DCJonah Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 It's still so close. If we can get a striker in jan it could be a difference maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, useless said: Southampton's next three games are against Spurs, Leicester and Wolves, I know they've been getting some surprise results but surely they can't keep it up. They will get 3 points from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, DCJonah said: It's still so close. If we can get a striker in jan it could be a difference maker. Agree we need another striker but no one is going to score 2/3 goals a game, which is what we need to get any points with this current defence/set up. We need improvements defensively too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 If our goal against Palace had have been given we wouldn't even be in the bottom three now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 It is still really close. Getting Mings back is massive. Add a couple of well placed January signings and we can still turn it around. Whatever happens I would replace Dean if he is still here at the end of the season. His approach is too inflexible and he does not seem to be learning any lessons! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 We need Mings back for Burnley to even have a chance of a draw. They are a very physical and streetwise prem team. Ashley Barnes will bully Konsa and Hause just like Deeney did today. I think both full backs will be changed aswell. Not sure where Taylor is but if fit I'd start him and assume Gulibert will come back in. Just seen Grealish is out with 5 yellows so our options to play out wide is even less, can see AEM being pushed up which will be a pretty sad sight considering all the money we've spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Im surprised mings and Terry aren't body slamming all these snowflakes until they agree to work harder..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Got a bit excited there when it looked like Joe Hart was coming on. Burnley are the new Stoke/WBA. Play agricultural football but they know how to grind games out and before you know it they'll have 40 points by April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 26 minutes ago, DCJonah said: It's still so close. If we can get a striker in jan it could be a difference maker. A striker won't solve our defensive issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 A win changes everything a few new faces and Mings back in the middle with Engles. 1 point is nothing. 18 games to go let's be having you!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Looks like my posts in this thread have got people's hopes up again, just need to somehow get a result from nowhere against Burnley to try and get some momentum going again, can't give up on survival yet, in many seasons the eighteen points we have would be enough to keep us out of the bottom three at this stage, and dsspite all the talk of how good the premier leauge is this season near the bottom the fact that we're on such a poor run of form, eight defeats in eleven, and are still only one point from safety, contradicts that idea, all we need to do is improve, whether that comes via a new manager, new signings or both, and we will have an excellent chance of staying up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Apparently Burnley have had 1 shot in their last 2 games (not sure if this is the games before United or including). Get ready for 40 shots against us on NYD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, villalad21 said: A striker won't solve our defensive issues. We need to go back to just conceding one goal like earlier in the season. Then we can get back to winning games. When you look at it even the top teams don't really keep clean sheets much anymore. League clean sheets: Man. City- 5 Spurs 1 Arsenal 3 Man. United 2 Chelsea 4 Villa 4 Bet that's suprised you. Ultimately the top teams have so much in attack they can get draws/wins even when they concede twice in games. We weren't far off that until the Leicester game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, VillaChris said: We need to go back to just conceding one goal like earlier in the season. Then we can get back to winning games. When you look at it even the top teams don't really keep clean sheets much anymore. League clean sheets: Man. City- 5 Spurs 1 Arsenal 3 Man. United 2 Chelsea 4 Villa 4 Bet that's suprised you. Ultimately the top teams have so much in attack they can get draws/wins even when they concede twice in games. We weren't far off that until the Leicester game. Our defense is a shambles. But our midfield is even worse. Not to mention our attack. Our keeper is great though. I don't know what to do, but we need a lot of help. Mings coming back will help, but our spirits are pretty much broken and the manager has no plan. However, we must stay up somehow. Whatever it takes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Matic has looked alright tonight. In the slower paced games he's still an o.k player. Considering we've loaned Axel twice in last two seasons we clearly have a decent relationship with someone at Man. United so I'd seriously consider seeing if they would loan him out as seems likely. Would give us height and physical presence in central midfield which we really lack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Pellegrini gone. Moyes to West Ham seems to be happening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 West Ham statement. It's pretty much how I feel about Smith sadly. Quote “It is with great disappointment that we’ve had to make this decision. Manuel is a gentleman and it has been a real pleasure to work with someone of his calibre. “However, it has become clear that that a change is required to get the Club back on track in line with our ambitions this season. We felt it was necessary to act now in order to give the new manager as much time as possible to try and achieve that goal.” https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Well done to West Ham. Right call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, DCJonah said: It's still so close. If we can get a striker in jan it could be a difference maker. Striker + a winger + a central midfielder and we have a shot. That's quite a lot to get right though. If you take Grealish out of the equation then the rest of the midfield we fielded today isn't even top 5 in the Championship quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 6 hours ago, villalad21 said: A striker won't solve our defensive issues. No ,but he might score more goals than the opposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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