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  1. juanpablosaliceband
    We seem happy to play out the game around our own box. Risky business.
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    I agree that it would be ideal to have a full squad doing pre season training together but the problem with the Ramsey case for example is getting injured in the first place, rather than missing six weeks of training over July and August. Ramsey was flying at the end of last season but then has to spend months on the sidelines. That can present psychological and emotional challenges as well as the physical. He comes back and scores against Everton, then has a setback and spends another spell out. Now he’s out again. For me, the problem here is the injury killing his momentum, not the absence of pre-season. Same with Moreno. He was out for six months and hasn’t looked the same player since he came back. Again, I think the injury itself is the root problem here. The players have plenty of time and support to do the equivalent of a pre-season when they recover from injury, but a long spell out can make it difficult. I should also say this is just my opinion. I shouldn’t pass my opinion off as fact.
  3. juanpablosaliceband
    They can go through the same process as they’re recovering from injury and before they’re thrown back into the team. The pre-season talk is a myth.
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    The finish is not the best according to Lee Dixon. Absolute world class finish into the very corner.
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    A bit relieved with the draw at the end despite feeling like we could have won it at 1-1. We looked really comfortable for the first 20 minutes before inviting West Ham into it with our wayward passing. Martinez, Lenglet, Torres and Tielemans particularly were really struggling to retain possession. The impact of the subs was very encouraging, particularly Zaniolo and Diaby, both of whom we need to contribute more from here onwards. Cash and Digne gave us much better shape and attacking outlets going forward. Digne looked dangerous on the left. It was frustrating that we seemed reluctant to get more of the ball to him. He was within inches of finding Zaniolo for the winner, which I felt was coming in the last 10 minutes before West Ham took back the initiative by winning set pieces and creating havoc. Bizarre that the goal at the end took so long to rule out but relieved that they came to the right decision and it left the draw feeling a bit more satisfying. I voted for Cash as MOTM. He stepped up going forward and made a huge defensive block.
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    Handball clear as day. How did that take so long?
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    Waiting five minutes just to send the ref over. Absolute joke.
  8. juanpablosaliceband
    This ref is a farce. Luiz yellow for absolutely nothing.
  9. juanpablosaliceband
    What the hell is Torres doing. That’s dreadful.
  10. juanpablosaliceband
    How many times have we gifted possession to them.
  11. juanpablosaliceband
    It would be based on merit. That’s the whole idea of the coefficient. It’s a merit based qualification system. It’s not like they’d pull our name out of a raffle. Im not English either which backs up why I couldn’t care less whether other English teams win or lose, even if I don’t particularly like some of them. We’ve been complaining about the odds being stacked in favour of the top 6 teams for years now so it seems foolish to pass up a chance for Villa to qualify for the champions league out of spite. The places are going somewhere so better Villa than some random Spanish or German team.
  12. juanpablosaliceband
    What a load of absolute and utter nonsense. Villa, Brighton and West Ham are hardly part of the scum six and they’re three of the teams you’d be shaming people for cheering on. Man United and Spurs are the two teams currently most likely to benefit from England getting fifth place so you’ve got the whole thing backwards here. I don’t know what any of this has to do with the super league. It’s a qualifying system to allow for the expanded champions league Are you really that begrudging of other English teams that you would prefer see them lose games that have no impact on Villa than see Villa qualify for the champions league? It’s ridiculous. We would be guaranteed eight champions league games against eight different teams if we qualify, including two against the elite teams. It would be incredible to qualify.
  13. juanpablosaliceband
    The only quirk is that the conference league only gets the progression point for quarter to semi and semi to final. So Villa can only get 0.25 this week. The UECL games have been less valuable unfortunately.
  14. juanpablosaliceband
    Disappointed with our approach to the game today. Our setup and application looked like a plucky underdog trying to play for a draw away from home. Ultimately, you limit your chance of winning and set yourself up to be beaten. A big club mentality would have been to sniff an eight point cushion and attack to win the game.
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    Let’s go for the kill!
  16. juanpablosaliceband
    Referee just bottled a clear penalty to West Ham.
  17. juanpablosaliceband
    Martinez, Konsa, Torres, Kamara, Luiz and Watkins. That’s our spine. We need to keep them all at all costs in my opinion. If Bailey keeps up this form, he could go in there too. We have plenty of other saleable players who could bring in good money without damaging us the way selling from the list above would. People rave about the Man City squad but they weren’t the same without de Bruyne and Haaland. Any team will struggle without its best players. Luiz and Watkins are that for us in my opinion. It’s extremely difficult to replace that core without being weakened.
  18. juanpablosaliceband
    Wasn’t there bonus points for topping the group and going through to compensate for the points other teams could pick up in the play offs? But yes, let’s hope so. Fifth place being secure could relieve some tension from the run in, albeit we still want to finish as high as we can.
  19. juanpablosaliceband
    If you have Twitter, there’s a page called Football Rankings which summarises everything really well and keeps tabs on a daily basis. They have England at 80% probability for fifth place to take a spot, with Germany at 20%. Italy are 90% likely to take the other of the two spots. Bayern Munich going out tonight would be a good start. We could have a clearer picture after this week’s European games but it all depends on results. A team gets two points for a match win, one point for a draw and one point for advancing to the next round (this point only applies to the semi and final for the conference). Points are divided by the number of teams each country entered into Europe. So 8 for England and 7 for Germany.
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    I wouldn’t agree with this. I think he’s our single least replaceable player. There aren’t many players out there with his array of skills. Passing, scoring goals, set pieces, penalties, positioning, defensively good, brilliant on the ball. He also brings some samba spirit to the team. Losing him would weaken us significantly in my opinion.
  21. juanpablosaliceband
    Well he did a very good Villa fan impression after that Digne goal last night!
  22. juanpablosaliceband
    Definitely. I just saw the Villa TV clip of the Digne goal. Our commentator absolutely and utterly lost it. I’ve never heard him like that. That was huge.
  23. juanpablosaliceband
    Ah it’s terrible. My watch does be asking why my heart rate is so high when I’m not exercising.
  24. juanpablosaliceband
    Performances can come and go but lost points are irretrievable. Terrible second half but a huge three points. Supporting Villa will be the end of me.
  25. juanpablosaliceband
    Forest only have themselves to blame. Cruising but decide to camp out in their own box for the last two minutes and let liverpool attack them. I can never understand it. You won’t last five minutes without conceding when you do that.
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