Ratings & Reactions: Norwich v Villa

[Nigel]

5 minutes ago, TRO said:

I think formations tend to change with the dynamics of the game.....Its static, when teams start a game , but then tend to transpose, with the ebb and flow of a game.

Yes of course, but you still have to note the intended change for those interested!

 

[alreadyexists]

 

We got 5 on it!

[Xela]

Fulham mark 2 innit. 

[TRO]

Only seen the highlights.

Folk saying Norwich ravaged with injuries, but not our concern, sadly, we have out job to do, not be concerned for them.

However- points I noticed negative and positive.FWIW

• Norwich standing off in total contrast from Last weeks Burnley....is poor from them.
• Wesley favours that near post, missed that threat in recent years.....took his goals well
• Great steal from Targett for Conors goal.
• Great result and quality goals away from home
• Incremental improvement is a most encouraging thing......shows the BHM work is working.
• good crosses.
• Nakamba and Luiz starting to contribute to the overall effectiveness....great to see.
• Didn't HAVE to rely on McGinn so much
• goals from all over the team.
• possible 6 pointer

Its sounds absolutely crazy to say this tonight, but we need to tighten up against the teams like Burnley......Norwich were open, so our strategy tonight is hard to argue with...however,

Great win!!!!

Edited October 5, 2019 by TRO

[Ponky]

Toss up between Wes, Grealish and Marv for MOM for me. Grealish just edged it. He was dangerous and determined and ran his nuts off. Took a superb goal and really gelled beautifully with the players around him.

Wes' two goals were well deserved and I loved his work rate today - especially the fact that when he lost the ball a couple of times he chased and tried to win it back.

Marvelous was also brilliant today -  I love the way he breaks up play all over the pitch but I  also reckon his passing is superb. 

We also look much better balanced with Hourihane out there. He wasn't dominant today, but having him in there doing a bit more of the donkey work frees up Grealish to do Grealish things.

Norwich were pretty bad today ain defence but they do play some nice stuff in the final third. They are very well drilled but our defence did a great job of squeezing them off the ball.

All in all a very unexpected outcome.

And Dougie's goal was pure porn. Looking forward to seeing mant more of those.

[TheMightyVillans]

Glad to see people appreciated marvelous great work and giving him motm.

Looks like we finally have our formation sorted out. We have real quality in midfield and this is the best way to play to our stengths. Grealish looks so much better in this free role. Unfortunately this is only possible with targett playing as he offers the quality out wide when grealish leaves him the space.

Hopefully this is the beginning of something special.

On a side note how can someone stamp on someone's knee and get no card?

Edited October 5, 2019 by TheMightyVillans

[tinker]

33 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Nakamba is the player we’ve needed for about 10 years, I do not say that lightly.

Gueye almost became it but he didn’t seem to settle as quickly so we didn’t see the best of him - that despite him being our best player whilst here.

Nakamba could easily be a £50M+ player in 6 months time, class act.

Our new Boateng 

[TRO]

31 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Nakamba is the player we’ve needed for about 10 years, I do not say that lightly.

Gueye almost became it but he didn’t seem to settle as quickly so we didn’t see the best of him - that despite him being our best player whilst here.

Nakamba could easily be a £50M+ player in 6 months time, class act.

The irony of a DM being a defensively described player......that's usually where attacks start......they turn the ball over.

I am biased, because its my favourite position to watch, its the engine room for me and a crucial role.

Yeah, he could be another Gueye or Kante.

 

[Skruff]

Nakamba was brilliant. 10/10.

However Targett got my motm vote. He makes so much happen down that left flank. Brilliant transformation to our side. 

[maqroll]

[maqroll]

14th place with a head of steam, UTV!

[newhavenhibby]

Great result lads.

Kept going for 90 minutes and didn't let them back in with a sniff. ( none of the dodgy 10 minutes we have seen in earlier games)

Keep it up. 

Edited October 5, 2019 by newhavenhibby

[KevinRichardsonsMoustache]

25 minutes ago, Ponky said:

frees up Grealish to do Grealish things.

 

Spot on. 

[Chindie]

I knew we wouldn't win 4-1.

Heaton - deserved a clean sheet. First half with some of the heart attack defending he had to make a couple of good saves, second half far quieter and will be gutted to have conceded.

Guilbert - Not his best game. In the first half absolutely everything came down his side from Nore-witch. Did his usual getting forward but it doesn't work as well with someone like El Ghazi ahead of him and leaves us exposed.
Engels - Quiet game for his standards, as the defences at both ends went walk about. Couple of good tackles but not the composed performance he's had so often so far. Got an unlucky injury at the end which hopefully is just a sore one.
Mings - Cleared everything, again and again. There was  barely a corner he didn't fling himself at. He does the flashy defending, throwing himself at everything, for good and bad. Dropped Heaton in it at the death and sometimes could do with keeping things simple. At the moment feels like he's making an error a game that hurts us, with 89 minutes of brilliance. I also don't think I'll tire of seeing him galavanting up the pitch.
Targett - He finished a game! He was really good! The left looked much more balanced with him there, and he has a nice cross in his locker. With Grealish floating around ahead of him he offers 2 options - an out attacking wise and a safety blanket on the back foot. Good game.

