tomav84 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I think that was smiths 1st season wasnt it? I rrally wanna bwat thwm at villa park we haven't beaten them there in years 2nd. we lost there in our first season back in the PL the time we beat them was during lockdown so kinda doesnt count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratvillan Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Thought it was really clever to put Cash on r midfield. Nullified sessegnon, and gave us a good outlet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 His in game decision making is man and boy stuff as regards him and Gerrard. Bailey hooked for Cash on the right wing and McGinn on the left , Gerrard doesn’t see that in a million years. Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Tom13 said: 3 hours ago, Sulberto21 said: Can he still play? Surely a one game contract lol. Villa scores for Villa at Villa Park. The ship has sailed now, but there was a time when I’d loved to have seen us with Dean Ashton and David Villa up front. Spoiler and Sean Connery as manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Spoony said: Buendia on working under Unai Emery: "As soon as they came here, they told us we needed to win more points away from home and playing a top side like Tottenham team away and winning, we are very happy. So he came in and said “win more away from home”, and they did. I guess it’s the WAY he said it? Gerrard said stuff like "<insert team here> should beat us". Unai came in and said "uh, no, actually" and the players were like "oh right, ok". It's that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 58 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Not to piss on your bonfire, but no one actually said that. Several people, myself included said that while we welcomed the appointment, we HOPED the appointment would not be another Remi Garde. I don't remember anyone actually being against UE's appointment. Same. Nobody here compared Emery to Garde. I’d confidently say not one did. His appointment was met with huge optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, tomav84 said: 2nd. we lost there in our first season back in the PL the time we beat them was during lockdown so kinda doesnt count If I remember rightly, it was coming to the end of lockdown and grounds has started allowing fans back in. Not full capacity but enough Spurs fans were there for us to hear them booing on TV. We went on to beat Chelsea next in the last game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: His in game decision making is man and boy stuff as regards him and Gerrard. Bailey hooked for Cash on the right wing and McGinn on the left , Gerrard doesn’t see that in a million years. Not a chance. Too busy looking for eye contact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 22 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I think that was smiths 1st season wasnt it? I rrally wanna bwat thwm at villa park we haven't beaten them there in years Second I think during covid season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 He's a proper manager. Not everything will go well, but ****, you can see he's thinking about the game and making the players work the way he needs to achieve. It's insane that we've seen so little of that kind of thing at Villa Park in recent years. Like, the things we're doing, they aren't that revolutionary. He's making the team hyper organised. The team defends like a machine. But it bloody works. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, Greenfly said: Gerrard said stuff like "<insert team here> should beat us". Unai came in and said "uh, no, actually" and the players were like "oh right, ok". It's that simple. It was worse than "they should beat us" Gerrard said Chelsea should wipe the floor with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Pinebro said: It was worse than "they should beat us" Gerrard said Chelsea should wipe the floor with us. **** me i forgot all about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, tomav84 said: 2nd. we lost there in our first season back in the PL the time we beat them was during lockdown so kinda doesnt count It was the first game fans were allowed back into the stadium 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, Thug said: Too busy looking for eye contact. And a box of effing quality street for his magic moments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Chindie said: He's a proper manager. Not everything will go well, but ****, you can see he's thinking about the game and making the players work the way he needs to achieve. It's insane that we've seen so little of that kind of thing at Villa Park in recent years. Arguably not for 20+ years Edited January 1, 2023 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 22 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: His in game decision making is man and boy stuff as regards him and Gerrard. Bailey hooked for Cash on the right wing and McGinn on the left , Gerrard doesn’t see that in a million years. Not a chance. Yep, I love that he’s actually paying attention to the game in real time and makes changes depending on what is happening on the pitch. Sure sometimes it won’t work or backfire but at least he goes with his instinct and doesn’t just freeze if we are getting dominated on the pitch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 hours ago, CVByrne said: The idea is to attract more of the opposition players into our 1/3rd of the pitch so when we turn over the ball there is more open space for us to counter attack into. It's very intelligent way to set up away from home. He's an incredibly talented tactical coach. Agreed mate. So lucky to have him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 So this is what having a genuinely top level manager does for results. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 13 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: So this is what having a genuinely top level manager does for results. Who knew? Clearly Christian Purslow clearly didn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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