The Truth: What Went Wrong for Aston Villa?
In this episode of The Truth, Sam and Dougie explore Aston VIlla's recent run of bad results and explore just why Emery's Villa look so much more susceptible than they did last campaign...
Ranks FC - A Football Podcast · Dougie Critchley, Sam Tighe, Jack Collins
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Show Notes
It's time for The Truth!
Aston Villa eased the pressure on themselves with a win against Brentford in midweek, but it doesn't change the fact that November was an incredibly difficult month for the Villans - with their last win before the Bees this Wednesday coming on October 22nd against Bologna in the Champions League.
Many people have pointed to the lack of Douglas Luiz this season as a major reason that Unai Emery's Villa have struggled to control games, but it surely can't be as simple as that, so Sam and Dougie take a deep dive into a topic close to Sam's heart and try to work out exactly what has been going wrong for the Villans across the last few weeks.
We discuss the lack of pressing and compactness, which may well be by design; as well as some strokes of unfortunate bad luck that have hampered their chances - as well as putting into question whether this summer actually strengthened or weakened the squad off the back of last season's success.
So have Villa been found out, or are they just currently gripped by a crisis of confidence and inability to finish their chances? Are the problems endemic, or will they go away as normality returns in the New Year?
The Truth is somewhere in the middle...
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