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⚽ Aston Villa vs Arsenal, Saturday 24th, 5.30pm

Don Pacifico

MOTM: Ollie Watkins

Clrnc

Don Pacifico hahahaha.

But yeah if he scored that it would have been like last season

goon

Don Pacifico

Jeez you really don’t want to give Raya any credit do you 😉

Don Pacifico

Clrnc and the wonder save from Raya. Could argue that Watkins should have done better there too.

IBL

Get in, revenge to some degree

Qwiss

Great win. That wasn't easy.

Don Pacifico

goon I only said it for the lolz. Raya was my MOTM though. We lose this game without him.

daredevil

goon

He's pulled off two worldies in consecutive games.

Qwiss

Don Pacifico hopefully.

Pepe LeFrits

Clrnc Calafiori is so good. Way more of a natural defender than Timber.

Looks like he might be a bit slow though

Claudius

Like the levels and different faces this team has. Good away win

est

Brilliant stuff. Really enjoyable away performance.

Clrnc

Calafiori got this aura about him. Love it

Mirth

Clrnc if you squint it looks like we have Maldini at left back

daredevil

Clrnc

Think Timber has become quite overrated in his time out. He looked solid without really impressing. Calafiore has looked so good on the other hand.

Qwiss

daredevil hilarious take.

Gunner89

daredevil

He's playing a position he's barely played AND coming back from a major injury, usually used as a CB and RB, doing a team job. It was a solid, solid performance by him.

Worth remembering both of villa's opening goals came through that side last season thanks to zinchenko.

Big Willie

daredevil Think Timber has become quite overrated in his time out. He looked solid without really impressing. Calafiore has looked so good on the other hand.

Timber kept leaving gaping holes at the back. Part of the reason Gabriel was so dodgy because the ball wide was almost never on as Timber was in midfield behind the attackers pressing. He was even doing a Zinchenko going all the way to the right wing on a number of occasions off the ball. It's something I was worried about seeing him back at the end of last season. Hopefully just bedding back in issues in a new position trying with a different style to when he was CB.

Think Calafiori looks like the best combination of Zinchenko and Kiwior in his positioning, physicality and on the ball ability. Feels very much like a left sided Ben White. Still early days but I think he'll take that position in no time.

Qwiss

USArsenal think Calafiori was on the wind up. Bit of the Ben White about him.

Don Pacifico

Tommy Setford basking in the glory. 😂

flobaba

Qwiss I'm good at agenda spotting.

And I spot one!

daredevil

Gunner89

I should have added that he hasn't impressed me as an inverted left back as he's not really a ball progressor. I'm more keen on seeing him on his natural side where he would make better use of his speed and agility.

Our midfield and defence as a whole struggled to deal with Villa's mid-block, as has been the case since Porto away. The CB's weren't doing enough to step out from the back and the Partey-Timber axis wasn't doing enough to show for the ball.

goon

Great win. My only reservation about Raya was the lack of match winning saves… well you have two on the bounce now.

Trossard brilliant after coming on and Saka just so reliable all the time. Saliba brilliant too.

Midfield not at their best, really struggled to get involved with the mid block. We need to find a way to force the issue with mid block sides, especially with our build up.

Qwiss

goon hopefully Merino coming in helps the midfield. Rice looks leggy after the summer. Partey still fades after the hour despite the goal. We need to be able to rest Rice and Ode too.

flobaba

goon it's that hole in the 8 position. Disrupts our balance and makes us a bit predictable.

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