GG Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 We had that when we last finished 6th also, brummie. I know how you feel. (externally though, the booing seems illogical) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 We had that when we last finished 6th also, brummie. I know how you feel. (externally though, the booing seems illogical) don't you read the papers. only nufc fans boo anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a bit more like it Did your lot boo today? I hold no truck with booing, but after the terrible football and crap results we've watched for the last 6 months, you can't really blame them. Hmm what a terrible life you villa fans have. The fact that there are plenty of clubs worse off than us doesn't really come into it, tbh. So you had a bad run in. And a whole season of poor home form. And still finished off in a pretty decent position. Some fans just want it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 http://i32.tinypic.com/zo9e0g.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Liverpool already 6 points behind Chelsea. Bit early to say it's over for them but that's a hell of a gap to make up at this stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Liverpool have been terrible in both games I've seen them so far (Spurs and Villa). Two man team if there ever was one, and Gerrard really isn't in form, leaving Torres as their only attacking option. Mind, Johnson has been playing really well from what I've seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 3 man team then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a bit more like it Did your lot boo today? I hold no truck with booing, but after the terrible football and crap results we've watched for the last 6 months, you can't really blame them. Hmm what a terrible life you villa fans have. The fact that there are plenty of clubs worse off than us doesn't really come into it, tbh. So you had a bad run in. And a whole season of poor home form. And still finished off in a pretty decent position. Some fans just want it all. Eh, am I missing something here? I think Newcastle fans get a bad rap in general but we we weren't happy when we finished 5th under Robson, mainly because it was clear to see that performances had been going downhill for at least 18 months. Not a dissimilar situation if you ask me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 surprised that pen was given looked like self defence from Gerrard to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 surprised that pen was given looked like self defence from Gerrard to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 It's unbelievable how our fans get called fickle when Liverpool fans want Benitez's head after every game he loses... (slightly exaggerated) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 surprised that pen was given looked like self defence from Gerrard to me Liverpool already 6 points behind Chelsea. Bit early to say it's over for them but that's a hell of a gap to make up at this stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i was reading villatalk last night (to see what they thought of Beye more than anything) and the majority seemed to want o'neill out. tsk tsk. regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Villa are mad to want rid of O'Neil. I think he's been unlucky with players being unsettled and wanting to leave and that was a major factor in their recent shite form. He's doing a good job, look at what he's up against and he deserves time to build a squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a bit more like it Did your lot boo today? I hold no truck with booing, but after the terrible football and crap results we've watched for the last 6 months, you can't really blame them. Hmm what a terrible life you villa fans have. The fact that there are plenty of clubs worse off than us doesn't really come into it, tbh. So you had a bad run in. And a whole season of poor home form. And still finished off in a pretty decent position. Some fans just want it all. Eh, am I missing something here? I think Newcastle fans get a bad rap in general but we we weren't happy when we finished 5th under Robson, mainly because it was clear to see that performances had been going downhill for at least 18 months. Not a dissimilar situation if you ask me. bit different, o'neill's not 70 years old for one thing. we knew robson had to be replaced either that summer or the next, O'neill could conceivably continue for another decade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. They probably didn't even need to add wingers to win the Premiership this year, as all they needed was Torres to stay fit the whole season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i was reading villatalk last night (to see what they thought of Beye more than anything) and the majority seemed to want o'neill out. tsk tsk. regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. Lucas is such a massive downgrade from Alonso it's ridiculous. He doesn't seem to fit tactically either, as he's way too similar to Mascherano, resulting in none of them helping out in attack leaving them to attack with only four men. I'm assuming Iaquinta is supposed to fill the void left by Alonso? How long is he out for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i was reading villatalk last night (to see what they thought of Beye more than anything) and the majority seemed to want o'neill out. tsk tsk. regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. Lucas is such a massive downgrade from Alonso it's ridiculous. He doesn't seem to fit tactically either, as he's way too similar to Mascherano, resulting in none of them helping out in attack leaving them to attack with only four men. I'm