villalad21 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 We need Elmos crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Worst game he's had for us and uncharacteristically bad. Passing and crossing was just awful today. Ah well, move on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just came on to say the same. I’m not sure he provides enough of a defensive advantage over Elmo to justify his lack of attacking ability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Might be a worse crosser than Bissaka and that says a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 He has gone all Alan Hutton wild reactionary and lacking in any quality. Elmo great cross aside is not the answer though. He is not a bette option or player a this stage of his career and he does not have the legs. I fully expect Deano to bring him back in the fold though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Today was where pretty much all the frustrating parts of our team came out, Fred being among them. He wasnt the biggest culprit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimevalVillan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Shaky game in the second half...but once again I'll raise a point. We subbed off our RW and didn't replace....so he was isolated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete101 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thought he was terrible today, beginning of season I thought he was gonna be a top player but seems to be going backwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 He's atrocious. Plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just now, R.Bear said: He's atrocious. Plain and simple. He isn't 'atrocious', but he did have a bad game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: He isn't 'atrocious', but he did have a bad game. He's not great though. Always has an error/lack of judgement in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 never get the praise for him far too error prone - great work rate / great tackles - but always a clanger or two in him - needs upgrading for next season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Poor game today but not worried as it’s not the norm from him, think dean should of put Elmo on at HT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) Seen this far too often... one player has a poor game then there are immediate demands for him to be dropped (even for an inferior player who also gets criticised e.g. Elmo). We have to make do with the players we have and realise that they will occasionally have an off day. He’s our best RB and we need a settled team. When the whole or majority of the team plays poorly, it doesn’t make sense to pick out and slate just one or two individuals too heavily either. Our squad isn’t great so we have to back the few decent players we have. Chopping and changing just disrupts the balance of the team. We need a settled side with the majority of players starting regularly. We are in a battle and are going to continue having ups and downs... I’m not sure that many of us expected us to beat Watford but we managed to do it. We then produced a decent performance and got a great result against Leicester (again, unexpected), it’s just a shame we couldn’t sustain or build on those levels. Maybe fatigue had a part to play but hopefully we’ll be up for the next game and we just seem to be a different beast at Villa Park. Keep the faith and back Deano & the players. He will be trying his hardest to succeed and sort out the issues. We can’t make changes to the squad now and must stick with the manager. It would be disastrous if we made a change now and I can’t see us being able to get anyone half as decent in. He genuinely cares and has proven capable (see last season)... which is more than can be said for many of the abysmal managers we’ve had in recent years. Edited February 2, 2020 by Jas10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted February 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2020 We could've done with Elmo's crossing yesterday, not a good day at the office for Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Surprised his name didn't come up after the weekend on the front page, I thought he was really good - like a lot of the players reinvigorated following the break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Just now, lexicon said: Surprised his name didn't come up after the weekend on the front page, I thought he was really good - like a lot of the players reinvigorated following the break. He was great yep. Love his confidence on the ball. Still doesn't quite look as fast as when he first came. Lost a touch of pace, maybe he's put on a bit of muscle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 01/02/2020 at 17:43, Tom13 said: He's not great though. Always has an error/lack of judgement in him. If only there was anything between 'atrocious' and 'great'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 31 minutes ago, Mic09 said: If only there was anything between 'atrocious' and 'great'... I'm just not convinced by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Been pretty happy with him all season. Worth remembering we signed him effectively for the championship given going up this time last year was a long shot and none of the bigger French clubs were interested in him. Considering overall french league level is closer to championship I think he's done fine with room for improvement next season. Reminds me of Delaney a bit when he does his slide tackles. We have had much worse in that position in last 15 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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