So my previous post, asking if we needed another striker, got diverted somewhat.
That’s how things work and I don’t have a problem with it.
But it doesn’t help me draw any conclusions as to how us Villa fans think.
C’est la vie.
So I’m going to assume that it doesn’t really matter if we get another striker in or not.
Which leads me onto if we think the midfield are up to it.
This is a minefield for me, as I believe it’s our biggest single problem.
Our record for years, shows that the midfield’s contribution to goal-scoring has been abysmal.
Let’s start on the left. What do you call Jordan Amavi? A defender, who attacks or a wide left midfield player? Yes, he has a decent cross, but doesn’t do enough for my liking and is a defensive liability, so he can happily go, with my blessing.
That’s somewhat unfair, as I’ve never believed defenders are a good attacking choice without a very strong central midfield, but’s that how it is.
Grealish?
My opinion says we can’t afford him as anything other than a luxury player.
Yes, he should get games, but he’s another that doesn’t work hard enough in the Championship and is much better suited to the Premier league. Another sell, even if he proves to be another Cahill (and yes, I believe MON was right in letting Cahill go, even though it bit us on the arse).
Gil’s a goner, as are Tshibola and Vertout.
Which leaves us with Henri Lansbury (utter crap up to now, but let’s see).
Bacuna, who works hard and has won some fans over. He’s a total utilitarian type player though, which sums up the problems at the Villa. A grafter and that’s it.
Hourihane.
The big enigma, who given the way we play, is a totally wrong signing and the main reason why I worry about the way we’ve recruited players.
Andre Green?
I love this kid. He’s bloody good.
But we don’t play the game that suits him.
Bjarnasson? I don’t understand this signing at all, but there you go.
So let’s move to the centre. Jedinak is great.
Lansbury, not so.
But it’s the right where I’m quite simply stunned.
We have Bree, who was injured (I don’t know his current status), De laet and Alan Hutton, who isn’t a midfielder, but currently our best crosser (jeez).
We have Adomah, who I quite like, but what if he’s not available?
It’s Bacuna or one of the kids. Which is crap.
We have Gary Gardner too, but my opinion says he won’t make the grade, as much as we might want him too.
stats like how many shots a team have like dsvilla referred too are great but are they fool proof to proving your points. i don’t believe they are. if iam allowed to take arsenal as example of a point. they often are in the dangerous areas. where most teams would try a shot or three. but arsenal are more clinical team. they are accused of over playing. but they are attacking they have higher stats than most teams of playing in the opposition half. yet teams like watford might have higher shots per games.
again last game (not too far back in our time machine) villa were in the danger areas. but neither crossed or shot but retreated backwards into own half. this proves only that we had players last season,that were not confident to cross or shoot. yet bruce could be heard over the 30k plus fans shouting. definitely to get the ball in. we matched brighton over the two games i saw and we didnt play them doing a long ball shit. we played through midfield. but confidence i believe stopped them shooting to boost your shot per game stat. or crossing
Come on you two, let’s wave the white flag now, both of you and the rest of us haven’t a bloody clue to what’s going to happen till someone gets off their arse at Villa and declare their intentions of players coming in. Up till now it’s points scoring from both of you, you both know your football better than me infact, but its getting boring now please call a truce. For Bill.
Hull home on the opener good test UTV
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Is it just me or does every game on there seem tough for us
It’s just you, I wouldn’t of expected anything else.
Of course not
Getting ready for the run in Oohah,😁😂😂
Ha ha just getting my negativity in before the season starts 😂
oh great the fixtures are out, the season begins now for me. players will be back in their training, getting ready to lump the ball great distances. i agree the fixtures look hard. but i was expecting this. all the games are difficult, unlike somebody who claimed it weaker now without newcastle and brighton.
i see a super cpu have villa top after 5 games. i would be over the moon with that. but it could be anything. top championship sides and not much better on their day than the bottom sides on their days. really competitive league.
i see replies to my posts how sweet, i have to answer the 90’s remark i ventured back too far. but i thought that was relevant, because for me the 90’s was last time we played attacking football, that included winning games and cups. didn’t we win 2 league cups and outplay man utd and leeds utd in the finals.
i cant remember too many villa sides after big ron and brian littles villa. that played decent football and was wining games. we dominated games and against the top sides, but them days are light years away. football has changed . champions league was created in 1992 and we were closer back then we have ever been recently.
this season is massive, quick start is needed. bruce might be gone after them first 5 games. i wouldn’t shed a tear. i couldn’t care less or for the style of play, they could bore the shit out of me. finish 5th and win play off. all is good we need the tv money badly. winning promotion is the easy part. compared to surviving in premiership. i think bruce will be long gone by then.
It’s a no win for us start of well and Bruce stays and we will collapse mid season and will be too late for another manager. If he fails then we’ve dropped a lot of early points and already up against it and new manager will struggle. Either way it’s mid table nothing to see this season move on
lmao i best agree don’t want to upset ppl. everybody to their own. if you was correct and we finished mid table. i would say that was a total waste of resources. we have the best squad in the league. so mid table would simply not be good enough. without insulting you i think your miles off mark. we should be looking at automatic promotion. anything less is failure.
i have a sneaky feeling middlesbrough will be a strong team, but its two from about 7 teams that could join us in the premiership lmao
i reckon fulham and middlesbrough and us will go up. bring back the dislikes and see how many i can reach 🙂 am i bother lmao
Give over Oohah.
If we get off to a decent start, we’ll have momentum, confidence will be high and the Doc will back Bruce in the window.
You’re saying we’re guaranteed to flop either way, whereas I believe a decent start will prove pivotal to our whole season.
