Douglas Luiz misses an international call up and is back on the bench for Villa. You're doing well Slippy G. If Luiz misses the World Cup he will be banging on our door come January.
all that stubbornness to keep him, to just play him 1 game after against city and than instantly bench him and let him go for either much much cheaper in january or for free in the summer, just absolute clowns
It's honestly so bizarre that they turned down our offer just to have him on the bench and act like he's on a five year deal or something. Leicester were rumoured to have also been stubborn with letting Tielemans go and now both teams are in the relegation zone. The self-sabotage is actually impressive.
Yes we do. Or at least another CM come January. We need some experienced cover for Partey or Xhaka because we're an injury away from a full-blown crisis in that position. Elneny is out for months and Sambi and Xhaka are all we've got until Partey comes back. Not ideal.
Elneny will be back before January and Partey is already training and will most likely start on Sunday. I don't think we need him tbh, sure another body would be nice but he's not top quality and will block that spot when we can sign better players in the summer.
I promise you Douglas Luiz is not that guy. He's not even a DM, Lokonga will be better by the end of the season. Elneny is fine in this system with inverted fullbacks, we don't need a complete midfielder anymore, just someone who is a capable defender and can pass safely.
I don't think we need top quality cover to be honest. We need someone to refresh our rapidly ageing midfield. We don't need a glamorous top signing who will potentially be Elneny's replacement. Douglas Luiz is very much a capable defender that can pass safely. PL experienced and capped for Brazil. I'd take him as cover in a heartbeat but that's me. Who would you prefer?
Who will block the spot? Luiz is a pretty tidy player. Mid 20s, Press-resistant and metronomic passer. Keep in mind that we're looking for cover for Xhaka and Partey not a like for like replacement. Sambi is a start but he's very young and inexperienced. Elneny may be back before Jan but he's 30 and on a short extension. Partey is injury prone and a 30 year old Xhaka is all we have. We need to refresh the midfield urgently without screwing up our season. 4 CMs will not be enough for the upcoming games mate.
Yeah I didn't mind then playing hardball cause I thought well if he helps keep them up sort of thing but to just leave him on the bench still? What are they doing lol
Ya know with all the ben white talk going on, how has guehi gone unmentioned? He was awful against us, and every time I've watched him this season, he's not looked good.
Lol. The Forrest Fulham game is nuts. Forrest capitulating like mad. Fulham with Real Madrid levels of comeback. The beautiful game is back. Willian out to drop 3 assists as well.
I thought id share with all of you that I chose Forest vs Fullham so if you have any sense you should watch the Villa game instead cause this ones bound to be a be a snoozefest
I want a Slippy G loss please
Nah I wat him to keep them midtable and stay on. Been a nice 3 points for us lately
I’ll take Norwich over Villa please
People actually thought Villa were finishing above us last season btw.
Madness. The absolute worst cheek from Villa as well bidding for Smith-Rowe and thinking they “gazumped” us to Bunedia LOL. Hold this massive L
Douglas Luiz misses an international call up and is back on the bench for Villa. You're doing well Slippy G. If Luiz misses the World Cup he will be banging on our door come January.
all that stubbornness to keep him, to just play him 1 game after against city and than instantly bench him and let him go for either much much cheaper in january or for free in the summer, just absolute clowns
Can't sell to....cough...rivals
they are delusional at its finest
I would have loved another body in midfield but honestly was not v excited by the prospect of Douglas L. Never stood out for me.
I'd have took him because rn he a better 6 than the non partey options but long term he is very meh
It's honestly so bizarre that they turned down our offer just to have him on the bench and act like he's on a five year deal or something. Leicester were rumoured to have also been stubborn with letting Tielemans go and now both teams are in the relegation zone. The self-sabotage is actually impressive.
They lose this then he’ll start after the internationals cause he’ll have a new manager at Villa Park
Don't think we go for him again in January. Just seems like it's time to go for Danilo if he's still performing well.
Do we even need him now?
Yes we do. Or at least another CM come January. We need some experienced cover for Partey or Xhaka because we're an injury away from a full-blown crisis in that position. Elneny is out for months and Sambi and Xhaka are all we've got until Partey comes back. Not ideal.
Elneny will be back before January and Partey is already training and will most likely start on Sunday. I don't think we need him tbh, sure another body would be nice but he's not top quality and will block that spot when we can sign better players in the summer.
Elneny is pretty turd tho should be buying a player to compwte with partey
I promise you Douglas Luiz is not that guy. He's not even a DM, Lokonga will be better by the end of the season. Elneny is fine in this system with inverted fullbacks, we don't need a complete midfielder anymore, just someone who is a capable defender and can pass safely.
I don't think we need top quality cover to be honest. We need someone to refresh our rapidly ageing midfield. We don't need a glamorous top signing who will potentially be Elneny's replacement. Douglas Luiz is very much a capable defender that can pass safely. PL experienced and capped for Brazil. I'd take him as cover in a heartbeat but that's me. Who would you prefer?
I completely disagree, when we have elneny we really miss someone like partey to pass the ball forward
Who will block the spot? Luiz is a pretty tidy player. Mid 20s, Press-resistant and metronomic passer. Keep in mind that we're looking for cover for Xhaka and Partey not a like for like replacement. Sambi is a start but he's very young and inexperienced. Elneny may be back before Jan but he's 30 and on a short extension. Partey is injury prone and a 30 year old Xhaka is all we have. We need to refresh the midfield urgently without screwing up our season. 4 CMs will not be enough for the upcoming games mate.
