Nigel Posted August 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, jim said: Top 2 should be achieved with this squad. Over to you Bruce. Did you just copy and paste this from last year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 On 23/08/2018 at 07:30, One For The Road said: We need a new goalkeeper and 2 new defenders if we are to have any hope at all of competing for an automatic spot. If we don't bring any defenders in at all then I fail to see how we can get into the play offs as we are so, so poor at the back that the pressure on our attackers is far too much. Interesting how you can disagree totally about the same facts. For me, the urgent need is to get more cutting edge in front of goal.We dominated Brentford for 70 minutes but were pathetic when it came to scoring attempts. We won’t get promoted unless we can fix this. Defence is fine in my view. Just need a bit more time to settle in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 14 hours ago, Nigel said: Still, imagine how much it would drag had Tony not sold up. Shudder to think of the team we would be putting out! It wouldn't have been pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, briny_ear said: Interesting how you can disagree totally about the same facts. For me, the urgent need is to get more cutting edge in front of goal.We dominated Brentford for 70 minutes but were pathetic when it came to scoring attempts. We won’t get promoted unless we can fix this. Defence is fine in my view. Just need a bit more time to settle in. I'd say the goals we have conceded thus far are proof the defence isn't fine. We have scored plenty of goals this season already but conceded too many. Edited August 25, 2018 by One For The Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, briny_ear said: Interesting how you can disagree totally about the same facts. For me, the urgent need is to get more cutting edge in front of goal.We dominated Brentford for 70 minutes but were pathetic when it came to scoring attempts. We won’t get promoted unless we can fix this. Defence is fine in my view. Just need a bit more time to settle in. I can’t agree with this. First half the defence was protected by the high pressing and us retaining the ball. One attack and they scored. Second half they put pressure on and missed 2 sitters. It’s not enough to have a great midfield and attack. Defence must also be solid if we have aspirations of top 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Silly points dropped, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I din5 think we are going up. We needed a good start and we haven’t had it. Bruce’s return in the last three games have been pathetic. I’m losing patience with the crap starts each year. He has no excuses, absolutely none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2018 Still say this team isn't going up. We need a leader in the defense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 A grim week. To go up automatically, assuming you score more points at home than away, which is true of the vast majority of teams, we will presumably need to take something in the region of 50 points or just over from the 69 available at home. This week, then, we've dropped about 20% of the home points we can drop all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 We are not good enough. Days like today the players have to take some responsibility. Is it complacency? Everytime we move forward we fall back to old habits. Slow start, moving the ball slowly. too many touches, too many sideways passes, not enough risks. Players receiving the ball in the opposition third and just killing it dead, looking up and waiting an age to move it. Is Bruce telling them to do this? No. Why does Bruce have to scream at them to move the **** ball? Absolutely sick of it. We should go out every week to win the game. Play on the front foot. Why are there so many days like today when it is just flat as a fart. A forward pass into someone's foot is like trying to perform brain surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Says something when Bruce has to scream on the sideline for players to pass the ball to each other instead of standing on it, and has to instruct his midfield to put in tackles. Half arsed. Shite mentality. Good club. Good facilities. Nice ground? It's all comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 We are still 3rd highest scorers in Championship which i find incredible as we have 1 striker and dont create too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjackle Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Need to win next week to be on a reasonable points total from these starting fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2018 A win against the blades next and it’s back to a two point game average. But big improvements needed in order to make a real challenge going forward against better opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Would snatch your hands off for play off place. We are nowhere near good enough for top 2 this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Simply, we have too many of these games each season to go up automatically. The top sides win that 2 or 3 nil. Not ruthless enough sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2018 In order to win we cannot let the opponent on our side of the field or we run a big risk of conceding. Once we master this strategy, I'm sure the wins will come and we'll go up after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I'm sick to death of drawing games we should be winning. We should have won the last 3. Its cost us dearly the last couple of seasons and its got to stop. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Would snatch your hands off for play off place. We are nowhere near good enough for top 2 this time. I'm not willing to stick a pin in it just yet, but we certainly cannot have a week like that at any point in the remainder of the season, nor can we afford to go three games without a win agai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Mazrim said: I'm sick to death of drawing games we should be winning. We should have won the last 3. Its cost us dearly the last couple of seasons and its got to stop. It's not going to stop with Bruce in charge. It will always be about trying to close shop in the last 15 minutes where we are winning instead of keeping on the front foot to defend what we have. It will always be throw on all the strikers if we're losing. And despite neither of these tactics particularly working for us over the last 2 years, you will just see the same again this year which will cost us crucial points over and over again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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