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I don't think we were as good as Stoke tbh.

Villa's match day income is something like 1/10th of their revenue. The fans will pay it tho I think, for most of the ties at any rate.

I think now looking back, I think the Norwich game encapsulated the start we had last season. Probably should have been ahead at half time but ultimately lost. I still think we need to create more. And xG of a bit over 1 per game isn't going to get us anywhere ultimately.

This is where O'Hare is missed. He came alive around the box, his energy trying to link play between the strikers/wide men have us a different dimension. Now we are very samey. We need to bring our inverted forwards into play more, we need to engineer situations that enable them to come from...

One outlier there (small data set for this season). I'd imagine the tail end of last season was the same which is a worry. Bad at the back and poor going forward only ends up one way... I recall us having more and better chances in the games at the start of last season.

The bulk or maybe half our xG (what is it, like 5.5 or 6 xG?) was in the Oxford game. We struggle to create good quality chances ATM. Lots of nearly moments but the final ball/decision has been lacking.

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22/23 had the second fewest point's required for the top 6 in the last 20 seasons (68 points in 08/09). Our points tally that season would have us in the top 6 in four out of those 20 seasons, we were fortunate (though still deserved!).

I think it's down to instruction, the players looked like they didn't know what to do. Off the ball we were a mixture of sitting deep and pressing which left gaps all over the pitch.

True, but that season was a low bar points wise for the top 6 wasn't it? We left ourselves with a lot to do that season, common logic says that is not going to be reliably repeatable. For me we needed to be getting something like 18 points from the first 10 games, that is still doable but a...

Close the lot down!

Missing O'Hare. He was the catalyst for so much of our good play last season, he knitted our attacking play together. Gives the forward line someone to play off. That industry is missing this season. Very one paced and pedestrian.

Far more concerning than our poor run at the start of last season IMO, we look very easy to play against.

I'm told they've book Wembley for 10 nights so I think you might be. Trying to by tickets was an ordeal, reminded me of trying to get tickets for Southampton away in the FA cup back in 22.

I know, could have had Chiasa for 10!

I get that, still silly tho IMO. You could argue that Binks at RCB would offer better aaatbability than Thomas who's passing radar has been off since Christmas!

He was useful in the second season too I thought.

I don't get this new modernism of having to have a left and right footer at CB. It's not deemed an issue in midfield and it's not hampered some of the best defenses in the world historically...

Different, but similar output I think. Probably doesn't quite have the range of passing from deep, not Gamers dynamism but as a box to box player he is great.