Okonokos Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 58 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I personally would have brought Nakamba on for Watkins after we scored, to get an extra man in midfield and control the game more. Keinan is more than capable in holding his own up there, especially against 10 men. No way. Nakamba is not good enough on the ball and we had all of it. It would have made him a bit of a liability. He'd be better brought on if they were having more possession than us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Okonokos said: No way. Nakamba is not good enough on the ball and we had all of it. It would have made him a bit of a liability. He'd be better brought on if they were having more possession than us. Nakamba has done well the last times i've seen him. McGinn was awful as well today. I'm proud enough to stand by my opinion. Edited September 21, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Nakamba has done well the last times i've seen him. McGinn was awful as well today. I'm proud enough to stand by my opinion. Bit lol at that last bit. What the hell. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) He needs to learn. Just 10 men advantage amateur hour. AGAIN. AND AGAIN. Was about 80 minutes of clueless attacking football. We kept hoofing into a huge 3 man backline with a single striker. Just awful football and complete amateur'esque management. Edited September 21, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Nakamba has done well the last times i've seen him. McGinn was awful as well today. I'm proud enough to stand by my opinion. When was the last time you saw him? He was dreadful in possession against Burton. Agree on McGinn though. He plays too high up the pitch for me and seemed reluctant to track back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: He needs to learn. Just 10 men advantage amateur hour. Was about 80 minutes of clueless attacking football. We kept hoofing into a huge 3 man backline with a single striker. Just awful football and complete amateur'esque management. Don't think there was any reason to panic. They showed no threat at all apart from the play for the penalty and it was inevitable they were going to tire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: He needs to learn. Just 10 men advantage amateur hour. AGAIN. AND AGAIN. Was about 80 minutes of clueless attacking football. We kept hoofing into a huge 3 man backline with a single striker. Just awful football and complete amateur'esque management. And 3pts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Nakamba has done well the last times i've seen him. McGinn was awful as well today. I'm proud enough to stand by my opinion. Nakamba is effective at breaking up play and helps the defence when we're up against it and the opposition are piling on the pressure. That's his game. Tonight wasn't. He's just not quite good enough on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted September 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2020 Unbeaten in our last 6 games five of which have been in the league where we have conceded just 2 goals. He has over seen quite the turnaround defensively. Attacking wise we are way too pedestrian at times but the injection of pace with Traore will help and hopefully we bring in a least one more attacking player with either pace or who can move the ball quicker. I am hopeful this season Smith can do what he has over the last couple of years and we can continue to improve and progress under him. He has clearly learned lessons from his first three quarters of last season as a top flight manager and reflected on them/acted on them during lockdown. I am hopeful he/we won't be as naive this season. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: He needs to learn. Just 10 men advantage amateur hour. AGAIN. AND AGAIN. Was about 80 minutes of clueless attacking football. We kept hoofing into a huge 3 man backline with a single striker. Just awful football and complete amateur'esque management. 1) hence why we brought Traore and want Rashica because we need more in the attacking players 2) he has learned, we won 3) last line.....WTF? Just hyperbole! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted September 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2020 I always enjoy the football manager arrogance displayed in this thread. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted September 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Oh wow haha. Quite surprised by some of the reactions in here, until I saw the name of the users posting them. We did well today really. When the last season ended I think we all knew we need attacking reinforcements, so far we've got 1 in Watkins who was making his debut and very nearly scored a couple. Edited September 21, 2020 by PieFacE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Did really well for a first game where utd had some play time in them. Sheffield utd will give them there dues were tough to break down and solidat the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Sam-AVFC said: Don't think there was any reason to panic. They showed no threat at all apart from the play for the penalty and it was inevitable they were going to tire. They were having a few corners at the end and getting plenty of crosses in. Seen plenty of teams down to 10 men barely cross the halfway line (usually us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Total Domination if you asked me, utd just put enough at the back at the right time to interrupt our attacks. Think the problem was we attacked to slow, sent crosses in to slow as players holding the ball to long. We just need to be faster getting in there and releasing crosses. Edited September 21, 2020 by Dave-R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, KenjiOgiwara said: He needs to learn. Just 10 men advantage amateur hour. AGAIN. AND AGAIN. Was about 80 minutes of clueless attacking football. We kept hoofing into a huge 3 man backline with a single striker. Just awful football and complete amateur'esque management. This isn't what happened at all. Do you even watch the games? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, DCJonah said: I always enjoy the football manager arrogance displayed in this thread. Dude come on. It's easy. You just re-load until you win. If you are super desperate you reload, take over the opposition club with a manager called jdjdjrjdhx........selected the 1-1-8 formation, drop the key players....... Easy. Sort it deano. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, foreveryoung said: Needs to learn how to use subs....................................still needs to learn. We looked much better after Davis came on for Conor, with Watkins wide and Grealish in midfield. I thought Deano he had a decent day in the office tbh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Did the one thing I was worried he wouldnt do this season; changed our shape when we were clearly not making in roads, early enough for it to make a difference. Yes, more changes may have been welcome, but there just aren't any other players on the bench that would have made an impact. The AEG of 2018 might have been a good choice, but the one that played against Burton did nothing in that game to warrant a call up. I'd have thrown him on for the last 10 mins but not to change the game, just for some fresh legs and to give him some time in a winning team for some confidence... but that's a meh kind of point for me. Great work from Dean tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieranavfc Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: Unbeaten in our last 6 games five of which have been in the league where we have conceded just 2 goals. He has over seen quite the turnaround defensively. Attacking wise we are way too pedestrian at times but the injection of pace with Traore will help and hopefully we bring in a least one more attacking player with either pace or who can move the ball quicker. I am hopeful this season Smith can do what he has over the last couple of years and we can continue to improve and progress under him. He has clearly learned lessons from his first three quarters of last season as a top flight manager and reflected on them/acted on them during lockdown. I am hopeful he/we won't be as naive this season. This is a good point really, in our last 5 league games we haven't even conceded in the first 84 minutes, only the late goals at Everton and West Ham (fluke). Considering we conceded 65 in the first 34 games of last season it's hard to not give him credit for that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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