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2 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said:

We paid 24m for Tyrone Mings off half a good season in the championship after years of being crocked. If Nottingham get promoted, surely we should be pushing for a figure not too far off from that for a younger Keinan Davis.

Edit: I should add, strikers are traditionally more expensive too.

Thank you!!! This is how we need to think. Get really annoyed when I see fans saying they would do backflips if we got 3M for Davis.  

Perplexes me how Villa fans are ready to sell the likes of Davis and Targett for cheap when player sales are the easiest way to increase revenues.  I think I read that we get 8M annually from Cazoo.  If we can sell Targett for 20M instead of 15M   or Davis for 10M instead of 5M   we are basically earning 60% of the Cazoo sponsorship from that incremental increase.  Club needs to be ruthless in our player trading.

1 hour ago, maqroll said:

Our next 4 games are against the 4 teams right above us. 

If we win all 4, we are in the hunt. 

If we win all 4 then we will be in incredible form and be more than deserving of a European spot

I'm not going to stress over an 18 year old. 

3 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said:

I don't know. This is just the sort of match where we get complacent, I fear. I hope we play in that fearless and aggressive if slightly wild way we did against City.

 

I cant see us get complacent. We will be up for this. 

He is not crossing the ball anymore. He plays it to space.

Really good half.  Coutinho is magic. Ramsey needs a rest.

Not to be a debbie downer, but wouldnt Watford fans be annoyed that Foster is making these videos while the team is struggling?  Guess it's the new reality.

1 minute ago, abdomlahor said:

I think £15m is a fair fee personally 

That's essentially what we paid for him 2.5 years back.  He is now an established PL player, our player of the season last year and playing really well for Newcastle who are rolling in cash.  Remember how Bournemouth  heldout for 24M from us for  Mings ? That's how you do business.

If there is an agreed fee for 15M that is really stupid business on our part. Hope it is not true.  

5 hours ago, rjw63 said:

Saw the last 15, Keinan looks great, has it all.

Except he can't score the goals a number 9 usually would.

Should change is number as he is not a scorer but can do all the rest. Pre-covid a Championship club would have paid 10-15M for him. Doubt we could command that in this market.

Last time I said he needed a rest he scored and assisted.

Think he needs a rest.

5 hours ago, AndyM3000 said:

First game I went to in ages today, the tactics worked but I do worry it won't work very often. He wants to change us to a possession based team but we had 35% last week against Brighton and 38% today, there's still an issue with passing the ball through midfield and we are playing a lot of long balls. Time will tell, needed the win though. 

 

Agree with this and Gerrard did mention it in his post match interview, so it's something he is cognizant of.

Fantastic half in terms of chances created. A bit worried that we still struggle to retain possession and seem to constantly lose 50-50 balls.  Coutinho incredible!

It was a mid-table performance. For now I am OK with that. 

Might as well start him next week. Can't be worse than the current Douglas Luiz 

Good to see he has not been totally frozen out. 

tactically better, but the players looked scared to play.

Pretty much confirms that SG is very stubborn and refuses to rotate the squad.  Deflated. 

Hope Gerrard is not as rigid as Bielsa if his system keeps failing

Really good visualization on Reddit highlighting the flaw with Gerrard's system.

4 minutes ago, gwi1890 said:

But if it’s the way Gerrard intends to play long term should we not persevere?  It’s a difficult situation gambling with our safety.

If he just has one way of playing then we are in real trouble.  

1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said:

There are a number of people here suggesting more width from the two 10's, which I think is probably a good idea - but not possible in our system - they would simply be where the full backs are and in their way.

I think it's our desire to get our fullbacks so high up the pitch that's causing us trouble and we either need to find a way to make it work or ditch it quickly.

At least until the end of the season, Gerrard needs to drop back the fullbacks and let the 10s and 8s do the attacking. Let's secure draws and 1-0 victories before worrying about destroying teams.

3 hours ago, gordy said:

Just a few observations, feel free to crucify me

We are missing a genuine DM, with Nakamba injured we went shopping for an upgrade but couldnt get one, I think our tactics rely on a strong DM to create balance in attack. Luis is a good midfielder but not an outright DM and I think that frustration is showing.

Our strikers are not playing right. Short on confidence or not able to play the role being asked. Particularly highlighted in Newcastle match, balls into the box looking for tap home, striker nowhere near.

Our CB need to move out with the balls. Mings and Konsa are too comfortable sitting there looking to knock it about. Ive seen Gerrard telling them to carry it out of the press and when they have our play improved and we beat the press - why are our CB not playing the tactic they are clearly being told?

We still have Grealish syndrome. Give it to Buendia, give it to Couthinio. Ok job done, everyone relax and you guys go score now. Newcastle put 2 men on Couthinio and our plan fell apart.

Just what ive seen last few games myself being an armchair professional

when you start blaming more than half-a-dozen players, it's probably not the players that is the issue.

This system does not work.  You can see the players are confused and we are constantly exposed on the counter.