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est1874 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Good result for us that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 15 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Only watched for 5 mins of it, weird quiet match and stadium, feels like players and fans would prefer to stay home instead of being there This is how Villa Park felt v Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 8 minutes ago, est1874 said: Good result for us that. Why neither team are a threat to top 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 14 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Watching obese men(boy) throwing darts on the other channel seems more entertaining then this game The darts this time of year is always a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 When you watch West Ham it’s easy to see why they haven’t really missed Rice. They just sit in with 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game. Horrible team to watch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Horrible to watch, I'm sure horrible to play against as it's just as likely to be 0-0 as for them to pull a rabbit out of a hat to score 2 goals. Moyes sets up the same way no matter the opponent - which is his ceiling. The last and probably smartest of the old guard - Pulis, Allaradyce, Big Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 minute ago, WHY said: When you watch West Ham it’s easy to see why they haven’t really missed Rice. They just sit in with 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game. Horrible team to watch Exactly defending so deep when yiu are at home is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 4 minutes ago, WHY said: When you watch West Ham it’s easy to see why they haven’t really missed Rice. They just sit in with 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game. Horrible team to watch ye, after the failure last year of trying to play out from the back, they have reverted this season back to the low block / park the bus / hit teams on the break, which tbh is very effective for them, with the players they have. not pretty though. Edited January 2 by MaVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 6 minutes ago, PaulC said: Why neither team are a threat to top 4 Don't be so naïve. We are one of many teams duking it out for the top 4 - 5 probable candidates, and about 8 possible candidates. We're looking good for a top 4 finish but there are 18 league matches left to play and probably a decent slate of non-league matches coming our way too between the cup and Europe. We've a small squad and a lot of football left to play. Anything that puts greater distance between us and the pretenders is a very good thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 minute ago, MaVilla said: ye, after the failure last year of trying to play out of the back, they have reverted this season back to the low block / park the bus / hit teams on the break, which tbh is very effective for them, with the players they have. not pretty though. Yeah, they are happy to hit on the break and basically play for corners and set pieces in and around the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Just now, est1874 said: Don't be so naïve. We are one of many teams duking it out for the top 4 - 5 probable candidates, and about 8 possible candidates. We're looking good for a top 4 finish but there are 18 league matches left to play and probably a decent slate of non-league matches coming our way too between the cup and Europe. We've a small squad and a lot of football left to play. Anything that puts greater distance between us and the pretenders is a very good thing. Neither of those two teams are going to get much more than 60 points. They don't concern me. More concerned about Man u and Chelsea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 12 minutes ago, PaulC said: Neither of those two teams are going to get much more than 60 points. They don't concern me. More concerned about Man u and Chelsea I'm not so worried about teams like Brighton, West Ham, Chelsea, United* winning enough games to challenge for top 4 as I am worried that we could go on a bad spell that sees us dropping down and scrapping with the aforementioned for 5th. If that happens, then yes, results like tonight do matter to us. *slightly worried about United but I still expect they'll continue to be mostly inconsistent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 We shouldn't be worring whats going on around us. We should be worrying about winning games and not going on that bad run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 30 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: We shouldn't be worring whats going on around us. We should be worrying about winning games and not going on that bad run. Acting like we're fully and solely in control of us finishing top four is daft — we have the smallest squad out of the top 5 even - in most cases by quite some distance. One injury to a key performer (i.e. Martinez, Konsa, Watkins among others) could be enough to destroy our form, at which point it becomes very relevant what happens elsewhere. We can't control other results, but we can celebrate them when they go our way. A combination of Villa wins and good results elsewhere (if we can get them) is the perfect cocktail, so I can't get behind the false bravado of We're Looking Up Not Down or We're Not Looking At Other Results — that mentality didn't serve us very well when we were last here under O'Neill. Edited January 2 by est1874 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, WHY said: When you watch West Ham it’s easy to see why they haven’t really missed Rice. They just sit in with 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game. Horrible team to watch Brighton should've beaten them by a couple of goals, they'll finish higher than West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, WHY said: When you watch West Ham it’s easy to see why they haven’t really missed Rice. They just sit in with 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game. Horrible team to watch Nearly as boring as watching England under Boregate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, est1874 said: Acting like we're fully and solely in control of us finishing top four is daft — we have the smallest squad out of the top 5 even - in most cases by quite some distance. One injury to a key performer (i.e. Martinez, Konsa, Watkins among others) could be enough to destroy our form, at which point it becomes very relevant what happens elsewhere. Sometimes as is case right now a large squad is detrimental and smaller tight knit squad has benefits. We're 2nd in calendar year on merit. I would love a $ for every what if serious injury to Watkins etc on here. Some posters are obsessed to post over and over and over again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 29 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Sometimes as is case right now a large squad is detrimental and smaller tight knit squad has benefits. We're 2nd in calendar year on merit. I would love a $ for every what if serious injury to Watkins etc on here. Some posters are obsessed to post over and over and over again Yeh I get what you're saying, but what happens if watkins gets an injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 34 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Yeh I get what you're saying, but what happens if watkins gets an injury? I wonder if Liverpool forums are full of constant doom and gloom merchants all these years what if Salah gets an injury. It's **** boring and negative. Do people get a dopamine hit every time they post it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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