Danishlad

problem is that balls skills are supposed to be his strong side. He doesn't read the game well, press well or defend well. He isn't a creative player. He doesn't particularly pass well either. So when he takes his poor touches he seems a poor footballer

bacuna?? he was champions league level

maybe there is a release clause

We should be playing a lot more through the centre of midfield. There is so much space to play cheeky slide balls. Cash needs to stop hoofing the ball down the line. Someone tell him we don’t have Gabby anymore.

optimistic

I must have missed those

yes very poor, maybe we can beat them

yes , look forward to seeing that

it isn't , it is very weak

he is probably shit.

I like your optimism but I don’t agree. Watford and Stoke performances are bugging me. I don’t think we are as good as people think.

anyone care to put his stats up from last year

im worried about this one, I saw nothing good at the Watford game. Im usually optimistic too.

wouldn't have made any difference

will be worth twice as much in a couple of years

I was really disappointed. There seemed to be absolutely no team cohesion against Watford. And also no team cohesion in the friendly matches. Even Stoke beat us the same way. I really could t see what we were trying to do- apart from long balls forward. Added to the fact that we don’t look dangerous from set pieces at all. I think we are in for a long season. I hope I’m wrong. It doesn’t look like the team has improved since last year. In fact it has got worse. If Smith keeps us up , he will have done well.

He wants to play champions league. He will be watching it from the bench. He isn't a city player and he looks a right tit with the kit on. He should never have left.

Played well yesterday, looked strong and confident. Well done.

We picked the wrong team yesterday. Though hindsight is a wonderful thing. Where Watford had pace on the wings we were weak and slow. We didn't have any pace to counter them, or creativity to open them up. We fielded a poor side. Why Ashley Young played winger I don't know. ElGhazi has been poor his entire villa career, but does score an occasional goal. He played as I expected. Lumping long balls to Ings isn't going to work. It was like Matty Cash was trying to score a field goal. We probably should have played a 3-5-2 or 5-3-2 set up. Where we cancel their wide threat and give them hell with two up front. I thought Smith got it hugely wrong, and Watford were actually very poor. Even though we have only played one game I think it showed that we are a lower mid table team right now.

11 th , id take that.

We may need two new full backs. On the back of today’s performance.

Yes very poor. We have given the ball away and been hammered time after time on the counter attack. Wrong tactics. Playing with two wingers, who. We had none match fit. hopefully we won’t see this line up again.

Target, Cash and ElGhazi, Ings awful today. everyone else ok. Poor from Smith. Starting line up not good enough.

Yes and he will be a bag of nerves playing like this in front of fans

We are going down- get ready for a long season.