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Chelsea vs Aston Villa (PL) Saturday 27th December 17:30 GMT

HOWS THIS FOR A STAT

In their last 18 games Aston Villa have won 16, they have only lost to Go Ahead (CL) and Liverpool (PL)

Meanwhile the great Maresca has won 2 out of 8 (Cardiff and Everton)
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2 from 11 according to Johnny Minerals this morning. Not sure if he is including Europe as well

 
Also Fernandez is going nowhere for the next 3 or 4 years. Nobody in Europe has the money to pay what these clowns would need just to break even.
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I think they already know they'll struggle to even get book value on most of their signings on a straight sale, let alone recoup the original fee. It's why we see all these player trade stories put out there LOL

 
2 from 11 according to Johnny Minerals this morning. Not sure if he is including Europe as well
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Love me a Mr Minerals rant LOL but you do always have to fact check him as he's certainly not a details man !

We've won 5 of our last 11 ... whichever way you want to slice the comps ...

 
Been over this before but I often wonder why people think we hsve a lot of talent in our squad. I really dont think we do. Certainly not enough to be a top four team and that is in a season where a lot of teams are under performing.

If you categorise our squad in terms of being Premier league team so categories are First Class, First Team Standard, Squad Rotation, Back Up, or Lower League then I would have something like (and I include potential as well as current ability

First Class - Palmer, Caciedo and James

First Team - Cucurella, Acheampong, Esteveao, Sanchez, Lavia

Rotation - Neto, Fofana, Santos

Back Up - Colwill, Gusto, Mudryk, Enzo, Delap, Pedro, Jackson, Chalobah

Lower League - Jorgensen, Tosin, Garnacho, Badiashille, Gittens, George' Sterling, Guiu

Probably missed a few

Looking at that it's quite clear what a bang average squad it is for a team supposedly with top four aspirations. Only three players that are of genuine high class. And of the 5 first team ones three are really there based on potential rather than current contribution and the keeper we know will f**k up again.

Meanwhile we have about 6 players getting regular playing time who are either squad fillers or shouldn't even be playing in this league.
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You don't need 9-11 world class players. You just need 11-14 players that can work and fit in a team together regardless of individual ratings.

The team is good enough for Top 4, only reason it's not is poor in-game management.

 
You don't need 9-11 world class players. You just need 11-14 players that can work and fit in a team together regardless of individual ratings.

The team is good enough for Top 4, only reason it's not is poor in-game management.
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Never said we needed 9-11 world class players. What I said is we only have three and the support around them is only at a fit level in a handful with over 50% of those being more based on potential rather than current output. Every player in the other three categories are not good enough to be getting material number of appearances if we expect to compete consistently. Unfortunately we have far too many in those three categories who are either regular starters or certainly pretty regular players.

Nowhere near good enough for top four once the likes of Utd and Liverpool hit consistent form.

None of that is denying our manager is also sh*te.

My money would be on us finishing just outside the top 6. Maybe 8th.

 
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Never said we needed 9-11 world class players. What I said is we only have three and the support around them is only at a fit level in a handful with over 50% of those being more based on potential rather than current output. Every player in the other three categories are not good enough to be getting material number of appearances if we expect to compete consistently. Unfortunately we have far too many in those three categories who are either regular starters or certainly pretty regular players.

Nowhere near good enough for top four once the likes of Utd and Liverpool hit consistent form.

None of that is denying our manager is also sh*te.

My money would be on us finishing just outside the top 6. Maybe 8th.
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Pretty much agree on with almost everything, I think we have the quality to edge out Pool and Utd but maybe that's just me false hoping on the fact that our players have some semblance of pride in themselves

 
'Free Header': Ollie Watkins thanks Chelsea star for Aston Villa winner as Jamie Redknapp slams defender
The England international spoke to Sky Sports after the match with former Tottenham Hotspur man Jamie Redknapp asking if he could ‘believe his luck’ that it was the smaller Malo Gusto closest to putting in a challenge for that 84th minute goal.​
Watkins replied: “I felt like they were stood off us. They had a lot of chances from our own corners when they were countering. I’ve gave him [Gusto] a little shove and he wasn’t marking me too tightly. It’s basically a free header. It’s nice to see that float into the corner. It’s a nice moment for me.”​
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AND ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME GUSTO HAS MARKED PLAYERS BIGGER THEN HIM AND COST US, MARESCA STOP PICKING YOUR SEX TOY​
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And what the feck was Delap doing, taking up a pointless position behind everyone??

I know it's old fashioned, but a man on the back post would have probably stopped the header

 
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