PompeyVillan Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Respect for trying to speak English, we fans want to see players that try as well as the players with ability. Not captain Jack's finest hour though, unless Guilbert has asked him to talk slower, in which case I'd have no problem. It just seems a bit patronising, the way the questions are delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 No idea why they brought the geezer back. The guy must watch partridge reruns and model himself on him. It’s embarrassing. And his commentary, **** my life. LOVE guilbert. Glad we got to see one of his famous slide tackles the other day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Jack is a bell. Speaks nice slowly to help but then uses a question thats three sentences long, covers multiple aspects and he even throws in unnecessary words and idioms. Nice one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) I will say it again letting Jack Woodward back into his club after he was rightly let go before is troubling. A return to the Lerner amateur hour. It shows that the new regime is not holding the off field support services of the club to the same professional standard as the footballing side. Thats got to be depressing for our players. Imagine you are a professional athlete who wants to talk about your profession and then the club sends an amateur comedian to ask you embarrassing cliche's. Edited August 31, 2019 by ciggiesnbeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 5 hours ago, May-Z said: Jack is a bell. Speaks nice slowly to help but then uses a question thats three sentences long, covers multiple aspects and he even throws in unnecessary words and idioms. Nice one. Right? Talks slowly as if to help the guy understand, then throws in a bunch of expressions and idioms that even Americans wouldn't know about and expects him to understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 looks feeble and nervous to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, hippo said: looks feeble and nervous to me. He wasn’t against Everton, played well that evening, one loss and people are already on his back 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, rbcuk said: He wasn’t against Everton, played well that evening, one loss and people are already on his back TBF you are correct - I didn't see the Everton game though. Watched most of pre season - though he looked adequate (ok going forward - defensively not so good) - yesterday Schlupp had the beating of him time after time - he seemed very edgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 20:18, ciggiesnbeer said: I will say it again letting Jack Woodward back into his club after he was rightly let go before is troubling. A return to the Lerner amateur hour. It shows that the new regime is not holding the off field support services of the club to the same professional standard as the footballing side. Thats got to be depressing for our players. Imagine you are a professional athlete who wants to talk about your profession and then the club sends an amateur comedian to ask you embarrassing cliche's. I suspect he happily does all that work for about £5k a year and the privilege of staying in a Premier Inn with a clean Aston Villa duvet cover when we travel, without ever moaning or pulling a sickie. So the club may feel they get a pretty good deal out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 01/09/2019 at 13:51, rbcuk said: He wasn’t against Everton, played well that evening, one loss and people are already on his back Not even a ball was kicked before people were on elmos back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted September 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 01/09/2019 at 22:01, hippo said: looks feeble and nervous to me. That happens when you get a yellow on your first foul early in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 9 hours ago, KentVillan said: I suspect he happily does all that work for about £5k a year and the privilege of staying in a Premier Inn with a clean Aston Villa duvet cover when we travel, without ever moaning or pulling a sickie. So the club may feel they get a pretty good deal out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco76 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Best. Gif. Ever. Carry on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 In pre season as well as in the game against Everton, he looked like a player that's come from Europe to set the world alight. Well coached, aggressive, tactically minded. He surprised me very positively. Against CP he looked like a player from a lower french side. Something I was afraid he might be when we first signed him. I honestly think that mentally & preparation wise, we were not good enough against Palace, and that reflected most on "less able", less experienced player like Guilbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 41 minutes ago, Mic09 said: In pre season as well as in the game against Everton, he looked like a player that's come from Europe to set the world alight. Well coached, aggressive, tactically minded. He surprised me very positively. Against CP he looked like a player from a lower french side. Something I was afraid he might be when we first signed him. I honestly think that mentally & preparation wise, we were not good enough against Palace, and that reflected most on "less able", less experienced player like Guilbert. A lot of our players looked 'off it' and mentally unprepared against Palace. Mings in particular was all over the place in the first half, looking extremely shaky. It was bizarre all round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: A lot of our players looked 'off it' and mentally unprepared against Palace. Mings in particular was all over the place in the first half, looking extremely shaky. It was bizarre all round. Absolutely. I think we just had a bad day in the office all around. Our worst game so far. I just think it reflected most on the less experienced players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: A lot of our players looked 'off it' and mentally unprepared against Palace. Mings in particular was all over the place in the first half, looking extremely shaky. It was bizarre all round. I don't understand how Trez who looks undercooked for this league and tbh, his highlight reel or the Turkish league don't impress me much, not sure why he keeps getting a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) We were all over the place against Palace. Unprepared. Might have to chalk that defeat down to the coaching staff. But it really is early days. And we have a window in January which might be rather busy. Personally, I think Guilbert is going to be excellent for us. Edited September 3, 2019 by AntrimBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 20:18, ciggiesnbeer said: I will say it again letting Jack Woodward back into his club after he was rightly let go before is troubling. A return to the Lerner amateur hour. It shows that the new regime is not holding the off field support services of the club to the same professional standard as the footballing side. Thats got to be depressing for our players. Imagine you are a professional athlete who wants to talk about your profession and then the club sends an amateur comedian to ask you embarrassing cliche's. It’s the **** faux excitement commentary he does when we score. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) I like guilbert, yet he did make some errors I noticed which could of been very costly. Instead of clearing it on his side he short passed a few times right to our player but instead palace players picked it up. An excellent team would of made us pay for those silly mistakes and we would by rights be a couple goals down. Our defence needs to learn to just hoof that ball up the pitch and make the opposition back right up again Into there own half, we can't be having these short passes landing into there lap in such dangerous places, it invites easy threats. He also seems to want to shoot wasteful shots instead of passing it, he had done this on one occasion in the palace game where it could of been passed to many in front of him for better positioning on a shot. But it's all part of what were going through all this learning, these are kinks he can sort out, hopefully quickly. Edited September 3, 2019 by Dave-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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