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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Legion on January 04, 2013, 06:21:26 PM
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Available Saturday evening.
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Job well done , nice to see bent, nzogbia , baker and gabby back fit - Bowery impressive too so a good afternoons work - well done to all , enjoy your weekend!
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Lots of players back from injury.
Sounded like a very comfortable second half. Onwards and upwards, let's get to Wembley.
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Lambert has now won 9 games the same as McCleish could muster all season!
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Well done lads on turning it round. Good to see Bent, N'Zog, Baker and Gabby back involved. Should have been more comfortable but we won and that's the main thing. Now use this as a springboard Villa and start winning, and get the players in we require in January.
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Great stuff, another sob story for Ipswich, shame
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Job done. Next.
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Lambert has now won 9 games the same as McCleish could muster all season!
Interesting stat!
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Giving Benteke a well earned rest is a huge plus. Great to see so many lads back in contention. Did the job today, Bent scores, Andi added to his hero status. All in all, a solid weekend
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Did what we had to do.
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Job done. Good to get some of the senior players back.
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A Villa win was the least my Villa supporting father deserves on his 70th birthday.
Well done lads.
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Good win, but should've been by more in the end.
God Mills is giving the most boring speech of all time here...
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Lambert has now won 9 games the same as McCleish could muster all season!
Interesting stat!
And well predicted, John, re Weimann.
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Qpr and Wigan having away replays is good for us. Hopefully we will play a demoralised Southampton next week. Job done boys, and looks like Lambert will have options to pick from in the next few games
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And Southampton get humiliated, and Wigan and Slumberland get another fixture ...
not all bad.
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Didn't see it, but it sounded like a bit of experience coming back has helped us no end. The result is just what we need and delighted with goals from both Bent and Weimann.
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A Villa win was the least my Villa supporting father deserves on his 70th birthday.
Well done lads.
Indeed. Happy Birthday Mr Kelly. 70? Must have been about ten when he had you Mark.
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Feel a bit sorry for Wolves, thought we had it bad! Solbakken's gone I reckon...
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Two poachers get a goal each. Wonderful. Now, let's bring in some solid defenders, a creative player and a battling central midfielder and we'll be fine.
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Second game running we've come from behind to get something. Good to see there's still fight in that dressing room.
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Job done. Let's build from here.
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Actually looking forward to watching MOTD tonight, albeit probably only for about 30 seconds.
The other bonus(es) from today: Sunderland, Fulham, QPR and Wigan all have replays to contend with now, also Newcastle & Southampton both received confidence bashing thumpings!
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Well done lads and especially Joe Bennett. Nice to see Southampton getting battered at home before next week as well.
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Through to the next round that's all that matters. Well done Villa.
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Great to see so many back in contention. Some of the younger players need a spell to recover their confidence so hopefully Bent, N'Zogbia and Gabby can come into their own this January.
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In the hat, job done. Good work out for the squad, should build confidence. Always good to come from a goal down to win. Also good to see some players back from injury.
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Actually looking forward to watching MOTD tonight, albeit probably only for about 30 seconds.
Will be on ITV so might not get any coverage at all apart from camera phone shaky footage or an advert.
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The key is that we now have options. He rested Benteke and can now leave Ireland where he belongs - on his backside. I'd play Gabby, Bent and Benteke on Tuesday and bring Weimann on if we need to.
Not getting carried away but it feels like we are over the psychological trauma of Chelsea now.
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A Villa win was the least my Villa supporting father deserves on his 70th birthday.
Well done lads.
Indeed. Happy Birthday Mr Kelly. 70? Must have been about ten when he had you Mark.
Oi, Grandad, I'm years younger than you. Saying that, the ol' fella would kill us both. Even now I know not to mess with him.
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Actually looking forward to watching MOTD tonight, albeit probably only for about 30 seconds.
The other bonus(es) from today: Sunderland, Fulham, QPR and Wigan all have replays to contend with now, also Newcastle & Southampton both received confidence bashing thumpings!
It's on ITV with that smug scouser.
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Second game running we've come from behind to get something. Good to see there's still fight in that dressing room.
I think that is part of the logic of Lambert's youth policy!
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Well done lads.
Keep it up for Tuesday!
As for Wolves - meh.
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Get in there me babbies!! Great to see Bent, Gabby, N'zog & Baker back too, squad's looking good again.
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The fact that bent played and is now cup tied suggests we will be keeping hold of him hopefully too.
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Well done lads and especially Joe Bennett. Nice to see Southampton getting battered at home before next week as well.
Add to that Sunderland and Wigan having replay games.
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As people have said job well done and good introduction back from injuries for some players.
