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2 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

You see that thing over there, no, look a bit further.... further.... further... yeah that tiny thing miles away... yeah it’s the point you missed it by a miles.

The same point you and a few others are failing to grasp. Toodles. 

Reminds me of Idrissa Gueye. Thankfully with Purslow et al in charge he won’t be going on the cheap like Gana. Or any of our players for that matter.

Just now, TrentVilla said:

You didn’t, that was entirely the point but clearly you missed that.... can’t say I’m surprised.

You’re right I didn’t. So saying what im saying is bollocks because I defended other posters who were being criticised for questioning Smith’s substitutions is ridiculous. 

4 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

So you think the North Stand is made of Lego?

See we can both throw out utterly farcical false narratives. It’s easy. Both are about as factually accurate as each other.

 

 

When did I say its made of lego?  Now you’re just stupid for stupidity’s sake.

2 minutes ago, av1 said:

When did Trent say that Smith was above a criticism? He didn't. 

He said that Smith was doing a great job, and he is. 

Only a prat would find fault with today. 

And where have I found fault with the performance or his performance today? Only a prat would criticise other fans when all they did was question his substitutions. 

Just now, av1 said:

But you can't really argue that a 17th place is acceptable whilst trying to find fault with a narrow loss to the European champions. 

No- one is finding fault with that. Some people are rightly questioning the fitness, and some of his substitutions over the course of the season which haven’t been the best. 
 

however when fans rightly do that they are called Trolls, Bluenoses or alex bruce? 
 

P.S Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris brought the pride back by saving the club from extinction. Along with Christian Purslow , Suso and Dean Smith. So get it right yeah credit where it’s deserved .

2 minutes ago, TrentVilla said:

Or.... perhaps they think you are just talking a load of bollocks? One or the other. 

So you think Smith is beyond criticism? Maybe you’re all talking bollocks when 26% possession is  deemed a good performance. I dont. However like I've repeatedly said Today and last week were holidays.

4 minutes ago, Spoony said:

 No they aren’t. You’re talking about where we were 27 years ago. Everyone else is talking about where we were 12 months ago, which is very much tangible, a good place-marker to see how we have grown in that time and still very relevant as it’s still the same set up that’s being built upon. 

So then when some posters are disappointed about losing to Liverpool in the dying embers why are they being told they should be grateful as twelve months ago we were losing to QPR? Yet we are also told Liverpool etc have built their squads over a number of years.

The twelve months ago is all pointless because the championship has gone. The championship mentality needs to go too. In fact the management actually agree with me with the fact they got rid of most of those who got us promoted. So therefore we need to look at the Tottenham game and beyond as the barometer Of which we are judged. 

4 minutes ago, av1 said:

And the simple cost of PL players is clearly too advanced for you. 

To argue that Villa spent more than Real Madrid, and to use that as some sort of barometer to gauge how you think we should be doing shows a level of stupidity that's hard to match. 

A barometer of where we were twelve months ago. Which seems to be constantly shoved down our throats when anyone dares to question the Messiah. Obviously that shows that some are too blinkered. And self absorbed to actually read what is being written.

3 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

Very little is clear in your post. You're moaning about Smith and suggesting he should be doing better as we've apparently spent more money than Madrid. 

 

 

Actually maybe if you read it properly im not moaning about him just that he hasn’t implemented what I saw at Walsall and Brentford. Im moaning about the constant sniping from the holier than though posters who think Aston Villa are above criticism. 
 

the same holier than though posters who probably berate Anwar el Ghazi ,even though he is one of the top scorers and assisters at the club, because  he looks lazy. Yet players like him and Wesley (who started football at 14btw ) have this knack of scoring goals and making the game look easy. The same berating was dished out to Jack Grealish even though he has created the second most chances behind De Bruyne. But now the media are loving him off he must be good.

Dean Smith has been too passive in too many games this aspect needs to improve. Ooohh no I criticised the messiah again. 

5 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

Before Smith was here? 

I made that clear in the post. 

Just now, mikeyp102 said:

In January 2019, Real Madrid spent approx £15m, we spent approx £9m (figures from transfermarkt), but I’m not even sure of the point you’re trying to make anyway. 

As for the football style, it has to be adapted to different leagues and opponents. We do press at times, today being a good example of that. But you can’t do it all the time against these top sides. 

Smith has been here just over 12 months, he’s got us into the premier league and narrowly losing to the top side In the league. To get a full on pressing side, working at this level takes time and getting the right players in. He’s done great so far, give him time. 

The point being ‘twelve months ago ‘has gone. Move on and move forward. Last week and today were ‘free hits’ as in personally I felt  the results and performances were irrelevant. Anything more is a bonus. 
 

