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He had some game where he was truly world class. The 3-3 game against Man City comes to mind, but there were others too where he terrorised defenders.

10. Moussa Sissoko 9. Charles N'Zogbia 8. Olivier Bernard 7. Allan Saint-Maximin 6. Yohan Cabaye 5. Hatem Ben Arfa 4. Demba Ba 3. David Ginola 2. Laurent Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Fabrice Pancrate Honourable mentions: Debuchy, Gouffran, Lejeune, Sikierski Hanging around: Henri Saivet

That's a pretty barebones highlights mate.

Joe's look says: "Get me away from this bloke who thinks he's funny". Also known as the "I've just met the Fish look"

Down to the human ears?

Badly fucked my knee playing football just over a week ago. Twisted and felt a pop on my planted leg whilst kicking. Partial tear of MCL and highly likely that I've snapped my ACL. Waiting on results from my MRI.

Good entertaining pre-season. It does highlight one area we need to work on - our transition from attack to defense. Dubravka probavly should have done better with the second goal.

What Villa have done is very impressive. They did something similar under Martin O'Neill and that petered out after 3 good seasons. I'd be very excited about this full season under Emery if I was a Villa supporter. More excited about us though obviously!

Well said. He was definitely something to look forward to through a dark period. A serious talent but unfortunately not a great fit in our current team and the funds can be better used improving the team. Have to say I did appreciate that he tried hard to adapt his game under Howe and did become a better distributor as a result.

That was a good pass though, pulled the keeper away from the centre of goal passed it well weighted to the unmarked Anderson right in front.... and what came next was embarrassing... thankfully Anderson played well after, scored and setup our second.

Good half, we created plenty. Anderson made up for missing a gilt edged chance early, scoring a goal and going on a good run and forcing a save to create the opportunity for Isak to smash in our second. Our shape has looked a bit ordinary when Villa counter, in particular with our fullbacks as they are pushing very high. All in all a very good run out, on the balance of chances created we should be ahead, but after being down 0-2 going into the break tied up is good enough. Nice to see Unai Emery honouring his mentor Eddie Howe by wearing Eddie's black and white shirt, the respect is admirable.

I've reviewed the add-ons and can't see anything out of the ordinary. Complete a stepover - £15m Fall down and roll dramatically - £15m Stay down after playing for a FK and not getting one - £15m Shoot - £15m Fail to track back and/or to make a tackle - £15m Complete another stepover - £15m Wear unnecessary bandages/strapping - £15m Tweet a picture of yourself training - £15m Score (or witness a goal) - £15m Assist (or witness an assist) - £15m

Sounds positively serene.

I'd imagine if that's the case we'll let it sit like that for a while rather than up our offer.

Why not both? Planes, Trains and Automobiles style.

Don't worry, they've got their firearms to protect themselves against dangerous foreign criminals.

I wouldn't say he's the opposite of it, but you're right that Barnes is not known for his defensive effort. I'm only guessing but feel like Eddie will feel that he can use his energy to press and over time improve his defensive reads and tackling. Similar to the intentions with Gordon. They'll be eased into the team and/or used as subs until they fully fit the style of play. The alternate view is also that Howe will look to evolve the way we play to cater for teams sitting deeper against us. Barnes, noted for his quick interchanges can work both in the open field and also against a deep lying defense.

When you think about it Eddie would not have been interested in him because there's a defensive expectation for our wide players that Diaby doesn't meet. Chiesa on the other hard is quite hardworking defensively, presses and makes tackles. Of the two he fits Eddie's style much better than the Frenchman. Still, I'd be quite surprised if we go for him but would be keen to see how he does. It can't hurt that we've now got Tonali.

"OK, but would you take the same deal except without Ryan Fraser?"

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I hope the USA don't win. Beyond that it would be nice for the Matilda's to do well, and the NZ girls too. I'll be watching the Matilda's matches.

Has Bruno's quality fallen away since joining? No.