(05-28-2019, 10:20 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 08:32 AM)Lightnin Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 07:26 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote: I hate the club. However my best mate and wife are both fans. I know plenty of other decent ones. On form they deserved to go up. Perhaps some of our players need to take a look at the Villa players'approach over the last few months.
Am I happy they've gone up? No. 
Do I think we should stop our childish obsession and move on for the rest of the summer? Yes.

On form? They finished 5th. Us and Leeds were both above them so on form over the season they didn't deserve it at all.

Their form at the back end of the season.

(05-28-2019, 10:41 AM)Lightnin Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 10:20 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 08:32 AM)Lightnin Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 07:26 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote: I hate the club. However my best mate and wife are both fans. I know plenty of other decent ones. On form they deserved to go up. Perhaps some of our players need to take a look at the Villa players'approach over the last few months.
Am I happy they've gone up? No. 
Do I think we should stop our childish obsession and move on for the rest of the summer? Yes.

On form? They finished 5th. Us and Leeds were both above them so on form over the season they didn't deserve it at all.

Their form at the back end of the season.

A season is played over all the games, not just the last 10. The last 10 games alone does not mean that they deserved to go up.

I don't think it has anything to do with the players either. Infact, I don't think it was the fault of Moore or Shan. The calamity of this season rests purely with the owner and the directors. We were very sentimental in appointing Moore and in the end it was his inexperience that led to him being sacked. We didn't learn from this and carried on by appointing another inexperienced coach.

We finished 4th because we had undoubted quality in our squad that quite often won us matches alone. With a manager that had a bit more nous I think we'd have actually been promoted. Every other club that finished in top 6 has a young manager (apart from Bielsa who is a different animal completely) with some experience and a bit about them. Farke, Wilder and Dean Smith. Lampard was found out yesterday but he has a fantastic knowledge with all the managers he's played under.

The Villa players approach was nothing special before Smith arrived, it changed under Smith because he's a good manager. That might not be something that we'd all like to admit but it is a fact.

This next appointment is massive for us, in hindsight we've wasted 12 months and the best opportunity we had but we aren't finished yet. If we can keep the spine of the squad together we may get another decent crack at it but I do have my worries that we'll still mess it up on both fronts over the summer.

(05-28-2019, 10:48 AM)Toby Jugg Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 10:41 AM)Lightnin Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 10:20 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 08:32 AM)Lightnin Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 07:26 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote: I hate the club. However my best mate and wife are both fans. I know plenty of other decent ones. On form they deserved to go up. Perhaps some of our players need to take a look at the Villa players'approach over the last few months.
Am I happy they've gone up? No. 
Do I think we should stop our childish obsession and move on for the rest of the summer? Yes.

On form? They finished 5th. Us and Leeds were both above them so on form over the season they didn't deserve it at all.

Their form at the back end of the season.

A season is played over all the games, not just the last 10. The last 10 games alone does not mean that they deserved to go up.

I don't think it has anything to do with the players either. Infact, I don't think it was the fault of Moore or Shan. The calamity of this season rests purely with the owner and the directors. We were very sentimental in appointing Moore and in the end it was his inexperience that led to him being sacked. We didn't learn from this and carried on by appointing another inexperienced coach.

We finished 4th because we had undoubted quality in our squad that quite often won us matches alone. With a manager that had a bit more nous I think we'd have actually been promoted. Every other club that finished in top 6 has a young manager (apart from Bielsa who is a different animal completely) with some experience and a bit about them. Farke, Wilder and Dean Smith. Lampard was found out yesterday but he has a fantastic knowledge with all the managers he's played under.

The Villa players approach was nothing special before Smith arrived, it changed under Smith because he's a good manager. That might not be something that we'd all like to admit but it is a fact.

This next appointment is massive for us, in hindsight we've wasted 12 months and the best opportunity we had but we aren't finished yet. If we can keep the spine of the squad together we may get another decent crack at it but I do have my worries that we'll still mess it up on both fronts over the summer.

Nail.On.Head.

(05-28-2019, 08:41 AM)Mancbaggies Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 08:07 AM)chasetownbaggie Wrote:

(05-28-2019, 08:01 AM)Albionmad Wrote: It remains to be seen if Lampard and Terry turn up at Chelsea.

Has that been rumoured somewhere!? I find it hard to believe. Chelsea don't do sentimental.

If Fat Frank had done his job yesterday, I think they might have done

(05-30-2019, 10:21 AM)The Real PK Wrote: https://twitter.com/dannykl_/status/1133422916098547712?s=21P