Quotenly disagree in one respect Dave - I think the squad is awful. We've repeated Lambert's fishing expedition from a few years ago except this time we didn't luck out with a Benteke, and all we've landed is Tonevs and Lunas. And the odd Bowery.I agree with that absolutely. I don't think we're the worst team in the division, but we certainly are amongst the three worst.Keeper is ok as a shot stopper but distribution and 'leadership' are shockingly bad.Fullbacks - Hutton can't attack and Amavi can't defend.Centre halves - error and injury prone. At least one howler per game. At least one of the three sat on the treatment table each week.Midfield - Doesn't blend whatever way you mix it. Either creates nothing, or too wide open. No matter what combination is tried.Forwards - you can perm any combination of Gabby, Gestede, Kozak, and they still won't score enough to keep a side up.Players we have look ok in patches individually, but as a unit, they fail utterly.
nly disagree in one respect Dave - I think the squad is awful. We've repeated Lambert's fishing expedition from a few years ago except this time we didn't luck out with a Benteke, and all we've landed is Tonevs and Lunas. And the odd Bowery.
Press leaks were a two way street thou, have we forgot we got told he had 2 games to save himself and sure enough that's what happened, that was not Dim Tim telling his mates that one.But I say fair play to the club for that, if you have a guy in your employ leaking to the press and he is not doing the business, leak to your own sources, that for the first time in years shows the Villa maybe catching up with modern day cut throat football.
Quotenly disagree in one respect Dave - I think the squad is awful. We've repeated Lambert's fishing expedition from a few years ago except this time we didn't luck out with a Benteke, and all we've landed is Tonevs and Lunas. And the odd Bowery.I agree with that absolutely. I don't think we're the worst team in the division, but we certainly are amongst the three worst.
Quote from: FranzBiberkopf on October 26, 2015, 04:25:04 PMQuotenly disagree in one respect Dave - I think the squad is awful. We've repeated Lambert's fishing expedition from a few years ago except this time we didn't luck out with a Benteke, and all we've landed is Tonevs and Lunas. And the odd Bowery.I agree with that absolutely. I don't think we're the worst team in the division, but we certainly are amongst the three worst.Keeper is ok as a shot stopper but distribution and 'leadership' are shockingly bad.Fullbacks - Hutton can't attack and Amavi can't defend.Centre halves - error and injury prone. At least one howler per game. At least one of the three sat on the treatment table each week.Midfield - Doesn't blend whatever way you mix it. Either creates nothing, or too wide open. No matter what combination is tried.Forwards - you can perm any combination of Gabby, Gestede, Kozak, and they still won't score enough to keep a side up.Players we have look ok in patches individually, but as a unit, they fail utterly.I am in the same camp, whilst Sherwood was a crap manager and should have got more points, I think this squad lacks basic competance at this level from Goalkeeper to attack.