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really impressed with our ability to move him (along with a lot of other players). hopefully it means someone is coming in

did fine tonight

well isn't this fun

turns out we can have nice things

To any of the podcasters who stumble across this post

please stop repeatedly telling us what segments are happening and that "we will get to that later".  just say it at the start and get rolling

it is quite distracting to continually have them stop the conversation to caveat something

pedantic yes

I like all of them. FTLOPM may be my favourite at the moment. I would like a bit more in depth analysis on all of them - can often get stuck in "things were just great" circles.

smart signing

43 minutes ago, gwi1890 said:

It won’t it will just be another excuse I can see it now , “I can’t pick Ezri now we were looking to add a Centre Back but now we view him as Right Back and we’re already stacked in that position”

i think its a joke as southgate often calls up and plays too many right backs

i believe he has a dispute going with his last loan (watford?) with regard to his injury and treatment - was mentioned on one of the pods

might mean he cant leave

Its important to remember Pau has held his own against Barcelona/Real Madrid for years - he didn't suddenly get bad at defending after joining the PL

the defence works as a unit and requires trust and confidence and the players are building that. there will be bumps and moments of hesitation like we saw against burnley

2 hours ago, lexicon said:

Definitely did. 3-4-3 with Cash and Digne wide, dropping back to a 5-2-3 at times. 

same old 4-4-2 that changes depending on attack/defense/phase of the game

growing into the game. made a mistake for the goal but otherwise was quite good. couple of class moments with the ball at his feet.

Was ok today. Seems more comfortable holding onto the ball and playing it around.

Made a decent save somewhere in there too.

Still doesn't fill me with confidence but he did enough today.

found another wrinkle in the squad with cash playing rm

he looked great in that position - his natural attributes suit him playing there and it adds a bit of extra defensive cover along that side

48 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Have to say I have no idea why he played pretty much as a right wing back when he came on unless something Unai has been working on

Interesting he got on before a few other players, maybe has a long term future here

I think he just ended up there as we defended deeper

he was playing the same bailey/cash role

2 hours ago, Jas10 said:

Yeah he’s got off to a good start… much better than the previous guy.

Actually seems invested and enjoying his work…

He has been covering Southampton for a while. Would be nice to see some success.

1 hour ago, Supervillan78 said:

Really dislike the idea of signing Felix on loan.  

Can’t stand the thought of paying his astronomical wages as he struts around the place with his inflated ego ‘dreaming of playing for Barca’, while churning out a string of inept performances before inevitably getting injured.

I doubt we would engage in a pure loan without an option to purchase

Also Felixs off field junk is bleeding into perceptions of his on field performances - he was far from inept at Chelsea

3 hours ago, Tom13 said:

Haha fair. I've just done it on Transfermarkt, league only (at Villa) stats:

Bertie averages one goal contribution every 173 minutes.

Bailey one goal contribution every 219 minutes.

I'd also guess that Traore's had more scraps of minutes lately.

To say Bailey is more clinical isn't true IMO, it's the other way round.

I like Bertie but he is a luxury player for the most part 

Bailey as frustrating as he is has shown he can be an important part of the structure of how Villa play including contributing important goals and assists. Something Bertie has yet to solidify.

He may well do so and displace Bailey but this idea that he is better is far from the mark at this stage IMO

If he was to rise to that level it would strengthen the squad immensely 

2 attackers in IMO

Consistent reports that we have an offer sitting with Felix however that situation is all very complicated.

Monchi earning his stripes.

2 hours ago, ChesterDad said:

@Don_Simon football is altogether about opinions - I would love to know what you see in Bailey that makes you feel, he is more likely to score a goal at any stage than Bertie ?

the manager feels the same too

Bailey can finish and assist and aside from his frustrating displays he has delivered on these points. 

Bertie while entertaining and scoring the odd wondergoal is not as clinical as Bailey.

7 hours ago, Zatman said:

For all his attacking work yesterday he got an incredibly stupid yellow card for a Premier League player to get against a team of Hibs quality

A better team/manager would have exploited that

weird point to target

it should never have been a yellow - happened in the first 10 mins

can see him improving. will take some time

3 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

People critiquing players after 5-0 win is just bizarre

You spend a lot of  time critiquing twitter rumours that you believe are fake

one thing i have noticed is that he is often breaking our high line early which is a bit concerning. he might not trust the system and/or his own pace

JPB fee will be low due to buyback. same as AJ