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1 hour ago, Zatman said:

45% win rate while playing dire football with the biggest budget in the league. Yes he did some good things but was an absolute failure

We should have been fighting Wolves neck and neck for the title in 17/18 

This for me.

We had a really brilliant squad and autos should've been the aim. I think Deano is a really crap manager, but at least he took us up (again, should've been autos).

On 08/01/2024 at 14:39, Stevo985 said:

It was interesting to hear Konsa being interviewed after the game on Saturday saying that they had discussed that there was no VAR in the Boro game so they couldn’t play the offside trap as tightly as they normally would because they couldn’t rely on VAR ensuring the offside decision definitely got made correctly

I think the Boro game showed just how good we are at it, and in fairness to the assistant referees they were spot on.

1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said:

He's levels above Ederson.

If Ederson was playing for West Ham, he'd be found out. He simply doesn't have to make many saves.

Yep.

Not very tech savvy to format on here, but here's some numbers between the 2 over last eason and this season that back up my eye test anyway

Alisson has to save a lot more, interestingly only 4 keepers made more saves last season. Also among the save % leaders in that period, including 1st this season - Ederson very bottom end for the last 18 months on both. Alisson also saves more than he should, last season's +10.1 is even more absurd when you consider only 2 keepers got over +5.0. Better sweeper keeper by a distance as well.

Unsurprisingly Ederson's distribution is better over distance, which is why he's Pep's keeper as he values this highly. Short and medium passing are essentially the same.

Personally don't rate Ederson at all. I think there's a bigger argument as to whether he's in the top 10 in the PL as there is to whether he's the best.

EDIT: Ederson's PSxG this eason should be -2.3, not 23.

(PSxG = Post shot expected goals - how many more/less goals you concede than you should based on the shots you face
DOA = Defensive actions outside area - sweeper keeper stuff - Emi is 1st this year for perspective)

In fairness, I can understand him not directly wanting to say "Yeah I've literally just come here for money", regardless of what we think of the clubs, it's disrespectful and I'd feel annoyed if a player said that upon joining Villa. But surely even a "it's the right decision for my family" is enough, rather than doubling down on his nonsense.

On 08/01/2024 at 11:37, Stevo985 said:

Set myself a target to watch at least 100 movies this year. I only managed 67 last year, that's what having a kid does to you.

Already up to 5

Saltburn
Train to Busan
Do the Right Thing
When Evil Lurks
Toy Story 4

Was this your first watch of Train to Busan? Only watched recently myself and think it's brilliant. 

3 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said:

The basics of football is that it is a team sport. And Boehly applied individual stats to this , without once thinking about blending the youth with experience and most importantly heart. They have none. They dont care about winning because they lose so much. They arent playing for their futures because their futures are secured. A culture of win at all costs has been ripped up and replaced with a modern culture of try your best but its ok if you don't win because its a project and everything will be ok in the future. And its going to destroy them. 

By basics I mean carrying a ball, a first touch, etc. Watching Mudryk fall over the ball trying to run with it or Gallagher mis-controlling a pass to an opponent is not at all tactical. But I do agree otherwise.

Remove the drop shadow and have a claret lion and it's basically perfect. Not it's biggest fan, but also don't think it's anywhere near as bad as others seem to.

I think mostly the opposite. A collection of overrated hype jobs that have shown real minimal quality, and not even just from a tactical stand point. They can't do the basics of football.

Just can't take a London red seriously. Though the way he is on TalkSPORT is for engagement, clicks and viral clips and he's very good at it.

Was just looking through their manager history; Tuchel was only there 18 months!?

And since Conte, the manager with the best win %? Sarri at 62%. (Conte was 65%).

Interesting that he doesn't want a GB News job.

Maybe he is just a completely unhinged sociopath. We probably gave him a bit too much credit that he's doing this for anyparticular reason.

Some people will not give credit where it's due no matter what. It doesn't mean you have to like the bloke, but this is objectively good for Villa.

I genuinely don't see what Enzo offers in any way. 

2 hours ago, rodders0223 said:

 

Yep that's why he sat on the bench all season when Man City won the treble.

What? Played Grealish for 90 minutes in the Champions league final you say?

I clarified they could've signed someone cheaper, he's not even a Pep player. But Pep can fit anyone in to his system, more or less, and it also stopped anyone else signing him. 

3 hours ago, TheMelvillan said:

for me he is the best through ball playing player we have. I also think he will be coming back into the team to support a better Watkins than previously. The way Watkins has been staying central and playing off the shoulder of the last man has been phenomenal. If these two get clicking it could be very profitable

It's not just that he can make that pass, it's that he has the willingness to try it. So many of our attacks stall because we just go right to left and back again via the defence and eventually just lump it in.

4 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

It 100% is. 

Nah. I think I know what the intent of my own words are. 

38 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

it doesn't protect them from man utd's revenue being a few hundred million higher than theirs

that's the fundamental problem with FFP, its based on the belief that clubs can naturally grow their revenue in to a position where they can compete, they cant its utter bollocks

the only way to topple the existing top table clubs is by cheating, or even if its above board it'll still be in the frowned upon column, Newcastle's sleeve sponsor and soon to be shirt sponsor for example - Newcastle's owners are going to sponsor themselves, doubling, tripling or even quadrupling the value of their previous deals....and they're still going to have £200-300m less revenue than man utd

Deloitte has them as #1 for 2023, for the second year running.

Though I suppose you could argue it's as a result of cheating. But we've no idea.

I call him Pep and I can't stand the bloke or the club, it's not a term of endearment.

It's mad that they even feel the need to break FFP. The rule literally exists to protect City, Chelsea, etc from anyone like them ever happening again.

4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

I knew it would be. It's been a couple of years since I've been in the gym, and having a kid has made sticking to a diet very hard.

I still find diet by far the hardest thing and I've never really found a way around it. Not sure whether it's a metabolism thing or what, but as soon as I eat anything, I'm hungry all day. I have no idea how people cope with it.

I basically just don't eat all day, have a pre-gym meal at 1am, go to the gym, then when I get home I'm tired to care about eating more.

One of my neighbours does my head in. I see him basically every day and he's a nosey **** and is constantly saying "Just wondering if I could ask you something". Except he doesn't say ask, he say "axe". Has anyone else heard this before? I feel my blood boiling.

Yeah he's a decent enough Championship manageer and I don't see them going down now. Sensible appointment, good guy as well.