Even though it won a damn CL trophy, on days when there's two or more of: Hendo, Milner and Gini in the midfield if means there's going to be almost no midfield creativity.
But then again, LFC's current system gets a lot of its creativity from its full backs, so the midfield's job is more just to be sound positionally and defensively, which is what Hendo excels at.
If Keita can bust out, or Ox regains his form (not holding my breath), that goes a long way towards justifying starting Hendo and Fabinho at the same time.
4. "Imma be loud and annoying about Villa " In response to Reply # 0
We byke. We kept the core of the squad that got us up. We practically stole Tom Heaton off Burnley. We have a big fucking Brazilian up front. Who likes to drop deep and play in wingers. Tyrone Mings cost a quarter what Harry Maguire did and he’s about to have a much better season. We’ve got people who grew up with the team as Manager and Captain. Speaking of, Jack Grealish about to make Levy real real sad that he didn’t say “fuck it, 50 mill” last Summer.
31. "Three. They're cheap and Dean Smith will have us attacking" In response to Reply # 20 Fri Aug-09-19 12:01 PM by magilla vanilla
Likely set piece takers are Conor Hourihane and Matt Targett
Tom Heaton is the best keeper under 5 you'll find.
I wouldn't necessarily go for Wesley, as he's a) new to the league from the Belgian league and b) unlikely to fully replace the 25 goals Tammy Abraham scored last year. He likes to come get the ball and play his wingers and midfielders in-- John McGinn, Anwar El Ghazi, Jota and Trezeguet are the most likely to benefit from that approach.
But the starkest thing about the Smith turnaround is despite the odd 5-5 to Forest and 3-3 to Blades, Villa's defense tightened up a LOT under Smith, especially during the 10 win run. Tyrone Mings was essential to that, and he'll likely play every game so long as he's fit. He proved excellent in the air, stopping dribblers, and reading for interceptions. He should pop in a handful of goals too.
I didn't mention Jack Grealish-- I think McGinn will outscore him, but Grealish will likely benefit from key passes being included in the points tally. His job in this system is to operate the space between, and you'll likely see him and Wesley operating as a double pivot in the attack, weirdly. He's a special player, but I don't think he'll end up being that great for fantasy purposes (I still have him because I can't not).
44. "Wow, NBC managed to make their online service even worse?" In response to Reply # 0 Sun Aug-11-19 07:17 PM by smutsboy
All game replays are now only available through the paid Gold package.
Which means tv subscribers can stream matches that are on tv live, but can't watch replays without paying $65 extra for NBC Gold.
Also the replays aren't even available until 9pm.
So even if you're not a TV subscriber, you can pay one fee to stream games live, then pay a SECOND fee to watch games on demand, but not until 9pm (so not really on demand)
Quite a consumer-friendly platform you're building there NBC.
No one wants to pay for NBC Gold so their solution is to double down on it.
50. "So that's what's going on" In response to Reply # 44
I ended up watching Friday's replay on the app, but in Spanish. The feed was available not long after the Liverpool game finished. Obviously only an option when games are aired on telumundo. Or maybe it was a glitch.
But yeah that really sux. That said I paid for gold, but that 9pm is bananas. That throws off my whole routine
Printer-friendly copy 
Email this topic to a friend
Okay Sports
