After following the villa for 50+ years there is one word I associate with them more than anything...Frustrating.
Quote from: brontebilly on October 03, 2021, 09:46:00 PMQuote from: john e on October 03, 2021, 06:58:27 PMNakamba would have given the ball away just as much if not more than the rest of them thoughAnd wouldn’t have gone forward with the ball In an positive mannerSo I’m not convinced it would have been the right callRamsey was lost today...But taking him off and bringing in Buendia left us even more open in midfield Nakamba for Hause...would have made us a lot more solid I think. Luiz was decent enough though...McGinn forced everything today, I like to see him trying a defence splitting pass...but not every single time he gets on the ball I don’t think he was lost, certainly no more so than anyone elseIt’s just a casual throwaway line which makes no sense and isn’t trueNot saying he had a great game. but he wasn’t lost imo
Quote from: john e on October 03, 2021, 06:58:27 PMNakamba would have given the ball away just as much if not more than the rest of them thoughAnd wouldn’t have gone forward with the ball In an positive mannerSo I’m not convinced it would have been the right callRamsey was lost today...But taking him off and bringing in Buendia left us even more open in midfield Nakamba for Hause...would have made us a lot more solid I think. Luiz was decent enough though...McGinn forced everything today, I like to see him trying a defence splitting pass...but not every single time he gets on the ball
Nakamba would have given the ball away just as much if not more than the rest of them thoughAnd wouldn’t have gone forward with the ball In an positive mannerSo I’m not convinced it would have been the right call
Quote from: john e on October 04, 2021, 07:42:17 AMQuote from: brontebilly on October 03, 2021, 09:46:00 PMQuote from: john e on October 03, 2021, 06:58:27 PMNakamba would have given the ball away just as much if not more than the rest of them thoughAnd wouldn’t have gone forward with the ball In an positive mannerSo I’m not convinced it would have been the right callRamsey was lost today...But taking him off and bringing in Buendia left us even more open in midfield Nakamba for Hause...would have made us a lot more solid I think. Luiz was decent enough though...McGinn forced everything today, I like to see him trying a defence splitting pass...but not every single time he gets on the ball I don’t think he was lost, certainly no more so than anyone elseIt’s just a casual throwaway line which makes no sense and isn’t trueNot saying he had a great game. but he wasn’t lost imoHe didn't affect the game in any way for us. A complete passenger unfortunately. The fact he came from our academy shouldn't mean he is immune from criticism after a poor performance.
Utter tosh.Passing diabolical, second to everything.How come we can all see that Watkins and Ings doesn't work, but Dean insists on starting them both repeatedly ?
Quote from: CT Villan on October 04, 2021, 02:18:30 AMUtter tosh.Passing diabolical, second to everything.How come we can all see that Watkins and Ings doesn't work, but Dean insists on starting them both repeatedly ?Because they've played a handful of games, and whilst it isn't flourishing just yet, they've both scored goals and both know how to. We need an adaptable system, with adaptable players. Give them time.
The problem is, when Bailey's fit, the only way to fit him, Buendia, Ings and Watkins in to the same side is to play 4-4-2, and I don't think our midfield will cope with that.
Quote from: Risso on October 04, 2021, 04:29:47 PMThe problem is, when Bailey's fit, the only way to fit him, Buendia, Ings and Watkins in to the same side is to play 4-4-2, and I don't think our midfield will cope with that.They won't...Smith will know I'm sure what has to be done here and ultimately it's to drop Ings...but that means upsetting his new big money forward. Realistically we are looking at a formation similar to Liverpool. 2 out of Traore, AEG, Buendia and Bailey. 1 from Watkins and Ings. 3 from Luiz, Ramsey, Nakamba, McGinn, Sanson. Everyone fully fit and personally I think we have a player too many....