Checko Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 06/12/2023 at 13:38, Coffee_Johnny said: Are you psychic? Almost spot on, except it’s a garret with a single cracked single glazing pane (looks bright out…) and overflowing B&H blue. Expand I bet you have an absolutely cracking wistful stare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Its really annoying that Man Utd are still in the mix with how shit they have been, just grinding out one goal wins. Bournemouth at home this weekend too. Hopefully results will start matching performances with them soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 12:56, Decky said: Its really annoying that Man Utd are still in the mix with how shit they have been, just grinding out one goal wins. Bournemouth at home this weekend too. Hopefully results will start matching performances with them soon. Expand Same. Should have won 6-1 last night. Highest xG of any team this season except Chelsea vs. Spurs when it was 11 against 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) On 07/12/2023 at 12:59, Froggy said: Same. Should have won 6-1 last night. Highest xG of any team this season except Chelsea vs. Spurs when it was 11 against 9. Expand Chelsea are a shambles to be fair, there's games where yous probably looked good, the likes of Chelsea and Everton but I'm yet to come across a Man Utd fan who doesn't think performances in general this season have been really poor. Man Utd have definitely rode their luck to get a few of those one goal wins. Yous could have sneaked a draw against us and the performance was the worst I've ever seen from a Man Utd side. Edited December 7, 2023 by Decky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 13:01, Decky said: Chelsea are a shambles to be fair, there's games where yous probably looked good, the likes of Chelsea and Everton but I'm yet to come across a Man Utd fan who doesn't think performances in general this season have been really poor. Man Utd have definitely rode their luck to get a few of those one goal wins. Yous could have sneaked a draw against us and the performance was a shambles. Expand Last night was the first time we looked good to be fair. We were shit against Everton, just clinical. We looked really good last night though. Been saying all season that dropping Rashford will make all the difference. Our front four will pick itself now unless someone picks up a knock. But aye. To be above Newcastle despite being in reverse gear is a miracle. If the performances like last night can continue we will go on a good run same as last season. Just a shame we have Bayern and Liverpool next week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 11:05, TRon said: They are pretty similar to us, they have a really effective and attractive style of football, but I would think if there is a weakness it would be squad depth. An injury in key areas like up front might potentially derail them. Expand They’ve got great depth. On the bench they had: Diaby Cash Moreno Duran Ramsey Lenglet Zaniolo Dendoncker Nearly all of these would get good minutes for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 12:56, Decky said: Its really annoying that Man Utd are still in the mix with how shit they have been, just grinding out one goal wins. Bournemouth at home this weekend too. Hopefully results will start matching performances with them soon. Expand Thats why I haven’t discounted them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 14:00, The College Dropout said: They’ve got great depth. On the bench they had: Diaby Cash Moreno Duran Ramsey Lenglet Zaniolo Dendoncker Nearly all of these would get good minutes for us. Expand Outside of Diaby I don't find that bench all that impressive. What we do know is there are 3 or4 guys in their starting xi who are playing out of their skin this season, and if one goes down it stands to reason they'll see a drop in quality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 14:00, The College Dropout said: They’ve got great depth. On the bench they had: Diaby Cash Moreno Duran Ramsey Lenglet Zaniolo Dendoncker Nearly all of these would get good minutes for us. Expand I'd say 3 of those would get into our squad when we have everyone fit. Diaby, Ramsey and Moreno. Don't need Cash as we have Tripps and Tino and I only put Moreno in there because he's marginally better than what we have in the sqaud at LB. The rest are no better than anything we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) On 07/12/2023 at 14:24, Mazzy said: I'd say 3 of those would get into our squad when we have everyone fit. Diaby, Ramsey and Moreno. Don't need Cash as we have Tripps and Tino and I only put Moreno in there because he's marginally better than what we have in the sqaud at LB. The rest are no better than anything we have. Expand All of them would make our bench at the moment, would you disagree? Those 3 probably start for us if everyone is fully fit. On 07/12/2023 at 14:19, Upthemags said: Outside of Diaby I don't find that bench all that impressive. What we do know is there are 3 or4 guys in their starting xi who are playing out of their skin this season, and if one goes down it stands to reason they'll see a drop in quality Expand Diaby, Ramsey & Moreno would probably start for us if they were fully fit and we had a fully fit squad. Duran is the 3rd striker some think is necessary. For me - it's the depth of the squad that is so serving them so well. They have Watkins, Kamara, Luiz and the GK as the spine. But the rest - even at CB - they've got solid options. Even Duran is a good back-up but you wouldn't want to rely on him for 10+ games. Edited December 7, 2023 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) On 07/12/2023 at 14:19, Upthemags said: Outside of Diaby I don't find that bench all that impressive. What we do know is there