Follyfoot Posted December 12, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, S-Platt said: Best maybe biggest you are having a laugh. Villa Wolves Forest West Brom Leicester Derby Coventry Blues Notts County Walsall Blues overachieving again 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: Nor me, the east have their own thing going on, every now and then they get dragged in the west but it doesn't seem to stick, bit like Stoke Never seen anything from their fans either, they don't seem to care about us like we don't care about them Exactly... East Midlanders don't even sound like Midlanders... They have ridiculous accents like other Northern types... Not like the normal, coherent and eloquent Brummie accent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted December 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Exactly... East Midlanders don't even sound like Midlanders... They have ridiculous accents like other Northern types... Not like the normal, coherent and eloquent Brummie accent Civilised people do not call each other "duck" 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 They really should stop trying to reinventing the wheel. Back into their normal 5-2-3 formation yesterday and i thought they were outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Very hit and miss this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 21, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Very hit and miss this season. They are really going to struggle for goals without Jota and Jimenez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: They are really going to struggle for goals without Jota and Jimenez Origi from the Scourers......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 On 13/12/2020 at 05:13, avfcDJ said: Currently. Is it even possible to be "currently" the biggest club? As someone else has said, Leicester are currently the best team in the Midlands, but they cannot lay claim to being the biggest. Nor can Wolves. Villa are a significantly bigger club than both and Leicester having a good team hasn't changed that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 hours ago, TrentVilla said: They are really going to struggle for goals without Jota and Jimenez Yes it shows how average they are without jimenez. The last few seasons they have been very lucky with no injuries to key players. I think we have closed the gap massively on them this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Yes it shows how average they are without jimenez. The last few seasons they have been very lucky with no injuries to key players. I think we have closed the gap massively on them this season I’m not sure there is a gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Just now, TrentVilla said: I’m not sure there is a gap. My only concern is that it all depends on three things a) we sign barkley permanently b) luiz stays (unlikely unfortunately) c) we sign a striker that can compete with watkins up top I think our backup players like taylor elmo nakamba davis are not good enough if we want to push on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: My only concern is that it all depends on three things a) we sign barkley permanently b) luiz stays (unlikely unfortunately) c) we sign a striker that can compete with watkins up top I think our backup players like taylor elmo nakamba davis are not good enough if we want to push on That’s the future, it’s always uncertain. I’m talking right now, right now there is no gap and in fact you could argue our squad is better. We don’t know who we may lose in the future neither do they. I do feel they peaked last season though as with our curve reaches far higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 Huge fine incoming for Nuno with his comments on Lee Mason, potentially a tougher penalty. I just hope the FA don’t stop Lee Mason having their games like they used to allow Fergie to pick the refs he didn’t want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Huge fine incoming for Nuno with his comments on Lee Mason, potentially a tougher penalty. I just hope the FA don’t stop Lee Mason having their games like they used to allow Fergie to pick the refs he didn’t want. what did he say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 22, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, ender4 said: what did he say? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55405256 Quote "It is his job. He has to improve, he has to get better," he told BBC Sport. "Football is a physical game, a game of contact and referees taking the decisions and being fair. But the referee is not good enough to whistle; Lee Mason is not good enough. i think nowadays you can say the ref had a bad game. but to say he's generally not good enough and even worse question their integrity tends to land you in hot water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Is he moaning that Burnley were too physical or the ref was too soft? Because it sounds like the latter which is nuts, shame we didn't have Lee Mason vs them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, tomav84 said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55405256 i think nowadays you can say the ref had a bad game. but to say he's generally not good enough and even worse question their integrity tends to land you in hot water. Is he wrong though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 Just now, villalad21 said: Is he wrong though? That’s irrelevant, he can’t say that about a ref on a professional level and it’s quite unpleasant on a personal level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: That’s irrelevant, he can’t say that about a ref on a professional level and it’s quite unpleasant on a personal level. In every single Nuno interview I’ve ever seen he has never, ever commented on, or criticised, a referee. Even when he had good grounds to do so. So either he’s undergone a complete change (pressure?) or he’s got a strong case, so strong that it kind of surpasses individual errors and (not) commenting on them. On your point, you’re right that he’s not permitted to comment like he has, but I sympathise with him. Hopefully Mason will take the criticism and actually improve. The truth hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 22, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2020 30 minutes ago, blandy said: In every single Nuno interview I’ve ever seen he has never, ever commented on, or criticised, a referee. Even when he had good grounds to do so. So either he’s undergone a complete change (pressure?) or he’s got a strong case, so strong that it kind of surpasses individual errors and (not) commenting on them. On your point, you’re right that he’s not permitted to comment like he has, but I sympathise with him. Hopefully Mason will take the criticism and actually improve. The truth hurts. I didn’t see the game so can’t comment on the merits or otherwise of views he expressed, ultimately that doesn’t really matter though. You seem to be of the view the criticism of Mason is valid and the truth, I’m less clear on that. What I would say is that Nuno in his time at Wolves has enjoyed almost constant success, there have been very few set backs and as a result not a great deal of pressure. That changed I think with the loss of Jimenez and their form since, they are in relative terms struggling at the moment and unless they get a striker in January will continue to struggle. I think it’s interesting that as soon as this happens Nuno seemingly changes in a similar way to Klopp changes when everything isn’t going his way. I don’t think you can form an opinion on someone when everything is going well, you see their real character when things are going badly. So for me it’s a reflection of pressure and potentially the old favourite deflection tactic for managers. Either way you simply can’t question an officials professional competence like that and he will be charged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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