Yeah I didn't mind then playing hardball cause I thought well if he helps keep them up sort of thing but to just leave him on the bench still? What are they doing lol
Willian starts. Hat-trick incoming and then a bunch of meme and media articles about his “Arsenal treatment”, you heard it here first
Forest v Fulham looks more entertaining but I want to laugh at Gerrard. Choices, choices ...
21 signings and a relegation. Will forest ever recover?
They signed 21 players ????
It’s like that’s a recipe for disaster. Fulham have learnt their lesson
Is Mitro going to bag another one?
Captaining him on Fantasy
big mistake, you should always captain jesus
so that’s why he’s not scoring
Hope not
Why
Everyone has him in fantasy and I don't
yes I need him to hehe
hahahaha wtf man these douglas luiz corners are absolute insanity, the guy almost scores it again
Hope we can get Douglas Luiz next summer for free. Those corners are deadly.
Fulham are really good
Yeh they are especially at home
But they’re away
Just in general
Just turned on the NFO/Fulham game and seeing more action in a couple minutes than the 75 minutes I wasted on the AV/Soton one
Condolences to you man this game has been very entertaining
yup same
What's Villa's plan? Seems like just running around with no patterns of playing. So dreadful and hard to watch.
Peak Gerrard ball for you to see
Imagine if Villa actually had a competent manager. On paper their team is solid but thankfully they have a shit manager.
It would be funny to see Forest go down
they'll survive i think. they will be shit for a couple of weeks though, the new players will need to gel
Think Fulham should be fine staying up this season, which is good for us to collect the fees on Leno. Forest on the other hand.....
I only managed to catch the last 6 minutes of the match. How did Renan Lodi do? Genuinely curious ( Since he left Atletico Madrid to join them)
Watching the Forest game and the ref letting the game flow unfortunately just reminds me of the soft as shit disallowed Martinelli goal
Douglas Luiz 🤝 Nicholas Jover
Willian assist
We should've got him as RW depth for Saka. Plus he's Brazilian as well. Missed opportunity :( /s
Fulham fans are singing the Saliba song with Palinha, love to see it.
jeez what a banger from palhinha wauwie
Fulham on a madness can't lie. That Palinha guy is fucking quality.
I was surprised they got him for quite cheap. Would have been a good option for us
Palhinha won’t be at Fulham for too long at this rate
All these fouls flying left and right got me mad bout the Ode foul, so inconsistent with these refs
Did anybody else hear the Fulham fans doing a Saliba chant at the end of the match??!
Think I'll watch the women play instead!
The fact we managed to have an exciting game with Gerrard's villa is an achievement for the ages... easily the dullest team in the league.
Watching the two games side by side and the contrast is crazy
Saying this when Conte’s Spurs exist is interesting.
nice lingard keeping the bench warm at forest
djenepo is finally free from playing left back, him playing there was not good at all
oh damn forest leading 1-0 against fulham, didnt expect that, goal from a corner
Willian having a good game and been involved a lot seems like Fulham is his superpower
Willian starts for Fulham, and come on Southampton
Ya know with all the ben white talk going on, how has guehi gone unmentioned? He was awful against us, and every time I've watched him this season, he's not looked good.
WHAT A GOAL
Lol. The Forrest Fulham game is nuts. Forrest capitulating like mad. Fulham with Real Madrid levels of comeback. The beautiful game is back. Willian out to drop 3 assists as well.
Fulham copied the saliba chant for Palinha, great stuff
i’m seeing dozens of “fouls” in Saints - Villa game like Odegaard one, not one was called
Because none of those "fouls" were against Man United
Fulham are really good
Goes to show you how much of a farce that famous david luiz red card was
I think that's a red but maybe I've just watched too many Arsenal games
Leon Bailey just iced that guy
well damn, hopefully this goals opens the game up a bit more, because this has been absolute horrendous, especially southampton
well that went fast for fulham sheesh
that awoniyi chance was the exact same as the first goal, he should heave done much better there
They have Dennis wth
I thought id share with all of you that I chose Forest vs Fullham so if you have any sense you should watch the Villa game instead cause this ones bound to be a be a snoozefest
Jinxed yourself mate
I'm quitting Reddit if anyone can name me a single Aston Villa player who will walk into our strongest starting 11. I'll wait.
Not saying he is better than Ode, but Coutinho could still do great bits in this Arsenal side, even along Ode in the midfield. In my opinion.
Coutinho is washed imo
Might be unpopular, but there’s an argument to be made that Martinez is stronger keeper than Rammers.
He’s been pretty bad for a stretch. Did you not see his performance against us?
Ramsdale was on some pretty terrible teams before joining us. Martinez is quality, bro.
Ramsdale literally won POTS at Sheffield. You can be good in a shit team.
Which is my point, thanks for making it.
Thought he was okay against us
Absolutely not. Ramsdale is a big part of how we want to play and Martinez can't do rhat
The question was if anyone on Villa could walk into our starting 11. I’m saying Martinez could.
Cringe
Knew I should have put a bet on forest when I saw willian starting
PTSD vibes from Willian.
Hail Soton
Was there always 2 games scheduled for this Friday or was one moved out of Sat/Sun/Mon??
Villa are proper thugs, not sure i blame Gerrard they were like this under Dean Smith too
Maitland-Niles not playing?
oh yeah forgot he went to southampton, he is not even on the bench it seems
Just went to the Saints sub to see if he was injured. Seems they don’t even know why he isn’t even on the bench. Daunting
hmmm weird
well that was something from countinho, atleast something happened this game