Was anybody else in for van der Ven when we nabbed him? I don't follow European football closely, so I'll admit I didn't know him previously, but what's the Bayern chief scout's excuse?! Or United or Real for that matter.
I've been wondering for months how Villa's squad has been strong enough to compete in multiple competitions this season. We worry about "only" having the likes of Emerson, Davies, Hojberg, Skipp, Lo Celso etc, as strength-in-depth, but Villa seem to have managed just fine so far.
But I wonder...
There was a PL refereeing directive last season (I think) that said contact alone doesn't mean it's a foul, and that refs should stop blowing up every time someone falls over. I thought that initiative worked really well when it first started, but it seems to have gone missing this season...
West Ham teams for decades have had a player in them exactly like Bowen - same hair, same stature, same cheeky-chappie demeanor, same good tekkers. An endless stream of the fuckers.
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