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Offline not3bad

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2015, 09:41:07 PM »
I just won season 1 of Sledge Hammer from someone ebay, so i'm cheerful. Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em.

Thursday nights 10.30? Sledge Hammer, Married With Children and what was that fifties/sixties thing? Followed by Mariella Frostrup reviwing films.

Mariella Frostrup reviewing films. Time for my shower.

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2015, 09:50:03 PM »
Some chap won festival tickets at half time. That was nice.

Left footer as well. 

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2015, 09:56:13 PM »
Carles Gil.

Let's clone him. I wouldn't mind it if Lambert wanted to play four players like him.

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2015, 09:57:58 PM »
Must be the most positive I've felt after a 2-0 defeat! Here's why...

Nobody will be left in any doubt how popular Cleverly is after the crowd's reaction to his substitution. There's an outside chance we won't see him in a Villa shirt. No bitterness it just didn't work out. I think he may need to try the Championship to find his level.

The same cannot be said for Carles Gil! Very promising debut and the crowd love him already!

The introduction of Gil served as a catalyst for good second half performances from Sanchez, Delph and Hutton. The midfield were passing and moving! There were even flashes of impudent skill near the end! OK, this would be more enjoyable to watch if we weren't losing but the fact that the players had the confidence to play like this is very heartening.

However you feel about Lambert he looks like he may again have proved that when he's got a reasonable amount of money to spend, he can pick a player.

Next week is a good time to have a cup match. The players won't feel the same pressure they do when playing in the league and I believe we'll see a good performance and a good win. This will be a great boost for the remainder of the season.

Nurse! Where's my meds!!

I'd go along with that and I thought Gil made a difference when he came on.  His touch and a couple of pieces of sublime skill only really highlighted the lack of quality we have had to endure on a weekly basis from the likes of Agbonlahor and Weimann. 

Whether Lambert has the imagination to build on the flashes we saw in the second half is a big question, especially as it should mean dropping Cleverley and Westwood for a start. 

Offline Monty

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2015, 09:59:36 PM »
We mustn't lose our minds over Gil - he's a pretty good player it seems, and let's hope he does well, but we can't expect him to be a genius every week. What he is is something we haven't had in a really, really long time - I just don't trust Lambert to use him correctly at all.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2015, 10:01:06 PM »
Yep people getting a bit giddy over Gil, he did ok but it's going to take much more than Gil to turn this around .

Offline Witton Warrior

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2015, 10:12:04 PM »
Yep people getting a bit giddy over Gil, he did ok but it's going to take much more than Gil to turn this around .

It's desperation isn't it? See: Straws; clutching at.

Offline Des Little

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2015, 10:15:44 PM »
Hel get a bollocking for that step over. Fancy fucking Dan

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2015, 10:18:02 PM »
Can you imagine if Grealish had been on the other side as well? It's a shame he's not deemed good enough for the bench.

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2015, 10:27:21 PM »
Grealish and Bacuna, you know, wingers, with Gil in the middle.

That's not getting giddy, that's just common sense. Alas we can expect precious little of that from a man who picks four central midfielders, may the Others take him.

Offline brian green

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2015, 12:42:04 PM »
I liked Gil a lot.   Deft, quick feet, confident, titchy, awareness.   All we need is for Benteke to stop being in a strop and we might get some goals.   The combination of Carles Gil and Alan Hutton down the right flank will be like facing a bull and a matador.
The thing which cheered me up most was us displaying a sense of humour and maturity as fans by singing "We'll score again, don't know where don't know when" OURSELVES and not having it sung at us by the self styled comic geniuses of Merseyville.

Offline Boz

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2015, 04:46:48 PM »
We mustn't lose our minds over Gil - he's a pretty good player it seems, and let's hope he does well, but we can't expect him to be a genius every week. What he is is something we haven't had in a really, really long time - I just don't trust Lambert to use him correctly at all.

My concern is a couple of weeks at B6 and Lambert will have Carles sinking to the Lambert style of play, dross

Offline not3bad

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2015, 09:51:00 AM »
Whether Lambert has the imagination to build on the flashes we saw in the second half is a big question, especially as it should mean dropping Cleverley and Westwood for a start. 

Think Westwood may still have a part to play but it's pointless playing him and Cleverly in the same side as they're too similar.

Offline Monty

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2015, 09:57:07 AM »
Whether Lambert has the imagination to build on the flashes we saw in the second half is a big question, especially as it should mean dropping Cleverley and Westwood for a start. 

Think Westwood may still have a part to play but it's pointless playing him and Cleverly in the same side as they're too similar.

I agree. Of the two, Westwood moves more intelligently, is more likely to make an interesting pass, is better at set-pieces, is more assertive on the field etc. The only thing Cleverley has on him is...actually I can't think of anything.

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Re: Reasons to be Cheerful
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2015, 10:01:11 AM »
I genuinely can't think of any reason to be cheerful about Villa at the moment.

 


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