villaglint Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Eastie said: The problem with Bruce is he's the old school type of manager and the game is changing - new formations and tactics and modern thinking managers with new bright ideas have come into the game and I'm not sure Bruce has moved with the times . I made our formation against Bristol to be a 3-3-3-1 which is pretty damn innovative. Didnt work very well mind. Edited August 30, 2017 by villaglint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 30, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: He was in the youth team and made zero appearances for the first team. Yes I know, which is why I made the post you just quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 16 minutes ago, villaglint said: I made our formation against Bristol to be a 3-3-3-1 which is pretty damn innovative. Didnt work very well mind. I made it 551 and I don't class playing that formation innovative against Real Madrid let alone Bristol City!! This is the Championship we don't need innovation we need motivation as we have the players. When he says picked the right players in the right positions and motivated them we've looked good but he seems to worry about the opposition more than he does worry about getting our players playing well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Agree with all of that except the bit about us playing 11 outfield players. Formation for me was johnstone Chester, Samba, Terry Elmo, Whelan, Taylor, Green, Hourihane, Onomah Davis But I completely agree about him worrying too much about opposition. With squad we have we should be starting every game on the front foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 28 minutes ago, Eastie said: The problem with Bruce is he's the old school type of manager and the game is changing - new formations and tactics and modern thinking managers with new bright ideas have come into the game and I'm not sure Bruce has moved with the times . I don't think there is that many new formations and tactics. Most have been used before. We played 3 at the back 20+ years ago and we weren't the first for instance. What you have to be able to do is adapt to the current game. That's where Bruce is lacking. He's still playing defensive football when every other team just attacks when they get the chance. He lacks tactics yet tries to adapt to the opposition. Just concentrate on us. We have better players than nearly all the teams just get them confident and attacking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We dont need anymore players at the minute. Squad is big enough. Get rid of 2 or 3 then yes we could probably take in someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 get rid of 5 before we being others in. Elphick, Richards, Gardner, McCormack, Hutton ( wishful ) - could go before we need to bring any others in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) I make the squad 31 if you count O'Hare and Davis. That is just ridiculous. We have more (wasted) money in wages sitting in the stands any given week than half of the clubs in the league has in their entire squad. Edited August 30, 2017 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, Rodders said: get rid of 5 before we being others in. Elphick, Richards, Gardner, McCormack, Hutton ( wishful ) - could go before we need to bring any others in Unlikely with one day to go . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 30, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2017 Yes unless we get rid of some players our squad will be hoovering up club money at a frightening amount. We always seem to have an outrageous wage bill compared to the success it brings us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Rodders said: get rid of 5 before we being others in. Elphick, Richards, Gardner, McCormack, Hutton ( wishful ) - could go before we need to bring any others in I can see us getting rid of McC, and perhaps at a push Gardner if a lower team come sniffing... but I think we're stuck with the rest. Elphick I have nothing against he's just not great, but perhaps worth keeping as a CB back up? Richards can GTFO soon as please but no one will take him (except maybe Turkish/Greek leagues?). Hutton just isn't any good, and the few brief moments he's played ok don't make up for the rest of the rubbish, can't believe Shef Weds apparently had interest! Edited August 30, 2017 by alreadyexists 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 So is anyone coming in for our rejects? Your have thought some championship team would at risk Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: So is anyone coming in for our rejects? Your have thought some championship team would at risk Gardner If I wasn't lazy I would post a gif of the renford rejects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Whats this Vermaelen rumor about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 More chance of a club coming in for me than Richards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, HeyAnty said: Whats this Vermaelen rumor about? Same as the Rumours of crouch popping up again - can't see it happening on either. Edited August 30, 2017 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Hopefully the "Other Football" section will be busy tomorrow. We could quite easily lose 8-10 from the gigantic squad and see no negative effect No idea why Stoke would even think of letting Crouch go. 3 games (2 coming on as sub with less than 30 mins to go) this season so far, 2 goals scored. Edited August 30, 2017 by LakotaDakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) http://readastonvilla.com/2017/08/30/free-agent-full-back-training-aston-villa/ Quote FREE AGENT FULL-BACK TRAINING WITH ASTON VILLA Free agent full-back Stephen Kelly is training with Aston Villa, as per this image from Villa Report. The defender became a free agent having left Rotherham United at the end of the 2016/17 season and it looks like he’s training with the Villa side. Edited August 30, 2017 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 26 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: http://readastonvilla.com/2017/08/30/free-agent-full-back-training-aston-villa/ Well we are in desperate need of another rb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We need lots of new players. Good ones. We also need to get rid of lots of players. It doesn't look like either is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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