KSV Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 id bring on Sanchez for Westwood. Move Veretoot further up field. Veretoot seems to be doing Westwoods job as well. Our wide forwards are just too far apart and Gabby is not collecting the ball deep enough. I would swap Ayew and Gabby.. see if that does anything.. then bring on Gestede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 No tanasity what so ever, one dimentional at best tenacity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2015 Chilax all. It's VERY early for this team. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Issue is mainly we are still lumping balls up to Agbonlahor as if he is Benteke, so maybe he will win 1 in 5 and when he doesn't in puts pressure immediately back on us. We did better in first 15 minutes which although lacked any sort of penetration at least showed some decent possession in midfield. Better teams would have punished our defending though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 8, 2015 Moderator Share Posted August 8, 2015 Sinclair for me has been the worst of the front three by a distance. Gabby and Ayew have got onto the ball and been poor with it. Sinclair hasn't been involved, the only touch I really remember was with two men on him, next to our corner flag. I feel a bit sorry for Bournemouth, they aren't getting an introduction to Premier League football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villanun Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I'm not going to depair yet - it's the first match of the season with a largely new team, playing a newly promoted side who will have watched us last season and will feel like they've got nothing to fear. We'll take a bit of time to gel, but I'd like us to be playing at least a bit better than we are. Apart from winning a free kick Gabby's done nothing, and unless we score from literally every corner in training I can see no justification whatsoever for keeping Westwood on set pieces. Amavi's been impressive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 id bring on Sanchez for Westwood. Move Veretoot further up field. Veretoot seems to be doing Westwoods job as well. Our wide forwards are just too far apart and Gabby is not collecting the ball deep enough. I would swap Ayew and Gabby.. see if that does anything.. then bring on Gestede. Constructive. Mean to go on as you start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 First game of season so I'm gonna try not to look in to it too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Not getting worried at all but we've been rather dreadful attacking wise. Defence has mostly been solid. Early days, I'd be happy with a draw today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 No tanasity what so ever, one dimentional at best tenacity. sorry spell checker merchant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 its not been that bad, just lacking anything from wingers at moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Shows how desperate we are for a proper centre forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godders Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It was always going to be a tough ask today - they'll be so pumped for this game it was the worst possible opening fixture we could have got in my opinion. I think we look better than we did under Lambert last season which is good. The Frenchies look like they're expecting a touch too much time on the ball though - a couple of times our players have had their pockets picked or been harassed into wayward passes. Get Gestede on at half time though - Gabby's not having any influence on the game so may as well try something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Why is everyone moaning? Pre-season games are all about fitness! Wait it's not a pre-season game? Oh ok then as you were..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Not been pretty. Richards has looked good and amavi has done some nice things. Westwood has been poor and Veretout and Gueye haven't been able to dictate play in there. Front 3 have offered very little. I'm hoping Gestede gets on soon and we start playing to his strengths. Let's not forget we're missing a couple of key players and will almost certainly sign another couple before the window ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Sinclair for me has been the worst of the front three by a distance. Gabby and Ayew have got onto the ball and been poor with it. Sinclair hasn't been involved, the only touch I really remember was with two men on him, next to our corner flag. I feel a bit sorry for Bournemouth, they aren't getting an introduction to Premier League football. Complete opposite for me, think Sinclair has been the best of the three. Ayew looks unfit and rather slow and Gabby has been isolated up front. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted August 8, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2015 as others have said, new players or not they should still be able to pass a ball to someone less than 10 yards away. Also, the tactics are clearly wrong - we need to change it up as what we have isn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Sinclair for me has been the worst of the front three by a distance. Gabby and Ayew have got onto the ball and been poor with it. Sinclair hasn't been involved, the only touch I really remember was with two men on him, next to our corner flag. I feel a bit sorry for Bournemouth, they aren't getting an introduction to Premier League football. SInclair? Ayew hasn't touched the ball at all this half. Sinclair has made a few good runs down the left. It seemed like if we were going to get a goal, it was going to come from Sinclair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted August 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) Sinclair for me has been the worst of the front three by a distance. Gabby and Ayew have got onto the ball and been poor with it. Sinclair hasn't been involved, the only touch I really remember was with two men on him, next to our corner flag. I feel a bit sorry for Bournemouth, they aren't getting an introduction to Premier League football. Are we watching the same game? He is the only one out the three that is trying to make something happen. Agew is not in the game! Edit: I'm sorry mate but this almost seems like a classic example of deciding a scapegoat from the off! Edited August 8, 2015 by Vive_La_Villa 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoaxn Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It took only 45 minutes before the doom merchants started piping up Not performing one game =/= relegation. Calm down. We're just expressing our disappointment at how badly we're performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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