VillanousOne Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, lexicon said: This is the thing, really - while Trez and AEG have had an uptick in form lately, when they're playing the average game, they're not up to much. Well Trez earned plaudits for his work rate, but as soon as he gets near the goal he is like bambi on ice. an on form, on fire El Ghazi getting benched as soon as Barkley came back looking slow and unfit, made zero sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 These “freak results” seem to happen to us far too often to suggest they are anything but freak in my opinion.... we just aren’t clinical enough as a team and until that changes teams will always have a chance against us even if we go 1-0 up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave-R said: Dont think any of the subs we put on were much of anything today. We really became our own enemy in that second half. Burnley scraped the bottom of the barrel for that win and it paid off True but it's always tough throwing them on once we're actually behind as we saw Burnley can just sit back and defend the box. There were 5 minutes between 2-2 and 3-2 so I was assuming at least one would be made then but didn't happen for some reason. Would've been plenty of space giving Burnley were pushing lots more players forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, hippo said: 1st para - you may have point. 2nd Para explains why Barkley and Mcginn start. El Ghazi scored 5 in 6. He should be starting. Jack is better in the middle anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, bobzy said: I think that's harsh on Emi tbh. Agreed - he's been brilliant for us all season. But tonight he dipped from those very high standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Warning signs were the even at Newcastle. If you aren't clinical in front of goal these kind of result will happen more often than not in this league. c'mon maaaaaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, VillanousOne said: Well Trez earned plaudits for his work rate, but as soon as he gets near the goal he is like bambi on ice. an on form, on fire El Ghazi getting benched as soon as Barkley came back looking slow and unfit, made zero sense. Have to get Barkley up to speed somehow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted January 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2021 The only people to blame are the players themselves. Didn’t take their opportunity to close out the game and allowed two poor goals to let Burnley back in. There’s been glimpses of it all season, people have just chooses to ignore it. The last few days fans have been talking about Top 4 and the next level, well, we have a long way to go before that talk can be justified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 We played superb. Really superb football. Then we collapse defensively. I don't think that's on Smith. At all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, lexicon said: Have to get Barkley up to speed somehow. Bring him on as a sub. His stamina isn't there to cover the full 90 minutes and is better against teams who are sitting back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 For the record I get there is place for in game management and subs and he could have and probably should have acted sooner. My response was more to the hyperbole of Dean Smiths late changes costing us the game from the usual suspect that waits for any chance to pounce on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I thought it sent out the wrong message that Barkley gets straight back into the team, when Ghazi was performing so well and gets dropped, seems harsh. Barkley should have been made to earn his spot again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted January 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, DCJonah said: So its a guarantee us making subs stops that? This is the Laughable thing about the same people moaning about them. Its like FM/Fifa syndrome. It works on there so it must always work in real life. We missed endless chances. That's cost us the game. Not subs. I'm sorry for having an opinion different to yours. You're right of course. I feel so foolish now you've set me straight. Edited January 27, 2021 by Villan_of_oz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, MotoMkali said: Bring him on as a sub. His stamina isn't there to cover the full 90 minutes and is better against teams who are sitting back. Think we're better off playing him and having Jack out on the left than reshuffling to accommodate someone like AEG or Trez, as a lot of the time they'd be less effectual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: For the record I get there is place for in game management and subs and he could have and probably should have acted sooner. My response was more to the hyperbole of Dean Smiths late changes costing us the game from the usual suspect that waits for any chance to pounce on him. Has anyone actually said this? Edit - Just seen it, no surprises who it was... Edited January 27, 2021 by penguin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, AVFCforever1991 said: I thought it sent out the wrong message that Barkley gets straight back into the team, when Ghazi was performing so well and gets dropped, seems harsh. Barkley should have been made to earn his spot again. 100 % agree but i think Barkley got some very strong promises when signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 You can't win them all and sometimes things just don't go your way. I don't think there were any major mis-steps today from the management or players - just one of those things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, DCJonah said: So its a guarantee us making subs stops that? This is the Laughable thing about the same people moaning about them. Its like FM/Fifa syndrome. It works on there so it must always work in real life. We missed endless chances. That's cost us the game. Not subs. We might not have faced those chances had he subbed off the knackered ones is all that most of us are saying (ignoring the obvious troll), I’m not sure how you can’t see the argument has merit? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, hippo said: Agreed - he's been brilliant for us all season. But tonight he dipped from those very high standards. I'm not sure either goal is his fault though, really. Neither are a mistake IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Mister_a said: We might not have faced those chances had he subbed off the knackered ones is all that most of us are saying (ignoring the obvious troll), I’m not sure how you can’t see the argument has merit? They scored from a cross. How was fresh legs changing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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