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That's an interesting shout actually, hadn't considered it. Could do a lot worse.
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Palace have quietly been quite good so far this season, two wins against poorer sides and were pretty even away to Brentford which isn't something to turn your nose up at. Wasn't exactly the most thrilling appointment but Hodgson has done a good job with them since returning, particularly with the being without Zaha and Olise also being injured. Will be a tough one but as said previously one Villa need to be picking up three points in all the same.
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Following in Grealish's footsteps as he makes his U19s debut
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Fittingly enough just seen this re: the above:
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Have said it previously but apparently it's the case that set-piece coaches often have a lot of freedom for offensive ones, but less so defensive, which is why you see the set-up when defending set-pieces change manager-by-manager, because they often have their own ideas on how it should be done. It's the one consistent criticism I've seen of Emery from various coaching, tactics etc pages, that under him we leave a lot of space to attack at the near post from corners that the likes of City, Liverpool and probably more have been able to capitalise on too easily.
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Villa player assessments you got humiliatingly wrong ...
Indigo replied to Marka Ragnos's topic in Villa Talk
The season before we got relegated, I walked out of Villa Park after a 2-1 win over Leicester (Hutton with the winner) feeling safe of any future threat of going down because I was absolutely certain that Jores Okore and Ciaran Clark were going to be a formidable partnership at CB. -
Poor game for Villa on the whole but his class tends to always shine through regardless these days.
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Squad depth seems less of an issue when you see that bench. Add JJ and Moreno to that and it looks very strong.
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Woke up this morning feeling delighted for KiwiVillan knowing he can now rest easy until January.
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Feels a bit like January albeit on a grander scale. We got in Moreno as Emery really wanted him, definitely wanted at least another player in but didn't force it and had a great latter half of the season regardless. Similarly this summer there's been some big additions and Emery would probably like at least another attacking option to add to them, but if it's not the right one there's still enough to work with for now.
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Don't be moaning about me moaning, Adam.
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Hopefully the Udinese move is true and comes off, much more fun that him slumming it around in the Championship. They've made some interesting signings in the last few seasons and I think he'd potentially fit quite well as a potential Beto replacement, same thing as always with him though, it's fitness-permitting.
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Saying this as someone that likes the signing, there's definitely more people moaning about people moaning about it than there are people actually moaning about it.
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Big Fab with the exclusive yet again. Fan of this signing, think it just makes sense for all the reasons that have been spoken about. Mad to think of how far we've come so quickly, going from struggling miserably at times in recent seasons to signing a (recent anyway) French international off Barca to essentially be a back-up option.
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Lenglet is the profile of player that makes sense to sign on loan given Mings is out. Not too enamored with him myself - and am a bit wary of it becoming a habit that Monchi signs previous players - but as cover for Torres/playing in the Conference League or lesser teams in general he'd be fine you'd imagine. I mean he isn't literally crap is he - he's played significant games for Sevilla, Barca and has been capped 15 times by France, as back up players go that's doing pretty well. Seeing Iheanacho seem so close to going to Palace I can't help but think he's got to be one of the few out there that fits that mould being spoken about on previous pages of a perfect back-up to Watkins. Though £10-15 million might be a bit steep if you're only signing him to play that role, and given the lack of minutes at Leicester he'd possibly prefer to be first choice at Palace anyway.
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Monchi really does roll with players he's already signed doesn't he.
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22 years old though. Irritatingly young.
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HLTCO seems a good egg, has always come across well on Twitter and has started making more of a go of it on YouTube. He did a nice piece on Villa earlier, nothing that anyone on here that follows the club religiously wouldn't already know, but still and all it's nice to have such a complimentary video from an informed neutral.
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I think Arteta doesn't fancy him but even beyond that he just doesn't fit the way they're trying to play now. Arteta has essentially carbon-copied what Pep did last season and isn't using full backs at all now, or at least not attacking ones, so there's no real place for Tavares anyway.
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I think it's more so two goalkeepers + not filling the rest of the bench that people are saying is an indicator that we're a bit short, not simply that there's two keepers there.
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If you look at the average positions from today we more or less played the usual shape. Konsa is making up a sort-of back three, but ultimately is wide enough to really be a defensive right back (where Torres and Carlos are positioned as a CB pairing usually would be) while Digne is bombing up the opposite side. McGinn is therefore tucking more into midfield while Cash is holding the width as a wide midfielder on the right.
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There was a few occasions today where he was narrowly denied what could have been incredible assists. A couple in particular to Watkins and Diaby respectively where he threaded through balls that a Burnley defender just got their toe onto at the last second.
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There's a couple of times where he turns incredibly slowly and I get worried that he's not the same post-injury, but I think that's just my own worst fears about it playing tricks on me because he's otherwise looked great as I always expected him to back when he signed. In a weird way missing last season has meant he's been able to go about his work quietly now as there's no real expectation on him.
