Category: Opinion
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Chelsea – Villa; Carabou cup, will we take it seriously?
I never got chance to write anything about our 3-0 win over Everton, but obviously it was a great win. Leon Bailey put on a great cameo, scoring a near net-buster that I thought he controlled very well, given the way the ball was bouncing and pretty much netting directly from a corner. Okay, the…
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Villa – Everton; Our best bet for a while
The big talking point here has to be the fact that Emiliano Buendia and Emi Martinez won’t be arriving in the UK until some time tomorrow morning. Surprisingly, (to me anyway) the flight time from Croatia is only just over two hours so it’s not exactly long haul, but when you combine it with the…
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3-5-2 or whatever; Do we have the personnel?
Dean Smith apparently played the formation against Chelsea and I can see why, as it counters the way they play. But I always have massive doubts about the formation because it’s far too easy to make it a 5-3-2 and just call it the more attacking version. I do like it, as it’s a very…
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Chelsea 3- 0 Villa; That was never a 3-0 game.
Well, I’m pretty gutted after that. I thought we were excellent in the first half and were probably the better side overall. Axel Tuanzebe failed to stand up against Lukaku and it cost us, as we had a few chances and couldn’t score. I suppose that’s the difference when you sign a £90 odd million…
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Chelsea – Villa: I don’t fancy our chances here.
We did really well against Chelsea last season, having got a draw at Stamford bridge and beating them at home, so I don’t know why but I really don’t expect us to get anything from this one. I think it stems from how we’ve played our three games up to now, where we haven’t looked…