Genie Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Going back into his Saudi league games it looks like he played 6 and wasn’t a winner in any of them. So he has been a winner once in that last 16 games he has appeared in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 7 minutes ago, Genie said: He’s played 10, won 1 That's a big influence, in fairness. Before those games, they'd won 7 of the previous 9. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Even the mighty Faqqers have won 4 drew 1 lost 1 since he left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Stevo985 said: We have one of the most talented and exciting squads in world football, but you can guarantee Henderson will be on the plane for the Euros I wouldn’t play him, but we lack cms so there is some argument for him going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 20 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: I wouldn’t play him, but we lack cms so there is some argument for him going He's only 182 cms tall, so his height doesn't swing it for me either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 19 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19 32 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: I wouldn’t play him, but we lack cms so there is some argument for him going If he's there as a last resort then I guess it's ok. But he should be nowhere near the team with the talent we have Rice, Mainoo and Bellingham should be our central midfield for the next 5-8 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 or play stones there seeing as he does for man city most games id shape the formation around it, play a 2 of rice and bellingham, very attacking, win 5-4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Geezer literally looked like a 45 year old retired pro playing in soccer aid at Villa Park. The man chats untold amount of drivel. Henderson was decent, he had an engine and was decent at all facets of the game. Decent. Without the engine he's a **** pub player now. Sack the word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: If he's there as a last resort then I guess it's ok. But he should be nowhere near the team with the talent we have Rice, Mainoo and Bellingham should be our central midfield for the next 5-8 years Mainoo may well turn into a fantastic footballer, but how he's done enough to warrant an England first team place at this stage is utterly baffling (and I'll admit, I don't watch Man Utd games so maybe he's utter class all the time). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 What is the point of playing friendlies and not experimenting with new blood and new formations etc and playing the same old players? Oh I forgot we have Safegate as England manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 21 minutes ago, bobzy said: Mainoo may well turn into a fantastic footballer, but how he's done enough to warrant an England first team place at this stage is utterly baffling (and I'll admit, I don't watch Man Utd games so maybe he's utter class all the time). I’d agree, although we lost I thought McGinn ran him ragged and showed Mainoo’s inexperience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 39 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: If he's there as a last resort then I guess it's ok. But he should be nowhere near the team with the talent we have Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 16 minutes ago, villa4europe said: if we're picking lets say 4 or 5 CMs then the pool would be rice, bellingham, henderson, phillips, gallagher, mainoo, ramsey, jones, elliot, skipp, barkley, RLC, mount and then depending on how you see them maddison and MGW Rice and Bellingham are 2 who will obviously go, and should play. Beyond them as you say nothing really jumps out. Gallagher has looked better as the season has gone on. Ramsey a bit of a wild card. It’s almost impossible to think of something Mount is very good at. Barkley I think has had his day (and he blew it, kw). A fit Maddison should be a part of it. Maybe Mainoo / Elliot as “ones for the future” to be a part of the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: But in this case that's not a dig at his ability, it's a dig at how blind Southgate is to players who play at other clubs. I'd bet money that the variety of clubs that Southgate has picked players from is more diverse than any other England manager in decades. The current squad has fifteen different clubs represented. In the time he's been England manager he's picked five different players from Burnley, seven from Southampton, three from Bournemouth, two from West Brom (!) and six from Crystal Palace. He has plenty of failings, but selecting players from a wide range of clubs isn't one of them. Edited March 19 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 23 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: He was only really playing at a standard where he might have expected an England call-up for eighteen months tbh. And separately, in that same time frame, the manager who would never call up a player from Aston Villa had called up both Mings and Watkins. The lockdown season he was one of our best players when Maguire was tackling his own players. Had a dip under the clearing in the woods and then revitalised again while players like Maguire, Dier, Coady and Ben Godfrey were picling up caps He did call up them 2 but publicly dropped Mings from the World Cup for no reason and mocked Watkins inclusion as recency bias 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post est1874 Posted March 19 Popular Post Share Posted March 19 Southgate is a clearing in the woods and remains a failed manager, I can only presume anyone defending him has been lobotomized. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 The tabloids are jumping all over this. I hope it's true, talk about two birds with one useless, irritating, arrogant, **** word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 19 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: I'd bet money that the variety of clubs that Southgate has picked players from is more diverse than any other England manager in decades. The current squad has fifteen different clubs represented. In the time he's been England manager he's picked five different players from Burnley, seven from Southampton, three from Bournemouth, two from West Brom (!) and six from Crystal Palace. He has plenty of failings, but selecting players from a wide range of clubs isn't one of them. I’ll phrase it differently then. Failing to notice players who play for other clubs as quickly as he “notices” then playing for bigger clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 07/03/2024 at 13:18, Talldarkandransome said: I'll wet myself if United snap him up, would literally be the funniest appointment ever Redcafe is going to be a fun read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, bobzy said: You want to read comments on here about Konsa from a couple of years ago You usually tell us we are wrong on here (as fans) are you now suggesting the fans are right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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