VillanousOne Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 1h Barnesy @jbnffc @ITK_TRANSFER I went mate. #nffc fan. I know only pre season but if that's villa starting 11 next season I would worry. Good fans though must have been a different match to the one I went to, apart from warnock, I thought we had a good game. Played some lovely football. The scoreline flattered Forest. yeah it sounds like we should have had at least another goal and apart from Warnock weren't too bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 1h Barnesy @jbnffc @ITK_TRANSFER I went mate. #nffc fan. I know only pre season but if that's villa starting 11 next season I would worry. Good fans though must have been a different match to the one I went to, apart from warnock, I thought we had a good game. Played some lovely football. The scoreline flattered Forest. Well you must have went to a different game that I went to. When was this 'lovely football' played? We barely crept over the half way line, and when we did the ball was quickly given away. We created about 2 or 3 half chances all game and that was that. Dreadful performance from a really average team. I disagree, we were passing the ball well especially in the first half, passing it round the forest players, doing some nice tricks and flicks, one touch passing stuff, especially in the forest half. When the pressure was lumped on in the 2nd half and when we started to tire, the passing began to falter, thats purely down to concentration, match fitness and the pressure to have to come back from a goal down on two occasions. We only managed to on one occasion. Admittedly its not the best performance from us, and individual players struggled at points. I've seen better from KEA & Holman than I did today for sure, but there were moments where they looked good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Could posters add a 'pints drunk before match' total when describing the match as there are massively conflicting reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Could posters add a 'pints drunk before match' total when describing the match as there are massively conflicting reports. yep i think two matches happened today where one Villa team were disappointing and one where they were good???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 possibly two different ends to the away support two different angles xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2012 From where I was we were very poor today. I had quite a bit too drink too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Has anybody mentioned Lee Chung-Yong from Bolton as an option? I know he spent last year out injured but the year before he looked like a cracking winger My other hopeful signing would be Martin Olson from Blackburn, both these guys surely arent gonna want to spend the year anywhere other than a top-flight club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Has anybody mentioned Lee Chung-Yong from Bolton as an option? I know he spent last year out injured but the year before he looked like a cracking winger My other hopeful signing would be Martin Olson from Blackburn, both these guys surely arent gonna want to spend the year anywhere other than a top-flight club Yeah Lee looked pretty decent and would be a decent addition if not too expensive...would also look at Holden at Bolton, again though there may be concerns over the fitness of both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Has anybody mentioned Lee Chung-Yong from Bolton as an option? I know he spent last year out injured but the year before he looked like a cracking winger My other hopeful signing would be Martin Olson from Blackburn, both these guys surely arent gonna want to spend the year anywhere other than a top-flight club Yeah Lee looked pretty decent and would be a decent addition if not too expensive...would also look at Holden at Bolton, again though there may be concerns over the fitness of both I think then maybe if fitness is an issue, we could either use it to our advantage to get them cheaper or leave them at Bolton where they are guarenteed games to get fit then make a move in January if the squad needs some players. Olsson should be our main target, young quick wing-back with bags of Premier League experience and not too expensive on transfer or wages. Cant go wrong with the guy. Much better option than risking it with Bennett or Cresswell, I dont want our defence to be a gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Holden and Lee were really good for Bolton. When they got injured, Bolton fell from 8th to 16th. Then last season with those two out, they were relegated. Those two are too good for the championship. I'd take a risk on their health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I disagree, we were passing the ball well especially in the first half, passing it round the forest players, doing some nice tricks and flicks, one touch passing stuff, especially in the forest half. When the pressure was lumped on in the 2nd half and when we started to tire, the passing began to falter, thats purely down to concentration, match fitness and the pressure to have to come back from a goal down on two occasions. We only managed to on one occasion. We passed it around nicely for about 25 minutes and created pretty much nothing doing it. For the rest of the game we were poor, we created very little and the only time we had much possession was when bannan was passing it between the defenders. You could tell it was poor because after about 30 minutes most of the away support had gone quiet and spent most of the 2nd half sitting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Chelsea lost 3-1 to Brighton. Should they worry too? Fans are worrying because we lost a pre-season friendly? Villa fans never change. Some anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milenko27 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Pre-season its really not about the results, its about the answers the manager get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Pre-season is meant to be all about fitness, Lambert said that at the start.. Results don't mean anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Pre-season is meant to be all about fitness, Lambert said that at the start.. Results don't mean anything. Results are everything. Excuses already even before the season starts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 If Sturridges performances for team GB are anything to go by the guy is massively overrated! Has pace and good technique but no footballing brain from what I can see! He never has had. He has no perception of what is going on around him and is a poor mans Anelka. No thanks from me, rather take a punt on someone like Jordan Rhodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Still think it highlights that we have a lack of creativity & as it stands i think we will struggle to score goals. looking at our pre season results they have hardly been laden with goals.. Sounds like the Forest performance which i couldn't attend was very similar to the Burton one which i did manage. lots of possession at the back but lacking penetration? Still PL seems happy enough which is good news i guess. Still will be much happier when we have some back up for Bent, a new LB & some more creativity on top of Ireland & Nzogbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 People getting their knickers in a twist over pre-season results? **** me guys, how pathetic. Was it not two years ago we beat Ajax and Juventus in pre-season games? Why haven't we won the champions league yet?! God were so shit! Get a **** grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 To be fair to the forest fan, I looked at that line-up and thought crikey - that looks a bit weak. Without commenting on the game (as I wasnt there) I think we need a good 3 or 4 more players here. Say what you want about Mcleish, Houllier and even O'Neill - at times it was clearly evident that the players they were working with (whether they bought them or not) were clearly not good enough. And we have been left with the most inexperienced/unproven of those players. That said, I was **** off about the defeat yesterday - A sign that improvements are being made - Even if it is just my attitude towards the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 People getting their knickers in a twist over pre-season results? **** me guys, how pathetic. Was it not two years ago we beat Ajax and Juventus in pre-season games? Why haven't we won the champions league yet?! God were so shit! Get a **** grip. We beat Fiorentina when Delph put in a great performance we ended up losing against Wigan at VP! Forest made subs we didn't, worked on our fitness they scored a few long rangers! Nothing to worry about, we can't read too much into pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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