Ponky Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I'm not one to slate our players but Gestede is an absolute donkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Couldn't see many who should start in the league tbh. Ayew just didn't look arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Gestede will not do anything for us playing like that. Might as well get shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, claretman said: Wow. That was exactly the same as last year. Well it WAS only 3 months ago! Same old story today. As soon as we conceded the heads dropped. 3-1 defeat was inevitable after that. Theres a lot of work to be done within a week. Almost feels as if we should have got some more new signings in earlier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 AVFC...fightlikepussies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaBrum Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 21 minutes ago, Zatman said: we dont have a defence Nor an attack. Wish Ayew had been given a cheap Release Clause in his contract. Wouldn't attempt a shot and gave the ball away umpteen times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Bring Lambert back. Hsf the right idea putting Hutton in the bomb squad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 just back and one thing is clear, we need a new strike force as we will achieve nothing with gestede as our main striker. he is just too slow and his movement is poor on and off the ball. as for ayew, he played like someone who realised they're not leaving anytime soon... He was at fault for two of the goals Imo and moped around the pitch. highlights for me were Nathan baker, Grealish for the first 60mins and both full backs playing well. when boro equalised I thought they didn't deserve it, however by full time they deserved the victory. a fair few positives but same shit, different day yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Boro didn't even fancy it and they still rolled us over in the end. Just how bad can we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 It's only pre season, but it's not really ideal to collapse the way that we did in our last/only home friendly. Hopefully RDM can see what still needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 30, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well that was sh**. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 watched the game, same old westwood & ridi..rdm must get rid of the deadbeats who are just sitting on this rollercoaster before he bring in winners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 1 hour ago, VillanousOne said: Has anyone suggested we would or should be world beaters? No, but a lot of people across Twitter and on this site are claiming its 'the same old Villa', and 'it's ruined my weekend', and 'I'm really pissed off'... why? Anyone with any sense or anyone who knew the slightest bit about football would understand that we're shit. We've been shit for the last 5 years. We were extra shit last season and we're still shit because we've only signed 2 outfield players, 1 of whom has only played 13 matches at this level. We're crap. And until we sign a RB, a CM, two wingers and a striker, we're going to be crap for a long time. Its hardly rocket science. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Rodders said: Gestede will not do anything for us playing like that. Might as well get shot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrUnKeNbUm Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well my daughter enjoyed herself Especially the burger before the game, chips at half time and the doughnuts on the way home! As for the game itself, we are so weak in midfield it is frightening. None of Gardner, Westwood or Tsihbola did anything of note and we're bypassed way too easily. I thought Elphick and Baker did ok but that was about it. Ayew tries to do way too much and would be better off keeping it simple, Grealish did ok first half, Hutton and Cissoko were average and Gestede was non existent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 My Dad wasn't watching, I texted him at HT saying we were 1 up. Had a text off him after the game saying "What was the final score? Did we hold on or succumb to three late goals?" We're so predictable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 4 hours ago, KSV said: Bring Lambert back. Hsf the right idea putting Hutton in the bomb squad then giving him a new 4 year contract after 3 games into his return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) I thought Hutton did very well today, worked hard, made things happen. A lot of shite on display, he was far from the worst. I was getting pissed off with Grealish, it was like Rooney for England, hanging around outside the box knocking it sideways offering exactly nothing in attack, then going over with every breathe of wind. This Squad will not be troubling the top 6. Edited July 30, 2016 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Went to the game. First half defended well and looked in control, second half same mistakes. In terms of attack, the big problem is no movement off the ball and no width. On the right we have Hutton and Bacuna who are just not very good going forward. On the left we have Aly Cissokho who just stands there and never makes a run off the ball or takes his man on. In the middle we have Rudy who dooesn't anticipate where the ball is going or make runs into the box - he is ridiculously slow and cumbersome. Because we lack width and movement there is no outlet and we end up trying to play through a packed middle and getting nowhere. I honestly think if we had two attacking wide men hugging the sides and a decent striker we would solve many of our attacking problems. Green and Amavi with a decent striker would be so much better than what we saw today. I am so tired of watching villa players "not" make runs off the ball and never taking anyone on - too static again!! Edited July 30, 2016 by Gary Thomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 All three of their goals appear to have been a direct or indirect result of players up the pitch failing to execute a simple 10 metre pass to a teammate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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