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Jacob Tanswell
HT: #AVFC 0-0 Brighton Brighton understandably fragile & Villa struggling to go up the gears. Not near the level of incision or directness required. Neat touches from Sancho, Rogers & Maatsen at times, but Rogers is particularly relied on so much due to the midfield injuries
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HT: Poor first half - very flat. Neither Villa nor Brighton have created any real goalscoring opportunities, although Buendia came close late on. Big improvement needed, with Lindelof, Digne, Torres, Barkley, Bailey, Abraham and Alysson all in reserve. #AVFC 0-0 Brighton
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This has been flat. #AVFC scrappy, getting into needless fights and midfield struggling to dominate. Build up from the back has been slow, which is the opposite of what is required against a man-to-man press. Have to find passes through the lines as there is space to break into
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Villa have to play those balls down the channels for Watkins and Maatsen. It's pretty obvious. Pau would have been perfect in the first half an hour, here. #AVFC
On BlueskyJacob Tanswell
Pretty sloppy from both, but #AVFC are a threat when players are running forward without the ball. Villa need to play quicker when Maatsen is making those long runs from deep as he's got the pace on Veltman. Gross is tucking in and on Buendia, who needs to find better positions
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Carlos Baleba booked inside two minutes for a foul on Morgan Rogers. Given how #AVFC central play/build attacks and the fact Baleba will often be near Rogers, that could be quite significant.
On BlueskyJacob Tanswell
200 #AVFC games for Tyrone Mings. Along with John McGinn, he embodies the club's transformation. So many setbacks, so many doubts, so many concerns about whether he could still do it, especially in line with Villa's growing expectations. He's answered every question emphatically
On BlueskyJohn Townley
We're underway at Villa Park... #AVFC 0-0 Brighton
On BlueskyJacob Tanswell
Two changes for #AVFC tonight - in both full-back positions. I asked Unai Emery about Ian Maatsen's progress: "I think he's evolving a lot, working every day to improve and now he's defending much better than last year. He's been doing individual analysis work with Rodri."
On BlueskyJohn Townley
Brighton starting XI vs #AVFC: Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; Baleba, Hinshelwood; Gomez, Gross, Mitoma; Welbeck. Subs: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, O'Riley, Howell.
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