Villa's style of play

[fredm]

Did we not have anyone on either post for the corner that City scored their second goal?  I cannot recall anyone there and if so, that to me was a major mistake as the ball went in about chest high just inside the post and was fairly preventable.

[sirlordbaltimore]

We are doing fine on the budget we have ffs. Moan, moan bloody moan.
Stop moaning when we beat Hull on Saturday. You might just realise how far we have come in the last 18 months.

A near 40m transfer spend in two seasons budget?. Jesus, if this is considered fine for that kind of outlay i'm shocked at how low some of our supporters requirements are.

Personally i expect more quality on the pitch for that kind of outlay. As it is i'm literally bored shitless at the game 90% of the time. The first half against Liverpool and the Newcastle match were mind numbing in their uselessness on the pitch. The City performance probably ranked a brief step up from those but that's not saying a lot.

If the likes of Everton and even the Baggies can actually play good football then so can we. I just want to see us do it. We're getting by with so called lucky wins, other teams are stepping up and earning them by their actual footballing prowess, why do we have to be different ?

[dave.woodhall]

We are doing fine on the budget we have ffs. Moan, moan bloody moan.
Stop moaning when we beat Hull on Saturday. You might just realise how far we have come in the last 18 months.

A near 40m transfer spend in two seasons budget?. Jesus, if this is considered fine for that kind of outlay i'm shocked at how low some of our supporters requirements are.

Personally i expect more quality on the pitch for that kind of outlay. As it is i'm literally bored shitless at the game 90% of the time. The first half against Liverpool and the Newcastle match were mind numbing in their uselessness on the pitch. The City performance probably ranked a brief step up from those but that's not saying a lot.

If the likes of Everton and even the Baggies can actually play good football then so can we. I just want to see us do it. We're getting by with so called lucky wins, other teams are stepping up and earning them by their actual footballing prowess, why do we have to be different ?

We don't half seem to be getting a lot of luck lately.

[LeeB]

We're six games into the season, have nine points, and have played 4 of the most difficult games we'll have.

You sound like a whiny kid.

[Clampy]

We are doing fine on the budget we have ffs. Moan, moan bloody moan.
Stop moaning when we beat Hull on Saturday. You might just realise how far we have come in the last 18 months.

A near 40m transfer spend in two seasons budget?. Jesus, if this is considered fine for that kind of outlay i'm shocked at how low some of our supporters requirements are.

Personally i expect more quality on the pitch for that kind of outlay. As it is i'm literally bored shitless at the game 90% of the time. The first half against Liverpool and the Newcastle match were mind numbing in their uselessness on the pitch. The City performance probably ranked a brief step up from those but that's not saying a lot.

If the likes of Everton and even the Baggies can actually play good football then so can we. I just want to see us do it. We're getting by with so called lucky wins, other teams are stepping up and earning them by their actual footballing prowess, why do we have to be different ?

We've had one bit of luck this season with the offside on Saturday and we still scored another two goals on top of that.

If we pick up three points against a teams like Man City from time to time whilst not playing at our best then i'll happily take that. If you're as bored as you say, go and watch Barcelona, it's only a two hour flight away.

[danlanza]

It's only 1.45 hrs for me. I will stay on Lanza and watch Villa on telly thanks Clamps

[PeterWithesShin]

It's only 1.45 hrs for me. I will stay on Lanza and watch Villa on telly thanks Clamps

He was obviously replying to SLB.

[danlanza]

It's only 1.45 hrs for me. I will stay on Lanza and watch Villa on telly thanks Clamps

He was obviously replying to SLB.

I thought so.

[PeterWithesShin]

And despite what SLB wants us all to agree with, we are not shit, boring or lucky.

[not3bad]

The first half against Liverpool and the Newcastle match were mind numbing in their uselessness on the pitch.

It's generally agreed Newcastle was pretty bad but you're exaggerating with Liverpool.  We finished the first half pretty strongly as I recall.

[danlanza]

And despite what SLB wants us all to agree with, we are not shit, boring or lucky.

We are Villa, F..k all the rest.

[Dante Lavelli]

SLB is correct, 40m is a massive amount of money when its largely coming from the chairman's pocket, however it has pretty much bought us a whole new squad.  Most of which have increased in value (considerably in some cases).

Hopefully this level of spending will be maintained (20m a season) but on two or three players rather than six or seven each season. 

Personally I think we're finally in a good position to start growing again

[Matt Collins]

Yes it's almost been £40m off a baseline of zero. We've got rid of a whole squad of players and got almost no money for them

We'd generally spent £20m pa for several years, and there's hardly any residual value left in the squad after that. Criminal really.

But two more years of this calibre of signing and I think we'll be a decent top half side. Even if we have to lose benteke

[PaulWinch again]

We are doing fine on the budget we have ffs. Moan, moan bloody moan.
Stop moaning when we beat Hull on Saturday. You might just realise how far we have come in the last 18 months.

A near 40m transfer spend in two seasons budget?. Jesus, if this is considered fine for that kind of outlay i'm shocked at how low some of our supporters requirements are.

Personally i expect more quality on the pitch for that kind of outlay. As it is i'm literally bored shitless at the game 90% of the time. The first half against Liverpool and the Newcastle match were mind numbing in their uselessness on the pitch. The City performance probably ranked a brief step up from those but that's not saying a lot.

If the likes of Everton and even the Baggies can actually play good football then so can we. I just want to see us do it. We're getting by with so called lucky wins, other teams are stepping up and earning them by their actual footballing prowess, why do we have to be different ?

If you watch when we play well it's from passing it on the deck. Lambert has had to clear out a lot of shit players who were also hoofball merchants. We are progressing, we're not instantly going to turn in Brazil but we are improving.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Luck is a funny bloody thing innit?
Was it luck that Ivanovic wasn't sent off then scored the winner in a game we should have got something out of?
Was it luck that Terry's handball was overlooked by the ref?
Was it luck that Citeh scored 2 goals on Sat, both from set pieces and our 3 were much better?

In a Sky Premier League world where apparently only about 5 teams matter I'm pissed off with them getting all of the "luck". If other teams get the rub of the green now and again, that's the way it goes.
We forced the "luck" on Saturday - if you don't try you don't get anything.
We tried like f**k on Saturday and got what we deserved.
If Citeh have 65% possession but can't put the ball in the net from open play is that luck? Or are they just a bit shit now and again?
Like all teams.
Great win on Saturday. Don't know if there was a lot of "style" in it, or "luck", but we deserved to win.
Simple.
UTV!