Quote from: john e on July 11, 2020, 07:07:57 PMI remember at the start of the season I was really looking forward to it because I'd bought into the Smith myth of no matter what the opposition we will always go and give it a go and try and win the game What on earth happenedIt was bullshit from the get go. You can't afford to be gung ho, all game every game, and definitely not in the PL.
I remember at the start of the season I was really looking forward to it because I'd bought into the Smith myth of no matter what the opposition we will always go and give it a go and try and win the game What on earth happened
That he’s been allowed to appear back in the side looking like that is simply beyond understanding and I’m quite a clever bloke. Who is it that looks at him and says ‘yep he’s in shape and ready to fight for our survival.’ It’s really, really unprofessional. Everyone I’ve spoken to not linked to Villa have noticed it.
Why is that at the end of every Villa Manager’s tenure we are talking about unprofessional standards, poor fitness levels, lack of application and meek acceptance of shitness.
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on July 11, 2020, 07:29:25 PMWhy is that at the end of every Villa Manager’s tenure we are talking about unprofessional standards, poor fitness levels, lack of application and meek acceptance of shitness.I mentioned it the other day, our players seem far too comfortable with the trappings of being a PL player. To them, they've made it. Why stress, just enjoy it.
Quote from: Rudy Can't Fail on July 11, 2020, 07:35:42 PMQuote from: kippaxvilla2 on July 11, 2020, 07:29:25 PMWhy is that at the end of every Villa Manager’s tenure we are talking about unprofessional standards, poor fitness levels, lack of application and meek acceptance of shitness.I mentioned it the other day, our players seem far too comfortable with the trappings of being a PL player. To them, they've made it. Why stress, just enjoy it. Conor Hourihane is a good example for me. I like him, think we’ve played better with him in and maybe I’m being harsh but do you recall at the start of the season him seeking out a random bloke who sent him a tweet from about 5 years ago saying he’d never be a PL footballer. Well not only did it come over as slightly petty I’m thinking, ‘hang on let’s see if you can hold down a place and perform before it warrants firing backs tweets to people.’
Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 11, 2020, 06:44:25 PMQuote from: Big Ming on July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PMWatching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.And that is the really disappointing thing about Dean - even if you can forgive the shit tactics, the bad use of Grealish, the piss poor game management, all of that stuff, you would at least expect to see some fitness and fight from the team.There has been pretty much none of that, we've not looked really fit enough at any point this season, our fitness levels and application have been dreadful, nothing like good enough - these are things that should be an absolute given, a starting point.Look at the state of McGinn since he has come back, for example. He looks Richard Dunn sized.If we thought he had the players looking like they'd run through brick walls, like they could compete for 90 minutes, it would have bought him a lot more respect, but he has not, not at any point. That's really, really poor.
Quote from: Big Ming on July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PMWatching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on July 11, 2020, 06:51:19 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on July 11, 2020, 06:44:25 PMQuote from: Big Ming on July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PMWatching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.And that is the really disappointing thing about Dean - even if you can forgive the shit tactics, the bad use of Grealish, the piss poor game management, all of that stuff, you would at least expect to see some fitness and fight from the team.There has been pretty much none of that, we've not looked really fit enough at any point this season, our fitness levels and application have been dreadful, nothing like good enough - these are things that should be an absolute given, a starting point.Look at the state of McGinn since he has come back, for example. He looks Richard Dunn sized.If we thought he had the players looking like they'd run through brick walls, like they could compete for 90 minutes, it would have bought him a lot more respect, but he has not, not at any point. That's really, really poor.Turns out McGinn injured himself again ,another stress fracture and didn't train during lockdown hence his poor conditioning
Quote from: David_Nab on July 11, 2020, 10:50:22 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on July 11, 2020, 06:51:19 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on July 11, 2020, 06:44:25 PMQuote from: Big Ming on July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PMWatching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.And that is the really disappointing thing about Dean - even if you can forgive the shit tactics, the bad use of Grealish, the piss poor game management, all of that stuff, you would at least expect to see some fitness and fight from the team.There has been pretty much none of that, we've not looked really fit enough at any point this season, our fitness levels and application have been dreadful, nothing like good enough - these are things that should be an absolute given, a starting point.Look at the state of McGinn since he has come back, for example. He looks Richard Dunn sized.If we thought he had the players looking like they'd run through brick walls, like they could compete for 90 minutes, it would have bought him a lot more respect, but he has not, not at any point. That's really, really poor.Turns out McGinn injured himself again ,another stress fracture and didn't train during lockdown hence his poor conditioningThen why the fuck is he playing?