are 3 or4 guys in their starting xi who are playing out of their skin this season, and if one goes down it stands to reason they'll see a drop in quality Expand Bet everyone else said the same thing about us last season. We did get lucky with injuries last season though, kinda. Except from Isak. Edited December 7, 2023 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Villa also don't play every game 100mph like we do, surely that helps with fitness / injuries I'm hoping it's the next thing Howe implements as we continue to make progress and improve as a team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 14:38, The College Dropout said: All of them would make our bench at the moment, would you disagree? Those 3 probably start for us if everyone is fully fit. Diaby, Ramsey & Moreno would probably start for us if they were fully fit and we had a fully fit squad. Duran is the 3rd striker some think is necessary. For me - it's the depth of the squad that is so serving them so well. They have Watkins, Kamara, Luiz and the GK as the spine. But the rest - even at CB - they've got solid options. Even Duran is a good back-up but you wouldn't want to rely on him for 10+ games. Expand Right now, yes they all make our bench, that's not really up for debate as out bench is 75% youth players. Diaby and Ramsey would also certainly be in with a shout on starting when everyone is fit, but Moreno I could take or leave, we just aren't that strong at LB currently (albeit Tino is doing excellent there) that's the only reason I'd take him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andybiotics Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Villa are 1 Watkins injury away from being a club in crisis. They literally have no other Strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 18:11, Andybiotics said: Villa are 1 Watkins injury away from being a club in crisis. They literally have no other Strikers. Expand I think that's a bit too dramatic tbh They'd certainly miss him hugely but I can't see it being that bad, they'd just play another striker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 18:11, Andybiotics said: Villa are 1 Watkins injury away from being a club in crisis. They literally have no other Strikers. Expand Duran has looked decent when he's played. Diaby is a striker in their system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Our away form is a massive concern now but seriously, is there any fucking sign of players coming back from injury so we can just rotate maybe one or two of our starting 11 and try and get back to some normality? Is anyone even close? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 21:25, Decky said: Our away form is a massive concern now but seriously, is there any fucking sign of players coming back from injury so we can just rotate maybe one or two of our starting 11 and try and get back to some normality? Is anyone even close? Expand 03/04 esque Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Top 4 is going to look a long way away by January 1st. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 21:30, Aiston said: Top 4 is going to look a long way away by January 1st. Expand Yeah. I’ve always thought that it’s disgusting how many games you play at Christmas time. Absolutely no fucking need for that many games, every other league has gaps, yet we throw more in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 No chance with these injuries. If the injuries clear up second half of the season and we sign a couple players then we can have a strong second half of the season though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Only 21 points clear of Sheff Utd after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 21:33, ExiledGeordie said: No chance with these injuries. If the injuries clear up second half of the season and we sign a couple players then we can have a strong second half of the season though. Expand FFP has us fucked. Meanwhile the cunts we played today fucked FFP off, and are in the process of trying to overturn their 10 points deduction, and I won’t be surprised if they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) On 07/12/2023 at 18:11, Andybiotics said: Villa are 1 Watkins injury away from being a club in crisis. They literally have no other Strikers. Expand That isn't true. We'd play Diaby in the Watkins role and move things around. Not that I think we don't need more options up front - we do - but that is not where our main injury threat lies. When we sold Ings and then Cameron Archer, I thought Emery was nuts. He was right, though, that is a massive part in turning Watkins into what he is today. Also, depressingly because football shouldn't be like this, those sales helped with FFP, esp that of Archer, as a 19m home grown product makes a HUGE difference to the figures. Easily the biggest problem for us would be Martinez being out, as Olsen is dog shit. The second biggest would be at RB as I am not sure Emery entirely trusts Cash and there's limited runway in Konsa playing there. Edited December 7, 2023 by brummie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 16:20, janpawel said: Villa also don't play every game 100mph like we do, surely that helps with fitness / injuries I'm hoping it's the next thing Howe implements as we continue to make progress and improve as a team Expand What I do think is that, even acknowledging we're in the Conference League and not the Champions League which makes things easier to handle, we've probably adapted to it really well. I've been a bit concerned at some of the rotation we've engaged in thus far, but he's proved himself to be right in all of it. If we were playing in the Champions League now, it'd be much, much harder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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