Villa scored a nice goal from a corner against Man C
Anyone reckon we will keep a clean sheet?
No?
BR said as much post match. Said he was trying to get some stability in the line up, but the schedule and EL make that difficult.The fact that BR selected an unchanged line up suggests that he's trying to get some basics in place.
That makes good sense but it's impossible with such a crammed fixture list. Changes are necessary and inevitable. So will we just keep chopping and changing?
Christ on crackSchmeichel
Amartey Evans Vestegaard
Castagne Soumare KDH Thomas
Maddison
Ihenacho Daka
Ndidi needs to be taken out of the team. And I’d like to see how Soumare plays when he’s the one defensive midfielder.
To be fair, no team outside the top four have a positive goal difference. That suggests that there are sixteen sides largely incapable of keeping clean sheets.
Schmeichel
Castagne / Evans / Soyuncu / Bertrand
Perez / Ndidi / Maddison / Barnes (in a diamond)
Iheanacho / Vardy
Not to mention the ethical issues with diamond mining.Playing Barnes in a diamond is a ludicrous suggestion. Firstly, if we had a diamond big enough to contain Barnes then we should sell it and become the richest club on the planet and use the funds to buy some better players. Secondly, being in a diamond would be very restrictive for a player. The sheer weight of it would render Barnes immobile, notwithstanding the added problem that he wouldn't be able to move his arms and legs very easily, if at all. Certainly no traction with the pitch could be achieved. Playing Barnes on the left is probably a more sensible suggestion.
A lotI wonder how much of that is down to every team trying to play out from the back and not being very good at it.
A fair point well made.Not to mention the ethical issues with diamond mining.
I agree with this.I think I'd probably play Albrighton on the right for this one.
I'm not seeing any suggestions that look like a better option than sticking with 4-2-3-1 and just rotating personnel to try and find better performers.
But the fact that Albrighton might be our best option for the right wing in 2021 should be an embarrassment for our recruitment team.
Another fair point, well made.the PL is complete boring shit
A lot
Also a reason the PL is complete boring shit
One clean sheet in the league this season isn't justified in any context whatsoever.To be fair, no team outside the top four have a positive goal difference. That suggests that there are sixteen sides largely incapable of keeping clean sheets.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Liverpool | 16 | 39 |
2 | Chelsea | 17 | 35 |
3 | Arsenal | 17 | 33 |
4 | Nottm F | 17 | 31 |
5 | Bournemouth | 17 | 28 |
6 | Aston Villa | 17 | 28 |
7 | Manchester C | 17 | 27 |
8 | Newcastle | 17 | 26 |
9 | Fulham | 17 | 25 |
10 | Brighton | 17 | 25 |
11 | Tottenham | 17 | 23 |
12 | Brentford | 17 | 23 |
13 | Manchester U | 17 | 22 |
14 | West Ham | 17 | 20 |
15 | Everton | 16 | 16 |
16 | Palace | 17 | 16 |
17 | Leicester | 17 | 14 |
18 | Wolves | 17 | 12 |
19 | Ipswich | 17 | 12 |
20 | Southampton | 17 | 6 |