KentVillan
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I agree, the pen was a shocker and sadly you cannot make mistakes like that as a right back at this stage in his career. It was such a simple decision to not dive in there, most top flight right backs aren’t giving away that pen there, the thought just wouldn’t cross their mind to do what he did. But he was pretty good the rest of the game, and his long throws were useful for setting Watkins, Bailey and Diaby free.
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Don’t think that was a foul on Diaby tbh. If it was, it was so minor & debateable that VAR were right to go with on field decision. Players need to be tougher there, and Cash needed to be smarter
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Can’t believe* how easy Cash made it for him to win the pen. We could all see it coming from a mile off * obviously I can unfortunately Shame as he’s been quite good otherwise
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Felt every single emotion watching that one. Brilliant!
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Was anyone else cackling at Emi making all those kids cry
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Testament to his progression too that when he came on I didn’t think “oh this is a last roll of the dice” but was actually expecting him to cause them problems.
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There were a couple of moments where I thought he showed great calmness and discipline, and I thought the yellow was completely undeserved
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Thought he completely changed the game tbh, what a player he has become
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This ref is an idiot, bad manner with the players, desperate to get cards out, aggressive, overreacts to everything. He’s going to lose control of this game 100%
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Very smart post. Could call them “hold up wingers” - Grealish offered a bit of that too. I like Rogers a lot, he just seems to have settled straight in with no dramas.
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Spot on, and on top of that Luiz has been playing a lot of minutes week in week out so maybe not that surprising that slightly fresher legs coming into his position has helped.
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Yeah this is the thing that has impressed me so much this season. Last season it was the tactics and coaching, but this it’s been remarkable the way he’s handled injuries and suspensions. We have a proper injury crisis, competing on two fronts, and the dent in our form has been relatively small.
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I was struggling to work out what the original trajectory was. On one angle it looked like it would have gone in anyway. The deflection did make it look particularly clinical though
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Newcastle have a ridiculously easy run-in except for a game against Man Utd. Could see them picking up near enough max points and causing us and Spurs problems.
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We need a face palm reaction
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Think it probably was a booking technically, but agree with the rest of your post... refs are inconsistent, and Dougie definitely needs a break.
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I don't think he was deliberately leaving his foot in. I think he was genuinely trying to win the ball back and get 3 pts. It's on Emery really to make the call there - that feels like a managerial mistake to me. But the sides above us would have a ready-made replacement on the bench, and we don't really.
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While we're beating up on him, something I just spotted... Dougie has the most Villa Premier League appearances (171) of any player in the current squad, ahead of McGinn (163). And he's second on overall Villa appearances, as McGinn has a Championship season, and Mings surprisingly has fewer Villa apps despite the extra season. And he's still only 25. Think we underrate his contribution sometimes. He has a very tough job to do in the middle there with Kamara out.
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Got no problem with what he said, nor his performance, but wonder if it was the wisest thing to throw that out in public. Firstly, even though he says he's referring to himself as part of the team, he's clearly having a dig at players other than him who let Brentford back in the game. Wonder how well that will be received in the dressing room. Secondly, it's being spun way out of proportion with what he said, which was more a comment on the specific game. BBC reporting it as if he's said the club/team in general has no bottle. Oh well. Quality player, and likeable too, has probably earnt the right to say stuff like this.
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All 3 teams fighting for 4th / 5th are bottle jobs, so let's not overreact. Will be a few more twists and turns to come.
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Strange game. Definitely 2 points dropped. Not sure Emery actually got a lot wrong, just a lack of concentration from the players. Brentford's game plan was obvious, but it worked pretty well for them. Dougie Luiz definitely deserved the booking, and that's a big shame.
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Saw a thread on Twitter of another club’s long range goals. A bit of a dying art these days with Guardiola ruining football. What are the best you’ve seen from Villa players over the years? Share YouTube clips if you can find them
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Players aren’t always the best judges of what they’re capable of. To be an elite footballer you need supreme confidence in your own ability and fitness. Player burnout is a real thing - it’s why injuries accumulate towards the back end of the season, get worse in the busy periods, and why sides competing for the Champions League need very deep squads (basically two first teams). Of course there are some exceptions, players who can handle an extreme workload of 50+ games a season without injuries or drops in form, but they aren’t the norm, even at the top level. I think Emery calculated rightly that the cost of facing Brentford with a weakened side was bigger than the cost of resting a few players away at City. It makes sense to me, but we’ll only know for certain in the coming weeks. I also don’t buy the argument someone else made about international break being time off for the players. Most of our first team players travelled and played I think?
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It’s testament to what Emery has achieved in the last couple of seasons that people think we had a realistic chance of points at the Etihad with Martinez, Watkins, McGinn, Kamara, Mings, Buendia, and Ramsey all out. He’s a victim of his own success sometimes on here. It’s insane how well we’re coping with this injury crisis.
