Thought Ramsey was hard done by being subbed at half time but it worked out I guess 😅 Best performance from Bogarde I've seen.

Football is a low scoring game. It's hard to win when you're consistently giving the opposition a goals head start.

A big part of Villa's season has been how often we've had to come back from behind (and a big part of last season is how often we went ahead at home)

Have to wonder how different things would've been if Duran hadn't received that wildly unfair red card against Newcastle. Without the suspension Watkins might not have reclaimed the starting spot & Jhon could well have been more inclined to stay.

Not gonna even pretend to be excited about what the money 'unlocks' for us. Duran to Saudi Arabia is shite, man.

Inconsistent, maddening, but fuckin hell he had my jaw dropping the floor.

Pretty clear one of Watkins or Duran will be leaving Villa sooner or later. Solves a PSR problem (for another season) and fixes a, albeit nice to have, headache for the manager. I just hope that whichever one it is, they leave in the summer and not this window.

Brilliant football to start from Villa.

MacPhee cooking with the set piece blocks too.

Watching him it feels like every other touch Jhon Duran takes is a shot. It's just kinda fun.

Emi Martinez that is world class 🤯

(Stealing Billy's gif to make a Villa point) Martinez should be more decisive here and probably come out to head the ball but Konsa really should be using his body to stop Openda from getting through too. A little too casual imo.

These are some of my favourite "tricks" that I've picked up over the last few years that have been particularly useful in soccer analytics.

I am begging other teams to at least try and copy Arsenal's corner routines. Everyone tried the Bournemouth kickoff, why is no one trying these heavy backpost orientation sets?

A football formulation of the fermi paradox – in blog post! Where are the new ideas?

Chelsea obviously the better team, but some finishing variance makes that result look a lot worse than it actually was. Villa can and need to be better but sometimes the ball just goes in 🤷‍♂️

A firing Watkins puts away either of those 2 chances and that half doesn't look nearly as bad. Unfortunately Villa look completely devoid of confidence right now and seem determined to give Chelsea opportunities in the dumbest ways possible.

EPL fans don't know how lucky they have it with English referees compared to Europe. Some of the decisions in this Villa Juve game 😬

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