They have creative elements? What the fuck does that mean? We could have 50 players all coming back from injury but they don't add up to one true playmaker. None of those you named can replace Eriksen. No one else in our squad is like him. We have a squad filled with runners, and almost no passers. It's been obvious for years and yesterday demonstrated that in the most alarming way.
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They have creative elements? What the fuck does that mean? We could have 50 players all coming back from injury but they don't add up to one true playmaker. None of those you named can replace Eriksen. No one else in our squad is like him. We have a squad filled with runners, and almost no passers. It's been obvious for years and yesterday demonstrated that in the most alarming way.
watched it on the telly and couldn't hear the words the crowd were singing to the Allez Allez song. Can anyone tell me what they were. The crowd sounded amazing
Don’t remember us singing that yesterday?! I certainly didn’t, and if I didn’t sing, then quite frankly it’s not worth singing.
Don’t remember us singing that yesterday?! I certainly didn’t, and if I didn’t sing, then quite frankly it’s not worth singing.
They sang it a couple of times. Proper shit song that, loved mainly by red scousers.
“They” being the Villa fans?
What the fuck do you think it means....?
They're both profiled as having creative attributes to their game.
You were previously bitching that we did nothing in the trf window to aid creativity.
However, we brought in Ndombele & Lo Celso to do just that from CM (which is where CE spent much of last season in case you hadn't noticed).
...Harry Winks can also pick a pass.
...As can Harry Kane.
...As can Toby.
Not that I agree with your assertion, but if you think our sqaud is purely filled with "runners" then maybe that's what the gaffa wants to build his team with? ...Maybe the gaffa doesn't see a future for a "true playmaker" in our ranks?
If a 3 man MF of Ndombele / Winks / GLC clicks then arguably there's no room for a trad. #10.
Nah, you've just got an extremely rigid view of what "creativity" is and how an XI should be put together.
Ndombele / Winks / GLC
Son / Kane / Lucas
Looks the bollocks to me...
Revisit your original posts (both pre and post game); you moaned about no creativity being brought in during the trf window.... Now you're revising comments to being about a specific type of position/player.
Your comment about CB is strawman.... Do one.
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Morning guys if anyone wants a laugh read this twitter feed. The state of some of the Villa Fans
That dude needs a hair cut
Villa were doing the Allez Allez song, singing about their 1982 European Cup win. Peter Withe etc. I heard them on the tube doing it.
I just find myself taking exception to someone ignoring what we do have in our ranks in order to cement their 'bias' about what we don't have, be that your moaning about depth in general or glossing over this summer's recruitment re Eriksen's potential exit.
Again... You didn't start off bemoaning that lack of new "playmaker"; you complained of a lack of creativity so I guess I found the shift of goalposts a tad annoying in the sense that I may have responded differently or not at all.
If I seem a little irritated, do you not think pretentding not to understand simple statements in my retort may further fuel this?
If I've confused my engagement with you pre-match with a similar exchange I had with another poster then fair play, I'll hold my hands up and apologise (even though your underlying sentiment was balatantly the same), but what on earth do you mean by "jumping you out of nowhere"?
Should I have PM'd you in advance before replying or something?
Of course a) how we lined up last year and b) potential line-ups for this season; alongside mention of c) the other players in our ranks and d) those we've brought in this summer all addresses your comments about what we lack... Especially if my replies are taken on board as per how you originally articulated your complaint.
If we're not playing with a trad. #10 then why would we blow a tonne of money buying a new one? ...Meanwhile we bought 2 players to help bolster creativity and control from CM.
(That's why I posted that 433 that I did; not cos I fancy myself as some kind of visionary or armchair manager.)
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I was really ill yesterday and couldn't watch the game.
Has anyone got a link to the full match or highlights.
It would be doing me a massive favour.
Thank you.
COYS
Has anyone got a link to the full match or highlights.
It would be doing me a massive favour.
Thank you.
COYS
Page 108 mate, Totti posted one.
"...A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be 'attacking a straw man.'…”
On the bench?With Sissoko in the correct position next time
So So fucking relieved
But for how long? We must keep him at any cost
Sorry but I don't agree. We were outplayed in the 1st half. No one can argue with that. But once Eriksen came on, we saw the whole team raise their game. But it was not a piece of piss by any means. Let's hope Poch realised his error and starts CE against City. There is a real chemistry between Winks, Kane, Ndombele and Eriksen and hopefully once Lo Celso joins the mix, well, I can see us challenging for 2nd place.