In days gone by when you saw the team line-up, you’d look to see if a certain player had been passed fit or what slight tactical selections had been made, and then think, depending on who Villa were playing, “Ah, we’ve got a chance here” or “we should win this”. I can’t remember the last time I had those thoughts. Now, it doesn’t matter who’s on that team sheet, the general consensus is this squad is simply not good enough.
Why? Is a question you need to aim at the likes of Tom Fox and Paddy Reilly, who chose the players (and the former manager Tim Sherwood).
Six points from 16 games. That’s three games off the half-way point in the season, which is both a disgrace and an embarrassment. We’ll discuss this situation later, as I’m sure other media and Villa blogs will, but in the meantime, here’s five reasons to be cheerful as Aston Villa fans…
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2. COLUMBIAN MASK
You have to say that Carlos Sanchez had a bit of a mare against Arsenal and was sloppy in possession several times, and played the wrong ball several times when he was more advanced. But what about his mask!? At last, a player has come up with a mask that doesn’t look totally ridiculous.
Compare it to Cesc ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Fabregas’s mask and there’s no doubt that Sanchez’s transparent offering allows him to have a better field of vision and feel less conscious, making him a much better player than Fabregas…at choosing masks anyway.
Mask innovation – finally a reason to be proud of a Villa player this season!