assuming Iaquinta is supposed to fill the void left by Alonso? How long is he out for? Truth be said, as soon as Real came with the chequebook and Alonso wanted out, he wouldn't have been able to hold onto him. But I consider getting a replacement that's not going to feature until October (with no time to gel with his teammates, in such an important position as the team's playmaker!) was quite stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i was reading villatalk last night (to see what they thought of Beye more than anything) and the majority seemed to want o'neill out. tsk tsk. regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. Your avatar and sig was obsessed with replacing older players with younger ones (ready or not) and we can debate the nuances of replacing Solano with Ambrose too early, but in principle he is right. Liverpool peaked last year and they are becoming an older team. The backbone of that team is Gerrard 29 (and peaked as I said in the Liverpool or Arsenal thread) and Carragher is 31. They have no replacements for them. The two players that did well today are some of thier youngest at 25 (Johnson and Torres). Even Kuyt is 29. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i was reading villatalk last night (to see what they thought of Beye more than anything) and the majority seemed to want o'neill out. tsk tsk. regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. Lucas is such a massive downgrade from Alonso it's ridiculous. He doesn't seem to fit tactically either, as he's way too similar to Mascherano, resulting in none of them helping out in attack leaving them to attack with only four men. I'm assuming Iaquinta is supposed to fill the void left by Alonso? How long is he out for? Truth be said, as soon as Real came with the chequebook and Alonso wanted out, he wouldn't have been able to hold onto him. But I consider getting a replacement that's not going to feature until October (with no time to gel with his teammates, in such an important position as the team's playmaker!) was quite stupid. Fuck me, he's out for that long? What a spa...erhm... stupid man Benitez is. So, they're pinning their hopes on Lucas or a new player, who is new to the league and will come in without a proper pre season to do one of the most important roles on the field? Brilliant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a bit more like it Did your lot boo today? I hold no truck with booing, but after the terrible football and crap results we've watched for the last 6 months, you can't really blame them. Hmm what a terrible life you villa fans have. The fact that there are plenty of clubs worse off than us doesn't really come into it, tbh. So you had a bad run in. And a whole season of poor home form. And still finished off in a pretty decent position. Some fans just want it all. Eh, am I missing something here? I think Newcastle fans get a bad rap in general but we we weren't happy when we finished 5th under Robson, mainly because it was clear to see that performances had been going downhill for at least 18 months. Not a dissimilar situation if you ask me. wrong. the problem wasn't that we finished 5th. the problem was that week in week out that season we could see that we were going backwards on the pitch. not necessarily in the results but the actual play itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 regarding liverpool, benitez is a bit of a muppet, his side last season would've won the league were it not for man utd having a freak like Ronaldo. keep the nucleus of the side and add one or two players to give you an extra dimension out wide. instead he gets rid of one of last season's star performers. if they don't win this season, which has to be their best opportunity in a while, it'll be because of they sold Alonso and couldnt adequately replace him. while two losses looks very bad right now, they're by no means out of the running if they get their act together, Johnson looks like a good piece of business but they need more. They probably didn't even need to add wingers to win the Premiership this year, as all they needed was Torres to stay fit the whole season. agreed, due to man utd being significantly weaker. though if ancelotti doesn't need time to adjust/doesn't do a scolari then chelsea will probaby be stronger than last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a bit more like it Did your lot boo today? I hold no truck with booing, but after the terrible football and crap results we've watched for the last 6 months, you can't really blame them. Hmm what a terrible life you villa fans have. The fact that there are plenty of clubs worse off than us doesn't really come into it, tbh. So you had a bad run in. And a whole season of poor home form. And still finished off in a pretty decent position. Some fans just want it all. Eh, am I missing something here? I think Newcastle fans get a bad rap in general but we we weren't happy when we finished 5th under Robson, mainly because it was clear to see that performances had been going downhill for at least 18 months. Not a dissimilar situation if you ask me. wrong. the problem wasn't that we finished 5th. the problem was that week in week out that season we could see that we were going backwards on the pitch. not necessarily in the results but the actual play itself. Well that's what I was getting at mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Said it from June, this is Chelsea's season. They'll win it in April imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I went for Chelsea too and looking at Drogba and Anelka playing off each other yesterday, they look the most likely at the minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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