Spoony Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: To be fair Southampton are a very good team and were clinical against us. The Leeds game was anybody’s until they scored. Every game will be tough. The difference is we are now competing in all of them! True. Maybe then what I really want is for us to go 1-0 down then go on to destroy them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I know we got all googly eyed after first four and we had a sharp wake up call in the last two, but I think it’s fair to say we’re looking good. I expect we’ll lose a decent amount of games and some which we won’t expect to but we are going to dwarf last season points tally. We’re beatable but we can also beat anyone. The difference in all round quality is plain to see including marked improvements in the likes of Trez, Konsa and Doug. Then there’s the ace in the hole, Jack Grealish. Good god, the guy is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 The boss did an awesome job tonight, well done Dean! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 The achievement keep coming. * Promotion at the first time of asking * Record breaking winning run * Survival and Cup final in 1st season back * Winning first 4 games for the first time * Winning the first 3 away games for the first time in 20 odd years * 5 wins from the first 7 The bloke has, and is doing a fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Wainy316 said: I know we got all googly eyed after first four and we had a sharp wake up call in the last two, but I think it’s fair to say we’re looking good. I expect we’ll lose a decent amount of games and some which we won’t expect to but we are going to dwarf last season points tally. We’re beatable but we can also beat anyone. The difference in all round quality is plain to see including marked improvements in the likes of Trez, Konsa and Doug. Then there’s the ace in the hole, Jack Grealish. Good god, the guy is incredible. Spot on. We can now go in to any game thinking we can win whereas last season we pretty much knew the result of a lot of the games before we even kicked off. As you say it doesn’t mean we will win every game we expect to win. No team bar the top 4 or so teams does that. We do need luck with injuries though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted November 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2020 2 hours ago, DCJonah said: Agreed. But I can already predict those who will claim he hasn't learnt anything each time we don't win a game. It'll be the same next draw or loss. The pied piper troll leading them along. Well in Deano. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) It took us 14 games to reach 15 points last season. And then we lost the next 5 in a row. We were on our current points total after half a season. Edited November 8, 2020 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 No clean sheet away from home last season This season 3 away games 3 clean sheets Someone in the match thread said its the first time we've won our opening 3 away games in our history, mad stat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I can’t work out if today is Plan A or Plan B? Can the no plan b brigade clarify... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, av1 said: The achievement keep coming. * Promotion at the first time of asking * Record breaking winning run * Survival and Cup final in 1st season back * Winning first 4 games for the first time * Winning the first 3 away games for the first time in 20 odd years * 5 wins from the first 7 The bloke has, and is doing a fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Only negative after today: I would like for him to use all his 3 subs when it's 10 minutes left and we are 3-0 up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, villa4europe said: No clean sheet away from home last season This season 3 away games 3 clean sheets Someone in the match thread said its the first time we've won our opening 3 away games in our history, mad stat Considering last season we didn’t get an away clean sheet, that’s pretty impressive turn around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Only negative after today: I would like for him to use all his 3 subs when it's 10 minutes left and we are 3-0 up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Had it spot on today. He’s done so well. My only criticism is that he doesn’t use the subs. We don’t want another MON March burn out syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 minute ago, mikeyp102 said: Had it spot on today. He’s done so well. My only criticism is that he doesn’t use the subs. We don’t want another MON March burn out syndrome The trouble is we have no subs which won’t lower the quality of the team on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 The messiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 43 minutes ago, Spoony said: I want us to utterly destroy Brighton to prove we aren’t just about beating the best teams in the league (mental sentence to type but it seems to hold true right now) It's true though. We are at our best when we can counter attack like against liverpool and the arse. Brighton will sit back and be happy with a point so it will be much more difficult for us to break them down. Just like the Sheffield United game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Only negative after today: I would like for him to use all his 3 subs when it's 10 minutes left and we are 3-0 up With International break coming up I don't think he has too many worries about it 5 of them get 2 weeks off*, including Barkley who at times looked the obvious sub for fresh legs * Grealish too probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ender4 said: The trouble is we have no subs which won’t lower the quality of the team on the pitch. Agreed but it didnt really matter today though cos we were winning 3-0, we weren't holding on for a 2-1 win. Also it would making the squad players feel part of our good run. I doubt marvellous or conor felt like they were part of the win today. Maybe of they had played for 15 minutes they might have. If I was on the bench today I would have been pissed off not to get a run out. Although given the bad weather maybe they were happy to keep their coats on. Edited November 8, 2020 by villa89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Just now, ender4 said: The trouble is we have no subs which won’t lower the quality of the team on the pitch. Well yes, agreed. But 3-0 with 15 to play, Conor/Ramsey and Davis could come on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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