This extract alone, from the Sutton article above proves that it is just the 'old boys network' sticking up for each. In reality, its better suited to printing off and wiping your arse on.'However good Grealish is going forward, he does not always put in a shift going back the other way. When you lose possession, you need to be compact and tight defensively and Villa have lacked that in the games I have seen, notably in their defeat by Leicester when they were hit on the counter-attack time and time again'.So the defeat at leicester was down to Jack not putting a defensive shift in.Nothing to do with the shite substitutions that decimated our midfield and allowed Leicester to rampage through the middle. Nothing to do with taking Gil off, and bringing Ayew on.Nothing to do with SEEING we were being ripped to shreds and doing nothing to protect the back 4.It was all Jacks fault !!!Sutton, you are a poor a 'pundit' as you were a stiker for us !!
I'm torn on this, but on balance I think I'd probably have to agree with Monty too. Considering our current position, Moyes would clearly not be a bad appointment as such. He might make us a more solid proposition, more difficult to play against. But throughout his Everton reign, he did rely on a fairly settled core of British players who played in a fairly industrious, high octane fashion similar to O'Neill's sides. It worked well enough then, but I think the emphasis on physicality means there's a ceiling to what can be achieved by that approach. It burns players out more quickly, and might explain why Moyes' sides - again, like O'Neill's - tended to have one good half-season, and one rather indifferent one.This article illustrates quite neatly the difference between Moyes' Everton, and Martinez's more Swansea-esque ethos:http://statsbomb.com/2014/11/moyes-vs-martinez-which-everton-manager-has-been-better/Fair enough, even a good half-season is better than what we're looking at right now. But I have to say, I don't think our current squad is at all suited to that approach, and suspect Moyes would struggle for a fair while, until he could seriously overhaul the squad with a core of British worker ants. And as we know, they come at a premium cost.All things considered, I wouldn't be unhappy with Moyes, but I do think it would be a bit of a wasted opportunity. There are other, more progressive options out there, if only we deigned to consider them.
The other thing about Moyes is that he'll almost certainly insist on dismantling the new structure with Rielly et al. Taking us right back to the square marked '1' in terms of over all stability.
The only way I see Sherwood now keeping his job is if he stops being so bloody cowardly going into games. I got the impression with Lambert that the players literally suffocated under the stress that he in large part brought on. There are good players at the club and he needs to start providing them with the same freedom as he brought last season. It was a remarkable transformation in a few weeks. We need that now. If tomorrow we set up to avoid defeat we'll be 2 or 3 down by HT. He may as well be fired right there and then.
It's shocking how quickly Sherwood has started to look like Lambert, both on and off the pitch.
That transformation was largely down to the crucial goals from Benteke and Cleverly . Both long gone.
Quote from: silhillvilla on October 16, 2015, 05:11:04 PMThat transformation was largely down to the crucial goals from Benteke and Cleverly . Both long gone. The transformation was down to attitude. Or are you suggesting Benteke and Cleverley weren't a part of the problem before Sherwood got to the club?
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