Dont see us going up this year with the same squad as last but ill wait to judge until ive seen who we sign in the window. Make or break for us this year though i think!
It looks like Joe Hart,John Terry,Glenn Whelan and Robin Van Persie will be joining to make a Villa spine-all 30 somethings…and Troy Deeney and James Vaughan-those 2 should get 0 goals between them next season.
A strange first post, but I’ll let it go, as it’s not immediately offensive.
Strange is not the word Badger – barmy would be more appropriate – still it takes all sorts!
Having a balanced view on Jason’s first post it’s fair to say we’ve been linked with half of those players he has mentioned. With both Terry and Whelan being very strongly linked. It wouldn’t surprise me either given the way Hart’s career has gone and we need a keeper there could be something in that.
Mind you when the owner calls your first post strange and someone who loves dishing out criticism to other posters but cries people should be barred from the site when he is on the receiving end of feels the need to put his worthless views across, it’s no wonder this site continues to decline.
Everyone who posts on here should know by now, unless you agree with owners and a few of the regulars you’ll either be called names or your post will be deemed many things. “Strange” and “barmy” being a couple of them.
Bollox ooha joint owner gets it both barrels off many on here also badger if your unhappy with the site fuck off your not forced to use it
“it’s no wonder this site continues to decline.”
Erm, people posting for the first time are generally a lot more concilliatory, if they’re serious about wanting to stay on to debate sensibly and if they are immediately critical about the Villa, so my suspicions are raised.
That said, I quite simply did find the post quite strange, but note that I still allowed it.
As for the site declining, well that’s probably true, but I can guarantee you, it’s more to do with the fact that we’re not in the Prem.
And we are definitely not alone.
Put your money on Villa to go up this season. I think the team we have at the moment is good enough to get promoted. One or two more additions would be great . Bruce will get this team firing on all cylinders. Utv
I’m loving your confidence Dave 🙂
could we make a new topic as current one is dead. i liked to know those that think bruce will fall, who they are going to want next. we have been here before. those that made noises wanting a change, are those that go quiet when we are searching for a new manager. anybody would think theirs a pool of great managers out there. but thats simply not true.
half of me want bruce to fail now to see what happens to villa. if he fails you can probably write off promotion. best of our players will most likely be sold and replaced with the kids. so who is the manager who can succeed where others have failed.
i think monk MIGHT be a decent manager, he turned leeds around last season, but they also tailed off towards the end. so its still debatable if it was a fluke or did his squad just run out of steam, if he gets bro playing then, i would vote him. but he is employed. i seriously doubt he would leave to join us. i seriously doubt we have the pulling power, we all think we have anymore.hence why the pool of managers we have had over the recent past
HAPPY 78TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 BILL AV A GOOD UN MATE GET IT DOWN YER 🍾🍺🍾🍺🍾🍺🍾🍺🍾🍺
You ,you, thanks Giddy, just been told its on FB , think today we will get our first signing as a present. 🎩👞💸😀
Mate you’ve got plenty of birthday wishes on Facebook enjoy your day mucker
Just a quick visit on here for me as I cant put up with the continous negative shit!
1. Happy Birthday to Bill Pearson, proper man, proper Villan 🙂 🙂
2. My man tells me (dont forget he got every transfer correct in the last transfer window)….John Terry deal done and dusted but no medical booked Yet!
******Have a great birthday Bill ****** UTV
Further proof of someone who has deserted the site due to it’s constant biased views.
Much more like because I told him to “piss off” after he accused me of posting “click-bait” purely to earn money, whereas the site doesn’t earn a penny and I fund it myself.
Hence I took the hump, which I’d suggest is at least somewhat understandable, but accept he’s a good Villa fan, hence he’s still welcome to post on here.
Hello Langford 🙂
Look, the point is, you’re the one who’s seeing the negative bias because of what’s being posted.
You’re welcome to argue the other side anytime and indeed you have.
Nath is doing a particularly good job in trying to stay positive, for example.
But the majority, on here at least, don’t think everything’s rosy, myself included, I’m afraid and we’re certainly not selective on who replies.
Ignore Ooah; if we were losing finalists in the Champion’s League, he’d moan 😉
I could point you to a certain Villa site that’s known for being very optimistic if that’s all you want to hear (think Brigada), but it’s interesting to note that even they have become quite critical lately.
We’ll never all agree and I’ve no intention of trying to make that happen by posting with any particular slant apart from my own personal opinion (which is all it is).
Indeed, the whole idea of the site is to debate things in an adult way.
At the end of the day, you’re free to keep using the site or not.
And I hope you do, as you debate sensibly and are welcome.
Good shout Langford.
I trust your info 🙂
Keep it coming, if you want.
And it looks like i’ve got my next post, if I can find time to bloody write it!
Now you’ve made my day Langford, many thanks glad you popped in mate, miss you and BWS, i knew a deal would happen on my day.😊
Happy Birthday Bill, have a good one mate.
Hi BWS, many thanks, hurry up and get back with the sane ones mate.off up the allotment speak soon, someone said Terry ours.
Happy Birthday Bill – better late than never Hope you had a great day mate
happy birthday bill 🙂 don’t party too hard
i thought this Terry transfer wouldn’t happen,that it was alll paper talk.. but each day it builds up more. langsford says it will 🙂 i think he will be great for villa. not just as player. maybe he will sort the dressing room out. be the managers general with jedinak carrying the instructions on the field. seems last season the players on field lost their way and tactics
Nath, i think if we do get him its the experience he can offer, i know his legs have gone and might only do half the season but players will look up to him. thanks for the greeting Nath , not done much only cut grass had eye test and drank a few whiskies. Up the Villa.