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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #225 on: January 10, 2015, 07:56:33 PM »
I think this is the season.

You can't have this sort of scoring record, not show signs of improving it, and hope to stay up.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #226 on: January 10, 2015, 07:57:28 PM »
Chin up everyone.  We are carbon neutral AND we have a lamp.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #227 on: January 10, 2015, 07:57:48 PM »
I mean, look at this, for instance.

This shows how poor we are when it comes to scoring.

Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney  ·  3h 3 hours ago
Fewest goals scored in a PL season is 20 by Derby County in 2007-08, rate of 0.53. Villa currently have 11 in 21, a rate of 0.52.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #228 on: January 10, 2015, 07:59:04 PM »
WBA and Palace getting new managers has worked against us.  Agree with what was said on 606 than us not making a change and getting Pulis while he was free could come back to hunt us.  Still think we stay up, but it will just be by the skin of our teeth once again.  But then if you consider that we may lose certain key players in the summer, and if Lambert is again in charge next season then next season could be the year.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #229 on: January 10, 2015, 08:00:02 PM »
When we dragged ourselves out of the mire in his first season, we could at least see that we were playing to win but the players lacked either the nous or experience to see out games. Once Benteke started firing, there was a confidence that was tangible. Last season, we needed a big result right at the last knockings and managed to get it against Hull, despite stinking up the league, but probably should have got better results than we did because we had two strikers with long-term injuries.

I don't see any signs of an upswing this season. I think we'll sink and be gone before the end of proceedings. 19th is my guess, and Lambert will be at the helm when we do, because it'll be too late to do the obvious thing.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #230 on: January 10, 2015, 08:02:11 PM »
I don't think anyone can say we'll definitely stay up unless it's pure blind faith.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #231 on: January 10, 2015, 08:02:47 PM »
I though the comments about Pulis were nonsense. We play mind numbing shite now with a manager in charge who seems to be able to do enough to keep is up. Why change that for more of the same?

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #232 on: January 10, 2015, 08:04:19 PM »
Problem is even Benteke looks fucking useless at the moment.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #233 on: January 10, 2015, 08:05:23 PM »
I think a lot of people right now would take mind numbingly shit football and 3 points and worry about aesthetics another time.
« Last Edit: January 10, 2015, 08:18:04 PM by Toronto Villa »

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #234 on: January 10, 2015, 08:13:37 PM »
Problem is even Benteke looks fucking useless at the moment.
I totally agree, but he's not being given the chance to look anything different.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #235 on: January 10, 2015, 08:15:37 PM »
Problem is even Benteke looks fucking useless at the moment.
I totally agree, but he's not being given the chance to look anything different.

Partially true, but even with his limited opportunities he's making a mardy hash of it.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #236 on: January 10, 2015, 09:12:16 PM »
Yes bentekes the root cause of it all

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #237 on: January 10, 2015, 09:27:52 PM »
I though the comments about Pulis were nonsense. We play mind numbing shite now with a manager in charge who seems to be able to do enough to keep is up. Why change that for more of the same?

Ads, I would say it's because Pulis' teams play with passion, are well organised and hard to beat. Nothing loveable about them unless they are your team. They also win more than they lose. We are struggling to score more goals than games we lose. The major difference between Lambert and Pulis appears to be competence.

We are undoubtably the dullest team in the league, if not the entire cosmos. If we were winning 1-0 that would be fine, but we aren't.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #238 on: January 10, 2015, 09:32:57 PM »
I though the comments about Pulis were nonsense. We play mind numbing shite now with a manager in charge who seems to be able to do enough to keep is up. Why change that for more of the same?

Maybe because he has been a success in the Prem.

Think where we are now. We can come up with the big club bollocks all day long, but it counts for nothing. Its the here and now that is important. Right now we need to be stabilised and ensure our prem status is maintained. Pulis was perfect for that. We will worry about playing like Barca circa 2011 when we are comfortably mid table

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #239 on: January 10, 2015, 09:33:46 PM »
I actually think unless we change manager we are going to now have Lambert's worst run since he's been here. We have no idea how to score, this is just adding pressure to the defence. The defence in which he fixed will then break.

From the time when Lambert started it's been one good thing followed by lots of bad.

 


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