Demitri_C Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: That's just not how it works Dem. Come on man, how many years have you been watching football for now? If we were talking about 20-30 games I'd be concerned, but we're 6 games into it. I find the desperation all a bit shameful to be honest. How many times have we won games playing badly over the last few years? The last period I can remember was the MON days. I more interested in Villa than other teams. And the concern is there, I can understand why people feel to panic after 6 games (I am not just for the record as of yet) but after watching lass season people are rightly nervous. I personally think things will get better soon as we wont miss chances forever. i would be more concerned if we were not creating anything but we look very dangerous going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) Forget about the past. Clinging on to the past does you no good whatsoever. It also proves nothing. Tonight is a new game, carry the form over but forget the results so far. Time to look up rather than backwards. Edited September 14, 2016 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 We've hit the post 7-9 times already this season... we've been incredibly unlucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Lol if we were winning games then hitting the post wouldnt matter. It is only highlighted because we aren't winning. Anyway I'm just trying to enjoy football again. I do not believe / expect / anticipate that we will be promoted this season. I'm just trying to reconnect with the football side of it for what it is, a game of football that Villa are playing in. Trying to see how we play and get some enjoyment from it. Promotion is absolutely the furthest thing from my mind this season as I do nit even think we will be in the mix. Watching the team with the freedom of not worrying about promotion is so liberating! You should all try it. After the last 6 years it is quite enjoyable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted September 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2016 14 minutes ago, Richard said: Anyway I'm just trying to enjoy football again. I do not believe / expect / anticipate that we will be promoted this season. I'm just trying to reconnect with the football side of it for what it is, a game of football that Villa are playing in. Trying to see how we play and get some enjoyment from it. Promotion is absolutely the furthest thing from my mind this season as I do nit even think we will be in the mix. Watching the team with the freedom of not worrying about promotion is so liberating! You should all try it. After the last 6 years it is quite enjoyable. I can’t imagine anything worse than sitting in the second tier going through the motions. In the top flight I can accept mid table mediocrity, in fact the last few seasons I would have embraced it, but not in this league. There is nothing to fear in the Championship. I got to be honest I have been pleasantly surprised at how crap most other teams are. New manager, new coaching staff and a huge overhaul in players has meant we aren’t up to anything like full pelt at the moment yet of the 540 minutes of Championship football we have played I would say we have bossed 75% of it. Results for me have no way reflected performances. I like you am going to enjoy this season but with that fire in my belly and anticipation of knowing we are more than good enough to be in the mix for promotion. I never think it is a good idea to take much notice of the table until around 8 – 10 games have passed and that was in the top flight. I fully expect by the time we get to 11-12 games we will be well in the mix for promotion and the vast majority of us will spend the rest of the season fully focused on that. I am 100% certain that the owner, manager and players are totally focused on it and that promotion is the aim. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 it would be a complete disaster for this team not to make the play offs at least. I'd rate this team with a good season under its belt in this league to survive in the prem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) It's obvious, but it's games like tonight and Ipswich we have to start winning to recover ground. I am fairly relaxed at this point because i know we have a good squad who have not had much time together. Under-cooked as we are, I still think we have enough to win games now in this league. If we can be within touching distance of the play-off spots after Christmas (5pts off the pace atm) we'll be OK imo. By then we should be hitting our straps and when we do that I think we will be too strong for many teams in this league and winning will become more routine. Edited September 14, 2016 by Gary Thomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 43 minutes ago, Gary Thomas said: It's obvious, but it's games like tonight and Ipswich we have to start winning to recover ground. I am fairly relaxed at this point because i know we have a good squad who have not had much time together. Under-cooked as we are, I still think we have enough to win games now in this league. If we can be within touching distance of the play-off spots after Christmas (5pts off the pace atm) we'll be OK imo. By then we should be hitting our straps and when we do that I think we will be too strong for many teams in this league and winning will become more routine. i think the opposite, I think we need to be in the mix by then as a majority of our good players are away for african cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: i think the opposite, I think we need to be in the mix by then as a majority of our good players are away for african cup Good point. That's 14 Jan to 5 Feb isn't it so potentially lose a few for 5 games? Still have decent players here - Grealish, McCormack and I think Gestede, along with the transfer window - to get us through. From Sunday's starting 11 we would lose Ayew and Kodja wouldn't we? Gestede would be a straight swap for Kodja. Ayew harder to replace. 14 Jan: Wolverhampton (a) 21 Jan: Preston North End (h) 28 Jan: Bristol City (h) 31 Jan: Brentford (a) 4 Feb: Nottingham Forest (a) Edited September 14, 2016 by Gary Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 20 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: i think the opposite, I think we need to be in the mix by then as a majority of our good players are away for african cup I agree, we really need to be within a couple of points of second place by Christmas. Then push on to consolidate 1st or 2nd after our players are back from ACON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 22/1 to win the league... 25/1 to get relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 To play devil's advocate here Tony has himself stated that we are fully prepared for ACON and will be signing/loaning players in January to cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Odds determined by people lumping on us after our average start. They don't watch the games like we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yeah, They the lucky ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Does any know how our start relates to other teams that have gone on to get promotion? There was one saying Burnley started slowly last year. We should be on more points but that's little consolation and we need to win and then it'll relax the players more and we will go on a run. We've only been awful for 30 min so far this season and are still gelling. Last nights results show it's a mad league and I'm pretty confident we will be at least in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 No chance are we getting promoted, replaced one set of losers with another load who can't hold onto a lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Like I said before. We have a mentality issue at the club even though lots of new players have come in. Something is not quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Unbalanced squad, lack of midfielders. Will hurt us until January. Not very likely anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) On 14 September 2016 at 21:40, omariqy said: Like I said before. We have a mentality issue at the club even though lots of new players have come in. Something is not quite right. Excuses excuses I don't want to hear this crap anymore. 80% of these players were not here last season Edited September 14, 2016 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Just now, NoelVilla said: Unbalanced squad, lack of midfielders. Will hurt us until January. Not very likely anymore. picking wrong defenders doesnt help. Chester is woeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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