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26 | Football Journalist @SkySports | Formerly @GOAL, Reach PLC, @sportbible, @birmingham_live & @MailSport | all views my own
Joined December 2020
✍️ | Wes Edens isn’t just revolutionising the culture at Aston Villa, he’s also contributed to the success of the Milwaukee Bucks. I took a look at the similarities between the two teams here👇🏼. #AVFC.
Wes Edens' incredible $1.6 billion blueprint to transform Aston Villa 🦌 🇺🇸 | @pgr_analytics #AVFC
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Villa when they see a top midfielder become a free agent
🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Youri Tielemans. Doing medical before finalising contract. 26yo midfielder set to join as free agent after Leicester deal expired. #AVFC overcame plenty of competition for Belgium international @TheAthleticFC
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📊 - The % of minutes Man City players played last season. - Sterling 74%.- Silva 60% .- KDB 58%.- Mahrez 57%.- Foden 47% .- Torres 38% . This was Grealish’s reaction to being subbed with 2 mins to go against Newcastle, whilst 2-0 up. #AVFC
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Emi Martinez record for Argentina by numbers…. 🧤 21 appearances .⛔️ 15 clean sheets . @emimartinezz1 #FIFAWorldCup 🇦🇷
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Jack Grealish had 𝟏.𝟓𝟑 Goal Creating Actions per 90 minutes in #EURO2020 which was the 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 of any player🥇. Creative💫. #AVFC #ENG #ThreeLions
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📊 Jack Grealish is #ENG most fouled player of the tournament so far (4) . He has played 27 minutes of football. #ThreeLions #EURO2020
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📊 John McGinn is the most booked player in the Premier League for the 2020/21 season . Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the most aggressive player in the league. #AVFC
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Alex Moreno had more touches than any other player on the pitch against Leeds United (80). Going to play a big role under Unai Emery… . #AVLLEE
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Buendia’s aerial threat is one of life’s great mysteries but I love every second of it.
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Jack Grealish had 10 progressive carries in the game against #DEN, the second most behind only Luke Shaw (11)🥈. He also led the team in Carries into the penalty area (4)🥇. In just 37 minutes of football. #AVFC #ENG #ThreeLions
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If Cameron Archer can’t come on against 10 men when we need a goal, when can he come on?.
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@AVFCOfficial Seeing Villa tweet they have reached an agreement with a team then realising its not Man City
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📊 - Aston Villa kept Manchester City to their lowest recorded expected goals value of the season at 0.9 xG yesterday. Villa also recorded their highest tally of pressures (191) in this game. Gerrard’s work rate beginning to take shape💪🏻. #AVFC
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£14m?
Excl: Brentford are set to sign Aaron Hickey on permanent deal. Scottish talented fullback will join for £14m plus add-ons to Bologna. Five year deal agreed… and here we go. 🚨🏴 #BrentfordFC. Hickey will travel to England next week in order to undergo medical tests and sign.
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📊 Mason Mount in 99 mins vs #ITA . - 68.2% Pass accuracy.- 1 Succesful dribble.- 3 Ground duels won (43%).- 0 Interceptions. 📊 Jack Grealish in 21 minutes. - 75% Pass accuracy.- 2 Successful dribbles .- 4 Ground duels won (100%) .- 1 Interception
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Conor Hourihane is rumoured to be leaving Aston Villa, a great servant to the club and an even better player🙌🏻. 📝 • 144 Appearances. ⚽️ • 28 Goals. 🅰️ • 24 Assists. The Norwich hattrick, volley against Blues, rocket against Baggies . What a player👏🏻. @ConorHourihane #AVFC
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Aston Villa scored more goals in 14 minutes under Aaron Danks than they did in the last 409 minutes of Steven Gerrard being in charge.
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📊 - Aston Villa had the fifth lowest press prior to Gerrard's arrival whereas Brighton had the fifth highest. In Gerrard's first game, Villa out-pressed Brighton (133 vs 123 pressures) and limited Albion to their second lowest xG of the season. Instant impact 💪. #AVFC
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📊 Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Mason Mount and Phil Foden combined for 2 successful dribbles against Croatia. If only we had the player with the most progressive carries in the league on the bench. Footballs coming home regardless. #AVFC
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Luis Suárez has ruled out offers from several clubs - to focus on Aston Villa’s offer from his former teammate Steven Gerrard. [@gerardromero] #avfc.
