PussEKatt Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 4 hours ago, nick76 said: Yet we are still 17th and not in the relegation zone after two thirds of the season. The reason we are 17th is because the teams around us are dropping points, Not because we are winning games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Our twenty-five points would have been enough to keep us out of the bottom three at this stage for eight of the last ten seasons, we're doing no worse than is usual for a team in seventeenth place, and that we're only seventeenth because teams around are dropping points is just logical, you could say the very same thing for any position in the league, like Man City are only second because the teams below them keep dropping points. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lexicon Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 To be fair, we're only 17th because we've got more points than the three teams below us. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 As I said above.The reason we are 17th is because the teams below us are drpping points.We are not winning/drawing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: As I said above.The reason we are 17th is because the teams below us are drpping points.We are not winning/drawing games. Neither are they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, lexicon said: Neither are they. Are we moving away from the bottom 3 teams ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Are we moving away from the bottom 3 teams ? What's the difference between a duck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Are we moving away from the bottom 3 teams ? No, because we're 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: The reason we are 17th is because the teams around us are dropping points, Not because we are winning games. Agreed but we are still 17th. So many are saying we are done for and we can’t see us winning another game, our fixture list coming up is so hard, our recruitment has failed, our players aren’t good enough. We still are 17th, the teams around us are just as bad as us and none of them can see where they are going to win their next game because they concede easy and can’t score. We are 17th, we still have this in our own hands to survive and 11 games to do that with. I don’t know where the next point is coming from, how we stop conceding so many goals and how we start scoring more but again we are 17th after 27 games, despite everything (and there is a lot of validity to what people are saying) but we are 17th.....c’mon the Villa boys!!! Have faith! Edited February 24, 2020 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, romavillan said: What's the difference between a duck? Which type of duck!?!?!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2020 Just now, MaVilla said: Which type of duck!?!?!??! Sorry, what's the difference between a Mallard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villadevon Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 5 hours ago, lexicon said: One thing I've thought about quite a lot lately is training. Does anyone else think that Smith might be overworking players in training throughout the week? Quite a few games we've looked a bit sluggish/lethargic from the off. I don't think half an hour of keepy-uppy then the rest of the day down the boozer is overworking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimevalVillan Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I don't think tactics were the issue against SOU...the execution was just really, really poor. That falls on the players. And sorry not sorry, these are grown men, Dean shouldn't have to bang on the drum to get them to put a shift in and actually do the bare minimum in their positions. I'd say at least 6 or 7 of them couldn't muster that Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 If Smith doesn't drastically change the system and how we play, I think we're doomed. This playing out from the back when most of the players struggle with the ball at their feet simply isn't working. Teams are just pressing us high up the pitch and we're causing ourselves so many problems. Southampton had a game plan against us and it was so obvious we were struggling after the first 10 minutes and yet Smith didn't change it. If I was employed to watch Villa from an opposition perspective, it would be so easy to counter what we try and do. I know it's ugly, but get Davis in the team, stick him up top with Samatta and pump balls up to him and build from there. Tell Samatta to run for the potential flick on and Grealish/McGinn to look for the knock down. F*** the rest of them, they're mostly rubbish. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 We need a change of formation ASAP. The problem is that the 3 at the back becomes a 5, and then the 2 man midfield just constantly gets overrun. It results in us conceding close to 20 chances every single game, and that ladies and gentlemen is why we don’t win enough games, and find ourselves 17th in the league. Also factor in that we are too easy for teams to work out due to the fact we set up the same for pretty much every match. We were 4-3-3 at the start of the season and it’s been 3-4-3 since Burnley away on NYD (5-2-3). I feel DS needs to mix it up a bit, or it’s starting to look bleak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 hour ago, romavillan said: Sorry, what's the difference between a Mallard? Well, is it a non binary mallard?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 hour ago, romavillan said: What's the difference between a duck? It either says quack quack or it doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: It either says quack quack or it doesn't? But. Why doesnt a ducks quack echo? Aliens i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 He changed the shape after we lost badly to Leicester, got lucky against Norwich and then battered by Watford. It worked against Burnley but I think a lot of that was down to Mings returning rather than having a back 3. Even though we managed a few good results with this formation I think when looking at the season as a whole we look a better team as a 433. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, MaVilla said: But. Why doesnt a ducks quack echo? Aliens i reckon. Yep, it's something fishy about those ducks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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