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We've got a poor and extremely imbalanced team on the field. Same as last week. We've known for 8 days we needed to sign a striker and a winger and as per usual we've failed on both counts.

I can just about live with us playing one DM away to Man City, like. Playing two at home to Huddersfield is a complete pisstake.

Don't have to be is an understatement. We should avoid being rigid at all costs.

Wouldn't call Shelvey "sitting" like, as he doesn't give a f*** about defending. I wouldn't either, and didn't. Isn't Anita playing on the wing? That just makes it worse. He's a fucking sitting midfielder.

Wouldn't call Shelvey "sitting" like, as he doesn't give a fuck about defending. I wouldn't either, and didn't.

It hardly 2 sitting midfielders ffs Anita and Hayden are sitting midfielders, regardless of where on the pitch the former is giving the ball away.

I'm not sure it'd make great viewing anyway, like. 2 sitting midfielders and 1 striker against Huddersfield.

2 sitting mids, ugh.

Which players were absent from the bench despite being fit and available last week? He obviously means Tiote and someone else. It couldn't have been Sissoko because he wasn't in full training with the squad till a couple of days ago.

The difference between Rafa and the shit we had from 04-16, man. Night and day doesn't do it justice.

To be fair, I've never been massively comfortable with the idea of you and Neesy representing the rest of us in real life, like.

About as meh as it gets.

No offence to Brummie but lets hope their opening 2 games are a sign of what's to come at Villa.

Is that a direct quote from Rafa or are they just being silly cunts as per?

Carver's Wikipedia picture is pretty Brent-like.

Yeah, second half when Smith and Shola were fucked off/injured and Routledge was signed was much better on the eye. We had our TV moments early on, though. The Reading and Ipswich games come to mind.

We were never off the TV last time we were down there. I don't think we'll be as good to watch this time, in fairness.

tbf he rarely done that when here. Apart from the odd occasion he was a complete waste. Please fuck off and die. No need for this stuff, tbh. You're doing it more and more. CG's obviously wrong and trying to get a reaction but fucking rise above it, man.

Pretty much this. If he was foreign with tats he'd have a cult following by now, but he's just another local lad getting dogs abuse from the shoes off, 3-in-1 haircut, Soccer AM bred mongs we have following the club nowadays. What a load of rubbish,the fact that Dummett is a geordie lad is the reason people for a long time have defended him He's a poor bottom half possibly, midtable championship defender. No player gets the benefit of that on here, like. Rightfully so. At the match players from the area definitely get afforded a bit more patience.

You ain't thinking too hard then, because we played Jack Colback and Anita out in LB and were torn to shreds on that side. Yep, exactly. We all know he's a poor footballer but the defensive unit clearly improved when he returned for the last 6 games.

If Mitrovic wants the shirt he'll get it, eventually. Rafa's played a blinder in basically preventing him from having it without it coming across like his decision. It'll serve as an excellent motivational tool instead of a weight on his back. He didn't respond well to pressure last season and it's obviously something for him to grow into.

Marveaux was horribly used by Pardew, like. Never a winger in a million years for a start.