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And have to. No point trying to press of 3 guys sit back.

Schär pressing very high

Again, Gordon is awful. Is he injured?

Gordon has been awful. Great pass for the goal though.

Very close call. I wouls say offside

And in Finland. Dunno about Iceland.

Most yea. Season ends in November.

Our defending has been awful. Huge spaces between the lines and still our midfield doesnt press. Where are Bruno and Willock?

I think Joelinton is a liability, but we are going to miss his physicality. They are just crossing, crossing and crossing. Lots of the ball but not a lot of threat. second goal crucial again.

yes, not for 50-60 million. He is a quick version of Jacob Murphy and ran past Lewis Dunk, who seems to be as fast as I am nowadays

I would say he does. If we sold Wilson, and played 50 games a season, we would need a replacement.

Yea but replacing him is huge ask.

Certainly losing Duran weakens Villa massively?

I would say at the moment they do not have enough quality players for any formation. But certainly they could play 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 which means they would have 2 CM from the pool of Ugarte, Mainoo, Eriksen and Casemiro and Bruno above them. Amad and Garnacho on the wings and either Zirkzee or Höjlund up top. Still no LB or enough wingers though..

Kelly and Almiron out, RCB and RW in?

I think Howe’s problem sometimes is he cannot change system reactively when it clearly is not working. Today we couldnt play past their press and were giving the ball away a lot. Murphy was a FB occasionally and the ball kept coming back. We should have changed it, go long behind or move Joelinton closer to Isak who was totally isolated. Burn and Botman are poor on the ball and slow, and it showed today. Sadly we have no options from the bench to mix things

Our passing from the back has been awful. Giving the ball away every time. really need Schär

IIRC Eddie said "nothing happening" regarding transfers and "I want to keep all my players" -> Almiron bid accepted. He really shouldn't be trusted regarding transfers..

They were threat on the counter and could have been 1-1 half time. Our goal was lucky. After 3-0 it was game ovet but they had great chances at the end

He seems not fit or lacking confidence. Weak in duels especially even with fresh legs.

Not in that case when he almost captures the ball..

Looked like for me when I looked the lines. But it was level so nvm.

Looks offside from the photo..

Bruno's pass is delightful

Need to do better next half. We are leading with a bit of luck, but they are a threat. They just punt it up rightaway and 2nd half there will be Cunha chasing those I would guess.