Good to see Nottingham Forest doing so well now that they have a premiership manager! :)
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Good to get the win.
Even better that Baker, Gabby, Bent and N'zog all got a match before the semi and Southampton. Hopefully Vlaar isn't too far away.
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Results elsewhere also suited us as well, so good day.
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The key is that we now have options. He rested Benteke and can now leave Ireland where he belongs - on his backside. I'd play Gabby, Bent and Benteke on Tuesday and bring Weimann on if we need to.
Not getting carried away but it feels like we are over the psychological trauma of Chelsea now.
iMO I would play the same team that started today but Gabby for Marc. That way we keep Weimann and Benteke fresh for Southampton and give Gabs and Bent an extra match to get match fit.
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Will Gabby be fit enough to start against Bradford? Surprised Bent lasted the whole game baring in mind how little football he's had and how he broke down against Norwich when he started.
Sounds like we're going back to 4-2-3-1 so I don't know how Bent fits into that when Benteke plays. At least with Weimann, he can play as an inside forward. Good to see Andi started to score regularly now btw - he's turning into a good little poacher. Benteke, Bent and Weimann (still a question mark over Gabby for me) are a good choice of strikers. We just need a bit more depth to the defence and to totally sort out the midfield.
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Just checked the full time Villa score and didn't shout FFS! Is there something wrong with me? What is this strange warm feeling after checking a Villa score?
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Obviously didn't see it, due to excessive amounts of spewing, but whilst it didn't sound a classic it was positive. Came from behind and we got some playing time for several players back from injury. Although we did lose Albrighton to a knock, I know most of you will shrug at that, but I still feel there's a player in there somewhere, according to their awful commentators he looked bright early on too.
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@MatKendrick: Marc Albrighton limping away from the ground with his foot in a protective boot. Seems to have twisted his foot. #avfc
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Job well done! Had almost forgotten about N'Zog, looked lively...
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Safely in the pub after an enjoyable afternoon at VP and probably the finest pie in the history of fine pies. Better yet...
Joe Bennett is going to be a super-star.
Marc Albrighton has as much vision as Stephen Ireland.
Young Jordan Bowery looks a real handful.
DB scores. Super Andy uses his excellent movement to score - I've not seen such a natural scorer at VP since the last super Andy we had.
Don't know if it is a good thing that we are through to the next round - but I am happy for the squad that they are getting away from that losing feeling.
Next up - Valley Parade - where I don't mind if the pies are crap as long as we come away with hope for VP.
UTV.
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Well done lads and especially Joe Bennett. Nice to see Southampton getting battered at home before next week as well.
Add to that Sunderland and Wigan having replay games.
Also QPR and Fulham
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Job job.
Positives for me:
Clark is a real player. With an experienced partner alongside him, he could be immense.
Bowery looked very positive and grew into the game.
Zog looked interested at times.
Negatives.
Ireland, just fuck off, you ball watching waste of space.
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A Villa win was the least my Villa supporting father deserves on his 70th birthday.
Well done lads.
Happy Birthday young man!
Tell him the Villa fans send best wishes Rudy.
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Much needed win.
Delph - played well and was very comfortable on the ball.
Bent - good finish, good performance.
Gabby- looked a threat and looked fit.
N'Zogbia - usual indifferent game, good assist for Bent.
Bowery - not bad at all, always looking to get on his right foot, but promising game.
Weimann - could become a Villa legend if he keeps on improving. (If we can keep hold of him)
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Result was important
2nd half was better, first half was not great
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Job done. Great to see so many injuries back - could do with getting Vlaar back in middle of defence asap. Some good saves by Given, Bennett impressed, Delph was very assured in midfield, Bent and Weimann great goals, good set up by N'Zog for Bent's, wide left probably not Bowery's best position but showing promise, Ireland can do one. Disappointing attendance for a 3 o'clock Saturday kick off. Was there a cheap deal for families - loads of people with kids in the UJpper Holte. Nice to be able to look forward to the draw tomorrow.
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Obviously didn't see it, due to excessive amounts of spewing, but whilst it didn't sound a classic it was positive. Came from behind and we got some playing time for several players back from injury. Although we did lose Albrighton to a knock, I know most of you will shrug at that, but I still feel there's a player in there somewhere, according to their awful commentators he looked bright early on too.
To be a little fairer to him, he looked ok against Swansea. I know he will have to do better before he gets people off his back but it's a start.
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Thought both Bennett and Delph were great today.
Bennett seems to be getting better with every game, got a few tricks and quick feet too.
Bent had a good game, he looked hungry and didn't stop talking to Bowery.
