momo

47 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

Ah, you mean really making changes in the game? I though you meant changing the starting side for future games.

Yeah, in games. 

Meh

1 minute ago, TrentVilla said:

Have to disagree, I don’t think one player outside our starting 11 is better than any in it. Yes they might have different attributes but none of them are better players who would improve the side.

I didn't say the were better in general, but I am pretty sure that a player on the bench is better than a player having a shit day on the pitch.

Players gave away the set pieces because Southampton was all over Villa.

Just now, TrentVilla said:

There are certainly a few candidates the issue is the options to replace them are worse.

I think the replacements are good, and offer other qualities to the ones playing. Can help with formation change, and not concede freekicks in dangerous positions. Nakamba is a master of that, and Hourihane offers something in attack. So does Davis. Olli has been good in 1 game in the PL. He should be out.

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2 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said:

Smith never subs off Mcginn or Grealish in a league game, no matter how badly they play.

That's nice for squad morale if you have 10 untouchables that never gets substituted.

If he had such a bad day, why didn't Smith take him out? The bench has enough quality to substitute a player being shite.

Not using all substitutions again. Players are clearly playing shit and should have been substituted long time ago.

Good game for Southampton.

Stuff like this never happened with Hourihane in the team

What a goal! Destroyed the whole team!

47 minutes ago, useless said:

This is the 2018/19 championship table based on games from the date Smith took charge until the end of the season, in that time he took more points with us than Bielsa took with Leeds, he then went and won the play-offs, again something that Bielsa failed to achieve with Leeds.

This season we have more points than Leeds in less games, and I wouldn't back against us being above them at the end of the season.

Whenever they've been in the same division together, or in the same competition in the case of the play-offs, Smith has outperformed Bielsa.

Does this include Brentford?

42 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I don't think Davis, Hourhane and Nakamba were the answer to tonight's questions.

Depth is going to be our biggest problem this season though.

 

Actually I think Nakamba would have been just the guy to stop Rodrigo, Barkley had an off game and fresher legs were needed, and Watkins has been hiding for 4 of the 5 games in the PL and we needed muscles up top. Taking Trezeguet off made the team even worse.

Dean Smith should learn to make substitutions to change games. Like taking Watkins, Barkley and Mcginn off.

Who said Leeds were going to tire?

3 minutes ago, momo said:

Bigger chance of Bamford hattrick than Villa scoring

pfffft

Bigger chance of Bamford hattrick than Villa scoring

Leeds has been the better team by far

He gets what he has earned. It's not your money anyway.

1 minute ago, KentVillan said:

"registered" doing a lot of work there

Well.... Unsworth came and left within a month.... so he never played.

4 hours ago, villalad21 said:

What a legend he is of the game

5 of those players where registered players at Aston Villa at some point.

8 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

Well clearly not everybody as Tarkowski, Dunk and O'Connell are still awaiting their first call ups, let alone caps. Since that time, Mings has earned 4 caps. Even Jack got 2.

So serious!!! I have never heard of these players you mention

8 minutes ago, Mic09 said:

By all estimates, a bench player suffering a long term injury prior to joining Villa is an excellent analogy of a rusty car

Mings was fixed, healed and developed at Villa. Payed for by Villa. Then bought by Villa.

And back to the topic, the same will happen with Barkley. In a bigger scale with larger amounts.