins.

Just now, Stevo985 said:

He continues to get better and better with the ball at his feet by the way. He's absolutely key to the way we play at the back and it's priceless.

It's a big reason why it's such a step down when we have to play Olsen. No disrespect to Olsen, he was good the last time he played. But he's simply not capable of passing the ball like Emi

It's 100% a tactic we played yesterday. We baited their press with Emi having the ball so deep (almost in the goal a few times) and then he released the pressure with fast accurate passing.

FWIW it's also why it was so key Tielemans had a good game yesterday. Baiting the press with quick, accurate passing is super rewarding to watch.

54 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Timing too, spurs play 28th April, we have 2 games before then

Big if but if we win both games that's a 9 point gap, all kinds of pressure on them going in to a 3 game run of arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool 

Conversely I think if spurs come out of that 3 game run with 9 points they'll be flying and mentally on it but that's an even bigger if than ours 

If we're 9 ahead at that point, they could win all 3 and still be behind us on GD which would be a pretty deflating

He looks really really good. Big strong but great on the ball. Like a stockier JJ for sure 

19 goals and 10 assists for lowly Aston Villa. POTS 

Just now, Dante_Lockhart said:

How are we still playing European games and 1 game ahead of everyone else? Have they just had prolonged rest periods?

With injuries and suspensions too. Mad. 

But Newcastle lads 

Brilliant today. Everything stuck to him. 

What do I know eh brilliant 

Exceptional today 

Maddison gets away with murder honestly.  No idea why because he isn’t likeable. He’s a rat. 

We could feasibly be 6 ahead of spurs before they even play Sheffield United or Burnley 

3 minutes ago, Tom13 said:

Yeah definitely

This guy is brilliant. Says he’s a Stockport fan but posts essay length tweets about Spurs all day every day 

‚Independent panel’ say Carlos should have got a penalty against Brentford. Great. But they also unanimously said that VAR was right to not get involved  

1 minute ago, Pinebro said:

People a few weeks ago was talking like 5th giving cl was a given 

 

Not sure they were? Only ‚given’ posts I’ve seen are about us finishing 5th. 5th being CL has been up in the air always. Especially with the CL draw. 

Throw the game 

If we needed to sell Ramsey for example, Rogers looks an almost ready made replacement. 

30m for a 5’11 uncapped 29 year old centre back certainly was a choice 

1 minute ago, Alakagom said:

Leverkusen gets extra 1 point for qualifying to semis which Conference League doesn't get 

So do city 

From the moment their left back kicked through the back of Bailey nowhere near the ball I thought we were in a for a long night of no yellows from the ref 

looked like we wanted to conserve energy apart from a 10 min spell in the 2nd half where we were lively 

so vulnerable in the transition, next week will be hell 

Carlos just astonishingly bad 

9 minutes ago, ozvilla28 said:

Never seen a positive why he cost 30 mill , lacks awareness and switches off his always got a mistake in him.

Also not strong, not good in the air, not defensively sound, not good on the ball 

Still plenty of ties to go guys. Even if Bayern win and arsenal lose then its directly city vs Bayern. Also dortmund don’t look like winning