Fox says sacking Lambert would be like flicking a coin??

[Clampy]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

[silhillvilla]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

I like certain aspects to his game .
At present he doesn't have a premier league pulse to his game . That will probably come with time .

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

The lead up to the 2nd goal on Sunday sums us up.
Richardson carries the ball forward from left back and moves inside looking to pass it to a midfielder or forward. No one shows themselves/makes themselves available. No Villa player wants the ball!
Arse player sees he is now struggling and isolated, nicks it off him and within 3 passes they've scored.

I'd bollock the Under 12s if they did that.
We do it all the time.

Agree with some of the comments on here - Delph needs to be further forward (I think the whole team needs to be further forward), Sanchez to focus on his defensive role/swap with Westwood.
Cleverley needs to practise wearing a blue shirt if Everton are so desperate to sign him!!!

Outstanding tactics. Getting him in to Chelsea's starting 11will definitely improve our chances.  B-)

B-!
A* by previous standards!

I'll tell me dad!

[Clampy]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

I like certain aspects to his game .
At present he doesn't have a premier league pulse to his game . That will probably come with time .

So, who would you play in his place then?

[silhillvilla]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

I like certain aspects to his game .
At present he doesn't have a premier league pulse to his game . That will probably come with time .

So, who would you play in his place then?

The only other viable option is Westwood I'd say . Delph is wasted sat too deep. Ciaran Clark can play DCM but I doubt he has a range of pass.

[Clampy]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

I like certain aspects to his game .
At present he doesn't have a premier league pulse to his game . That will probably come with time .

So, who would you play in his place then?

The only other viable option is Westwood I'd say . Delph is wasted sat too deep. Ciaran Clark can play DCM but I doubt he has a range of pass.

Ahh, Westwood. Massive problem solved. Just need to score some goals now then.

[paul_e]

Midfield for me should be Sanchez sitting, Delph and Bacuna ahead and support the full backs on either side and then Gil and Weimann buzzing around in front of them.

[Villa in Denmark]

The lead up to the 2nd goal on Sunday sums us up.
Richardson carries the ball forward from left back and moves inside looking to pass it to a midfielder or forward. No one shows themselves/makes themselves available. No Villa player wants the ball!
Arse player sees he is now struggling and isolated, nicks it off him and within 3 passes they've scored.

I'd bollock the Under 12s if they did that.
We do it all the time.

Agree with some of the comments on here - Delph needs to be further forward (I think the whole team needs to be further forward), Sanchez to focus on his defensive role/swap with Westwood.
Cleverley needs to practise wearing a blue shirt if Everton are so desperate to sign him!!!

Outstanding tactics. Getting him in to Chelsea's starting 11will definitely improve our chances.  B-)

B-!
A* by previous standards!

I'll tell me dad!

Sorry Frank's nephew.

For some reason I can't do smilies from my phone. (Dashes over to little things that make life annoying thread.)

[mark west]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

You won't like him next year. Get used to it, huh?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Understand now ViD!


Sorry, 37 years of grading students' work has made me a little sensitive to capital letters and +/-!
;-)

[Clampy]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

You won't like him next year. Get used to it, huh?

Ah, you're picking on me now then.

Haven't you got a dying forum to save?

[Chris Smith]

Sorry yes it's an opinion. Just to reiterate I am not knocking Sanchez as I have said previously I like how he holds his position and does a lot of decent "grunt" work. The slowness on the ball  is probably as he has so little options ahead of him. He is aswell still adapting to the pace of the league.

So you've gone from calling him 'a massive part of the problem' to liking him. Make your mind up.

At present he's too slow and a big part of the problem.

So, you don't like him then.

You won't like him next year. Get used to it, huh?

Blimey, Skippy, have you really not got anything better to do, huh?

[Damo70]

Midfield for me should be Sanchez sitting, Delph and Bacuna ahead and support the full backs on either side and then Gil and Weimann buzzing around in front of them.

Pretty much agree. For me, our best XI would have Sanchez, Delph, Gil and Bacuna in it. And Bacuna would certainly be in midfield and not defence/wing back.

[ktvillan]

Going back to the original point I was looking at the top 5 and see Southampton and Spurs there.  I wish Fox would take a look at what Southampton did 3 years ago.  They realised Adkins wasn't up to the job and had obviously done a bit of research or had a bit of knowledge amongst the owners, and were able to identify a coach who could improve them.  As Pochettino duly did.  When he jumped ship, they did the same again bringing in Koeman.  Who has improved them again despite losing half the first choice players.  Both coaches sitting pretty in the top five without a shred of PL experience between them previously. 

Swansea have also managed to bring in a succession of decent coaches who maintained their decent level, whilst also recognising when it wasn't working or had gone as far is it could (Laudrup). 

An on the other side of the coin we have Lambert, two and a half seasons into his "project" still looking utterly clueless as to what he is trying to achieve.

The point being that it is absolutely nothing like flipping a coin if you have people on the board with an iota of a clue about football.  And if Fox genuinely believes that it is down to pot luck then he is just typical of the football fuckwittery that Lerner has consistently  surrounded himself with.

[Damo70]

Swansea have been consistently successful at replacing managers, both when choosing to make a change and also when being forced to replace managers.  Southampton's success goes back from Koeman and Pochettino  to Adkins, who took them up two divisions and whom they then replaced well at the right time even though to most outsiders and even Southampton fans change wasn't necessary.