Vive_La_Villa Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: No i am a Villa fan but that doesn't mean you can't give credit to other teams. It's really sad how football fans have become. It's become like a cult. I have no wish to become a part of that. I don't see any positives in Villa this season. It's been an embarrassing season and it comes down to poor coaching. FYI @TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: FYI @TRO Well thats where we might disagree, but its his opinion. I think Jack individually had been a shining light and I think his game has gone up a gear....But I an digressing away from the point, just to add some balance. but not many players have improved, sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: The damage has already been done. No manager is saving us this season, far too late. Should have happened at Christmas. Null and Void is the only chance in saving us. We were heading for 20th before the outbreak. Unfortunately I do agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, TRO said: I think Jack individually had been a shining light and I think his game has gone up a gear....But I an digressing away from the point, just to add some balance. But i am referring to the team. IMO we've been steadily getting worse as the season's progressed, so no. I don't see any positives. If the team is getting worse then where are the positives? We are 19th in the table. The worst in the league in every defensive stat. Worst away record in the league. Jack. Yeah i can agree on that one. Kid's had an amazing season, but it's hard for me to find any positives this season, it really is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: But i am referring to the team. IMO we've been steadily getting worse as the season's progressed, so no. I don't see any positives. If the team is getting worse then where are the positives? We are 19th in the table. The worst in the league in every defensive stat. Worst away record in the league. Jack. Yeah i can agree on that one. Kid's had an amazing season, but it's hard for me to find any positives this season, it really is. I know what you mean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Maybe I'm wrong but I thought Heaton gave the defence confidence but Reina has made them nervous wrecks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Scrapping VAR at this stage would be a lawsuit waiting to happen unless scrap relegation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only2McInallys Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Positives this season: someone suggested there were none. Jack Mcginn was dipping before he got injured needed a rest Heaton Engels, Luiz and Nakamba - I think there are good players in there and with time perform more consistently (Luiz is 22 years old) Targett good attacking . All players now have premier league experience Samatta looks like he could be a real asset. Fantastic home support Edited May 8, 2020 by Only2McInallys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkery Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: The damage has already been done. No manager is saving us this season, far too late. Should have happened at Christmas. Null and Void is the only chance in saving us. We were heading for 20th before the outbreak. I think we have a better chance than we did before the league was postponed. I think restarting the season is a abhorrent idea, however. Edited May 8, 2020 by Morkery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 39 minutes ago, Morkery said: I think we have a better chance than we did before the league was postponed. I think restarting the season is a abhorrent idea, however. Other clubs will have players back as well. Not just us. No one will be match fit though so that changes things up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Survival of the fittest... Problem is home form might have saved us, now I'm not so sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Heard an interesting interview with an EFL official on TS on Thursday night. Apparently nobody has even asked the Officials if they are ok with Project restart! How considerate being as they will actually surely be exposed to the virus in the exact same way. The person said that a lot of EFL officials are extremely worried by it and quite angry that they (PL / EFL) haven't even discussed it with them, or something along those lines. Many officials are older too & also have families. As for all this that's going on i think it's clear that we are in a very weak position & are vulnerable to blackmailing & bullying due to our position in the table as it sits. I will however never forget this disgusting behaviour and it most definitely will impact on how much money i put into the game from now on. As i've said before i don't really care that much which division we are in personally, a game of football is just that whichever division we're in but i will never forget the day the Premier League showed it's true colours & i will talk about it differently from now on with anybody & everybody. It's dropped down so many pegs in my opinion that there actually are no pegs left for it to drop. As for Villa i will continue supporting the club through thick & thin. Frankly they can shove their horrible "Product" where their morals are & i think we all know where that is. It's been a good learning experience though & has truly outed some right knob-jockeys. I can't even agree that we truly deserve to be in the bottom 3 when considering the robbed VAR points etc. We have been poor in a lot of games for sure but not all & there are 3 worse teams down there in my view overall as has been evidenced by our position in the table for the vast majority of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Mirror saying up to 50 players might refuse to play . Sure there are plenty of players who could go months without pay so will have no issue bailing out for a few months.Which then makes the league even more of a lottery As for our season , we have gotten worse for the most part.I saw a stat that our cb pairing Engels and Mings have the most individual mistakes in the league at 8 , for comparison Palace and zero iirc .Palace pretty poor when I have seen them but they grind out 1-0 wins and draws. Individual mistakes have cost us dear an exp CB would have certainly helped but the tactics and set up and set pieces have been poor and that's on Smith for me. The Times reporting growing number of Championship clubs want to end season on PPG , I wonder if any of those clubs are the same one's making a noise about PL clubs not wanting to play .. Edited May 8, 2020 by Nabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 There was a interesting article in the Guardian online today about professional sports men and women from BAME backgrounds who are concerned due to the proportionally higher fatality rate recorded so far in the pandemic. Was something I had not thought about to be honest but it must be a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 hours ago, villalad21 said: The season will finish but we will still go down. Because we got the worst defense in the league You ever considered being a motivational speaker? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 53 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Heard an interesting interview with an EFL official on TS on Thursday night. Apparently nobody has even asked the Officials if they are ok with Project restart! How considerate being as they will actually surely be exposed to the virus in the exact same way. The person said that a lot of EFL officials are extremely worried by it and quite angry that they (PL / EFL) haven't even discussed it with them, or something along those lines. Many officials are older too & also have families. They havent consulted officials, players or managers. The people who actually make the game not these scumbag administrators who arent taking any risks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I doubt that Villa will stay up if the season continues BCD at neutral venues. Even if we played all our remaining games at Villa Park the atmosphere just wouldn't be the same without it being packed out with our fans. No doubt about it, we would find it mighty difficult without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 6 hours ago, useless said: With McGinn fit we'd spent most of our time outside the bottom three, the game in which he was injured was the first time we'd dropped into the relegation zone since September, so he does make a difference, if he hadn't have picked up his injury I'm pretty sure that we wouldn't be in the relegation zone now. I love McGinn but his performances leading up to his injury were crap, mainly because he was for some reason pushed so high up the pitch and would run into three players and lose possession instantly. I get why Dean put him there because he has scored some cracking goals in that position, but that didn't last very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, PaulC said: Maybe I'm wrong but I thought Heaton gave the defence confidence but Reina has made them nervous wrecks. The injury to Heaton (and also Wesley) on New Years Day was such a blow. We were so good that day. Played some great stuff at times and looked like we might have turned a corner. Just our luck that we get 2 ACL injuries in the same game to bring us crashing back down. Nobody can deny we've had bad luck with injuries. How many teams can say they've lost their first choice GK and striker to season ending injuries and in every game since the start of December have had at least one of their three best players missing? (Mings and McGinn). Edited May 8, 2020 by Okonokos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Okonokos Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, VillanousOne said: I love McGinn but his performances leading up to his injury were crap, mainly because he was for some reason pushed so high up the pitch and would run into three players and lose possession instantly. I get why Dean put him there because he has scored some cracking goals in that position, but that didn't last very long. For the last month before his ankle injury he was playing through a thigh tear picked up on international duty. He was barely training and having daily injections. That's why he went off the boil. Before that international break he was on fire. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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