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BobTheBuilder

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  1. I agree with most of your ratings, John, but I'm struggling with Gabby's. It's true that he didn't score when he might have done, but he doesn't stop working, chasing, closing the ball down, and frequently pulls defenders to one side, providing openings for others.
  2. Journalists? Research?
  3. All this proves, very eloquently, is that NONE of the rags have any more clue than we do. All of it is guesswork and adding two and two (mostly to make 73 and a half!). Much of what you read in the newspapers is directly contradictory or complete tosh. What would be enlightening, if anybody had the time and resources to do the job, would be to gather all of the sports pages from the last year and count all the times an item was ACCURATE. I bet my bottom dollar you wouldn't get above a few percent except where the item is published in response to an official press release. At the moment, Sky have a headline about MON being in contract talks with Ashley Young, despite the official line being the exact opposite. Newspapers exist to make their owners money, not to print the truth.
  4. Not a criticism of your excellent article, BOF, and I agree that the 2nd half of the season has been 'easier', but we made our own 'luck' with good results against good teams earlier in the season. If we hadn't done so well in the 'harder' first half, we wouldn't be where we are now. So well done MON and the team!
  5. This is one of the most impressive indications of what Villa fans think of life under RAL, MON and the rest. Nice one.
  6. Yeah, but then Bobby Moore was 'slow' too. Not so important if you read the game well.
  7. "Next up for us is Man City away - a game which typically Villa have lost" Yeah, but they don't have Darius playing now, do they? :winkold:
  8. I agree. "Still no win," says John. "It's only our second game!" says I With our first game being against one of the best teams in Europe, and the other being what most would have considered a really tough game at home to a Newcastle side who have spent plenty of money, have a good manager in BSA, and surely would have been up to their eyeballs in expectations from all quarters, for their first home game under BSA? Yes, we could/should have come away with all three points, but I'm pretty happy to be disappointed that we didn't - if you see what i mean.
  9. Drat: if you are struggling as you say above, or feel that "the problem is mountain out of a molehill syndrome", I suggest you read the all-too-frequent and lengthy posts on Vital Villa by one very persistent 'fan' who constantly criticises and questions everything RAL and MON related, and is so negative as to make you wonder which team he supports. It is him and one or two others like him who have caused this (perhaps over?) reaction. Criticism of HDE, after years of proven neglect, is one thing. Utter rudeness and constant criticism of the people who have saved Villa from HDE and who have, so far, delivered on every promise made, is completely premature and needs to be vigorously opposed. This particular 'fan' has asked almost from the second the transfer window opened why MON has not signed a dozen top quality players, regardless of who is available and for what price, and has done so in the most negative way possible. He has in the same breath criticised and questioned the quality of the players MON has bought, and constantly questions Villa's current backroom team, and their ability to bring success to Villa Park. He seems to be of the opinion that, if only he had been appointed manager, Villa would be challenging for Champions League football this coming season. However, what I find deeply offensive is to have the members of the board accused of lying. I hope to God they don't think we all feel that. If I were RAL I'd be considering closing the club down and saying sod off to the ungrateful sods who support it! After 23 years of inaction, HDE could well expect such accusations to be thrown at him. We know how he operated. Has that poisoned us so much that we now trust nobody - even if they have done nothing but good so far? As for me, bring on more of the Optimist's Perspective please, to counter the Quislings. Premiership football is hard enough without having Gollum in the camp!
  10. Arguably two better players. Arguably is probably about right. I seem to remember a lot of people posting anti-Bellamy on here, and let's face it he hasn't set the world on fire at his other clubs has he? How long has has stayed at each one? And then you have Scott Parker. Arguably a good player, but Newcastle didn't want him, so why is have Wham spent their money on him?
  11. I agree with you symmouk. I think Malcolm has missed a couple of important points in his analysis. First, you don't play all of your players all of the time (we used to under HDE, but hopefully we are heading towards having more options in the future). Secondly, if you have options with regard to the team you pick from your squad (lovely word, squad; again, we didn't have one under HDE) you can change your formation/tactics to suit the occasion/your opponents. I would not recommend having just one game plan in the Premiership. Finally, you don't need a 'tinkerman' philosophy to need more than one player for every position (and some spares too!) if you are going to get anywhere. There is plenty of need for players to 'rotate' because of injuries, suspensions, etc! Keep them coming MON/RAL - we need what we have and more too.
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