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  1. Watching on tv i get the impression that the villa crowd are now on board with how we are playing. Would Love to get to VP soon if poss. Seems like things are changing ref the home crowd. Rather than murmurs of discontent when we play back to retain possession it seemed to be applauded in the last few games. I imagine this really helps the players confidence, and i think Unai has been brilliant communicating how we are intending to play to fans and how the fans have such an important role. I love his “family” comments, he has a real understanding of the need for all to on board with how the team plays and why, including the fans.
  2. This is what frustrates me so much. If we had Kamara and Luiz of front of the defence i’d be pretty confident we could move the ball on from there with those guys playing. To me it seems so often that McGinn gets the ball in midfield and thats where we lose possession. Want JM to do well but its mot happening and Doug is the better option for multiple reasons.
  3. Sounds like a way of not having to admit PC hasn’t reached the level of performance he/we hoped for.
  4. What struck me watching last night against Leeds was that he seems to be a second behind the other players, never anticipating quite obvious passes and moves. His best bit of play was to drag a defender away to create space for JJ goal, apart from that he was and continues to be completely blunt and slow in response to teammates around him. I think with having Emi and phil just behind him it actually highlights his level, mid/lower premier league striker, he’s just not got the instinct or reading of the game to play on the same level with players like Emi amd Phil. Sad but just not good enough. Would prefer Ings for now.
  5. Its amazing how people become stuck with ideas, we have been buying younger players with potential and generally done well with it to date, but it does not mean we can’t buy established players as well. my feeling is like the smith/gerrard situation… dean had reached his ceiling and we needed to try the next thing, try for the next level. We don’t yet know if gerrard is that or not but we had to try. We now have to do the same thing with a few players. We have been buying 20-30 mil players, now we need a next level player or two. This would not be dismissing and stopping buying potential anymore, but be attempting to add the next level of player, if we want to progress its a balance of both. We are not going to beat man city etc to players so we have to think different, look at players like Courtinho, who may or may not work out. If they don’t the owners lost out on a few £, or they do work out we keep heading towards the higher regions of the league and Europe. to me Cortinho is a risk worth taking. It raises our profile to other players who might not look at villa as a possible place to go, he is a better player than we have currently, having him and Buendia behind the main striker will end the ings/watkins problem and force one of them onto bench, which is how it should be and he knows gerrard and the league already. why not?
  6. Walking a thin line right now. Concerned he is to stubborn, first time i have wondered if this job is now to big for him. Is he now what we needed, but not what we need?
  7. Unfortunately i feel like John is a significant problem. He inconsistency tends to be the reflected by the team performance. Plays well and team plays well, plays poorly team goes to s*it. He sets the pace/standard of the match for us. At a Spurs, Arsenal, west ham and clubs we aspire to match, reality is he would probably be on the bench often, for us he is a guaranteed starter. I real like him, love it when he’s good but if we want to be a Euro place team, truth is we need better, or he needs to be consistent 4 games out of 5, not 1 or 2 every 5
  8. Not on it today. Hate Spurs, it will be a media w***fest now about how brilliant they are, whereas we lost that match with sloppy play. Axel should have been in place of Hause, would have kept up with Son a bit more. At least we didn’t have to witness the mercurial return to scoring of the genius that is Harry Kane. Oh well, on to Wolves
  9. Exactly what the sky 4 have been doing for years. Then they don’t like it when villa come along, flip the script and give it back. He nervous, knows he’s been found out and not good enough for job. If he wasn’t ex manure he’d of been sacked ages ago.
  10. Liked seeing MacPhee telling players in no uncertain terms what they needed to do. Get the impression they are a bit scared of him, but that's good and Deano would seem to be perfect man manager to offset McPhee’s slightly psycho vibe. i wonder if Macphee has been talking to players about how they react/question decisions that go against us. Was pleased to see a whole load of villa in the ref’s face at penalty. Feels like Emi M and MacPhee have helped add a bit of anger that we lacked in the past. Always thought we were too nice and accepting, that seems to be changing and its good.
  11. Pleased with this signing. Find it strange how people seem to obsess with "how he is going to fit in". We need a squad and options off the bench, but also options in the first 11 that can change during the game, for too long we have fallen into, get the ball and look for JG. Now that's not an option we are obviously trying to spread the creativity and options going forward. Ings gives Ollie competition, a good thing as Wes and KD are not challenging him any time soon for the striker spot. Ings can play on the left side of attack if needed, or so can Ollie with the other up top. Also gives us the option of going two up top if needs be, but two quality strikers, not Ollie and a n other. He may be getting older, but still sub 30 so should be fit enough, and his experience/leadership will be very useful to the younger/newer players. He strikes me as someone who tells it how it is, add that to Ash Young and Mings, I reckon this is important. He has a bit of a history of injuries, but maybe he has realised that how he can fit in at Villa will not burn him out. He can rotate with Ollie if needs be, for certain games he might be the better option, thus helping us not burn Ollie, playing Ollie every minute of every match. Makes a to of sense to me this signing. Never liked him for other teams, but that was because he always seemed to score against us, and he was that dogged, annoying player that you only like when he's in your team. Welcome Danny.
  12. Looks like he can play anywhere across the front line. Maybe he would be coming in to play left wing with Jack central behind Ollie and Buendia right. Like the sound of that if so.
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