TaylorJ_01 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Chodie Chodam, wants to come back to Escotia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How have Vlaar and El Ahmadi done so far brummie? Being a casual Feyenoord follower I don't think they're cut out for the Premiership really, but how have they started their Villa careers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Quality save by Ali. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 So good that save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Are you confident for tomorrow brummie? What's your expected lineup? No. We've got a lot to do this season, we're going to lose a lot of matches in the meantime. We're completely changing the way we play, so we're going to have a few games where we take a hiding. The pain will be worth the gain in the end, but like i said, we'll take a few kickings in the meantime. Ta. Any idea how you'll be lining up? Something along the lines of the below, but Lambert is notorious for changing his line up from one week to the next (he's the anti-MON in that sense). Guzan Bennett - Vlaar - Baker - Lowton N'Zogbia - Delph - El Ahmadi - Holman Ireland Bent That team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I like Wigan tbf, don't get the hatred. They'll have a core of 4-5000 who'll have been with them in Division Three at their old stadium 10-15 years ago. Let them enjoy it. Brilliant what they've achieved to stay in this league, unearthing gems, and being able to stay up on a shoestring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Are you confident for tomorrow brummie? What's your expected lineup? No. We've got a lot to do this season, we're going to lose a lot of matches in the meantime. We're completely changing the way we play, so we're going to have a few games where we take a hiding. The pain will be worth the gain in the end, but like i said, we'll take a few kickings in the meantime. Ta. Any idea how you'll be lining up? Something along the lines of the below, but Lambert is notorious for changing his line up from one week to the next (he's the anti-MON in that sense). Guzan Bennett - Vlaar - Baker - Lowton N'Zogbia - Delph - El Ahmadi - Holman Ireland Bent That team. Harsh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Are you confident for tomorrow brummie? What's your expected lineup? No. We've got a lot to do this season, we're going to lose a lot of matches in the meantime. We're completely changing the way we play, so we're going to have a few games where we take a hiding. The pain will be worth the gain in the end, but like i said, we'll take a few kickings in the meantime. Ta. Any idea how you'll be lining up? Something along the lines of the below, but Lambert is notorious for changing his line up from one week to the next (he's the anti-MON in that sense). Guzan Bennett - Vlaar - Baker - Lowton N'Zogbia - Delph - El Ahmadi - Holman Ireland Bent Had completely forgotten about Fabian Delph... is he coming good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Think his main attribute is still - 'thin'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Didn't realise Villa were bottom. Hopefully, that'll stay the same for the rest of the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Are you confident for tomorrow brummie? What's your expected lineup? No. We've got a lot to do this season, we're going to lose a lot of matches in the meantime. We're completely changing the way we play, so we're going to have a few games where we take a hiding. The pain will be worth the gain in the end, but like i said, we'll take a few kickings in the meantime. Ta. Any idea how you'll be lining up? Something along the lines of the below, but Lambert is notorious for changing his line up from one week to the next (he's the anti-MON in that sense). Guzan Bennett - Vlaar - Baker - Lowton N'Zogbia - Delph - El Ahmadi - Holman Ireland Bent That team. Harsh. That team - Guzan Bennett - Vlaar - Baker - Lowton N'Zogbia - Delph - El Ahmadi - Holman Ireland Bent Dat team - Krul Simo Saylor Colo Santon HBA Cabaye Anita Jonas Ba Cisse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/MH6CH.png Packed in when they wanted my passport number. It's in the cupboard somewhere and I'm not getting up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/MH6CH.png Packed in when they wanted my passport number. It's in the cupboard somewhere and I'm not getting up. I quite enjoy the goal music but only in international events (FIFA anthem or whatever it is.). The music that got played after each goal in the Super Cup last night is quite nice, imo. Fits with football, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Had completely forgotten about Fabian Delph... is he coming good? A lot of our fans use him as a piece of evidence in the prosecution of Martin O'Neill, and to be honest, they've got a point. He cost a lot of money and hasn't done much, but he's been incredibly unlucky with injuries until now. He and El Ahmadi look decent in the middle, they keep hold of the ball well. I just wish Delph would break forwards more often than he does. One thing I don't like - and i saw this against Tranmere in the week - is he still has a tendency to put in really rash tackles. if you're interested in that kind of bet, I'd say if you stuck a quid on Delph to get booked or sent off every week, you'd finish the season well up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I quite enjoy the goal music but only in international events (FIFA anthem or whatever it is.). The music that got played after each goal in the Super Cup is quite nice, imo. Fits with football, that. Sorry, but I can't agree with that. There's no place for goal music, in any form or level of football. It is the work of the devil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I quite enjoy the goal music but only in international events (FIFA anthem or whatever it is.). The music that got played after each goal in the Super Cup is quite nice, imo. Fits with football, that. Sorry, but I can't agree with that. There's no place for goal music, in any form or level of football. It is the work of the devil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Had completely forgotten about Fabian Delph... is he coming good? A lot of our fans use him as a piece of evidence in the prosecution of Martin O'Neill, and to be honest, they've got a point. He cost a lot of money and hasn't done much, but he's been incredibly unlucky with injuries until now. He and El Ahmadi look decent in the