poitier Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He most certainly doesn't look fat, not his best game by a long way but produced some of our best passes of the night,. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amed Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Knew after 5 minutes he shouldn’t have started / he wasn’t missed during Newcastle game. Barely played tonight.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He must have been one of the players to get Covid. He looks totally off the pace. He was playing well before the outbreak too! In hindsight it looks like a mistake to have brought him back in but to be fair, I probably would have made the same decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, M_Afro said: He must have been one of the players to get Covid. He looks totally off the pace. He was playing well before the outbreak too! In hindsight it looks like a mistake to have brought him back in but to be fair, I probably would have made the same decision. He looks pretty much how he did before the Covid stuff happened. Has one very good performance in roughly every 5-8 games which is not good enough at this level. we needed someone to patrol in front of defence and win balls vs Burnley, both Luiz and McGinn were absolutely useless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Seriously though why does he always come back like a sack of shit. Miles off it today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 27 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: He looks pretty much how he did before the Covid stuff happened. Has one very good performance in roughly every 5-8 games which is not good enough at this level. we needed someone to patrol in front of defence and win balls vs Burnley, both Luiz and McGinn were absolutely useless. This is why I am think Sanson is his replacement. Sanson has CL experience and is a quicker upgrade on McGinn. Hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 That pass for Watkins in the first half was killer. But didn't do much else worth mentioning... He seems to have come weaker than most from the covid break, hope he sorts himself out quickly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He was poor today and when that happens we seem to lose. Hopefully better on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: He was poor today and when that happens we seem to lose. Hopefully better on Saturday. That's part of the problem with him, inconsistency. One good game then three poor games, I'd take him out next time for Nakamba who must feel aggrieved for losing his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2021 John is a lovely bloke and must be good fun and positive influence in the team, but if we're aiming higher than mid-table, he can't be a starter. Sanson will take his place, and I'm sure John will take it well. He'll still get his chances and will be very useful to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He’s just so chronically inconsistent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: That's part of the problem with him, inconsistency. One good game then three poor games, I'd take him out next time for Nakamba who must feel aggrieved for losing his place. I doubt Nakamba will feel aggrieved! Came in for a regular who had a 1 game ban and did well against a poor Newcastle side. There is no way he would have been expecting to take John's place today. Edited January 27, 2021 by birdman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I think he must have had Covid. When I tried to play football straight after Covid I was gasping for air after about 10 mins, but worst thing was the mental side of things - felt really spaced out, not my normal self. All fine now, but unpleasant experience at the time. If that's what he's going through, I sympathise. Anyway, in fairness to him, some of his passes tonight were absolutely brilliant. Don't really buy this idea he was shit - think a lot of people are reacting to the freak scoreline and not taking in the game as a whole. Annoys me how some of our fans turn on players so quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I think he must have had Covid. When I tried to play football straight after Covid I was gasping for air after about 10 mins, but worst thing was the mental side of things - felt really spaced out, not my normal self. All fine now, but unpleasant experience at the time. If that's what he's going through, I sympathise. Anyway, in fairness to him, some of his passes tonight were absolutely brilliant. Don't really buy this idea he was shit - think a lot of people are reacting to the freak scoreline and not taking in the game as a whole. Annoys me how some of our fans turn on players so quickly. McGinn shouldn't be playing then if he isn't fit. All conjecture though. McGinn isn't s*** it wasn't my intention, he's woefully inconsistent. A couple of good passes does not make a player, he's far too weak in the middle. Against Southampton (at home) similar points were made and he didn't make any decent passes that day This will be one reason we will be midtable, he goes missing. The whole point about 'next-level' is improving those players who perform once every three matches, maybe (hoping) Sanson is that player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I thought he played some good passes tonight so not a terrible performance. Another who seems to come under the category of completely undroppable and no one in world football capable of replacing him. Sanson's been a regular for top team in France and playing in europe last few years so has pedigree to suggest he can be at least SJM's equal when he gets up to speed after a few weeks so will be interesting the midfield we end the season with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Seriously though why does he always come back like a sack of shit. Miles off it today. He seems to take longer to get up to speed in this league. Championship was fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2021 Why does he seem absolutely gassed after 55/60 mins? It's not just this season - he's always been that way. I love him and he's a very good player, but he needs to able to effect games in the last 30 mins but he just seems to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Don't know if it's covid, if it is, then this obviously has caveats...but we have seen this before with him. You can't be taking 4/5 games to get fit/play yourself into form, not at this level. Well, you could before we start buying Champions League players willy nilly. Be interesting to see if it's Barkley or McGinn that gets dropped at Southampton because I'd definitely drop one of them. Long term, if a fit John McGinn isn't starting for us we'll be an incredibly good side. No lower than 8th in the PL so that does bode well. He had a chance tonight to rattle some cages and show that starting spot is his. He didn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) On 28/01/2021 at 02:33, Tomaszk said: Don't know if it's covid, if it is, then this obviously has caveats...but we have seen this before with him. You can't be taking 4/5 games to get fit/play yourself into form, not at this level. Well, you could before we start buying Champions League players willy nilly. Be interesting to see if it's Barkley or McGinn that gets dropped at Southampton because I'd definitely drop one of them. Long term, if a fit John McGinn isn't starting for us we'll be an incredibly good side. No lower than 8th in the PL so that does bode well. He had a chance tonight to rattle some cages and show that starting spot is his. He didn't. Spot on. Seems like McGinn is infallible to some and we aren't allowed to criticise lacklustre and inconsistency. Very odd, maybe he is Villa Talks God. It's great we are improving but don't stand still. Sentiment will slow us down! Edited January 29, 2021 by Zhan_Zhuang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 he was really really poor tonight, could pass for toffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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