MonteCuler
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EPL is not more entertaining...
Premier League 25/26
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Birdy
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GEnerally, yes, it evens out.
Crazy runs on the margins of over-/under- performance usually do not last more than 3-4 months.
But there are some exceptions even to this, where it did not even out by the end of the season
Jenks
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3 positions. Marmoush plays more as a #9. Savinho was supposed to be leaving in the summer also, and I wouldn't be surprised if they offloaded him to Spurs in January.
Temptation
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Unnecessary signing and a bad decision by the player
That's the single most important stat to determine which team is the best in a league campaign
Arsenal head and shoulders above everyone else, should have had bigger point gap from City and Villa
Newcastle, insanely unlucky
Villa insanely lucky
Pool strangely enough where they should be
Palace deservedly where they are
Sunderland undeservedly
The only thing this proves is more teams should convert to playing NFL inspired football.
Birdy
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Marmoush can play as a 9, but he can also play LW and was used there many times last season.
Cherki can also play AM
I reckon Doku Semenyo will be starters, and the others will be subs
Cherki might bench Foden as AM,
but this still leaves many starting-quality players like MArmouch, Savinho, Foden/Cherki disappointed
fergus90
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We've been far better than the 16th best placed team in the premier league. I've not missed a single home game in the league this season, not a single second missed and I can tell you without any bias the only team clearly better than us on the day for the full 90 minutes were Crystal Palace.
When we are away, we play possum for a while and i truly think it's an Emery tactic due to the distinct lack of rotational options available to save legs as cannot be playing rope-a-dope football for 90 minutes. We have barely any depth and these players are playing two games a week so we play in bursts.
For example, even for all Chelsea's possession in the first half the other day, outside of the goal, how many guilt edge chances did they truly miss where you think it had to be a goal. All that possession for a 1-0 lead and a bunch of half chances. We ended up looking like we could've won 3-1 when the full time whistle sounded.
It's not like teams are having 5 shots a game ricocheting off both posts and the crossbar and somehow staying out of the net.
Been hearing that we shouldn't be where we are for 3 years now but it's clear that our style isn't one that looks pretty for the data analysts trying to predict or model our season but is effective for getting us European football for 3 consecutive seasons.
soul24rage
Senior Member
Let's hope Aston Villa wins today
Massive game
Massive game
Birdy
Senior Member
This season is nothing like the previous ones. Look at the first graph.
Last season for example, points were fair eventually: at the beginning of the campaign you were unlucky, at the end lucky, and everything evened out eventually.
That is not a criticism of the club or Emery who has done a fantastic job given what he has and who he competes against.
PS: as for the Chelsea game
Should have been 3-0 at HT.
Of course after min 60' everything flipped and Villa should have scored 3 the last 30 min.
MonteCuler
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Aston Villa is defo overperforming but they are still a quality side
Last season in CL they had PSG on ropes in second leg
If they had easier path to final fuck knows how far they could go
Last season in CL they had PSG on ropes in second leg
If they had easier path to final fuck knows how far they could go
Temptation
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Birdy
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