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  1. El Segundo
    If anyone is daft enough to offer us £100m for Luiz in the summer I'd snap their bloody hands off.
  2. El Segundo
    And still people try to blame a keeper who was left totally exposed on both goals.
  3. El Segundo
    And now Digne decides to fail to hold the line. Brilliant
  4. El Segundo
    Whenever there is a close offside call it's always Cash who is the doubt. He doesn't seem to trust the process or his pace enough to stay level with the others.
  5. El Segundo
    yet again Cash plays them on
  6. El Segundo
    I was going to post something but how does one compete with debating skills like this?
  7. El Segundo
    Chelsea outplayed, outfought and outthought us for the second time at VP this year. On the way to the game I was hoping Emery had come up with a way to deal with their intensive man to man high press, also utilised effectively by Newcastle against us. Sadly he hadn’t. We wanted too much time on the ball and they didn’t allow it. Our pressing was feeble by comparison. We were at our best when we moved it quickly and first time and played through them but we only did it a few times mainly because we couldn’t get the ball off them for large chunks of the game. And when we did they were very effective at the high turnovers or else we gave up possession far too easily. We ended up resorting to a kind of hoofball in the second half. I have no idea how we were even one up at half time let alone two. At around 70 minutes, at 2-1, Chelsea were so dominant that loads of people around me were saying they’d take a draw. We were lucky to get that in the end. That Chelsea squad has the potential to be a real force next season. I thought their close control passing, movement and pressing were outstanding. Very impressed with Madueke in particular. If they can replace two or three weak links – Mudryk who was awful, and Jackson who seems to specialise in missing sitters, perhaps upgrade their left back options – they will be back in the mix. As for our lot, Tielemans was out best midfielder and it was a blow when he had to go off. Rogers was good in patches. Luiz is frustrating me – seems to want to stroll around at his own pace, doesn’t chase back enough to cover and seems to leave his brain at the door when he enters the pitch. Diego – another one who seems to favour brainless challenges in dangerous positions. He was absolutely dire last night. Olsen – how anyone is blaming him is beyond me. Did nothing wrong as far as I could see and made a brilliant save from Palmer. Not his fault our defence decided to give Gallagher about ten minutes to pick his spot from the edge of our box or that Luiz decided to lose possession in a dangerous place.
  8. El Segundo
    I'm probably in a minority of one here but I never really took to Ashly Young MkI. I thought he was over rated, dived too much, and a bit of a nob as a person. Much rather have this Emery version of Bailey, he looks like he'll make something happen every time he has the ball. Peak Barry would be brilliant in this team and might have the edge over Dougie. Yorke was world class, or near as dammit, by the time we sold him, at which point he turned into a full on nob with the volume turned up to 11. So Ollie for me, if nothing else then just for not being a dick. Loved John Gidman when I was a lad and watched him from the youth team all the way through. McGinn > Mortimer for me, better technique.
  9. El Segundo
    Possibly Watkins best performance in a Villa shirt despite not getting a goal himself. Especially second half. His control was much better than usual and he was giving their defenders nightmares. That Rogers looks like a real player, a taller version of Ramsey. He and Tielemans were also excellent. Our goals all came from quality passing and great finishes. Very impressive after a hard week.
  10. El Segundo
    We didn't deserve it but I'll take it. Bloody awful performance overall. Felt like our entire midfield decided to take the night off. Oh well onwards and upwards.
  11. El Segundo
    Refs lost it
  12. El Segundo
    The Italian national side isn't what it was, and frankly even then I'm still surprised he gets picked. It's a bit like when England kept picking Joe Hart who was garbage even before Citeh shipped him out. I suppose he must have shown some from for Roma or Gala, but neither seem too bothered about letting him go. If our spending is going to be limited by FSR and FFP then I would prefer not to gamble a chunk of it on someone who has fluffed pretty much every chance to impress that we've given him. I'd rather get Philogene or Archer back.
  13. El Segundo
    MOTM clearly Emi. They played like us but at a higher tempo and I thought they were the better side overall. Ref was massively inconsistent, gave free kicks for being barely touched, then let robust challenges go and reserved his yellow card for our fouls only. We created virtually zero after the subs - Duran and Diaby barely got a touch, Zaniolo was his usual ineffective self. Not sure I fancy our chances with only a one goal lead but we probably didn't deserve even that - although, just seen the penalty incident again and it looks a clear pen.
  14. El Segundo
    I don't think he lacks effort, he just doesn't seem to offer much else. Can't seem to keep the ball, doesn't really create anything, not much of a threat to the opposition, too often a bit of a passenger. No way should we sign him.
