Yeah I know but in the first one they released almost all the line-up, just missing a few bands that were announced like in the following month I think
I think it's not just Rodri being injured, but all their deep-lying options. Not just Kovacic as the other obvious DM choice, but De Bruyne who can sit deeper and distribute from further back. Add in the shock of moment and Walker's pace going in the space of 2 months and you can kinda understand it.
Biggest test of Pep's career though.
I spent 5 years running placing £5 bets on Villa to go down then stopped (I was tight for money so stopped doing my yearly £50 of bets), and inevitably that was the season they went down!
I do think they'll go in the next 2-3 years unless something changes, the club is in a mess behind the scenes and has endless manager turnover. Bad timing of a points deduction and they're screwed. I think they mostly avoid it by promoted teams being garbage lately.
It’ll be pretty much the same discussion TBH. Both are headliners by pretty much any objective measure. After that it’ll just be whether people like them or not.