Rolta Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 There's a satirist of an angry unreasonable fan who complains about everything on here. Pretty sure he let his mask slip yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 11 hours ago, smg said: Men against boys, it was virtually their first team Squad playing for places in the first league game of the season, disappointing but not piss poor. Put a good 18 year old into our first team you would hope he could hold his own surrounded by seasoned pros but eleven youngsters against eleven experienced pros it ain’t going to happen. Disappointing but not piss poor Exactly. This is why youngsters don't often make it at Villa - the hysterical overreactions of the fanbase when they aren't instantly great aged 18. It's pathetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: They were mostly 16/17 playing their first competitive game. Our fans, man. Were they? I thought they mostly were 18? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, lexicon said: Exactly. This is why youngsters don't often make it at Villa - the hysterical overreactions of the fanbase when they aren't instantly great aged 18. It's pathetic. Not even 18. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted September 9, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2020 The negative reactions are embarrassing, not the result. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Were they? I thought they mostly were 18? What **** difference does it make? They're kids ffs - very few players are able to break through into the first team at that age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 minute ago, fightoffyour said: The negative reactions are embarrassing, not the result. I know. People accepting an 8-1 pumping to a meme club. I dont want that kind of negative acceptance here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, nepal_villan said: We beat the Liverpool kids 5-0 last year. Yet they outplayed us. Nyland was incredible that day. Cruyff would have been proud if those Liverpool kids were his Barca or Ajax youth teams. Performance is more important than results for kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 18 17 No idea, guessing 17. 19 19 17 16 19 18 18 19 There's a mix there. It's still U21 and there's lads 4/5 years under that. Just a complete waste of time to slag them off considering they played against a very strong, experienced Pro team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Smith out Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Sturridge on the bench, is he part of the Sturridge football family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, The Fun Factory said: Sturridge on the bench, is he part of the Sturridge football family? That's one hell of a family those boys have got. The Sturridge family football production line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, lexicon said: What **** difference does it make? The difference is what's correct or not. You see I like things to be accurate when forming opinions. Based on that post above 7/11 players were 18/19 years old. That's a massive difference between a bunch of 17 year olds. At 17 there's lots of room for physical development. At 18-19 you're talking about men. When the result then reflects a boy vs men scenario, it's not something we should pretend doesn't matter. It just points to a lot of these players not being good enough. They didn't meet a full strength championship side or a PL reserve side. They met Sunderland. It's not a big deal in any way. Big losses happen with youth teams, and especially if there's new players and the team is disorganised. But it's utterly stupid to just avoid talking about how bad an 8-1 loss is. Edited September 9, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just looked at the Leicester U21 team that beat Sunderland last season and they were all in their early twenties, a few of them would have even been over the age of 21, many of them had league experience whilst out on loan, Benkovic who was in defence for them that day had already played over twenty games for Celtic's first team, including in Europe, there's a big difference between playing a side like that and the team we put out last night made up of mostly seventeen year olds who've barely played any U23 football yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: The difference is what's correct or not. You see I like things to be accurate when forming opinions. The difference between 17 and 18 can be a day - it's a stupid metric to be pedantic about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted September 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2020 After 75 minutes, it was Sunderland 3 - 1 Villa U21's - they scored 5 in the last 15, likely where heads have dropped and young players have completely switched off. Obviously it's not a good result, but some of the reactions on here are utterly **** pathetic. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) Just dont see what the benefit for them if they are going to get spanked each week. More productive playing their own ages i think Edited September 9, 2020 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: The difference is what's correct or not. You see I like things to be accurate when forming opinions. Based on that post above 7/11 players were 18/19 years old. That's a massive difference between a bunch of 17 year olds. At 17 there's lots of room for physical development. At 18-19 you're talking about men. When the result then reflects a boy vs men scenario, it's not something we should pretend doesn't matter. It just points to a lot of these players not being good enough. They didn't meet a full strength championship side or a PL reserve side. They met Sunderland. It's not a big deal in any way. Big losses happen with youth teams, and especially if there's new players and the team is disorganised. But it's utterly stupid to just avoid talking about how bad an 8-1 loss is. Southampton, a professional team who finished near the top half, with players worth millions, lost 8-0 to leicester last season. It. happens. To use it as a stick to beat our prominently very young lads, on what was most of their first competitive game, is **** pathetic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtend4life Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I thought Jacob Ramsey looked like he was at the level required against league one opposition last night. He plays a diagonal pass very well, and physically up to it compared to the others (which is to be expected). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 All the seventeen year olds in our team last night only turned seventeen this year, Chukwuemeka only turned sixteen this year, he still goes to school apparently. We could have fielded an older and more physically developed team with more experience, that might have given us a better chance on the night, but the club obviously saw more value in playing our better prospects in order to give them the experience, rather waste it on players who chances are we already know aren't going to make it at the club. Obviously we don't want to lose 8-1, but we aren't so much bothered about results or progressing in this competition, the main thing is giving our best prospects a taste of first team football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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