  15. El Segundo
    Indeed - perhaps they could even call it "No-pride Park". Saying they will spend the most ever for a Championship club in the Summer seems odd. First, they may not even be in the Championship by then, so a little presumptuous. . Second, they can hardly spend it on players and stay within PSR/FFP limits, because their revenue can't be all that.
  16. El Segundo
    When he's been missing before he's been missed, the midfield is always poorer without him. He's always had a problem giving stupid fouls away though. When he first arrived I lost count of the times he'd get caught on the ball and lose it and then concede a foul with a clumsy attempt to get it back. He's way past the getting caught on the ball habit (which Kamara seemed to inherit) but still seems to go into a lot of challenges like a runaway train, going straight through players. Citeh's second goal came from a needless free kick concede by Doug, very shortly after he'd conceded one in a similar spot. He comes across as not being able to learn from his mistakes in that respect and perhaps not the brightest of individuals.
  17. El Segundo
    Two points absolutely thrown away, and possibly 4th place with it. Lost focus for a period yet again. It’s like they thought at 2-0 they could cruise a bit and you can’t do that in the PL. Emery has got to do something about that. Don’t think it happens with Mings there. Konsa’s worst game in years, offered little going forward, misplaced multiple passes, and lost the ball leading to the third. Just watched the goals back and have to give Pau much of the blame for the third, Diego told him to go with Wissa and he just stopped giving him a tap in. He was pretty poor for the second too. Bailey was off it a bit but was being double marked all through. Rogers reminds me a bit of Ramsey at times, looks a decent player and took his goal brilliantly. Ollie was living off scraps and did amazingly to get two. Finally, Luiz has to be one of the dumbest footballers around. Constantly gives away unnecessary free kicks by getting suckered in, but getting himself a yellow in the last seconds for a two game ban was moronic even by his standards.
  18. El Segundo
    Frustrating because despite all the changes we looked ok first half and should have gone in level at half time. Instead we decided to press the self destruct button again. Luiz gave a stupid foul away just outside the box, they wasted it so he gave them a second one. Beyond dumb. Zaniolo should be ashamed of himself, pretty much jumping out of the way instead of holding the wall together. A weak challenge from Diaby led to the third, followed by another trip to the self destruct button by Chambers. You can't give gifts to teams like City.
  19. El Segundo
    You just knew we would do something stupid to concede before half time. As if Douggie giving a needless free kick away in a dangerous place for the second time and risking a red wasn't stupid enough we then have Zaniolo doing a total bottle job in the wall. **** pussy.
  20. El Segundo
    I don't think people who want to stay at VP are ignoring the issues, just that the same issues might be just as bad or even worse if we relocate. The references to other clubs spanking new stadiums failing to overcome similar issues illustrates the point.
  21. El Segundo
    I don't think anyone is claiming the current site is perfect, just that there are already some advantages to it over potential alternatives. Does the perfect site even exist? Where has the transport infrastructure been designed specifically to cater for 60,000 + crowds every couple of weeks ? Etihad and Olympic Stadium possibly, but do they actually work any better in practice than other venues? The NEC, on paper, looks a good bet but the M42 is a nightmare at the best of times. The lack of trains and carriages could be addressed between the club and the transport authorities, and if it was maybe fewer people would go by car.
  22. El Segundo
    From the Laws of the game on handball It's an offence if a player • touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised Can anyone explain why or how this did not apply to the penalty we were denied?
  23. El Segundo
    Not sure about that. If Liverpool and West Ham play each other , the most points England can get in the QFs is 5. That's 2 for each win, plus 1 bonus for one team making it to the next round. With one team left, the most England can get for the semi will also be 5, and then 3 for the final if they win it. That's a max of 13. If they avoid each other the max points England can get at the QF stage is 10 - 2 for each possible win, plus 2 for each team making to the next round. If they both get through the most obtainable is again 10. If both get to the final there will be one bonus points plus 2 more for the winner. That's a potential total of 23 points. If they avoid each other and one of them wins but the other goes out at the QF stage, the successful team can still get a max of 13 points. As well as that, the unsuccessful team could still win one of their legs and get a further two points, so a max of 15 points. As far as I can see the only scenario with a lower potential maximum points than them playing each other is if they avoid each other but both go out. Based on that I'd say it's better for them to avoid each other. Yours nerdily.
  24. El Segundo
    Generally thought to be better to be away first.
  25. El Segundo
    Great win but kind of sad to see such a poor Ajax side these days. Not his biggest fan by any stretch but gave MOTM to Cash as he played well and without that goal line clearance at 1-0 the game could have gone very differently. Bailey back to his best after his dip on Sunday, and Diaby, finally, showing he can play a bit - still seems to lack confidence in himself though.
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