Quote from: SoccerHQ on April 11, 2021, 08:48:36 PMMight just be me but when I watch likes of ASM and say Neto who's been mentioned in last week as an ambitious target I just think they're way better threats.Yes El Ghazi had an excellent purple patch over xmas and we should be thankful for that as could still played part in us finishing top 10 but that's all it was. You wouldn't have known he was on the pitch last week v Fulham for example.Trez works hard and I thought he was decent yesterday so has his uses for certain games in a season but again the other week v Spurs he just kept on making poor decisions once in final third.Both have two years left on their deal now so we'll have to stick or twist on at least one of them.We just need better out wide. I'm a Traore fan but he was awful yesterday aswell.Think it will have to be the position we really up the stakes and potentially smash our club record and go big in 30-40m range to get a player more proven whereas with how well Ollie has done this year we can get in more of a development signing at CF to build up over the season.All true but you watch Villa for 90 minutes every game (I suspect) whereas you probably only see other teams here and there or on highlights. That has a massive bearing on how you view players. Aside from that you'll be more invested in Villa players so you'll celebrate the good things more but dwell on the negatives more as well. All of that combined means you're more likely to see faults in villa players than players from other clubs. All this means that unless a player is clearly brilliant (Grealish, Konsa, Martinez) we'll focus on the negatives far more than the positives a lot of the time.I suspect there's plenty of Newcastle fans that rate ASM but wish he had more end product.
Might just be me but when I watch likes of ASM and say Neto who's been mentioned in last week as an ambitious target I just think they're way better threats.Yes El Ghazi had an excellent purple patch over xmas and we should be thankful for that as could still played part in us finishing top 10 but that's all it was. You wouldn't have known he was on the pitch last week v Fulham for example.Trez works hard and I thought he was decent yesterday so has his uses for certain games in a season but again the other week v Spurs he just kept on making poor decisions once in final third.Both have two years left on their deal now so we'll have to stick or twist on at least one of them.We just need better out wide. I'm a Traore fan but he was awful yesterday aswell.Think it will have to be the position we really up the stakes and potentially smash our club record and go big in 30-40m range to get a player more proven whereas with how well Ollie has done this year we can get in more of a development signing at CF to build up over the season.
Brilliant brilliant words from Dean Smith in his press conference. He's getting a lot praise on social media.
Quote from: The Edge on April 20, 2021, 06:25:06 PMBrilliant brilliant words from Dean Smith in his press conference. He's getting a lot praise on social media. Did he say he's considering a change of formation?
Quote from: aj2k77 on April 20, 2021, 06:30:33 PMQuote from: The Edge on April 20, 2021, 06:25:06 PMBrilliant brilliant words from Dean Smith in his press conference. He's getting a lot praise on social media. Did he say he's considering a change of formation?The whole landscape of world football is potentially changing but let's not go nuts
This was looking like a great second season but the way we have let things fizzle out has really disappointed me. If this form was to continue into the start of next season, first ten games say, that would be just as bad as '19/20. I don't know, my faith in the whole thing has taken a knock since January.
A defeat against Olbiyon and Smith might be facing a few difficult questions from the owners.