Houseoftomorrow Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Only caught the last 30 minutes of the game, but it looked like we were the better side. Heard the NRC played well. You have to feel like the club has a bright future. The young guns looked good today. Salifou needs to go, he's just eating up money. Let the kid go play elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Hierro Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 We struggle with actual through balls, anyone noticed. We rarely try one and when it is the player is off side. Far more comfortable switching it out to the wings to cross, everyone knows thats all we do now, we need to try other things. No hoofing though. Actually I though we did fine tonight. Tried to keep it on the deck, play it through the middle, and down the wings, all in all a positive run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Salifou MOTM No doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies4England Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Very impressive performance, only pre-season v half a Valencia side but nice to see. Lots of players staked a place for a start or a place at the club, if I was MON I would seriously consider starting Albrighton and NRC vs West Ham. The midfield complimented each other very well in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyav Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 downing piss poor again not sure if its been posted tbh I disagree, a big improvement from him. His final delivery wasn't up to scratch but his all round play: movement and passing were great. Agree with SV. Everything was good but his crossing. for a winger that cant cross thats 75% of his game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Almost all positives to be taken from that. Mainly from the young lads in my opinion, as any time they have out on that pitch with the first team is a chance for them to gain experience. Clark was solid and Albrighton had a great match. NRC played very well and A Young looked like a constant threat in the first half. Dunne was solid as always at the back. Beye also had a good game and looked composed on the ball. L Young looked solid and overlapped well (as he usually does when playing) and Carew looked sharp once again. The other lads did well too, however those were the standouts to me. Yes, there are a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriousjim Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 A good little workout, Downing was unlucky at the end but if we start the season with a win pre-season results will be forgotten. Nice to see the youngsters getting more of a run out, slight concerns over the fitness of the back four though with Dunne going off at half time following Collins and Cuellar's pre-season niggles. Where was Curtis Davies, is he not fit either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 We struggle with actual through balls, anyone noticed. We rarely try one and when it is the player is off side. Far more comfortable switching it out to the wings to cross, everyone knows thats all we do now, we need to try other things. No hoofing though. Actually I though we did fine tonight. Tried to keep it on the deck, play it through the middle, and down the wings, all in all a positive run out. Yeah, we kept it on the ground nicely and some good play. In fact, funnily enough, the person looking for the most through balls was Reo-Coker and 1 or 2 came off and the one too Heskey was very unlucky. Oh and Ashley Young's through ball to Heskey was great, wrongly flagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Salifou needs to go What?! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Everyone looked bright enough. could have been a lot worse, signs are not too bad, though difficult to tell from a friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 downing piss poor again not sure if its been posted tbh I disagree, a big improvement from him. His final delivery wasn't up to scratch but his all round play: movement and passing were great. Agree with SV. Everything was good but his crossing. for a winger that cant cross thats 75% of his game Not when the basis of his game seems to be coming inside and looking to link up infield rather than keeping regular width. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 downing piss poor again not sure if its been posted tbh I disagree, a big improvement from him. His final delivery wasn't up to scratch but his all round play: movement and passing were great. Agree with SV. Everything was good but his crossing. for a winger that cant cross thats 75% of his game Not when the basis of his game seems to be coming inside and looking to link up infield rather than keeping regular width. A move into the middle, followed by an inevitable move to Man Citeh maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Salifou needs to go, he's just eating up money. Let the kid go play elsewhere. Is that a statement on the short performance he did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Played quite well, some really nice stuff at times. Defended solidly and they never looked a threat, that said, we were toothless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 The catering staff get paid more than Salifou give the guy a break he will come good some day mark my words the togalese zidane will be retire a villa legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyav Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Played quite well, some really nice stuff at times. Defended solidly and they never looked a threat, that said, we were toothless. agreed 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.Smalljob Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Come on,Salifou is dog .... and so on this game means nada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 We struggle with actual through balls, anyone noticed. We rarely try one and when it is the player is off side. Far more comfortable switching it out to the wings to cross, everyone knows thats all we do now, we need to try other things. No hoofing though. Actually I though we did fine tonight. Tried to keep it on the deck, play it through the middle, and down the wings, all in all a positive run out. Yeah, we kept it on the ground nicely and some good play. In fact, funnily enough, the person looking for the most through balls was Reo-Coker and 1 or 2 came off and the one too Heskey was very unlucky. Oh and Ashley Young's through ball to Heskey was great, wrongly flagged. We don't have the player that makes clever well timed runs upfront. Gabby. Heskey and Carew aren't really cut out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Come on,Salifou is dog .... and so on this game means nada Since I don't watch the reserves, I have barely seen him. Not that I think he will be a big star, nor get a breakthrough at this level, but I think the focus rather should be to get rid of expensive players like Sidwell than a Togolesian player who actually seems to be able to pass the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 6, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2010 Well given that I am jaded about football and all that, for a pre-season 0-0, I rather enjoyed that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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