AvonVillain Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 minute ago, nick76 said: Ok, we are losing 1-0 to a newly promoted team that have a problematic defence and we haven’t looked like scoring. Is that enough perspective? "The whipping boys of the league," according to their own manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, grobs said: Think we all need to calm down a bit. Liverpool fans aren’t all crying after they dropped points The thing is, for Liverpool, playing crap and dropping points against a relatively poor team is an aberration. For us it would be a continuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Also as i said when the game was getting started the lack of height is telling. This is a problem we are losing everything. At least mings gives us some height ffs. We are about even in duels and headers, but they are out-tackling us in numbers with 11 to our 5 after the first half. So we aren't really losing everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: Don't think for a team that has top 7 aspirations that beating a newly promoted side and starting the season with some momentum isn't must win? Desirable of course, but must is s bit premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, bobzy said: We're offering nothing with set pieces - and we've actually had a good amount. As I say, though, as bad as we've been, Bournemouth have played well. I agree. We had enough set pieces to at least get some efforts and cause some problems but we have caused veey few issues and they do looks a bit vulnerable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Scott Parker himself said before the game that Bournemouth were not a PL Calibre team and were in a worse position than when they got promoted due to injuries. What do Villa do concede against them after 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 We finally get Buendia Coutinho Bailey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, thabucks said: **** me I be really started to hate this place now and the self entitled bunch of moaning supposed football experts who love nothing better than moan and criticise at the earliest point and almost want Gerrard to fail so they can proved right than their beloved smith was wronged … Get some perspective Dude this is just shite to watch. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 It defies logic that there are people on here defending that first half performance and saying that its "only" the first game of the season..get a **** grip. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Buendia on yesss!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, bobzy said: Possession: Bournemouth 35% - Villa 65% It's what people wanted! Sack off the risky passing, just become a possession side. Don't understand the moaning. Difference between not playing stupid risky passes that have low expected value and not even trying to get to the by lines to cut it bakc or playing with any tempo whatsoever like we have so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, brummybloke said: Half time, can't see anything different from the poor play from last season. Ponderous laboured slo mo football for 95% of the time, trying to play tight to the left and losing it 90% of the time. Ramsey and mcginn is not working in this game, Ramsey off at half time please for doug as sansom seems to be ignored. We aren't keeping the ball up the pitch the passes from defence are slow so kamara can't do his job effectively. Every pass to cash is behind him meaning he doesn't run onto the ball, he checks back, it goes to konsa who 99.999% gives it to Carlos who flicks it out to digne, he then passes back to Carlos who tries a long ball and we lose it. Lost count of the amount of times that's happened. We tried rubbish like that in preseason and got found out by lower league teams. Not sure why they thought repeatedly doing it in a Premier game would get any better results ? Either play through balls or someone's going to need to beat a man because aimlessly hoofing into the box will gwt us nothing. Big phil also needs to stop slowing down play, it needs doing sometimes, not every single time. We are a good fooball team when no ones near us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, UpTheVilla26 said: Losing possession 78 times in one half is embarrassing beyond words. You wouldn't mind it so much it it was the players trying low percentage through balls in the final third but its not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just now, daft said: We are about even in duels and headers, but they are out-tackling us in numbers with 11 to our 5 after the first half. So we aren't really losing everything. If you look at all the attacks in their box we have won hardly any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I just don't get why we have to play like complete shite for Buendia to come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Fair play Gerrard, at least he's taking appropriate action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Emi for JJ. Like this sub leaves us abit open but mcginns gonna have to help with the defensive work Edited August 6, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Buendia on thank **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2022 I think it's difficult not to have an emotional reaction to that first 45 minutes - we're coming into a season playing the worst team in the league, full of hope and positivity, looking at chasing 7th place and then...that. Buendia on for Ramsey. 4-1-1-3-1 it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Good decision I guess. Coutinho is still Coutinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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