Django_Zooms Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Dammit. The result that would have put Villa top on Christmas Day. If VAR was run properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Django_Zooms said: Dammit. The result that would have put Villa top on Christmas Day. If VAR was run properly. Nah that's Sods law If we'd have won last night then tonight wouldn't have been a draw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Arteta actually happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, villa4europe said: Nah that's Sods law If we'd have won last night then tonight wouldn't have been a draw I believe this too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Straight away, first thing they say on Sky, "Man icity the real winners this weekend". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Straight away, first thing they say on Sky, "Man icity the real winners this weekend". Are they not? Game in hand now and the top 3 all dropped points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, NoelVilla said: Weak benches both teams. And that is why City will win it. Again. Man city's depth isn't that great either this season. I reckon it could come down to who does the best business in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Farlz said: Are they not? Game in hand now and the top 3 all dropped points. Depends which way you look at it. Win there game in hand, they are above Tottenham, still 2 off us and Liverpool and game off the top. Ohh, an they still need to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I believe this too. Real life means that Varma is not a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Straight away, first thing they say on Sky, "Man icity the real winners this weekend". To be fair though they are aren't they? We drew too, the 3 teams above them all drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, foreveryoung said: Depends which way you look at it. Win there game in hand, they are above Tottenham, still 2 off us and Liverpool and game off the top. Ohh, an they still need to improve. That's true But if results had gone other ways this weekend they could have been 4 points off us and Liverpool or 5 off arsenal So results went their way, so they did "win" the weekend I dont see it as something to be precious about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, villa4europe said: To be fair though they are aren't they? We drew too, the 3 teams above them all drew I think they need to improve a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 It's mad that Moyes being an outstanding manager for 95% of his career, his reputation is ruined over a bad couple of years. The fact people were calling for his head THIS MONTH is wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, foreveryoung said: I think they need to improve a bit too. They need to keep Haaland and rodri fit, with the bigger problem being that they can't rest rodri and I'm not sure if he's not as explosive or the hype has died down or if Haaland has actually dropped off a little this season (as in dropped down to relatively normal best striker in the league rather than record breaking good) Come March theyll go on the usual winning streak while everyone else deals with injuries and being knackers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: It's mad that Moyes being an outstanding manager for 95% of his career, his reputation is ruined over a bad couple of years. The fact people were calling for his head THIS MONTH is wild. People have been calling for his head every month he's been there tbf. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 The only gainers spurs this weekend. All sides at the top have their flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: It's mad that Moyes being an outstanding manager for 95% of his career, his reputation is ruined over a bad couple of years. The fact people were calling for his head THIS MONTH is wild. The fact he chickened out midweek in a quarter final of the cup has angered their fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 35 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: It's mad that Moyes being an outstanding manager for 95% of his career, his reputation is ruined over a bad couple of years. The fact people were calling for his head THIS MONTH is wild. Moyes is not an outstanding manager. Never won a domestic cup and won a European trophy that I would expect every English club to win (including us this season) given the relative strength of the English sides compared to the other teams. He's a good manager to a certain level and managing a side to finish 7th-10th is that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Avfc96 said: Moyes is not an outstanding manager. Never won a domestic cup and won a European trophy that I would expect every English club to win (including us this season) given the relative strength of the English sides compared to the other teams. He's a good manager to a certain level and managing a side to finish 7th-10th is that level. This is so shortsighted. He took Preston from the third tier to 1 game from the PL in 3 years. He took Everton to the Champions League, West Ham to Europe and a European trophy. This is massively overacheiving. Was Gareth Barry not an outstanding player until he moved to City and won something? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: This is so shortsighted. He took Preston from the third tier to 1 game from the PL in 3 years. He took Everton to the Champions League, West Ham to Europe and a European trophy. This is massively overacheiving. Was Gareth Barry not an outstanding player until he moved to City and won something? He took Everton to the Champions League qualification rounds where they were knocked out at the first hurdle. The season they qualified, Liverpool practically gave up and focused on the CL latter stages from April onwards. They also finished 11th the season after. As I said, he's a good manager that has a certain level. He's also failed miserably at Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland. Barry was an outstanding player and then moved onto win the league at City whilst being one of the first names on the team sheet that season. When Moyes went onto 'bigger' things, he was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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