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Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle have all dropped in recent years, after being as shite as Villa this season. We played their very average 2020 team, not the Villa of 40 years ago when they were very good for 2 seasons. We had a decent chance of a home 3 points and didn’t take it.

I don’t think it’ll be that often churned out “poor conditioning, what are the club doing with them in the week?”. Propper, Montoya and Gross will always be sluggish at PL level, pace and dynamism for 90 minutes simply isn’t in their physiology. Connolly is barely a kid, he fades. Maupay...

They’ve spent £200m+ in transfer fees, so we can’t keep claiming they’ve lived on buttons. If we somehow manage to stay up, the club needs acquire players with the energy to last 90 minutes against athletic PL opponents.

The set piece business is laughable, complex inter-play, very often the ball not reaching the box. Next match, exactly the same again. Are the other 19 clubs doing this too?

He was man marked by 2 or 3 every time he got the ball within a split second, as Sheff Utd did. A good team would exploit that numerical advantage elsewhere. We’re not at that level yet.

I won £145 lay betting against an Albion win. For some bizarre reason the bookies made us huge favourites, when we’ve been poor, just like Villa. The betting markets inexplicably reflect a really strong mid-table Albion, sweeping aside Amex opponents. Nothing could be further from the truth...

I’m always pro Potter, but he had a very mixed performance today. 1. Starting line up and formation spot on, plus the team for once came out and played with passion. 2. Unusually for GP, he did a CH and did not react early in the second half with subs, when it was patently obvious the entire...

Why’s the cnt allowed on nsc? Trolling (following another club, but not revealing that, posting against the Albion) normally results in a permanent ban.

Propper did it well in the first 45, with help. But he lacks pace and an engine, and couldn’t repeat it. Perhaps a clever sub would’ve been Bissouma for Connolly on 50 minutes when it was obvious we were shite, losing most 50:50’s. To match against their packed midfield.

Webster and Dunk were poor, so very, very vulnerable. Neither is quick, a liability to the counter every time. Dunk’s miles off England duty just now.

Quality first 45. Outpaced, outfought in the second. Other than Bernardo and Ryan, everyone knackered. Maupay seemed off his game. I’d love us to bring on loan some pace/power in midfield and upfront for the relegation fight.

Knackered team the entire second half, especially Maupay. Throwing away a complete first half masterclass.

Other than his quality all round CM performances in our fantastic wins over Arsenal, Spurs, Watford etc. Loved at the time on NSC.