Sheff U – Villa; we should really win this, except, erm no we shouldn’t

It seems to me that many of us look at this as a very winnable game.
If you look at it from the view that Sheffield Utd got promoted with us and we’ve spent a boat load of money, while they spent pennies, that means we should simply be better than them and will win this.

God no, the total opposite applies, to my mind and Chris Wilder has almost the same respect that I have for Dean Smith, in that he actually supports the club that he’s managing.
It’s a rare thing, these days, where all these foreign managers, while wanting to win, just don’t have that affliliation.
Yes, you could say Sir Ron was never a Villa fan and you’d be right.
But I just think supporting the club adds to things and has to be a plus.

The truth is, a manager supporting a club makes very little difference to anything, but it sounds nice.

I’m going to cut this one short, as I’ve fallen asleep and just re-awkoken.

Mings is out, but as I suggested in the previous post, I’m not that bothered.
But why do I suspect that Hause won’t come in to replace him?

I think we’ll be doing well if we get anything out of this, but I’m willing to go with a 2-2 prediction, simply because I think we are capable of it.

We all know the script though and the reality is it wouldn’t surprise me if we lose.

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  1. Bill Pearson
    Bill Pearson December 14, 2019 at 4:47 pm . Reply

    Villa are demoralized, this is relegation football Sheffield could have had 4 I’ve lost Faith in this team , we don’t have ball players who hold onto the ball Marvellous is hit and miss with passing and no direction in passing.

    1. Holte66
      Holte66 December 14, 2019 at 4:52 pm . Reply

      We are too nice Bill. Our players get roughed up too easily and too often. If you can’t win the battle then any quality we possess won’t show.

  2. Adam
    Adam December 14, 2019 at 4:52 pm . Reply

    Load of shit again. We just pass in to dead ends and have zero end product. Barely look a goal threat all game. We dont even have anyone to change it up. Were in a right mess.

    1. Bill Pearson
      Bill Pearson December 14, 2019 at 8:08 pm . Reply

      I wish we had that number 10 Antonio he’s all over the pitch. Good game that and nice to be on the edge of your seat. I think it’s time to rest McGinn hes lost the pace a bit along with Wesley, yes all had a bad game…

  3. Holte66
    Holte66 December 14, 2019 at 4:54 pm . Reply

    If you stop Jack then you stop Villa.

  4. Hitchens60
    Hitchens60 December 14, 2019 at 4:55 pm . Reply

    We’re in serious trouble lads.

  5. nath
    nath December 14, 2019 at 5:05 pm . Reply

    sheff utd just had too much about them. hard work, confidence and imposed their game on a poor lacklustre villa team, lacking confidence and belief. we just never carried any sort of threat. when you have nothing to hurt teams they will just grind you down. that is just what happened.

    first half we coped well, but utd had many more gears to use, second half they used them and we continued to struggle. we needed to counter them far quicker than we tried. but that is evident of our struggles now. we are too slow and precise. sheff utd are full off beans and they do things instinctive and not dilly dally

    smith has a tough job now to pick up villa players, you could see the belief draining from our players. at the end they where well beaten.

  6. Big Fat Ron
    Big Fat Ron December 14, 2019 at 5:15 pm . Reply

    Nothing personal but why offer a manager a new contract after a third of a season? Why? Since then, it’s been downhill.

    3 at the back with wingbacks anyone? 2 up top anyone? Never mind…

  7. Bill Pearson
    Bill Pearson December 14, 2019 at 5:17 pm . Reply

    I’m a west ham supporter tonight, and i cannot believe Norwich draw with Leicester and Burnley won Bournemouth won, teams are starting to draw away from us. We got to pick up the games as from now or we will be shopping place with Albion.

  8. Hitchens60
    Hitchens60 December 14, 2019 at 5:53 pm . Reply

    I didn’t think we would get anything from this game – we were outplayed by United last season and I couldn’t see how that was about to change. So, whilst the loss is not unexpected, the manner of the loss in this and the previous two games is a matter for serious concern.

    According to the BBC not a single shot on target in the whole game,

    Our relegation challengers must be confident of taking points from us.

  9. VillaAwayInDiv3
    VillaAwayInDiv3 December 14, 2019 at 5:55 pm . Reply

    Right its 20 mins in at Southampton and 0-0…we are now in bottom 3……are we in more crap than last year when couldn’t play in Championship and in mid table ?

  10. VillaAwayInDiv3
    VillaAwayInDiv3 December 14, 2019 at 7:53 pm . Reply

    WELL DONE THE AMMERS…….a stay of execution.

  11. Benno
    Benno December 14, 2019 at 8:03 pm . Reply

    Dreadful today. No idea at all going forward. All we did was pump long balls to nobody. It was like watching Bruce-ball all over again! This is not Dean Smiths type of football at all, so what has happened??

    McGinn started the game well, but then dropped off again. Wesley is isolated, but he has to start doing more. I dont really think El Ghazi or Trez are quite good enough at this level, which is worrying. Maybe we should have combined the money and bought Benrahma or Bowen in the summer. Cant see us spending that kind of money in Jan, especially when we have to buy a striker too.

    All in all, a bad last 2 weeks, still at least we have a really good run of games coming up.

  12. VillaAwayInDiv3
    VillaAwayInDiv3 December 15, 2019 at 11:02 am . Reply

    I have been saying this for months…..

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