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Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #345 on: September 28, 2019, 10:46:04 PM »
The positive thing is that we're not being royally fucked over every week. We're in games but stupid errors cost us.

We can do this. And I believe we will.

Me too.

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #346 on: September 29, 2019, 12:13:44 AM »
I honestly can't remember how we stopped up during those Lambert seasons; all I know is that somehow we did. That's what I'm hoping for this time around, because quite honestly I don't have the stomach for a promotion battle again. Just work it out, Smith, ffs.

Was thinking about that during the game today.  We were dire under Lambert, but still managed to stay up.  I think we are a better side than then, but we did have Benteke back then, who was a real threat and we haven't got anything close to him at the moment. 

Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #347 on: September 29, 2019, 12:14:54 AM »
I have a horrible feeling we are shaping up for one of those 'plucky losers, came and tried to play the game the right way, but went straight back down' relegations.

It's much better than our last relegation, which was a comedy one, mind.

Offline OzVilla

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #348 on: September 29, 2019, 12:16:57 AM »
I honestly can't remember how we stopped up during those Lambert seasons; all I know is that somehow we did. That's what I'm hoping for this time around, because quite honestly I don't have the stomach for a promotion battle again. Just work it out, Smith, ffs.

Was thinking about that during the game today.  We were dire under Lambert, but still managed to stay up.  I think we are a better side than then, but we did have Benteke back then, who was a real threat and we haven't got anything close to him at the moment. 

Benteke of 2013/14 in this team would see us upper mid table now for sure.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #349 on: September 29, 2019, 12:19:16 AM »
I honestly can't remember how we stopped up during those Lambert seasons; all I know is that somehow we did. That's what I'm hoping for this time around, because quite honestly I don't have the stomach for a promotion battle again. Just work it out, Smith, ffs.

Was thinking about that during the game today.  We were dire under Lambert, but still managed to stay up.  I think we are a better side than then, but we did have Benteke back then, who was a real threat and we haven't got anything close to him at the moment. 

Benteke of 2013/14 in this team would see us upper mid table now for sure.
agree
Makes a hell of a difference having a player as good as he was.
I think we are in trouble and Smith is worrying me because he seems a bit stuck.

Offline OzVilla

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #350 on: September 29, 2019, 12:34:32 AM »
It’s because we have no striker options. Kodja being injured leaves only Davis. If Smith sticks with 4-3-3 he has to play Wesley who lacks consistency along with AEG and Trez.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #351 on: September 29, 2019, 12:46:57 AM »
It’s because we have no striker options. Kodja being injured leaves only Davis. If Smith sticks with 4-3-3 he has to play Wesley who lacks consistency along with AEG and Trez.
Davis showed more in 10 minutes than Wesley in nearly 90.
Davis has to be given a chance.

Offline JJ-AV

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #352 on: September 29, 2019, 07:27:32 AM »
Not that worried yet. We've shown we're capable (despite obvious quality issues in key areas), but we do need to improve.

The next 6 league games have 4 games we should be looking to get points from. 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses would see us on 1 point per game of 13 from 13.

It's not ideal but if we can stay around that ratio until January hopefully we can get some short term signings to keep us up. We should be looking at Premier League proven players now (ahem Batshuayi and Damarai Gray), who can come in and make an impact.

My main concern is that the bottom 3 are the teams with the worst forwards. Watford have Welbeck and Deeney to come in, and above us Norwich have Pukki and Southampton have Ings who look capable to score enough to keep them up.

Trezeguet improved from the bench so that's a positive. Anwar looked good. Wesley needs to improve but there are positives. Just need to stay with it, and should we go down we should stick with Smith (unless something changes wildly.

Offline OzVilla

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #353 on: September 29, 2019, 08:12:47 AM »
I’m not worried about any aspect of the team apart from our striker situation (which is obviously a concern).

What’s the situation with free agents and is there anyone still out there we can look to get an hour out of at least?
« Last Edit: September 29, 2019, 08:55:18 AM by OzVilla »

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #354 on: September 29, 2019, 08:48:23 AM »
We're one point off 17th, (which effectively should be our target).
We're 3 points off 11th (and being above Man Utd).
One draw behind Norwich, one win behind Sheffield United.
If we'd not lost all those points from winning positions we'd have another 8 and be third.

Basically this is absolutely not the time to panic. We're giving away silly goals but we can, and will, get better.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #355 on: September 29, 2019, 08:55:49 AM »
I’m not worried about any aspect of the tram apart from our striker situation (which is obviously a concern).

What’s the situation with free agents and is there anyone still out there we can look to get an hour out of at least?

I occasionally wonder if typos are deliberate to take threads off track into punathons.

Offline aldridgeboy

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #356 on: September 29, 2019, 09:27:15 AM »
I’m worried, but not panicking. I see much good in the team. We are a million miles away from where we were last two seasons on this league.

But, the  bottom line is we’re in the bottom three with nearly a quarter of the season gone. We haven’t had, on paper, a hard start. We need to win home games against the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley  and a 10 man West Ham  really). Mistakes get punished instantly in this league, and it’s costing  us dearly.

I just hope we are learning and improving enough to be ok. It’s hopefully looking like Watford will be the team that will struggle all season, leaving us needing to be better than two other teams. Fingers crossed we will be.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #357 on: September 29, 2019, 09:33:21 AM »
I'm not too worried either. We were never going to come out of the blocks firing and we've had our fair share of bad luck but we've also not helped ourselves either. I think we'll be fine.

Offline Villa75

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #358 on: September 29, 2019, 10:34:47 AM »
I always worry when I see a Villa side that collectively shits itself when under the slightest bit of pressure.

We already look like a team that doesn't know how to see a game out and get a win. The fans already expect us to lose a lead, and the players look like they're in the same frame of mind.

Can Smith change that around?

Offline FatSam

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #359 on: September 29, 2019, 10:48:49 AM »
I’m not too worried. I think that if we had the striker options that we all (including DS) knew we needed in the summer, then we would be comfortably mid-table now. It is important not to panic, as to throw everything out of the window when it’s very close to clicking, would be idiotic. However, it is critical that we are still in touch by January, so that the season is not a write-off, and it is worth signing a striker in the window. Our last season in this division started similarly to this one, but we then hardly picked-up any more points until January I think. It feels like from now until January is what will define our season - it could go either way, but I think staying positive, and doing what we currently are (in broad terms) is the best course of action. That doesn’t mean not trying Davis or Kodjia instead of Wesley or similar tweaks, and closing down games better.

 


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