Premier League 25/26

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Temptation

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@fergus90
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Like you know I'm a big fan of the xG system and this makes perfect sense.

MY TACTICAL ANALYSIS:

Emery's tactics are currently geared towards Morgan Rogers getting into positions from which he can shoot. Rogers is amazing at that and Villa's system gives him many opportunities to use this attribute.

Villa play a very very narrow system with no wingers. They don't really cross the ball. Good crosses add to the xG a lot.

They try to hit Watkins and Malen early down the channels. They often square it back to the central areas where a free roaming Rogers is arriving with the perfect shooting opportunity and momentum.

Have they been lucky lately? Ofcourse they have. But the low xG is also a symptom of Emery's tactical system with no wingers or traditional targetman. Tactically Emery intentionally frees up Rogers to get into these positions with his possession recycling patterns of play. And Rogers' distance shooting ability is definitely skill not luck.

Tielemans is a brilliant player that goes under the radar. He has a brilliant shot from distance and final pass too. He can also drop deep, play in the double pivot and control the tempo. One of the best midfielders in the league with brilliant passing empathy.

Their main players are Rogers, Tielemans, Onana and Kamara.

It's a very interesting and unique tactical system by Emery who's one of the best tacticians on the planet. They alternate between a very narrow 4411 and 4231.

The system isn't sustainable long term and Emery knows it. And Villa were playing a different system last season when they had more squad depth and game changers. Currently Emery needs a few signings because it's a very thin squad with limited options.

Emery knows exactly what he's doing. He just needs more backing in the market to develop his system better and make it sustainable like it used to be. @fergus90
 
fergus90

fergus90

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Temptation said:
Like you know I'm a big fan of the xG system and this makes perfect sense.

MY TACTICAL ANALYSIS:

Emery's tactics are currently geared towards Morgan Rogers getting into positions from which he can shoot. Rogers is amazing at that and Villa's system gives him many opportunities to use this attribute.

Villa play a very very narrow system with no wingers. They don't really cross the ball. Good crosses add to the xG a lot.

They try to hit Watkins and Malen early down the channels. They often square it back to the central areas where a free roaming Rogers is arriving with the perfect shooting opportunity and momentum.

Have they been lucky lately? Ofcourse they have. But the low xG is also a symptom of Emery's tactical system with no wingers or traditional targetman. Tactically Emery intentionally frees up Rogers to get into these positions with his possession recycling patterns of play. And Rogers' distance shooting ability is definitely skill not luck.

Tielemans is a brilliant player that goes under the radar. He has a brilliant shot from distance and final pass too. He can also drop deep, play in the double pivot and control the tempo. One of the best midfielders in the league with brilliant passing empathy.

Their main players are Rogers, Tielemans, Onana and Kamara.

It's a very interesting and unique tactical system by Emery who's one of the best tacticians on the planet. They alternate between a very narrow 4411 and 4231.

The system isn't sustainable long term and Emery knows it. And Villa were playing a different system last season when they had more squad depth and game changers. Currently Emery needs a few signings because it's a very thin squad with limited options.

Emery knows exactly what he's doing. He just needs more backing in the market to develop his system better and make it sustainable like it used to be. @fergus90
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That is a very,very good post sir. And echo’s what I think Emery is doing with the tools he has. I see us trying to get opportunities in January like we did last year with Rashford and Asensio to bolster the squad.

Your point about Morgan Rogers is correct too which also highlights one of the pitfalls with xG. The 0.03 XG goal he scored against United is getting scored way more times than 3 out of 100 for a bloke with his striking ability.

Don’t be me wrong I know xG has its place in football and I’m not no hater of it but football is the game we love because you can expect the unexpected.

I could pull out a tweet from Tifo football by the Athletic in 2023 when we went through a similar patch to now saying we aren’t as good as are when you look at the numbers and guess what, we still got 4th.
 
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Fati_Future_BallonDor

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Temptation said:
Like you know I'm a big fan of the xG system and this makes perfect sense.

MY TACTICAL ANALYSIS:

Emery's tactics are currently geared towards Morgan Rogers getting into positions from which he can shoot. Rogers is amazing at that and Villa's system gives him many opportunities to use this attribute.

Villa play a very very narrow system with no wingers. They don't really cross the ball. Good crosses add to the xG a lot.

They try to hit Watkins and Malen early down the channels. They often square it back to the central areas where a free roaming Rogers is arriving with the perfect shooting opportunity and momentum.

Have they been lucky lately? Ofcourse they have. But the low xG is also a symptom of Emery's tactical system with no wingers or traditional targetman. Tactically Emery intentionally frees up Rogers to get into these positions with his possession recycling patterns of play. And Rogers' distance shooting ability is definitely skill not luck.

Tielemans is a brilliant player that goes under the radar. He has a brilliant shot from distance and final pass too. He can also drop deep, play in the double pivot and control the tempo. One of the best midfielders in the league with brilliant passing empathy.

Their main players are Rogers, Tielemans, Onana and Kamara.

It's a very interesting and unique tactical system by Emery who's one of the best tacticians on the planet. They alternate between a very narrow 4411 and 4231.

The system isn't sustainable long term and Emery knows it. And Villa were playing a different system last season when they had more squad depth and game changers. Currently Emery needs a few signings because it's a very thin squad with limited options.

Emery knows exactly what he's doing. He just needs more backing in the market to develop his system better and make it sustainable like it used to be. @fergus90
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You cant have hair dude, admit it you are Pep ! :staringpep:
 
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