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Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #735 on: December 08, 2019, 06:45:51 PM »
The loss today was not a surprise but the apparent lack of desire and fight is worrying ..... Sheffield won't be easy if we fail to match their competitiveness and team spirit
Starting to get twitchy right now

Offline themossman

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #736 on: December 08, 2019, 06:52:47 PM »
How many good performances resulting in actual wins this season? Just Everton and Norwich for me.

We seem to have saved our best performances for our valiant defeats and games like Brighton don’t give me that much hope we can rack up enough wins in those crucial bottom half team at home fixtures. Really hope I’m wrong.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #737 on: December 08, 2019, 06:56:05 PM »
How many good performances resulting in actual wins this season? Just Everton and Norwich for me.

We seem to have saved our best performances for our valiant defeats and games like Brighton don’t give me that much hope we can rack up enough wins in those crucial bottom half team at home fixtures. Really hope I’m wrong.

Newcastle.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #738 on: December 08, 2019, 06:57:30 PM »
Everyone around us seems happy we'll get a good result at Sheffield and then beat the next three.

I wish I shared their confidence. That team looked devoid of ideas and belief today. There's a lot of work to do.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #739 on: December 08, 2019, 06:59:54 PM »
Everyone around us seems happy we'll get a good result at Sheffield and then beat the next three.

I wish I shared their confidence. That team looked devoid of ideas and belief today. There's a lot of work to do.

Those of us who rocked up at Sheffield for the 4-1 drubbing last season will be under no illusion as to the task ahead.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #740 on: December 08, 2019, 07:00:19 PM »
How many good performances resulting in actual wins this season? Just Everton and Norwich for me.

We seem to have saved our best performances for our valiant defeats and games like Brighton don’t give me that much hope we can rack up enough wins in those crucial bottom half team at home fixtures. Really hope I’m wrong.

Newcastle.

I think that was more about them being shite and a bit of magic from hourihane on dead balls than our overall game.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #741 on: December 08, 2019, 07:01:25 PM »
Sorry but without a big spend up in January, this team is going down

Just not enough quality in it.



Stick a decent goal scoring striker in our team and it will make a big difference.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #742 on: December 08, 2019, 07:09:13 PM »
There are other areas to improve but yes I agree a good striker would change everything. It must be so depressing playing alongside wes. I think a lot of the frustration and fatigue we are seeing now is a result of midfielders having had to score all the goals and defenders having to fill in gaps behind them for the last 7 games.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #743 on: December 08, 2019, 07:21:27 PM »
Sorry but without a big spend up in January, this team is going down

Just not enough quality in it.



Stick a decent goal scoring striker in our team and it will make a big difference.
Yes this is an absolute must, the squad need a boost.
I am worried about the next 4 games as we are beginning to become undone.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #744 on: December 08, 2019, 07:24:07 PM »
Improving the attack is essential.

However, after conceding 23 attempts today, that takes the total attempts against us to over 300 (!) this season which is a staggering and dreadful statistic in itself and is by some distance the most in the Prem.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #745 on: December 08, 2019, 07:26:20 PM »
I said initially at start of season that Villa would stay up and be competitive to achieve 36 points. I did the stats and that's the points tally. Which will see us safe

A breakdown and successful example * is
9 wins 9 draws

*Brighton achieved to stay up last season. 36pts.

Villa currently :4 wins and 3 draws.

Villa  need 5 more wins
Look at the winnable potential fixtures from 11 remaining at home

Southampton h
Norwich h
Watford h
Palace h
Sheff utd h
Wolves h

And Villa need 6 draws -we take some away points from rivals (and maybe even wins )
Away at
Southampton ,
Watford,
Brighton ,
Bournemouth.
West Ham

The other matches to play
Sheff utd away
Man City home
Spurs home
Chelsea home
Newcastle away
Wolves home
Liverpool away
Man utd home
Everton away
Arsenal home

Villa could only get 3 more wins but get 12 more draws we stay up.**
**Southampton in 17/18 36pts
« Last Edit: December 08, 2019, 07:28:23 PM by Vill I An »

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #746 on: December 08, 2019, 07:27:53 PM »
There are other areas to improve but yes I agree a good striker would change everything. It must be so depressing playing alongside wes. I think a lot of the frustration and fatigue we are seeing now is a result of midfielders having had to score all the goals and defenders having to fill in gaps behind them for the last 7 games.

At one point in the second half, he was completely free in the penalty area and Trezegeut opted to shoot rather than cut it back to him. Not sure if it was greed or just a lack of faith in him from Trez.

Offline rougegorge

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #747 on: December 08, 2019, 07:34:32 PM »
The number of shots we concede doesn't speak volumes for the defence, but it also doesn't say a lot for what Luiz and Nakamba are supposed to be doing.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #748 on: December 08, 2019, 08:19:39 PM »
Until our next win, I’m worried

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #749 on: December 08, 2019, 08:25:06 PM »
Luiz looked atrocious today. Sloppy passing, not even that hard to get off the ball and worryingly slow. There were a few occasions where him and targett were the closest players to a Leicester attacker and their inability/unwillingness to get after them was shocking.

 


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