KHV Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: That’s absolutely fine. But there seems to be an argument that says we were defensively sound before and since Smith has come in it’s gone to shit which isn’t quite accurate. Bruce is to blame for this seasons mess, it needs addressing badly. I'm not sure Smith is the man to fix the problem, he has always seemed more of a score one more than the opposition kind of guy than a man that will get a team to be organised. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: That’s absolutely fine. But there seems to be an argument that says we were defensively sound before and since Smith has come in it’s gone to shit which isn’t quite accurate. Exactly. Bruce had us shipping as many goals as Smith on average this season, while scoring a lot less. One of them is supposed to be a defense expert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, KHV said: Bruce is to blame for this seasons mess, it needs addressing badly. I'm not sure Smith is the man to fix the problem, he has always seemed more of a score one more than the opposition kind of guy than a man that will get a team to be organised. Yeah I’m not even looking to lay more blame at Bruce’s feet, he’s gone and we’re having to make do with the situation. I’m just wary of this argument that our defence is bad and it’s solely down to Smith. I think he could and should be doing better with it, not loads better, but better than the last month or so. But this idea that our defence had become awful since his appointment just isn’t correct. It’s been bad all season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) Alot of people will have envied Wolves (Myself included) and might think (Well they got taken over by folks with big money and ambition and got top notch players, a top manager and did it in one/two seasons. However now I think about it, they've been setting the foundation for years and just got the funds and ownership in place to push them to the next level. We have sadly done it backwards ffs. (Prompted by watching them play a hell of a game again in the PL and have to temper my angst/jealousy) EDIT: Mind you if we had bought wisely in the first place we wouldn't be talking about building slowly as we probably would have already been promoted. Edited January 19, 2019 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Close the thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Yep, this is over. Squad is rotten to the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 Yep, sad to say. Write the season off. Will be interesting to see if Smith sees it out because serious doubts that he will are creeping in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 Well considering Hull are in great form, coming back from two down isn’t bad. Frustrating though. Feels like another missed opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Season is over now, think it's fair to say Going nowhere with this defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 It's not over, we have to stay up here at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) The big unknown is what will be the rest of our transfer business this month and when JG comes back. 7 points off but there's still time to turn it around. Edited January 19, 2019 by Jareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avcol Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Not gonna happen, unless we fly in peak Nesta, Cannavaro and the real Cafu. We would need a dramatic turnaround and a run of multiple wins on the bounce to challenge for playoffs. Points gap widening and games running out. My heart always wants to believe but my head tells me we'll be nowhere near. We are a poor team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 19, 2019 Moderator Share Posted January 19, 2019 Feels like I should move this thread to other football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Just can't see us being consistent enough to close the gap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nah, it's done this season regards promotion. Even if we did go on some miraculous run (which won't happen with Grealish And Tuanzebe out and no keepers of a decent standard) we still don't have enough to win them. I agree we are a very poor team with a decent striker (who leaves at the seasons end) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: Feels like I should move this thread to other football. you can lock it for sure and it only gets opened again when we ever get in the top 6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Pathetic losers gave up without a hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Well our next 2 games are against 2 of the worst teams in there league. If we don’t get 6 points I’ll say it’s over, If we do get 6 points results go our way and Jack returns for the Shef United game then there’s still a little hope. Hopefully the players haven’t thrown in the towel just yet like some of the fans have. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Well our next 2 games are against 2 of the worst teams in there league. If we don’t get 6 points I’ll say it’s over, If we do get 6 points results go our way and Jack returns for the Shef United game then there’s still a little hope. Hopefully the players haven’t thrown in the towel just yet like some of the fans have. An additional small crumb of comfort - it’s worth considering that there’s currently only one point difference between sixth and fourth (although I doubt that will be the case after Baggies’ next game). The few who have any hope on sixth would presumably also have some hope that fifth is also attainable. It’s irrelevant if we carry on as we are. HAVE to win a bloody game or two though. It feels like it’s very quickly slipping away from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Avcol said: Not gonna happen, unless we fly in peak Nesta, Cannavaro and the real Cafu. They dont have to be peak if honest. Sign them up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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