GENTLEMAN
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You only play someone 'in the Carrick role' if you are looking to dominate possession. No non-possession team has such a player holding their midfield.
It is a work in progress. I am sure our ball retention will improve in the coming months.
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Perhaps he shouldn't continue to set us up like a possession team in the meantime then?
In my opinion we have set-up recently to be direct and counter attacking, I have no issue with that.
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If you appoint mediocre managers, playing bog-standard hoof it British football, then mediocrity is all you'll ever get. Lambert's style of football is really dull and uninspired. Even if all the young kids he's bought 'make it', it'll still be O'Neillesque boredom. We need some new thinking, and a manager who will play a more expansive, European type game.
It is a long term project, I am sure Lambert is going to address our possession problems in the future like he has done with our previous weaknesses.
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I agree with 'villarule' in that Delph isn't yet ready for England although I'm still more than a little surprised that Roy hasn't picked him.
Maybe Roy felt with a young player coming back from serious injury and in the process of re-building his confidence the scrutiny he would have received in an international would have been too much for Delph especially if his debut had gone wrong. Could have destroyed his fragile confidence?
What could go wrong in two friendly games? There is nothing at stake for England. I would not describe Delph's confidence as fragile, especially if he has got himself playing at a high quality recently, despite his previous injury setbacks.
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England play attacking football, Fabian Delph plays for a team that is never holding possession of the ball - I think it's perfectly understandable that he is not picked. As for Hendersen, he does the job for Liverpool and they carry possession in most games. He has completed 90 minutes for them every single time this season in the league, so one could understand why Hodgson picks him for England instead of someone like Delph. There is hope though, two people have been mentioned for call-ups this season and Lallana just got his. Delph is next in line I would think? Not that any of them are going to get any important game-time or play in the WC next year.
Delph is a crafter without any end-product to brag about, it goes without saying that he is going to struggle for England when they play a totally different style. Look at Barcelona and Spain, it's basically the same team with a few additions from Real Madrid.
What is the reasoning behind Tom Cleverley getting picked ahead of Delph? I can only think of Gerrard and Lampard as having any "end-product" for England.
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He sold it because he had to.Where is this stated?
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Is someone after a job as Villa PR officer? I ask as the amount of 'no one dare question the project that will lead us to inevitable success, anyone who does so is just an impatient, short-sighted, so-and-so' posts is really quite impressive.
I guess you have missed the last few weeks as people are questioning Lambert's management. Do not feel threatened by a different opinion/interpretation of events, it is all fair.
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Most of his direct quotes are around how the players are progressing and about how hard they're working. About how they're not there yet but that they're receptive and that he can't fault their effort. He does use words like excellent too but I don't think you can criticise someone for bigging up his players and making them feel good about themselves. The important stuff happens on the training ground. They know what's required of them. If I had to choose, I'd much rather hear a manager being overly complimentary about his players than the kind of thing O'Leary used to come out with.
It is all part of changing the culture of the club. I believe communication is an important aspect in managing a football club and can certainly help towards creating a positive mood around the club. I like the way Lambert interacts with the media, it makes a refreshing change from previous managers; PL tries to stay upbeat and rarely make excuses about a performance/result; PL has also been honest and realistic with supporters about the current team and long term plan for the club.
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I don't see any real improvements on last season other than a couple of extra points
There is some improvement on last season then? Progress was always going to be gradual.
. In reality we're just as appalling as we were last season, and our home form is simply beneath us.
I agree our home form is not the best but you can see we are striving to improve that record. We have deserved a lot more in the last two home games, I think we have genuinely been unlucky recently. I have no doubts our home form will improve in the coming months though.
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The fact that so many of our fans accept this is a damning inditement of the state of our club right now.
I would like to believe the majority of supporters can see improvements, however slight they may appear, to the squad/team from last season.
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Accepting we can't win a game even before its started e.g. West Spam. Hoofing the ball up to two big men, Benteke and Prozak lol. Wouldn't be surprised to see him play the same formation against Cardiff and play for the draw.
Yet we created enough chances to win and we even had a great chance to snatch the win in the latter stages, thus indicating a strong desire and risk to win the game. The formation and style was primarily due to injuries in the squad; we were missing three key players and this obviously disrupted our playing style like it would any other team.
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Turning into the new Alex McLeish I fear
How and why?
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It is unfair to compare our squad to Everton's, they have built their squad/team over a number of years. They have also used a similar approach to the one we have adopted currently; Baines and Jagielka (unproven talent), for example, are players that have worked their way up to the Premiership and have established themselves as top players; Everton have also been shrewd in the foreign transfer market in the past; they have reinvested money wisely from player sales; and obviously time and stability has been very important to their high consistency and quality. Everton can be considered as an endorsement to the long term plan we have implemented under Lambert.
We are still at the embryonic stage of this project, we need to be reasonable and patient in the coming months and years.
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We are making progress - the West Ham performance/result is testament to that fact. We have been unlucky in recent games, we have deserved more points in my opinion. I just hope in the future transfer windows we can acquire players who can make a difference to our side immediately.
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I can see the home form improving in the coming months, we were unlucky against Everton.
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Ivelin Popov? He scored last night against Feyenoord.
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Nicklas Helenius stalked and attacked !!!
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How the **** did we manage to keep this guy...
Paul Lambert.
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I think he will revert back to 3-5-2 aswell even though it's a terrible idea.
It depends on the personnel.
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100k a week to a player with one good season under his belt, no wonder the game has gone barmy. I'd offer 50k and if he proves himself again next year then talk about 100k or there abouts.
so by that logic, asking for 25m for a player with one good season under his belt is also barmy. correct ?
We have to protect our own interests.
Paul Lambert
in Villa Talk
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I am not too bothered about dominating a full game by possession (Cardiff were a great example of the possession stat being distorted). When the players have had more time together and the injured players return to the side, I am certain our ball retention will improve. Furthermore, we accrued seven points against those teams you have selected, I am sure the majority of us would take this amount points from three games in the future.