Wainy316 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Would you rather lose 8-0 again to Chelsea and beat Citeh 1-0, or draw both games? I know we'd have 1 more point from the former option but would it be worth it for the humiliation and hit to the goal difference? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) I can forgive it for yesterday and hopefully it was just down to those circumstances. I'm really hoping he will approach games differently this year. Edited September 21, 2014 by DCJonah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm putting it out there. I don't like his beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I we had of beat Arsenal yesterday.....we would have been setting ourselves up to be title contenders. We all know we have not got the quality of play, to be such....so i guess despite the sickness, which i think was a major factor in our demise, we are back to a reflection of what we have....a decent team but not a title contention team. Yeah but thats been the case in about 95 of the last 100 years tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mic09 Posted September 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm putting it out there. I don't like his beard. mods? ban? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfingers Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I think over the previous 2 seasons, every point was vital and it was right to try to pinch points here & there. We now seem a bit away from the scrap and should be able to play more freely, without pressure. I would personally like to see us going all out to win every game now, rather than hoping for a point that may never come. The 3 points system encourages this & SAF played it perfectly. Probably why I'm not a football manager mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wittmann Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Would you rather lose 8-0 again to Chelsea and beat Citeh 1-0, or draw both games? I know we'd have 1 more point from the former option but would it be worth it for the humiliation and hit to the goal difference? Points on the board are worth more than GD imo. The extra point gained could make GD is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted September 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2014 Would you rather lose 8-0 again to Chelsea and beat Citeh 1-0, or draw both games? I know we'd have 1 more point from the former option but would it be worth it for the humiliation and hit to the goal difference? That one point could mean one place higher int eh league which is over £1.5m. I'd take an 8-0 doing all night long if I knew there was £1.5m waiting for me in my bank account (plus the pleasure of beating City into the bargain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'd rather the extra point and to know that we were a team that were trying to win every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Look at the damage losing 8-0 to Chelsea did. If we're 3-0 down, with half a team and a sickness bug in camp, you shut up shop and wait for next week. How that can argued is baffling IMO. Edited September 21, 2014 by StefanAVFC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Look at the damage losing 8-0 to Chelsea did. If we're 3-0 down, with half a team and a sickness bug in camp, you shut up shop and wait for next week. How that can argued is baffling IMO. We did. Was just a crazy 4 minutes. Edit: sorry misunderstood your point. I agree it was right to avoid further damage. Should have done same against Chelsea 2 seasons back. To continue to try and score was a joke. Edited September 21, 2014 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Would you rather lose 8-0 again to Chelsea and beat Citeh 1-0, or draw both games? I know we'd have 1 more point from the former option but would it be worth it for the humiliation and hit to the goal difference? I'd rather lose 1-0 to Chelsea and beat City 8-0. I don't suppose that's on offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm putting it out there. I don't like his beard.I'm sorry, but you must be a Nose. Only a Nose would say such a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 The only rider I would add is that lambo said it was all over at 0-3. I'm pretty sure every manager would have said similar in a post match interview if their team had gone 3 down in a matter of minutes and never came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 The only rider I would add is that lambo said it was all over at 0-3. I'm pretty sure every manager would have said similar in a post match interview if their team had gone 3 down in a matter of minutes and never came back. I agree and have said I don't fault the approach in this game...my concern was as expressed in the rest of the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Look at the damage losing 8-0 to Chelsea did. If we're 3-0 down, with half a team and a sickness bug in camp, you shut up shop and wait for next week. How that can argued is baffling IMO. We did. Was just a crazy 4 minutes. Edit: sorry misunderstood your point. I agree it was right to avoid further damage. Should have done same against Chelsea 2 seasons back. To continue to try and score was a joke. Most of the time, trying to score is the right thing to do. It helps your goal difference. It helps restore a little pride. It's what the players want to do anyway. Finally, away fans haven't paid a fortune to travel to West London to see the team try to keep the ball near the corner flag for 45 minutes in an attempt to protect a four goal deficit. It's possible that that one game against Chelsea is different, because they were so so good and we were so so bad, but it shouldn't be general practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Look if Lambert was to shave his beard off that would be okay by me. Just as long as he shaves his head instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Look at the damage losing 8-0 to Chelsea did. If we're 3-0 down, with half a team and a sickness bug in camp, you shut up shop and wait for next week. How that can argued is baffling IMO. We did. Was just a crazy 4 minutes. Edit: sorry misunderstood your point. I agree it was right to avoid further damage. Should have done same against Chelsea 2 seasons back. To continue to try and score was a joke. Most of the time, trying to score is the right thing to do. It helps your goal difference. It helps restore a little pride. It's what the players want to do anyway. Finally, away fans haven't paid a fortune to travel to West London to see the team try to keep the ball near the corner flag for 45 minutes in an attempt to protect a four goal deficit. It's possible that that one game against Chelsea is different, because they were so so good and we were so so bad, but it shouldn't be general practice. Normally I agree, but there were some pretty exceptional circumstances on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Would you rather lose 8-0 again to Chelsea and beat Citeh 1-0, or draw both games? I know we'd have 1 more point from the former option but would it be worth it for the humiliation and hit to the goal difference? I don't think you understand how competitions work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Paul Lambert has grown his beard because he wishes he was Roy Keane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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