Bowery was a handful and was unlucky not to score. Got a deserved ovation when he came off.
And not to forget Given, two wonderful saves.
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The fact that bent played and is now cup tied suggests we will be keeping hold of him hopefully too.
I hope we keep him too, but being cup tied wont bother one of his potential suitors, Newcastle. Nile Ranger and Sammy Ameobi are the only two available strikers for their next game. Don't hold your breath just yet!
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I didn't see any of the game as stuck in work today but delighted to see us win and even better that we fought back from a goal down.
The manager said he would rotate and he did so to good effect with the players brought in all seeming to make a contribution (Given, N'Zogbia, Bent and Bowery)
I can look forward to the albeit brief highlights later on now and then the draw for the next round!
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Here are the goals crappy quality didn't have time to adjust for high res!! ctrl & - for better quality
http://tinypic.com/r/34999w1/6
Wtf was Lichaj doing!
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Weimann changed it for us, great energy and movement. Great header from a great cross. Albrighton will never be good enough IMO. Fair play to Charlie, great ball for DB9 who showed us what a great finisher he is.
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No way should we sell Darren Bent, he knows where the net is,sod the wage bill.
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I'm conviced Bent won't be sold now this window. He would be cup tied reducing his value.
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Here are the goals crappy quality didn't have time to adjust for high res!! ctrl & - for better quality
http://tinypic.com/r/34999w1/6
Wtf was Lichaj doing!
Thanks for posting that. Two good goals by the look of it, but the og looked a bit strange.
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There's certainly a good player there in Bennett, looks extremly jittery though. Will hopefully settle down as a more assured defence plays alongside him.
Baker's distribution is pretty terrible and certainly impacts on the whole team ability to knock it around.
Delph played much better than I've seen him play in a long time today, didn't crab over the ball as much as normal. Hopefully his confidence will continue to grow.
Looked dangerous in the first 5 minutes but I lost count of the number of times that nzogbia lost simple possession. He really is a poor player. Him and albrighton can be put in the same pot really, can be dangerous given space, but don't have the general class and composure to play in a dominating premier league side.
Agree with the comments on Gabby providing a real outlet. His availability and muscle down the flanks leads to easy possession which we can build from.
Pleased with Bannan as always really, never ever hides from the ball, which is vital considering the teams brittle confidence.
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Oof. Weimann's header was word class.
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Oof. Weimann's header was word class.
It was certainly no goalmouth scrabble.
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Didn't see the game but that's a good result considering we went behind. Glad to hear Bennett getting some praise as he's been disappointing so far for me. It's a relief to get a few back from injury, just need Vlaar now and some shrewd business in the transfer window and we could see a much better second half of the season.
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Amazingly, despite sitting next to Legion for the game i'm back home in one piece!
Did what we had to do, made it harder than it should have been at times and could also have won by more but their keeper made 2 or 3 cracking saves. In the pot for the next round which is all that matters.
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Paul Lambert hailed the contributions of returning trio Darren Bent, Charles N'Zogbia and Gabby Agbonlahor after Villa overcame Ipswich in the third round of the FA Cup.
Lambert handed starts to Bent and N'Zogbia, who have been out of action with hamstring and knee injuries respectively.
Both produced lively displays with Bent scoring an equaliser early in the second-half.
Agbonlahor also came off the bench and played a part in fellow substitute Andreas Weimann's winning strike.
"Darren came back along with Charles and Gabby," said the Villa boss.
"Those three lads only really trained yesterday and have been out for a long time so that was really pleasing, especially with the way they played as well.
"Charles N'Zogbia is certainly a talent, there is no two ways about it.
"It was a big thing for him to play because he has been out for well over six weeks.
"That first goal was Darren Bent down to a tee, but I thought his game was very good, his whole work ethic and the way he played. His finish was top class."
Lambert was pleased that his side never panicked despite falling behind when Michael Chopra's shot went in off Eric Lichaj.
"The onus is always on the home team, especially when you play against a team from a different division," he said.
"It is always tough and it is the first hurdle you've got to overcome.
"Then you go a goal down, but all credit to them. But I thought we deserved to go through.
"The first goal gave us a little setback but we never panicked and kept on playing the way we were and I thought the first goal was exceptional."
Lambert shuffled his pack with Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-final first leg in mind, although he had to call on match-winner Weimann sooner than expected because of an injury to Marc Albrighton.
The Scotsman described it as a "massive effort" from the players who came in to the side.
"We changed it today - we left out Christian along with Matty and Chris because they needed a break as well," Lambert added.
"We left out a few lads to give them a break and I was delighted with everyone that came in, I thought it was a massive effort.
