BBC 5 Live said Pope pulled off five or six worldie saves. Doesn't sound like a lack of intensity, desire or even ability. Ironically the last two home games are the shitty 1-1 VP draws that I've been raised on as a fan for a lot of the last 30 years. We've rarely inspired.
Too many ordinary players. Watkins, McGinn, Luiz, nowhere near good enough.
Quote from: eamonn on May 19, 2022, 10:06:51 PMBBC 5 Live said Pope pulled off five or six worldie saves. Doesn't sound like a lack of intensity, desire or even ability. Ironically the last two home games are the shitty 1-1 VP draws that I've been raised on as a fan for a lot of the last 30 years. We've rarely inspired.It's not about this evening, it's the entire season - and the last ten.
There are a lot of international players in the squad, so not too sure the mediocre ones are.Martinez, Mings, Digne,Coutinho, Luiz, Ings, Watkins all have played at the highest level and for highly ranked nations.Add Cash, McGinn, Ramsey (England U21) Olsen, Traore etc for lesser nations in the FIFA Rankings or U21, and I don’t see too many poor quality players.Getting them to gel and play consistently together seems to be the issue rather than individual player quality.
I can't believe Spurs want McGinn, can't wait to see how they react to the pedestrian, casual giving away of the ball.
It sometimes feels like we're never getting away from it. 14th place, barring a miracle of miracles, how many of us would have fancied that at the start of the season (remember we were laughing at the idea of taking ESR from Arsenal?). A decade of not finishing in the top half of the premier league.It isn't Gerrard's fault at all, but it's a mindset at the club that we need to struggle away from, and I am not sure how long it is going to take us to achieve that.Or if we ever will.
I hate to say this, but being honest, we've been mediocre for way more than ten years. More like thirty.
I hate to say this, but being honest, we've been mediocre for way more than ten years. More like thirty. Not that I care, but I think the general public's consensus of Villa would be a middling, do-nothing club, because a whole generation has grown up with us being also-rans. I'm not sure how to change that.Saying that, in this timeframe we've lost more cup finals than some clubs will see forth-rounds.