srsmithusa Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Yelling and remonstrating at the ref is just stupid. Being frustarted with the ref is normal. You just need to be smarter. Lessons for players. Never jump and down and yell and wave arms about, or kick the ball. Walk calmely by the ref and without facing him, say: "When the match is over, and you watch the tape back. You can send your apology by email, that will be fine" OR "you are going to have to tighten up a bit or some of these lads will lose control." OR "as long as you're consistent calling nothing, that will be fine, we can adjust to rugby rules." OR "When the match assessor points out that you lost control by not calling blatant kicks (or holds, or whatever) think of this one, this is what he means." "Your AR is letting you down, not giving you help on that one you couldn't see from your angle." If you want to dissent loudly and yell it. then yell at your teammates - not the ref. "It's alright boys, if he won't call fouls like that, you know what we can get away with now." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, Wurzel said: Yes. We were superb. How often do we play like that? But you should be asking, where has it gone. We are capable to see off any team on our game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Micah Richards and Stewart Downing, both former Villa players, but the BBC captions them as ex-Manchester City and ex-Liverpool. Ex Man United star Dion Dublin on commentary. Maybe they're trying to hide their institutional bias from the Aston Villa deep state. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 2 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Think Duran just gets bored with this style of football. He wants proper full on warfare 100% the impression I get. Can't blame him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 This is exactly like every other cup game villa played this season. Slow, steady, we will win 1-0 or 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 6 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, Wurzel said: We are a really well coached side. We are not an exciting side. We don't take shots nearly enough. Our only real threat is Bailey, and if he isn't doing it no one else will. I understand why neutrals don't understand why we are 2nd in the league when we play like this. This is true when we play teams who play a low block and have no intention of pressing. It’s not true at all when we play more footballing teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS said: Half arsed BBC punditry is even worse than the game. I think it’s hard to get excited watching that. Dublin is obviously boring to listen to but my impressed he hasn’t fell asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The trouble we now have is we've shown, if you come and go toe to toe with us, we can batter you - Brighton, West Ham & Man City the obvious examples. So teams are now sticking everyone behind the ball, letting us play at 1mph and then hoping to scab whatever they can - Sheff Utd the prime example. I dunno what we do, but raising the tempo slightly would be a start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, srsmithusa said: Yelling and remonstrating at the ref is just stupid. Being frustarted with the ref is normal. You just need to be smarter. Lessons for players. Never jump and down and yell and wave arms about, or kick the ball. Walk calmely by the ref and without facing him, say: "When the match is over, and you watch the tape back. You can send your apology by email, that will be fine" OR "you are going to have to tighten up a bit or some of these lads will lose control." OR "as long as you're consistent calling nothing, that will be fine, we can adjust to rugby rules." OR "When the match assessor points out that you lost control by not calling blatant kicks (or holds, or whatever) think of this one, this is what he means." "Your AR is letting you down, not giving you help on that one you couldn't see from your angle." If you want to dissent loudly and yell it. then yell at your teammates - not the ref. "It's alright boys, if he won't call fouls like that, you know what we can get away with now." Most of them are still yellows with most refs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Boro will score. 100 % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Are we playing for a replay? Is this some kind of sick Emery plan to deny the players a break and keep them on the training ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, Stevo985 said: This is true when we play teams who play a low block and have no intention of pressing. It’s not true at all when we play more footballing teams Yes, I kind of agree but unfortunately more and more teams are playing the low block against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted January 6 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 6 At least Stevenage are out 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, UpTheVilla26 said: The trouble we now have is we've shown, if you come and go toe to toe with us, we can batter you - Brighton, West Ham & Man City the obvious examples. So teams are now sticking everyone behind the ball, letting us play at 1mph and then hoping to scab whatever they can - Sheff Utd the prime example. I dunno what we do, but raising the tempo slightly would be a start. We would tear this lot apart if we raised the tempo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazmonkey Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Some say low block....sitting back. You can but for then past 4 or 5 games we haven't looked sharp....or have that cutting edge. Teams are not sitting back...or low block....they are just saying OK....we know you aren't going to move the ball quick....pull us around...we will just sit here and wait. We look slow...lack of movement in the middle kills us....kamara and dendonker especially....Luiz is also guilty of this lately. Need to really up the temp....we aren't missing X player...or need X player. Even with those we would still play the same. Movement....and tempo. Edited January 6 by Bazmonkey . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, sidcow said: At least Stevenage are out Man United still in though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 we need a new RB, but i wonder if we also need a creative no.10, we just dont have the vision/guile to break down teams. maybe Tielemans when fit, and eventually Buendia might help, i dunno tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said: The slowness of the passing is killing us . Seems pointless against a low block . I get it against a team not sitting but they arent going to give an inch here. Its obvious. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted January 6 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6 Can we get one thing straight? If we are failing against the low block, it’s likely a coaching oversight. Emery needs to sort this. He’s not perfect. He’s used an antibiotic that has faced growing resistance. We need to change up the antibiotic at times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, MaVilla said: we need a new RB, but i wonder if we also need a creative no.10, we just dont have the vision/guile to break down teams. maybe Tielemans when fit, and eventually Buendia might help, i dunno tho. You've just named 2 there, so no we don't need a number 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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