I'm a far bigger cricket fan than I am football but I couldn't watch the super over in the World Cup final last year, or the final overs of Stokes's stand with Jack Leach.
Anybody worried about our keeper?
Quote from: simboy on July 22, 2020, 10:28:30 AMWe played well last night. There was an adaptation of shape to negate the opposition, changing from a 4-3-3 to a 4-1-4-1 to a 4-4-2 as the game progressed. Whilst I have seen Smith do that before I don’t think it’s been as effective. Great performances from Luiz, Konsa, Gilbert, and the rest. Even Targett had a good game and he’s the one who’s usually hopelessly out of position. On the comparison with the 15/16 season. I have to say the game against Manure saw the worst performance I have seen since then from a far better team. After that penalty we never looked like as a team we wanted to compete. It could have gone two ways from there. We could have limped off into the championship without a real wimper or we could fight back. I was thinking back to the 88/89 season. Perhaps this season more accurately mirrors that one. A manager under pressure, a rising star who was probably off if we got relegated, a defence which always seemed susceptible. But we showed grit and determination even though we were not the best team in the league. We almost died on our feet trying to get over the line. I remember a nervy win over Luton and newcastle which about saved our season, but last day nerves against Coventry. Can’t remember who we lost to the week before. I do hope it’s the same outcome on Sunday.That’s a really good summary and I think your right 88/89 is a far better comparison. Would love it if Sunday wasn’t actually nerve shredding but Cruz control, never likely to happen with the villa.Interesting getting the perspective of fans of other teams. I’ve had work mates message me today that are Derby, Wimbledon and even Liverpool, who all thought it was a great game in which villa were superb for 94 minutes.
We played well last night. There was an adaptation of shape to negate the opposition, changing from a 4-3-3 to a 4-1-4-1 to a 4-4-2 as the game progressed. Whilst I have seen Smith do that before I don’t think it’s been as effective. Great performances from Luiz, Konsa, Gilbert, and the rest. Even Targett had a good game and he’s the one who’s usually hopelessly out of position. On the comparison with the 15/16 season. I have to say the game against Manure saw the worst performance I have seen since then from a far better team. After that penalty we never looked like as a team we wanted to compete. It could have gone two ways from there. We could have limped off into the championship without a real wimper or we could fight back. I was thinking back to the 88/89 season. Perhaps this season more accurately mirrors that one. A manager under pressure, a rising star who was probably off if we got relegated, a defence which always seemed susceptible. But we showed grit and determination even though we were not the best team in the league. We almost died on our feet trying to get over the line. I remember a nervy win over Luton and newcastle which about saved our season, but last day nerves against Coventry. Can’t remember who we lost to the week before. I do hope it’s the same outcome on Sunday.
Quote from: ROBBO on July 22, 2020, 10:58:18 AMAnybody worried about our keeper?It was bloody terrifying watching back as the ball hit his left knee and would have gone in not for a bit of fortune in hitting his right knee.
Quote from: RamboandBruno on July 22, 2020, 11:24:10 AMQuote from: simboy on July 22, 2020, 10:28:30 AMWe played well last night. There was an adaptation of shape to negate the opposition, changing from a 4-3-3 to a 4-1-4-1 to a 4-4-2 as the game progressed. Whilst I have seen Smith do that before I don’t think it’s been as effective. Great performances from Luiz, Konsa, Gilbert, and the rest. Even Targett had a good game and he’s the one who’s usually hopelessly out of position. On the comparison with the 15/16 season. I have to say the game against Manure saw the worst performance I have seen since then from a far better team. After that penalty we never looked like as a team we wanted to compete. It could have gone two ways from there. We could have limped off into the championship without a real wimper or we could fight back. I was thinking back to the 88/89 season. Perhaps this season more accurately mirrors that one. A manager under pressure, a rising star who was probably off if we got relegated, a defence which always seemed susceptible. But we showed grit and determination even though we were not the best team in the league. We almost died on our feet trying to get over the line. I remember a nervy win over Luton and newcastle which about saved our season, but last day nerves against Coventry. Can’t remember who we lost to the week before. I do hope it’s the same outcome on Sunday.That’s a really good summary and I think your right 88/89 is a far better comparison. Would love it if Sunday wasn’t actually nerve shredding but Cruz control, never likely to happen with the villa.Interesting getting the perspective of fans of other teams. I’ve had work mates message me today that are Derby, Wimbledon and even Liverpool, who all thought it was a great game in which villa were superb for 94 minutes.I thought that in 1989 after our final game against Coventry West Ham had two games in hand still to play away at Forest and Liverpool due to the backlog caused by the Hillsborough disaster. They had to win both to stay up and send us down. They went and won at Forest with two goals from Leroy Rosenior and went a goal up in their following game at Anfield, at which point we were down. Luckily for us Liverpool recovered from going a goal down and ended up sticking five past West Ham.
Yeah fantastic result. Just after we scored I decided to turn over for the sake of my wife and myself, turned out to be a good decision. Watched this morning and my heart rate and blood pressure were all over the place and I knew the result, fair play to those that watched it live !!!
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on July 22, 2020, 11:19:06 AMI'm a far bigger cricket fan than I am football but I couldn't watch the super over in the World Cup final last year, or the final overs of Stokes's stand with Jack Leach.As Buttler broke the stumps, I simultaneously broke two of the floorboards in my house jumping up and down. I spent the final day of the Headingley test in the garden to minimise the risk of any further damage.
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