TRO Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, villalad21 said: The team who got owned by a bunch of Young Boys! It was interesting for me last night how effective, both "young boys" and " Zenit " contained Man U and Chelsea,respectively, despite the world class talent on display. I was impressed with the defending from both teams....thought Zenits left back Douglas Santos was a live wire, in to everything. Edited September 15, 2021 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, TRO said: It was interesting for me last night how effective, both "young boys" and " Zenit " contained Man U and Chelsea,respectively, despite the world class talent on display. I was impressed with the defending from both teams....thought Zenits left back Douglas Santos was a live wire, in to everything. We shouldn't be overly scared of United. They live off vibes and moments of individual brilliance. They aren't like Man City or Liverpool who will suffocate teams for 90 minutes with relentless pressure, not allowing you to breathe. United live off moments. They will put you under pressure for 10-15 minutes but it don't tend to last for very long. None of their pressure is sustained over a significant period. Wolves battered them for large periods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, villalad21 said: We shouldn't be overly scared of United. They live off vibes and moments of individual brilliance. They aren't like Man City or Liverpool who will suffocate teams for 90 minutes with relentless pressure, not allowing you to breathe. United live off moments. They will put you under pressure for 10-15 minutes but it don't tend to last for very long. None of their pressure is sustained over a significant period. Wolves battered them for large periods. but so far, we don't. you need to very athletic and full of stamina, to do that, as "Young Boys" demonstrated. If you look at our record against them, its quite understandable to fear them....albeit, I am all for, not fearing anyone. Edited September 15, 2021 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) From our next 5 league games starting with the Toffees, I think we will pick up 6-8 points from a possible 15 available. They are tough games though and anymore of a points return than that will be great! Edited September 15, 2021 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I'll be happily surprised if we're averaging more than a point a game after this run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted September 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2021 Realistically.... 5 points. Anything more than that is a good job over those 5 matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I've a glass half full view of our 4 games so far. Firstly a terrible 45 against Watford which was the result of the shambles pre season due to covid and injuries. Smith had an error in team selection too. We were much improved in 2nd half when Ramsey came on. We then got the 3 points against Newcastle Brentford. Losing McGinn and Ramsey was a hammer blow to us for that game. I think most of us would agree if we had a Ramsey, Luiz, McGinn trio starting instead of Young, Luiz, Chuk we probably would have won the game. Then Chelsea where we played superbly and shouldn't have lost it based on the chances created. Difference was Lukaku and individual mistakes. I've seen enough to be very positive about this squad in terms of sustained performance this season, once we have everyone fit and up to speed we look to have the players to be a threat in every game. I think we'll get somewhere between 6 and 8 points from next 5 games and anything above 5 would be a success 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Think Everton sets the tone for this. Beat them and don't see why we couldn't get at least a draw at Spurs. They're getting injuries now and we beat them end of last season. Have a very good record v Arsenal since coming up and Wolves should be draw at least. Don't beat Everton and it will be a grind up to November. I will go for 7 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 15/09/2021 at 14:42, villalad21 said: We shouldn't be overly scared of United. They live off vibes and moments of individual brilliance. They aren't like Man City or Liverpool who will suffocate teams for 90 minutes with relentless pressure, not allowing you to breathe. United live off moments. They will put you under pressure for 10-15 minutes but it don't tend to last for very long. None of their pressure is sustained over a significant period. Wolves battered them for large periods. We could be 4 up v them going into injury time and I'd still be happy with a draw. 25 years of mental anguish v them just seeps into the soul I'm afraid. In a funny way I'd be less confident of getting anything v them if we were 1 up with 20 minutes left as opposed to one down when they might sit back a bit. That's the only one I'm writing off. Really surprised at the lack of confidence v Arsenal. All they've done is scrape past Norwich and we always handle their forwards with ease. They haven't scored past us in the last three games now and we usually win the midfield battle. Spurs couldn't handle Ollie at all end of last season so I don't think it's impossible we could win there although would be happy with a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 So we're going to beat Spurs and Arsenal then. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: So we're going to beat Spurs and Arsenal then. Excellent. oh fo sho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono62 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 On 14/09/2021 at 15:44, Jono62 said: Easy. On 14/09/2021 at 15:44, Jono62 said: Everton (H) - 2-0 (W) Man Utd (A) - 1-2 (W) Spurs (A) - 0-3 (W) Wolves (H) - 1-0 (W) Arsenal (A) - 1-4 (W) One down... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 It’s a tough run but all the games are winnable, West Ham were better than Man Utd yesterday imo, keeping individual errors to a Minimum is key for us against the them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: It’s a tough run but all the games are winnable, West Ham were better than Man Utd yesterday imo, keeping individual errors to a Minimum is key for us against the them. The ref says no. 3 penalties to Man Utd just for daring to dream about a win. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ender4 said: The ref says no. 3 penalties to Man Utd just for daring to dream about a win. Looking forward to the obligatory Pogba shithousery for a penalty early in the second half after we've been 0-1 up and comfortable. Then the late winner from some prick, most likely Maguires massive **** forehead. Edited September 20, 2021 by Steero113 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 15/09/2021 at 14:42, villalad21 said: We shouldn't be overly scared of United. Ronaldo scares the shit out of me. He is just so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Peter Griffin said: Ronaldo scares the shit out of me. He is just so good Ronaldo scares the shit out of me because he seems to have the ability at age 36 to jump higher than a house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 18/09/2021 at 20:07, Jono62 said: On 14/09/2021 at 15:44, Jono62 said: Everton (H) - 2-0 (W) Man Utd (A) - 1-2 (W) Spurs (A) - 0-3 (W) Wolves (H) - 1-0 (W) Arsenal (A) - 1-4 (W) One down... Will you be readjusting the scores in the other games considering the lack of confidence in the Everton game . 1-3 against Man Utd and 0-5 Spurs sounds reasonable imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Steero113 said: Ronaldo scares the shit out of me because he seems to have the ability at age 36 to jump higher than a house... His off the ball movement is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Steero113 said: Ronaldo scares the shit out of me because he seems to have the ability at age 36 to jump higher than a house... Its unreal and then add the positional sense, vision and quality on the ball and even at 36 and on 25m a year he is looking a bargain for Man Utd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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