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    Marvelous Nakamba

    in Other Football

    Posted

    Just now, MrBlack said:

    I think we can safely assume it will be long term based on the photo alone. The man literally never stops smiling. The fact he couldn't muster one for a staged photo means it's bound to be bad news.

    oh i'm under no illusions its long term.  But no surgery and a 3+ month return at the end of the season is much better than ACL surgery and missing all of this season and the start of next season.

    European chase 2021/22

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    1 hour ago, useless said:

    If in tonight's games Brighton V Wolves game finishes as a draw, and Palace fail to beat Southampton, and and then if tomorrow Leicester get beat by Spurs by three goals or more, then we will move up to eighth in the table.

    That will be tough given that Spurs have about 6 available players currently.  According to Conte, Spurs have 287843 players and staff with COVID.  🤔

    Steven Gerrard

    in Other Football

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    positive side is 9 points from 5 games.  1.8 points/game

    that works out to 68 points over a season... obviously a small sample size, but as many have said, we have only played top3 and mid table sides- so a pretty tough 5 games imo.  Frankly the next 4 matches should be 7 points minimum if we continue on this form.  That would put us as 26 points after 20 matches, on pace for about 50 points for the season.  I see no reason why we cannot surpass that total and challenge 55-60 points.  That would put us in the top6-8 running potentially.  Just getting us within spitting distance of Europe I think would really light a fire under the players- no reason why we cannot make that jump this season.

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    Jacob Ramsey

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    last I checked we aren't even playing with 'wingers' under SG.  We use two 10's behind Watkins.  Ramsey is not playing RW.  He's playing more as a RAM behind Watkins.  We basically have 5 midfielders in the game.

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    The next manager of Aston Villa

    in Villa Talk

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    1 minute ago, Indigo said:

    Favre's age wouldn't be a concern for me either, realistically as much as we all love the romantic idea of a manager coming in and building a dynasty, on average the lifespan of their tenures isn't a huge amount of time, successful or otherwise. If Favre can come in and do a job as he has done more or less everywhere else he's been then even if he were to bounce in, say, three seasons it would be leaving Villa in a much better place than he found the club. He's not a Mourinho type that leaves the place burning down on his way out.

    Agreed.  he's 64.  

    The next manager of Aston Villa

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    Based on what I've read about Favre over the past few days (not just the blurb above).  He appears to be a solid option given his track record over his career.

    1.  Develops youth

    2.  progressive attacking style

    3.  very detailed and tactically oriented

    4.  success at getting clubs into Europe

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    The next manager of Aston Villa

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    Taken from Wiki...  but here is some info about Lucien Favre and his style, etc etc.

     

    Favre's teams play a dynamic, quick and attacking-minded football where ball possession and change of tempo alternate. This attractive style of play has brought results in every club he has managed. Furthermore, Favre is very skillful tactically, leaving his opponents struggling to penetrate his well-organized sides. His teams tend to shoot less than others but have a high conversion rate, also with shots coming from outside the box. Favre likes the opponents conversion rate to be on the low end. His teams stick out at the wrong end of expected goals statistics. Favre has a reputation of predicting well how opposing teams, coaches or players tend to react in certain situations. To play this style Favre pays attention to details and technique especially one-to-one.

    Favre is also well known for his ability to develop talented young players and introduce them into the first team. Under his leadership, Blerim Džemaili, Almen Abdi, Steve von Bergen and Gökhan Inler all made their debut with the Switzerland national team before signing for foreign clubs. In 2007, Zürich became Swiss champions with an average age of 21.5 years. He is also credited with raising the game of German starlet Marco Reus, whose fine performances procured a call up to the Germany national team and a high-priced move to league champions Borussia Dortmund; Marc-André ter Stegen, who eventually joined Barcelona; and Christoph Kramer. Another example of his ability to develop youngsters into widely sought after, talented players is seen in Granit Xhaka, who initially struggled when he joined Gladbach but, under Favre's tutelage, eventually thrived, becoming one of the best central midfielders in Germany and sealing a move to Arsenal for a fee reported to be in excess of €30 million.

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    Morgan Sanson

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by ejs1111

    44 minutes ago, Nigel said:

    Love to know the odds of an ambulance having to be called if kienan tried to tackle sanson!

    Bet the medical team would be half out of the seat as soon as their eyes met!

     

    i'd say its 50/50 👀

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    Villa Park redevelopment

    in Villa Talk

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    2 hours ago, Stephen_Evans said:

    I don't suppose you can post these in a higher resolution?  Do you know if these are Lerner plans or something from Xia's project?

    Can't be Xia's.  The amusement park is nowhere to be found. :detect:

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    Team shape, tactics and personnel

    in Villa Talk

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    I understand the desire to get 'all' of our new players on the pitch at the same time.  But honestly I don't think that is the best answer.  Putting all of our best attackers on the pitch means we sacrifice a midfielder, and frankly we need 3 midfielders or we get overrun.  Putting an attacker in place of a defender out wide weakens our defense, so that is a non-starter imo...  I know we did that vs Everton- but our formation allowed for it.  I don't see it happening often- unless we are chasing a game.

    Villa now have more quality depth than we've had in the past decade.  I'm of the opinion that we will have a solid back 4/5 every game (formation dependent)- which we have so far (MC, EK, TM, MT).  We have 3 players to provide depth on that backline with AT, KH and AY.  We have also shown how solid we are with a midfield 3- I'm confident that will remain as well.  6 players can compete with eachother for those 3 spots (DL, SJM, JJ, CC, MN, MS).

    That leaves 3 spots typically for attacking.  Players will sit.  Players will be rotated.  This will be a good thing.  We won't need to rely on the same 11 the whole season and get burned out.  3 spots for 6 players (DI, OW, LB, EB, BT, AEG).

     

    Nearly every match this season we are able to look at the bench and see players who could be in the 1st11.  It made the difference against Everton.  That deeper bench will earn us many points this season.  

    UTV!

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    Dean Smith

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by ejs1111

    1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

    Maybe we should discuss him as the head coach? 
     

    When did he become manager?

    tomato...  tomahto.  🤣

     

     

     

     

    but yes I meant head coach.

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    Dean Smith

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by ejs1111

    Given all the conflicting opinions about DS as a manager.  Maybe we should lock the thread and make two NEW threads:

    Dean Smith IN

    Dean Smith OUT

    Then ppl can go to their respective threads and vent accordingly.  Thread with the most pages at the end of the season wins! :detect:

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    Weston McKennie

    in Villa Talk

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    15 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

    And they’ve already lost their first game.

    They are in the EUCL playoffs and already lost 1-0.  They play today at 14:45pm at home.  If they lose they are out. 🤣

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