Kingfisher Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Time for a rethink Lambert, counter attack isn't working and it's stifling a decent group of players. We actually looked like we could pass and move when we finally started to take the game to spurs but it was too late as they easily picked us off on, ironically, the counter attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Watching us play at home is like watching us play under O Neill at home. Lack of ideas and no plan B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Our football seems to be getting worse. The first half we didn't seem interested one bit in anything but trying to contain spurs. What happened to our attacking attitude today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We need a creative midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 At home it's different, teams close the space down for the front 3 and we look clueless. This is where the "10" the playmaker comes into it. We don't have one and at the moment it's showing and has done since the start of the season. Until we sort out this issue we will continue to struggle at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We have a few too many players out of form at the moment. We've been missing performances from Westwood, Benteke and Weimann of late and it's certainly showing in the final third. Our midfield 3 can work well as a unit, but it relies on our front 3 firing on all cylinders, which isn't happening. We probably need an option for ACM, and that's something I hope Lambert addresses at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I said earlier, we look like a team which has been put together on a budget. There lies the problem... We need a few finished articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 To be fair it may have been different if we had of started the game with Benteke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I still don't really see what type of football Lambert is trying to implement. I thought there was some attempt at possession football last term but we have regressed in this aspect if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yes in possession we have deteriorated this season. Not sure why but we don't seem to have the same composure we did at the end of last season. Guess its being a really tough opening to the season so better to judge when we play against teams our equal or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I still don't really see what type of football Lambert is trying to implement. I thought there was some attempt at possession football last term but we have regressed in this aspect if anything. Yeh I agree..end of last season we were playing some lovely football This season it's as if he's just thought "you know what I'm gonna give kick and rush a try" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2013 Were desperate for a creative midfielder. Should have bought one instead of Kozak. Kozak works hard but has very little to his game. I'm sick to death of watching us hoof the ball with every attack. I didn't expect us to beat Spurs, but if were gunna get beat I'd rather us actually try to play football rather than just wack it to a target man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 PL said post match he thought there wasn't a lot in it and on another day we may get something from that. ...On the contrary Dwight Yorke thinks we are basically terrible at home and need to attack teams.... Different perspectives so i guess it's down to opinion but i do have to say that with some reasonable finishing today we could have drawn the game..... Gabby missed a good chance early on, Weimann was shocking and reminded me of Emile Heskey at his worst with his inability to get a shot even remotely close to being on target... his finishing is Wild at best but frankly embarrassing for a Premier League footballer.........Get some serious shooting practice in Andi as your starting to look like a very poor player... Even the Beast missed a good chance to equalise and for me on form he would've buried that. So that is our problem for me... disgracefully bad shooting basically. We make limited chances as it is so being profligate with those is the one thing which will seriously hurt us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2013 In Weimanns defense he didn't really have any clear cut chance iirc, we have no one who can play a ball for him to run onto so he's just feeding of scraps really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2013 This is what it is with lambert I'm afraid. It ain't pretty, and it won't be in the future either. Our midfielders cannot control the game, they are not able to keep possession and pass forward at all. This style is all we can do. Luna and Bacuna create more than our midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Think we need to add width to our play which will help offensively and add protection defensively to our exposed FB's. We also need a cheap version of Ozil in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Does lambert no any other way, its part of the reason were so dire at home. The "young and hungry" players we signed in his first year have their big contracts and shiny range rovers and dont fit into that category anymore. At home 2 shots and 30 something possession is absolutely unacceptable. Instead of spending 7m on a creative spark in midfield we used it on another lump of a forward to add to the other 3 6ft+ strikers we already have.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Counter-attacking is a marvelous weapon to have in the bag, but when it is the only resort we are incredibly easy to play against. Some teams are naive and believe they can beat us no matter what, like Man City, but it only takes a manager like Alan Pardew and Newcastle to exploit our weaknesses. Today Gabby was totally nullified by Kyle Walker and we created nothing with our attempts. All in all we need Benteke to be on the pitch, because he is the only one we have who could do something from nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We need to switch all our home games to the opposition's ground & not play at home anymore. That way we can continue to counter attack at will & it will guarantee us a double over both Man City & Arsenal nailed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Does lambert no any other way, its part of the reason were so dire at home. The "young and hungry" players we signed in his first year have their big contracts and shiny range rovers and dont fit into that category anymore. At home 2 shots and 30 something possession is absolutely unacceptable. Instead of spending 7m on a creative spark in midfield we used it on another lump of a forward to add to the other 3 6ft+ strikers we already have.. Does it really matter how tall the strikers are? I haven't seen much of him but Helenius is supposed really good with his feet but not that strong. Benteke's hardly a traditional target man either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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