MattVillaPortsmouth

I still feel your best XI is always opposition dependent, only the really world class teams can be a bit more rigid but even the very best mix it up to suit.  We can still have a way of playing/identity with slight tweaks in formation/players

For me we have.

                   Emi M

Cash  Konsa. Mings    Digne

           McGinn  Luiz

Buendia.   Coutinho.  Ramsey

                Watkins

                   Emi

Cash. Chambers Mings   Digne 

                   Luiz

    Sanson. McGinn Ramsey

              Coutinho

                   Ings

                Emi

Cash Konsa  Mings. digne  

   Sanson Luiz Ramsey

Buendia. Watkins  Bailey

All fairly decent and I have not included Nakamb, Traore, Chuck and a few others who could slot in.

Sanson for Ramsey was the H/T sub, I really don’t understand…..

5 hours ago, Villa87 said:

Looking forward to seeing him today - think he’ll play a blinder with talk of him for the England squad. Think his running can exploit Arsenal. 

Remind me not to listen to you

Needed a rest, was a chance to do that today….

 Need to master the art of drawing, if you can’t win - don’t lose, we hardly ever get a draw when we deserve to lose but on the odd occasion scrape a few when we should have won.  
 

Love how Ramsey gets most votes because of goal, but for me he was not in the game today and I would have taken him off.  I totally understand the don’t change a winning team thin, but it’s a myth (otherwise we would have more invicibles!!) - fatigue and opposition dictate changes in personnel in addition to injury’s/suspensions.  We are too predictable and easy to counter.

For me game was crying out for him at H/T ,despite his goal I thought Ramsey wasn’t in the game and would have given Morgan some minutes.  Got to feel for him, looks good on the few minutes he gets.  

I thought he seemed to get up the pitch a bit more today, still dropped to get ball but seemed like a little tweak to how the 3 played.  Yes there was 2 bad passes, but his midfield partners also lost ball dribbling across Half which created better openings.

I don’t get all this should be dropped, he is not a DM but gets out there to suit our system.

33 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

We also seem to pass the ball at a snails pace alot of the time.

This has been something which has annoyed me even since Deano has been here. I don't get it, as well as our terrible passing at times.

Sometimes I watch other teams play and it's almost like I'm watching a match in double speed, compared to when I watch us at times.

This - this kills me, we do it 80% of the time slow slow slow, turn back slow slow slow.  Get you can’t play at 90mph constantly, but move that air filled leather thing a bit quicker!! Also, we never seem to play ahead of a player from back, always just a bit behind them

A poor man’s targett

Really bad decision to make 1 change, really bad subs (young was never a sub to make), bad management today

Same problems, midfield 3 and fullbacks. This is a poor Watford side who we have made look ok.  Every time we get the ball is the same thing

Serious Q - is he actually any better than Matty T, for my money nope

Yep - he looked fuming in that bench at end, and I can see his point - all 3 midfielders today were poor

We needed cover, he can cover a few positions - if he makes the team it will be because he deserves to keep his spot when called upon to cover someone - so has to be a plus, decent age, hardly a fee and prob decent wage - god we are hard to please

the way I see it, free’s up wages/fee for that midfield destroyer!!

Just imagine being run ragged by JJ, Coutinho and Buendia, get to 70mins blowing out your ass and bang on comes Bailey  UTV

Hoping it’s just his agent feeding off the ‘Stevie G getting the band back together’ vibes to get a decent offer for next season.  Really not what we need at the moment.

I would get Ramsey off and put on Sanson, for all his good his decision making is poor :(.  

In the games we really need him, he goes missing - been very unimpressed 

It’s unlucky, but lucky with our next 2 - shouldn’t be a need to play marv.

Thought he showed what we have been about under gerrard - put his body on line more than once, was always talking/encouraging, gave it everything - as for the pen, unfortunately that happens, Salah played it well, Ty got a bit off balance then it could have gone either way - bit to me it doesn’t go in the Ty error draw, just one of those.
 

2 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Where does it leave arguable one of our best players?

Good question and 1 of our hottest prospects -  although I only said next game, as many have alluded to our best 3 against Burnley is not our best 3 against Liverpool, different games call for slightly different tweaks.   Luiz at base and Samson mcginn in front against teams with 2 in or bottom half etc

I would like to see, 
         Nakamba

Luiz                 Sanson

next game, Ramsey/Chuck can come on for luiz/Samson or emi/LW

Showed last night in glimpse of his talent, some of his touches were class, some of runs were great and some of his passing sublime - have been critical so far, but I (think) I saw last night what we brought.  

Second half was better, but it was still piss poor - never ever looked like getting back on terms. 

I really want to see something in him, just don’t think he is gonna make it.