Stephen Doyle
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I think they've a lot of quality in behind.
just need that and if they're going to go after Europe whether that's sixth or Europa League spot they've got to get someone who's going to get them goals or not even goals but lead the line for them give them a presence and neither Beto or Barry are doing enough of that for them Speaking of centre forwards Ollie Watkins for Aston Villa
Then all of a sudden, Manon's left the club, I think he scored for Roma today.
That game's not over yet, but then is he a little bit like, my job is done, I've got rid of that centre forward, I know there's another one just at the arriving of the club.
He was poor today, non-existent at different stages, didn't give them a platform.
Renan Deer got into that number 10 position, he's playing on the left, but he played really narrow.
got the ball a lot of times and never, him and Watkins never had an understanding to pick out pass at any stage.
So it's the poorest I've seen Villa.
Again, one of my concerns about Villa this season was, when I spoke about them earlier on, is I don't feel they've enough strength and depth.
I think when you look at substitutions you're bringing on a young lad Hemmings at 18 years of age and he just looked like he was just too big of a game didn't have a real change up front and just short of ideas I mean McGinn coming out of that team is a hammer blow for them How much of a blow could that be do you think?
I think when you look of of
what they have on the bench, you look at what he does for the team, the energy levels he has, the driving standards.
I imagine he's like that every day in training.
All of those little things all add up to the big round picture.
He's only scored three goals this season, but he's been a catalyst of so much of what they've done.
And again, he plays on the right wing, but he's here, there and everywhere.
He's a Duracell bunny for them.
That's a huge loss.
It looks like...
for me I've seen so many of them injuries in players I've coached and worked with it looked like I don't know I'm not a doctor but it looks like it's a four to six week injury I think it's more than just an impact in May of them it's maybe some medial or something like that so it's not a good sign for them I'd be really concerned about him going forward