AJ Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 The best thing that Gareth has given us is this thread, and now even that has become batshit boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I certainly won't miss his psychological babble in his intrerviews, pausing after every sentance like some sort of therapist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: What's the xBoredom on our discussion do you think? Comparable to England's on-field performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 7 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Yes it is. *Your* argument is that xG is not a prediction. *His* argument is that it is 'unsustainable'. That's a prediction. Your argument might be more defensible than his, but don't be confused that you're making the same argument. The "unsustainable" prediction is a conclusion drawn from a succession of "xG" data points. That doesn't mean xG is predicting anything, it's just a (subjective) statistic. They could have made the same point by showing pictures or videos of the goals illustrating how they were all screamers, instead of listing out their xG. The overall point was you can't rely on your best players to keep providing moments of magic, when everything else is crap. We as Villa fans know this better than anyone, xG or no xG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) 5 hours ago, stewiek2 said: Apparently, when Gareth his resignation to the FA, they passed it back, he passed it sideways to Bellingham, who fed it to Kane, who passed it back to Pickford. Many of us saw that on X first. Quotation marks & attribution would have been polite, instead of plagiarism. Edited July 16 by Django_Zooms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Didn't see any well wishes from Grealish for the final or for Southgate now he's left. Ezri and Tyrone wished him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Fair play to him, totally transformed the team, the culture, the confidence, left the place in way better place than when he found it AND resigned when he should have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 3 hours ago, spiezels said: Fair play to him, totally transformed the team, the culture, the confidence, left the place in way better place than when he found it AND resigned when he should have. he was a jude bellingham overhead kick away from leaving it in the exact same place he found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 3 hours ago, spiezels said: Fair play to him, totally transformed the team, the culture, the confidence, left the place in way better place than when he found it AND resigned when he should have. Yeah.... probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 49 minutes ago, villa4europe said: he was a jude bellingham overhead kick away from leaving it in the exact same place he found it First penalty shoot out win in how long, 2 finals, a quarters and semi. What ya on about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 11 minutes ago, spiezels said: First penalty shoot out win in how long, 2 finals, a quarters and semi. What ya on about. If we'd have been knocked out by Slovakia, which we were a 95th minute overhead kick away from being, then this England team would not have been that far off the same miserable place we found ourselves in following the Iceland defeat He came a last minute wonder goal away from going full circle And with far better players But now we can only judge him by his Wikipedia, which makes for great reading 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 29 minutes ago, villa4europe said: If we'd have been knocked out by Slovakia, which we were a 95th minute overhead kick away from being, then this England team would not have been that far off the same miserable place we found ourselves in following the Iceland defeat He came a last minute wonder goal away from going full circle And with far better players But now we can only judge him by his Wikipedia, which makes for great reading Wait so you’re saying he didn't improve things over his tenure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 13 minutes ago, spiezels said: Wait so you’re saying he didn't improve things over his tenure? I'm saying he did, then he didn't and now he's leaving us in a position not a whole lot better, definitely not as better as his defenders are making out - and again all the while having better players i dont think the general feel around the england team is that much more positive than it was 8 years ago, now imagine if bellingham hadnt scored that goal...the general feel would be in the gutter again he should have gone after losing to italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just now, villa4europe said: I'm saying he did, then he didn't and now he's leaving us in a position not a whole lot better, definitely not as better as his defenders are making out - and again all the while having better players i dont think the general feel around the england team is that much more positive than it was 8 years ago, now imagine if bellingham hadnt scored that goal...the general feel would be in the gutter again he should have gone after losing to italy Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 17 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: If we'd have been knocked out by Slovakia, which we were a 95th minute overhead kick away from being, then this England team would not have been that far off the same miserable place we found ourselves in following the Iceland defeat He came a last minute wonder goal away from going full circle And with far better players But now we can only judge him by his Wikipedia, which makes for great reading His Wikipedia, or rather the England national football team manager one, reads: Quote 2018 World Cup – 4th place Euro 2020 – Runners up (2nd place) 2022 World Cup – Quarter-final – 6th place Euro 2024 – Runners up (2nd place) Which says to me "four major tournaments entered, zero successes", making him the joint worst England manager in history. The other, England's first manager, also had no prior experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 20 hours ago, CarryOnVilla said: Sky’s narrative on Southgate is comical until, the Euros Semis they were chucking him pelters, via their correspondents and pundits and podcasters. Now that he’s sacked, Sky are basically saying “reporters, podcasters, pundits, social media was too mean to Gareth” The ****, they’re just a guilty as anyone else to criticising Southgate.. and spreading it I saw Neville and Carragher saying they think he should stay on and "who else can do better". Now that they've got what they wanted two games ago, they're just trying to give themselves room to say "we told you so" when we inevitably don't win the world cup. Such slimy pundits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 hours ago, villa4europe said: he was a jude bellingham overhead kick away from leaving it in the exact same place he found it Which was the first shot on target, in the 95th minute, which is probably worse than when he arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 13 hours ago, Django_Zooms said: Many of us saw that on X first. Quotation marks & attribution would have been polite, instead of plagiarism. Who got you out of the wrong side of the bed this morning? Miserable sod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, stewiek2 said: Who got you out of the wrong side of the bed this morning? Miserable sod The truth stings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 "Hello darkness my old friend, it's not coming home again" https://www.theguardian.com/football/series/david-squires-on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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