This is what a stronger squad gives you. Completely killed that game off in the second half. Everton were pretty much a spectator after we started making our changes. Go on Villa!
He's 18 playing his first senior football for a struggling side. Maybe give it more than a month.
Also, a wonderkid designation is not a real thing. It's from a video game.
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Mings mistake didn't even cost us because we never converted a single chance we generated. You want to make Top 6 you have to score goals. Love Ollie but he missed a chance that any PL striker has to bury. Our attack failed us vs Chelsea. We were never in it once we went 1 goal down.
Everton's wage bill is 50% larger than ours. They have outspent us last 5 seasons by some £30 million. Finished above us every year since our promotion yet they have the mediocre squad? What does that make ours then?
Just compare the squad ages. Everton have the 6th oldest per transfermarket. Villa have the 4th youngest. I believe the owners know we are building something after a decade of mismanagement. Hopefully they are a but more rational than some on here.
The odds of us ever having everyone fit, not in quarantine, or covid+ or stuck in some weird 5 dimensional time warp is practically zero. We should be forever grateful we have some quality depth this season because we are going to need it.
This is where I am at. Mistakes or not. I can't think of a defender who I'm replacing him with outside the Top 6.
Please don't name a defender from an anti footballing outfit like Burnley. They dont even try to play football. Easy to defend when all you have to do is get rid for 90 minutes.
Their is a game in the near future where we start Bailey and Bertrand and it's gonna end 0-0 because those 2 are just going to spend all day megging the entire opposing team.
Seriously, I'm surprised who little rope our own youngsters get. You could see the quality last season. He will be a £30 million midfielder by the end of the season.
I'll take performances like this to start the season over what turned out to be a very flukey 7-2 versus Liverpool. We play like this all season and we will improve on our points total from last season. I firmly believe that.
Maybe not your intent but I feel like you're are trivializing a very valuable skill for a midfielder. Tackles and interceptions are what you have to do when you don't collect the loose ball.
If it's all about making a profit why wouldn't we sell Konsa or Targett. They are far more marketable given their age and previous cost to the club.
Unless the player is truly world class you really don't see high value transfers for players close to 30. Far more likely he goes for around what Southampton got for Vestergaard.