"I wanted to give Andi a rest as well but he came on because of Marc's injury, probably sooner than we anticipated.
"Andi is in a rich vein of form at the minute. He looks so confident that he came score."
Lambert expects Ron Vlaar to be out for "a couple more weeks", while he is awaiting further news on Albrighton's foot injury.
"Albrighton has kick on his metatarsal - the same injury he had at the beginning of the season," said the boss.
"I don't know if it is fractured or anything like that but it is roughly about the same area."
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So am I the only one who though N'Zogbia was our best player? He did go out of the game for a period in the middle part of the game but some his movement was excellent and he gave us something we have not had all season - pace and direct running. Very promising signs for me.
It just felt so much "safer" watching a Villa team where there was a bit of experience in Bent, N'Zogbia, Gabby etc. I thought the latter looked really hungry when he came on and caused them no end of problems with his pace and strength. We have really missed having genuine pace in the side and looked so much better for it today.
Special mentions to Bennett, who looked a lot more comfortable in a back four and put some great crosses in, Weimann for another fantastic finish and Given who has a great attitude and kept us in the Cup with a world class save.
Onwards and upwards. Hopefully.
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No way should we sell Darren Bent, he knows where the net is,sod the wage bill.
The wages are at a good level now, it's just that before he wasn't contributing enough to our play (compare to Benteke). It sounds as though he's been working on his game and wants to be involved so he might be a better player now. His finishing certainly won't be doubted.
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N'Zogbia and Baker impressed me a lot. Given was impressive and he made an excellent save. Weimann took his goal well. Ireland is definitely a weak link.
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I thought Zog looked good as well. Plenty of effort from him as well. Baker was impressive again I thought, second half especially (as i'm Lower North so actually get to see when the ball is this end) he was on the end of so many crosses etc. Real no nonsense defender. We look much better when he's playing.
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Great result. We can do well here if no further injuries and we get another player(s) in who is not cup-tied.
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Just home from the game. Thoroughly enjoyed the win. Sat in North Lower for a change, well worth the £10.
Worthy mentions for Zog, Bent, Bowery Bennett and Weimann. Ref had a good game. We lost the HT zorb race to Ipswich, oh well.
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Lots of positives today and nice to be back to winning ways , the injury list is clearing nicely so lets hope 2 or 3 quality additions can be bought and we can look forward to a good finish to the season .
Two huge games in the next week but we are looking in better shape ready for the challenge that awaits.
Enjoy the weekend everyone.
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Here are the goals crappy quality didn't have time to adjust for high res!! ctrl & - for better quality
http://tinypic.com/r/34999w1/6
Wtf was Lichaj doing!
Thanks for posting that. Two good goals by the look of it, but the og looked a bit strange.
Yes, well done for posting. Two very good goals. Special header from Weimann that.
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Wolves Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
Fixed
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I was very pleased with N'Zogbia. Is he finally paying us back? He looked a lot more interested than before.
Bannan's passing left a lot to be desired.
Bennett deserved his Man of the Match.
Bent took his chance very well. Weimann deadly finishing.
All in all a good warm up for Tuesday.
Nice to see some quality, in the form of Gabby, come on as a sub.
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In the next round, job done. Let's hope we can kick on now hopefully with a strengthened squad.
Weiman really knows where the goal is. We've got a player there.
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Wolves Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
Fixed
I've got a mate who's a Wolves fan crying into his Twitter at the the minute.
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Impressed with Delph's performance,the best I've seen from him.Bennett and the returning N'zogbia ,Bent and Gabby also played well.And ,of course,another class goal from Weimann.How can anyone doubt his ability ? There were some weak points,but it's good to see options becoming available. Reo-Coker was awful ,seems to be getting slower.Failed badly the audition.
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Lijcah and Albrighton are woeful, as is Bannan. His delivery is shocking.
On the plus it was great to see Bent, Gabby and Charlie back, the later I thought really offered us something to continue on from a good show at Norwich. We need a bit of pace and flair in the midfield and he did well.
A lovely finish from Bent and from Andi too. We have some really good forwards, if only we had a midfield to support them.
Baker and Clarke were all over the shop at times. When Baker was pushing up, Clarke was dropping in; we need a centre half to offer some leadership and cohesion. I wish Vlaar would hurry up!
Great to have Gabby back, again some pace and also some muscle out wide.
Pleased to be through.
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What a fantastic feeling to be reading such positive comments. We can all have an enjoyable Saturday night for the first time in a couple of weeks.
Well done players, and well done Paul Lambert
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Oh and respect to the Ipswich fans for their reaction to the 19th minute. Although they do seem a tad obsessed with Lambert. I understand them giving him some stick for the Norwich connection but it seemed every other song was about him.