Smith needs to stick to his beliefs and philosophies (high pressing and passing football) and I believe we will be successful. We are giving up too much of games so personally I would like to see that aspect improved.
 

Again today and last week don’t count as those two teams are way ahead of us. but even then we conceded due to individual errors which cant be accounted for.

3 minutes ago, av1 said:

You do understand that Liverpool bought on a £50m midfielder from the bench today don't you?

As for the rest of your post, complete rubbish. 

You do understand I wasn’t talking about today’s or last weeks games. But simple English is probably too advanced for you.

1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

What is this even supposed to mean? As if Madrid haven't already got a squad that cost several hundreds of millions. They spent half of our budget on one player in the summer. 

The constant ‘ twelve months ago we were playing yadda yadda yadda’. It’s gone we are now in the premier league. I wasn’t talking about this summer i was talking two windows back. 

9 minutes ago, VillanousOne said:

I am not blaming Smith, as we've come along way and we played some good football today. But against top clubs we keep handing possession straight back to the opposition by having Heaton hoof it out all the time, we invite so much pressure on ourselves because we lose possession so easily.

We are excellent in attack, but we need to find a way to keep the ball and be more composed, we did well without Grealish today but we still missed him as he is one of the few players we have who keeps the ball. McGinn's form has bottomed out completely.

I see what you did there.

3 minutes ago, Villarocker said:

What a crazy comparison. Real Madrid didn't need to spend as much as us because they already have a squad worth hundreds of millions. 

How is fact crazy especially when spent in the championship.? Admittedly not by Smith.

Im all for the twelve months ago bs comments but we spent more money than Real Madrid in the window before last. Forget the two games against City and Liverscum. 
 

I for one was excited to see Smith come through the door in lieu of the Walsall and Brentford performances. Whilst the prem is way tougher I have yet to see the pressing football I saw at Walsall and Brentford. This has got to improve imo. 
 

Either he lacks the articulation to convey his message or the players lack the ability to interpret his message. I believe with what I have seen so far we should be finishing 14th. 
 

but I want the Walsall/Brentford esque football. That will make life easier for us. 
 

the where we were comments are irrelevant because we are now in the premier league. At the end of the 92/93 season we finished second. 12 months after that 10th. 12 months after that we barely escaped relegation. 12 months after that 4th.... going further back we won the league 12 months after that the European cup. We were somewhere every 12 months ago.
 

Aston Villa football club are probably the biggest underachievers in history. Look at where we were.

The past is only there to learn and improve from. 

Wesley needs another striker capable of pushing him. Troy Deeney if available? Anyone?

Just for the record the current Manchester United and Arsenal teams are grade A shit. Liverpool and City are on another level. Leicester are the only other team I would currently fear playing 

1 minute ago, DaveAV1 said:

They’re all very good teams hovering around the top 5 or 6. Two of them were away. 

Bournemouth we threw away two goals then dominated the game. Palace we were robbed by VAR. arsenal we won, - Guendouzi fouls our player in the build up to their penalty incident ( grabbing shirt) , Aubameyang’s goal should have been disallowed because they had two men closer than the permitted distance from our wall. And then to top it off Sokratis caught the ball in what was a clear penalty for us. Therefore imo 7 points are missing from our total.

3 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

the issue is, if you just straight up lose games, in a way thats almost easier to take than getting so close all the time and then capitulating in the past 5-10 minutes, it must have a negative mental impact on the players.

I just hope we can catch a win in the next couple of games, our next 6 are Wolves, Newcastle, Man Utd, Chelsea and Leicester & Sheff Utd, if we dont sort ourselves out we could feasibly not see a win for the next 6 games also, the Newcastle & Sheff Utd games are biggies.

We will win all 6 if the final whistle is blown after 80 minutes.

Man City and liverscum were  always Free hits. Its the Bournemouth, Palace and Arsenal games which rankle with me. That’s 7 points I believe that we should have had. 

77% possession and 22 shots at our goal of course liverscum are going to win. We just need to buy better players and now that we are in the prem I believe that they will come. 
 

And there seems to be a worrying pattern where we lose leads. That comes from the management. Look at Manure under Ferguson, Guardiola’s teams, and now Klopp. It’s not an accident. 

This Arsenal team is shit. We needed more control of the ball and we would have wiped the floor clean with them. Douglas has to start next week alongside Nakamba. 
 

and to all the posters ‘Arsenal Are a top side no- one expected anything from us etc etc’ please watch the game again. It was there for the taking. We should have carried on attacking them. Instead we invited them over to our box time and time again.