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  1. 1. Who was your Man of the Match?

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SuperTed Mentor

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23 minutes ago, flashingqwerty said:

The players finishing was abysmal today.  Truly shocking.

What Ive learnt from today:

1. Watkins is not good enough for this level

2. El Ghazi is not good enough for this level

3. Traore needs more time to adjust but does not look good enough for this level

4. The game was crying out for an attacking player who can shoot/score yet out best goalscoring player on the bench stayed there

5. Dean Smith still does not know or does not have the balls to change things

Yes, the players missed a lot of chances, and should be ashamed of some that were missed.  But players have off days in front of goal from time to time.

What really gets me is that Burnley never really looked dangerous and we were creating chances.  Dean Smith needs to pick up on this, and introduce fresh players earlier.

If we introduce Hourihane for El Ghazi, Traore or Nakamba at 60 minutes, I'd stake my house on him creating a goal or scoring one.  Ramsey could have come in and created something, hell, he was good enough to start last week so its not like the manager does not rate hit.

Davis was brought on and plauyed right wing... I mean WTAF? Why not put 2 up top? Why not play a narrow 3 in midfield, with jack in the hole behind 2 strikers?  Why not do something different for once?  We are the most one dimensional, single plan team i've ever seen.  Its depressing.

Dean Smith infamously said that the team mirrors the manager.  Clearly he is a toothless, unimaginative, clueless lump imaginable.

Major signings needed in Jan for me.  Not sure we've progressed or just been a bit luckier...

Have you and your Missus fell out tonight mate? 

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21 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

He made Klopp say "wow".

Yep, Liverpool allowed us to play and left huge spaces.  We also had the rub of the green with the chances we gave them, and they missed - even the best have off days.

The true measure of a manager for me, is having the knowhow and the courage to change things and Dean Smith does not.

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flashingqwerty Experienced

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12 minutes ago, SuperTed said:

Have you and your Missus fell out tonight mate? 

Yes, but unrelated.

I never wanted DS here, i've not enjoyed the majority of his tenure, and i still feel, based 9n what we see week in, week out, that he is not the man to take us back to greatness - i just dont rate him.

Yeah, maybe those who say he has no faith in the players outside the first 11 are right.  However, he signed most of them, so that also on him.

Much of the recruitment since his arrival has been dire.  I can't think of many gems, if any tbh.

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Hornso Grand Master

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Very frustrating to watch, but overall a good performance. Although we had a lot of shots I was a bit disappointed with the quality of chances we created. Had a look at the xG to see if this was the case and it was 1.81 v 0.32 from this site (https://understat.com/match/14556) which seems to support my thoughts, but we definitely should have finished one.

If anything I was more disappointed with some of our decision making. Traore spending too long setting himself up on his left foot for the chance he had in the first half and then not pulling the trigger which the excellent chance Jack set him up for in the 2nd. Then multiple times I thought Watkins was available for a squared ball across the 6 yard box but instead we looked to and got off a low percentage shot.

Mixed in with some bad luck, El Ghazi's free kick, Hause hitting the post and Lowton clearing the ball of the line it just wasn't out night. Perhaps evening out some of the fortune we got from the deflections against Liverpool?!

At least players like Hause, Nakamba & Elmo were able to step in and we didn't miss a beat performance wise.

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11 minutes ago, avfcDJ said:

Missed this as I was working, can somebody give me an idea how bad we were?

We weren't bad at all. We dominated the game and created something like 27 chances, just a combination of poor finishing and being thwarted by the woodwork. 99 times out of 100, we win that game at least 3-0.

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33 minutes ago, avfcDJ said:

Missed this as I was working, can somebody give me an idea how bad we were?

We were immense. Absolutely steamrollered them to the point of it being an attack v defence match. You'd struggle to find a more one sided match.

But every time we had a chance we chose the wrong option. A squared pass when a shot would have been better, a shot when someone was open. Over and over again.

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Life is full of mysteries. Like why is the word "abbreviation" so long? Or why do banks charge an "insufficient funds" fee when they already know there's no money there? Or how did Burnley leave Villa park with a point?

You got the feeling that if we scored one goal, we would have then put in 3 or 4 more. However, we end up with a draw not because of Burnley's "backs to the wall" defensive showing but through sheer ineptitude in front of goal.

  • El Ghazi - who otherwise had a good game - either back passed to Pope or sprayed it wide/high.
  • Watkins was caught in that grey area between shooting and crossing.
  • Traore simply refuses to use his right foot even if it's a simple first time side-foot from 8 yards. Instead, he takes a few more touches so he can smash it with his left straight into the 3 defenders that have gathered around him.

Seeing that we were out of sorts in front of goal, Grealish, Davis and even Mings showed great team camaraderie by following suit.

Shame, because it was otherwise a very, very good performance from a team missing a raft of starters. Definitely 2 points dropped, but still better than a loss at home ala Brighton.

Onwards and upwards.

 

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1 hour ago, flashingqwerty said:

What really gets me is that Burnley never really looked dangerous and we were creating chances.

Yep, you're right, I like that - it's great when we're playing well and dominating - and hey, when it's working that well, you let them play right?

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Dean Smith needs to pick up on this, and introduce fresh players.

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2 hours ago, OutByEaster? said:

Efforts on goal this season per game (according to the BBC):

  • vs Sheff Ud - 18
  • vs Leeds - 12
  • vs Leicester - 10
  • vs Fulham - 16
  • vs Liverpool - 18
  • vs West ham - 16
  • vs Brighton - 15
  • vs Southampton - 19
  • vs Wolves - 13
  • vs Arsenal - 15
  • vs Burnley - 27

Unbelievably, that's the fourth game this season where we've failed to win despite having more than twice as many efforts on goal as the opposition. At least we got a point out of this one, we lost the other three.

I'm not sure what that says about our front line. 

 

 

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