villanmac Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I see Watford have Troy Deeney back. Watch him bully us over Xmas. I wouldn’t discount a resurgence from them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Pukki has a broken toe (although he still scored today). Will see if that means he misses our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: Yeah but still. Burnley and Bournemouth couldn't have done that. Bournemouth have actually spent a very decent amount over last few years. Ake cost 30 odd million but he's done very well for them. Jordan Ibe and Dom Solanke at a combined 29m significantly less so....Jeff Lerma was 25m, not been too bad. Diego Rico 18m, o.k full back. That's 100m over last two seasons anyway. Always seems to me that core they've had for donkey years of Steve Cook-Francis- Daniels-Gosling- Wilson-King digs in and grinds out good wins just when they're in real trouble. Edited December 14, 2019 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Ken McNaughts Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Ihenacho trying to score instead of giving the ball back v Norwich today. Oh dear, oh dear. Shameless behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: Pukki has a broken toe Still more mobile than Wesley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Ah the traditional Villa holiday collapse is getting started early this year then. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 3 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Ah the traditional Villa holiday collapse is getting started early this year then. Sigh. Last time we've played Soton on Dec I think when we've beaten them at their place 3-2. The 21% possession one. When the snake scored one of his best goals! Not really sure if it was early December, but pretty sure was around that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 I think every one of our games over Christmas is a must win, if we don't get wins against the likes of Watford, Norwich and Southampton then I'm not sure where else we're going to get them from, as we've shown all season that we're not capable of beating any team that's remotely decent, in fact Newcastle are probably the best team we've managed to beat, Manchester Untited aside we're not even getting what you'd call good draws. Unfortunately it genuinely wouldn't surprise me if we averaged less than a point a game over the next four games between now and January 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 11 minutes ago, useless said: I think every one of our games over Christmas is a must win, if we don't get wins against the likes of Watford, Norwich and Southampton then I'm not sure where else we're going to get them from, as we've shown all season that we're not capable of beating any team that's remotely decent, in fact Newcastle are probably the best team we've managed to beat, Manchester Untited aside we're not even getting what you'd call good draws. Unfortunately it genuinely wouldn't surprise me if we averaged less than a point a game over the next four games between now and January 1st. If we don't get wins against them Smith will be gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted December 15, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2019 We’re as bad as we’ve been all season, and Southampton are as good as they’ve been all season. Yet we still somehow find ourselves outside the bottom 3. We need to turn up next week, and win and get some momentum and confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, villalad21 said: If we don't get wins against them Smith will be gone. So you think if we fail get 9 points out of our next 3 league games, Smith will be sacked or he’ll walk? What nonsense and just not going to happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 I'm starting to get to the point of not minding Championship anymore. This constant worry of relegation and losing every week is mentally draining for me. Hate this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Hope Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I'm starting to get to the point of not minding Championship anymore. This constant worry of relegation and losing every week is mentally draining for me. Hate this league. Seriously??? I suggest you sit back and take stock of what other people may be going through right now to think if a football club's fortunes are a real life issue!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 If we continue to repeat what we have done thus far then nobody should expect results to change. It really is that simple. Our midfield set up is proving to be lightweight, and our front man is as close to ineffective as you will find. We hope he can improve but it won’t be soon enough for this season. January needs to bring us a replacement front man and a good, physical CM that can hold us together in and around the centre circle. Both positions not easy to fill at any time, let alone January. We have to do whatever is required to get 3 wins from the next 3 games, because that should give us a much better position in the table and improve our chances of better January recruitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 If it wasn't for the finances I'd honestly prefer us in the championship. Unfortunately money talks and we need to be in this league so the priority is staying up no matter what even if that means disposing of the manager (I think he will turn it around as the board will give him money in Jan.. I hope). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 People keep going on about winning the next three must win games, the way we’re playing at the moment we won’t get a single point. Smith needs to pick his best 11 and stick with it, there isn’t any consistency, he doesn’t make simple changes in the game, yesterday El Ghazi was having so much possession down the right in the 1st half now if Smith swapped him and Jack when he’d seen this it would of been a different game, it would of confused the Sheffield United players, we are so predictable and must be so easy to play against. Hopefully we play a strong team in midweek and get some confidence back quickly or we will find ourselves bottom at Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 It's got to the point where I think maybe it's best we get out the cups altogether but even then I'm not sure that will be enough, we look mentally shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 15 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: It's got to the point where I think maybe it's best we get out the cups altogether but even then I'm not sure that will be enough, we look mentally shot. We can keep playing the second string team in the cups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) My worst fear is coming true. People were so stuck up with this "tough fixture list" that they have ignored the core problem which plenty of people have mentioned. Players lack spirit and fight. They are shot for confidence. We need something to galvanize us. If it's a new striker or just someone hitting mad form. Because if we're playing like we've done the last 3 games we won't get much out of the next 3 games. Edited December 15, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Everton 1-0 up. VAR gives goal despite it being identical to the one they chalked off against us against Brighton for Wesley doing the exact same thing. Am I surprised? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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