markavfc40 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: Just buying British massively inflates the wage bill as we found out to a cost. I agree a lot of them did their best but there's no way you can see NRC at 8m was value for money. After his first season we started him out of position at RB, frequently, then he went to the bench and eventually left on a free. Same for Cuellar. Big reason why no top 4 club ever took him is he was allergic to sign players from abroad and that hurt us aswell. I quite liked O'Neill but can't disagree with what you have said here mate. He certainly massively limited himself by not looking further afield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 35 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: I quite liked O'Neill but can't disagree with what you have said here mate. He certainly massively limited himself by not looking further afield. O'Neil felt Zat Knight was better than Cahill and Harewood was a good signing. No matter how good a manager is. When he does things like the above you know straight away he will only take you so far. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I would say our chances for promotion are looking less less now with more key injuries. Sounds like kodjia could be out for a seriously long time. Hogan out terry out. How much bloody bad luck can we get? Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Chance for a couple more of the kids to step up? (Clutching at straws). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 WIll have to be one upfront for foreseeable future then, god knows what happens if/when Davis picks up a knock! Still got plenty of midfield options, Snodgrass, Adomah, Grealish back now, hopefully Andre Green isn't too far away so Davis to hold it up and more goals needed from midfield is the formula required. It is a concern though considering what happened last January when all our forwards got injured at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 As promising as Davis is as a target man he's not a poacher. To get goals we'll have to play with the midfield a bit higher up and hope they can contribute with even more goals. If our game plan is to play deep and hoof it to Davis and hope he can hold it up til the rest of the team can catch up we'll be in trouble. That's a OK plan B. But it can't be plan A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted November 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2017 Guys relax. The gabmeister is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted November 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2017 The big problem here is not so much going to be scoring goals, we have enough talent top end to play with the one striker, but more the pressure it puts on Davis! The games come thick and fast now, can we really keep him fit for them all? This is going to be like Final Destination keeping him away from injuries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Mckirdy i would imagine will get his chance in next few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Nothing's stopping Sheffield united Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Sheffield United are doing it despite having utter shite like Leon Clarke in the team as well. Just shows this league is not that strong, and we should still be targeting automatic promotion. The Kodjia injury is bad, but we could still play Davies upfront with Grealish, Adomah and Snodgrass behind. Pretty much every side in the league (except Wolves) would love to have that as a starting point, let alone fall back plan. Time for Bruce to earn his corn. He's seen as one of the top managers in the league (and no doubt paid like it as well), so he needs to adapt and keep us going forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, andym said: Sheffield United are doing it despite having utter shite like Leon Clarke in the team as well. Just shows this league is not that strong, and we should still be targeting automatic promotion. The Kodjia injury is bad, but we could still play Davies upfront with Grealish, Adomah and Snodgrass behind. Pretty much every side in the league (except Wolves) would love to have that as a starting point, let alone fall back plan. Time for Bruce to earn his corn. He's seen as one of the top managers in the league (and no doubt paid like it as well), so he needs to adapt and keep us going forward. Yes all valid points. Our team on paper is stronger than Sheffield united. But teams like them and wolves have been very lucky on injury front. We have suffered a real injury problem since August. green out long term grealish out long term terry out long term kodjia out two long terms hogan out now de laet was also out long term wolves and Sheffield united have been very fortunate they have had no injuries EDIT and also jedinak. The only team that has had worse injuries than this is preston Edited November 18, 2017 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 9 hours ago, andym said: Sheffield United are doing it despite having utter shite like Leon Clarke in the team as well. Just shows this league is not that strong, and we should still be targeting automatic promotion. The Kodjia injury is bad, but we could still play Davies upfront with Grealish, Adomah and Snodgrass behind. Pretty much every side in the league (except Wolves) would love to have that as a starting point, let alone fall back plan. Time for Bruce to earn his corn. He's seen as one of the top managers in the league (and no doubt paid like it as well), so he needs to adapt and keep us going forward. Is this possible with our manager? I view our set-up as one that goes out to be tight and compact and hit on the break. With Terry missing I can't help but think Bruce will keep the midfield even closer to the back four and I fear this will limit our scoring chances. It will be no surprise to me if we see a few matches where we draw 0-0 or lose 1-0, 2-0 in the forthcoming games. Of course, I hope this doesn't happen and we win a decent few and sustain our challenge at the top end of the league. It's just that the past 12 months, together with the injuries we have to key players, do not fill me with any great expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted November 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2017 This season has play-offs written all over it. I think we'll be ok squad wise, but we won't be as good as we could have been and a firing Kodjia and fit Terry make all the difference. 9 points off second now, anything but a win today and any momentum will officially be dead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I think we need to be targeting top 4, for me being in play offs and having second leg at villa park I think we can beat anyone full strength. Anything above is a bonus as it stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: I think we need to be targeting top 4, for me being in play offs and having second leg at villa park I think we can beat anyone full strength. Anything above is a bonus as it stands No. We need to be targeting top 2. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 15 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: No. We need to be targeting top 2. We do of course but I can't see us keeping up the wins with the key injuries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Currently out the play offs. The two teams above have a game in hand and the team below have 2 games in hand. Not a great start so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I'm talking in a vein that the manager and players are in it together. I don't think we are good enough for top 2.......and losing key players, top 6 is debatable. we find it hard to score and only a bit easier to defend. just not good enough as a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Good win and a few results going for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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