‘Consider It Crucial’ – Aston Villa Coaching Staff United On Game View

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Aston Villa are playing a friendly game against La Liga club Elche, and the Villans’ coaching staff ‘consider it crucial to maintain their rhythm’.

The Premier League club were competing for the league title with Arsenal and Manchester City, but their form fell off a cliff as they sit a massive 16 points behind the Gunners, proving Richard Keys’ prediction correct.

Keys said in December: “I just don’t think they [Villa] have got enough in terms...