DCJonah Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I'm slightly concerned that we are relying on 2 19 year old lads to win us games. I'm not. If they are old enough, they are good enough. Rather that than N'Zogbia! They're easily good enough. My point is more that we haven't really got any other players that could be the difference between winning and losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) I do get a bit worried about his tactics. Sometimes things need a change just like Sunderland did today. I do get sick of playing like shit at home though. Edited August 29, 2015 by Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 However people want to spin it, its been a shocking start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 However people want to spin it, its been a shocking start to the season. Disagree. I'd have probably taken 4 points right now - disappointing result today though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I do get a bit worried about his tactics. Sometimes things need a change just like Sunderland did today. I do get sick of playing like shit at home though. Did we play like shit though? The result was shit for sure but the performance wasn't, we could have and should have won comfortably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Bacuna should have been off sooner, we lacked pace at times. Would have brought Vertout on for the last 10 also. Worry for me is twofold: Sherwood is not flexible enough in his adaptation to opposition changes Despite buying technical adept players we are playing a high tempo kick and rush type of game. If the players do not suit the tactics then change them! Gana is going to run out of steam after 6 games, Ayew and Vertout appear to have already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He was right not to make additional changes in my opinion. We were well on top and should have won the game. It was a good performance overall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Did not react to those two sunderland subs at half time, I'd have personally switched to a diamond as suddenly Defoe and Tovionen were dropping between midfield and defence and picking up the ball. It was only a 10 minute spell but it meant we dropped two points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He was right not to make additional changes in my opinion. We were well on top and should have won the game. It was a good performance overall. I disagree, it was obvious that Sinclair was tired and Gestede never looked like he'd score. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Bacuna should have been off sooner, we lacked pace at times. Would have brought Vertout on for the last 10 also. Worry for me is twofold: Sherwood is not flexible enough in his adaptation to opposition changes Despite buying technical adept players we are playing a high tempo kick and rush type of game. If the players do not suit the tactics then change them! Gana is going to run out of steam after 6 games, Ayew and Vertout appear to have already We had 62% possession and 21 attempts at goal. "Kick and rush". Bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I do get a bit worried about his tactics. Sometimes things need a change just like Sunderland did today. I do get sick of playing like shit at home though. Did we play like shit though? The result was shit for sure but the performance wasn't, we could have and should have won comfortably. Yeah, should have won and could have won if he made changes. They made changes and it paid off for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I do get a bit worried about his tactics. Sometimes things need a change just like Sunderland did today. I do get sick of playing like shit at home though. Did we play like shit though? The result was shit for sure but the performance wasn't, we could have and should have won comfortably. Yeah, should have won and could have won if he made changes. They made changes and it paid off for them. What changes what have guarenteed us the win then? We made more than enough chances to win, but the players themselves didnt take them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Funny guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villianusa Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He was right not to make additional changes in my opinion. We were well on top and should have won the game. It was a good performance overall. I think it was a good game overall, but feel we should have changed it up the last ten minutes. I would have give Cole a run over Sinclair, who looked tired. I think Cole would have lasted 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958Villan Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 We had 3 defensive midfielders on the park and a player who has only really played at fullback under this manager. That is why we didn't create real clear-cut chances from midfield. Midfield players today were starting from too deep, most of the time, to properly support the forward. The few times the midfield did get close to Gestede, the shots he set-up for them, looked like they had been studying at the Gabby Agbonlahor shooting school for strikers. Again our most effective striker was left-winger Scott Sinclair and that was because of his movement, which nobody on the pitch was able to read. We would have done better, in an attacking sense, with Sanchez as the lone DM, Gueye as the box-to-box player, Cole as the attacking player and Gil and Sinclair as the wide midfielders. With his clever movement and ability to be in the right place at the right time, I think Kozak would have been the better choice as striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) We will be absolutely fine this season. As Sherwood pointed out this time last season we had 11 points and look where we ended up. There is a lot of game and still creative players to return or get used to the league. A few more additions would be good but so far I'm happy with how the season is going. Edit: let me add considering we've lost our 2 best players we still look a much better team than last season . Edited August 29, 2015 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 The fact that we had seven more points at this stage last season, is more worrying than reassuring to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He took too long to take off Bacuna and Gestede should have been taken off at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 The fact that we had seven more points at this stage last season, is more worrying than reassuring to me. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 We be OK if we can get a goalscorer and another defender. Maybe we have already unearthed that goalscorer in Sinclair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts