Keyblade Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Stratvillan said: I disagree, his deficiencies are tactical. He almost plays as a third centre half he gets that close to mings. The number of times hes out of position is ridiculous. Having said that he is still a massive improvement on Taylor. I think it's a tactic from Smith. Keep the fullbacks tucked in as there's more danger in the center than out wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 6 hours ago, Keyblade said: I think it's a tactic from Smith. Keep the fullbacks tucked in as there's more danger in the center than out wide. Agree...both our FBs tuck in almost allowing the opposition wide man to have the ball before then engaging with him if in dangerous position. A tactical decision by Smith and Co to keep strength in numbers in the central areas wherever possible as this is where the greatest danger of conceding is. Almost af if we are happy to allow crosses to come in with the confidence in our ability to defend them in the box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 11 hours ago, villalad21 said: So Wolves up next.. Adama completely murdered him last season. He has homework to do. No he didnt Targett was injured both games in the 1st half and Wolves scored once in that time with no Traore involvement 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Zatman said: No he didnt Targett was injured both games in the 1st half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 hours ago, Zatman said: No he didnt Targett was injured both games in the 1st half and Wolves scored once in that time with no Traore involvement Half injured or not. Still destroyed him. When Taylor came on he actually did a decent job on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 17 hours ago, Enda said: Hold on. There are explosions in Game of Thrones? I thought it was kind of middle earth/medieval warfare. I've never watched a minute of it in case you're wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Anyone playing the Matt Targett substitution sweepstake tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordVillan Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 46 minutes ago, gilbertoAVFC said: Anyone playing the Matt Targett substitution sweepstake tomorrow? I’m going to go for a haemorrhoids induced substitution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Thing with Traore is there isn't a full back that ever stops him. None of them. One on one they might tackle him clean once or twice but he'll skip round them about seven or eight times in the game. The team has to come and crowd him out. Even then he usually escapes the little blighter. I don't want to hear this oh Targett pushed up too much if he gets in on goal. Three Targett's wouldn't stop him, the team has to deal with a player like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 27 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Thing with Traore is there isn't a full back that ever stops him. None of them. One on one they might tackle him clean once or twice but he'll skip round them about seven or eight times in the game. The team has to come and crowd him out. Even then he usually escapes the little blighter. I don't want to hear this oh Targett pushed up too much if he gets in on goal. Three Targett's wouldn't stop him, the team has to deal with a player like that. Stand out memory for me was the job Hutton did on him when he was at Boro, was an absolute masterclass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Thing with Traore is there isn't a full back that ever stops him. None of them. One on one they might tackle him clean once or twice but he'll skip round them about seven or eight times in the game. The team has to come and crowd him out. Even then he usually escapes the little blighter. I don't want to hear this oh Targett pushed up too much if he gets in on goal. Three Targett's wouldn't stop him, the team has to deal with a player like that. 0 goals 0 assists in 11 games this season. So obviously defenders are doing a decent job on him so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 26/11/2020 at 13:35, VillaChris said: Yeah the free kicks were silly but JWP still had to put them away and there was no guarentee he'd do that despite being a very good FK taker. Was more disappointed with the first goal and how we defended that. There has been a high degree of top quality finishing against us though. Bamford and Ings both pinged their shots into top corner from edge of the box and so did March for Brighton so we've been unlucky in that respect. Would say more worrying is how easily teams can break past us when we push up and try to press. Obviously an extreme case with Welbeck but also look at how Southampton won the two FKs in the first place so our team structure isn't quite right in homes games currently. Leeds game was another where they got through our lines a little too easily. Anyway that's for a general defending thread. I was critical of Targett for plenty of last season but think it's been pretty solid so far which is pleasing. major worry, I think it should be the central issue of our discussions of how to improve Villa. We know offensively, we can beat anyone on our day.....its the back end we should be having open discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 23 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Thing with Traore is there isn't a full back that ever stops him. None of them. One on one they might tackle him clean once or twice but he'll skip round them about seven or eight times in the game. The team has to come and crowd him out. Even then he usually escapes the little blighter. I don't want to hear this oh Targett pushed up too much if he gets in on goal. Three Targett's wouldn't stop him, the team has to deal with a player like that. Have we just witnessed history in the making ladies and gentleman? Hopefully Targett remembers to take him out his pocket before he goes home. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Thought he was really really good. Should try to drill some crosses along the floor a bit more I think. Ollie is very often at the back post and they were mostly pulled back today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Thought he was superb today. Did everything he needed to and did it well. Had Traore in his pocket all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 12, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2020 Another player who has improved massively in the last 12 months. Credit to him and to the coaching team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Both full backs great today. We will miss Cash next match! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 So after all the "How long until he goes off " rubbish I saw on twitter yesterday he strolls in today and pockets Adama. Love that. Very pleased for him, I think he's great tbh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Great game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Yes him and Mcginn our two best outfield players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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