Shillzz Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 What you have to remember is that the game was the first bit of action for most of our senior players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Relegated by October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.Smalljob Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 The most boring match I've seen since we played last season oh wait, it was the same team :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wittonender Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I don't think it was meaningless - but therein lies the problem. It should matter every time they pull on the shirt. There simply wasn't enough effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotandglue Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 What we should also remember is that a majority of our players are getting paid above the average annual salary every week to be professional footballers in the best league in the world, I didn't see anything tonight to suggest that a majority of them should be playing above league 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 over reaction ... It was a pre season friendly mistake for the goal apart Lichaj looked quite good and Osbourne did some skills :shock: and looked very energetic when he came on Sidwell and Reo-Coker just coasted around but I still don't believe Reo-Coker will be here a the start of the season anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Every time we had possession it was a hopeful pass or a stab at the ball, no one can get hold of it retain possession and pick a pass or go round the opposition. Yes I was thinking that as well parrotandglue and it has been a long standing problem that needs looking at. What you have to remember is that the game was the first bit of action for most of our senior players Yes, Shillzz but was that not much the same or more so for Malaga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 It was the same for malaga...except they play at 30 degrees heat every day. It was meaningless, but it woulda been nice to see the lads do well. Plus, Osbournes skills!! Mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 25, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2009 Reaction & ratings here please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsa Party Animal Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Watched the game and it was hard when you are very tired, need a shower in 60 minutes to refresh myself and I not miss anything. Poor result, performance and game but 2 bright promises from Eric and Marc. Malaga is used to playing in their environment while we are not used to play in the heat or at 9.30 pm at night. It is past some player's bedtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimijames Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 On the whole not very good, however on the plus side youngsters seem to be coming on leaps and bounds and could make the step up this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Every time we had possession it was a hopeful pass or a stab at the ball, no one can get hold of it retain possession and pick a pass or go round the opposition. Yes I was thinking that as well parrotandglue and it has been a long standing problem that needs looking at. What you have to remember is that the game was the first bit of action for most of our senior players Yes, Shillzz but was that not much the same or more so for Malaga? Not sure, you may be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Only caught the last 10 of this but it looked pretty dire. Harewood. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotandglue Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Worryingly, I actually believe if you put a couple of their players in our side for say Sidwell and/or Reo Coker we would do better! We have too many boring, defensive, safe, english, talentless, visionless, overpaid, underachieving players and no-one to create save Young. As long as we only have Young, he will be double marked as teams know we have no other option. Forget, Jurado, Van De Vaart, Sneijder, Moutinho, etc... Just sign any 20 year old spanish/portuguese 2nd division player, they will probably have more talent than our current bunch... Its not just us, look how Man U got f*cked by Barca or re-watch the last 2 England vs Spain games, they just have so much more skill with the ball. Our essentially English midfield may win us praise with the press, but it will win us sweet FA at football... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 very poor... pretty much following on from the last third of the season... albrighton being the only positive... only a friendly though, so cant read too much into it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Since it was an early pre season match, I was only interested in two things: 1) To see Albrighton and find out if he is the prospect he has been bigged up to be 2) To see how our central midfield played. I liked what I saw from Albrighton. I did not like what I saw from our central midfielders and I am 100% sure we will buy a new player who can lift this position, because it is a huge need for someone else than Petrov and Sidwell/Reo Coker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 25, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2009 I thought it was a typical pre-season game. Didn't expect much and didn't get much. Malaga looked well organised. The one disappointment perhaps was that we were out-played by a team well behind us in their own pre-season preparations. Tonight was their first game and they played a lot of youth. By contrast it was our 3rd game and we played a very strong line-up. Oh well, it looks like we'll be home early now and ON can wrap up the rest of his transfers earlier than he might have done otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 i reckon we will have a better squad than last season by the start of this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I thought it was a typical pre-season game. Didn't expect much and didn't get much. Malaga looked well organised. The one disappointment perhaps was that we were out-played by a team well behind us in their own pre-season preparations. Tonight was their first game and they played a lot of youth. By contrast it was our 3rd game and we played a very strong line-up. Oh well, it looks like we'll be home early now and ON can wrap up the rest of his transfers earlier than he might have done otherwise. Interesting that you say that, yet Young, Carew, Heskey and Petrov were also playing in there first game. Reaction? I've got to be honest, i was thoroughly ashamed at some of the stuff i've read in the match thread. Makes Newcastle fans look rational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 What we should also remember is that a majority of our players are getting paid above the average annual salary every week to be professional footballers in the best league in the world, I didn't see anything tonight to suggest that a majority of them should be playing above league 1... What a ridiculous thing to post. Lets moan about losing a pre season game because they get paid lots of money and therefore should of course win every game they ever play in. These games are there to get players up to match fitness, if we win great if we don't who cares. Do you think barcelona or real madrid fans are worried and slagging off their players because they earn loads of money. I saw £80 million ronaldo jog around against shamrock rovers doing a couple of flicks every now and then, should madrid fans hammer him for not scoring goals and earning the large amounts of money he is being paid? The reactions in this thread show once again how much some villa fans just love to have a moan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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