Laughable Chimp Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 7 hours ago, danceoftheshamen said: I would love to see those supposed 14 key passes from Targett as every time i have watched him he has been attrocious. In the one game alone at Villa Park he had eleven opportunities (More than any of our players in that game) to create something from good positions and he wasted every single one of them in shocking style. As for Cash i do like him but he really needs to work on his crossing & shooting. If you remember that goal he scored against Everton (a very good strike too), he has had the exact same situation many times but on every other occasion he's skied it miles over the bar. If he could sort that out & finish more like in the Everton game he'd be a great player. For me our fullbacks are one of the weaknesses of this team. Maybe someone new on the left of midfield instead of another atrocious player (ElGhazi) who could be on the same wavelength as Targett may help but i fear he needs replacing in all honesty & he rode the Grealish wave previously which made him look better than he is. Sorry about the quality. Also, there's only 13 key passes. One of them was falsely attributed to Targett instead of Cash. So Cash had 4 key passes this season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, il_serpente said: I'd be surprised if we bring in more than a couple of players. It's January, notoriously difficult and expensive. I think they'll do enough business to be reasonably certain of being clear of relegation and use the summer window to kick on. Me too. I think Gerrard will hit the ground running and have us climbing the table. Come January, we are in a good league position and a few additions to help us kick on to ensure we finish inside the top 10 this season. Edited November 12, 2021 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJay Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: Sorry about the quality. Also, there's only 13 key passes. One of them was falsely attributed to Targett instead of Cash. So Cash had 4 key passes this season. Brilliant work, Target has been nowhere near last year's levels, lacks athleticism, but makes up for it with being a very good footballer. Some better finishing on some of those chances and he'd be on 3/4 assists this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Wonder if Raheem Sterling fancies a move to Birmingham… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dante_Lockhart Posted November 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Spoony said: Wonder if Raheem Sterling fancies a move to Birmingham… Hope not. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Well, if the article in Daily Heil is to be believed we have only a very tiny amount of wiggle room when it comes to FFP so I wouldnt expect too much incoming in January unless we move players out/ box clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: Hope not. He’s 3x as good as any player we have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, picicata said: Well, if the article in Daily Heil is to be believed we have only a very tiny amount of wiggle room when it comes to FFP so I wouldnt expect too much incoming in January unless we move players out/ box clever. It also says that our they have not taken account of the Jack Grealish sale so they presume we are in a much healthier position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted November 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, Spoony said: Wonder if Raheem Sterling fancies a move to Birmingham… Absolutely no interest. I'd be gutted if we wasted money on him. Smells of Newcastle to me. We'd have won the Euros if Grealish had played ahead of him, despite the press insisting he had a great tournament. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Spoony said: He’s 3x as good as any player we have Sure, but he's on absolutely massive wages and would cost £70m or more. Even with Pep keeping him in check he's become quite selfish in the last year and his decision making has gotten much worse. I'd imagine if he'd move to a club where he'd be the star he would become 10 times worse and try and do it all himself all the time. He has Newcastle written all over if they decide they need a marquee signing. Him, Oxlade, Ramsey and maybe Trippier all reek of Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 56 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: Sorry about the quality. Also, there's only 13 key passes. One of them was falsely attributed to Targett instead of Cash. So Cash had 4 key passes this season. Thanks for that Laughing Chimp a very interesting watch. I have to say though some of those are very loosely described as "key" passes. The majority in fact. Mainly looks like what i've seen as in just easy to defend looped hopeful crosses into the box. There are a few good ones though but only the one so far as i can see which has resulted in an actual goal or "assist". A few which were poor misses by the recipient of the pass such as Ramseys at the Emirates, but in the main passes into a way too congested area which our player had little hope of scoring from so for me describing them as a "key pass" is a bit OTT. A lot were in away games too which would explain why i missed some of them. For me he needs to do much, much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, Spoony said: He’s 3x as good as any player we have No no no no no. No. NO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Just now, Tomaszk said: No no no no no. No. NO. No? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Spoony said: No? Yes. No! Awful footballer in a great side under a great manager. Horrendous technique for someone at such a level. No surprise Grealish has benched him, despite being well off his best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 For me Sterling has some good attributes obvously but he also has plenty of bad ones. He is awkward to defend against but his finishing is still bang average and he has not a clue about when to release the ball to someone in a better position more often than not wrecking the move....although admittedly a lot of those moves he instigates himself. So he's a pest in one way but a liability in another in my view. He'll always score a few goals but he is also largely responsible for a shed load of wasted opportunities which can cost his team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 49 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: For me Sterling has some good attributes obvously but he also has plenty of bad ones. He is awkward to defend against but his finishing is still bang average and he has not a clue about when to release the ball to someone in a better position more often than not wrecking the move....although admittedly a lot of those moves he instigates himself. So he's a pest in one way but a liability in another in my view. He'll always score a few goals but he is also largely responsible for a shed load of wasted opportunities which can cost his team. Decision making: 2 Awareness: 5 Flair: 17 Speed: 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 11 hours ago, maqroll said: Any good and gettable DMs available in January? Mentioned two yesterday I think they should target - Orel Mangala from Stuttgart and Mikel Merino from Sociedad who is pure class and bonus knows the league from his stint at toon… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rubberman Posted November 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: No no no no no. No. NO. There's no limit! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: We'd have won the Euros if name removed had played ahead of him, despite the press insisting he had a great tournament. But, he did have an excellent tournament! He won't come here, and probably because of wages, but it would be a huge statement signing. Anyway, he'll surely go abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Sterling is rubbish, he scores goals in an elite Man City team that allows him to be bad and get away with it. He runs in to players, all the time, his decision making is terrible, he's like a faster, better version of El Ghazi (and thats not a compliment). The amount if times i see Sterling get the ball, and just run in to players and get dispossessed, or run in to cul-de-sacs etc, really dont rate him at all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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