A trip up to Fulham on the last day of the season seems a more attractive bet than Villa Park. But Villa Park is bigger ground as demand might be high. Have ever won at Villa Park? Not against Villa.
Pressing team is a valid tactic, although I prefer selective pressing.
The tactics book wisdom says we should pass around a pressing team and make them chase shadows. I think against Villa the cramped our style by accident as we were too intent in avoiding getting caught in possession (forced to pass back). Dale Stephens tried to switch play and catch Villa off balance but nothing came off. We missed Kayal's running in midfield and we do not actually have a replacement for this (Towell?). Again Murphy might be a better bet than Skalak?
I think Fulham have tightened up their defence and improved their passing game, but not so dangerous in attack. But they still have Cairney. I think their relative positions in the table (compared to Villa) indicate Fulham will give us a scare. We might even need two goals to win?
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