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Nice little win to regain momentum as we head into a month of colossal importance, with two league cup semis, two home games against teams around us, and an away-day derby.
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Oh and respect to the Ipswich fans for their reaction to the 19th minute. Although they do seem a tad obsessed with Lambert. I understand them giving him some stick for the Norwich connection but it seemed every other song was about him.
They don't like Colchester United either.
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I was in Trinity middle & muddle today so had a good look at both Bennett and Bowery in the first half. Bennett will develop in a fine player but made a few errors and should not have the pressure of our first choice left back at the moment.
Bowery on the other hand, yes I know he is a big lad, appears to carrying far too much weight. He did have our two best chances in the first half and for the first one when Bent laid it on a plate he was fat too slow getting there.
I thought Delph was very good today but all that in the first half as I had to leave at HT due to a family emergency. (nothing serious)
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Along with others - special mention to Shay Given - kept us in the cup today.
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Pleased to be in the hat. A royal mixed bag really. Bennett, Wiemann and Bowery put in good performances. I thought Ireland, Baker and Delph were awful.
Ireland contributed nothing, Baker was error prone and Delph looked pretty but never seemed to do anything with the ball except pass to the linesman, an Ipswich Town player or backwards.
Wiemann appears to be the most naturally gifted striker we have had since Yorke. Bowery really put himself about and worked very hard tracking back.
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Ireland, Albrighton and Lichaj all need moving on. The others all performed well today though we still look shaky at the back.
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Came back home to watch this one and really enjoyed it. We were ok in the first half but very good in the second. I much prefer the 4231 though its hard to see where bent fits in.
Main positives were bent especially in the second half, Bennett (he nearly scored a wonder goal) weimann, delph and gabby being back. It's a nice outlet to have. Plus shay given of course
Downsides were that we still looked very vulnerable at the back. Not sure what baker was doing for their goal. And we almost conceded at the end from a simple lobbed ball.
I really did think that delph and Bennett had the quick feet that sets players apart. But they do need to improve other aspects of their game. They're both still physically intimidated at times.
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Weimann's goal is a truly superb finish, absolute class.
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Oh and bannan and Ireland were shit
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Given's first half save after their first goal was superb. Though he did seem to stray towards the centre of the pitch quite a few times.
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i love it when a big gob looks a twat! when we kicked off 2nd half the idiot behind me, who i think at one point wanted to come through my seat and actually become part of me, was shouting forward, stop just passing for the sake of passing, backwards sideways you lot just get it up there, and then we had the ball for 75 seconds without ipswich touching it and hey presto, found some space, slipped it in for darren bent and scored.
he sat back down and a few around just smiled at him.
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Oh and bannan and Ireland were shit
As bloody usual.
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Just home from the game. Shaky start but a lot of positives to take from the game.
Firstly and most important was the win. Joe Bennett was excellent. Darren Bent seems to have put his dummy back in and showed some flashes of real class. The miss in the second half when he had a nano second and a gap a ball width to aim at and he clipped it with the outside of his left boot just wide of the post was brilliant. Jordan Bowery showed he has a lot of real potential and looked like Fonz with balls. Andreas's goal was superb. To me he looks more and more like Alan Shearer with every game. Tough, hard, fast and totally direct with head or feet. Love him. Negatives nothing went right for Barry Bannan and Stephen ireland did his normal "this is all a bit beneath me" routine, otherwise a fighting display and a good day's work.
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i love it when a big gob looks a twat! when we kicked off 2nd half the idiot behind me, who i think at one point wanted to come through my seat and actually become part of me, was shouting forward, stop just passing for the sake of passing, backwards sideways you lot just get it up there, and then we had the ball for 75 seconds without ipswich touching it and hey presto, found some space, slipped it in for darren bent and scored.
he sat back down and a few around just smiled at him.
Class :D
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Result was everything.
Special mention for Bowery, clinical finish from Bent, good goal from Weimann.
Nice to see Zog and Gabby back.
Thought Zog did reasonably well.
Sponsers gave MOTM to Bennett, bizarre.
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So am I the only one who though N'Zogbia was our best player? He did go out of the game for a period in the middle part of the game but some his movement was excellent and he gave us something we have not had all season - pace and direct running. Very promising signs for me.
It just felt so much "safer" watching a Villa team where there was a bit of experience in Bent, N'Zogbia, Gabby etc. I thought the latter looked really hungry when he came on and caused them no end of problems with his pace and strength. We have really missed having genuine pace in the side and looked so much better for it today.
