terrytini Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This season we have no Terry, no Samba and no Elphick. Im amazed this doesn’t concern you. Your post had a good analysis of last season and I understand why there is concern, I just don’t think our defence - and I’d include a holding midfielder in that seeing as Bruce always plays one, and I’d include at least another 2 players since he places great emphasis on players defending - ) is that poor compared to what I regularly see in the Championship, both since we joined it and over many seasons before. We can concede 45/50 goals and still be fine. Possibly a handful more. Hutton, Elmo, Bree, Jedi, Taylor, De Laet, Chester, Axel, and DMs of Whelan and Birkir. There’s a lot worse. I don’t think it’s a first class defence, but I don’t think we need one. I think it’ll do a reasonable job. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post briny_ear Posted August 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2018 17 minutes ago, macandally said: Stopped listening when he said that this is a club where we would have lots of possession and enjoy ourselves. He has obviously never seen us play!! If he had watched our last 5 games, he would have seen we had possession of 63 - 61 - 57 - 59 - 56% But let’s not allow facts to get in the way here, eh? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, briny_ear said: Maybe it was hearing about the appointment of Christian Purslow that tipped him over? No way could it have been dinosaur Bruce. Welcome into the light 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlico_Villa Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, PompeyVillan said: There is no way that Abraham comes here to sit on the bench. So to me that means either we play two up front which isn't particularly fashionable or well suited to us, or Kodjia plays wide. No way Bruce plays 2 up top. He hates playing even 1! Edited August 31, 2018 by Pimlico_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vive_La_Villa Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, terrytini said: Your post had a good analysis of last season and I understand why there is concern, I just don’t think our defence - and I’d include a holding midfielder in that seeing as Bruce always plays one, and I’d include at least another 2 players since he places great emphasis on players defending - ) is that poor compared to what I regularly see in the Championship, both since we joined it and over many seasons before. We can concede 45/50 goals and still be fine. Possibly a handful more. Hutton, Elmo, Bree, Jedi, Taylor, De Laet, Chester, Axel, and DMs of Whelan and Birkir. There’s a lot worse. I don’t think it’s a first class defence, but I don’t think we need one. I think it’ll do a reasonable job. I hope you’re right but I personally think you are underestimating the completion for promotion. Especially when they have established defenders in the right positions. keeping on topic I think Abraham is exactly what we need based on what I’ve seen so far this season. A big strong physical presence that knows where the goal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Moustache of Teale Posted August 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2018 16 minutes ago, briny_ear said: If he had watched our last 5 games, he would have seen we had possession of 63 - 61 - 57 - 59 - 56% But let’s not allow facts to get in the way here, eh? If you extrapolate those statistics then by December 8th we won’t even touch the ball. Bruce out! 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Moustache of Teale said: If you extrapolate those statistics then by December 8th we won’t even touch the ball. Bruce out! Which might be a good thing because in our first two games we only had 48 and 49% and we won both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I hope you’re right but I personally think you are underestimating the completion for promotion. Especially when they have established defenders in the right positions. keeping on topic I think Abraham is exactly what we need based on what I’ve seen so far this season. A big strong physical presence that knows where the goal is. I also think Abraham is exactly what we need up top. If he brings people in, and scores the Darren Bent type tap ins, I think we can add considerably to last years tally. As for the others, well there’s always competition in this League, but we need about 7 more points than last season, Boro need maybe 14 more, Derby 15, Leeds 30, Forest 40 etc. I’ve not seen where they’ve improved enough to manage that, whereas I’d say this guy alone gets us 10 more than last season, add a fit Kodja alongside, etc etc..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 52 minutes ago, macandally said: Stopped listening when he said that this is a club where we would have lots of possession and enjoy ourselves. He has obviously never seen us play!! Or he has seen us play but isn't influenced by the Bruceball exaggeration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 35 minutes ago, terrytini said: Your post had a good analysis of last season and I understand why there is concern, I just don’t think our defence - and I’d include a holding midfielder in that seeing as Bruce always plays one, and I’d include at least another 2 players since he places great emphasis on players defending - ) is that poor compared to what I regularly see in the Championship, both since we joined it and over many seasons before. We can concede 45/50 goals and still be fine. Possibly a handful more. Hutton, Elmo, Bree, Jedi, Taylor, De Laet, Chester, Axel, and DMs of Whelan and Birkir. There’s a lot worse. I don’t think it’s a first class defence, but I don’t think we need one. I think it’ll do a reasonable job. plus we still have Jan to plug that hole (over a half a season) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted August 31, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2018 56 minutes ago, macandally said: Stopped listening when he said that this is a club where we would have lots of possession and enjoy ourselves. He has obviously never seen us play!! Or he's been told that he'll be playing for Thierry Henry before the end of November. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PompeyVillan Posted August 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Or he has seen us play but isn't influenced by the Bruceball exaggeration Everyone is welcome to their own opinion. Of course, when John Terry is recommending us as a club to Tammy Abraham then I would take that as a really, really positive endorsement. I'm happy to hear that Jack Grealish (wanted by one of the top premier league teams) is touting us to Bolasie and Abraham. We can't be that unattractive to play for, we seem to attract some exciting players. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 4 minutes ago, PompeyVillan said: Everyone is welcome to their own opinion. Of course, when John Terry is recommending us as a club to Tammy Abraham then I would take that as a really, really positive endorsement. I'm happy to hear that Jack Grealish (wanted by one of the top premier league teams) is touting us to Bolasie and Abraham. We can't be that unattractive to play for, we seem to attract some exciting players. Yep. Who’d have thought VT would be overly negative? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Brumstopdogs said: He seems very good at getting on the end of other players fails, that said he should end up with a gold mine of goals from our bunch lol. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted August 31, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Brumstopdogs said: Tammy always has his eggs poached, that’s for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) I decided to look up Tammy Abraham on Wikipedia as I assumed it was not his birth name. I was not expecting to see that his full name is Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham! So he is actually called Kevin, I would never have guessed that. Also, Good luck fitting that full name into a decent coherent terrace chant! Edit. To add, no wonder it took two days to complete the deal, his signature must be huge! Edited August 31, 2018 by NeilS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, NeilS said: his full name is Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham! So he is actually called Kevin, I would never have guessed that. Edit. To add, no wonder it took two days to complete the deal, his signature must be huge! Good job all of his name doesn't go on the back of his shirt! Edited August 31, 2018 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Good job all of his name doesn't go on the back of his shirt! Think of the money that could be made in lettering alone. Perhaps that is our plan ref FFP. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 44 minutes ago, NeilS said: his full name is Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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