Nakamba - Marvellous.

McGinn - A quieter game for SJM, but no less a good one. Hustled, harried, broke from midfield all game, got his customary 4 shots a half from the next postcode and really could have had at least 1 go in - early in the first half he had an absolute peach of a curler just whistle wide.
Hourihane - Got on the scoresheet, kept Norwich busy all game. He is far less eye-catching than the rest of the midfield but he quietly goes about being a constant threat. He's also a chippy bastard and seems to enjoy winding up his opponent at times, which we've never really had. He got in Aarons head.

El Ghazi - Assists, always an out going forward. Can't complain too much really. Early on his crossing was a bit shit, but then so was everyone's. Good game.
Grealish - Pretty much given a free role and was everywhere and involved in everything. Officially he was on the left wing I think but he was literally everywhere. Tracking back making tackles you'd expect a DM to make, driving forward like a box to box man, throwing in some nice crosses. A constant threat, everything good we did went through him and got a deserved goal too.

Wesley - Bounced back from a bad game in the best way. Work rate through the roof, holding off players, dropping back as an option, and some lovely clinical finishes. Deserved the hat-trick, he'll get some stick for the pen but there's plenty of worse efforts that go in. He's still rubbish in the air though, he doesn't seem to want to jump. He's a work in progress, and he will be for a while, but he's dangerous. He has good feet, good control. He needs to work on his positioning a little more, he's hanging on the edge of the box at times he should be charging for the 6 yard box.

Trezeguet - Came on, worked hard, probably should have had a shot when he chose to do the worlds worst back heel to Grealish. He was unlucky that the game had kinda gone by then. I fancy him to scorea  few when he breaks the duck.
Konsa - Picked up where Engels left off. Didn't look out of place at all.
Luiz - He only scores crackers. Comes on with 10 minutes left, gets the ball just outside the box, and from there it's all perfect. The nudge out of the feet, the brilliant strike, the flight of the ball perfect, the curve... It was like he playing Fifa on easy with Barca. Beautiful goal, perfect.

In many ways this was a really odd game. In the first half neither side seemed keen on having a solid defence and our defending was of the heart attack variety, and going forward we wasted about 6 opportunities in the first 10 minutes through shit crossing or bad positioning. And then we knock in 2 nice efforts, and Norwich seem to forget how to defend entirely. Then we miss a pen and Norwich decide to channel all their efforts into attack and you can feel the goal coming. Then the second half comes, Grealish scores a lovely goal and Norwich absolutely collapse. By the 65th minute Norwich are just trying to get to the whistle and get home. They only score because we have our characteristic brainless moment and nearly chuck it in ourselves.

We kinda blew Nore-witch away.
 

[Stockport_Villain]

Wesley MoM for me due to his two goals,  but more importantly his non stop running , tracking back. However, it was a hair’s breadth from Marvelous who is a very, very, very tidy player. Absolute bargain.

Edited October 5, 2019 by Stockport_Villain

[AVTuco]

24 minutes ago, Skruff said:

Nakamba was brilliant. 10/10.

However Targett got my motm vote. He makes so much happen down that left flank. Brilliant transformation to our side. 

I gave it to Nakamba, but agree Targett was excellent and deserves praise. He looks better than Guilbert at the moment.

[CosmicVillan]

By George ! A right royal 5 star performance. 

[ferguson1]

Never in doubt!    

[TheStagMan]

1 hour ago, screwdriver said:

Should have had the clean sheet.

Can't understand what McGinn was trying to do with that free kick. Mings was lazy with his clearence and dropped Heaton right in the brown stuff.

Roy Keane would be going mental with the switch off in the last 5 mins

Yes, it was terrible demolishing Norwich 5-1.

SMITH OUT!

[LakotaDakota]

1 hour ago, troon_villan said:

Sorry guys, you simply don't win 5-1 away in the Premier league and get relegated the same season.

bah i'm going to have to look now.

 

*ok have looked,. Only gone back to 2000 but the closest i can see is :

16/17 palace 0 - 4 Sunderland

14/15 wba 1 - 4 qpr

13/14 palace 1 - 4 fulham

12/13 fulham 2 - 4 reading

11/12 qpr 0 - 4 bolton

10/11 wigan 0 - 4 blackpool

09/10 hull 1 - 4 burnley

07/08 derby 0 - 4 reading

 

 

Edited October 5, 2019 by LakotaDakota