Aston Villa v Southampton Thread - 1st Nov - 12 noon

[JNB90]

Unfortunately the 2nd half allows Smith to talk about some form of positives and mask the huge gaping glaring cracks

 

[Melon Donkey]

Just not having it that we buy strikers and then play them wrong.

Not completely dismissing it but if you are true quality then you make your own chances you create something , you change the game by yourself.

We keep buying the wrong level and get sucked into unsubstiated hype. Hogan, another flash in the pan hyped up over one season.

 

[Bonker]

Watkins' passivity and lack of aggression is worrying. Yes the service is appalling but he should be doing more.

We are looking like pussies all over the pitch - we all said it but we needed a few experienced "up for it" players time time around ...

 

[AV Dave]

Liverpool must have been pissed that day.

 

[Pangloss]

If Smith talks up how they scored three great goals and how we had chances in the second half then he'll be missing the point of what has been a largely feckless display lacking aggression and tempo.

We have not learned from our mistakes against Leeds at all.

 

[Melon Donkey]

Unfortunately the 2nd half allows Smith to talk about some form of positives and mask the huge gaping glaring cracks

Absolutely zero positives today.
Zilch, nowt , nothing .

 

[Fulford]

Our problem again is that we buy players from the chumps and lesser European leagues and expect them to be able to step up immediately in the PL.

 

[The Fear]

Do we even do our homework on other teams, because the others seem to have sussed us out quick enough.

We are very easy to suss to be fair. Hardly a plan A, let alone any alternatives

 

[gmvillan]

Shane Long on to get his annual goal.....

 

[Melon Donkey]

At least we can change it from the bench next week.

Oh...hang on....

 

[The Fear]

Back to the drawing board and post lockdown tactics is required. Tighten up the defence and grind out a few results.

This is what worries me. They say he had time to have a good look and talk with players, get things back on track. That should have been being done throughout the season before lockdown.

And although I VERY much appreciate the results and staying up (thanks to VAR as well remember) I didn't think it was our genius, I just thought we had more to play for and the other teams seemed to be on the beach, not at the races. That isn't to totally dismiss us, because we were at the races.

But it didn't look like genius to me, genius would have been doing such things before the break.

 

[eltoro]

6 added minutes, just blow it ref

 

[JNB90]

I'll quote Smith now: "like the Leeds game, it's just a bad 40 mins of football, I've said time and time again, we wont get to high and we won't get too low."

 

[gmvillan]

Commentator: “Mings..... drills it in the general direction of Grealish, nothing more than that.” Could’ve said that about 20 times....

 

[BodyButter]

I'm starting to think we might not win the league.

 

[Tom Cat]

we have a pen! Rare thing!

 

[Fulford]

The wins against Liverpool and Leicester gave a totally false impression of this team. We were bang average against Sheffield and Fulham despite winning both. The Fulham game was an interesting one as we conceded so many crosses and were lucky that they couldn't finish.

 

[Melon Donkey]

Meh.
Far too little, far too late.

MEH

 

[Pangloss]

Lambert in his final season had a very good start.

 

[Pangloss]

Well I'm pleased for Watkins, well taken. Hopefully helps his confidence, very good play by him prior to the pen as well.