Amo69 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hoddle talking about what should have been done for month in terms of preparation for the WC. To be fair the team in 98 were good and unlucky not to beat Argentina. But I also remember the same team being destroyed by Salas in the last game before the World Cup. These friendlies are all about dealing with the conditions and getting match practise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I wouldn't get too worked up over warm up matches tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 not sure tbh, other than no one getting injured and barkley didnt see any positives tonight sturridge should have scored 2 and i dont blame them for not playing at 100% with honduras' tactics but it was poor, dont think roy knows what his best team / formation is yet, he doesnt know what to do with rooney, hoddle was spot on, the movement was awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 The owl certainly looked like he had his feathers ruffled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 ''David Beckham this is the 1st world cup since 98 you haven't been involved in, did you know that?'' Huh he was in 98, I'm confused. Beckham looking old these days with his big grey beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 And wrinkles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) ''David Beckham this is the 1st world cup since 98 you haven't been involved in, did you know that?'' Huh he was in 98, I'm confused. Beckham looking old these days with his big grey beard. He wasn't involved in 2010 was he? Edit- Oh I remember he was a coach didn't he? Edited June 7, 2014 by Avfc96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 That was shocking, makes a Villa home game look entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 At least we didn't draw with Luxembourg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bEI6S3XAN0I England fans (apparently) throw drinks bottle at Daniel Sturridge Edited June 8, 2014 by Tamuff_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 8, 2014 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2014 It was the only thing on target all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 You can see the players are trying to play a more dominating / passing game, but we just haven't got the movement for it ATM. I'm most disappointed in Wilshire and to a degree Barkley. I thought these two were our secret weapon to influence a change in the game but they had little if no effect. Wilshire just constantly ran into people and Barkley had some promising (brief) moments but both had very poor movement to keep the flow. Sturridge didn't seem comfortable either. My expectations for next week have taken a battering, "warm up" or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 8, 2014 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2014 Wilshire is rubbish, but ssshh, you aren't allowed to say that. Totally disagree about Barkley though the kid is a star, we should be playing him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I agree about his potential, but do you not think he could/should have had a bigger impact on the game? He went too quiet to be a star(ter) just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Whenever I see Wilshere I keeping thinking about the guy from Coronation Street David Platt as he is the only person who rivals him for a face you would never get tired of hitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) I actually thought last night was ok, not spectacular but the best of the 3 games for sure. We looked relatively solid defensively for a change which was the first time we've managed that in a while. Going forward we created decent chances but didn't put them away, on another night it could have been a lot more comfortable. Only criticism you can really have is that we weren't more clinical or maybe created a couple more clear chances. Overall everyone looked a bit sharper so I'll call that progress. Anyway soon enough the talking will stop and the little moments will have their say. No idea how our group will go it's very tight in my eyes. I've just got a cheeky hunch that Barkley is going to score a screamer at some point. Edited June 8, 2014 by villaglint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I actually thought last night was ok, not spectacular but the best of the 3 games for sure. We looked relatively solid defensively for a change which was the first time we've managed that in a while. Going forward we created decent chances but didn't put them away, on another night it could have been a lot more comfortable. Only criticism you can really have is that we weren't more clinical or maybe created a couple more clear chances. Overall everyone looked a bit sharper so I'll call that progress. Anyway soon enough the talking will stop and the little moments will have their say. No idea how our group will go it's very tight in my eyes. I've just got a cheeky hunch that Barkley is going to score a screamer at some point. Considering Honduras had little or no attacking threat I thought we looked worryingly unstable defensively, Johnson had a shocking start, Cahill got a yellow for a poor header, Jagielka was doing his best to impersonate Wilshire by running into people and baines could have been sent off if the ref seen his late tackle on a yellow. Very solid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Off the ball in the final third we are lacking in movement. You could see Wilshere becoming frustrated when he was trying to link up and drive through the middle. Reminded me of whw villa are trying to break teams down, we just tend to do everything too quickly and inevitably lose the ball trying to force it through a tiny gap. We need more patience. Welbeck is not a man who should be starting when we're trying yo break teams down, his lack of technique and intelligence means moves constantly break down. He's ok if we're playing on the counter though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Wellbecks dummy was the best moment of the game. He gets a bad rep but plays well for England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 You said very solid I said relatively. And relative to the first two games I thought we looked much better. I don't remember them having a decent chance which all things considered ain't too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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