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Offline N'Zimidy

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #615 on: July 23, 2016, 08:03:56 PM »
Almost non-existent forward threat however Elphick is a solid defender. It's good to see him organising at the back.

Nantes are probably Championship level and to be fair they were as feeble as we were in attack.
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Offline KRS

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #616 on: July 23, 2016, 08:03:57 PM »
Apparently Nantes had 54% possession and 15 shots. Were the stats guys watching a different game?
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Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #617 on: July 23, 2016, 08:04:40 PM »
1 shot on target, 1 goal. Not that bad after all  :P
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Offline SashasGrandad

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #618 on: July 23, 2016, 08:04:49 PM »
A win is a win - lets hope we do this more often this season.

Not a great performance but some signs of hope.
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Offline in exile

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #619 on: July 23, 2016, 08:05:14 PM »
What an absolute crock of shite
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Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #620 on: July 23, 2016, 08:05:32 PM »
Decent at the back. Elphick looks an unremarkable Championship defender. IE: A massive step up for us. Keeper looked solid.

Midfield. Gana & Bacuna worked hard. Grealish looked like our most skillful player. The rest... oh dear.

Up front Ayew was good. Gestede was garbage in open play.

On the plus side I REALLY enjoyed watching live Villa again :)
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Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #621 on: July 23, 2016, 08:06:12 PM »
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Offline Villafirst

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #622 on: July 23, 2016, 08:07:47 PM »
Tshibola - how did he do?
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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #623 on: July 23, 2016, 08:09:34 PM »
Thought we defended quite well in the second half. Gana was decent and broke up play well. The ref didn't seem to give Jack very much but that's something he might have to get used to in the championship. Good workout for us I thought though.
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Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #624 on: July 23, 2016, 08:09:47 PM »
Quote from: Villafirst on July 23, 2016, 08:07:47 PM
Tshibola - how did he do?

Alright. Broke up play a couple of times. Lost possession a couple of times. Ran a lot. Didnt seem to wander out of position. Did some short passes which made sense.
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Offline dave shelley

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #625 on: July 23, 2016, 08:10:56 PM »
As they kicked-off for the start of the second half, did anyone cop the lone voice singing of Holte Enders in the sky rendered in a strong Brummie accent?
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Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #626 on: July 23, 2016, 08:12:42 PM »
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Offline LukeJames

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #627 on: July 23, 2016, 08:15:36 PM »
Quote from: ciggiesnbeer on July 23, 2016, 08:09:47 PM
Quote from: Villafirst on July 23, 2016, 08:07:47 PM
Tshibola - how did he do?

Alright. Broke up play a couple of times. Lost possession a couple of times. Ran a lot. Didnt seem to wander out of position. Did some short passes which made sense.

Aaagh, the black Ashley Westwood.

I jokes of course......
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Offline VILLA MOLE

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #628 on: July 23, 2016, 08:19:15 PM »
Quote from: Goldie.7 on July 23, 2016, 08:04:40 PM
1 shot on target, 1 goal. Not that bad after all  :P

maybe we could be the new Leicester ????!!!!
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Offline LTA

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Re: Pre-Season Friendlies
« Reply #629 on: July 23, 2016, 08:29:47 PM »
Very disappointing.  Off the ball movement was poor and pretty clear we carry little threat going forward.  Proof that so much needs to be done before we can start talking  about promotion.  Stop talking the talk Doctor Tony.  You need to walk the walk.
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