Special mentions to Bennett, who looked a lot more comfortable in a back four and put some great crosses in, Weimann for another fantastic finish and Given who has a great attitude and kept us in the Cup with a world class save.
Onwards and upwards. Hopefully.
not at all mate. n'zog was superb today, that is the player we paid for, he got a standing ovation and well deserved
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Zog was excellent , surprised to see him taken off unless it's a case of saving his legs for Tuesday.
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So am I the only one who though N'Zogbia was our best player? He did go out of the game for a period in the middle part of the game but some his movement was excellent and he gave us something we have not had all season - pace and direct running. Very promising signs for me.
It just felt so much "safer" watching a Villa team where there was a bit of experience in Bent, N'Zogbia, Gabby etc. I thought the latter looked really hungry when he came on and caused them no end of problems with his pace and strength. We have really missed having genuine pace in the side and looked so much better for it today.
Special mentions to Bennett, who looked a lot more comfortable in a back four and put some great crosses in, Weimann for another fantastic finish and Given who has a great attitude and kept us in the Cup with a world class save.
Onwards and upwards. Hopefully.
not at all mate. n'zog was superb today, that is the plater we paid for, he got a standing ovation and well deserved
MOM for me. Looked like the player we thought we signed.
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One touch Weimann.
Every goal he has scored this season has been one touch finish absolute class
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Benteke, Bent, Weimann, Gabby, Bowery.
We're well off up front, we need to get the midfield and defence sorted.
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One touch Weimann.
Every goal he has scored this season has been one touch finish absolute class
Oh really?
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I rarely post on this thread as it usually too negative but after watching what I thought were two poor teams think everyone is a bit too rose tinted with their view.
From a messy, bitty start it seemed we were lacking in confidence to dominate and almost in the blink of an eye turned into a shambles for half an hour. It really was dire as bad as I have seen in a long time- even Reo-Coker must have thought these lot don't know how to get it forward.
Started the second really well but went off the boil a few times when we had them reeling. They are not a good side.
Thought Zog looked better in the middle but would have liked to see Bowery play there as he seems to be built more like a centre forward than a wide player. Although we got the ball out wide umpteen times-virtually all the movement was back inside and not behind the defence. Bennett was the exception and put in some good early crosses that caused real panic.
Both goals very good but they had enough chances and Given did his share.
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I think the above post is a bit harsh. Agree we shouldn't get over excited and we could have been two down. But there were some good passing moments, two good goals, other chances created. I did leave feeling that if we can just organise a fairly bog standard defence and defensive midfield for the rest of the season, through returning players and one or two signings, then surely our forward players are good enough to see us safe?
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Both goals very good but they had enough chances and Given did his share.
That's cup football and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Pleased to hear Zog had some sort of a influence, he will be very important for us in the months to come as will Gabby.
That's one out of the way, no major problems. See off Bradford Tuesday and then concentrate on the important Southampton game.
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Personally I can't wait for the 3 seconds of highlights that ITV are going to show of our game after they've finished masturbating over a picture of Robin Van Persie's face.
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When Van Persie scored, I had a sneaking admiration for the arrogant way he was nodding his head.
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When Van Persie scored, I had a sneaking admiration for the arrogant way he was nodding his head.
I do that when I manage to plug in a USB cable the right way first time
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When Van Persie scored, I had a sneaking admiration for the arrogant way he was nodding his head.
I do that when I manage to plug in a USB cable the right way first time
same thing really
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Personally I can't wait for the 3 seconds of highlights that ITV are going to show of our game after they've finished masturbating over a picture of Robin Van Persie's face.
He might be a guest in the studio so they can do it over his actual face.
Wrong thread?
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When Van Persie scored, I had a sneaking admiration for the arrogant way he was nodding his head.
Blimey I missed quite a lot by not being at VP for the second half today!
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When Van Persie scored, I had a sneaking admiration for the arrogant way he was nodding his head.
I do that when I manage to plug in a USB cable the right way first time
That's not as easy as people think however there is a clue on the cable plug but you do have to look at it!
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(http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2011/10/medium_usbcable_01.jpg)
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Let's try and carry it forward now.
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Anyone think much of Cresswell for Ipswich?
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Anyone think much of Cresswell for Ipswich?
Wasn't he reputedly a target in the summer?
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I thought we were shocking in the first half, much better in the 2nd
Given kept us in it
Baker, Bannan, Allbrighton all poor
Clark, Lichaj, Bennett very average
Delph impressive at times, Bowery has strength but out of position on the wing
Nzog - good at times, poor the rest of the time
Bent - keep don't sell
Weimann, our best player for me
Ireland, wasn't that bad was he ? was only on for 20 mins
Gabby, did well
a lot of playing the ball backwards though, we may have kept possession, until it went back to Given who had to hoof it on many an occassion
too many times we were on attack & it ended up with the ball going back to Given
Baker & Clark far to deep
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I sat in lower north and didn't realise how good those goals were. was pleased to see nzog effort. albrighton trys hard but seems to have lost it completely
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There were moments today when Delph drops his shoulder and accelerates into space where he looks a class midfield player. We need to persevere with him.
