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Unai Emery asked if the window should shut before the season starts: "Always. Not just now, always. We are one club who find it hard every year." #AVFC
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John Townley
Unai Emery asked if the window should shut before the season starts: "Always. Not just now, always. We are one club who find it hard every year." #AVFC
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Unai Emery: "In the last three years, until the transfer window finishes, we have had problems like we are having now. The players here today are keeping the mentality I want for the team. Not complaining or blaming, even with a tough result today." #AVFC
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Unai Emery on injuries: "Manzambi is starting to work on the field. Maybe he will need two weeks more to join us. Madjo has a small injury and I think he can start training with us too, but will need some days more. Tammy Abraham has an injury too." #AVFC
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Unai Emery on Ollie Watkins' absence: "This question is for him. I can answer only with my silence." Did he refuse to play? "I think you call his agent and he can respond." Do you feel let down? "He can only explain his answer, I can't." #AVFC
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Aston Villa managed just four touches in Brighton's box all game. #AVFC
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Aston Villa failed to register a single shot on target against Brighton - their first Premier League game without one since facing Newcastle United on October 29, 2022. #AVFC
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FT: Brighton 4-0 #AVFC A game that really passed Villa by and were not ready for. The match was done after Brighton's first. A pale imitation of last season and what Villa will be this season. Under-equipped, undercooked and the flux off the pitch played out on it. Fans sang…
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#AVFC could hardly have started the 2026/27 season in worse fashion after being battered 4-0 by Brighton, with new signing Joao Gomes sent off for violent conduct. Defensive errors aplenty in the first half, and not a single shot on target in 90 minutes.…
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Alejandro Garnacho will be #AVFC's fifth and final sub.
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Boubacar Kamara looking tired but he and team-mates have at least battled in the second half. Emery tightened them structurally as part of 'operation: damage limitation', but just waiting for this to be over. Alysson and Ruggeri, for his debut, are coming on. #AVFC
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