The Throstles v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[WikiVilla]

Prior to that i'd called for Friedels head on many occasssions, feel free to dig tose posts out too
I picked Friedel for today as it was clear he will never be dropped

[BannedUserIAT]

I said...STOP. TALKING. SHIT.

It was suggested a change of goalkeeper in the "should we experiment" thread and you had a big fucking cry over changing the spine of the team.

[WikiVilla]

I said...STOP. TALKING. SHIT.

It was suggested a change of goalkeeper in the "should we experiment" thread and you had a big fucking cry over changing the spine of the team.

Cut out the bull crap, dig my quote out,  i mentioned CB, CM areas not the keeper albeit to play the 3rd choice ahead of Marshall would have been ridiculous

[Dante Lavelli]

It seemed to get worse when Pirès came on.

hmmm the possession went from 57% (on my ESPN stream) to 67% (on the BBC) in the period from the substitution to their goal.  I hate to not be hysterical like a lot of you guys but the substitution wasn't *that* illogical.  Bringing on a creative player for someone not renowned for his attacking flair isn't that bonkers especially if the opposition are down to ten men.

It's not what I would have done but lets be realistic on another day it could have worked.

[Nev]

If anything sums up our season, it was the introduction of Pires and the subsequent result.

And if you want some more of that, theres plenty coming if there's no change in the management structure.

One of the least endearing traits of anyone is arrogance, but I did predict this. Sorry.

[WikiVilla]

It seemed to get worse when Pirès came on.

hmmm the possession went from 57% (on my ESPN stream) to 67% (on the BBC) in the period from the substitution to their goal.  I hate to not be hysterical like a lot of you guys but the substitution wasn't *that* illogical.  Bringing on a creative player for someone not renowned for his attacking flair isn't that bonkers especially if the opposition are down to ten men.

It's not what I would have done but lets be realistic on another day it could have worked.

point being NRC was RUNNING the game
maybe hard to see over a tv ??

[Phil from the upper holte]

Where was Makoun today?

[BannedUserIAT]

It seemed to get worse when Pirès came on.

hmmm the possession went from 57% (on my ESPN stream) to 67% (on the BBC) in the period from the substitution to their goal.  I hate to not be hysterical like a lot of you guys but the substitution wasn't *that* illogical. 

Of course our possession went up. Pires and Petrov passed the ball sideways for a sum total of 427 miles. And all that for a gain of about 5 yards before losing the ball.

Possession wasn't the issue...getting the ball into an area where we could hurt West Brom was.
Pires wasn't the man to do that. Not today, not any other day.

[hawkeye]

The problems.
Trying to play with 2 wide men, and no plan B.
No left back.
Allowing AY to take every free kick. And a lack of alternative.
Centre of defence a shambles.
Goalkeeper past it.
Lack of motivation.
Shocking PR from the Manager.
Dreadfull substitutions.
Off field problems.
Too many players the wrong side of 30.
Not all of these issues are the fault of GH and GM but when you consider the playing resources they have there is no way that we should be in the situation we are in.
the saving grace is that we have an owner that has shown his financial comitment to our club.

[Nev]

It seemed to get worse when Pirès came on.

hmmm the possession went from 57% (on my ESPN stream) to 67% (on the BBC) in the period from the substitution to their goal.  I hate to not be hysterical like a lot of you guys but the substitution wasn't *that* illogical.  Bringing on a creative player for someone not renowned for his attacking flair isn't that bonkers especially if the opposition are down to ten men.

It's not what I would have done but lets be realistic on another day it could have worked.

point being NRC was RUNNING the game
maybe hard to see over a tv ??

Regardless of the impact of NRC, the presence of Pires at the club has added nothing, unless you count his bank balance.

He did ok against Blackburn but in the main he has the gait of one who doesn't give a fuckin' shit. Sorry boys, not for me, and you get what you put in. Swallow the result, we deserve nothing more.

[Dante Lavelli]

Maybe.  I didn't come across that way but I acknowledge that TV doesn't show the movements players make in order to prevent attacks and equally get into attacking spaces.

At the time I would have liked to have seen Delph come on for NRC as he has a bit more flair than Coker but still has the energy (which is needed along side Petrov).  Alas we don't have a crystal ball to see whether that would have been better.

[WikiVilla]

why bring Bannan back ?

[BannedUserIAT]

I said...STOP. TALKING. SHIT.

It was suggested a change of goalkeeper in the "should we experiment" thread and you had a big fucking cry over changing the spine of the team.

Cut out the bull crap, dig my quote out...

Did your own fucking quotes out, dipshit.
I'm quoting you saying Friedel is shit even though you picked him in your team pre-match.
But you then claim you only picked him because "he's undroppable". Which means you kind of miss the whole point of putting up a team you'd like to see.

But then, missing the point is really what you do best. Aside from being a complete cock.

[hawkeye]

It seemed to get worse when Pirès came on.

hmmm the possession went from 57% (on my ESPN stream) to 67% (on the BBC) in the period from the substitution to their goal.  I hate to not be hysterical like a lot of you guys but the substitution wasn't *that* illogical. 

Of course our possession went up. Pires and Petrov passed the ball sideways for a sum total of 427 miles. And all that for a gain of about 5 yards before losing the ball.

Possession wasn't the issue...getting the ball into an area where we could hurt West Brom was.
Pires wasn't the man to do that. Not today, not any other day.

i thought we had them on the rack until we bought Pires on, the momentum changed immmediately. It was a fkin ridiculous decision, just plain stupid.

[dave.woodhall]

I said...STOP. TALKING. SHIT.

It was suggested a change of goalkeeper in the "should we experiment" thread and you had a big fucking cry over changing the spine of the team.

Cut out the bull crap, dig my quote out...

Did your own fucking quotes out, dipshit.
I'm quoting you saying Friedel is shit even though you picked him in your team pre-match.
But you then claim you only picked him because "he's undroppable". Which means you kind of miss the whole point of putting up a team you'd like to see.

But then, missing the point is really what you do best. Aside from being a complete cock.

That's enough of that.