We worked as hard as we ever have tonight. Players look like they’ve got their confidence and passion back.
Amazing what a bit of positive mentality and proper organisation can do for a team of players who we’ve been gaslit into believing were wasters.
De Zerbi is top notch.
People can talk about how poor Villa are, changes they’ve made etc but we have been absolutely sensational.
Pressing perfection, hunting in packs, brave and aggressive on the ball.
Totally deserved 2-0 lead. COYS
A horrible tentative game but A WIN IN 2026. A scrappy goal, a scrappy performance but please for the love of God let that give us some semblance of confidence.
Pity about West Ham but control the controllable from here on. #COYS
Our right hand side is crying out for an out-out winger to offer Porro more space to get proper crosses in. Instead we have RKM who is not only rubbish in general, but not a winger and ends up narrowing space somehow. Eye sore.
Get Tel on.
Getting beyond belief some of the decisions that are going against us. A two footed challenge that luckily didn’t massive connect is a yellow when if he had connected doing the same action it would’ve been the easiest red ever.
Gotta break your leg at Spurs to get a decision.
We were doing well up until the Romero red. Games out the window now.
Liabilities like Romero will cost us more points than gain us long term. The best ability is availability and if he’s not saving himself for Argentina duty he’s getting bans every few weeks.
Get rid.
Don’t care how good you are, as a captain you simply do not continuously put the club in perilous positions by making ridiculous challenges like that.
Sick to my shit of Romero. Absolute liability.
This January has been yet another disaster from our incompetent board. Addressed ZERO issues and arguably weakened our ever-thinning squad.
Actually feel for Thomas Frank. He’ll take the pelters while the real villains cower away behind empty promises in a matchday programme.
@Spelt_D_o_n_a_l But there seems to have been a shift in the way Palhinha, and others, have been told to play the ball. Xavi also looks braver and more positive. I’m not saying we’ve turned a corner but at least we’re trying to. Majority of the season we’ve just hoofed it up the wing.
There has been a distinct tactical shift in the way our midfield plays in the last 2/3 games. Palhinha having this stat is proof because this is not his style.
I’m still very much in the #FrankOut camp but at least he’s FINALLY trying to vary the way we utilize the midfield.
@Spelt_D_o_n_a_l Yep absolutely agree. He’s been directed to pass safe because he’s been profiled as someone who ‘can’t pass’. Yeah he’s not a creative midfielder but he can pass it forward if directed ffs. Bentancur has never looked poorer on the ball this season and it’s not a coincidence.
@blktechfie84239 Listen Robbos a good player who isn’t the player he was but does strengthen us. There’s other areas I think we needed/need to look at before another LB though tbh.
I was willing to give the Gallagher signing a pass based on the assumption that we would still be strengthening the GLARINGLY obvious areas we need to strengthen but no.
We’re signing 2 left backs.
Hilariously bad squad planning.