Demitri_C Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 One thing we havent discussed is that emerys exocised the rot of not being able to win without big tyrone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted September 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: One thing we havent discussed is that emerys exocised the rot of not being able to win without big tyrone And you know Tyrone would want that, too. He really seems to care about Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted September 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 I'd have loved to have seen us try 3 at the back with Mings, Torres and Konsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villa87 Posted September 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2023 We miss him so so much. Absolutely devastated still. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Torres Mings Konsa would have been such a perfectly balanced trio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: One thing we havent discussed is that emerys exocised the rot of not being able to win without big tyrone I thought we could only never win without Grealish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted September 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2023 I think we are seeing what a huge miss Tyrone is, not just his ability but his leadership and organisational skills. It is early days though. Torres and Lenglet are barely through the door and Carlos is not long back from a very serious injury. They are all quality players, along with Konsa, and I am sure under a manager like Emery things will eventually click. It would have been nice had they had time to get up to speed and build relationships with Tyrone alongside them though. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 You just can't replace Mings combination of pace/physicality/aggression not to mention his underrated anticipation and organization. With Diego out - we have 3 CB's (Pau, Konsa, Lenglet) who have the same profile. Technical and neat players but, on the whole, not players who will win ball and man and stop the attack dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero7 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 My 12 year old daughter said we miss Mings leadership and organisation, he’s her idol as she plays in defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2023 We have and will continue to improve our results when he isn’t playing. Confident on that. I am less confident in our ability to keep cleans sheets on a vaguely regular basis. So far we’ve kept out third from bottom Everton and third from bottom Hibs. Early days, players still finding their feet, things should improve, they probably will. But my current mindset going into games is we’re going have to score at least two or three to get something out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 I think we need Zaniolo up to full speed and more familiar with the squad. He strikes me as a similar character in terms of a complete need to win, that permeates through people around him. Mings had a lot of physical attributes that helped him become a top defender, but it's his intelligence and character that define him. I do think that on paper you'd be replacing him in the defence with Carlos or Torres in terms of raw ability, especially with Mings having a mistake leading to a goal in him every two or three games before Emery. I feel like those errors were becoming fewer, but I did wonder if he was going to phase out of the side by the end of the season, especially with age not on his side. Happy to admit that was naïve now though, definitely missing him. Although obviously the transition has been instant instead of gradual over a season. As a side note I'm curious to see what he's up to in his time off. I heard he has a couple of his own businesses and a youth football training centre. I hope he's studying for his badges as I can see him becoming a top coach one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Absolute no chance we be leaking so many goals with Mings starting. He would be organising and cleaning up players like Dignes messes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 The Mings injury was a gut punch. It bothered me far, far more than the scoreline against Newcastle did. Honestly think we are already a point or two lower than we would be with him in the team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Captain_Townsend said: The Mings injury was a gut punch. It bothered me far, far more than the scoreline against Newcastle did. Honestly think we are already a point or two lower than we would be with him in the team. Not sure we would have got a result at Newcastle but maybe a draw at Liverpool but ifs and buts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 3 hours ago, markavfc40 said: I think we are seeing what a huge miss Tyrone is, not just his ability but his leadership and organisational skills. It is early days though. Torres and Lenglet are barely through the door and Carlos is not long back from a very serious injury. They are all quality players, along with Konsa, and I am sure under a manager like Emery things will eventually click. It would have been nice had they had time to get up to speed and build relationships with Tyrone alongside them though. Always the voice of reason mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) A massive miss as we all feared. Just nothing we can do given he won't have any chance of playing until perhaps in six months so hopefully Pau can start imposing himself much more on prem forwards and him and Konsa can get a good understanding going. Can you imagine the earful Mings would've given Chambers for that second goal if he'd been on the pitch. That's what we're missing, someone to simply bark to an RB to get back into position as soon as we lose the ball. Edited September 21, 2023 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Hope he's ok, the big man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 As others have said, he just has so many attributes aside from his footballing ones and we’re missing them all massively, organisation, leadership, bit of a thug when needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, spiezels said: As others have said, he just has so many attributes aside from his footballing ones and we’re missing them all massively, organisation, leadership, bit of a thug when needed I think Torres has started picking up the slack on the organisation and leadership side of things, but he's not going to be able to match up physically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Any word or update on his recovery? Buendia has been quite active on social media but has Mings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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