Popular Post Mark Albrighton Posted July 16, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2016 Just got back from Telford. Yep, a little bit of booing at half time from a few of the Villa fans, I think it was just a bit of panto-esque jeering, I find the pointed remarks to individual players more distasteful. Should point out that the booing at half-time quickly turned into an encouraging applause. Sulliman looked decent, Green was a constant threat, Hepburn-Murphy looked lively when he came on, Ayew worked his socks off, Elphick looked composed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtern8 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Where's Adama I can't believe he's still got that foot injury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 We've gone 1-0 down again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 We just conceded on the 7th minute.. AGAIN!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 1-1 Grealish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 2-1 against Telford is pretty shite to be honest. We don't half have some utter shitbags at this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Either this match is lacking in events worth announcing or AVFC on Twitter have forgotten to update, cause the last update was like 5 minutes ago and even that was 3-4 minutes after Grealish had scored.. Ah finally another update on Twitter like 11 minutes after the last one. Slow news day at this match it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Kozak scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upper north stander Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Was at the Telford game and any booing was from an extremely small minority! It was a good afternoons footy even when losing with 15 to go there was still great banter between our fans and their keeper, who made some worldies by the way! Enjoyed my early afternoon UTV 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lexicon Posted July 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2016 10 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: 2-1 against Telford is pretty shite to be honest. We don't half have some utter shitbags at this club. It's a friendly lad, calm down. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: 2-1 against Telford is pretty shite to be honest. We don't half have some utter shitbags at this club. The scoreline does not do the match justice. Their keeper was on fire and saved almost everything we threw at him. Another keeper out there and it would have likely been 6-1 if not higher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted July 16, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2016 This thread Every year people actually put serious energy into drawing conclusions from pre-season friendlies. Stop it. They mean nothing. They're for fitness and "having a look" at players/formations etc. The result is meaningless. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 half time in second preseason game winning 2-1 with a team made up of first teamers, squad players and academy graduates. RDM AND XIA OUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: This thread Every year people actually put serious energy into drawing conclusions from pre-season friendlies. Stop it. They mean nothing. They're for fitness and "having a look" at players/formations etc. The result is meaningless. I'm not convinced, or not fully anyway. 'Having a look' seems to imply that the manager, at least, draws conclusions from pre-season friendlies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 16, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2016 Just now, HanoiVillan said: I'm not convinced, or not fully anyway. 'Having a look' seems to imply that the manager, at least, draws conclusions from pre-season friendlies. You know what I meant "OMG We only won 2-1 we are sooo shit" It's bollocks. We won our last one 8-0. THe results are meaningless. We don't know what RDM or the coaching team are trying with these games. The result is secondary. I guarantee the approach in these friendlies isn't to win the match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Just now, HanoiVillan said: I'm not convinced, or not fully anyway. 'Having a look' seems to imply that the manager, at least, draws conclusions from pre-season friendlies. On specific players yeah though he's not drawing conclusions on the whole team or the result. He goes into the games watching key players that he has already assumed are the weak link in training, then when they invariably prove him right they get the chop. So yes there are some conclusions RDM can gain from these games, but the result shows him nothing other than we can beat teams we should be beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 When RDM took over West Brom, in pre-season they lost to Histon, Kidderminster Harriers, Swindon and Cheltenham. Then proceeded to go unbeaten in their first 8 games in the Championship, including six wins. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Okay, yes, I agree that it's not worth getting too upset about the result. I was referring more to comments about player performances, which I think can be analysed and conclusions drawn from. It sounds like we're mostly in agreement anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: You know what I meant "OMG We only won 2-1 we are sooo shit" It's bollocks. We won our last one 8-0. THe results are meaningless. We don't know what RDM or the coaching team are trying with these games. The result is secondary. I guarantee the approach in these friendlies isn't to win the match. at any form or level the aim is to approach EVERY game winning them friendlys included. Deluded statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 9 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: You know what I meant "OMG We only won 2-1 we are sooo shit" It's bollocks. We won our last one 8-0. THe results are meaningless. We don't know what RDM or the coaching team are trying with these games. The result is secondary. I guarantee the approach in these friendlies isn't to win the match. Well an awful lot of our players will feel right at home then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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