M_Afro

Why do people think our players are so bad? I have not seen a better GK, centre half (mings), centre mid (mcginn), number 10, centre forward in this league than ours. The rest are not that bad either! We should easily be top 6 and with a fair wind pushing too 2. Do people really think that Sheff U have significantly better players than us? They have Enda Stevens and Billy Sharp playing for them!!!! I would love to see the reaction on here if we had tried to sign either of them in the transfer window ! 

If we had the Leeds manager we would be top 2. We have been totally hamstrung by 2 inept managers. 

I am sorry but that was awful. I feel so mixed up, really excited by the end but it is impossible to ignore the first 80 minutes when we didn’t even trouble them once. Smith was a huge gamble that is not paying off. I want it to work but he will be gone before the start of next season. Totally out of his depth. I know I will get abuse for this post but I don’t care. If you are happy with what is happening then you do not understand football.

It’s hard to see what he is trying to achieve. He just seems a bit lost to me. Hope he proves me wrong but I have no faith that he will..................time will tell

He has played 94 matches in the premier league, which is, I guess, 94 more times than Conor Hourihane! For that alone he deserves a bit of credit. He also deserves a chance. 

The Villa team have signed him whilst they decided to avoid Fer. Maybe we should be grateful that we do not have another overpaid liability in our squad. 

His interview  displays an incredibly impressive young man. Really hope his luck changes because it seems like he really deserves to succeed. Love having characters like this at the club. Reminded me of two impressive characters from the past, Southgate and big Ugo God bless his soul.

Why have we signed this guy? If he cannot get into our defence at the moment then he must be awful! Our biggest failure in the last 10 years has been our inability to buy good players! Hope this is not a sign of a continuation of that trend!

Just now, villalad21 said:

Yes you can take a risk and try El Ghazi or O'Hare there. I would also consider Green but he is injured

So no then! Thought so

2 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Whelan? Are you bloody kidding me

The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over expecting a different result

Genuine question. Do you think we have an alternative who has consistently proven to be better? After Jack and McGinn the rest are all  beige as far as I’m concerned. Whelan is the best of a very bad bunch in my view.

6 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

He's 29 in a couple of months.

He is also in a new team, in a new country, with a non existent defence and an angry support!

Least of our worries this kid. He has all the attributes to be very good. It’s the crap in front of him that we should be worried about. Of the outfield players that we actually own, I only think Jack and super John are any good. The rest are rubbish 

18 minutes ago, Farlz said:

In Dean Smith I trust. Give him time.

That is admirable but what are you basing this on?

22 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

I don’t know, I’ve not been watching their games. I do know though that from what I’ve seen of him in our colours I’d rather have him playing than a number of those who have played this season. I think he is easily good enough to play in the Championship.

Hope you are right. He is a supreme althlete but I just do not see a footballer there. Slightly off topic but I do rate big Kienen and yet he just can’t seem to get a look in!

3 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

Yes, very surprising to see he hasn’t developed while sitting on the bench in League One.

We should have been trying to develop him these last three years rather than telling him to roll his sleeves up and pull his boots on then dump him on the South coast while we pay for Bolaise’s rehabilitation.

Why do you think he was sitting on the bench in league 1. Maybe he is too good to play at that level!

Good to see that he is still rubbish 

Garbage manager, nice bloke! Did we learn nothing from Bruce. Until we appoint a good manager we will continue to tread water. It’s so painful that I am beginning to get to the apathetic stage which is a sad reflection of our once great club. 

Just now, jim said:

Is it? He’s an average manager and has done nothing in his career to suggest he can take this club where it needs to be.

I agree. Never wanted him. He has done nothing to justify getting the job. He did well to start with and I really hoped he was going to prove me wrong but he had a Bruce like ability to just watch us go on long crappy runs of form with the only solution being to do nothing and hope our luck changes! That is not management I’m afraid.

3 hours ago, KMitch said:

Name any former Villa player from the past 10 years...  Someone on here will tell you that they were shit.

That’s because they have all been shit

We should just buy Brentford and then loan the players we want! The club is probably only worth about £10m

2 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

agree with this article tbh, we need to knuckle down and support DS.

When DS first came here we all used the word "project", thats exactly what this is, and that project wont be completed this year, not by a long shot, the team is in a diabolical state.

We need stability, a vision, a long term plan, the new management structure and DS gave us that, and we applauded it, now we need to support them and give them time.

If we start shouting for DS's head this season, we basically havent learnt our lessons, and those lessons were rubbed in our faces for years, please lets not be short sighted again.......thats how we keep getting in this mess over and over.....

we know the style DS "wants" to play, we just need to give him and the management team TIME to pull it all together.

Honest to god, i reckon the team we have is a mid table championship team at best, and any players we have that are better than average, arent even ours. (not counting two or three players - like Grealish. McGinn & Kalinic)

We need to keep the faith, its going to be a bumpy ride, no doubt, but its going to be a 2 year project at least i think, the problems with this club, which imo are VAST and cannot be fixed in 15 games.

Am i disapointed by the last couple of games, yes of course, but i blame the players and the steaming mess DS and the team are trying to fix, rather than DS himself.

If the s*** is still present in 2 years, then i will look at DS and wonder what he was doing for that time, until then he has my support.

I do think that our players are better than mid table. Look at the evidence. Kallinic is the most highly rated keeper in the league. Chester often captains his country. Elphick has been flying with Hull and winning every week. McGinnis pure class,as isGrealish. Abraham is the best striker in the league. We have got the players. Sheff Utd are second and they have got Billy Sharp up front Ffs!

Smith already looks to be wilting under the pressure. Due to the nature of the last 5-6 years, Villa is a pretty unique prospect. The fans are, understandably at a very low ebb and patience is very thin. We are quick to criticise and it will take a big personality to turn things around. I hope that Smith can do it, I really do but I have serious doubts. I genuinely did not want Smith as manager. I thought it was too big a risk at a time when certainty was required. However, we have him now and we must try to pull together and support him. Even after a 3-0 loss to **** Wigan!!!!!!

Cannot believe this guy has been getting a game for 2 years now. He is woeful. We have 2 good midfielders at the club. If either are out then we really struggle. I would dread to think what would happen if both were out at the same time! 

Just thought I would look at this thread, to cheer myself up. I have not been disappointed! This guy has played 1 game. Yes.............. that’s 1 game. If you think he was at fault for the first goal then I suggest you go and do something else on a Saturday afternoon. I have been watching villa since the mid 80’s and we have never had a keeper who would have done better for that goal. He did his job. He blocked the initial shot really well, making himself big and difficult to pass. The fact that the ball then ricocheted off the player and in is pure bad luck.

The other 2 goals were the result of some terrible school boy defending! I thought the keeper looked confident and assured. I bet we stop conceding so many goals from set pieces now. Give the poor bloke a chance to prove himself.

A guy that I work with, who watches Wolves home and away, reckons Hause is pants. He is a bit of a nob who knows nothing about anything. Therefore, on that basis, sounds like a good signing to me

Let’s give this guy a chance. He has proved at Hull that he can do a great job. He needs our support and then, who knows, he could save us a small fortune!

It is so refreshing to have a manager who is brave enough to be honest. I used to hate listening to Bruce talk total BS about a game that we had all seen. Having Taylor, Elphick and Kalinic available will help. Glad we are also looking at midfield because after Jack and McGinn the rest are all bang average.