Popular Post villan_007 Posted August 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2017 I guess everybody missed Baker being absolutely bossed by our academy striker. Jesus wept. It really is a week to week meltdown isn't it. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 John Terry is/was a word class defender. We have players in our team who were TOP championship players before they joined us. At some point you HAVE to blame management and coaches. Villa is ridden with players who WERE good, WERE leaders for their team yet now a shadow of their former selves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 30, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2017 11 hours ago, pas5898 said: John Terry is/was a word class defender. We have players in our team who were TOP championship players before they joined us. At some point you HAVE to blame management and coaches. Villa is ridden with players who WERE good, WERE leaders for their team yet now a shadow of their former selves. Oh I'm quite a long way past that point. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Need to see more from him. Although I will admit in a better Championship team possibly Cardiff, he would probably still be quality. He seems to have even lost his Captain abilities under Bruce?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Terrible again. Slow and out of position, needs dropping but wait who have we got to replace him? Well done again Bruce... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 It's fair to say that Nathan Baker would do a better job. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I thought he played like he was pissed up, an absolute embarrassment. Apart from another woeful personal display, it's obvious that he isn't bringing any organisation or cohesion to the defence. Selling Baker to play Terry was a disgrace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 What a massive waste of wages. Had major concerns but got suckered in by a pre season game. Has done nothing for us. Pointless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 What a massive mistake selling Baker was. The moment in the second half he played their attacker onside by being about ten yards behind Chester; it was so far beyond shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Very poor today - needs to get his act together and fast ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clip on mullet Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Was poor again today. Caught out of position and looked lost. Bruce won't drop him because we have no one to replace him. We could play a back line of just right backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 The alarm bells starting ringing for me when our "captain" chose to attend a tennis match rather than participate in a preseason friendly for his new club. It was clear his heart wasn't in it to begin with. I'm just so sorry Baker had to be made surplus to bring in Terry for a year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) He's a drastically deteriorated athlete at this stage and he also appears like he can't really be arsed. He's in the small time now and is picking up a massive wage to be so, 100% in autopilot. Edited September 9, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Totally agree here. His lack of Premiership quality may be understandably lacking, but his captain ability should still be prominent. I mean were's all the passion gone he had at Chelsea. He should showing the players who's boss on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I think he's the least of our problems tbh, chester has been much morse for what its worth my opinion of course 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjc Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Interesting, I'm surprised to see most of these views after today. I thought positionally he looked off a couple of times, and maybe I'd expect to see more 'leadership' (although difficult to tangibly think what that means). But not to any major extent on either point. On the flip side, I think at times he still looks a very good defender (as we should expect). He reads things and cuts them out, and a few times in the first half he seemed visibly impatient with the lack of impetus - intercepting and then venturing forward, trying to get balls out wide to Elmo, for example. Basically I agree with @Uncle Albert, I think Chester has looked strangely out of sorts and is playing worse than Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Junxs said: The alarm bells starting ringing for me when our "captain" chose to attend a tennis match rather than participate in a preseason friendly for his new club. It was clear his heart wasn't in it to begin with. I'm just so sorry Baker had to be made surplus to bring in Terry for a year. Or the time he drove down to colchester when he was told to stay home so he could sit with the young lads and be with the squad before the game. There's always a story. I must need my eyes testing. I thought he was solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Solid? The defence was a shambles today and he's the one who's supposed to be organising it. Its a miracle we didn't lose by 3 or 4 today. If Brentford hadn't just lost all their best players, or dare I say still had Hogan up front, we would have been well and truly battered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 By my count, they had 4 gilt-edged chances they had absolutely no right to miss. We were very lucky to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honest_bertie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) gut feeling is that he's not going to work out here. Part time trainer, not seeing the passion he had at Chelsea, all seems like a comfy pay check unfortunately. Terry, Snodgrass, Whealen, Elmo... a lot of money wasted based on the 'experience' 'add a bit of steel' and 'know how how to win' arguments, I'd have rather we'd spent that money on getting a proper manger and builder a younger team that is together and played for each other, with these lot it all feels a bit disjointed. Players signed more on history and name rather than how they will fit into a system and way of playing. Edited September 10, 2017 by honest_bertie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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