VillaJay
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He's not really suited to this team and I'm sure we would have sold him if we had suitable offers, I also have no idea why we bought him, it seemed a strange signing at the time. He played very well at home to Newcastle last season and also in the UTD home win too, just two off the top of my head where he contributed and passed the ball well too. He can contribute as part of an already well drilled team, but missing Mings, Moreno, Ramsay and Buendia is meaning it's taking us some time to get back up to speed as a unit.
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Very likeable player, but showing himself to be a bit of a weak link in the first team, played very poorly last night and a lot of moves break down with him. A good versatile squad option, but as a footballer Digne and Moreno are miles ahead of him.
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He puts up good numbers and is a good player, like many wingers he can be very inconsistent and I've heard ex pros before and most recently Ben Foster talk about players mentalities today where the slightest niggle some players just won't play through it, and lack the resilience when things aren't going there way so take the easy way out. Leon obviously has a strong mentality to get to where he has today in his career so it's hard to know.
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Can only play better in the second half, really poor first half performance. Tielemans looks miles off it so far, as does Donk and many others. Mings, Buendia, Ramsay and Moreno are huge losses to how we played last season. Will take some time to get back to those levels in performance, but the positive is we have been picking up points. Villa 2-1 in this one. Have to be better in the second half.
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Paul Merson and Simon Jordans love baby in the top left corner. Like a game of Wheres Wally!
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Progress isn't always linear, it's unlikely we would have just kept going like we did last season's run. There will be ups and downs and some heavy defeats which hopefully we've gotten out of the way already. Unai has shown that this team has a style and identity that so far has been successful, it's still very much a work in progress and once we have JJ and Moreno back our starting 11 will be stronger again. Not many sides could deal with the injuries we've had to key players without some re-adjustment. Top 8 and Conference league win this season should be the aim and build again, with hopefully some strong domestic cup runs. That would be progress once again.
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Plenty of experience in the side, helps the younger lads. Can see another 5-0
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It's been a brilliant window and despite the bench at the weekend our depth looks good. Ideally one more attacking player but look at the below options available after the international break, we've never had such options off the bench - All are full internationals too. Bench Olsen Diego Carlos Lenglet Tielemans Bailey Zaniolo Dendoncker Duran Digne Chambers Traore Coutinho? Injured Mings Buendia
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Perfectly suits the way we're looking to play - Emery wants us to control the game, our build up play in defence is crucial to that. Pau and Lenglet don't need to be physical defenders as the goal is for us to be on the front foot and spend less time defending near our own box. We don't need a James Tarkowski / Richard Dunne as ideally there will be no need for any last ditch defending with us camped in the opposition's half similar to City and Brighton. Lenglet is a very good footballer at centre half.
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The issue with having too many players is also one we don't see as fans, it's the day to day at the training ground, the imbalance of the sessions and having to fit too many players in. When Ramsay, Moreno, Donk are back the bench will look much stronger. We do need 1 more attacking option and ideally a right back but I'm sure the club are working to the last minute, and most likely waiting for clubs to get replacements in etc.,
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Selling a fringe youth prospect for nearly 20m who can't get in our team. We've come a long way.
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Sounds like we will look to add 1 or 2 more going off Unai's comments in the article, won't be direct replacements for Ty and Emi so sounds like we are looking for flexible options who can play multiple positions. Also seemed to confirm Archer, JPB and Aaron Ramsay are all on their way out but with the hope they can come back via buy back clauses. Maybe a loan and a big name forward option at the last minute like a Ferran Torres, Felix or similar is my guess.
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He's fairly effective and puts up some ok numbers in goals and assists, also looking at our goals last season I noticed he was heavily involved in the assist before the assist. Hopefully he can push on, there's a player there, just very frustrating at times. Big season for him.
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I really don't think Wan Bissaka is any better than Konsa at right back who himself is very good one v one. I watched Wan Bissaka live a few weeks ago in a friendly and he was really poor technically and his passing was terrible. Really don't rate him.
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Seems to be real
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I'd be surprised if it's not an obligation to buy loan deal, wouldn't make sense otherwise with us in a position of 3 high earning senior left backs next season. Digne is a good player, but not suited to how emery sets us up.
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Scoring 20+ goals even with conference league to contend, is no easy task and very few players score more than that in the PL each season. Considering Ollie doesn't pad his tally with pens like Ivan Toney and others, he's done well each season he's been here. He won't be on pens this season either so 20+ would be a very good return.
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What Ollie lacks in technique and composure he makes up for in spades with hard work. He's hugely important to this team and I get the frustrations with his inconsistent dribbling and first touch but we still have a way to go before we as a team outgrow Ollie. I'd back him to score 20+ in all comps this season.
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I'm a naturally cautious villa fan, even when we're a few goals up I'm never usually at ease. Under Unai though, I've got complete confidence in him and how he sets out our team, going into today's game I expected us to win comfortably and we did. I've always liked Brian Little and John Gregory, some of my fav villa managers, but Unai is on a completely different level. He has overseen a huge infrastructural change off the pitch and the style of play he has imparted on this team in such a short space of time is incredible. An absolute don and a gentleman too.
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Interesting to see a small minority of Newcastle fans starting to question Bruno G's form over the last 9 months, Dougie just going from strength to strength and felt confident in him on the pen today. Top top player who can do it all.
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He's an important cog, even if he's not as strong defensively as Ty, it hopefully shouldn't matter as much if we can dominate the ball more and build from the back similarly to Man City, who have had a huge array of centre halves under Pep who look average defensively but strong in posession.
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Very comfortable on the ball and had very little to do, Everton never really pressed us today. Hard to judge too much today, was a little lax at the end of first half for Danja chance.
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Played very well and he's a very good footballer, with top technical ability. I still don't think he's suited to how we want to play though, Moreno has that ability to beat a man and cut back from the byline, similar to the Bailey assist today, Digne is better suited to a team with a strong Target man.
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Get him out to Mallorca robbing speedboats every week!
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I expect us to win this comfortably, we're a much better side than them and this is a game we should be winning. No excuses for the players today.
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