Jareth Posted August 12, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Mantis said: Except Man United, who will continue to spank us as per usual. The psychological edge they have over us seems unbreakable at this point. That is why McGin was sent to us from the future and why Fergie tried to stop him by offering us £50 mil. He’s here to destroy Man U. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Don't really fear Man Ure. They're a pure counter attacking team. If we don't allow them to counter attack they are clueless in attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 After one game it looks like only Brighton and Burnley managed wins for our rivals. I was very suprised by the Brighton result. Hopefully Watford are also a team that struggles this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 We will really see the true new Villa when all of our new players are up to speed and have had a couple of months under Dean Smith. They have to get used to both the speed and intensity of the league. What we saw on Saturday was encouraging, it showed we can and will score against the top teams. I’ve no doubt that had Nakamba and Douglas been fit and up to speed you’d have seen a different 2nd half on Saturday. That spurs midfield is extremely strong and athletic, and then they get to bring an Erikssen on! We’ll not be up against midfields like that too often. That said, we have to improve and will improve. As long as we can obtain enough points to stay in the mix over the next 2-3 months we’ll be fine IMO. We should keep improving with the squad we have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 The manufacturers of the foam spray must be delighted now that the refs use twice as much at free kicks having to make both a line for the wall and one for where the attackers can stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: After one game it looks like only Brighton and Burnley managed wins for our rivals. I was very suprised by the Brighton result. Hopefully Watford are also a team that struggles this season. There aren’t any obvious candidates for relegation this season IMO, other than Norwich. I honestly think you could look at 10 teams and not be sure that they could avoid a relegation fight. It’ll be tight, where 2 wins on the bounce might propel a team 5 or 6 places come January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I think our defensive quality on Saturday makes me more confident going into the rest of the season. I thought we'd rely on trying to out score the oppo again but look like we have more than one plan. It'll take time though. I can't believe the Dean Smith thread has got closed because of an argument after one game though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I think our defensive quality on Saturday makes me more confident going into the rest of the season. I thought we'd rely on trying to out score the oppo again but look like we have more than one plan. It'll take time though. I can't believe the Dean Smith thread has got closed because of an argument after one game though The funny thing is, it's not even been locked because of arguments about the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 11/08/2019 at 10:22, Jareth said: We're 16th. Therefore achieving the season's aim! Pretty sure when I first started following football seriously in the late 90s they'd never show the table until the 3rd game as it was utterly pointless. Certainly MOTD never used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 17 hours ago, wilko154 said: If's and But's 40 is the magic number of points we need to beat relegation. Last season this would have achieved 15th place in the league. To achieve this we would require 4 points per month. If we were to better this and achieve 6 points per month we would beat Wolves last season with a haul of 60 points, 7th. For now let's aim to beat relegation. August Tottenham - Loss Bournemouth - Predicted Win Everton - Predicted Draw Crystal Palace - Predicted Win Predicted Points - 7 Current Points - 0 Let's see how we get on. Last seasons prediction's saw us win 10 on the bounce and move from 14th to 5th. 38 points is usually the magic number. We stayed up under Sherwood with that haul and I think in one of the Lambert seasons we finished on that. You'd have to be pretty unlucky and have terrible GD to go down with that haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Was at Bloodstock festival yesterday. What did people make of Newcastle v Arsenal? Did Joenlithon look much better than Wesley? Looking at options they only have Muto as backup forward sub, not sure what's happened to Dwight Gayle. Think Newcastle will have major issues scoring goals so many more 0-0s and 1-0 defeats coming their way while SB is their manager. We should finish above them and stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Just now, VillaChris said: Was at Bloodstock festival yesterday. What did people make of Newcastle v Arsenal? Did Joenlithon look much better than Wesley? Looking at options they only have Muto as backup forward sub, not sure what's happened to Dwight Gayle. Think Newcastle will have major issues scoring goals so many more 0-0s and 1-0 defeats coming their way while SB is their manager. We should finish above them and stay up. Think both Saint-Maxime and Almiron looked very good. Other than that, not much. After the Shelvey-Willems sub they were utter shambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Think Bruce might get sacked as early as October. The toxic atmosphere among the fans will leave Mike Ashley no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, sne said: Think both Saint-Maxime and Almiron looked very good. Other than that, not much. After the Shelvey-Willems sub they were utter shambles. Almrion is very quick but pretty sure I read he hasn't scored or made an assist yet? Other guy was a decent player in France so think that might be a good signing for them. It's already shaping up to be a typical SB team isn't it, deep defence, workmanlike midfield and hope one of the front 3 conjurs up a goal to win the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Think Bruce might get sacked as early as October. The toxic atmosphere among the fans will leave Mike Ashley no choice. Leave him in for the VP game ffs. Still annoyed Sunderland sacked MON a week or so before we beat them 6-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 12, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2019 Could we skip this season and move straight to the next one where we're hoping to be better than 17th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 8 hours ago, OxfordVillan said: There aren’t any obvious candidates for relegation this season IMO, other than Norwich. I honestly think you could look at 10 teams and not be sure that they could avoid a relegation fight. It’ll be tight, where 2 wins on the bounce might propel a team 5 or 6 places come January. Would you not lump sheff utd into that category also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 3 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: Would you not lump sheff utd into that category also? I think Sheffield Utd have more about them than Norwich, much more fight to drag a draw from the jaws of defeat, or a win from a draw. They’re better defensively, also. It’s those reasons why I think they have as good a chance of staying up as a few others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 13, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2019 I'd say Newcastle are my tip for the drop, I just can't see Bruce doing anything other than dragging them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Adrian Durham and Darren Gough (he should stick to cricket) have decided on the evidence of one game that we will go down and Sheffield United will stay up. Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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