And Weiman is the best natural finisher I've seen at VP since Dwight. I think we have a real talent developing.
Experienced centre half and a strong physical holding midfield player and we will be fine this season.
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I rarely post on this thread as it usually too negative
This could be due to the fact that we usually lose, draw and/or are excruciatingly bad. ;-)
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I think most are just happy we won a game as that outcome has not been often recently.
I am not getting carried away as Ipswich are bottom 6 of the championship for a reason but of course teams raise their game in the cup all the time.
Now is it too much to ask for us to start doing this against fellow bottom half teams in the premier league starting next weekend?
These next 6 weeks are a really crucial period for us, we need to start winning a game or two in the league.
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Personally I can't wait for the 3 seconds of highlights that ITV are going to show of our game after they've finished masturbating over a picture of Robin Van Persie's face.
it'll look like Michael J Fox filmed it from the Expressway with a Nokia N95.
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3 defeats in our last 11. It's actually not that bad a run. Shame they were such spectacular defeats though.
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Weimann's goal celebrations are nearly as bad as Robbie Keane's. Not that I'm complaining, mind. ;-)
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Is it something like five defeats in seventeen? Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs and er... Wigan.
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I hope to see more of those dreadful celebrations before the season's done.
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The highlights were captured using 17 HD image capturing devices with commentary delivered in logic 7 sound quality. Please stop criticising ITV.
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Bowery - not bad at all, always looking to get on his right foot, but promising game.
?? he's left footed !!
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It's such hard work watching anything on ITV what with the constant breaks for commercials. They're always so damn noisy as well. I'm forever turning the sound down when they come on.
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I'm moving to Suffolk to start my own business selling tracksuits. Did you see how many of their bumpkin fans were wearing them? It was like being at the airport at the start of the Rover fortnight.
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I though 'Splash' earlier this evening was ground-breaking television.
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It's probably the flagship show now.
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Given - Not much to do, but what he did do he did well.
Lichaj - He's no more than a squad player I'm afraid.
Bennett - Looking better every game.
Clark - He looks really really good, or poor. Never a solid 7 out of 10 always a 9 or a 6.
Baker - A little like Bennett, but he does look likely to drop a bollock (see the goal they scored today)
Albrighton - Always willing, always trying. I just don't think he's good enough
Delph - In any one game he can look anything between International Class and Sunday morning standard. He needs to become more consistent.
Bannan - I love his willingness to want the ball all of the time, but his dead ball delivery isn't good enough. He reminds of the kid in kids games who takes all the throw ins, corners, free kicks.
N'Zogbia - His best performance in a Villa shirt by far, I want to see him perform like that against premiership opponents now though like he did at Wigan.
Bowery - I was impressed by the fella and he deserved his standing ovation. Unlucky not to score in the 19th minute but I thought his workrate and quality at times were excellent. He's a little raw, but he has a look of Stan Collymore to me.
Bent - Worked hard, his finish was quality. He needs to be kept hold of and used regularly to allow Gabby and Benteke some rest time.
Subs:
Weimann - Just when you think he's done nothing for 10 minutes he comes up with a finish like today. Clearly playing with a groin problem, but he never hid and his work rate was awesome
Ireland - A complete waste of oxygen. I doubt we could give this parasite away for free such are his stupid wages.
Gabby - Came on and looked lively. I can see him having some involvement on Tuesday.
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
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This is a good link to the goals, iPad compatible too.
Villa goals (http://www.wawsport.com/english-fa-cup-2013-aston-villa-2-1-ipswich-highlights-video_64b18c1fa.html#sthash.SepCQ6V9.dpbs)
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Anyone think much of Cresswell for Ipswich?
Wasn't he reputedly a target in the summer?
He was. Wondered how he looked?
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Anyone think much of Cresswell for Ipswich?
Wasn't he reputedly a target in the summer?
He was. Wondered how he looked?
My son and I both picked him as their best player. Class, fast, dangerous, three times the player Lichaj was, sadly.
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This is a good link to the goals, iPad compatible too.
Villa goals (http://www.wawsport.com/english-fa-cup-2013-aston-villa-2-1-ipswich-highlights-video_64b18c1fa.html#sthash.SepCQ6V9.dpbs)
Thanks for the link. We scored 2 good goals and it shows Bent does not need a winger to score. Thats a brilliant header from Weimann. A weak goal to give a way mind, Baker seemed to weak and what was Lichaj doing?
