Which adds to my theory that Sanchez should stand his ground at penalties as so many are now down the middle.
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Yeah bit worried about that. Does he think he’s not good enough or something? He’s not giving him much game time, even when like today, Mac Allister and Caicedo weren’t really great.
Very odd. Gilmour was immense Vs arsenal.
Was surprising because Gilmour played really well against Arsenal in the middle of the park.
Enciso energy is great but he does run around a bit like he’s won a competition
People banging on about an expected result seem to forget we went ahead in the first minute and then Lallana went off. I suspect the latter fact had more effect and unsettled us due to his ability to 'coach' on the pitch. Add in the fact that, once again, a PGMOL ref is inadequate at dealing with time wasting and the odds were against us.
I instantly called the move he eventually made.
Veltman on Groß through the middle, I have no idea why that wasn't his go too move.
Last time I had an argument about this with a friend of mine we found that statistically it's the goalkeeper's best option, albeit only by a few percent compared to going either way.
Obviously it wouldn't take long for people to notice if you always just stood in the middle though.
Lallana was playing as the 10 in front of Caicedo and Ali in midfield I thought, so a like for like. Billy would have more likely replaced one of those two ?
Yes. It seems that the man playing No.10 against Arsenal from the beginning (Sarmiento) was also unavailable.
Nobby Cybergoat
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I understand it. Enciso the like for like sub, considering the position that lallana was playing in. The idea was not to disrupt the game plan 5 mins in
But that didn’t work either.
Personally I thought it was tailor made for Gilmour to come on when Lallana went off. After Wednesday I’m surprised both he and Lamptey didn’t get more minutes.
London Irish
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Love our new manager, he might be my favourite one here for two decades
Villa were time wasting even when they were losing. Later on the goalkeeper oaf took an out-of-play ball and kicked it onto the pitch while we were about to take a throw. It wasn't spotted. The injury feigning. The fouling. Absolute shite. I hope they go down.
Bob the manager said on the radio that the ref was crap because he allowed the time wasting. He said something along the lines of 'this is the English Premier league, the best league in the world, and Villa behaved like this is Italy'. Quite funny.
Anyway, never mind. Lessons will be learned.
Personally I think RdZ got the Lallana sub wrong, to me Dunk was having a stinker and needed Veltman, Pascal could have then moved forward, and got closer to Welbeck (which tactically was not happening).
Potter used to successfully switch several times a game, so even though the players apply them, in reality actually how you set up and what you do is fairly significant IMO.
pb21
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Can you imagine the furore and abuse Sanchez would get if he just stood still for a penalty and it went to one of the side; not worth the risk to his safety.
Agree, either that or Gilmour on would have been the most logical thing. Don't really understand the Enciso decision. Maybe he thought after the goal Villa would attack more and Enciso could be useful on the counters? Didn't really work out in that case. The consequence of the substitution was that Villa was 3 against 2 in central midfield (though it is a bit unclear exactly where young mr Ezequiel Maupay was supposed to play).
LamieRobertson
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Exactly as I see it ….all the questioning of subs is using a lot of hindsight ..even the Chelsea supporter is joining in
Tactics play a part, but its not close to important as quality & attributes among the players. Bringing on Enciso didn't help the team, but lacking players who thrive in crowded penalty area has proven to be costly many times and could potentially have sorted a point today. There was no chance of getting to good opportunities through the center, and for anyone on the wings there was really nothing to cross the ball to either.
Not really, felt the obvious move was to shift Gross there….. Was surprised to see Enciso who looked out of his depth IMO, against a physical team.