Zatman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 his transfer policy has been criticized on Sky now so maybe as he has been there a while they might get away with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 You may be right. They might comment on it in a wider sense when discussing the lack of English managers given a chance in the top flight without having a go at Swansea in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 in fairness they prob only found out not too long ago, ill wait for Jeff "the lover of British managers" Stelling comment on the weekend about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm enjoying that, even when we're playing Arsenal which is the team that one of them supports, the guys on the Ramble still can't bring themselves to talk about Villa on their preview show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Absolutely destroyed on the BBC preview show, we're definitely relegated according to all pundits. I don't think they have actually watched much of us though, Lawrenson repeating "where are the goals coming from", but our biggest issue is defence. Then they started to compare the strength of the Premier League vs Bundesliga and Primera, before one pundit essentially admitted that he doesn't watch the Spanish league unless Barca or Real are playing. Kind of makes your opinion completely void, mate. Edited December 13, 2015 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 some of BBC Journalism is laughable, I think we have double amount of goals at this stage last season but they have used formula of Villa - Benteke + bottom of league = lack of goals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 We've scored the joint least amount in the league, their point is hardly outrageous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) I'll say it: if we had Benteke, we wouldn't be bottom. He kept us up quite frankly. He gave the team a focal point and he scored goals out of nothing. He single-handedly ripped teams up. He occupied defenders and left space for others and more often than not he could find players in space too. He was the difference. Sure, he didn't know the offside rule, and sometimes had no first touch, and went through long periods of not giving a ****, but he was there when it mattered and we just don't have that quality any more and it is that lack of quality which separates us from the rest. Edited December 14, 2015 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 He saved us 2 out of last 3 seasons, not hard to argue that Benteke is one of our greatest ever players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I don't think he was particularly incredible. Very, very good for us yes, but not a world beater like some like to think. What he did for us is give us a game plan. He's a big presence, as has been said, he creates space for others because of his physicality (and I include pace in that). We don't have that presence now, so we don't have a game plan. He was ours, and he's gone, we struggle to create clear goal scoring opportunities, which is no big surprise because Villa lack movement off the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Its not just Benteke being the reason we will be going down, we have no defence at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 24 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I don't think he was particularly incredible. Very, very good for us yes, but not a world beater like some like to think. What he did for us is give us a game plan. He's a big presence, as has been said, he creates space for others because of his physicality (and I include pace in that). We don't have that presence now, so we don't have a game plan. He was ours, and he's gone, we struggle to create clear goal scoring opportunities, which is no big surprise because Villa lack movement off the ball. Wasn't just his presence. some of the goals were out of this world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: Its not just Benteke being the reason we will be going down, we have no defence at all. actually the biggest problem is we have no midfield at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 what souness saying about grealish yesterday? did he honestly not know who he was and then pronounce his name wrong several times on purpose or was his knowledge of us genuinely that bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) 45 minutes ago, villa4europe said: what souness saying about grealish yesterday? did he honestly not know who he was and then pronounce his name wrong several times on purpose or was his knowledge of us genuinely that bad? I think the point he was making (and to be honest, correctly), is that Grealish isn't our saviour. and still hasn't really done anything to prove he's going to make it. A dozen good games, doesn't make you a star. I agree 100%, to be fair. Plus it's really not fair to put that pressure on his shoulders. Edited December 14, 2015 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 We do really miss Benteke (who wouldn't? He's not far from world class) but we've got more problems than just that. I mean, he was injured/unfit/out of form until about March last season and weren't anywhere near as bad as we have been this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 2 hours ago, KHV said: actually the biggest problem is we have no midfield at all I cant remember time we had a good midfield, maybe 2009/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 1 hour ago, dAVe80 said: I think the point he was making (and to be honest, correctly), is that Grealish isn't our saviour. and still hasn't really done anything to prove he's going to make it. A dozen good games, doesn't make you a star. I agree 100%, to be fair. Plus it's really not fair to put that pressure on his shoulders. He hit the nail on the head. It was wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 45 minutes ago, Zatman said: I cant remember time we had a good midfield, maybe 2009/10 The Houllier season was the last time we had a decent midfield, it's been downhill since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Tony Gale just called Lukaku a revelation this season, he is a 30 million pound striker not some kid they plucked from the reserves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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