Aston Villa v Newcastle United is our pick of a big Premier League weekend. But eyes are also on Anthony Martial, Dean Smith and Leeds United.
Date published: Thursday 13th April 2023 9:53 -
Emery’s success at Villa, coupled with how Wor Eddie is leading Newcastle, suggests those Saudis know how to spot a manager. The impact both have had on their respective clubs makes each a candidate for manager of the year. At the Etihad, Smith and Leicester fans will be looking more than anything else for indications that the squad have finally grasped the perilousness of their situation. Those signs might be found in Leicester’s defending which, for much of the season, has been rotten. They are currently on a run of 15 games with a clean sheet. A shut-out against City and the
Javi Gracia looked shellshocked as he struggled to offer an explanation in the immediate aftermath of conceding five to a Roy Hodgson side but he will have had nine days to come up with one and apply the necessary fixes before Liverpool, and whichever version of themselves they decide to be this week, show up at Elland Road.
Could this time be different? It might be, but it almost certainly won’t. United will move for a top-class goalscorer this summer whether Martial scores a goal a game between now and then. But even the frustrating Frenchman must recognise that if he isn’t playing for his United future, he is playing for a future elsewhere.view, a ‘fiasco’. And no-one, even the MartialFC fan boys, could reasonably argue otherwise.
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