It wouldn’t have been so bad if Tommy was taken off for a forward as we were only a goal behind at that time.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 13, 2019, 02:22:30 PMAs much as it is his ability Grealish sets the tone for how Smith wants to play. That there is such a gap there when he’s absent is as much to do with the quality of the players in the squad as the types of players Bruce bought to suit his system. What we’ve seen in this league is teams don’t need players as good as Grealish to succeed. What they do have is players who are closer to each other in quality and all comfortable playing a certain way. You add a Grealish to that you are that much better. We are a mish mash of parts and pieces. We all complained Bruce didn’t have an identifiable style of play because the players we have don’t fit any one system. That’s going to take time and money to fix to get them comfortable playing the way Dean wants them to.To be fair, all of our players looked of a very similar quality yesterday.
As much as it is his ability Grealish sets the tone for how Smith wants to play. That there is such a gap there when he’s absent is as much to do with the quality of the players in the squad as the types of players Bruce bought to suit his system. What we’ve seen in this league is teams don’t need players as good as Grealish to succeed. What they do have is players who are closer to each other in quality and all comfortable playing a certain way. You add a Grealish to that you are that much better. We are a mish mash of parts and pieces. We all complained Bruce didn’t have an identifiable style of play because the players we have don’t fit any one system. That’s going to take time and money to fix to get them comfortable playing the way Dean wants them to.
Quote from: Brassneck on January 12, 2019, 11:04:19 PMNothing wrong with his team selection today - I'd have gone with the same 11.It is clear that the players at his disposal cannot fit into & play in the way Smith likes to play.I think the fundamental issue is that Smith should be designing a system that best suits best the players at his disposal rather than enforcing one that clearly isn't working. Plan B can't be to bring in Hause and Whelan when 2-0 down, can it....
Nothing wrong with his team selection today - I'd have gone with the same 11.It is clear that the players at his disposal cannot fit into & play in the way Smith likes to play.
Quote from: Newby on January 13, 2019, 02:00:54 PMIt wouldn’t have been so bad if Tommy was taken off for a forward as we were only a goal behind at that time. yep I don’t know what happened to the fearless attacking manager that we thought we had got a Brentford friend of mine who goes to marches said his worst fault is he just keeps on attacking and doesn’t know any different I thought I’d take thathe’s turned into a man that brings on Glen Whelan and a not fit centre back in a crisis thats what Villa can do for you, scrambles the brain
I don't buy it. There's no evidence to support that. You get more in the Holte End than was up Wigan yesterday, yet we've had 40k plus against Swnasea and the Noses and been fine. Taken good followings to Derby and Boro and battered them.Injuries to our best players, plus woeful recruitment from Bruce has left us bare. We don't have a great deal of choice but to play garbage like Whelan, Hourihan and the like in midfield.
Goalkeepers. They all look the same to me.
Quote from: PeterWithe on January 13, 2019, 10:22:16 AMGoalkeepers. They all look the same to me. Some of my best friends are goalkeepers.
Quote from: themossman on January 13, 2019, 05:54:18 PMQuote from: PeterWithe on January 13, 2019, 10:22:16 AMGoalkeepers. They all look the same to me. Some of my best friends are goalkeepers. There was a goalkeeper in my class at school - he was just like one of us