Big_John_10 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Give him credit for the win. Still he's fault we're going into games against reading needing to win to make sure we stay up. Need the same next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 A lot of people questioned his decision to play Bannan ahead of N'Zogbia today - myself included - but it turned out to be absolutely the right call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 He got it right today, more of the same please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyPowers Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Big win today. I wasn't at the game but sounds like a 4-3-3. I'm a little surprised he changed the formation again but I can't argue with the decision to drop the Zog. I really, really hope he sticks with the same team for the QPR game now. It will be a huge game, I'm looking forward to it. I also wouldn't go too over the top. I look at the Reading team today and say to myself, 'wow, they don't have a single premier league player'. By which I mean, if they go down, which they will, I can't see any of their players attracting bids from premier league teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted March 10, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2013 Credit where it is due. He got us set up and playing exactly how we needed to today - and we reaped the rewards. Our defense is scarily shaky (where would we be without Guzan?), but I thought our midfield and front line worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Got it right today and should be commended for that and indeed over the past few weeks where he has dumped the previous system. I had previously suspected that he'd lost the dressing room but it's quite evident from recent performances that the players are playing for the manager so i was talking bollocks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2013 Got it right today and should be commended for that and indeed over the past few weeks where he has dumped the previous system. I had previously suspected that he'd lost the dressing room but it's quite evident from recent performances that the players are playing for the manager so i was talking bollocks again. Could you please state that there is no way we will beat QPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Oh, i forgot to add that there's no way in hell we're going to beat a Redknapp infested QPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 If he keeps us up this year will be a remarkable achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 If he keeps us up this year will be a remarkable achievement I really can't understand this way of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 If he keeps us up this year will be a remarkable achievement I really can't understand this way of thinking. No nor me. Its scandalous that we're in this position. They'll be no celebration if we survive this season, just relief. PL football should be the bare minimum for a club like Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It was always going to be a tough season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It was always going to be a tough season. Not many on here thought it would be this bad though. Nothing "remarkable" about keeping a club as big as Villa in the PL though. We're not a Wigan or a Reading etc. we've spent just 12 seasons outside of the top division ever. It should be an absolute minimum that we remain a PL club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It was always going to be a tough season. Not many on here thought it would be this bad though. Nothing "remarkable" about keeping a club as big as Villa in the PL though. We're not a Wigan or a Reading etc. we've spent just 12 seasons outside of the top division ever. It should be an absolute minimum that we remain a PL club. I agree, I got caught up in the Lambert hysteria and thought we would be mid table.. Soon accepted that this season is about survival and then next season will be challenging the top half.. Considering we just survived last year, I don't thinks its any great surprise we are struggling again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It was always going to be a tough season. Not many on here thought it would be this bad though. Nothing "remarkable" about keeping a club as big as Villa in the PL though. We're not a Wigan or a Reading etc. we've spent just 12 seasons outside of the top division ever. It should be an absolute minimum that we remain a PL club. I agree, I got caught up in the Lambert hysteria and thought we would be mid table.. Soon accepted that this season is about survival and then next season will be challenging the top half.. Considering we just survived last year, I don't thinks its any great surprise we are struggling again. This season has been much worse than last, and a lot of it is down to Lambert's mainly awful signings. Nothing "successful" about Lambert keeping us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 To actually make last season look decent takes some doing but Lambert has achieved that. I guess that's quite remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It shows how far our expectations have dropped in the last few seasons when people on other threads are celebrating the fact that we beat Reading 1-2. FFS, A few seasons ago beating a team like Reading by only 1 goal would certainly not be a reason to celebrate?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Well it's not a few seasons ago anymore, things have changed, deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It shows how far our expectations have dropped in the last few seasons when people on other threads are celebrating the fact that we beat Reading 1-2. FFS, A few seasons ago beating a team like Reading by only 1 goal would certainly not be a reason to celebrate?! I don't really think that's a good comparison. A few seasons ago we would have been happy beating Reading 2-1 away just as we are happy beating them 2-1 away now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) It shows how far our expectations have dropped in the last few seasons when people on other threads are celebrating the fact that we beat Reading 1-2. FFS, A few seasons ago beating a team like Reading by only 1 goal would certainly not be a reason to celebrate?! I don't really think that's a good comparison. A few seasons ago we would have been happy beating Reading 2-1 away just as we are happy beating them 2-1 away now. This. And the thing before sums up PussEKatt's grasp on the game. We have a good manager here who has made almost entirely good signings and is in process of turning us around from such an awful mess. (and I have said it from the start all the way to now, all through christmas and everything that has happened) Edited March 10, 2013 by praisedmambo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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