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  1. ChicagoVillan1983
    Very promising. Sure the performances weren't great, but we started a lot of fringe/ squad players to give them a run out. No Mcginn, Konsa, Cash, Trez, Targett, Luiz (other than 20 mins). New signings a plenty to come as well (Traore/ Rashica / Martinez + more). It's an exciting time to be a Villan. We got a result with several players that may even struggle to be on the bench this season...
  2. ChicagoVillan1983
    ... People complaining about Watkins missing sitters. Our strikers weren't even getting into positions to miss goals last season. This guy is going to be an absolute beast.
  3. ChicagoVillan1983
    Been awake since 4am here (10am UK) thinking about this. It’s been a long night so far. Hopefully I get sleep right before kickoff, miss the game and wake up with the prospect of another season at the top!
  4. ChicagoVillan1983
    She is - she’s dating a Villa fan!
  5. ChicagoVillan1983
    Ha... I’m in finance, and we shorted millions to mm!
  6. ChicagoVillan1983
    Agree that he is gone whatever the outcome - but staying in the league gives us way more leverage on the up front price plus add ones. Easily could be a 10mm difference here.
  7. ChicagoVillan1983
    I agree. Players at WTF-ord have lost all interest in playing for this owner after the crazy sacking. Pearson will walk into another job after a month into the new season when someone is struggling.
  8. ChicagoVillan1983
    I’m in a hotel in Milwaukee (weekend break from Chicago), and am going to sit and watch this in bed before checkout at noon. Given the ownership, I think this is Villa’s new spiritual home in the US! The Mrs can just lay around in the nude waiting for me to celebrate on her after the game.
  9. ChicagoVillan1983
    Our hands are pretty tied up with FFP. This is sensible. He will put in a shift and his the second/ third choice striker. 2 year contract might be being a little hopeful, but let’s say max 3 year.
  10. ChicagoVillan1983
    Well actually not every goal is equal... Routs inflate your goal tally. Three 4-0 wins with three losses without scoring has the same number of goals as six 2-0 wins. I’d take the latter!
  11. ChicagoVillan1983
    Don’t if this racist chanting crap is going to continue!
  12. ChicagoVillan1983
    Forgive me for being naive... but we are tied for 6th in terms of goals scored (even if you knock off 3 goals from that tally given the rout on Saturday, we are top half). Feels to me like we are doing more than enough up front to stay up. The real question for me is what is missing that we’ve been unable to maintain leads. Is that just experience and time - I think so?
  13. ChicagoVillan1983
    4 in 8 for Wes, is 19 goals a season pace... Yes please... Penalty aside, he did his job. It doesn’t need to look pretty, or composed. He just needs to thread the ball in from 6 yards... In fact, he should’ve had an assist if AEG could’ve scored that sitter...
  14. ChicagoVillan1983
    Mings was immense in the first half - sounds like you missed that.
  15. ChicagoVillan1983
    Marvelous is the silent assassin in midfield. The guy is a sponge - anything sloppy he’s there to suck up the moisture. It could be really easy to miss him in a game, but felt like the majority of attacking plays come from him mopping up the ball and playing out a simple but purposeful pass. Mings was behind every ball in the first half. I think we go in 2-1 or even 2-2 without him. He’s deserving of an England cap at this rate. Defending seemed far better in the second half.
  16. ChicagoVillan1983
    Villa absolutely bossed the first half, really creative - looked solid middle table/ top 8 team. Second half they (again) sat back and tried to cushion a 1 goal lead. Lost all the creative spark except for Jack/ John. Burnley basically scored almost every chance they had. Marvelous is everywhere in the middle of the park without doing anything other than a 5 yard pass (he’s a boss). But we keep putting in second half shifts like that and we’re relegation fodder.
  17. ChicagoVillan1983
    That’s a first half performance by a top-8 looking team. Dominant.
  18. ChicagoVillan1983
    Is Wesley shit now???
  19. ChicagoVillan1983
    I honestly didn’t feel at any point (other than one time where the ball floated down to Taylor to clear) that we were likely to concede a goal during that game. Marvelous really added to the solidity, and he seems like a real ball winner, midfield boss. The other end of the pitch, 2 could’ve/ should’ve gone in the goal. I perhaps feel like we are having a bit of bad luck at late with decisions going against us, or the ball just not falling right. Still nothing to be concerned about for me yet.
  20. ChicagoVillan1983
    Was as the game. Felt like 2 points lost than a point gained. Inches away from a clinical goal. Didn’t feel at any point that West Ham were going to score... Was worried every time the ball came near Taylor. Think Villa were unlucky not to convert a chance, although I feel they got worse when WH went to 10 men.
  21. ChicagoVillan1983
    Got my bets on: Tenner on Villa to win Fiver on 3-1 Villa Fiver on Mings to score anytime U T V
  22. ChicagoVillan1983
    Don’t panic, don’t panic! Let the system play out. By rights, we shouldn’t even be in the PL this season - Purslow basically said it himself. We’ll be fine. There’s so many new faces to settle in. Give them at least until New Year’s Day before saying we’re getting relegated...
  23. ChicagoVillan1983
    Nowhere near time to panic. Trust the process, trust in Dean. It’s 4 games into the season. I’ll be at the West Ham game in full voice, and doing the only thing I can as a fan - shouting them on.
  24. ChicagoVillan1983
    Game that a point will be a good result, and the off chance of a win. Just looking for more progression in performance from the last game. Feel as if there has been a notable step up in performance in every game so far this season. Unlucky against Bournemouth, defended well against Spurs. I’m expecting 1-1.
  25. ChicagoVillan1983
    I think it would be a strange input into their mathematical model to include the height and weight of players when running their regressions - the stats on the pitch would be far more relevant! So I’m really not sure why people are getting concerned by it. At the end of the day, it’s just a model, and a way of trying to place every player on a level playing field and objectively assess performance - the model will have its biases!
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