sne Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, duke313 said: The majority of fans on here and social media seem to want him gone, but until the atmosphere at Villa park turns hostile, he' not going anywahere. Not sure the fans need to pelt him with stuff from the stands for the club to take action. Did the fans turn on the manager at Wolves or Chelsea before they acted? Didn't watch their last games. Guess Purslow will have double standards towards Gerrard perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted October 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2022 21 minutes ago, TRO said: If Watkins had of scored, and we all know he should have......and if Phils effort had of gone in........the mood on here would have been different. as it is, it was a shit show of poor finishing......all managers, rely on players to do their job, they get paid handsomely for it. amongst many things, we have no intrinsic aggression up front, no determination to finish the job....thats on the players for me. The mood would really not be much different. Thankful for the 3 points but disengaged with the aimless football, and certainly not thinking we’ve turned a corner by beating a 10-man relegation batting team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TRO Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, duke313 said: If players aren't doing their job, it's up to the manager to make changes. Watkins played the full match despite missing all those chances. I have no arguments with that.....I am of the same view. However, I have to accept the manager, did not agree with me, why I don't know, lack of experience is my only stab at it. when you are fighting for your job, safe decisions are usually sought, he must have thought it was his safest bet. after all, we could have lost, and that would have been meltdown. In view of their demolition of Chelsea, and unbeaten at home, it was a good point. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Bottom line is this: 2 wins in the last 12 league games, many of which were winnable. This isn't just relegation form, this is bottom of the table form. How the **** is he still here? Serious questions need to be asked of the owners and the CEO if this keeps up. This isn't congruent in any way with their rhetoric over the last 5 years of being in charge of this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nick76 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, TRO said: it was a good point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: The mood would really not be much different. Thankful for the 3 points but disengaged with the aimless football, and certainly not thinking we’ve turned a corner by beating a 10-man relegation batting team. Not turned any corner, in terms of play.....but results have turned away from defeats....which is something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted October 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2022 I have said it before but Smith is the only head coach/manager I have seen at Villa for the last 20 years who had actually improved players while he was at Villa Park. And then we sacked him for Gerrard. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CVByrne Posted October 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, nick76 said: Clearly not true. We lost 5 games in a row and we looked like we were heading for a relegation battle. You had Mings dropped by Smith. You had different tactics used. This season our performances have deserved 3 points more than we have. West Ham game was a 0 0 and they got a lucky deflected goal while yesterday we should have won that game we had plenty of chances to do so. We need to see more from the team now. Next 4 games we should be aiming for points in every one of them 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, est1874 said: Bottom line is this: 2 wins in the last 12 league games, many of which were winnable. This isn't just relegation form, this is bottom of the table form. How the **** is he still here? Serious questions need to be asked of the owners and the CEO if this keeps up. This isn't congruent in any way with their rhetoric over the last 5 years of being in charge of this club. Could easily say 5 points from 3 games and only 1 goal conceded. That's 1.66 points per game and over a season it's 63 points. I think World Cup break is the time to make a good assessment. Was it just a slow start to the season, then we went defensive to stop the rot. Then tried to add the attacking play again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Clearly not true. We lost 5 games in a row and we looked like we were heading for a relegation battle. You had Mings dropped by Smith. You had different tactics used. This season our performances have deserved 3 points more than we have. West Ham game was a 0 0 and they got a lucky deflected goal while yesterday we should have won that game we had plenty of chances to do so. We need to see more from the team now. Next 4 games we should be aiming for points in every one of them Smith is/was notoriously streaky as a coach. I think we would have finish in a similar position had he not been sacked, and would have brought younger players into the squad unlike Gerrard. But coulda/shoulda, the board made the decision. But it looks like we have wasted a lot of time and resources in treading water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: Smith is/was notoriously streaky as a coach. I think we would have finish in a similar position had he not been sacked, and would have brought younger players into the squad unlike Gerrard. But coulda/shoulda, the board made the decision. But it looks like we have wasted a lot of time and resources in treading water. and the clubs connection with the fans wouldn’t be broken. Smith is gone now but this Gerrard upgrade experiment has failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Clearly not true. We lost 5 games in a row and we looked like we were heading for a relegation battle. You had Mings dropped by Smith. You had different tactics used. This season our performances have deserved 3 points more than we have. West Ham game was a 0 0 and they got a lucky deflected goal while yesterday we should have won that game we had plenty of chances to do so. We need to see more from the team now. Next 4 games we should be aiming for points in every one of them If you still think West Ham won because of a lucky goal you need to watch the game again. Moyes changed his set up second half and Gerrard was caught sitting on his hands as per usual. The first half looked good on our part but we didn’t do a thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 8 Points from 8 games,7 goals scored in 8 games and 14th in the table.If the owners and Gerrard were not trying for a top of the top half finish I think I would give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 The goalposts have been moved so far we might as well play at St Andrews 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Time wasting against ten men, marsch calling it out in the post match presser, pragmatic ball in full swing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Could easily say 5 points from 3 games and only 1 goal conceded. That's 1.66 points per game and over a season it's 63 points. I think World Cup break is the time to make a good assessment. Was it just a slow start to the season, then we went defensive to stop the rot. Then tried to add the attacking play again. Eh? 18 points in the last 19 games (half a season). 41% of those points against teams no longer in the Premier League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Just now, Zatman said: Premier League website says that he is registered In what world is a registered player under contract at a professional football club left out of the yearly club photo?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted October 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2022 17 minutes ago, Steero113 said: In what world is a registered player under contract at a professional football club left out of the yearly club photo?!?! The Gerrardverse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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