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‘Now send him out on loan and score against Baggies on your debut’
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We are going to buy Coutinho for just £4m more than what we signed Ross McCormack for. What parallel universe am I living in . #AVFC.
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100% pass accuracy for this man yesterday ✅. Really solid addition to the squad. 🇧🇪
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Aston Villa hadn’t scored a direct free kick in 2,762 days prior to the clash against Manchester United this afternoon. Step up, @LucasDigne 🎯
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Just the 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡 progressive carries for @JacobRamsey28 against Everton yesterday - the second most recorded by him in an #AVFC shirt. 🤯. Joy to watch when he’s running with the ball 👏🏻
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𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡’𝐬 starts for England💫🏴. 🏴 • Assist + Man of the Match . 🇮🇪 • Assist + Man of the Match . 🇧🇪 • Man of the Match . 🇮🇸 • Man of the Match. 🇦🇹 • Man of the Match. 🇷🇴 • Penalty won + Man of the Match . 🇨🇿 • Assist. Gareth…. #ENG #ThreeLions
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📊 68 Mins no goal and then Jack Grealish was subbed on…. - 7 touches .- 1 Key pass.- 1 Assist.- 1 Big chance created. England 2-0 . 😎 Super Jack #AVFC #ENG #ThreeLions
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Just can’t help but love the bloke can you (if you’re a normal functioning human being)
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After seeing the impact Jacob Ramsey’s made on the first team after a short loan in League One, there’s not one bone in my body that wants us to sell Cameron Archer. Versatile, scores goals for fun and full of confidence. Has a big future in claret and blue in my opinion. 🏹
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📊 Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez, Ollie Watkins and Jack Grealish all make the @WhoScored Statistical Team of the Season. 👏🏻 #AVFC
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If he gets on tomorrow give him a good reception, gave his all for the club and never let us down once. Scott Carson you’ll always be a Villa legend in my eyes👊🏼. #AVFC
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📊 Clean Sheets in the Premier League and shots faced:. 🇧🇷 • Ederson (15 - 92 Shots faced). 🇸🇳 • Edouard Mendy (16 - 84 Shots faced). 🇦🇷 • Emi Martinez (15 • 196 Shots faced) . @emimartinezz1 was tested far more than the keepers with more clean sheets👏🏻. #AVFC.
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📊 - 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻. - 1 Assist.- 82 Touches 🥇.- 5 Clearances 🥇.- 6 Prog passes 🥇.- 2 Key passes 🥇.- 3 Interceptions 🥇. What a performance and what a signing already @LucasDigne 👏🏻. #AVFC
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Boubacar Kamara in the first half vs Leeds United… . - 1 assist .- 4 tackles .- 6 ground duels (100% won) .- 100% dribbling success rate .- 100% aerial duel success rate . Sublime. 🤌
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Ollie Watkins since the arrival of Unai Emery at Aston Villa… . ⚽️ - 3 goals .🅰️ - 2 assists
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Centre badge and European football? Weak at the knees just thinking about it
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🏴 Shot Creating Actions per 90 among England’s Attackers. 🔵 • Raheem Sterling - 3.55 . 🔴 • Marcus Rashford - 3.24. 🔵 • Phil Foden - 3.73. 🟡 • Jadon Sancho - 5.46 . 🟣 • Jack Grealish - 6.18 . Deserving of that #7 shirt🙌🏻. @JackGrealish 💫. #AVFC #ThreeLions
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📊 - Aston Villa lost possession a total of 136 times in the game versus Newcastle United today. #AVFC
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🗣 - Lionel Messi on Emi Martinez: "Fundamental. When the pressure is on he always responds. "He did it again today. We have one of the best goalkeepers in the world and we are making the most of it.". Messi 🤝 Villa fans. 🇦🇷 #AVFC
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🏴 Average Pressures + Success rate:. 🟣 • Jack Grealish - 13 Pressures (31.6% Success). 🔵 • Raheem Sterling - 10 Pressures (28% Success) . 🔵 • Phil Foden - 17 Pressures (28.7% Success) . 🔴 • Marcus Rashford - 10 Pressures (10.7% Success) . I see no issues Gareth👀. #ENG
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If he has an injury free season he’s without a doubt in the conversation for PFA Player of the Year. Team of the Season shouldn’t even be in question. @JackGrealish 💫 . #AVFC.
