jayEm Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Not followed the game at all, should I be worried by the fact we're 3-1 down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Not followed the game at all, should I be worried by the fact we're 3-1 down? No not at all, seven academy graduates started with limited first-team action. Positives were Robinson, Carruthers, Johnson and Grealish...the latter looks like some player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Was impressed with Okore, Zog, Grealish and Robinson today. Few of the other players need more time. Ah the common sense approach, a refreshing viewpoint around here. Edited July 30, 2014 by Zhan_Zhuang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Lost a fiver on in play betting, words removed lambertOUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daholteend Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I really wish we'd have kept Luna and got rid of Bennett! Thing is another club wanted Luna and quite rightly. As far as I am aware no one is in for Bennett and probably won't be until Lambert has sorted out what he is going to do for both right back and left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Not followed the game at all, should I be worried by the fact we're 3-1 down? No not at all, seven academy graduates started with limited first-team action. Positives were Robinson, Carruthers, Johnson and Grealish...the latter looks like some player. Alright, that's good to know. Very glad to hear Grealish played well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 SACK EVERYONE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daholteend Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Sixty minutes in and I maintain my earlier point that Robinson and Johnson look good...then so too Grealish and Carruthers and in total they don't have much experience at all. I do wonder why people expect so much from these very young and naive players. This is a learning experience for them. Smiling Z_Z It seems to be a tradition to expect so much of our youngsters and if and when they eventually get their chance with the first team and they don't immediately perform like superstars, some "fans" are quick to condemn them. Remember when Luke Moore and Gabby were coming through the ranks? It still amazes me in a positive way that Gabby is still with us. Luke Moore in the early days showed so much promise. Same could be said for Delfouneso who has now signed for Blackpool. Similarly Albrighton..but that is a whole other thread Edited July 30, 2014 by Daholteend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan501 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Cover it up as much as people like Aston Villa a premier league club couldnt live with a league 1 club it is wrong wrong wrong. Our fitness should beat theres evrryday of the week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daholteend Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 tonev is absolutely shocking so glad he has been subbed. one of teh worst wingers i have seen us sign Rank him along with Agathe ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Cover it up as much as people like Aston Villa a premier league club couldnt live with a league 1 club it is wrong wrong wrong. Our fitness should beat theres evrryday of the week 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Pretty poor display, however the first half we were playing mostly youngsters and reserves, and knowing that pre-season games are meaningless, I won't overreact. Always nice to win, of course, and never nice to lose, or indeed be outplayed by League One teams. Positives: N'Zogbia and Grealish are both looking great. I was very pleased that Grealish wouldn't allow the opposition to bully him, and it was nice link-up with him and CNZ for the goal. Stevens is making a good case for getting that starting left-back slot, although I'm interested to see how he does against stronger opposition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sonic_bouma Posted July 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2014 Just got back from the game. Not worried at all by the score with so many youngsters out there. Guzan pulled off two terrific saves in the first half but gifted them a goal in the second. Grealish and Robinson were the best of the youngsters. Very confident individuals. Some fans in the away end were a an absolute disgrace. Slagging off every player calling them all names under the sun after every mistake and booing them off at half time. It's a Pre season friendly and they are still learning the game. Grow up FFS. Had to move seats at half time I was annoyed. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silafou's_besi_mate Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Ok, so not a result we should worry about but... Lowton was terrible in the first half. Second goal was his fault. Guzan was ok, but first and third goals he should have done much better. And these two are first team members. On the positive side, I thought Herd, CNZ, Grealish and Robinson had good games. Carruthers had a much better second half, but Robinson didn't spot him a few times when he had a good position in front go goal - is there a problem there between them? But at times we sat too deep and didn't have anybody in the box. On one or two occasions we passed into the box with no one there. Highlight of the game was the Villa fans just behind us who kept the match ball for about 30mins in the first half - got a bigger cheer than anything on the pitch. It's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) SACK EVERYONE! Sack Martinez as well the useless tool Everton lost 3 - 2 the other week to Tranmere No doubt their fans were calling for his head Edited July 30, 2014 by AshVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 SACK EVERYONE! Sack Martinez as well the useless tool Everton lost 3 - 2 the other week to Tranmere No doubt their fans were calling for his head I reckon if we had our last 4 seasons like Everton we would probably be having a good laugh about our friendly result today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Haha you must be mad to take a preseason result seriously. Last season didnt we lose 2-0 to conference Luton Town with a very strong side out including Benteke? Man City lost by the same score at Dundee too with 3/4 first teamers playing. It means nada Edited July 31, 2014 by BleedClaretAndBlue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post P3te Posted July 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2014 To all those saying they dread any of the younger players featuring this season the back of that, one key thing to remember is that when they do feature it won't be with another 6 or 7 of them on the pitch at the same time 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I'm not sure how the team on the pitch represents the manager and his purchases over two years. Its not like he has had a MON-esque budget. Yes Tonev is very poor, but what do you expect? Spend peanuts get monkeys. Also, losing 3-1 in a preseason game is better than losing 3-1 come August. It is all about fitness right now. Chill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Every pre-season we have this, some people looking far too much into the results of games. These games are set up to be able to play 90 minutes without thinking too much about the result and instead working on a few other things, like fitness, trying players in new positions, getting youth players minutes, integrating youth players and new signings with the first team. Result means diddly squat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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