Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Tayls said: I do think people need to move on a bit from the thinking that because of how we played in first part of the season, that the current way we are playing is acceptable. If you believe that is fine then we won’t achieve anything ever, it’s a very poor mindset… there is a lot that needs changing with us at the minute, injuries or not. We look like we have completely revered back to type, which is awful. So what do you want us to do about it? I'm confused. I don't think anyone is enthused by how we have been playing, but how we played earlier in the season, and last season, simply provides credit in the bank. Evidence that we have come through rough patches before, and are likely to come through this one also, based on that credit. Also bearing in mind that most reasonable fans acknowledge in in the grand scheme of things, we are essentially a work in progress. Are you suggesting people start booing and waving banners to show everyone that how we've been playing is " unacceptable"? Or to just moan incessantly on here and regurgitate the same arguments? Or do you want us to lay down a VT gauntlet of X games to improve or Emery needs to go? I don't get it. Lol Edited February 11 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 16 minutes ago, Tayls said: I do think people need to move on a bit from the thinking that because of how we played in first part of the season, that the current way we are playing is acceptable. If you believe that is fine then we won’t achieve anything ever, it’s a very poor mindset… there is a lot that needs changing with us at the minute, injuries or not. We look like we have completely revered back to type, which is awful. You’re right. I’m putting my foot down. This is unacceptable. Unai and players sort it out NOW or else. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, DCJonah said: Literally hours ago you couldn't see where the next win was coming from. Extreme. Figure of speech. Poor phrasing. You know what I mean. Our form at the moment is horrific and our back 4 is a car crash. We’ll be miles off top 4 if we continue as we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Uphill battle from here to get a CL spot, unless our performances pick up drastically and quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Uphill battle from here to get a CL spot, unless our performances pick up drastically and quickly. Indeed. If we can get 2/3rds of City performance levels again, we beat most teams I feel. Again though, our key players play a massive role in this. If we get the Kamara and Doug from the other night we may just have to pack it in Edited February 11 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 16 hours ago, AvonVillain said: Explain this please!!? If you can enjoy fighting for European places I don't know what to tell you. Must be miserable if you can't be positive when we are doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 1 minute ago, Pinebro said: If you can enjoy fighting for European places I don't know what to tell you. Must be miserable if you can't be positive when we are doing well. Should have made it clearer that this was a joke, apologies. I favour an interrobang for this purpose, but, doesn't always work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Still think we are putting too much on this game, far too much. Take a step back. In the title race with Ipswich in 1980-81 we lost to them twice and still won the title. People describing today as season defining. Well I would rather think our back to back wins against Man City and Arsenal are season defining of the progress we are making. It is a big game, don't get me wrong, but we will have key players coming back in the weeks ahead and no reason why we can't rack up 8 or 9 more wins between now and the end of the season. UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 4 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: Repeated qualification for the CL won't be easy but the alternative isnt to just qualify once either. We will play the extra games whichever European tournament we are in so the extra game argument I hear from some, doesn't stack up. But we need to win today so badly and at worst, just not lose. We need to finish 5th this season and can then see whats what next year. Playing teams in the Champions League will (obviously) be far more draining than playing Hibs or Zrinjski Mostar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said: Still think we are putting too much on this game, far too much. Take a step back. In the title race with Ipswich in 1980-81 we lost to them twice and still won the title. People describing today as season defining. Well I would rather think our back to back wins against Man City and Arsenal are season defining of the progress we are making. It is a big game, don't get me wrong, but we will have key players coming back in the weeks ahead and no reason why we can't rack up 8 or 9 more wins between now and the end of the season. UTV Sort of agree, some of the comments across the fanbase make it seem like we will be deducted 15 points if we lose or something lol. Saw someone say if we lose this we will continue to drop like a weight and finish 10th - 12th. In fairness, the fact that we are 24/25 games into a season, and a now " must win " game for us, is one to ensure we keep distance inside the top 5, over Tottenham and Man U, against Man U, is a testament to how far we've come in itself. ( As opposed to trying to get to 40 points asap ) Momentum does play a part in this, unfortunately for us, Man U have now picked some up, and we've lost some. Even after today though, there will still be a good amount of points to play for, pendulum swings etc and our good start gave us a good cushion for some " faltering ". Edited February 11 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 25 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Playing teams in the Champions League will (obviously) be far more draining than playing Hibs or Zrinjski Mostar. Not to mention we would likely select a very different 11 for a match against Mostar than against Dortmund. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 34 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Playing teams in the Champions League will (obviously) be far more draining than playing Hibs or Zrinjski Mostar. Maybe, but we would have a squad to cope you'd hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Watching Arsenal here reminds me just how far we’ve got to go. Emery is working miracles but they’re miles better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Case in point. Just a few months ago I was worried about West Hand head of steam. They are now being soundly distinguished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Clubs around us starting to do the business. It’s time we stepped up if we can that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 22 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Clubs around us starting to do the business. It’s time we stepped up if we can that is. The game today is absolutely massive really isnt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 48 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Watching Arsenal here reminds me just how far we’ve got to go. Emery is working miracles but they’re miles better than us. And so they should be for the ludicrous amount of money they spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 11 minutes ago, spiezels said: The game today is absolutely massive really isnt it. Psychologically huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Psychologically huge Yep, all about momentum, if they win they’ll be confident of catching us. Really bad time for us to be dropping form as of late. Am really not looking forward to it me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Absolutely zero chance of top 3, if there ever even was. City and Arsenal have hit form an Liverpool are only going to get stronger when Salah is back. We're in a straight shootout with Spurs. If Untied or anyone else catch us then we wouldn't deserve 4th anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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