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Does Ezri Konsa deserve an England call up?🏴. Aston Villa currently have the 3rd best defence in the Premier League conceding only 16 times. Manchester City (13) and Tottenham Hotspur (15) the only teams bettering them so far. Konsa has been a vital part of this. #AVFC.
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Bertrand Traore vs Leicester City… 🟣🔵. - 5 minutes .- 2 touches.- 1 shot .- 1 goal .- 3 points ✅. Impact. 😍
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I don’t mean to overreact but I think Keinan Davis is the best striker to have ever graced the beautiful game.
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Ramsey driving with the ball into space whilst dragging three opponents with him and dishing it off to his teammate reminds me a lot of a certain someone 🤔. Playing him on the left could really work.
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Klopp watching Buendia and Coutinho warm up later realising another 7-2 is on the way . #AVFC .
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Clearly haven’t been keeping tabs of Cameron Archer’s loan spell at Preston.
No young footballer will ever be as exciting as Neymar was at Santos.
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📊 - Aston Villa have had 3 Goal Creating Actions from dead ball situations so far this season, which is the most of any team in the Premier League🥇. That’s why you bring a set piece specialist in Danny👀. #AVFC
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🚨 Daily reminder that signing another striker will not solve the issues we saw vs Bournemouth 🚨. Ings, Watkins and Archer are competent forwards capable of scoring but means nothing if we can’t create the chances for them.
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Emi Buendia has revealed that he and Philippe Coutinho have already formed a 'little connection' in #AVFC training over the past few days. The two players could operate together as the inside forwards Steven Gerrard likes utilise - as Villa look to push on in 2022.
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A year on since the greatest save to grace this fine sport🙌🏻. Arise, Sir Ørjan Nyland. #AVFC.
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San Marino expected goals against England: 0.05 xG. West Brom expected goals against Aston Villa: 0.02 xG. 🤐 #AVFC
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📊 Raheem Sterling recorded 3 pressures in 120 mins against #DEN . Jack Grealish had 4 pressures in 37 minutes of action. #ENG #ThreeLions
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Leander Dendoncker vs Newcastle United… . 53 touches.35 passes (97% accuracy) .4 tackles won .6 ground duels won .100% aerial duel success rate .2 interceptions . Faultless performance coming into the lineup on his birthday. 🎊
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Alex Moreno on his Aston Villa debut vs Leeds United… . - 3 clearances (1 off the line) .- 1 key pass.- 1 tackle.- 3 fouls drawn.- 5 ground duels won. Looks a good signing so far. 🇪🇸
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Some people need to behave🤦🏻♂️ Dean Smith is the manager of Aston Villa and has my full undivided support until that’s no longer the case . Big deal has been made about loyalty at the club in recent months 🤷🏻♂️. #AVFC.
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Matty Cash has more Successful Defensive Actions (14.08) and Possession Adjusted Interceptions (11.11) per game than any other right back in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues🥇. Money well spent for #AVFC.
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Huge win that. Back to back wins for Unai Emery in his first two Premier League games for #avfc, who look a million miles away from that side who lost 3-0 to Fulham. Up into 12th before the World Cup break and hopefully only going one way after it. 🚀
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This account is now verified so in a dramatic career change I’ll be moving away from stats, and focusing entirely on nightclub appearances from now on.
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0.17 xG against League One opponents with a £235m squad is not pleasant reading.
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📊 - 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹. - 6 Clearances 🥇.- 3 Blocks 🥇.- 2 Interceptions 🥇. Isn’t the first to be done by a smart Salah dive and won’t be the last. Been unreal under Gerrard and minus the dubious penalty he was massive in this game. #AVFC
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Ramsey blocked off there… are we not calling that a foul anymore?🤣.
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Finally to round off a nice bit of Christmas positivity🎄. What a player Matty Cash is - not just since Gerrard but all season👏🏻. @mattycash622 💪🏻. [📸 @SkySports]. #AVFC
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