Quote from: richard moore on January 02, 2011, 11:18:31 PMGross exaggeration. I don't mean to be rude but how long have you been following the Villa if you think our current pairing is the worst ever? Presumably you don't remember the mid 80s for example and such luminaries as Brendan Ormsby, Dean Glover, Steve Foster and Paul Elliott to name but four. Or, forgive me, perhaps you're not old enough to...I have been following Villa since 1978-79 season, but, living in Italy, until about ten years ago I couldn't see all the games like I do now, and I should be satisfied with the one or two games that I could manage to see live, at VP or in some London stadia.So, you're right, I certainly can have exagerrated, but what I meant is that I can't acclimatize to have two central defenders that always belt the ball clear and renounce to create from the back, this not my idea of football.
Gross exaggeration. I don't mean to be rude but how long have you been following the Villa if you think our current pairing is the worst ever? Presumably you don't remember the mid 80s for example and such luminaries as Brendan Ormsby, Dean Glover, Steve Foster and Paul Elliott to name but four. Or, forgive me, perhaps you're not old enough to...
Quote from: Archie on January 02, 2011, 11:31:22 PMQuote from: richard moore on January 02, 2011, 11:18:31 PMGross exaggeration. I don't mean to be rude but how long have you been following the Villa if you think our current pairing is the worst ever? Presumably you don't remember the mid 80s for example and such luminaries as Brendan Ormsby, Dean Glover, Steve Foster and Paul Elliott to name but four. Or, forgive me, perhaps you're not old enough to...I have been following Villa since 1978-79 season, but, living in Italy, until about ten years ago I couldn't see all the games like I do now, and I should be satisfied with the one or two games that I could manage to see live, at VP or in some London stadia.So, you're right, I certainly can have exagerrated, but what I meant is that I can't acclimatize to have two central defenders that always belt the ball clear and renounce to create from the back, this not my idea of football. Change the title of the thread in that case Archie! And I do realise you live in Italy, Frank often talks of you. Nothing can come remotely close to some of the mid 80s central defending, except perhaps Ehiogu in his early days...
I think we sat too deep at 2-1 if anything, we put pressure on our defenceWe should arguably have gone for the jugular then but our lads seemed to run out of steam
Quote from: WikiVilla on January 02, 2011, 09:54:05 PMI think we sat too deep at 2-1 if anything, we put pressure on our defenceWe should arguably have gone for the jugular then but our lads seemed to run out of steamIt comes down to the same thing really, we don't keep the ball well enough when we're winning.
Change the title of the thread in that case Archie! And I do realise you live in Italy, Frank often talks of you. Nothing can come remotely close to some of the mid 80s central defending, except perhaps Ehiogu in his early days...
However it WAS Chelsea we were playing..so not easy to keep ball
Quote from: aftab235 on January 03, 2011, 12:08:53 AMHowever it WAS Chelsea we were playing..so not easy to keep ballNo that's true, so even though I thought we were a little wasteful, the criticism doesn't apply as much today. However, if we're leading against Sunderland on Wednesday, you just know we're going to drop deep and invite the equaliser. It might work, if we score on the counter, but it often doesn't work.
Quote from: Monty on January 03, 2011, 12:12:01 AMQuote from: aftab235 on January 03, 2011, 12:08:53 AMHowever it WAS Chelsea we were playing..so not easy to keep ballNo that's true, so even though I thought we were a little wasteful, the criticism doesn't apply as much today. However, if we're leading against Sunderland on Wednesday, you just know we're going to drop deep and invite the equaliser. It might work, if we score on the counter, but it often doesn't work.Yes agreed this has been our worst habit (v Stoke, Spurs, Fulham away, Manu u at home) but not only this season. We were gifted with this during MON's reign.