Keyblade Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, jim said: Huge mistake. Has it even been 20 games yet? Way to early to be saying things like this. We're trying to restructure the entire club from the ground up. 17 games in and we've made a huge mistake with our managerial appointment? Give me a break. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted February 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2019 It’s similar to Farke at Norwich. They could have sacked him in the summer but stuck with him so he could bring his own players in and have a preseason. If he had been our manager and ended the season the way Norwich did last season many fans would have been calling for his head. We need to be patient I’m afraid. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Has it even been 20 games yet? Way to early to be saying things like this. We're trying to restructure the entire club from the ground up. 17 games in and we've made a huge mistake with our managerial appointment? Give me a break. Disagree, I’ve seen enough. No improvement for weeks. Yes this squad has its faults but it’s more than good enough to be challenging too 6 in this tin pot league. Average manager way out of his depth and should never have been employed. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Has it even been 20 games yet? Way to early to be saying things like this. We're trying to restructure the entire club from the ground up. 17 games in and we've made a huge mistake with our managerial appointment? Give me a break. When Jack returns we will hopefully start playing like we did in his first few games in charge and everyone will love him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, KHV said: Horihane isn't terrible. He is the only one that delivers a good ball . The problem is down the sides. Hutton Taylor Adomah and El Ghazi are awful Hourihane is terrible. He is awful at almost everything. He doesn't have the legs nor the grit. He pulls out of tackle, he loses possession. Unfortunately he has a v good left foot, which means a few people are fooled by the odd goal and assist, but he is a total liability. Or to sum that up for you he is piss poor at football, but rather good at free kicks. Edited February 2, 2019 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Just now, jim said: Disagree, I’ve seen enough. No improvement for weeks. Yes this squad has its faults but it’s more than good enough to be challenging too 6 in this tin pot league. This is such bollocks. We look shit on paper in my opinion. Take Abraham and Mcginn out and there’s nothing special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: It’s similar to Farke at Norwich. They could have sacked him in the summer but stuck with him so he could bring his own players in and have a preseason. If he had been our manager and ended the season the way Norwich did last season many fans would have been calling for his head. We need to be patient I’m afraid. I thought Farke had previous for promotions galore ? - where as Smith has previous for high scoring - but high conceeding teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Im seeing a familar pattern forming here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, hippo said: I don't know enough about the leeds players - it was more the general approach of bringing in a top manager. Smith most likley will get more time and start next season. I can't say I am hopeful though - as I have said before though, dont forget those who choose the manager had Henry in the frame - so the grass isn't always greener. I would argue that the Leeds squad had inherent qualities to play his system. Although he has repositioned and pulled many from the academy. Perhaps his insight could have also worked on our squad, but it’s not so clear to me. If you had placed the 2 squads side by side at the end of last season, I would say you select the Leeds squad to better master Bielsa’s football philosophy. Bielsa also comes with a cult of personality. He has the aura of a genius. It’s like ‘spy gate’. Even if it had no tactical advantage, you can imagine the boost in confidence it gives to the players. ‘We’ve got the inside track, our leader is one step ahead’. There’s a strong confidence and belief in him and his system from the squad. I think the psychology of belief is underestimated. A metaphorical truth can be as powerful as a literal truth, it dependents on the utility of the outcome. You also cannot discredit the importance of a pre-season in building the conditioning and habits needed for a high press system. There would be little argument that Bielsa is a superior coach to Smith. But there are few like Bielsa in world football. Perhaps Smith will ultimately fail, but he needs to mold his squad and have a preseason. Maybe we do need a Bielsa or a Benitez, someone who’s past is superior to this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Smith seems much happier with the performance than many on here. Edited February 2, 2019 by Brumstopdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is such bollocks. We look shit on paper in my opinion. Take Abraham and Mcginn out and there’s nothing special. We do look bare that is a valid point. We just need to stay in touch of the play offs until Jack's back and we should still just about make it. It's then it will really counts. Until then, we're 4 points off and 16 games to play. Let's keep scrapping away folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 minute ago, hippo said: I thought Farke had previous for promotions galore ? - where as Smith has previous for high scoring - but high conceeding teams You sure about that mate? Also you got some fans saying he has bottled it and turned defensive now so we shouldn’t concede too many from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: This is such bollocks. We look shit on paper in my opinion. Take Abraham and Mcginn out and there’s nothing special. This. People for some absurd reason think our squad is good at football cause it's expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Just now, AvfcRigo82 said: We do look bare that is a valid point. We just need to stay in touch of the play offs until Jack's back and we should still just about make it. It's then it will really counts. Until then, we're 4 points off and 16 games to play. Let's keep scrapping away folks. Unfortunately this is where we are at this present time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: I just thing he has focused on sorting the defence and to that end at least today was an improvement although i am sure better teams will murder us. But we were playing a reading team that barely average a goal per game and out of all of the players they had on the pitch not a single one of them has managed more than 1 goal all season. If we played 1-5-4 with an injured chester as the only defender i'm still not sure that they would have scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Lack of intensity from the players and ideas from Smith IMO, it's poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is such bollocks. We look shit on paper in my opinion. Take Abraham and Mcginn out and there’s nothing special. Compared to the rest of the Championship? Pull the other one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: This. People for some absurd reason think our squad is good at football cause it's expensive. and it has a fair few internationals in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post screwdriver Posted February 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: This is such bollocks. We look shit on paper in my opinion. Take Abraham and Mcginn out and there’s nothing special. croatian number 1 in goal taylor - welsh international hutton - scotland international chester - played at euros welsh international hourihane - full irish international kodgia - ivory coast international adomah - ghana international. The squad is littered with quality. Best squad in the division except for possibly stoke or west brom. The problem is the out of his depth no name manager. job's too big for him The guy is a joke he looks like one of these old piss heads you see hanging outside the bookies smoking roll ups, shit ginger grey hair and joke eyebrows. I'd laugh at him if he was my manager at work. A villa manager should have massive charisma and be impeccably attired in an armani donald trump styled overcoat. This guy is a joke. and a tramp. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 How. No smith think that was a good performance? I thought our cbs were excellent and the keeper. But the play on the left and right sides were very very poor. This team looks nothing like his Brentford team in how we play. Lately we have looked exactly the same as under bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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