sne Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wasteman ™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just spotted this article on twitter, it puts into words almost exactly how I feel watching us play. It's a shame it's on an obscure site rather than a mainstream one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted August 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2022 Took this clown a few months to destroy near enough everything we have built and bought into the past few years as supporters, customers, investors and staff. Get. The. ****. Out. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Pissflaps said: And we should still behave like idiot's? Agreed, let’s keep VT a bastion of virtue. Pissflaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: Just spotted this article on twitter, it puts into words almost exactly how I feel watching us play. It's a shame it's on an obscure site rather than a mainstream one. Optus Sport is the main broadcaster of the Premier League here in Australia, so it's not exactly obscure But I can understand its not a major British or American outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Gerard on talksport next!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HalfTimePost Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, Ghost said: Optus Sport is the main broadcaster of the Premier League here in Australia, so it's not exactly obscure But I can understand its not a major British or American outlet. Ah, the more you know! Tbh I'd have had most American outlets as obscure also, I more meant because pressure from the press can push a club to react but it's easier to ignore from non-mainstream British Press. A good article though, and props to them for investing in genuine opinion, would be easier to just pay a fee to a 'name' for an uneducated opinion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kingman said: Gerard on talksport next!.. Just turned on and it's Flabby discussing Villa - have they said Gerrard is coming on too? Or are they just discussing him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: Just spotted this article on twitter, it puts into words almost exactly how I feel watching us play. It's a shame it's on an obscure site rather than a mainstream one. Four games? Takes us up to international break. Why if we lose to Arsenal and City, but beat Leicester and Southampton, is that enough to save him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 minute ago, duke313 said: Four games? Takes us up to international break. Why if we lose to Arsenal and City, but beat Leicester and Southampton, is that enough to save him? Yes I would think so. Any sign that things are improving will save him in the eyes of the owners and Perslow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 of the 3 wins against relegated sides and the third one we scraped against an Everton side with no striker, no midfielder and their best defender out. Very lucky to win that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wurzel said: Yes I would think so. Any sign that things are improving will save him in the eyes of the owners and Perslow. That’s why I’d pull the pin now. Don’t give him the chance to pull a cabbage head result out of the bag and them limp on for another 6 or 7 games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 losses this week should see him on his way IMO. They shouldn't be considered free hits. They are games that we need a result from. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 minute ago, sparrow1988 said: 2 losses this week should see him on his way IMO. They shouldn't be considered free hits. They are games that we need a result from. Exactly. We are a team that, according to the board, is expected to be challenging for Europe. Teams that challenge for Europe don’t go into a game against any team expecting to lose so treating it as a free hit. Southampton beat Chelsea last night so anything is possible and everyone needs to work their nuts off to try to get a result. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 36 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Ah, the more you know! Tbh I'd have had most American outlets as obscure also, I more meant because pressure from the press can push a club to react but it's easier to ignore from non-mainstream British Press. A good article though, and props to them for investing in genuine opinion, would be easier to just pay a fee to a 'name' for an uneducated opinion Definitely agree it's a well written article though. Particularly enjoyed this bit describing the current malaise: Quote "Watching Villa this season is football as conceptual art; a hypnotic study of football without football, stripped of its essential core. The ball is carried into the penalty box but the audience has no memory of how it got there. They move with an uncanny resemblance of a football team on the attack yet there’s an eerie sense no highlight, no action, could ever be created. In this piece, the viewer is invited to ponder the illusory construct of reality and the mass hallucination of sport as existential relief. It is difficult to discuss Villa’s aimlessness under Gerrard without resorting to sarcasm because it can be hard to pin down, with data or tactical analysis, exactly what is wrong with something that turns to dust on contact. But pause any footage of a Villa game this season and witness a team shape of maddening proportions, a cross or a star as likely as a triangle or square." The article is more interesting than our football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 23 minutes ago, duke313 said: Four games? Takes us up to international break. Why if we lose to Arsenal and City, but beat Leicester and Southampton, is that enough to save him? It probably would be. I'd feel more comfortable about us avoiding relegation at least, albeit we really should be aiming higher than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: 2 losses this week should see him on his way IMO. They shouldn't be considered free hits. They are games that we need a result from. I think he'll be gone if we lose to Arsenal and City. Cirtchley in charge for Leicester and Southampton, then a new manager in after international break for Leeds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Segundo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: Just spotted this article on twitter, it puts into words almost exactly how I feel watching us play. It's a shame it's on an obscure site rather than a mainstream one. This article hits just about every nail bang on the head, especially the bit about us being boring to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 It's just so tiresome. We know this isn't going anywhere, yet still we have to put up with him. I hope the board are already scouting out replacements so that when he does go they can bring them in immediately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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