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    Match Thread: Villa v Brentford

    in PL: Brentford h

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    I've never understood players getting upset if the ref blows for time when their team is attacking.

    So, what, if time is up, its up.

    How is it fair on the other team if they are having to defend when the half/game should be over? 

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    Midweek Football 1/4 April

    in Other Football

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    Some interesting defending there by Chelsea; Mudryk just watching Fernandes stroll away from him to score at the back post.

    This match must have some of the worst value for money signings in the whole league - Caicedo, Mudryk, Anthony, Cucarella

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    Team shape, tactics and personnel

    in Villa Talk

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    2 hours ago, jayEm said:

    We hate it, but we can't fight every game at full power with our injuries. It's a mad achievement that we're in 4th place with 8 to go with the absences we've had throughout the season, and Unai takes credit for the way he has managed the players. Can't get too upset about rotations tonight even if we end up losing by four because Emery is just continuing the strategy that has gotten us to this point against all odds

    Yep, there's a reason why managers like Emery, Klopp, Pep etc are able to get teams deeper into European competitions while not severely compromising league form - because they look at the long term, overall picture, and they know that sometimes you have to take a short term hit to benefit in the long run.

    Whether that's lineups, tactics etc, they can all have teams throw in bad results e.g. a few years ago Klopp persisted with his high line setup even with injuries meaning he had to play Nat Phillips who was wholly unsuited to that setup, and it cost them at times. But he was looking at the overall picture of how the whole team worked and developed long term. Pep does weird stuff at times, and its cost him on the biggest stage (his strikerless line up when he lost the champions league final to chelsea), but has the squad to get away with it more often.

    In contrast you look at the effect Europe had on West Ham last season finishing 14th in the league, because Moyes doesn't know how to control games to manage player workload (actively cedes control meaning lots of chasing defensively and for the forwards chasing down long balls) and the impact the extra European games has had on Newcastle's league form this season because Howe doesn't seem to know anything but going all out in every single game. 

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