MarkLillis

They all seem a little lost without Jack. 

Theres no decisions being made in there they just pass the buck until its intercepted.

For me the best midfield we have put out since Jack was injured is Marvelous,Ramsey and McGinn.

I'd start that against Liverpool.

51 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Bit of a mixed bag in the replies. Bet this fan wouldn’t have reacted that way had they not thrown the game away like they did. He was one of their best players. 
 

Sounds like he has been a flop overall though.

He was one of their best players. I think he was allowed a lot of space and was allowed to play the game at walking pace.....which suits him.

1 hour ago, DevonVillan said:

We will demolish this lot of elbow lickers and their forums will go into turmoil. Honestly the way they talk about us on their forum really is disgusting. They really are a different breed. Much prefer their rivals.

Sheffield Wednesday have far more class.

I think they have a similar situation up there to what we have with Blues.

One a classic big club the other a bunch of knuckle draggers.

Those Baggies fans wish nothing but ill will towards B6.

Remember the tick tock  bedsheet?

Whilst it would be funny if the Geordies drop again,it has to be Albion for me!

He has played well for us but not very often.

For me the biggest issue is his lack of mobility (he looked like a carthorse at times on Sunday)

Against Leeds we need more than he can offer (at present) so it must be Ramsey or Sanson.

For me it would be Sanson to replace John McGinn in a deeper role and John McGinn in for Barkley further up the pitch.

I find myself looking at fouls in a completely different way now.If I see contact I expect a foul to be given if the player..... decides to go down.

The game has changed  irrevocably.

Strikers now should go down.

Defenders now should learn how not to make contact.

Fans need to understand that football will never be like the 70s/80s again and stop getting upset about it.

The last 10 games are no harder the the first 10 games.

The Premier league is a tough place to be but we are proving we can hold our own this year.

Bring them on.

On 31/01/2021 at 16:55, VillaAlex said:.

I hope they get promoted, they have a good academy and always willing to use it. 

Noooo! Bland club just dull,dull,dull

Sorry!

26 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

This. This is why having Leeds back is more fun than Norwich.

They're horrible. It's what I like about them.

Agreed. Love them or hate them I would rather have Leeds in the Prem than Norwich or Bournemouth....

7 minutes ago, woody153 said:

This post may be correct but it is cheating & var should be used to issue retrograde bans.

 

Fair enough, I think that some football fans maybe surprised how many of their teams players are subjected these retrograde bans then.

Like I said this is widespread in football. The genie is out of the box and many many players regard this as a skill set now.

What Jack does is fully part of the game now.

There is a most fouled table and it is common knowledge that Jack is always top of it.

There a reason for this table in my opinion and that is the majority of football opinion realizes that "winning a foul"  is now a crucial skill and staying on the feet is sometimes not desirable because refs wont give you the fouled you deserve.

All clubs have players that try to do this.  They just wish that their players were as good at it as Jack is

Wanting players to stay on their feet when they have been fouled is both naïve and outdated.

9 minutes ago, TRO said:

Did you watch Burnley....did you glean anything from what they did.

This was a team totally outplayed in on eperiod of the game, who dug deep to get the win.....is nothing in what they did, to convince you we are lacking in a certain area.

just in case you missed it....they were the ones who came out with the 3 points.

They did what they do best. They can do it to the best teams in the league as Liverpool found out themselves.

I'm not sure Liverpool will be looking to strengthen areas of their team because of their defeat to Burnley and I'm not sure we need to on strength of our either.

I think we just need to stick to the plan and buy accordingly (the type of player you describe might be next up anyway?) and let our young team can learn some "dark arts" for them selves instead of us buying a ready made shithouser.

John Terry and Dean Smith must know  few tricks between them surely

29 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

put it this way, if Ron Saunders or Brian Clough were still around, they’d sign John McGinn, and they’d win stuff with John McGinn. Too many of these discussions just turn into people comparing FIFA / Football Manager stats, and not thinking about a team being bigger than the sum of its parts

Cant agree more.

As a player (parks level lol) I loved it when we had a personality and player of McGinn's style in our side. Successful sides always need characters like this.

McGinn comes with a massive plus to that as he is also a very good player.

Benteke was a big favorite of mine.

In 2013.

12 hours ago, Tomaszk said:

Mr, it's hard for me

 

It is a common term used on the continent for the coach.

There is a book called "Mister" by Rory Smith which explains the origins of this term.It goes back English men who went to different countries and became coaches. Mister was used by the players to address them

I don't think there should even be a debate on the wording here.

How can Rodri not be gaining an advantage from being in an offside position when from the moment the ball is kicked he is offside and thinking about moving towards Mings in anticipation of tackling him.

He was offside the moment he started to move towards Mings,how could he be anything else?

2 minutes ago, Enda said:

Some fans feel the need to make their minds up on a player before they’ve actually set foot on the pitch for us. For some reason quick conclusions are very important to these fans.

Understanding this is crucial to enjoying VT, imo.

Me? I very rarely watch Ligue 1, I’ve barely ever heard of this lad and am not embarrassed to admit that. Hope he does well for us.

Agreed

I've got a spread bet on them getting less than 50 points. 

At present that's looking good.....i think they will land around between 38/42

Leaves us with some great memories.As he will never play for a bigger club I would say that’s a good legacy.

He will always be remembered fondly by Villians.

Sam can get them organised.He can also bring in some “real men” 

Looking at the teams in and around them it might just work.

Great player - one of Englands finest in my lifetime.

All other outbreaks at Premier League clubs have resulted in postponements.

This will be no different 

25 minutes ago, bobzy said:

Yeah - I think he said he’s basically kept with the team that they had been working on for the game. They weren’t to know we’d be struck down with a Covid outbreak and, to some extent, it would be silly to mess up your plans for it. 

There’s nothing really to complain about. Our youngsters have had a great experience playing against some genuinely world class players, scored a goal and didn’t get absolutely hammered. In many respects, I think Liverpool handled it all well. 

I cant argue. They had no need to change their plans and they didn't and as for sympathy he actually made his side stronger with his substitution at half time.

Thiago is a world class player and arguably better than Henderson.

There is no room for sympathy in football but its hard to see the decision to go so strong against such a weekend team in a good light is it?

10 minutes ago, TRO said:

Leeds , Villa, Wolves and Leicester are the new pretenders in their eyes and they just don't like it, so they either try to nick our players i.e Mahrez to Man City and Maguire to Man Utd etc or just rubbish us with deluded rhetoric

Isn't it good that to think all of these clubs can resist the advances financially if they really want to.

You know now that is anyone from the above clubs leaves it is (most likely) entirely their choice and they actually want to move (like Marhrez and Drinkwater)

Nothing like competition to spice up the league.

This season is not going to be a cakewalk from anyone.