Indigo
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Cash played Botman onside and the ref didn't give an offside against Digne, he gave a foul for Kamara blocking Trippier off. Clutching at straws blaming the officiating for us losing here.
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What happened to Mings has put a dampener on this whole game for me, whatever happens. I'm absolutely gutted for him. In terms of the game itself, I don't like getting on players' backs but this half has just continued to affirm that Bailey isn't good enough outside of isolated moments and we still need a right back. For that second goal Cash is again breaking the offside line by standing two yards behind it and playing everyone on. He's a decent player but not at the level we want to be at, and feels like one of VERY few players that haven't kicked on under Emery.
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I'm desperate for this to not be as bad as it looks. Please.
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I meant in the sense of things weren't looking hugely promising for them due to the hole in midfield and their solution to that seemingly being Lavia, to now having Caicedo filling that position which is a bit of a game-changer. But yeah I also think he's a lot better than the current version of Fabinho. Obviously in his prime he was an excellent player but he's had quite a steep decline.
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Caicedo is genuinely an excellent player in fairness. I think it's a bit redundant asking if he's "worth" the money because this sport and the money involved at the top level have become preposterous to the point where none of these fees are objectively worth it, but he'll be a transformative signing for them.
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Big Fab with the direct line to the Don, VT Transfer Speculation Deniers in ruins.
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Shock as world's angriest man gets easily upset.
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The word "control" is operative here. The manner in which the elite clubs are able to hoard (young) players and utilise them in every way from squad building, managing homegrown quotas, keeping in line with FFP etc but inserting buy back clauses at the same time has all changed the market. Villa aren't quite at the level of some yet but you can see that the aspiration is there and it's why I think people are off with saying City, Chelsea and so forth are irrelevant comparisons when the prospective sales of Ramsey, Archer etc are being discussed.
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It's so typical ffs, it's like a lottery as to which player picks up a serious injury each season. All the best to him, was going well in pre-season and it's an awful injury at the best of times.
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Moretto is a reliable source as well as Romano, seems this has legs.
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In the system we play he can realistically cover both the second striker and wide/attacking midfielder positions, that's where he's predominantly played in his time. I think it's one of the interesting things about how Emery has us set up that the likes of Zaniolo and Felix that have been linked have obvious positions as opposed to being square pegs in round holes for many other sides.
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Zaniolo has been a weird one. Was seen as hugely talented and his career has taken such a swift nosedive.
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Shout out to Alan Nixon.
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I'm guessing Hause is still crocked with his knee? Hard to move him on if so. Neither himself or Davis have updated pictures in the squad list for this season on the OS, the only ones there that it's the case for.
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I get that it's a shame to let go of a talented, local academy player and that he could have gotten some minutes this season between the cups and Europe, but ultimately if the reporting on it is correct it seems like a good deal for everyone involved.
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Pacheco is great. Can't profess to have any great knowledge of the women's game but every time I watch Villa she's impressive yet seems to go under the radar a bit.
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Even if he maintains fitness and availability I'm just not sure he has the general physicality for the Premier League anymore, or at least not to perform consistently over a season. However he's obviously still a fantastic footballer, probably still the best in the squad in terms of pure ability, hard to argue with him being a great - albeit expensive - option in the squad if he stays. And that's purely on a footballing level, without also factoring in that he's unanimously been called a great person and influence around the squad.
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The oracle.
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It's just a joke mate. Folk get too easily wound up by it all in every direction.
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Matt Maher reporting it now. The journo boo boys are in tatters here.
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Alan Nixon 1-0 VT Transfer Speculation Police Force
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Tbf we can't roundly criticise Chelsea for their ridiculous business last season and then use the fee they paid for Chuk as the barometer for what does or doesn't constitute a player's value. Everyone was crediting Villa for managing to get such a fee for him given his age, contract situation etc.
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Maybe Emery doesn't think he's as good or would have the impact on the first team that a lot of people are saying?
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Emery has mentioned identifying certain "profiles" and "characteristics" in players for signings rather than specifically positions, and in that case you can kind of understand the idea of Adams (if the interest is true obviously) as he is a type of player different from most others in the squad in terms of his athleticism and extremely high defensive output coupled with it.
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Not to enrage you further, but over 20 posts since you posted this being discussion of the very tweet you were incensed about is hilarious.
