Hobsons Choice Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: United were really struggling at that time and there was a ridiculous amount of space and time in the middle of the park. We still couldn’t score though. They shithoused their way to that win though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 The one touch passing and layoffs around the box are great in that video. Feels like a long time since anything as dynamic and purposeful as that has been part of our play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Proves to me the players have the quality, just needs unlocking by that new manager. Literally the day Coutinho started playing, who would go on to begin starting over a well performing Buendia. We never looked back... No joke, I think Buendia has a silky touch in every single one of those highlights. Starting Coutinho over Buendia was the beginning of the end for Gerrard. Edited October 17, 2022 by Rolta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 51 minutes ago, Keyblade said: We were crap while Beale was still here as well. This was in January. a week later Gerrard had his mini pre season and thats when it all started turning to shit when he had his own ideas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just my opinion .... I was banging the drum for Potter when it was obvious that Smith was going to be sacked, but when Gerrard was announced as the new manager I got excited at the potential boost to our media profile. Almost a year later I can see our higher media profile, and recently I can also see that if we could only cut out the suicidal errors we are close to being a top ten team .... but .... I think I can see why we are struggling to break out of being "nearly there". Gerrard is by far the biggest name and personality at Villa, and I believe that is holding the players back in terms of taking responsibility. Howe, Potter and even Arteta (as good a player as he was) are not iconic names, but Gerrard is. SG was a great player but he has not proven himself a great coach, and yet the media is all about him which allows our players to hide behind his aura. I now believe that we will not progress from where we are, until we bring in a Manager/Coach who can lead from behind the cameras instead of in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 That mini three game winning run, 9-0 aggregate against Brighton, Leeds and Southampton I thought at the time was a real step in the right direction. Looking back at where the opposition was at the time though, Marsch was early days and finding his feet at Leeds, already in dreadful form (lost the previous 5 games). Brighton were very patchy all season and when they met us were in the middle of what would ultimately be a six game losing streak (the game before us they lost at home to Burnley 3-0). The 4-0 Southampton win, I can’t put down to them being out of form, they were actually in very good form going into our game. Seemingly a good day at the office for us in that instance. You can only beat what’s in front of you, they were good results. But perhaps looking back the circumstances at the time of some of opposition created a false sense that everything was better than it really was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Football Insider posts Gerrard has been sacked and Twitter goes crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 25 minutes ago, Zatman said: a week later Gerrard had his mini pre season and thats when it all started turning to shit when he had his own ideas Those pre seasons have really killed us. It’s absurd. Villa under SG are a team that gets worse the more time is spent in training, and also worse in games where they have more of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Please let it be true, for them it's a definitive claim which doesn't cover all the bases.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Wow twitter saying SG sacked lol is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Swerbs said: Football Insider posts Gerrard has been sacked and Twitter goes crazy If they are right for once in their sorry lives they will dining off that for eternity. But if you throw enough darts... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just now, string28 said: Wow twitter saying SG sacked lol is this true? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Pissflaps said: No I believe you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Twitter is rarely wrong these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Swerbs said: Football Insider posts Gerrard has been sacked and Twitter goes crazy they have claimed an EXCLUSIVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Sauces saying hes gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Can Football Insider be right for once please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Zatman said: they have claimed an EXCLUSIVE Unless CJ has hacked their account for a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
string28 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 The odds are whats shocking me now fav to be sacked do they know something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 If its true then all of them times we criticised Mason Mount for not being Jack Grealish when he might done something as legendary for Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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