I'm past being angry but when we can only be bothered to play football with 5 minutes left on the clock we will lose the game. And yes I know the tactics the team were sent out with were so negative it is untrue!
Quote from: John M'Zog on February 13, 2012, 10:23:52 AMQuote from: Bren'd on February 13, 2012, 10:19:09 AMQuote from: Lee N'B on February 13, 2012, 10:02:24 AMQuote from: andrew08 on February 13, 2012, 09:47:27 AMI haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.I agree.I do too. Where AM went wrong was not bringing Heskey off earlier for N'Zog. We offered a threat when he was on the pitch.I thought we defended very well for large parts and looked solid from set pieces up until the goal. Add me to the list.Some games you have to make sure you stay in them before you think about winning them. We defended as well as we have done all season and had chances. That's pretty much exactly what I said to my brother post match, and it's an approach that's yielded positve results for both Everton and Sunderland against them recently.It's not really want you want to see, but it is reality I'm afraid.
Quote from: Bren'd on February 13, 2012, 10:19:09 AMQuote from: Lee N'B on February 13, 2012, 10:02:24 AMQuote from: andrew08 on February 13, 2012, 09:47:27 AMI haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.I agree.I do too. Where AM went wrong was not bringing Heskey off earlier for N'Zog. We offered a threat when he was on the pitch.I thought we defended very well for large parts and looked solid from set pieces up until the goal. Add me to the list.Some games you have to make sure you stay in them before you think about winning them. We defended as well as we have done all season and had chances.
Quote from: Lee N'B on February 13, 2012, 10:02:24 AMQuote from: andrew08 on February 13, 2012, 09:47:27 AMI haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.I agree.I do too. Where AM went wrong was not bringing Heskey off earlier for N'Zog. We offered a threat when he was on the pitch.I thought we defended very well for large parts and looked solid from set pieces up until the goal.
Quote from: andrew08 on February 13, 2012, 09:47:27 AMI haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.I agree.
I haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.
It's also how we played against Man U, Spurs and Liverpool, where we also lost meekly. Conversely when N'Zogbia and Ireland both started we beat Chelsea at the bridge 3-1 and performed admirably v Arsenal. I cannot understand why we didn't follow suit in our approach v City.
Quote from: andrew08 on February 13, 2012, 09:47:27 AMI haven't read the thread so my apologies if this has already been said. I don't think the manager got much wrong tactically. Heskey was a good selection as he plays the defensive covering in front of the full back role better than Nzogbia who hasn't got the discipline to play in any position consistantly enough, and,conversely Mcleish also put him on at the right time when we were trying to to equalise. Ditto Ireland and Albrighton. No one will argue about the dropping of Warnock I assume.It could be argued that we were unlucky not to get a point with Carlos's miss and Harts save from Bent which was England quality. I thought AM was tactically spot on, for a match against an obviously better side.Are you related to AM?I've just noticed this, lol.It's bad enough being a Villa fan at the moment let alone Scottish, how very dare you !
It's all about winning though isn't it and then if not winning not losing. I want Villa to play free flowing attacking footy, who wouldn't, but I want wins more than anything. Which is why I tolerated much of the MON era. I want wins first I don't care how we get them, in fact although I've posted differently above I'd settle for a bag of shite, negitive dross performance at Wigan and a one nil win. In fact I'd settle for that always.I watched Everton beat Man City recently and they played almost the same as we did yesterday, except they had a deflected winner and held on. No one from Everton complained about the style of the win.
I don't want to discourage anyone from trying to be positive about the performance, but the best I can say is: that was yesterday. We have the rest of the season to show that we've learned from it.
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