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SPOONY's GOT THE POWER!

blimey, looking at his Instagram, this lad is going to raise our profile massively. I really hope he signs for us permanently, he will help us so much to attract the next level of player(s).

100% this, we are playing much much better than under Deano, granted we seem to huff, puff and struggle a bit with the last decisive pass and finish at the moment, but the build up play, intricate play, one twos, speed of progression etc is light and day compared to what we were doing under deano imo. we are doing some silly stuff as per the usual Villa way of doing things, but as above, i agree that if you cant see progress under Gerrard compared to the previous 12 months, you are literally blind

look at it this way, we managed to steal Digne off them before they got rid of Agent Rafa and realised their huge mistake.....

he's a no.8 basically, good hustler, active presser, good tackler, good passer, has decent vision, he is also pretty good going forward but we havent seen so much of that yet rly, he's just a good all round player! tbh, i think he's an 8 or a 10, but prob more of an 8.

cus if u watch closely, you will see Fred kicked the ball away from him, straight to Ramsey, who then scored. It didnt go down as an assist officially either. doesnt rly matter, he still had a hand in the goal, scored and just his presence lifted the players on the pitch, was a great debut regardless

when fit (hopefully soon), it will be great to have the choice of Coutinho, Buendia and Bailey for those 2 x no.10 slots, as you say, whichever of those 3 doesnt play, can be a good impact sub. I think Bertie will be behind those 3 as a 4th backup option, although tbh, if we can persuade Chuka Jr to sign a contract, would put him 4th. I think El Ghazi and Trez are pretty much surplus.

he didnt get an assist m8.

i dont think he is good enough for where we want to be, but i am hoping he does well so he can get himself a good move and make us some cash, some comments from his game today (Milwall 0 - 1 Forest), Davis started, was subbed on 72mins. the below is from the Nottingham Forest Fan Forum.

looks like Everton might be about to sack Rafa. Good thing we managed to swpie Digne off them, before they realised their huuuuge mistake!

i hope he isnt too down, cus i thought he was our second best player over the course of the entire match (behind Buendia).

just.....bang average. We still need a DM. Luiz is still better as an 8 imo.

Buendia is frickin class, love him.

yikes lol, ok, i mean before the Gerrard era then

Genuine question, when was the last time in a full match, we had more of the ball than Manure? (or against any top 6 side).

Gerrard/Coutinho were standing on the sidelines waiting to sub Coutinho on. Ings was due to come off. literally 5 seconds before the sub was due to be made, Sanson was passed a poor ball, he then passed that ball poorly to Mings, and it was intercepted, goal ensued. Due to the 2-0 scoreline, Gerrard now didnt want to take a striker off, so he instantly took Sanson off, as he didnt want to "be seen taking a striker off, when we were now 2-0 down". Sanson kicked the water bottles in personal frustration of his mistake. Gerrard said he asked Sanson if it was the mistake or the substitution causing him to kick the bottles. Sanson said it was the mistake. Gerrard said no problem, i would kick the bottles too then. All is well at Villa Park. the end.

problem for the players is, the ones who keep not listening will be binned off. which tbh, is a good thing.

the Ings/watkins show is like something out of a grim dark slow torture scene. we need to play Ings OR Watkins, not both......seriously, not both.

havent seen any praise from Gerrard for Buendia in the Manure game, i hope he does somewhere in his interviews, cus Buendia was immense.

i thought overall we were very, very good (interlaced with some super infuriating moments and idiotic mistakes) The biggest issue, aside from the silly goals conceded, was that we huffed and puffed a lot and once again lacked the clinical finish (we could have had a couple more goals imo if we were clinical/composed), however the two goals were brilliantly done. One big thing for me to note, is that we had 55% possession over the course of the match, even if historically we lucked a draw, or a win , or whatever versus a team like Manure, our possession would be down in the low 30%'s, a scrappy lucky win tbh, but the fact we can have a game like this where we have more possession that Man Utd (55/45), is a huge step in terms of progress, it shows we can control the ball, and if we get a little more clinical in the final third, we can really hurt teams. I think Buendia was brilliant, this is the player that we knew was in there, quality quality player, Buendia & Coutinho together are going to be just magical. I though Sanson was our second best player overall, i hope he isnt judged for the mistake because i thought he was very good overall, very composed, and can play the system Gerrard wants, lovely composed passing. Digne looked a little rusty, which is to be expected, but once he settled it was clear how much more he offers compared to Targett, and that even with Digne falling to bad cramp 10 mins from the end, clearly a quality player, some lovely touches and attacking impact. Ramsey was good in the second half, but poor in the first half, Luiz was decent without being spectacular. Mings was also decent, but maybe could have done more to recover Sanson's initial mistake...nice little run for the goal tho... I thought Watkins was really poor, im not sure if Grealish made him look better than he was, or whether this is Watkins, but he is really poor imo, lacks vision, lacks in game intelligence, has bricks for feet, which is even more apparent when he has Coutinho & Buendia buzzing around him. Cash, decent defensively, but seeing Digne on the let hand side, highlighted just how poor cash is going forward and linking play, so man times he gets the ball, he stops, turns back and passes backwards, the attacks dowt the right break down so many times with him, or when he did cross it was the usual "aim for the stars" type cross, i think if he isnt careful, he will be replaced in the summer (or maybe Hayden replaces him if he shows he is capable). And finally.....Coutinho.....I though he did ok, nicely taken goal, it was easy to miss that he lifted that over De Gea and if he had just gone low the keeper may have got to it, he showed some nice touches etc, but tbh as much as the goal and the intricate touches, the fact is, just having his presence on the pitch aided us in going from 0-2 to 2-2, the aura of him alone makes a difference, and that great!

got a link?

you did see watkins play right? he was as bad if not worse.

he didnt get an assist, as it was fred who poked it away from him towards ramsey. doesnt matter tho, him coming on changed the game 4 sure (just by his prescence as much as anything).