I genuinely can't remember him touching the ball.
Quote from: Ad@m on July 17, 2020, 11:10:32 PMQuote from: Legion on July 17, 2020, 10:10:21 PMOur current two first-choice strikers are amongst the worst I think I have ever seen. Davis is destined never to score and Samatta is a shadow of his pre-lockdown self.I'm pretty confident that for as long as I live I'll never see an Aston Villa striker worse than Jordan Bowery...He cost peanuts from the lower divisions though. Samatta is nearly as bad and was supposed to be our January salvation. He's been pitiful.
Quote from: Legion on July 17, 2020, 10:10:21 PMOur current two first-choice strikers are amongst the worst I think I have ever seen. Davis is destined never to score and Samatta is a shadow of his pre-lockdown self.I'm pretty confident that for as long as I live I'll never see an Aston Villa striker worse than Jordan Bowery...
Our current two first-choice strikers are amongst the worst I think I have ever seen. Davis is destined never to score and Samatta is a shadow of his pre-lockdown self.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 17, 2020, 10:05:48 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 10:03:42 PMQuote from: Richard E on July 17, 2020, 09:48:04 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 09:45:57 PMQuote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two? Davis played very well yesterday.He's played 498 minutes as a PL centre-forward. He has 0 goals, 0 assists. Amongst whatever attributes he might bring to the side, a goal threat isn't one of them.Agree but does not give the ball away like Samatta.That is a low bar at the moment. The reality is Davis should not be anywhere near starting in the Premier League.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 10:03:42 PMQuote from: Richard E on July 17, 2020, 09:48:04 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 09:45:57 PMQuote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two? Davis played very well yesterday.He's played 498 minutes as a PL centre-forward. He has 0 goals, 0 assists. Amongst whatever attributes he might bring to the side, a goal threat isn't one of them.Agree but does not give the ball away like Samatta.
Quote from: Richard E on July 17, 2020, 09:48:04 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 09:45:57 PMQuote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two? Davis played very well yesterday.He's played 498 minutes as a PL centre-forward. He has 0 goals, 0 assists. Amongst whatever attributes he might bring to the side, a goal threat isn't one of them.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 09:45:57 PMQuote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two? Davis played very well yesterday.
Quote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two?
If we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on July 17, 2020, 10:19:14 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on July 17, 2020, 10:05:48 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 10:03:42 PMQuote from: Richard E on July 17, 2020, 09:48:04 PMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 17, 2020, 09:45:57 PMQuote from: Bobby Boy on July 17, 2020, 09:37:56 PMIf we play with intensity and fire we can beat Arsenal. 2 up front. Put Luiz under the spotlight. That can happen. However Dean won't do that. Sit back, show respect and we'll lose.Which two, the two that we've needed to show some gumption but still can't muster a solitary goal between them to save our lives, those two? Davis played very well yesterday.He's played 498 minutes as a PL centre-forward. He has 0 goals, 0 assists. Amongst whatever attributes he might bring to the side, a goal threat isn't one of them.Agree but does not give the ball away like Samatta.That is a low bar at the moment. The reality is Davis should not be anywhere near starting in the Premier League.along with Trez Samatta AEG and Hourihane.
No idea what's happened to Samatta, he looked o.k in the games he played in February. Would love to know what sort of training regime he was on in lockdown as he's looked way out of things since the restart.
The enforced break seemed to have a positive effect on a couple (Luiz, Konsa have come back better I think) but with Samatta I wonder what effect it had on him been isolated after just moving to a new country in the middle of a season. Either way he’s looked absolutely miles off the pace.
Let’s inject some positivity.This weeks scores.Bournemouth 1 Southampton 1Watford 0 Man City 3Villa 1 Arsenal 0We climb out of the bottom 3 and head into ‘showdown Sunday’ as I am declaring it and sky will no doubt pinch.Not beyond the realms of possibility?