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The management certainly got it right yesterday. A big well done. Also in DM's post game interview where he was gracious in victory, contrast that with Smiths bitter whinging. Whether or not he becomes a decent manager, there is no doubt he is a class human being.
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With the way Villa have come back into games he wanted to make sure they huffed and puffed rather than put their backs against the wall, it worked.
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One thing that has been over looked and I had to check twice that was our 5th clean sheet in the last 10 league games earlier this season we couldn't buy one, defo improving at the back despite the howlers imo.
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I thought it was the most grown up tactics we have played all season. Whether it was by necessity of Kanu having to come off or simply a pragmatic decision to shut up shop and carry a threat on the break it matters not as it worked.
I have to say away from home our tactics are working a treat due the expectation that the home team should show ambition and attack. It would / may be interesting to see if teams change their tactics to how they play us at home to negate our ability when allowed space to play.
The next challenge is to come up with tactics that bring victories at home when teams don’t play as we want them to.