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Title: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Legion on December 29, 2010, 01:37:33 PM
From Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2253320,00.html):

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Stiliyan Petrov insists Villa are anxious to quickly address their poor from following back-to-back defeats against Tottenham and Man City.

The skipper made an unhappy return to the starting line-up at Eastlands on Tuesday as the claret and blues were well-beaten 4-0 by Roberto Mancini's outfit.

And the Bulgarian insists responsibility lies solely with the players as Villa look to recover from the double festive setback.

He told AVTV: "It was not good enough, obviously because we lost 4-0. We started and without them really creating anything we conceded two goals.

"They were two easy goals and when you go down 2-0 it is hard to come back.

"Like I said before, it is up to us to sort things out. We are not doing good enough at the moment and we just need to sort it out.

"How we do it - that is up to us. We need to start working harder, believe a bit more."

Petrov admits the most frustrating aspect of the City loss was the two early goals that dented Villa's confidence.

He said: "You come here and you know what quality they have got. When you are down 2-0 in 13 minutes it is very difficult.

"But we are not looking to blame somebody else, we blame ourselves.

"We can talk about this and that and if somebody made a mistake - we just didn't play well enough.

"For us to get out of this situation we just need to start performing."

As opposed to circus clowns, perhaps?
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: kippaxvilla2 on December 29, 2010, 01:44:36 PM
Jesus Christ, here we go again.  Just stop fuckin talking and start doing.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: VillaAlways on December 29, 2010, 01:48:45 PM
Getting a bit pissed off with hearing that it's hard to come back when your 2-0 down 2-1 and you're putting the opposition under pressure and back in the game.Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh !! Seriously worried about the mentality that's being instilled into our players
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Moorski on December 29, 2010, 01:52:27 PM
Petrov is one of the main culprits too often caught in possession and behind the pace of the game, I know folk will say he is not match fit, so tough he should not be playing then.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: lovejoy on December 29, 2010, 01:54:16 PM
We blame ourselves and apologise to the fans who made the trip and will refund their tickets, blame ourselves apologise to the fans and will win the next 3 games or blame ourselves and carrying losing, not trying and pocketing £60k/week?
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: j66acd on December 29, 2010, 01:54:37 PM
Jesus Christ, here we go again.  Just stop fuckin talking and start doing.

That's exactly what I was going to put, stop the fannying about, grow some balls and get on with it.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Risso on December 29, 2010, 02:00:24 PM
What a fucking shambles from top to bottom.  Happy fucking Christmas.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: eastie on December 29, 2010, 02:02:18 PM
my anger is in many ways more at the players - cant be bothered reading what petrov says - actions speak louder than words.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Linus on December 29, 2010, 02:04:05 PM
Hmm, same players as last season, more or less. And it's their fault. Baffling.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: pablopicasso_10 on December 30, 2010, 11:35:13 AM
yawn...

how many times do we keep hearing the same old crap, then watching the same old crap...

dont tell... do...
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: garyshawsknee on December 30, 2010, 11:39:20 AM
Actions louder than etc.....
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: olaftab on December 30, 2010, 11:39:42 AM
As  he the great man said "Don't tell me show me"
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Irish villain on December 30, 2010, 11:42:32 AM
It's the defence that's been the main problem this year. We're shipping goals for fun. Cueller and Collins could start performing for a start.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: kipeye on December 30, 2010, 11:43:01 AM
I'm not sure what else you all would want him to say-if he said 'We're crap, I resign'-would that make you happy? At least he is not talking about wanting away or blaming others.
I am as pissed off as most people but at some point we have to draw a line and be more positive. Many of us have experienced worse shit than we have now and even though it is another low point, I am still confident that we can turn this round .
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Eigentor on December 30, 2010, 11:47:55 AM
The comments below the original post are about as predictable as the original piece from "Pravda". :-)
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: lovejoy on December 30, 2010, 12:23:43 PM
The comments below the original post are about as predictable as the original piece from "Pravda". :-)
You're surprised we're fed up with these banal comments?
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: WALTERS WARRIORS on December 30, 2010, 03:06:04 PM
Think Petrov should say. Did you watch Liverpool last night, manager had a transfer window and pre season and not even half our injuries and two points ahead of us .............
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: TheSandman on December 30, 2010, 03:39:24 PM
I wish some of them would actually look like they were.

Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: darren woolley on December 31, 2010, 09:37:44 AM
I agree actions speak louder than words when we see you doing it we will believe you.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: Chris Smith on December 31, 2010, 09:47:55 AM
This thread demonstrates neatly why it would be a waste of time for Lerner to make any sort of statement.

Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: supertom on December 31, 2010, 01:30:40 PM
I wish some of them would actually look like they were.


This.
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: TimTheVillain on December 31, 2010, 01:38:27 PM
Just do it ..............
Title: Re: Petrov insists players are desperate to address bad run
Post by: andyh on December 31, 2010, 01:56:55 PM
as we keep on saying..
DONT FUCKING TELL US........FUCKING SHOW US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or words to that effect.
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