sparrow1988 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 34 minutes ago, Risso said: He's genuinely terrible. He's genuinely the best centre back I've ever seen. Note: The truth lies somewhere in between. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Just now, Tomaszk said: I disagree. He just thinks he's better than he is. If he played for somebody else like Newcastle, would you be clammering to buy him, or would you think "by christ, the new Titus Bramble, will give that a swerve I think." He's living off his reputation from the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Tyrone Mings is a problem. You don't see Konsa doing these f*** ups every game, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I think the biggest problem in our defence ATM is Ming's. I am slowly starting to dislike him being in the team. Knowing he is a whisker away from a mistake through arrogance or a lack of concentration. He is staring to become a liability imo. I would like to see us cash in on him come next summer after the euros while his stock is high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Whats happened to our defence recently? At the start of the season we were like a brick wall at the back. Now we're like a fishing net. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, dubbs said: Whats happened to our defence recently? At the start of the season we were like a brick wall at the back. Now we're like a fishing net. it seems to be a problem of discipline and concentration, i get why attacking and defending as a team is good, but we don't defend well as a team at the moment and just like last season we allow teams to many shots on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 54 minutes ago, Risso said: If he played for somebody else like Newcastle, would you be clammering to buy him, or would you think "by christ, the new Titus Bramble, will give that a swerve I think." He's living off his reputation from the Championship. 'clammering' - did you mean clamouring? Just like clockwork, a few losses and you come back to whinge. The fact is, our players don't get into the England squad unless they're good and playing well. Mings isn't perfect but he's the best defender we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: it seems to be a problem of discipline and concentration, i get why attacking and defending as a team is good, but we don't defend well as a team at the moment and just like last season we allow teams to many shots on target. When McGinn is marking the tallest defenders from set pieces every week you are asking for trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Genuine question for his critics, who could we replace him with thats better and would want to join Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 27 minutes ago, lexicon said: 'clammering' - did you mean clamouring? Just like clockwork, a few losses and you come back to whinge. The fact is, our players don't get into the England squad unless they're good and playing well. Mings isn't perfect but he's the best defender we have. Ooh, that sounds suspiciously like "post on poster" to me. Is that still a rule here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 49 minutes ago, dubbs said: Whats happened to our defence recently? At the start of the season we were like a brick wall at the back. Now we're like a fishing net. The same reason we can beat the big boys but get a whipping against the rest. Complacency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, VillanousOne said: it seems to be a problem of discipline and concentration, i get why attacking and defending as a team is good, but we don't defend well as a team at the moment and just like last season we allow teams to many shots on target. Do you know how many shits on target we have allowed over the last 5 games that hasn't ended in the back of the net? 3. Like at a certain point all you can really say is better luck next time with it. Edited December 1, 2020 by MotoMkali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: Do you know how many shits on target we have allowed over the last 5 games that hasn't ended in the back of the net? 3. Like at a certain point all you can really say is better luck next time with it. Problem is most of them are high, high quality chances. The chances Brighton had as well were sitters you'd expect a Premier League team to put away. Arsenal as well had big, big quality chances. If we limit teams to shots outside the box. Or shots from difficult angles that would be one thing. But we are conceding big, big opportunities. Edited December 1, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Just now, villalad21 said: Problem is most of them are high, high quality chances. The chances Brighton had as well were sitters you'd expect a Premier League team to put away. Arsenal as well had big, big quality chances. Arsenal had one decent chance. Which lacazette skied. In our last 3 defeats we have conceded 7 goals the xG we should have conceded was 2.86. We have just been a victim of world class finishing at points this season. And we have only scored 5 goals when we should have really scored 8 (7.91) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Just now, MotoMkali said: Arsenal had one decent chance. Which lacazette skied. In our last 3 defeats we have conceded 7 goals the xG we should have conceded was 2.86. We have just been a victim of world class finishing at points this season. And we have only scored 5 goals when we should have really scored 8 (7.91) Holding had a big one as well. If that is Auba that is a goal. Willian had some really big ones as well which he blasted over the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thinking about it I think Mings may be injured. His running was really lethargic the last 2 games. I'm worried he picked up a niggle over international duty and isn't being given time to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: In our last 3 defeats we have conceded 7 goals the xG we should have conceded was 2.86. We have just been a victim of world class finishing at points this season. And we have only scored 5 goals when we should have really scored 8 (7.91) This is sense ^. Mings has made mistakes, as he did earlier in the season. Difference at the start was we were putting away all our expected goals, and even some non expected goals. Now, we're not scoring those, and Mings' mistakes are getting more consistently punished. Very similar to how our first few games of last season went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 27 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Problem is most of them are high, high quality chances. The chances Brighton had as well were sitters you'd expect a Premier League team to put away. Arsenal as well had big, big quality chances. If we limit teams to shots outside the box. Or shots from difficult angles that would be one thing. But we are conceding big, big opportunities. That Solly March goal was certainly a sitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 He is beginning to seriously irritate me......standing around with a Cantona look on his face after we concede.....does he ever head the ball in the box, does he ever attack the ball in the box. He just lets the ball hit him on the head, he don't attack it with vigour. He does little pirouette's in our half and invariably gets caught trying to emulate Beckenbaur.......shocking approach to the game lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 and the excuses hold no bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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