MotoMkali Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I really want him to succeed but he has clear weaknesses that he needs to fix if we as a team are to progress. - Needs to stop playing favourites so much. Playing McGinn and Barkley to fitness cost us a number of points. If you can't get fit through training then you shouldn't be playing. - Needs to be more proactive with tactical changes whether that is during half time or with subs. We always seem to start slow in the second half because Smith doesn't make the necessary adjustments to deal with changes other teams make. - Increased rotation. There were a number of games this season where Jack should have been subbed earlier which I'm sure contributed to his injury. I hope he is more active with those subs next season. -As a team we need to press our advantage. When we score we retreat into our shell and let the opponent put pressure on us. The few games where we continued with our moment we smoked some teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 18 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Speaking of managers Claret and Blue podcast have 2 and half hour chat with Uncle John Gregory. Think I'm going to enjoy the hell out of that. It was great, he's my fav manager of my time as a Villa fan. I was a bit too young to appreciate Big Ron. If Dean can keep improving as a manager and keep us in the top 6 mix for a couple of years he'll jump to 2nd on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrBlack Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 05/06/2021 at 17:50, Villaphan04 said: Indeed he does. Whilst it may restrict our market, and mean teams will try to make us pay a surplus for who we're after, we seem to have a leadership across the board that have mastered how to handle this. I'm sure some of our transfer links are leaked by the club, about players we have genuinely no interest in. They seem to be pokerface masters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Was chatting with a mate today: There's every chance Southgate will leave the England job after the Euros - even if he does get to the latter stages (if he doesn't with this squad he'll definitely be out). Surely Smith would be a serious candidate for the FA - do you think he'd leave what he has here at Villa if he was offered the England job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, El-Reacho said: Was chatting with a mate today: There's every chance Southgate will leave the England job after the Euros - even if he does get to the latter stages (if he doesn't with this squad he'll definitely be out). Surely Smith would be a serious candidate for the FA - do you think he'd leave what he has here at Villa if he was offered the England job? I believe he's said before it's the only job he'd choose to leave Villa for. I imagine the FA will approach Lampard or Howe first though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: I believe he's said before it's the only job he'd choose to leave Villa for. I imagine the FA will approach Lampard or Howe first though I'm not sure he would.....my passion is more for Villa than England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 If it's not Grealish, it's Smith. You can tell alot of Villa fans just can't handle the concept of having and keeping nice things. lol As soon as anything is going r8ght, there " must " be a counter negative as surely we can't have all these good things at once. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, El-Reacho said: Was chatting with a mate today: There's every chance Southgate will leave the England job after the Euros - even if he does get to the latter stages (if he doesn't with this squad he'll definitely be out). Surely Smith would be a serious candidate for the FA - do you think he'd leave what he has here at Villa if he was offered the England job? He could be at Villa for a long time if things keep progressing. Why give that up for poison chalice of England manager job? Edited June 7, 2021 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 03/06/2021 at 11:30, MotoMkali said: I really want him to succeed but he has clear weaknesses that he needs to fix if we as a team are to progress. - Needs to stop playing favourites so much. Playing McGinn and Barkley to fitness cost us a number of points. If you can't get fit through training then you shouldn't be playing. - Needs to be more proactive with tactical changes whether that is during half time or with subs. We always seem to start slow in the second half because Smith doesn't make the necessary adjustments to deal with changes other teams make. - Increased rotation. There were a number of games this season where Jack should have been subbed earlier which I'm sure contributed to his injury. I hope he is more active with those subs next season. -As a team we need to press our advantage. When we score we retreat into our shell and let the opponent put pressure on us. The few games where we continued with our moment we smoked some teams. And yet on the first and third of these any time we are linked with a player where we already have a solid first teamer people ask “where will (for example) Ward-Prowse play when we already have McGinn, DL and Sanson?” I agree with you Smith needs to build a wider squad he has more faith in - but so let’s not assume a player is done for if we sign someone else in their position (not saying you’re doing that here, it just seems a common theme in the transfer thread). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejs1111 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 21 hours ago, TRO said: I'm not sure he would.....my passion is more for Villa than England. Dean?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 His main downfall last season was only using 11 players first half of the season. Inevitably injuries will start to stack up and players will suffer from fatigue. Got to learn to rotate more. If he do the same thing next season i can see the same thing happening again. Squad management is a crucial part of a manager's job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, villalad21 said: His main downfall last season was only using 11 players first half of the season. Inevitably injuries will start to stack up and players will suffer from fatigue. Got to learn to rotate more. If he do the same thing next season i can see the same thing happening again. Squad management is a crucial part of a manager's job. You just told me Nakamba needs to start every game Serious note though I agree with you on this. Including Jack not playing every minute. I don’t blame him for it not being the case as our squad has been largely gash, but don’t think we can use that excuse after this summer. Edited June 8, 2021 by Adam2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, villalad21 said: His main downfall last season was only using 11 players first half of the season. Inevitably injuries will start to stack up and players will suffer from fatigue. Got to learn to rotate more. If he do the same thing next season i can see the same thing happening again. Squad management is a crucial part of a manager's job. A silly stick to beat Smith with. If you look at Liverpool 19/20 player minutes in PL of their 12th-18th players we gave more to ours season just gone and we're not in Europe. Barring obvious injuries and a couple of signings Liverpool play the same PL team last 3 seasons with no special rotation different from us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Kiwivillan said: A silly stick to beat Smith with. If you look at Liverpool 19/20 player minutes in PL of their 12th-18th players we gave more to ours season just gone and we're not in Europe. Barring obvious injuries and a couple of signings Liverpool play the same PL team last 3 seasons with no special rotation different from us How is it a silly stick when people have been using this at Bielsa? We pretty much did the Bielsa burn out last season, and better squad management is required if we want to be consistent for a whole season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just now, villalad21 said: How is it a silly stick when people have been using this at Bielsa? We pretty much did the Bielsa burn out last season, and better squad management is required if we want to be consistent for a whole season. But Liverpool won the league in 19/20 with less rotation while playing in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: But Liverpool won the league in 19/20 with less rotation while playing in Europe You have the numbers on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 The impact of the worst COVID outbreak in the league should also not be underestimated. I think that had more to do with our tail off than any “burn out” hypothesis. I was also very pleased to see smith say in his end of season interview that everyone - himself included - had to get better if we want to achieve our objectives for this forthcoming season. Give him a more balanced squad with genuine options on the bench and I’m convinced he’ll show more flexibility etc. I think we started to see that with the kids being blooded at the end of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: You have the numbers on that? Liverpool winning season 11 players most PL minutes = 30169 Villa 20/21 season 11 players most PL minutes = 31181 That means our 11 played average of 92 mins more than Liverpool 11 who played way more matches anyway winning Champions League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said: A silly stick to beat Smith with. If you look at Liverpool 19/20 player minutes in PL of their 12th-18th players we gave more to ours season just gone and we're not in Europe. Barring obvious injuries and a couple of signings Liverpool play the same PL team last 3 seasons with no special rotation different from us Yeah and look at them this year. All that wear and tear has caught up and their players have been ****. Salah and Mane have been awful, Henderson been injured for ages. Trent just picked up an injury, Gomez and Matip are constantly out as well. They are hardly a good example to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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