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The Brighton game was not the Sa horror show many are claiming. Johnstone is an incredibly inflexible and slow on the ball keeper who just passed it out for a corner. There is no winning a victory here for Johnstone fans, that was beyond woeful and is not something totally surprising or out of...

Actually, yeah I went Brighton last week so presume my pick is not needed!?

Bournemouth please. Can't bring myself to go with the most likely easier choice 😞

My mate who goes to a lot of Villa games was surprised to hear any fans had ill will against O'Neill partly due to how supportive the fans were right up to going 2-1 down the other day, so would agree with the patience thoughts.

Given the current options I would actually go rush goalie, hope to win the kick off, put everyone up front and shout "next goal wins!" As soon as the game starts. Positives - it might catch them off guard, even if they score it can only end 1-0. Negatives - can't think of any.

Also whilst it didn't happen overnight. The difference between them with Hughton and then Potter was stark. Hughton was similar to O'Neill's dismissal in the sense that quite a lot of the talk was it was unfair given how he had kept them up, and what did Brighton expect etc and that they were at...

A keeper has a role in a tap in. He doesn't take a great angle in the 3rd for the reasons I stated. Look at the Raya save from the pen or the Kelleher save off the line, tremendous reaction saves that are probably comparable to the 2nd. It's not a goal every keeper let's in.

Yeah don't get me wrong I don't feel he did well and I would already be swapping Sa back in myself but then I get I never wanted this change for him and so know people would point to that for my reason. I haven't pivoted from my thinking the people who were saying it was an upgrade, would regret...

Yeah he should. And some keepers save the 2nd yesterday but I don't think SJ ever does, and that's my drawback with him. He seemed to play a bit further from his line yesterday (backed by stats versus his other games) but I don't think he likes that, again not something I put blame on him for...

See I don't think Johnstone has underperformed. This was my worry of what he is and he has performed actually to his previous ability. Would be an excellent short to mid term emergency keeper for a better team but is a worry as a main keeper as makes no "point winning saves." People were...

Whilst SJ is only -0.8. Both keepers we have played now have negative xG rates. So if we had a better keeper we'd potentially have more points.

The new contract is a worry, and I get there are some things that do feel out of his control but ultimately there are things that do seem to lie with him, worse still I don't know what his thinking or ideas are for the team and he has now pivoted again from what preseason seemed to be...

It's not about his Villa bias or dislike of Wolves. It's that despite his apparent failings as a manager, he could absolutely see what was coming and how Wolves hadn't responded. Sherwoods win percentage is well above O'Neill's mind.

Said last week that it's the teams that take no unexpected points that put themselves in trouble. It's too difficult to now be looking at Brentford, Palace, Southampton and being "we need 9points" from that run as fixtures playing like we are, as the history of the league shows that's not how it...

Never joined before. If I pick a team am I locked from picking them again? Or just open every week? Going Brighton regardless, but just so I know. Pick - Brighton

In his defence he nearly saved it!? 😬😄

I said I would have tried to move for him when someone asked who I would have targeted instead of Johnstone, and this hasn't changed that thinking. Was a time I wasn't that big a fan of Steele a few years ago but he has drastically altered that opinion since.

Well unless Johnstone is a clear and significant upgrade then I doubt it. My worry is we need an upgrade on keeper overall. Feel we are closer to Leicester making the mistake of messing around starting Ward which ultimately had a big part of their relegation. That we are at having cleverly...

I am also not comparing it like for like as it's a characteristic of Johnstone throughout his career. Not just with us. It's just useful to compare that sample.

Added to this is Johnstone now being the keeper. Through his two games so far his average starting position for nearly all actions is 10.5yards. Meaning he is the opposite of a sweeper. Sa was at 17. Only Sels, Ramsdale and Raya (which I was surprised about) have a lower starting average in the...