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The Club x Club series rolls on to Aston Villa, with Karl leading the deep dive. Last year's famous slow starters who ended up top five again, Villa head into the season handcuffed by PSR: Rogers and Tielemans sold, Emiliano Buendía's future uncertain, and one of their best defenders being circled by half the big six.
Karl runs his top five Villa assets. Where Watkins really lands in single-position versus multipositional, and whether you take him or pivot to a set defender at that point in the draft. Then the new arrivals: a World Cup breakout everyone's excited about who might not be the player his tournament suggested, a Wolves signing tipped as a solid late-round starter, and a wide man the group can't agree on. There's a proper back-and-forth over whether that winger is a steal at his rock-bottom ADP or a bench risk in Emery's system, and it produces a bold-prediction clip Sean immediately calls for the cold open.
Plus the case for punting defenders late and walking out with a nailed-on attacking full-back, the least sexy but most dependable ninth-round midfielder in the league, and a tenth-round flier worth a first-few-weeks punt. As always, everything's timestamped to August 3rd.
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