KaKa Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Imagine Man Utd getting beat 6-1 and it's not even the biggest shock of the day At least Man Utd were playing Spurs and were also a man down. This is an 11 vs 11, man to man, battering, all ends up. At this point I am very concerned for brummie. That man is definitely passed out somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just checked and it took Liverpool 9 gameweeks to concede 7 goals at the start of last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Not gonna lie, before lockdown I was assuming all results would just be very predictable, the better team on paper getting the win 9 out of 10 times, as there would no crowd to be a stereotypical "12 Man" for the weaker clubs. Apparently I couldn't be more wrong I'm not sure anyone would expect these sorts of polarising results, but looking logically there's clear evidence to show that home advantage is/was a thing. Also, a lot of average Premier league players are likely supremely talented players but have varying states of mentality. Taking the crowd away takes a huge amount of pressure away from everyone and evens out the skill gap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Like with City the other day, I just can't get joy out of these big clubs getting blown out unless they concede 8 Well then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 just makes the shitshow at our club all the harder to take. even just another £20m or so would have made a great dufference. we have absolutley no central midfield quality to speak of. then you see the likes of villa and leeds. The dugout should be the first thing that's improved. Spend as much as you like on the XI, the bloke in charge of them is gormless. i'm with you , mate. but we know thats never going to happen. just thought bruce might have squeezed a few extra million out of the large man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Not gonna lie, before lockdown I was assuming all results would just be very predictable, the better team on paper getting the win 9 out of 10 times, as there would no crowd to be a stereotypical "12 Man" for the weaker clubs. Apparently I couldn't be more wrong I'm not sure anyone would expect these sorts of polarising results, but looking logically there's clear evidence to show that home advantage is/was a thing. Also, a lot of average Premier league players are likely supremely talented players but have varying states of mentality. Taking the crowd away takes a huge amount of pressure away from everyone and evens out the skill gap Yeah thats true, I think I saw something in the off season that said something like usually an away side gets a result about 29% of the time, but post lockdown it was something like 40%. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Pre-lockdown results weren't that weird at all but the first 4 weeks of this season have been fucking mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Fucking awful defending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Has anyone theorized that they all caught 'rona from Mane and are playing as a spent force basically? That's what I'd like to roll with tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Wish it wasn't Villa doing this to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 If Liverpool had simply defended 15 yards deeper after the first 2 or 3 times Villa had sprung them this would have been very different game. Honestly the worst tactical in game management I’ve seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Pre-lockdown results weren't that weird at all but the first 4 weeks of this season have been f***ing mental. Maybe the results weren't but some of the goals scored for example were the sorts that a player would pull off in training when the pressure is off. Ritchie scored a goal for us soon after the restart that felt that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Based on my logic Shola would have been a no crowd era prime R9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Livescore reckons Villa have had 28% possesion. Unreal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Evening all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Evening all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Evening all. Glad you're well man. I was concerned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Pre-lockdown results weren't that weird at all but the first 4 weeks of this season have been fucking mental. It felt like the resumption was very much easing back into things and just doing whatever was necessary to finally get the season finished and done with. Now, everyone's started afresh and players are used to having no fans (which I do think makes a difference). It's given teams like Villa and Leicester the belief that they can just go out and take the game to the likes of Liverpool and Man City, where before they'll have been more tentative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Who wants to touch me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Has anyone theorized that they all caught 'rona from Mane and are playing as a spent force basically? That's what I'd like to roll with tbh. It crossed my mind, tbh. Last week Genoa had one or two players test positive then were brutally defeated by Napoli 6-0. It turned out that 15+ people at the club had contracted COVID, a full outbreak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Oh great, this shitshow. Boring McBoring FC have signed Dull Dullerson on loan with an obligation to buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Evening all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Can only imagine how much stick Carragher gave Neville earlier today. If only he knew what was coming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Has anyone theorized that they all caught 'rona from Mane and are playing as a spent force basically? That's what I'd like to roll with tbh. its not an unreasonable theory tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Well done, Villa, you’ve just battered a bunch of asthmatics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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