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  1. avfc1982am
    With the season we've had, contending with the additional games on a Thursday night, then Sunday, with a relatively small squad, anyone complaining about finishing 5th is an absolute donut. We've beaten everybody above us this season bar Liverpool, and still have the home game to play to possibly put that right. Gone on our longest ever home winning run. Into the QF of a European compo, have had serious injuries in key areas to several players and still with a shout of finishing 4th with 6 to go. Some people seem to forget where we were the beginning of last season. What Unai and the players have achieved this season is nothing short of remarkable imo.
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    Luiz is our best midfielder, the stats back it up, the price tag for him would back it up and Emery's persistence in picking him backs it up. He's had a drop off in form, nothing else. The way some people go on you'd think nobody else has been poor at times. People are just too quick to turn without thinking that since Kamara has been out and Dendonker was moved on Dougie has been having to drop deeper and back into the 6 role much more frequent. He's been overworked this season, nothing more.
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    I agree. I think he's become much more clinical this season. Very seldom does he miss sitters, always a willing runner and holds the ball much better than previously. I watched him early in the game yesterday and his first touch wasn't great for the first 20 but after that he hardly put a foot wrong. Everything stuck, he brought others continually into the game through the transition and was positionally where he needed to be when the final balls came into the box to earn his goals. He's been like this for a good few months now. Yeah he had a blip earlier in the season but nowhere near previous years. He's becoming Mr Clinical. I still think he needs to work on that first touch with his back to goal but I don't think anyone could argue how good he is at the moment. He's been fantastic.
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    Playing like a lad who doesn't want to give Safegate any excuses for leaving him out of the Euro squad. He's been very consistent the last couple of months considering we as a team aren't very consistent at the moment. I'm thinking he's now ahead of Bailey and Luiz for POTS. The latter 2 have struggled of late, but I think that is probably down to being exposed. Leon through isolation of a natural RB and Dougie playing deeper and being smothered in the middle. Either way, thank the Lord Ollie hasn't let it affect his own game. He's been fantastic overall.
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    Watching us at times today when Brentford sat in, pissing about with the side to side passing 20 yards out, slow and ponderous, too slow to create spaces. Lacking any real movement and then only to lose the ball through wayward passing or poor touches it's clear we really don't have the players yet to play like this effectively. Our greatest strength is moving the ball quickly, because we've got the players that if they get a yard on opponents can destroy them time and time again. We saw the best and the worst of us today, great when we had to play at an increased tempo and then sloppy when we slowed down. At 2-0 we should've gone on and hit Brentford for 4/5 but instead, went back to playing slowly, got cold and then got countered through sleepwalking and switching off. Then at 2-3 it was like a volley up the backside, the crowd got pissed and boom we started dominating them again, but too little too late. We've done this a few times this season. I just don't think we are very good playing at a slower tempo.
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    I think there is more to it than that in the sense that the space isn't being created. IMO the main issue is not having the overlap from the RB position to create the space with Konsa. If Cash is playing he creates an overlap far more often for Leon and gives him an opportunity to find an advantage or more space without being smothered. This is on Emery tbh playing the inverted wide player. Otherwise you could get players playing on their natural sides in which case they can whip the ball in with their natural foot rather that expecting them to do it with their weaker foot. The problem is the RB position not creating or helping to take the defenders away, instead allowing them to double up.
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    My nipper put a £5 on Utd at 2-0 down to win 2-3 @ 28/1. Cashed out at 2-3 for £120 and Chelsea still won. Result.
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    Posh Cockney word that.... Lav a tory. '
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    Not really. IIRC there were arguments for a good few days over how harsh it was on him. The fans even cheered him off the pitch at the time. I'm sure Dougie wouldn't have had that. He get's pelters for seeing Lehman after games if he's made a mistake like that's the problem. Anyway I'm not trying to be negative on McGinn just highlight the fact Dougie has carried this team much of the season yet gets more criticism than others.
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    I think he's had some unwarranted stick recently, regardless of the slight drop off in form. If it had been him getting sent off instead of McGinn the other week he'd still be getting all the stick imo. Meanwhile McGinn get's lauded as 'Super'. People shouldn't forget how good Dougie's been this season. He's weighed in with a very good portion of goals, assists and has carried the midfield an awful lot of times, especially in the absence of Kamara and the last few weeks with McGinn. Timmy didn't give him much of an outlet either last night which is why our midfield got overran. I think he's been in the main fantastic this season. Played more than anyone else in the squad other than probably Ollie too, that says everything about the lad. The stat that we'd played more injury time than any other team this season, what was it.... something like an additional 3 games if you add it all together. Dougie has dragged this team through much of that.
  11. avfc1982am
    I don't drink, too busy looking after myself . You crack on though calling the manager a coward.
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    Proclaiming Arsenal fans are correct calling Emery a coward.... lol. It's about as embarrassing as it gets.
  13. avfc1982am
    Don't embarrass yourself dude. Chill out
  14. avfc1982am
    I don't blame Emery or the players for tonight. As I've said previously we could've put out our strongest side had everyone been fit and still got turned over convincingly. I think Unai went for a more physical set up realising we wouldn't be able keep City off us for the 90 mins. Tim, Zaniolo, Duran and Rodgers have all had minimum game time so would probably never had the legs to last the full 90 mins anyway. Then there is Saturday, had Unai had Bailey, Pau, Tielemans on from the start tonight and we'd still got done then people would have said he should've been smarter considering Brentford the weekend. Dammed if he does, dammed if he don't. I think all things considered the ball is still in our court with the points already on the board. We've just got to make sure that tonight blip is just a blip. Finally I think supporters need to lighten up. With the injuries we've had where we are is fantastic, so support the manager, the players and be real fans. If we end up just missing out on the CL so what, we'll be back in Europe next season with hopefully a much stronger squad and still a great manager at the helm. UTV
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    He did do well in the first half as many were commenting on, but like I said there is no pleasing some so called supporters.
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    Why retiring? Why not wait until he gets an offer close to what he earns, or until we buy out his contract and release him. Maybe you should blame Emery for giving him minutes
  17. avfc1982am
    I realise some people see what they want to and can't be positive about certain players but it was 100% a dead leg. Either way it was his first start for months and other than the freekick and his part in a poor wall he did really well.
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    Jhon Durán

    avfc1982am replied to PieFacE's topic in Villa Talk

    Another positive game and a cracking goal.
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    Unlucky to be on the end of a thumping tbh. I thought for someone with virtually zero minutes the last few months he did very well.
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    I thought he was involved in everything we did well going forward. Mistake for the 2nd but a much better performance for his first start for 3 months.
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    What a bellend
  22. avfc1982am
    For a makeshift side that was a really good first half. Fell apart in the second a little with players running on empty but no one deserves pelters imo. Anyone blaming Emery or the players.... get a grip. Our first 11 could've taken that beating without anyone batting an eyelid.
  23. avfc1982am
    You're wasting your time. People just want to hate on him. Typical of much of our fanbase unfortunately. Our squad is pretty much decimated atm but that wont stop some bitching over anything they can think of.
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    Chambers ffs
  25. avfc1982am
    Bastard... little rat
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