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1 minute ago, MWARLEY2 said:

This stinks of Emery being impressed with him when he played us 2 weeks ago. Got great defensive stats as well as well as the attacking ones. Out the blue and v underwhelmed , but if Unai wants then he should get him as he is great at finding the right profile player and then making him better. We needed a right footed left sided attacker so much as we only have JJ . 

Are we talking about the same ultra-focused, detail obsessed Unai Emery? There is not a chance on earth he'd sign a player on a whim imo.

4 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Have people always been this vile or has social media made them this way?

Both.

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Is he really getting abuse ?

Social media is a cesspit of vitriol. I'd be more surprised if he wasn't being abused on a daily basis.

It's ok to separate the ability from the mentality. His behaviour on the pitch can be concerning and unfortunately that type of attitude does trend towards players not making it. If anyone knows how to handle this situation it'll be Emery and we'll know more in about 2 weeks time.

If he was quicker he'd be back at Barcelona. What a player to have as backup.

It shows that he's not smart enough to be the covering defender that plays in a high line. He absolutely needs to be composed and cover Lenglet as much as possible... and then decides to dash forward into the opponents half in a sloppy attempt to cut out the ball. That's disastrously poor decision making and very nearly cost us the match.

Lucky to be walking after that horror tackle. Yet another baffling refereeing decision.

I'd much rather have Cash playing (Konsa at CB) than this guy.

I also like that he was ruffling feathers without looking too invested himself. Calm and collected. 

Played two(?) brilliant passes into the box but it wasn’t capitalised on by our misfiring front line. I hope he sharpens up quick and doesn’t miss another minute for the rest of the season. Critical, and just what we’ve been missing these past few weeks.

We’re desperately missing JJ/Youri/Buendia in between the lines, evidently as Tielemans made a big difference once he came on.

On top of that we need much, much more from Watkins and Diaby.

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

If you ask Watkins to do anything clever or technical, he fails more often than not. Frustrates me so much as a player. 

I partially agree with you but he’s a top assister in the league so you’re being harsh. 

Watkins FFS..

3 hours ago, JoshVilla said:

Don't know if this is real or not, but gives a decent indication. Can't imagine it'd look too different to this:

 

Utter shit. I'd be completely bewildered if that even gets close to being the real, final Villa badge. There is no conceivable way this is not a prank.

At least it's nice to see VT united for once. 

Missed another great chance. Really needs to up his finishing.

2 hours ago, brummybloke said:

Always looked comfortable, some players still waaay off at the moment

Ramsey

Diabi

Unfortunately Ramsey being off it makes moreno look off it, no outside movement from Ramsey who was always going inside meant no overlaps for moreno.

But we won, and players got a rest.

Got to be happy (relieved as well).

He's struggling from a lack of space in the middle (and some rust). He never was a left winger after all.

Has Championship experience. Hope he starts tomorrow and shows us what he can bring to the table.

I'd like to see something like:

Marschall
Cash - Carlos - Lenglet - Moreno
Zaniolo - Iroegbunam - Kamara - Ramsey
Diaby - Duran

I hope it's April 2nd when I wake up tomorrow.

Late to this thread but aren't we toeing the line with FFP atm? If so I can't imagine us signing anyone in Jan but if we do it'll be less of the Diaby and more of the Zaniolo unfortunately.

2 minutes ago, DakotaVilla said:

So what minute does Duran get his yellow card? My guess is 92. 

94th when he scores the winner and gets booked for having his shirt off. 

Top 4 is lava.