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think this will be very interesting --- mirroring the fifa change a few years back in a way

Can't blame him for the subs (sounds like all 3 were enforced) but do question his tactics especially with a 3-5-2. Think that we need to figure out our striking position and imo it should be Ings with Watkins probably on the bench

Well even if they do come after Emi, they'd have to get rid of 2 of their 3 current first team GKs, which probably wouldn't be the most ideal considering the squad limits

Very interesting article just put out by The Athletic & Gregg Evans(yes I know) about Lange. Some mentions of his time at Wolves and other tidbits. Johan Lange: the quiet man plotting Aston Villa's revolution – The Athletic Thought that this quote was very interesting, apparently a new data analyst/ recruitment person will be joining in the immediate future.

Believe that Purslow actually has $$ invested in the Club (iirc about 10%) so wouldn't think he could leave without some sort of notice/sale

according to the rumor mill, Shevchenko wants a UK coaching role... don't think Watford would go for him but I think he would be a good shout (based on his work with Ukraine)

ironically enough it was this fixture last year at the end of May

Yep. against the "top 4" teams the 3-5-2 can be valuable, but when we need to have that creative influence, we need more width and I don't know if having Watkins and Ings up top really helps with that

meh. not going to get too disappointed about the result. I don't think we can play 3 at the back in games where we will have to break down the opposition (with Targett and Cash as wing backs)

if they came up, it would be more interesting than the usual suspects (Bournemouth, WBA, Fulham, etc)

(not posting for the article, just the tweet!)

best of both worlds. United penalty bet comes thru and we still win

why is a Brighton fan site making a Emi Martinez meme? do they know something we don't?

Over here stateside we will have Robbie Earl and Andres Cantor on commentary this weekend...