Are Aston Villa genuine top four contenders?

I'm an Arsenal fan. Unai is a fantastic manager. I'm glad we have Arteta. Wouldn't change that for anything. But Unai came to us at the wrong time. Our backroom was a mess and he needed more time than the fanbase could give him. He language barrier was huge. He just needed more grace to grasp the language to transmit his ideas. It's really clear Villa is taking to his tactics. Really happy for those fans because they're a good base.

Emery is clearly an excellent manager when given time. Well done to him and to his very likeable team

As a Villa fan I’m just happy that pundits; teams and rival fans are seeing us as a genuine threat

So 1) Emery gets the right plugs for his system - Tielemans and Bailey are better options than Zaniolo. 2) 2 of 3 away losses were at Anfield and St James park - any team would struggle there so Villa fans aren't at all panicked about away form. 3) Emery is excellent but these players are executing so they deserve just as much credit. Thank you for making this video and Up the Villa!

I am really happy that Villa has more and more attention from pundits and Tifo ( something like Newcastle last season). I hope that Emery's boys keep giving them reasons to doing it. For this video - not so great analysis - nobody spoke about a lot of goals coming from midfield players, a lot of assists coming from wings, comparison between teams we played in home ( some middle and low table teams) against visits ( Liverpool,Newcastle, Chelsea), you mentioned Mings has been injured but not mentioned how Konsa is growing up as leader in defense and ,finally, got an international call-up.... I know you can do better :)

About time Tifo have taken a positive look on Villa, was genuinely disappointed with the last couple videos with negative outlook (over-performing or have new signings made us worse) never understood the love teams in similar positions were getting even though Emery has held 2ppg since taking over

Villa fan here. I'm really pleased to finally see an in depth look at my team on Tifo, and I agree with most of this video, unfortunately the analysis of Villa's shape and Kamara's positional change is not accurate. Villa under Emery have always played as a 4-4-2 out of possession and 3-2-5 in possession (or 3-box-3 if you prefer). When transitioning from out of possession to in possession, the LB would push up to become the LW, LM tucks into the left half space, second striker drops into the right half space, RM/RW stays wide, 2 CBs and RB would shift across a little to become a back 3. This gives the 3-2-5 shape. The change that was made recently is that instead of the RM (McGinn) staying wide, the RB (Cash) pushes up to the RW position, RM (McGinn) drops in to the right DM slot, and the right DM (Kamara) drops back to the RCB slot vacated by Cash. The attacking shape has not changed, only this one rotation has been added to change which personnel are in which positions within the shape.

Luckily for Villa there is another transfer window between the ned of the group stages and the start of the knockout rounds in Europe. As such we'll hopefully be able to bring in some more reinforcements. Potentially another RB and maybe a CDM as well as one more attacking player. We have consistently been linked with nico Williams for the past year and if we are in top 4 places come January perhaps he'd be willing to consider us.

Brilliant that you focused on game state as that was a criticism of the previous video on Villa when only focusing on xG. I think the away from is both early goals conceded and the fact that three of our away games so far have been Newcastle, Liverpool and Chelsea. Toughest team we've played at home has been Brighton

ST holder with Villa - Best I have seen a Villa team play since early 90s, brilliant time being a Villa fan

Isn't this the same guy that said our summer transfers were terrible and villa were getting lucky? That hasn't aged well has it. Emery is a genius.

Emery is the best manager villa have ever had. What a job he's done

4th maybe, can't see us finishing ahead of City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Will be very difficult though with Newcastle and Spurs in contention, but if they struggle with injuries we could hopefully take advantage.

Im just enjoying being a Villa fan. Best football we've played since Martin Oniell. In Emery we trust.

The team and manager are too good not to be considered and they've shown such good consistency in performance and results. Hard to argue with anyone claiming they could do it, they've got every right, but this season is pretty wild

Hi guys! Great content as always. Question: What app do you use to manipulate tactics on the Wacom tablet? Thanks.

top presentation, quick, clear and precise - good presentation skills, great job!

Best summary analysis I’ve seen of Villa under Emery on any platform. Excellent job! 👍👏👏

spot on about the away form. Really slow starters atm conceding that early should not happen nearly as often, a mentality shift might be in order. It is also interesting to note how a few key players, most obviously Bailey play so much better at home.

Brilliant analysis, fantastic insight into Aston villa, that left side last season was brilliant for villa, and they should be back for the Christmas period