sidcow Posted August 28, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, Nigel said: Southgate wont call him up as a replacement....that would involve too much bowing to pressure. Exactly what I thought. He'll dig his (stiletto) heels in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 6 hours ago, MaVilla said: Grealiah won't get called up with Rashford out. Apparently Southgates new statement is that "Jack must prove to me that the earth is flat and aliens exist". Sounds about in line with what we would expect southgate to say, so probably true. So basically Jack is going to prove to us all aliens exist 4 sure, then Southate will say: "I didn't state WHICH aliens you had to prove the existence of". I'm pretty sure Southgate is an alien. No human has a nose that big and pointy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: I'm pretty sure Southgate is an alien. No human has a nose that big and pointy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: From the same galaxy I imagine Edited August 28, 2020 by Made In Aston 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 21 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: I'm pretty sure Southgate is an alien. No human has a nose that big and pointy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Careful mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It looks more dodge when Levy's nose isn't big and pointy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Careful mate What? I think his nose is big and pointy... and that he is a complete clint! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 28, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 28, 2020 41 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Well the size of the thing is frightenin' Stops the sun from shining light in You can see it wherever he goes Thompson's nose, Thompson's nose, Thompson's nose (Pardon me, sorry for going OT) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Why does Gareth Southgate never wear a dunce’s hat on his head? Because he uses it as a safety shield for his nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 28, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2020 38 minutes ago, Rolta said: It looks more dodge when Levy's nose isn't big and pointy. It’s a great word pointy, pointy nose, pointy face, pointy head, pointy features etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Sulberto21 said: Or he can marry a Brazilian get his Brazilian documents and start setting them up for Neymar et Al. I think he'd be better off with either France or Spain. Even Ze Germans would suit his game (shudders). Edit - I think Jack has actually reinvented an old position. It says LW on the team sheet but his most dangerous play is from the left inside forward position. So he's a LiF lol. Yeah Jack is an inside forward...for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Does anyone think we may see Jack back in centre midfield again this season, like at the start of last? With Luiz now excelling in the defensive role, McGinn going up and down, all day long, perhaps there's opportunity for Jack to be the attacking one of the three. I thought he was poor there last season, but maybe a new season with better wingers (here's hoping!) and an infinitely better Luiz will see him in the middle again. If he's going to play for England, I think this is his best positional opportunity to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Does anyone think we may see Jack back in centre midfield again this season, like at the start of last? With Luiz now excelling in the defensive role, McGinn going up and down, all day long, perhaps there's opportunity for Jack to be the attacking one of the three. I thought he was poor there last season, but maybe a new season with better wingers (here's hoping!) and an infinitely better Luiz will see him in the middle again. If he's going to play for England, I think this is his best positional opportunity to do so. This is the ideal scenario. I guess it's worth a try at first. Might want to even ease ourselves into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 54 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Does anyone think we may see Jack back in centre midfield again this season, like at the start of last? With Luiz now excelling in the defensive role, McGinn going up and down, all day long, perhaps there's opportunity for Jack to be the attacking one of the three. I thought he was poor there last season, but maybe a new season with better wingers (here's hoping!) and an infinitely better Luiz will see him in the middle again. If he's going to play for England, I think this is his best positional opportunity to do so. I hope so, with Jack as part of the mid three we would keep the ball more, have more possession, I think we played better football at the beginning of last season with him, Luiz and McGinn. A perfect balanced mid three imo. I recon he was moved forward just because we needed him more there as we weren't creating or scoring enough. If we get Benrahma it would be perfect to have Jack in the middle and Benrahma as the wide left forward (or someone else of his calibre). In what way did you think he was poor in the midfield position? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Gareth Southgate watches Wimbledon preliminaries on court 14 in a bucket hat alongside Robert Rinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Keener window-cleaner said: I hope so, with Jack as part of the mid three we would keep the ball more, have more possession, I think we played better football at the beginning of last season with him, Luiz and McGinn. A perfect balanced mid three imo. I recon he was moved forward just because we needed him more there as we weren't creating or scoring enough. If we get Benrahma it would be perfect to have Jack in the middle and Benrahma as the wide left forward (or someone else of his calibre). In what way did you think he was poor in the midfield position? I just think he struggled to impact on games. Too much time spent defending, not enough time going forward. However, I think a lot of that was down to having such poor wide players. If we can improve our forward three, (ideally three new players), then I think Jack can absolutely flourish in CM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdistheword Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Hopefully nothing in it but he’s gone from 4/1 to odds on to join Utd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips'ngravy Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 19 hours ago, omariqy said: I listened to the podcast too and whilst I agree with some of it, they are a very cynical bunch. I think they are being contrarian for contrarian's sake. An example is Grealish creating Keinan's chance against Arsenal. They mention that's not a big chance and Keinan still had to run and outmuscle a player. Whilst on the face of it that may be true. It was a massive chance created by unbelievable play that you would see someone like Messi do for Barca. Grealish does not play in the same position as Sancho or Rashford. They are forwards. Grealish plays from the left but is always in behind the midfield and between the lines. Foden and Mount are his competition. We all know it. Southgate knows it and I was dissapointed MOMs twisted it the way they did. Edit: they've always been fairly critical of Grealish and comparing him to players of 20/30 years ago. It's an unfair stance given the teams he is playing in. Totally agree. I'm a long time listener of the pod and still think it's the best Villa related one out there, but it was a very skewed argument effectively supporting his exclusion. It started slipping into the realms of the absurd when they were suggesting that if he was that good then we should be expecting to get something out of Man City and Liverpool when we play them. By the end of the pod they'd unwittingly done at volte-face by saying perhaps he was the kind of player England might need when unable to break down stubborn sides. Well, hello...isn't that essentially the argument for having him in the squad all along? He's clearly something of a one off in the current era and would definitely offer something different if things weren't going to plan. Very disappointing analysis of the situation. I must admit it's never as good if, as is often the case of late, Dan Rodgers is not on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2020 9 hours ago, birdistheword said: Hopefully nothing in it but he’s gone from 4/1 to odds on to join Utd... Just checked and he still 2 to 5 on to stay at the villa with odds checker But they just seem some money has gone on him going to United recently And he’s odds on with a couple of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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