Final Preseason Warm Up Looks Promising

[TheAuthority]

This is for all of my fellow VT'ers who didn’t get see to the game:

1st Half we were 2nd best. Our goal came against the run of play and we probably had one other chance in the half. United for the 1st 30 mins were on top and had many balls flash across the 6 yard area that you feel in a real game would have found them scoring. Steer made 2 very good saves and really you couldn’t argue if Utd had scored 3 or 4 goals by halftime. We had a short spell but with 10 mins to go everyone looked exhausted.

2nd half we were possessed! We pressed, harried, and used the ball beautifully. We switched play, were defensively sound and look very tidy indeed. Very impressive even though it wasn’t Manure’s 1st 11.

Douglas Luiz - looks like we have a hell of a player on our hands. I really hope he’s happy and settled here because he’s started to look top draw.

Matty Cash - looked nervous and Utd’s left side of the Swansea lad, Fatty, and on occasion Rashford, got the better of him, but he grew into the game and delivered some peaches into the box.

Ollie did well. Put himself about. Scored a goal. All you can ask for a debut

McGinn - Better than pre-injury, better than after the restart, not quite where he was at the start of last season. But some of trademark twists and turns were there as was the old Ginny backside. I think he’ll be back to his best pretty soon.

Jack Grealish. Didn’t dominate, was fairly quiet. Then, at about 84 minutes he played a pass that was simply world class. Full stop. About two minutes later (we were very dominate at this point) he played another chip pass that just made you say out loud - bloody hell. About two minutes later he went on a mazy run that almost resulted in a goal. Quite simply this guy is not just top drawer. He’s out of the drawer, above the dresser, floating above the mirror touching the heavens with his magic. We are so lucky to have him and NSWE have kept him in the Villa team for another season. I’ve said it before - he is the best English player since Gascoigne and of course we have a **** muppet in charge of England who likes people that lick his arse. But. Jack Grealish a joy to watch. I feel so proud that our club produced a player like that.

The United away kit needs to be set on fire and never spoken of again as does the quality of the feed that AVTV provided. But isn't that what sadly come to expect from them?

Thats all you get for my £5 

UTV

[AvfcRigo82]

1 hour ago, TheAuthority said:

Steer made 2 very good saves and really you couldn’t argue if Utd had scored 3 or 4 goals by halftime. We had a short spell but with 10 mins to go everyone looked exhausted.

I mentioned this yesterday, I am glad we pencilled this friendly in. It will do us good to get 90 minutes under our belts before our first league game.

 

Glad to hear Capt. Jack is back!...

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1 hour ago, TheAuthority said:

never spoken of again as does the quality of the feed that AVTV provided.

 

 

[TheAuthority]

2 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I mentioned this yesterday, I am glad we pencilled this friendly in. It will do us good to get 90 minutes under our belts before our first league game.

 

Glad to hear Capt. Jack is back!...

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OMG he is Alan Partridge. He had some sort of weird reverb on his voice feed too. I do like him but it’s  embarrassing !!

[villan-scott]

6 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I mentioned this yesterday, I am glad we pencilled this friendly in. It will do us good to get 90 minutes under our belts before our first league game.

 

Glad to hear Capt. Jack is back!...

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I thought he was furloughed before furloughing was even a thing?

[Tom13]

I really struggle to watch any highlights/interviews with Jack Woodward involved. Feel like I'm back in nursery.

[eholm]

7 hours ago, TheAuthority said:

This is for all of my fellow VT'ers who didn’t get see to the game:...

Thanks for the report mate.

Did we change personnel in the 2nd half or just DS getting into them a bit at HT? (no Kenneth gifs please

[nepal_villan]

39 minutes ago, eholm said:

Thanks for the report mate.

Did we change personnel in the 2nd half or just DS getting into them a bit at HT? (no Kenneth gifs please

Only Samatta, Jota and Elmo came on.  Found this a bit odd as I don't see them as our best substitute options. Unless we are saving the likes of Davis, AEG, Ramsey and Guilbert for the Cup match.

