Aston Villa go to Manchester United in the Premier League after three games without a win: a 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat at Bournemouth, a 1-1 draw with Fulham and a 3-0 defeat at Barcelona in the Champions League. This week's Main Show, recorded before kick-off, asks what has gone flat since the win over Manchester City.
Villa News covers the right-back puzzle with Matty Cash suspended, the club's statement on Unai Emery's future in the wake of the Jamie Carragher row, and why the show thinks a lion should not pay attention to the opinions of a sheep. The Villa Engine takes in the under-21s' 3-3 draw with Barcelona in the Youth League, their best result in the competition by the show's reckoning.
The Three Points range from Leicester City supporters objecting to their sponsor's choice of brand ambassador to an armed police response in Northumberland and a Brazil Under-20 game that ended with 51 red cards.
Emery's Clipboard looks at the halfway point of the Champions League league phase. With Galatasaray away and Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund at Villa Park to come, is the run-in harder than the first four games?
Then the main event: a United side with one league win from nine, the show's doubts about Michael Carrick's authority, a team that barely presses and what that means for how Villa should play.
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