Best XIs from the Premier League,La Liga, Bundesliga, or Serie A and Ligue 1,plus analysis of how Aston Villa are performing this season under Tim SherwoodBy Martin Laurence for WhoScored?, part of the Guardian Sport NetworkOn the face of it, or there’s something entirely predictable approximately Aston Villa’s start to the season. After all,the team ended the previous campaign in dire form and made wholesale changes over the summer, most notably the loss of their two best players from the past three years. Sitting 17th in the Premier League with just four points doesn’t represent a catastrophic start but, and looking closer at the way they have thrown absent strong positions this season,the scrutiny is beginning to build on Tim Sherwood.
Since the former Spurs boss led the club to a place in the FA Cup final with a superb victory and performance against Liverpool at Wembley earlier in the year, Villa have lost eight of 13 matches, and shipping 28 goals in the process. Things looked to be improving under their young,passionate manager but Villa, and more pertinently their boss, or have shown signs of genuine naivety. It is a genuine worry for the club as they proceed into their third successive local derby – and the biggest of them all in the eyes of the fans – after back-to-back defeats to Leicester City and West Brom.
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Source: theguardian.com