Villa were terrible mate, any team with movement would have battered them last night. I know Gomes was massively off the pace, but he’s positioned next to Schneiderlin all game, then there’s a massive void to the front 4. Villa just sat in that block; there was a period when he moved about 15 yards in front of him and we started to create space because it pulled their players out of the block
But that happened to late, it’s the same reason why we struggled to break palace down. His tactics are wrong for those types of games, he should give Gomes the freedom to roam further forward
It wasn’t a scrappy game, it was an awful performance by us
Unfortunately you need a player like Gueye, to give Gomes the freedom to roam, as he covers every blade of grass behind him.
Watching it last night, it looked like Gomes ( as badly as he played ) had been told not to advance too far forward, which I`m guessing is because Silva knows that Schneiderlin isn`t capable of doing Gueyes old roll.
We desperately need Delph to be fit, as with our current midfield we`re gonna get ripped to shreds by anyone with pace in their team.
Villa are no better than a Sean Dyche Burnley team and played in a similar fashion, fouling, going down all the time, hoofing the ball etc, but we looked exposed every time they counter attacked.
In saying that, if Co Co the clown Lewin would`ve scored that sitter, I`m pretty it would`ve been a different game.
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