Quote from: Brassneck on November 13, 2018, 03:12:55 PMI take setting traps as inviting the ball to be played into a certain area/position by leaving a space or a player unmarked. When the ball is played there, Villa players close the opponent down thus springing the trapMy only concern right now with Dean is he's openly explained our tactics to the media, thus the future opposition. Maybe he's got such a large bag of tricks he's not concerned but I'd be a lot happier if he kept his genius to himself and left everybody trying to work out how he did it. After his post match comments of how he used Tammy to press their midfielder leaving the centre half with the ball and few options, even tactical eunuchs like Steve Bruce would be prepared. I can't think of another manager/coach that goes into such detail. Cut it out, Dean.
I take setting traps as inviting the ball to be played into a certain area/position by leaving a space or a player unmarked. When the ball is played there, Villa players close the opponent down thus springing the trap
Quote from: Rudy Can't Fail on November 14, 2018, 11:12:13 AMQuote from: Brassneck on November 13, 2018, 03:12:55 PMI take setting traps as inviting the ball to be played into a certain area/position by leaving a space or a player unmarked. When the ball is played there, Villa players close the opponent down thus springing the trapMy only concern right now with Dean is he's openly explained our tactics to the media, thus the future opposition. Maybe he's got such a large bag of tricks he's not concerned but I'd be a lot happier if he kept his genius to himself and left everybody trying to work out how he did it. After his post match comments of how he used Tammy to press their midfielder leaving the centre half with the ball and few options, even tactical eunuchs like Steve Bruce would be prepared. I can't think of another manager/coach that goes into such detail. Cut it out, Dean.Lambert had Gabby do the same thing to Gerrard a few years back. It's not like its never been thought of before.
This management games isn't easy. Jakanovic has been sacked, Wagner is second bottom and playing very defensive stuff. Both managers who played fantastic football in the Championship and I'd have been delighted if we appointed either of them. Meanwhile Cardiff's dinosaur is just above them after spending nothing! Rafa is having to play eye watering defensive stuff to keep afloat.I love what Dean Smith has done so far and am really excited about what we can achieve, but Fulham is a big lesson - they started with what I thought was a great team, spent a fortune and it's all gone tits up. Making progressive football work in the PL is not easy. If we go up I'm hoping our wider structure and rich owners will help us avoid that trap, but interested to hear what people think of Fulhams struggles and how we avoid these if we reach the promised land?
There is plenty of film on how Dean Smith tries to have his teams play the game. The issue is stopping it. He speaks in generalities anyway, nothing specific and he adjusts based on the opponent. That’s the beauty of it. They will know we are coming, just not from where or when.
Quote from: chrisw1 on November 14, 2018, 11:12:59 AMThis management games isn't easy. Jakanovic has been sacked, Wagner is second bottom and playing very defensive stuff. Both managers who played fantastic football in the Championship and I'd have been delighted if we appointed either of them. Meanwhile Cardiff's dinosaur is just above them after spending nothing! Rafa is having to play eye watering defensive stuff to keep afloat.I love what Dean Smith has done so far and am really excited about what we can achieve, but Fulham is a big lesson - they started with what I thought was a great team, spent a fortune and it's all gone tits up. Making progressive football work in the PL is not easy. If we go up I'm hoping our wider structure and rich owners will help us avoid that trap, but interested to hear what people think of Fulhams struggles and how we avoid these if we reach the promised land?Agree with most of this Chris however on Fulham I think they winged it last season and got away with it. Around Christmas they were nowhere and Coach decided to play expansive football to get some momentum and it paid off initially and continued to win them games as other teams developed a fear including us, twice. We got beat 2-0 at their place and again in the play off final because Bruce didn't attack them. PL teams have no such fear against them and they have been found out. If we go up with the nucleus of this current tem we will need to replace at least 3 of the back 5, buy a quality combative midfielder, a winger/wide attacker, either keep Grealish or replace him with better and biggest one....get a proven top flight goal scorer. I am assuming that if Abraham has a very good season Chelsea will keep him next season.
Just listened to his latest interview on AVFC/YouTube and he said with so many players away he took the opportunity to fly up to Scotland to listen to a motivational speech on the All Blacks by James Kerr the author of ‘Legacy’. Beats a day in the golf course and nice pie in my book
Quote from: Toronto Villa on November 16, 2018, 08:44:32 PMThere is plenty of film on how Dean Smith tries to have his teams play the game. The issue is stopping it. He speaks in generalities anyway, nothing specific and he adjusts based on the opponent. That’s the beauty of it. They will know we are coming, just not from where or when.Exactly. They might well know that Grealish is going to run at them at every opportunity. Stopping him doing it is another matter altogether.
Now we have a real manager, it beggars belief why so many defended Bruce for so long.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on November 22, 2018, 05:33:12 PMNow we have a real manager, it beggars belief why so many defended Bruce for so long.Hindsight's a wonderful thing. Bruce did a lot for our club in stabilising a sinking ship and getting our defence organised enough to stop us falling further down the leagues, which we should always be grateful for.Given the horrendous appointments we've endured over the last 5+ years, I totally get people feeling uneasy with switching things up (as I did), but it's such a relief to have seen it pay off so well thus far. Don't forget that we were on the brink of signing Henry!