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If they play anything near like what they did against us it will be a close game

Villa are not an easy game. I can see a draw very possible here

Eddie has to get it spot on against these. Ivdon’t think he will change our attacking zeal and directness but he could well have us much lower and tighter whilst they are in possession ( man city style defending).

Very nervous but still a good 7.5 out of ten

Tbh I don’t think it’s the end of the world if we come fifth or sixth. European place after nearly two decades of under-performance and lack of desire is unreal! If we have to wait until next year then so be it… Really proud of the team and it is very clear that Eddie has them punching well above their weight. Depends which team comes out of the blocks first on Thursday, and we are due a bit of luck. Flip of a coin for me this one, really is fifty-fifty. What would hurt most is that we could let the scouse mackems and donkey teeth get ahead of us

Any news???

Is it just me, or does it look like Eales’ head has been photoshopped on to a smaller body?

Aston Villa now have a chance to qualify for europe, they will be up for it against the red knackers

Biggest thing for me today was that we never looked anywhere near scoring from fouls and corners! With the size of our lads we should be making more use. We are still on course for the CL i think. But we are unlucky that a few of our important players went off the boil today; Bruno, willock, Big Joe, miggy, Tripps (defensively). for the game: Leeds looked really up for it and I thought they won far too many duels. Willock had his worst game for us and Bruno had quite an average game leading to our worst midfield performance for a while. Burn at back is still not good enough when attacking. Thought wilson and isak were good but think they would be better served playing as a 9 & 10 partnership instead of isak out wide. We will have them back up for the next two a SJP!!! Haway the lads!

Aye three central defenders and wingbacks they should play… we should do these. Rodrigo and bamfors for them, should not pose too much if a threat.

If we can contain them in the first fifteen, we should be ok. The first goal will dictate a lot, think they will deflate rapidly if we score early doors

They look well out of sorts at the moment and have a few injuries. if wolves turn up they are difficult, bournemouth have shown they can perform every now and again. Chelsea & Fulham are well capable of making it difficult… I can see them dropping points

I honestly dont think we need to worry about liverpool. Manu are deffo going to drop some points as they have wolves (h), Bournmouth (a), chelsea and fulham at home. I reckon they will get six points max from those games

I think Nico Williams does not fit eddie’s style. He does less defensive work than ASM. He is “electric” going forward when he is on his game, but is utter garbage at covering runners, blocking passing lanes and general harrassment of opposition when they have the ball.

I reckon we will get 9 points from those four matches. 7 points as a minimum. This is in the bag!

I think other sides have watched his patterns and have wisened up to him. Arsenal had his number today and he was dispossessed four or five times… unusual for him…

I honestly thought they were just more “street smart” than us and that was the difference between the two. When they went a goal up they then just time wasted and controlled the game.

I’m going to be sick!

In the first half it was very even. Second half they shithoused and controlled the game very well. not our day today, if a goal had gone in it would have given us momentum

Worst game bruno has played for us. Far too many mistakes all round, we just haven’t quite reached the quality we need to compete equally with the top two… It will come!

Yes, cut out the mistakes and imprecisions and we can get back into this. They are getting wound up, a goal would kill them

Some body friggin half gabriel jesus and xhaka!! they are effin annoying

Taking a six month old baby to a match? Will have an IQ of -50 or something! what an idiot

Seeing rumours that Arsenal are interested in Maxi. Would we be up for a straight swap? Tierney for Maxi? As left back is a position that needs improving it would be worth thinking about. Would be sad to see him leave tbh because on his day, albeit there aren’t that many of them, he is unbeatable.

I thought lavia did very well in their midfield, ran out of puff halfway through the second half. very composed and does well breaking up play and positive passes