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Post by ceejays on Nov 23, 2015 13:40:20 GMT
SUGGEST THEY HAVE SHOOTING PRACTICE THIS WEEK
ARNIE
CHARLIE
SHAQIRI
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Post by dirtygary69 on Nov 23, 2015 13:44:51 GMT
Sure we've scored more than two this season?!
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 23, 2015 13:45:00 GMT
SUGGEST THEY HAVE SHOOTING PRACTICE THIS WEEK ARNIE CHARLIE SHAQIRI Shhhhhhhh. Don't shout. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 23, 2015 13:49:46 GMT
Whilst it's great that we seem to be turning our season around, we have not been able to kill games off when in the lead. TBH we have suffered from this since promotion with a few exceptions. Not saying we should be winning all games by 2 or 3 goals but when we dominate a game such as Saturday it would be nice to show a score line that reflects this.
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Post by stokesaint1 on Nov 23, 2015 13:51:50 GMT
So long as we keep scoring one more than the opposition every week, we'll be doing fine. That said, I feel sure we're going to give someone a real hammering anytime soon.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Nov 23, 2015 14:19:08 GMT
Unfortunately for the villa we have 14 more points than them as well  |
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Post by The battheader chronicles on Nov 23, 2015 14:19:45 GMT
simplest rule of football- Score one more than the opposition
at the minute than means score one
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Post by jpm64 on Nov 23, 2015 14:19:47 GMT
SUGGEST THEY HAVE SHOOTING PRACTICE THIS WEEK ARNIE CHARLIE SHAQIRI If you insist on using Roman numerals I think you will find we have scored XI this season  |
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Nov 23, 2015 14:37:01 GMT
On the flipside only Man Utd, Arsenal & Tottenham have conceeded less than us. Not bad considering Cameron, Johnson, Wilson & Wollscheid are the worst defenders in the History of the Premier League.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Nov 23, 2015 14:37:32 GMT
It's points got, not how many goals we have scored, I would be worried, if we only had 8/9 points and letting in a load of goals.
Come the end of the season, I think we will finish with a plus goals difference.
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Post by pez75 on Nov 23, 2015 14:40:23 GMT
The OP is correct. While we are winning 1-0 it may not seem to matter, but Southampton were always in that game and would have been favourites to go on and win had they equalised. We need to be more ruthless and finish teams off when we are on top. When was the last game we had where you felt 100% confident of a victory with 10 mins to go?
Saying that, we are definitely creating more chances than earlier in the season and our quality trio up front (Arnie, Bojan & Shaq) are looking better with every game - I am sure that goals will come. We just need the final piece in the jigsaw - a top striker up front - but they are as rare as turkeys in January.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2015 14:55:02 GMT
Sure we've scored more than two this season?! You are right...we have scored XI so far, dunno where he gets II from... |
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Post by winston on Nov 23, 2015 15:01:48 GMT
The OP is correct. While we are winning 1-0 it may not seem to matter, but Southampton were always in that game and would have been favourites to go on and win had they equalised. We need to be more ruthless and finish teams off when we are on top. When was the last game we had where you felt 100% confident of a victory with 10 mins to go? Saying that, we are definitely creating more chances than earlier in the season and our quality trio up front (Arnie, Bojan & Shaq) are looking better with every game - I am sure that goals will come. We just need the final piece in the jigsaw - a top striker up front - but they are as rare as turkeys in January. It's to stop people leaving early |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 23, 2015 15:56:48 GMT
The OP is correct. While we are winning 1-0 it may not seem to matter, but Southampton were always in that game and would have been favourites to go on and win had they equalised. We need to be more ruthless and finish teams off when we are on top. When was the last game we had where you felt 100% confident of a victory with 10 mins to go? Saying that, we are definitely creating more chances than earlier in the season and our quality trio up front (Arnie, Bojan & Shaq) are looking better with every game - I am sure that goals will come. We just need the final piece in the jigsaw - a top striker up front - but they are as rare as turkeys in January. It's to stop people leaving early Doesn't bloody work though does it?  |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Nov 23, 2015 15:58:02 GMT
We could win every game 1-0 and I'd be happy, do you think Leicester fans care that they've conceded a shit ton of goals this season?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2015 16:32:29 GMT
I am not really sure why people are saying we are not killing these games off when we are walking away with 3 points.... Anyone who has played the game knows protecting a 2-0 score line is just the worst! Complacency always sets in and I would always be much more scared of surrendering a 2-0 lead instead of a 1-0 lead. In an ideal world we would sit back for a while after scoring the first and then get two quick goals around the 65 minute mark  |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 23, 2015 16:38:31 GMT
I am not really sure why people are saying we are not killing these games off when we are walking away with 3 points.... Anyone who has played the game knows protecting a 2-0 score line is just the worst! Complacency always sets in and I would always be much more scared of surrendering a 2-0 lead instead of a 1-0 lead. In an ideal world we would sit back for a while after scoring the first and then get two quick goals around the 65 minute mark This. We play much better defending a 1 goal lead than we do a 2 goal lead. Although my bottom was a bit twitchy on Saturday at times. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2015 16:43:20 GMT
I am not really sure why people are saying we are not killing these games off when we are walking away with 3 points.... Anyone who has played the game knows protecting a 2-0 score line is just the worst! Complacency always sets in and I would always be much more scared of surrendering a 2-0 lead instead of a 1-0 lead. In an ideal world we would sit back for a while after scoring the first and then get two quick goals around the 65 minute mark This. We play much better defending a 1 goal lead than we do a 2 goal lead. Although my bottom was a bit twitchy on Saturday at times. To be honest, I went to Swansea and Southampton and I honestly was so confident we wouldn't concede if we played for another 90 minutes. Can't fault our away form at the minute it's amazing, I said on Saturday to my dad within about a minute of play that we would win, they just looked so up for it. Big test for Hughes' skills as a manager if he can eradicate complacency at home against teams we are expected to beat. It was a problem towards the end of the Pulis era but I personally think Hughes is a much better manager, though if he can cut this complacency out he will prove himself as a real top class manager on another level than he is right now. |
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Post by stokefc on Nov 23, 2015 17:30:01 GMT
I don't think Southampton would of scored if we played till midnight , our defence was fantastic
even if they had a peno Jack wudda saved it
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Nov 23, 2015 17:30:34 GMT
Look where Villa are and then look where we are.
