villa4europe Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, PaulC said: The third was definate imo. the 2nd bordeline. The 3rd is not a mings mistake yes mings should do better but he's had a ball headed down at him on to his weaker foot from 4 yards away from a guy getting a free header, it's bad anticipation but its not a mistake leading to a goal If anyone should get a stat for that goal it's cash, horrible marking This is a big part of the problem with Mings, everything that's even slightly poor is labelled as a mistake or an error and has all the context removed because people only want to look at mings Edited February 12, 2022 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Some people: MINGS IS EVERY MISTAKE. It's getting boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 59 minutes ago, PaulC said: The third was definate imo. the 2nd bordeline. Again the 2nd... Ignore the 4 villa players taken out by a backheel and focus on mings Its a weak jump and he should do better but its not a mistake and that goal is not solely on mings One photo showed 10 villa players in our box for that goal, only 3 of them actually **** move, mings, coutinho and Buendia, the others just stand and watch But yeah definitely mings again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Am I Mings biggest fan, no. Is he to blame for the catalogue of errors this season in defence, definitely not. I think the bottom line is, several players were all culpable for the goals on Wed. Whether through poor positioning, not cutting out crosses, not tracking runners...You could easily find several things wrong with the passage of plays leading up to each goal. Is Mings error prone, yes. Is every player error prone, yes of course they are. It's soft to pick out anyone player in the team and apportion all the blame in their direction when collectively we were poor around the pitch. We have been on a rollercoaster this year with most the squad being below par imo. From the start of the season under Smith to now. Even though there have been team improvements, we have yet to really see this team kick on from last year. It's frustrating when you now look at the squad quality but happens all the time at every club. Things can take time to adjust and settle properly. I for one don't think the defence are a whole lot worse than last season. I think the added expectation and change in system is as much to blame as the players for the errors that have occurred and personally I just find it hard to slate and write off a unit that for the most part have been excellent the last couple of years and not our weakest area. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Put a quality specialist DM in there protecting them and it's a different Villa team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 56 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Again the 2nd... Ignore the 4 villa players taken out by a backheel and focus on mings Its a weak jump and he should do better but its not a mistake and that goal is not solely on mings One photo showed 10 villa players in our box for that goal, only 3 of them actually **** move, mings, coutinho and Buendia, the others just stand and watch But yeah definitely mings again Just to take that analysis a bit further Mings successfully bullied James off of the chance at the header but then Buendia comes barreling in pushing James into the flight of the ball. James is clueless to all of it. One second he is being pushed out of the play the next second he's being sent at light speed right into the ball flight. If anything you blame Buendia for the reckless challenge in an open goal but that would be beyond harsh. To prevent that goal you prevent the cross. As many on here have mentioned, the right side of our defense did nothing to stop the cross. They hung Mings out to dry, only those with an agenda will say otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Regarding Leeds second goal.... As soon as it went in I watched James looked at the linesman I felt that he expected it to be flagged for a foul (by James) and he reacted more with relief than anything else that the flag stayed down... Regards Del Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaVilla Posted February 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2022 i dont get all the extreme polarised views on here, its like left wing versus right wing politics. Mings is a decent mid table PL player, he does good things, he is prone to silly mistakes, he isnt responsible for all mistakes, other players make mistakes also, to greater or lesser degrees. At least in my opinion....and you are also entitled to your own! (shock horror). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Zatman said: I do think since his injury that Nakamba has been elevated to incredible heights. He played well in a few games and I do like him for his role but I think people will be expecting Makelele when he returns No? Just that he was playing well under Gerrard's first few games and we've looked considerably less solid since he got injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essexvillian Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Just thinking….. Mings as a temporary dcm!? I know it sounds a bit outlandish but he can read the game, play a ball and as all pro footballers has the fitness. He looks best when driving forward. Maybe less costly “mistakes” and a great leader. hause/chambers to fill the void? Edited February 13, 2022 by Essexvillian . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Pushing Buendia after the goal was poor form, instinctive reaction I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Been our best player today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: Pushing Buendia after the goal was poor form, instinctive reaction I know. He apologised immediately as he though it was a Newcastle player blocking him. poor form? Edited February 13, 2022 by a m ole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 One of the only players to really emerge with any credit today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grobs Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 He’d be a decent player for stoke back in their day. So rancid to watch just smashes it up the pitch every time he gets it. It never used to piss me off about him chewing gum but now the more people mention it it’s doing my head in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, grobs said: He’d be a decent player for stoke back in their day. So rancid to watch just smashes it up the pitch every time he gets it. It never used to piss me off about him chewing gum but now the more people mention it it’s doing my head in Yay… the chewing gum is back. *eye roll* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 He had a decent game, so let's criticise him for *checks notes* Pushing Buendia, chewing gum and hoofing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I thought gum was just a meme, incredible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted February 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2022 I noticed in the first few minutes of the game he was pushing well into the opposition half and progressing play around their box. Then it dawned on me: He'd only be doing that early if he's been instructed to. Given our midfield, that is a recipe for disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Critical of him last game but today he was our best player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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