VillanousOne Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 i'm now more interested in the gambling odds on cocks being eaten than the likelihood of relegation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 8 hours ago, srsmithusa said: I think we'll have a much better idea after tomorrows game. It's the first match DS and company has had any reasonable time to actually work on a practice field. We'll get a better idea if many or none on our roster will pick up the new expectations and instruction and put them into practice. I have to work and won't be able to watch For some yes. Others will need longer. Others will already have seen enough. Its all opinions. For me, I’ve seen plenty already to fill me with confidence that we will finish no worse than 6 th.....and maybe push for Top 2. And I will think that whether we win or lose tomorrow as long as we perform how we have so far under Smith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Part of me is afraid of this bright shiny glimmering future, so I thought I'd bump this thread for old times sake. It has been a long road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 We can bring this back when we're wondering if we can play this way away at Man City. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 27/10/2018 at 12:58, villalad21 said: Worst back 5 in the league. Of course we can get relegated if we keep conceding goals every single game Yep, terrible formula atm! Some of these comments on 3 and 4 are making me chuckle. I admit I was pretty negative pre season but that was thinking with the financial situation we couldn't afford players of calibre of Abraham and Bolaise. Even during our poor start we were still beating teams like Hull and Rotherham so pretty OTT reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 27/10/2018 at 13:47, VillaChris said: Haven't we only lost 3 home games since we've been in this league? Our home form will keep us away from any relegation danger but any chance of top 6 will be eliminated by how poor we are on the road, typical mid table team I'm afraid. Our home form has been excellent since Dean came in. Now the difference is we can go away to top 6 teams and play them off the pitch, that's something I certainly didn't see coming and it lifts us into play off contention. We never did that under SB, even last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Haha this has to go now surely!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 44 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Our home form has been excellent since Dean came in. Now the difference is we can go away to top 6 teams and play them off the pitch, that's something I certainly didn't see coming and it lifts us into play off contention. We never did that under SB, even last season. It's like that Wolves result, but every week now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jareth said: It's like that Wolves result, but every week now. Not away. We lost comfortably to Wolves, Cardiff and Fulham last season. Our best away wins under SB were scrappy, backs to wall 1-0 wins at Sheffield United and Boro so that already shows the difference in mentality Dean has made to squad to express themselves now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 ^ Yep. Away games are something I no longer dread. Even last season when we mostly got good results they were still a struggle - Bruce's default mentality was always to play for a 0-0 draw and maybe nick a win, which often resulted in dire performances when we were soundly beaten. Under Smith, we take the game to the opposition every time and look good, even if we don't always get the result. And yeah, this thread clearly has no use anymore. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted December 2, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 26/10/2018 at 21:52, KHV said: I agree. Sadly I think relegation is the more likely of the two but we should be mid table. Team is a mess and I think Smith was a bad appointment. He is too small time for this challenge. There is too much to do here given his limited cv IMO. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Yep, terrible formula atm! Some of these comments on 3 and 4 are making me chuckle. I admit I was pretty negative pre season but that was thinking with the financial situation we couldn't afford players of calibre of Abraham and Bolaise. Even during our poor start we were still beating teams like Hull and Rotherham so pretty OTT reaction. We were playing like a relegation side under Bruce this season, not unreasonable comments by me at all. I posted what i saw on the pitch and that was a team set for relegation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 8 hours ago, villalad21 said: We were playing like a relegation side under Bruce this season, not unreasonable comments by me at all. I posted what i saw on the pitch and that was a team set for relegation. Don't worry, all these comments are tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. I've said plenty of stuff on here which would be really embarrassing looking back with the benefit of hindsight. (I was a staunch supporter of Gestede and Gil) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Thug said: Don't worry, all these comments are tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. I've said plenty of stuff on here which would be really embarrassing looking back with the benefit of hindsight. (I was a staunch supporter of Gestede and Gil) Mate, I loved Luna! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 31 minutes ago, Thug said: Don't worry, all these comments are tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. I've said plenty of stuff on here which would be really embarrassing looking back with the benefit of hindsight. (I was a staunch supporter of Gestede and Gil) Gestede always gave 100% for the cause, maybe lacked a bit of quality for The Premier League. Gil was technically superb but I think he didn’t have the work rate needed for the Premier League or Championship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 In before the lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thug Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Gestede always gave 100% for the cause, maybe lacked a bit of quality for The Premier League. Gil was technically superb but I think he didn’t have the work rate needed for the Premier League or Championship Agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 On 02/12/2018 at 12:35, villalad21 said: We were playing like a relegation side under Bruce this season, not unreasonable comments by me at all. I posted what i saw on the pitch and that was a team set for relegation. Normally if you're set for relegation you'd be losing to likes of Reading, Ipswich, Hull etc. We were still drawing at least with them which creates the points buffer. Our season was going nowhere but to say it was set for relegation is OTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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