Exactly.
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 23, 2015 17:45:08 GMT
Let's be positive, glass half full posters!
We are in 11th place (or XI place), we are 11th best goal difference.
If Sunderland thrash CP tonight we will move up 1 place into the the top half of the table in both position and GD.
We are threatening a Liverpool type victory with the chances we are creating, and a couple of good wins we will be in the top half of the table for goals scored.
We're on our way to Wembley!
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Post by march4 on Nov 23, 2015 17:47:44 GMT
Goals are irrelevant.
Its points that count.
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Post by Bowyer83 on Nov 23, 2015 17:58:26 GMT
SUGGEST THEY HAVE SHOOTING PRACTICE THIS WEEK ARNIE CHARLIE SHAQIRI I don't care if they eventually do score more goals than us just as long as were miles above them in the league. I would like to see there defensive record compared to ours. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Nov 23, 2015 18:03:41 GMT
We certainly need a lot of chances to score goals! We could easily have had 5 against Southampton, but the one we got luckily was enough! We need to kill games off more often and not ride our luck, even though we are bloody good at protecting a lead right now! |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 23, 2015 18:07:39 GMT
SUGGEST THEY HAVE SHOOTING PRACTICE THIS WEEK ARNIE CHARLIE SHAQIRI I don't care if they eventually do score more goals than us just as long as were miles above them in the league. I would like to see there defensive record compared to ours. Villa have let 24 goals in we've conceded 12. Only The Shit, Spuds and Arse have got a better defensive record. |
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Post by march4 on Nov 23, 2015 18:12:35 GMT
I don't care if they eventually do score more goals than us just as long as were miles above them in the league. I would like to see there defensive record compared to ours. Villa have let 24 goals in we've conceded 12. Only The Shit, Spuds and Arse have got a better defensive record. Correct - keeping clean sheets is far more important than scoring goals. |
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Post by Bowyer83 on Nov 23, 2015 18:13:53 GMT
I don't care if they eventually do score more goals than us just as long as were miles above them in the league. I would like to see there defensive record compared to ours. Villa have let 24 goals in we've conceded 12. Only The Shit, Spuds and Arse have got a better defensive record. Superb record and to think a few weeks ago a small minority were on suicide watch. |
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Post by roylandstoke on Nov 23, 2015 18:24:02 GMT
Goals are irrelevant.Its points that count. The return of a classic. |
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Post by march4 on Nov 23, 2015 18:27:49 GMT
Goals are irrelevant.Its points that count. The return of a classic. The truest of truisms |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 23, 2015 18:55:31 GMT
This. We play much better defending a 1 goal lead than we do a 2 goal lead. Although my bottom was a bit twitchy on Saturday at times. To be honest, I went to Swansea and Southampton and I honestly was so confident we wouldn't concede if we played for another 90 minutes. Can't fault our away form at the minute it's amazing, I said on Saturday to my dad within about a minute of play that we would win, they just looked so up for it. Big test for Hughes' skills as a manager if he can eradicate complacency at home against teams we are expected to beat. It was a problem towards the end of the Pulis era but I personally think Hughes is a much better manager, though if he can cut this complacency out he will prove himself as a real top class manager on another level than he is right now. I'm not sure it's complacency mate. I think it's simply the way we set up ie to counter attack, suits away games and home games against the better teams who come at us. The teams who sit in to 'park the bus' to borrow a phrase, neutralise our most potent threat. We need a plan B against these teams at home. Don't know what that might be but I'm sure we'll find a solution. |
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