villa89 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Looks decent at this level. If we played some football rather than just relying on counter attacking then he would score a lot of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 That knock down from Kodjia would've been a great goal, unfortunately the keeper made a great save. Looks a good addition, great movement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Refreshing that we now have a striker who is actually up top most of the time pressing up against the CB's instead of coming back deep all the time to receive the ball Edited February 4, 2017 by AshVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 You can see why he's scored loads. Just a shame he's joined a team that are unable to pass the ball to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Sounds like he played well. That's encouraging. I'm sure we will soon make him shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basygh Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 9 minutes ago, DCJonah said: You can see why he's scored loads. Just a shame he's joined a team that are unable to pass the ball to each other. They are not unable to pass each other. The tactic the last two games from Bruce was "hoof it and pray for something to happen". You could see just before grealish got his second yellow they passed very well and created a great chance. It's just Bruce being negative. Hope he doesn't continue with this shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Basygh said: They are not unable to pass each other. The tactic the last two games from Bruce was "hoof it and pray for something to happen". You could see just before grealish got his second yellow they passed very well and created a great chance. It's just Bruce being negative. Hope he doesn't continue with this shit. What makes you say Bruce instructed them to play like that? Hoofing the ball upfield is a sign of lack of confidence and being under pressure rather than an actual game plan. Edited February 4, 2017 by briny_ear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 8 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I'm not sure I@m happy with 2 up front either. Brentford aside, I'm pretty sure every other poor performance this season has been a 4-4-2. We're just not suited to it. Now maybe the new midfield will be better suited to it, but I'm not holding my breath. I think I'd prefer a front 6 of Adomah/Green-----Hogan-----Kodjia --------------Hourihane---Lansbury -----------------------Jedinak Edit: I know Jedi is injured for Forest, I mean more long term. That us the line-up I would go with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Well that is up there with Villa getting in Baros and letting Solano go, or getting Bent and letting Young go. It's almost as if we have been spectacularly mismanaged for decades. This comment has irritated me. If you were looking to make a case that this club is mismanaged, the prosecution would hardly be lacking for evidence. I can't deny that, nor would I want to. But let's not start some sort of meme that letting McCormack go is evidence of the club being badly run. In case anyone has forgotten, the **** repeatedly failed to turn up for training and was unfit, out of shape and clearly has a despicable attitude. Nobody at Aston Villa wanted a £10m+ striker to make a complete clearing in the woods of himself, that's all on him. Letting McCormack go isn't evidence is badly run, it's evidence that McCormack is a gigantic bellend of Trumpian proportions. Edited February 5, 2017 by HanoiVillan 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 35 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: This comment has irritated me. If you were looking to make a case that this club is mismanaged, the prosecution would hardly be lacking for evidence. I can't deny that, nor would I want to. But let's not start some sort of meme that letting McCormack go is evidence of the club being badly run. In case anyone has forgotten, the **** repeatedly failed to turn up for training and was unfit, out of shape and clearly has a despicable attitude. Nobody at Aston Villa wanted a £10m+ striker to make a complete clearing in the woods of himself, that's all on him. Letting McCormack go isn't evidence is badly run, it's evidence that McCormack is a gigantic bellend of Trumpian proportions. If that was the case why did we buy him? Did we do the correct homework? Or did we go 'this guys scores lots of goals at this level lets sign him'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 11 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: If that was the case why did we buy him? Did we do the correct homework? Or did we go 'this guys scores lots of goals at this level lets sign him'? I don't know the answer to those questions. They're fair questions. But regardless, the club is entitled to expect to turn up to training, apply himself, and stay in shape. That stuff's the minimum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Nice enough debut. Shame it was cut short imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 he looked good and when you see him his pace is deceiving as he strolls past players. He is hard to compare to a player we had before but sadly he isnt in a team to give him service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted February 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Zatman said: he looked good and when you see him his pace is deceiving as he strolls past players. He is hard to compare to a player we had before but sadly he isnt in a team to give him service I think this team could provide him the ammunition to score goals, Lansbury has shown he can pick a pass, Hourihane is up there with most goals created this season, and Grealish can chip in with assists. We need to keep the ball on the deck more, I saw Hogan gestating to the defence after a ball was fired up to him over head height, pointing to the floor. Hopefully Bruce can work on that shape and we have more than 29% possession next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 If I was playing and I saw that first half run I'd think let's get the ball to Scott he can clearly cause this defence big problems. I think any footballer must have been able to see that. After that run I counted three passes and the Kodjia flick on. I really can't understand that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Looked really good yesterday. Great to have a direct striker and on another day could have scored 2. Very positive debut. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Unlike the others he plays with a real intensity. He's direct, explosive, runs hard but also understand that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, rather than **** around like someone like Kodjia frequently does. To get the best out of him we need to utilise players like Hourihane better, get him on the ball playing through passes for Hogan to run on to. Whilst there were some signs of a partnership between him and Kodjia the frustrating bit that it was all one way, Hogan looked to play Kodjia in and play off him, Kodjia was unable to reciprocate with any real quality because his speed of thought is not up to par when it comes to things like that. With service Hogan will deliver, he's by far the best striker we have at this club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Looked good. For some one that seems quite stocky and built I was suprised by his acceleration. He ripped through the defence in the first half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Unless we attempt to retain possession a bit more or at least move the ball a bit better we won't get the most out of Hogan. Lumping the ball up to him doesn't give him or us the greatest chance of success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 He was **** brilliant. I'd like to give him and Kodjia time to gel upfront. It's a little crazy to expect them to click in their first game as a partnership, Kodjia has his limitations but they will make space for each other. We saw it in tiny flashes last night. It's more important that we don't use either of them as a target man and use that lovely midfield we bought properly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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