Rob182 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 29/12/2019 at 03:00, villalad21 said: Another 3-0 loss GO TEAM! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 If he starts Wesley on Saturday then DS he needs to go on Sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 15 hours ago, maqroll said: A loss here and we are well **** After losing to saints and Watford, aren't we already ****? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 19 hours ago, useless said: It was me who predicted that we'd beat Norwich and we did. collect your cornflake on the way out, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, rjw63 said: After losing to saints and Watford, aren't we already ****? If we keep playing like it yes. during the season we won 3 games.....many folk ( the positive ones, self acclaimed ) said it will turn, but it didn't. Its going to be very hard to turn this around IMO......He needs a medal if he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I watched there game against manure and apart from a Taylor mistake for the first goal and just total caution to the wind looking for an equalizer in injury time with Pope up for a corner resulting in a manure counter which saw a late goal Burnley weren't to bad, however they had very little possession and just a single shot on target first half I do think we can get something from this game. There weak point is Taylor at LB (sound familiar!) and they are a bunch of fouling bastards! Normally I dislike seeing Jack wide and much prefer him to be in the middle but for this one I think he should be wide right, if he was wide left he'd be up against Bardsley who had a good game against manure, he could reek havoc against Taylor and draw plenty of fouls for Conor to take. GK obviously Heaton. Defense not got a clue who is fit right now if no Mings, Engels or Targett I guess it will look something like Guilbert-Hause-Konsa-Elmo Although he's not been great recently I'd have Nakamba (not going to call him Marvelous as he's far from ******** marvelous) as a DM Then a four Left to right of AEG-Hourihane-Luiz-Grealish Then in an ideal world either Kodjia first choice as I feel Wes needs to sit a game out, if not Davis if fit. But have a sneaky suspicion it will be Wesley. So my 4-1-4-1 Heaton Guilbert-Hause-Konsa-Elmo Nakamba AEG-Hourihane-Luiz-Grealish Kodjia No point in out and out wingers as firstly Trez and AEG haven't really produced, secondly Burnley will win any cross we put in, thirdly I think a Jack and AEG wide but cutting inside would be much more effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villianusa Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I'm up for a change of tactics even if Smith isn't, if everyone is fit, I'll go with this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Smith really needs to change things a bit for this game. When things aren't going your way, you just need to go back to basics. Heaton Guilbert - Konsa - Hause - Targett Luiz - Conor -------------------------------------------------------------- El Ghazi Grealish Trez Wes/Kodj Have both Luiz and Conor just sitting deep behind my imaginary line, not bombing forward to offer more protection. If Targett overlaps, Conor drops back a bit to fill the gap. If Guilbert overlaps, Luiz drops in to cover the gap. When we go forward, give El Ghazi, Grealish and Trez license to roam and interchange a bit. Forget their defensive duties when we're in possession as the DM's should be covering. When the ball turns over, get back into shape and track back. Edited December 30, 2019 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 7 hours ago, PieFacE said: Smith really needs to change things a bit for this game. When things aren't going your way, you just need to go back to basics. Heaton Guilbert - Konsa - Hause - Targett Luiz - Conor -------------------------------------------------------------- El Ghazi Grealish Trez Wes/Kodj Have both Luiz and Conor just sitting deep behind my imaginary line, not bombing forward to offer more protection. If Targett overlaps, Conor drops back a bit to fill the gap. If Guilbert overlaps, Luiz drops in to cover the gap. When we go forward, give El Ghazi, Grealish and Trez license to roam and interchange a bit. Forget their defensive duties when we're in possession as the DM's should be covering. When the ball turns over, get back into shape and track back. Conor deep just doesn't work that was obvious against Watford, we should see more possession against Burnley which will suit Conor he needs to play an attacking role or not on the pitch at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, zab6359 said: Conor deep just doesn't work that was obvious against Watford, we should see more possession against Burnley which will suit Conor he needs to play an attacking role or not on the pitch at all. Conor deep has barely ever worked even when his finger is pulled out. Majority of his goal involvement that isn't set piece from memory has been free role attacking Edited December 31, 2019 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2019 starting to feel like the season we went down. where we just know each game will be a defeat. i see no possibility whatsoever that we'll get a result here. just hoping for some fight. 2-0 burnley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 29/12/2019 at 19:50, TRO said: We have no chance......just heard they are starting with 10 men. the scary thing is, i still think we'd lose if they did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Well I was ludicrously optimistic for Watford based on blind faith. Burnley are not very good but there is no way that Dyche will get them relegated. We should have beaten them at Villa Park earlier in the season and dropped two points. Lose tomorrow that is one point from two games versus a lower half side. Read somewhere that we have not won in the league at Turf Moor since 1936. The way we are playing I can't see that record going. A draw will feel like a victory. I would be happy just to see a improved performance and some sort of organisation at the back. Is that being too optimistic? Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I think we hit rock bottom at the Watford game. So rock bottom that you'd like to think players and staff all feel like this can't go on. I really hope we'll see some fighting for pride tomorrow and I expect it. If we lose again we are in serious trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Make or break for Smith. At the very least I expect us to get the basics right and show some fight and determination. If not he can piss off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 If he doesn’t drop Wesley for this match I’m happy to see Smith fall on his sword. I don’t think he’s been given much of a chance with the players we’ve signed, but his reluctance to drop the car crash that is Wesley is getting us relegated. Im not happy to sit by and watch the manager, Villa fan or not, consistently pick someone who can’t play football. He won’t change it though of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Going forward this will be a great example to show Wes on how to play like a striker in a team giving them little service. Barnes and Wood will batter our CBs and give them a horrible time. I'd honestly be tempted to play Konsa at RB and Hause at LB. Fred G, Targett and Elmo are all going to struggle. This is a game for Trezeguet not El Ghazi and Marvelous not Hourihane. Can't see anything here except a real bullying. Watford were crap and beat us 3-0. These lot aren't crap, they know exactly what they're trying to do every single play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Heaton Guilbert Engels Mings Hause Nakamba Luiz Grealish Hourihane Kodjia El Ghazi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Jay Rodriguez vs Villa -- what could possibly go wrong? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Smith has come out and said he wants more work rate from the team. So..... we will see if they still want to play for him. However even with work rate we don't have enough quality in defence to win here. Burnley away is every nicey nicey pass it around nice teams worst nightmare. Even if smith thought hard and tried to think of a way to win this game you look at the record we have at turf moor and you cry big brown tears out of your arsehole. We might aswell be away at the nou camp. Everything Smith tries turns to salt. Park the bus at sheffield. runined. Toe to Toe with saints. destoryed. The only way we can get a result here is if we try and run the clock down for the whole 90mins. I'm sure Red star belgrade did this in a champs league final and ended up winning. P{roblem with that is I still have dunno deano's post match excuse from watford ringing in my ears "Our lads would have kicked it out" I expect Purslow to be en route to buenos aires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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