Awol Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just now, MaVilla said: poor by jaden there. Massive step up from playing Championship to Champions League finalists, in fairness. Emery giving him a fair chance to impress before Bailey comes back in for the serious stuff. JJ similarly trying to find his feet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 10 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10 Honestly, this ref seems reluctant to give anything to the black players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Onana doesn't look happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 We've created a few openings this half, and I reckon Watkins puts one of them away. Rogers playing further back opens more up for us as well. We definitely struggle without Watkins up top. Shame we've not tried Archer and dropped Rogers back a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 We do look pretty meh this pre season. The 11 out dosen't look too bad but the connectivity and understanding isn't as strong as we had 12 months back. Think it will be a slow start to the season but then last year we did lose convincingly to Newcastle and Liverpool in our first four games. The main thing is to beat the teams we need to e.g. Leicester and Everton. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Was about to say we already look better then Leon did that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just now, briny_ear said: That's because that is how Villa played all last season and will do so again this season. If you are hoping the defence will start booting the ball up the field at every opportunity, you will be disappointed. I this case Pau had the ball and was dispossessed. That could have happened even if he was trying to boot it away because he didn't keep control. Thanks for informing me how Villa play. If you are thinking there are times when our defenders shouldn't just boot it clear, then you are going to be disappointed and wrong. "Every opportunity" makes you sound emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 10 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10 I still have absolutely no idea what our team is going to be at West Ham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 mcginns shortcomings are blindingly obvious against this level of opposition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I must admit, I miss Dougie. I know it's early days but those little triangles we play around our box require someone that oozes confidence and is good on the ball - that's what Dougie was for us. We haven't replaced that skillset. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 minute ago, Awol said: Massive step up from playing Championship to Champions League finalists, in fairness. Emery giving him a fair chance to impress before Bailey comes back in for the serious stuff. JJ similarly trying to find his feet Bailey will surely be starting at West Ham, Ramsey and JPB will be impact subs in the first few weeks. Can't see it anything else but Bailey and Rogers playing off Olie next weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) Persisting with Rogers up front is telling in a few ways. Archer clearly isn't getting much game time. Rogers will be starting behind Watkins in one of those forward spots because Emery is desperate to give him minutes out of position clearly for fitness, and giving the others an opportunity to earn their spot alongside him. It's also telling that we desperately need another forward if our plan without Watkins is Rogers up top as it absolutely doesn't work. Edited August 10 by MrBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LxYoungAVFC Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 minute ago, sidcow said: I still have absolutely no idea what our team is going to be at West Ham. Pretty much today's starting 11 but: - Ramsey and Philogene + Watkins and Bailey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: I still have absolutely no idea what our team is going to be at West Ham. Whoever starts for us in the closed doors game on Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 It's not been a good pre season, I felt more confident this time last year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: mcginns shortcomings are blindingly obvious against this level of opposition. He's performed well against teams even better than Dortmund So I'm not sure about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 minute ago, Awol said: Whoever starts for us in the closed doors game on Wednesday! Who do we play on Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Still feel we miss Dougie watching this. No one in the middle does what he does except maybe Tielemans. McGinn has had a poor game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Philogene is weak not ready yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 7 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Onana doesn't look happy Noticed first half him huffing around. Him and Tielemans should be getting on the ball as much as they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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