Episode Details

Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham 0-2 Aston Villa, discussing the pre-match Todibo injury and it's impact on the team, why the 4-1-4-1 system failed, individual errors at Villa Park and much more.

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While a 2-0 defeat in the thick of a Premier League relegation battle is hard to swallow, especially after the recent upturn in form, Jack and Cal discuss the encouraging strides made in our in-possession play and the high-quality situations created in the final third. They break down the schoolboy errors that led to John McGinn and Ollie Watkins’ goals, the immense burden Nuno Espírito Santo’s system placed on Freddie Potts and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Adama Traoré’s positive second-half cameo and much more.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Villa 2-0 West Ham Review: Performance vs result?

(06:10) – Tactical Shift: Todibo injury & the 4-1-4-1 failure

(12:30) Decision-Making Overloads: Potts & Wan-Bissaka’s impossible task

(15:42) Individual Errors: How Watkins was allowed to score

(19:28) Set-Piece Madness: The NFL-ization of blocking

(25:41) Adama Arrives: Traoré’s sets the bar for himself

(27:27) Spurs Struggles: Tottenham get demolished by Forest

(28:56) The 23-Minute Mess: Why the 4-4-2 delay?

(35:44) Pablo Felipe: Why moving him centrally was vital

(41:52) Out of Possession: Adaptability vs Stability

(53:25) Sustaining Momentum: Refinding form after a big loss

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