we have zero midfield and can't beat their press, it's only a matter of time now before Arsenal score more goals

7 minutes ago, rodders0223 said:

Service or not he was pretty terrible. Played in 2nd gear and never imposed himself on anyone.

he plays the system Southgate wants him to and was no worse than anyone else in the final third, no blame on him whatsoever

9 hours ago, DakotaVilla said:

Spoke to a QPR fan today about him. Said he’s the definition of a mediocre run of the mill championship player. Let’s hope he’s developed since then. 

Lolz, my girlfriend supports QPR so I watched them almost every week and Tim was by far the best midfielder they had when he played for them and that's not just me being biased, he definitely blew hot and cold, going from box to box midfielder, to attacking midfielder to defensive, sometimes very naive and giving the ball away, other times very mobile and physical in possession. Most QPR fans seemed to rate him.

Gabby was a tit but he had some good seasons for us, ignoring the end. People wax lyrical about Angel who had at best one good season and one ok season in a Villa shirt.

Anyway Duran is raw and ambitious, people questioning his ego, his attitude can be both negative and positive, if he is never satisfied, impatient and desperate to succeed then that isn't always a bad thing as long as he delivers on his promise.

We lack that physical presence that he brings west ham couldn't deal with him, physical teams get away with more fouls because almost every challenge is a foul

11 hours ago, Tom13 said:

.......Yes

I'm getting the word East London Nonces

We just don't have the squad and quality to be a Top 4 team, the players that are stepping in just aren't performing, we rely too heavily on the same players and our mental strength is poor because we don't have leaders all over the pitch.

You can't underestimate how much having no Mings, Buendia for the whole season and losing Kamara, shot us to bits, then having Ramsey and Torres intermittently at best, whilst Diaby, Duran and Zaniolo have mostly struggled (when fit).

Injuries and the covering players like Diaby, Zaniolo, Carlos and Tielemans coming in and looking poor is costing us, we just don't have the squad to be a top 4 side.

2 minutes ago, il_serpente said:

They all left their brains in Amsterdam

they didn't take them there either

lazy stupid play all round handed them the game on a plate

Rogers fitting in seamlessly

anyone heard why Torres went off?

https://www.astonvillanews.co.uk/2024/02/18/aston-villa-v-nottingham-forest-injury-news-doctor-shares-nicolo-zaniolo-update/

It is speculation at the end of the day but more likely than we aren't allowed to bring him on for more than 5 minutes because it will count as an appearance type piffle

Dr Rajpal Brar

Sun 18 February 2024 18:40, UK

Gordon Ramsey is the oldest Ramsey and he's sh*t

4 hours ago, rodders0223 said:

Yes. It is why he's being fazed out.

Apparently he's not getting more minutes because he is lacking in fitness, which makes you wonder why he is on the bench in the first place. But then again we had Torres and Ramsey on the bench when nowhere near fully fit.

wasn't it the same reason Manure's first goal should have been disallowed?

have to hope no one in that defence gets injured 

I don't have any issue with Lenglet or Pau's passing and ability to play out, both are decent with Pau obviously capable of some incredible key passes.

My issue, is neither has very good positional sense or physical ability to shut down a defender, so playing a ball over the top or set piece with those two would instil utter dread.

Konsa and Mings are the kings of this and at least Carlos is physical.

But both Pau and Lenglet are two similar so putting them side by side is like going to the fish and chip shop and order chips with an extra side of chips.

We either have to give him some minutes or just cut our losses and push Rogers instead.

This 10-15 minute cameo stuff is just utterly pointless.

I imagine he will get more time in Europe.

 

no idea why he was being asked to mark that slab head shrek pr*ck

Thought he was decent today.

that defence...

29 minutes ago, ozvillafan said:

It's ManUre. We aren't in great form. We have injury concerns and a short bench. Ref will give them everything.

Not looking forward to this one.

Can we not just get a bigger bench in from B&Q?

16 hours ago, PaulC said:

Is the system or the players? Are we too narrow and have teams figured us out particularly  at Villa Park. Guess we will find our against Man u. 

I personally think it's partially a very limited set of tactics and an even more limited set of players being available to execute them.

Our best eleven can in most instances, hang with anyone, especially at home, but bit by bit injuries and poor form have exposed our limitations.

Not many teams have a plan B and we are now firmly operating with our B list defence and a midfield that look utterly knackered and off form.