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Isaks ability to get past a man is sublime, he does it whilst looking like he is doing so much less than what AGM did.  AGM would drop his shoulders, fake left, fake right, do a pirouette and looked awesome doing it!  Isak just draws a man close then his touch and turn of pace and he's 2-3m away from his man.

 

 

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That was a taster for Champions League and considering it was not our strongest team and a lot of the youngsters came on as subs I'd say it was a good showing. Taking a 2 goal lead to an away game in Europe is canny.

 

Fiorentina were good, keeping possession for sustained periods and some tasty passing at times. They lacked a killer instinct up front going by that game though.

 

Completely different team tomorrow also getting as close to 90 minutes as able.

 

Roll on next Saturday, hope the groundsmen are as good as the team because the pitch is taking a pasting with the amount of games over two days.

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5 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Haven’t seen much of pre-season bar the odd highlight but read everyone raving about Anderson. 
 

What position has he mostly been used in?

 

Box to box midfielder

 

Game finished 2-0.

 

Good viewing tbf, Miley looks comfortable again. Feel Tonali is slowly finding his feet.

 

 

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I think based on preseason it would be difficult not to have Anderson in the starting XI. He's been consistently excellent, shows a lot of desire, plenty of creativity and vision, energy for days. I actually think the front 3 is going to be these three for Villa - Gordon, Isak, Almirón. All full of running, obviously Gordon missed two great chances but his link play was good, he was covering a lot of ground. 

 

I would say Tonali is probably going to start on the bench. Patchy play. Very composed, as you'd expect, and some moments of brilliance, but still figuring out how to play in this style.

 

My guess for Villa is:

 

Pope

Trippier

Schar

Botman 

Burn

Bruno

Joe

Anderson

Gordon

Almirón

Isak

 

Very strong bench as well. 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, 54 said:

The problem you have, is that you basically state on the regular that the majority of our squad arn't good enough, and not top 6 quality, despite the fact that they got us into the Champions League not 3 months. It grates on people, and people get frustrated, when the players you continually put down have proven they're able to compete at that level at the latest possible evidence.

 

Especially when you say they're "not top 6 quality", thats a really arbitrary point especially when they've literally just proven that they are or can be over an entire season. 

Not just top 4 last season but top 4 form for the second half of the season before, from when Howe took over.

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54 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Because he’s scored in a friendly? He might be a bonafide premier league player but are you confident he’s a bonafide top 6 winger? Is this performance  in pre season validating that opinion?


The point was more he’s scored in two friendlies in a row and in these pre season games, he’s looking like he’s continuing his form from last season. 
 

I don’t think he has to be a “top six winger”. Would you say Antonio Valencia was a top six winger? I think he just needs to be exactly who he is and chip in with goals like he’s doing. The “top six players” in our side are Isak and Wilson and they’re the one the side seems to be centered around. Their goals will win us games and points. 
 

I think Miggy is a solid Premier League player now and should 100% start every game that he’s available. 
 

My thing is, Miggy has been here now for four years and has climatized to the league. He’s 29 and as much as 21 year olds will be going for 50-60 million, you can’t buy experience. Those players will have teething issues and I guarantee Miggy will be running past them with ease because with his experience and know how, he’s a legitimate threat to teams now.  

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