25 Aug 2013 20:22:59
Although playing 3 matches in 7 days against good opposition won't have helped our cause, I think yesterday showed up where we are short (assuming we didn't already know)
Midfield, Delph aside, is a real concern. We lack imagination and the ability to hold on to the ball well enough. That is not going to be rectified with lower league acquisitions with potential. We need a couple of central midfield players with real ability and that will cost. Although I think Westwood is a reasonable player, I don't go along with the theory that he will one day be good enough for England (although with the present England side I could be wrong). If we were to have any ambition, he would be a player that we had on the bench who could be relied on as a fresh pair of legs when needed.
El Ahmadi has improved from last year but that is nothing to pop the champagne over
I like Sylla but he is a purely defensive player.
Someone like Coutinho would walk in to our team
Randy, I know you had your fingers burnt by O'neill, Houllier and the other fella who's name I can't bring myself to mention, but you finally have a manager you can trust with the cash.
Don't waste the opportunity
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What your saying then is we need a defour or a rodwell! Lol. Na joking aside a fully agree
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WE need kingvilla. His/her imagination would open any defence.
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I agree we need a player with flare which we haven't had since young Milner and downing left but Westwood I see as Barry's replacement keeping the ball up with tidy passes and Delphi is becoming the new petrov with sylla benteke Gaby and weinmann are quality going forward with the exception gab and weimanns finishing needs polishing
We've tightened up at the back Luna is by far a better player than Bennett and okore (the tank)rrarely putsch foot wron
We need to see what helenius banana and tonev can do although I'm pleased with what I've seen so far of them but with all that said I believe villa won't be any where near a relegation battle this year I reckon anything from 9th to 12th
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I keep saying the name Yoann Gourcuff and I'll keep saying it unitil someone signs him as he's a realistic target and a fantastic creative player.
Gourcuff
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GOURCUFF!
Finch
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25 Aug 2013 08:41:30
Liverpool dropped that deep second half which was a credit to our forwards not every team will be able to defend like that and we can't expect benteke to score every game last year Liverpool would have would by more than that so am extremely pleased with the progress because will give a lot of teams a right hiding here endeth the lesson
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Your wrong we won't win many games at villa park we can only counter attack ( the lesson for you is, to not be satisfied with 2nd best
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Agree with the first comments all villa need to do is sharpen up the attack and polish the finishing up for when benteke is being marked out the game Villa dominated Liverpool after 35 mins for the rest of the match something that isn't easy to do we had 9 shots on goal compared with there 2 and we played well against arsenal and Chelsea thus when we play any editable teams we should be more than enough to beat the majority of teams in the league now that the defense has been tightened really rating Luna and okore who should be nicknamed the tank
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Totally agree with the above comment. We'r one of the best counter attacking teams in the league the stats don't lie. However at home we will look rather one dimensional as we did yesterday without that creative flair player (ie gourcuff) that we crave.
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My lesson is to not take second best apparently and we won't win many home games nice comment from a man with no name another doomboy
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Ok got a name its villajk not a doom boy, just reality, but we will get more points away, unless we get a skillfull midfielder someone like Sid Cowans have a good day villajk
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It seems that anyone that disagrees with Villasmurf is automatically a doom and gloom supporter. He can't relate reality and events. C'mon muff, allow others to have an opinion, you are not always correct as none of us are.
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Nice comments gentlemen and I take what your saying the funny thing is I love everybodys comments that's what makes it interesting maybe I wear my heart on my sleeve to much sometimes but I like the rest of you love the villa and by the way I'm always right NOT
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