Popular Post Davkaus Posted October 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2021 He's clearly one of our best two CBs, I hope this is a wake up call that he needs to up his game. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Out of form and not picked. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Glad to see smith has dropped him, been in dire form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmix Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 About time, really. Hopefully he now realises, even as captain, if the performances aren't up to scratch, he'll be dropped. The wake up call he's been asking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Big period for Ming's now, his anxiety is on show, its obvious and it's affecting his form, he's not the best in the world but he's a good'un. Will he regress or come back 10 feet tall, I say the latter. Fight like your life depends on it big man, come back stronger. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Sending off means he instantly gets his place back. Would’ve been interesting to see how he would react if he was out the team for a few games. Hope being dropped was a wake up call for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2021 Shit decision to drop our one and only leader. Well, Smith got what he deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Even if his performances haven't been particularly good lately, him and Konsa is undoubtedly our best CB pairing by a country mile. It doesn't help anyone to keep chopping and changing the central defence, and to drop him with so many other changes today was bizarre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Just now, poitier said: Even if his performances haven't been particularly good lately, him and Konsa is undoubtedly our best CB pairing by a country mile. It doesn't help anyone to keep chopping and changing the central defence, and to drop him with so many other changes today was bizarre. Yeah to play Hause ahead of Mings when both are fit is Smith’s worst decision in his time at Villa for me. We had a fantastic defensive record last season and haven’t played with our regular back four from last season once this season. I find that completely baffling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post icouldtelltheworld Posted October 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2021 Absolutely disgusting the way some of our fans have an agenda against Mings. A few around me were shouting at him as he came on, things lkke "**** off mings, you're shit". Before he'd even touched the ball. We have some absolute brain dead, entitled morons in our support 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I really like Mings and was surprised that he got dropped today. His form has been poor but no worse than Konsa or Axel and he’s our captain. It’s an odd decision by Smith so I can only think that there must be more to it than just form. Anybody heard any rumours? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Just now, M_Afro said: I really like Mings and was surprised that he got dropped today. His form has been poor but no worse than Konsa or Axel and he’s our captain. It’s an odd decision by Smith so I can only think that there must be more to it than just form. Anybody heard any rumours? I heard he suplexed Matty Cash, stole his lunch money, and then set BMH on fire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Just now, Davkaus said: I heard he suplexed Matty Cash, stole his lunch money, and then set BMH on fire Fair play. Insurance job? Some attempt to get around ffp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 My opinion of Mings. Love the guy but he is woefully out of form. Added to that I don't think he is as good as his propaganda says he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Harry said: My opinion of Mings. Love the guy but he is woefully out of form. Added to that I don't think he is as good as his propaganda says he is. You didn't see how we were better with 10 men on the pitch when he came on? You didn't see how bad Hause was technically - particularly in the send off incident? (I mean, it's a basic defensive skill that you NEVER turn your body and attempt a tackle with the outside of your foot. I learned that in U9's) Can you name anything Mings did wrong in the time he was on? His form may not be brilliant but he's not alone there. Dropping him proved what? Poor from Dean Smith on that one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, ozvillafan said: You didn't see how we were better with 10 men on the pitch when he came on? You didn't see how bad Hause was technically - particularly in the send off incident? (I mean, it's a basic defensive skill that you NEVER turn your body and attempt a tackle with the outside of your foot. I learned that in U9's) Can you name anything Mings did wrong in the time he was on? His form may not be brilliant but he's not alone there. Dropping him proved what? Poor from Dean Smith on that one. When we conceded two further goals and the game was well and truly lost? I'm not sure I understand your definition of better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Harry said: When we conceded two further goals and the game was well and truly lost? I'm not sure I understand your definition of better. Oh we were never going to win going 2 goals down. We don't have the lethality nor creativity even with 11 men. However, we did push on and hit the bar with a good chance from Ollie. That was our best period of the game until they got their 3rd (thanks largely to Hause jumping in and getting it wrong) and with 10 men, that's all she wrote. Would we even have had that had Konsa stayed on the pitch and Mings off? It's impossible to tell, but based on our first 45 minutes it would seem unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Watching him at half time with the other subs warming up, whilst the others looked together there he was away from the rest of them, when they was doing shuttle runs he didn’t look arsed at all, jogging when the others was doing sprints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Something’s gone badly wrong here. I don’t believe he has been dropped purely on form, since plenty of out of form players started for us today - Smith knows he is a much better player than Hause and has stuck by him in the past when his form has been patchy. Seems more likely to me that something’s been said or done last week, and Smith felt he had no option but to make an example of him. The sad thing is that would now mean Buendia, Sanson and Mings have all apparently been benched for disrespecting the manager. It just feels like he’s struggling to keep a grip on the egos at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Lost his head in the Wolves game when booked for time wasting, has looked out of sorts since. His interview after that game was difficult to watch. Worried he might need a real break if he's struggling with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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