middle, they keep hold of the ball well. I just wish Delph would break forwards more often than he does. One thing I don't like - and i saw this against Tranmere in the week - is he still has a tendency to put in really rash tackles. if you're interested in that kind of bet, I'd say if you stuck a quid on Delph to get booked or sent off every week, you'd finish the season well up. El Ahmadi is a player I rate. Doesn't Bannan get in your team lately? He's a player I rated, true that sometimes he doesn't make the best decisions on the pitch, but I think he's got great potential. I have to watch you more often this season. I think you'll end up somewhere with your current project, hopefully not the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nolan's finish was fucking class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How many loan players are championship clubs around? seems to me Udinese sent their whole reserves squad to Watford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Had completely forgotten about Fabian Delph... is he coming good? A lot of our fans use him as a piece of evidence in the prosecution of Martin O'Neill, and to be honest, they've got a point. He cost a lot of money and hasn't done much, but he's been incredibly unlucky with injuries until now. He and El Ahmadi look decent in the middle, they keep hold of the ball well. I just wish Delph would break forwards more often than he does. One thing I don't like - and i saw this against Tranmere in the week - is he still has a tendency to put in really rash tackles. if you're interested in that kind of bet, I'd say if you stuck a quid on Delph to get booked or sent off every week, you'd finish the season well up. El Ahmadi is a player I rate. Doesn't Bannan get in your team lately? He's a player I rated, true that sometimes he doesn't make the best decisions on the pitch, but I think he's got great potential. I have to watch you more often this season. I think you'll end up somewhere with your current project, hopefully not the Championship. We're not going to go down. I am as pessimistic as they come, but there's a right load of old bollocks being written about us at the moment, with dickheads like Robbie Savage tipping us to go down. We've played two league games. One, at West Ham, we had 65 percent possession, and they scored from their only chance, after spending 90 minutes lumping the ball long at us. The other was against Everton, who scored out of nowhere after 2 minutes, then got gifted one by Given. We were never going to come back after that. Lambert wants us to pass the ball, you can see the change in the way we are trying to play even after two games. It isn't going to happen overnight, though, it'll take time. El Ahmadi is a very decent passer of the ball, he's impressed so far. Vlaar always looks to play the ball out of defence rather than hoof it as James Collins would have done in the past. What we are doing now is trying to fully throw off the bad habits we were left with when MON flounced out (incidentally, read some of the Sunderland fans comments about the way they played today, they're doing the same), with a young progressive manager who will look forward not back. So no more playing with wingers and whipping hopeful balls into the box continually. No more lumping it out of defence. It isn't going to happen overnight, it will take a long time, and we'll continue to pick up some piss poor results along the way, but I genuinely do not care, so long as we make that change, it will be worth the short term pain. Bannan is a decent passer of the ball, and will get plenty of games. My main criticism of him is that he looks for the Hollywood ball a bit too often when he should just keep it simple, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How many loan players are championship clubs around? seems to me Udinese sent their whole reserves squad to Watford That's the M.O. of the Pozzo's; Granada are built exactly the same. They just buy a crapload semi-promising players on the cheap and send them over the teams they own. They currently have one in Italy's top division, Spain's top division and England's second tier. It's a player agency on steroids. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How many loan players are championship clubs around? seems to me Udinese sent their whole reserves squad to Watford That's the M.O. of the Pozzo's; Granada are built exactly the same. They just buy a crapload semi-promising players on the cheap and send them over the teams they own. They currently have one in Italy's top division, Spain's top division and England's second tier. It's a player agency on steroids. I had no idea they had a team in Spain, too. It's all a bit too sinister for my liking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Mate reckons they've got 14 'on loan'. Can imagine Championship fans and clubs will start kicking off if they start to do well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How many loan players are championship clubs around? seems to me Udinese sent their whole reserves squad to Watford That's the M.O. of the Pozzo's; Granada are built exactly the same. They just buy a crapload semi-promising players on the cheap and send them over the teams they own. They currently have one in Italy's top division, Spain's top division and England's second tier. It's a player agency on steroids. I had no idea they had a team in Spain, too. It's all a bit too sinister for my liking. They also tried to take a non-controlling stake on Espanyol, but couldn't reach an agreement with their board. I'm not really comfortable with this weird multi-club holding they are building. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 A lot of people are shitting themselves, both our fans and others. I'm not worried. I figure that if they get us to where they want us to get (in the short-term), the PL honeypot is so enticing that we'll support ourselves as a primary club. This loan thing is for player development and is only on steroids atm because we want to improve the squad very quickly (and Udinese/Granada have spare players to allow us to do this!). Sean Murray's signed up for 5 years (which is great news), even though we've applied for Cat 3 status, there'll still be focus on youth. I reckon the reason so many of them are Udinese players is for tax reasons more than anything else, they're effectively ours for as long as we want them/they want us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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