Match Day Thread Villa game

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there was bound to be a gap in quality and Villa found the pockets of space to expolit.my first time to see the new town team play,
thought the keeper did well five good saves that included stopping a one on one, stopping a shot through a pile of players when he only saw it at the last minute and the reflex save.
towns defence are still settling in so there is bound to be a few miusunderstandings but overall i thought they did well.
towns midfield got by passed to often still earely days for walker and vincelot. thought McCormick did well considering he is adjusting to playing at leagie 1.
town got behind the villas defence with some nice crossess from giles but unfortently too often players did not take a risk , two headers were players should have done better with them and a good free kick.

early days but they look better than last season, we kept our shape and look more organised.

let us hope they can be tighter in midfield and more clinical in front of goal
 
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Watched it on Youtube. Thought the goalkeeper seemed to be an upgrade of last year's pair. The three-man defence shows some promise (as did Giles , Walker and McCormick). Vincelot and Love (perhaps understandably) looked to be a bit off the pace. The front two did not seem to link up too well and there was very little help for them from the midfield getting forward. A fit Laurent and Norburn could have made a difference but the number of injuries at the start of the season is a great concern. Also the role of Whalley in the team is an issue. He looked to be our most creative player when he come on despite not really fitting into the system. There is much for Ricketts to think about and the team badly need a couple of goals on Saturday to boost their confidence going forward into the real season.
 
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greenhousmeadowman said:
Watched it on Youtube. Thought the goalkeeper seemed to be an upgrade of last year's pair. The three-man defence shows some promise (as did Giles , Walker and McCormick). Vincelot and Love (perhaps understandably) looked to be a bit off the pace. The front two did not seem to link up too well and there was very little help for them from the midfield getting forward. A fit Laurent and Norburn could have made a difference but the number of injuries at the start of the season is a great concern. Also the role of Whalley in the team is an issue. He looked to be our most creative player when he come on despite not really fitting into the system. There is much for Ricketts to think about and the team badly need a couple of goals on Saturday to boost their confidence going forward into the real season.
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McCormick did some good link up play (i know we have injuries but today we did not have a midfielplaymaker and it showed) it takes time to build an understanding but we looked very light in front of box and lacked the cutting edge, we got behind them about five times but neither forward gambled .
 
both vincelot and walker looked lightweights today and will need to improve against league 1 opposition
 
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