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Our away jerseys are actually beautiful.

Tosin has been great the last 135 minutes.

If Jackson missed that attempt Nkunku missed we'd have paragraphs on here saying he sucks and shouldn't ever start.

I thought Sancho was dangerous when we had the ball. Just not the type of game where the forwards have much of it.

There are bits to their game that are coming together. Just like us it doesn't happen overnight sometimes. They are making us uncomfortable and controlling the game for the majority. We've just been clinical. Haven't been impressed by us outside of first 15 mins.

Is Lavia available?

Maybe we're the idiots that have the problem with sitting back? Maybe Maresca saw something and told them to chill and hit on the counter?

Lavia needs to come on and bring control to the game.

Yep - he had a runner across goal and one at the penalty spot.

Caceido has been great. Enzo really is the weak link in the midfield.

Yes but the foul was outside as where the contact started. Its not a foul when he falls over - but when the contact was initiated.

It wouldn't have been a penalty regardless. Contact started outside the box. Just because he falls over, doesn't mean shit.

Playing on the counter and being a bit sloppy.

I like Tosin at that CB role...

Jackson is just so horrible because he doesn't score every chance. He is just a shocking number 9. Don't you all agree?

Jackson sucks and he isn't a proper 9. He never scores important ones.

I was told Duran was a donkey here and sucks. And why is he any good if he can’t start for Villa… Yeah. Right.

Neto is fine. A creative outlet that can open the game up. I think that wing becomes Sancho’s as a starting option and Neto to come on late and run at teams. Given the way we play, I’d love to see Sancho, Nkunku and Palmer from left to right. All sitting behind Jackson. Having Noni, Neto, Felix and anyone else is excellent as backups or rotational players there. If Lavia can stay healthy our midfield is looking good. Just need some continuity and understanding of where they’ll all play together. If we’re getting sliced through the middle - maybe play all 3 there and have Jackson sit from up front. Nkunku, Sancho and Palmer won’t be short of creativity.

Shocking call with the double yellow by the ref. You don't book both players there. Ridiculous.

Would have liked to see consistency in performance - but a win is a win. These are the games that you have to win as a big team. I just think for us level of play is more important than playing like dross and escaping with a win. I can't get over how quickly the ball seems to go through us at times. Is it because we play with 2 in the midfield and teams like to stack numbers there against us to overload? Is it a midfield problem or is it a whole team not working in tandem problem - leaving bigger gaps between the lines. Confused because in a vacuum you look at performances of Enzo or Caceido on a game to game basis, and they're actually quite decent to good, but the midfield as a whole seemed disjointed.

Oh okay.

3 games in.

What propaganda? Jackson is far younger, far more physically capable and only a season and a bit into his pro career. You blame Jackson for Palace at 1-1 when he was the one creating those chances for himself, and missed a tough shot on the side that was created from nothing. Not sure what your Jackson hate is about, but 2 goals in 3 games for our young striker.

Our CL title was a miracle run. In general our play was down during the period he had his best time here. Like I said. Fun to watch but I don’t think he was the impact player some others were. There is a reason his time was short here when we needed consistency and impact over the course of winning a season again.

I might be one of the few who doesn’t rate Mata as highly as everyone else on here seems to. Fun to watch, but the time he shone was when we were in our worst patch. I think he was a big fish in small pond type.