From what I have seen from Villa they aren't actually that good. They've massively massively outperformed xG and I imagine they will fall away once results start reflecting performances. They we're much cop vs us but Yoro decided to give Rogers two free pot shots which he was happy to put away.
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11 wins in a row in all comps. Can't be that bad! I could stand it if United weren't "that good." Malen, Buendia, Rogers all scoring goals and Watkins chips in off the bench. Not one world beater in the team but they certainly believe they can win.
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Really seems a drop in their intensity compared to early season.
European games having an effect? Squad depth?
They definitely have a good system where all the players know their roles and can control matches, well, at least from what they showed in the second half against Chelsea. Chelsea couldn't get near the ball at times!
Right, but you can't keep expecting to outperform your xG and other teams to underperform theirs. They will drop away at some point this season. Forest last season were doing the same. Everything was going for them.
I've just been surprised whenever I have seen them because their results suggest a very good team playing really well and I haven't seen that.
Absolutely - I think I posted somewhere I could see it happening. The squad is very small, and the starting 11 clearly can’t play every game!
Maybe it's a comment on how either how competitive the league is or how weak the "top" teams are. Hard to decipher which is true. Villa lost their first three games and didn't score but since then have been on a very good run. By the same logic you must be optimistic that United's xG under performance will balance out and we'll win more games. I'll settle for something convincing tonight.
I think that we will end up about 6-8th this season and I wouldn't be surprised at all to find Villa around the same places come the end of the season. Forest ended up 7th last season after a similar good run earlier in the season where everything was dropping for them.