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The amazing thing he did it with majority of Bruce’s players.. his only few Jan’s signing Ming etc are class act. Can’t wait when he get his own players in !

Did their keeper need to make a single save this half ?

Just watched his goal .. Heavy touch & push ball too far right, narrow his own angle .. lucky to score

We keep playing crosses into box against an ex Pullis team , & hope to get something ?

Totally agree. He’s a very limited player , slow , & when you have no technical skill you have no confidence when oppposition comes within 10 ft , panic & pass back.

If you expect him to be a old school winger , go to line & only do crosses, don’t think he’s good enough as he not that fast & weak ... but if we can convert him to inner half winger that’s cut into center .. in the Firminio/ Willian mold, he could be useful as his close ball control is quite good ..

Hope the main reason for our recent bad performance is that most of the players already down tools , knowing they won’t be given new contract ..

Jedinak , Whelan , Hutton , Taylor, Hourihane, just the thoughts of those players in the same team oh dear !

In the last few games noticed he like to go alone & shoot from far , even there’s better option around , and lose the ball eventually or ran into dead end .. anyone else notice this ?

We have nothing fm the middle , it’s crosses after crossed ..

Yes He’s becoming very selfish , never look to pass nowadays ..

Yes i am thinking , maybe it’s like hmm new manager in / all slate wipe clean / if I work hard okay well he likes me will offer new contract. Couple of weeks later , can’t adapt perform /playing style required by new manager , feel no chance of new contract. Just go thru motion than .. maybe new manager get sack due to poor ..another new manager another new hope ??

Exactly. That’s what happen when you signed players with no skill. With skill , you have confidence when opponents comes near, you are sure you can twist / accelerate/ fancy good work, get pass them , have composure. & open up angle for a thru run or forward pass . With skill you gain confidence / arrogant even ... Even those that do have some skill Bolasie / Kodjia / Adomah etc are too selfish & only shoot for goals instead of creating chances for team mates . Very shortsighted, thinking only goals will attract top teams to sign them or we will give them new contract based on no. goals they scored . In my opinion , in the modern game , I feel most modern managers do value Assists , just as much as goals .

Hudson Odoi is world class , very skillful & Sarri rate him as Pedro/William level , just reject 30m bid from Munich. So don’t think he will come Villa

If Tammy really goes , do we have enough budget under FFP to sign him outright ,as don’t think Brentford will consider a loan deal ? That’s the big worry imo

Yes that’s partly true. But thought RDM were actually given enough money to spend in first season on Ross Mcormack/ Kodgia etc & there were quite a few players in the team at that time that Santo might like eg Traore/ Amavi/ Ayew / Gueye etc But you probably right, after few mins with those 2 clowns,will definitely walk away.

If we only we got Nuno Santo , instead of RDM/ Bruce....

Yes , and please buy players with technical skill / composure / calmness / close ball control . So many times our midfielder just panicked and make stray pass when opponents comes near. No more of those old unskilled work horse the Whelans/ BB please etc

Will be keen to see DS the new additions he bring in ..will reflect the style he will pursue.

Hope we will have some new additions coming in Jan , especially Creative Midfielders & LB .,

What a cross & finish !

I can believe we can’t even find a single creative midfielder once Grealish / O Hare is injured ? Under 20 or 18 ??? Amazing set up we have in the last 2-3 seasons .

2 more will set us up nicely for the second half ..,

Can anyone share if DS played with False 9 System in his previous clubs ? Thanks.

I think there some confusion , Pulisic is indeed a winger/inner forward ( widely refer as a False 9) wherelse Tammy is out & out striker (a Number 9). That why I am saying we will Tammy will be with us as Sarri prefer False 9 type rather than number 9. On the another note , Pulisic is an exciting prospect. Hope DS can unearth some False 9 type players for us , as to survive if we go up , we need to play more of the False 9 style. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Villa Fans !