[MaVilla]

let's not get too carried away by pre season.

We had a decent pre season last year, scoring a lot of goals and even beating Leipzig.

Didn't translate to the league.

I will be hopeful if we get martinez, a new mc and a new rw/if, I think with those final purchases we will hopefully look a very different prospect.

Still nervous though.

Edited September 13, 2020 by MaVilla

[AntrimBlack]

3 hours ago, Tom13 said:

I really struggle to watch any highlights/interviews with Jack Woodward involved. Feel like I'm back in nursery.

Another one from the past that needs binned. Embarrassing and annoying.

[NeilS]

7 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

let's not get too carried away by pre season.

We had a decent pre season last year, scoring a lot of goals and even beating Leipzig.

Didn't translate to the league.

I will be hopeful if we get martinez, a new mc and a new rw/if, I think with those final purchases we will hopefully look a very different prospect.

Still nervous though.

I was thinking the same. Promising signs at the moment, but the same could have been said last summer after RB Leipzig win. A few additions and a good start results wise, and I will start to believe we may have a better season. We know from our experience last season that a string of bad results can quickly destroy confidence, then promising performances suddenly become awful performances.

[Delphinho123]

21 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

let's not get too carried away by pre season.

We had a decent pre season last year, scoring a lot of goals and even beating Leipzig.

Didn't translate to the league.

I will be hopeful if we get martinez, a new mc and a new rw/if, I think with those final purchases we will hopefully look a very different prospect.

Still nervous though.

Exactly what we need. At the moment, Hourihane and Trezeguet are still starting and they aren’t premier league quality players. This needs to be addressed before I’m confident we will have a decent season. 

[sne]

Just watched the extended highlights on youtube and we looked pretty much wide open in defence. Very similar to before the lockdown last season. Must have been close to 20 Man U chances or half chances in the first half alone. 2nd half looked a bit better.

Only a friendly but this was our current best 11 against a mostly second string Man U. Really hope we can get 2 or 3 guaranteed starters in before the window closes.

Edited September 13, 2020 by sne

[MaVilla]

9 minutes ago, sne said:

Just watched the extended highlights on youtube and we looked pretty much wide open in defence. Very similar to before the lockdown last season. Must have been close to 20 Man U chances or half chances in the first half alone. 2nd half looked a bit better.

Only a friendly but this was our current best 11 against a mostly second string Man U. Really hope we can get 2 or 3 guaranteed starters in before the window closes.

I would say its critical that we get 3 signings in.... (gk, mc, rw/if)

The first 11 that played yesterday I don't think will fare much better than last years 11 (mainly because except for 2 players it was effectively the same 11), even allowing for watkins being better for our style of play, he can't turn us in to a mid table team alone.

Edited September 13, 2020 by MaVilla

[sne]

6 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

I would say its critical that we get 3 signings in.... (gk, mc, rw/if)

The first 11 that played yesterday I don't think will fare much better than last years 11 (mainly because expect 2 players it was effectively the same 11), even allowing for watkins being better for our style of play, he can't turn us in to a mid table team.

Ideally I'd like a more experienced CB and another LB as well but yeah CM, RW and GK are essential.

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[MaVilla]

8 hours ago, sne said:

Ideally I'd like a more experienced CB and another LB as well but yeat CM, RW and GK are essential.

yeah wouldnt say no to a new CB & LB (Targett definitely needs some competition that isnt Taylor), but only after the GK, CM, RW/IF are sorted first. (and we have some money left)

[Dave-R]

Thanks for the read.

Your bit where you said: *had many balls flash across the 6 yard area*, I was like wow all those people have missed out on a  chance for some heck of a bunch of balls here for a fiver.

Very good review though, you seemed to of enjoyed it for alot of reasons.