Popular Post ferguson1 Posted May 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) Our Achilles heel is our predictability right now. The team has been picking itself for a number of weeks and the last few games especially. Even Emery can't keep whipping up a new dish with the same ingredients week in week out. We need a few of the injured back asap or perhaps a slight tweak in formation just to surprise the opposition. Edited May 4, 2023 by ferguson1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Should be rested enough to give this lot a game. They always seem confident about beating us, that needs putting right. I expect them to rattle us early on but I still believe Emery ball will see us through. Hell if it doesn't then it's beach time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 1 - 2 to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) Not excited for this game as much as the previous ones. Should be a routine win for Villa Wolves 0-2 Villa Edited May 4, 2023 by SecretVillaScout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, SecretVillaScout said: Should be a routine win for Villa We're not good enough for any match in this league to be a routine win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Just now, villa89 said: We're not good enough for any match in this league to be a routine win. We've shown since the start of the year we get routine wins over the bottom teams. and Wolves are a bottom team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 4 hours ago, TRO said: It also comes down to winning your individual battles.....and overcoming opponents, who's intention is to stop you. I would also like to see Dendoncker and Luiz.....closer together, not a massive gap, to allow opponents to run through. I don't particularly think the distances between Dendoncker and Luiz are a big problem. Even United rarely went through the middle against us. I highlighted it in the tactics thread that it's not our defense that's a particular problem. Only Brentford have really generated a lot of chances against us and they did that by mostly exploiting over the top balls out wide. If anything, that has been an attacking point for other teams. Early, over the top, and out wide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted May 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2023 3 hours ago, ferguson1 said: Our Achilles heel is our predictability right now. The team has been picking itself for a number of weeks and the last few games especially. Even Emery can't keep whipping up a new dish with the same ingredients week in week out. We need a few of the injured back asap or perhaps a slight tweak in formation just to surprise the opposition. I think that was largely because we kept winning. I know the old adage of ‘don’t change a winning team’ doesn’t apply to every team all the time, but I think that was a reward for the players who had been winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2023 1 hour ago, SecretVillaScout said: We've shown since the start of the year we get routine wins over the bottom teams. and Wolves are a bottom team. You're not wrong. Games in 2023 versus bottom half sides 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2023 Anyone concerned with it being away from home. The percentages in that table are even better. Games in 2023 away to bottom half sides 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Must win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Are there any pubs/bars in town that show our 3pm games? Would love to watch this game. mate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, DJBOB said: I don't particularly think the distances between Dendoncker and Luiz are a big problem. Even United rarely went through the middle against us. I highlighted it in the tactics thread that it's not our defense that's a particular problem. Only Brentford have really generated a lot of chances against us and they did that by mostly exploiting over the top balls out wide. If anything, that has been an attacking point for other teams. Early, over the top, and out wide. I get that, but, check out our average positions image on UTV podcast....where most of our midfield players tended to be out wide. Edited May 4, 2023 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 0-0 or a goal either way. The slim hope of 7th will be even slimmer if we lose this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted May 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2023 Wolves have nothing to play for and a notorious for hitting the beach, they must be nice in Portugal. We'll batter them, we'll score 4 and take another 3 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted May 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said: Wolves have nothing to play for and a notorious for hitting the beach, they must be nice in Portugal. They will have put the bags on the 'to do list' for Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 18 hours ago, BOF said: Anyone concerned with it being away from home. The percentages in that table are even better. Games in 2023 away to bottom half sides Throw in how poor wolves have been at home this season and the stats are pointing to one thing. Emery's villa don't do a villa, so I'm optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 5, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Throw in how poor wolves have been at home this season and the stats are pointing to one thing. Emery's villa don't do a villa, so I'm optimistic. Wolves have won 6 of their last 8 home games. They're a different beast at home under Lopetegui. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Name Is Death Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 (edited) Emery and Lopetegui are both very familiar with each other (Emery has mentioned Lopetegui a few times as one of the Spanish managers he most admires), and Lopetegui has only lost one of their six encounters, so this is definitely one I'm worried about. Will probably be a draw. Edited May 5, 2023 by His Name Is Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Villan_of_oz said: Wolves have nothing to play for and a notorious for hitting the beach, they must be nice in Portugal. We'll batter them, we'll score 4 and take another 3 points. The have a nasty habit, of raising their game against us, better than we can against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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