Adam2003 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Enda said: I’ll stay quiet about Dean Smith and substitutions I think he made the exact changes I would have made today, with the only exception I would have made the Trez one 4-5 mins earlier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 He got it spot on today. Yes he probably should have dropped Barkley a while ago but no point dwelling on that. Only failed to win one game this season after taking the lead. That’s a great record and shows how hard they work and how organised we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Keep dropping Barkley please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just now, villalad21 said: Keep dropping Barkley please That it? You wrote a page of praise on the Leeds thread a couple of weeks ago. You predicted Dean would be taught a lesson today. And this is it, after a great win. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Adam2003 Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Wonder if Bielsa will get another fair play award for letting us walk a goal in again. 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: That it? You wrote a page of praise on the Leeds thread a couple of weeks ago. You predicted Dean would be taught a lesson today. And this is it, after a great win. It’s a better reaction than a lot of Leeds fans will have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Adam2003 said: Wonder if Bielsa will get another fair play award for letting us walk a goal in again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Hes one of the few managers who seems to learn from his defeats and actually enacts gameplans to rectify them. Bielsa's Leeds slapped us around 3 games in a row, and he made sure that didn't happen again. Same thing against Southampton who also seemed to have our number. Yep. Genuinely seems to be learning on the job and whilst he will stick with underperforming players/tactics for a while to give them/it a chance to rectify he has proven he can and will change it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DCJonah said: That it? You wrote a page of praise on the Leeds thread a couple of weeks ago. You predicted Dean would be taught a lesson today. And this is it, after a great win. I'd rather people kept it consistent at least. Some of the disrespect Deano has gotten in the last couple of weeks is insane ("if I'm allowed to say that" ), if anything it'd be more embarrassing if we went from "tactically inept", "clueless muppet" etc to doing a 180 based on one victory. 8th after 24 games with games in hand over most around us, I'm happy to be one of the happy ones myself. Edited February 27, 2021 by Indigo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC44 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The first time I think Smith has ever done a job on the opposition tactically. We pressed high and didn't let Leeds play through us. I haven't seen a team limit Leeds as much as we did today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 so he has now beaten Bielsa and won a game without Jack, after the other shit thrown at him what will be next he will have to tick off. Win a Champions League or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just when he looks to have hit a unsurmountable wall - he keeps popping up with the goods ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Zatman said: so he has now beaten Bielsa and won a game without Jack, after the other shit thrown at him what will be next he will have to tick off. Win a Champions League or something If these two years have shown anything, it is that there will be always be something for the usual crowd to moan about. I've no idea how you can be so negative about this bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yet another ugly shithousery win straight out of Sean Dyche's book. #MakeVillaprettyagain! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, AVFC44 said: The first time I think Smith has ever done a job on the opposition tactically. We pressed high and didn't let Leeds play through us. I haven't seen a team limit Leeds as much as we did today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparrow1988 Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just now, AVFC44 said: The first time I think Smith has ever done a job on the opposition tactically. We pressed high and didn't let Leeds play through us. I haven't seen a team limit Leeds as much as we did today. Are you high or have you just watched last week's game and this one? We beat the champions of this league 7-2 to name one example off the top of my head. If that's not doing a job on the opposition tactically then I don't know what is. There have also been a lot of other examples. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Yet another ugly shithousery win straight out of Sean Dyche's book. #MakeVillaprettyagain! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, Adam2003 said: I think he made the exact changes I would have made today, with the only exception I would have made the Trez one 4-5 mins earlier. Normally I'd be screaming at how long he took to make them second half but genuinely we were far more comfortable than say at Southampton where we made just one in injury time IIRC. I was intently watching it, looked at the clock when play was stopped and it was already up to 70th minute so it really flew by which never happens when we're 1 up and we were never under siege at any stage. Sanson is pretty decent to come on in that type of situation when you're holding onto a lead, neat and tidy. I like him. Barkley and Doug unused subs aswell so big message to them to really up their game next time they get on the pitch and that's how you continue to improve standards at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Yet another ugly shithousery win straight out of Sean Dyche's book. #MakeVillaprettyagain! Was your TV broke first 20 minutes, that was one of the best spells we've had all season. Electric start that completely threw Leeds with AEG at heart of everything. Yes we couldn't get much going second half but neither could Leeds and you'll always have away games over a season where the objective is just to scrap out a 1-0 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Silvers Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Yet another ugly shithousery win straight out of Sean Dyche's book. #MakeVillaprettyagain! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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