Is that Ireland looking really elated (not) when we score the 2nd goal? With less than 10 minutes to go and we have come from behind to nick a winner you would expect some enthusiasm?
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Cress well was very good, but then so was Bennett. Wouldn't mind both of them in the squad. A better alternative to lichaj as back up full back would be good on both sides. But there are other priority areas for me that are more important
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Personally I can't wait for the 3 seconds of highlights that ITV are going to show of our game after they've finished masturbating over a picture of Robin Van Persie's face.
it'll look like Michael J Fox filmed it from the Expressway with a Nokia N95.
That's just wrong, and of course made me laugh like a drain.
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Bowery - not bad at all, always looking to get on his right foot, but promising game.
?? he's left footed !!
Eh? Another fecking Fenian?
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
He didn't do very much I don't think. I can't really recall a particular contribution, compared to those of Gabby, CNZ and Weimann.
A big reason we won the game was because Weimann and Gabby offered so much more of a threat than Albrighton and Bowery had. Though Bowery did ok considering he was out of position
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
He didn't do very much I don't think. I can't really recall a particular contribution, compared to those of Gabby, CNZ and Weimann.
A big reason we won the game was because Weimann and Gabby offered so much more of a threat than Albrighton and Bowery had. Though Bowery did ok considering he was out of position
He did ok tbh. He came looking for the ball and was very tidy in small interchanges of play. He was the one who kept coming short to lay off frim throw ins when no one else seems to want to, The guy above calling him a parasite is being an idiot. Ireland may not be the greatest worker but he really links play well. If he had played a ball through we had scored from there would be a lot on here saying he did well and deserves a shot against bradford, such was the tidiness of the rest of his performance. It wasn't his day, he didn't do anything massive of note and such he is a parasite. The short termist football fan in a nutshell
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It was just a case of getting through yesterday although we did make harder work of it than we should have. That said, i thought their keeper was decent, he made two really good saves in the first half which would have seen us go in 2-1 at half time.
Sat in the Lower North for the first time in a long while. Not bad for a tenner but i don't think i could sit there every week.
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I though 'Splash' earlier this evening was ground-breaking television.
Applause.
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I though 'Splash' earlier this evening was ground-breaking television.
It was on in the pub where i was after the Man Utd game had finished. I could'nt believe what i was watching. Alan Partridge came up with better ideas than that.
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All the goals (http://tinyurl.com/bd525c3)
Ireland looks SO happy when Weimann scores.
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Is that Ireland looking really elated (not) when we score the 2nd goal? With less than 10 minutes to go and we have come from behind to nick a winner you would expect some enthusiasm?
That would appear to be so however it was also that we should have been winning a long time before the last 10 mins against a very poor championship team and he was the most forward player in our attack.
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
He didn't do very much I don't think. I can't really recall a particular contribution, compared to those of Gabby, CNZ and Weimann.
A big reason we won the game was because Weimann and Gabby offered so much more of a threat than Albrighton and Bowery had. Though Bowery did ok considering he was out of position
He did ok tbh. He came looking for the ball and was very tidy in small interchanges of play. He was the one who kept coming short to lay off frim throw ins when no one else seems to want to, The guy above calling him a parasite is being an idiot. Ireland may not be the greatest worker but he really links play well. If he had played a ball through we had scored from there would be a lot on here saying he did well and deserves a shot against bradford, such was the tidiness of the rest of his performance. It wasn't his day, he didn't do anything massive of note and such he is a parasite. The short termist football fan in a nutshell
i'd say he was the opposite of the short termist football fan. He probably remembers Ireland slagging us to high heaven when he thought he was joining Newcastle.
"For a start, Birmingham is a crap city and I wasn’t going to make the effort, especially as I wasn’t playing. Might as well be in Manchester if I had to stay home on match days – though I don’t bear Houllier any grudges; it wasn’t him who chose me after all.”
Any wonder he calls him a parasite?
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
He didn't do very much I don't think. I can't really recall a particular contribution, compared to those of Gabby, CNZ and Weimann.
A big reason we won the game was because Weimann and Gabby offered so much more of a threat than Albrighton and Bowery had. Though Bowery did ok considering he was out of position
He did ok tbh. He came looking for the ball and was very tidy in small interchanges of play. He was the one who kept coming short to lay off frim throw ins when no one else seems to want to, The guy above calling him a parasite is being an idiot. Ireland may not be the greatest worker but he really links play well. If he had played a ball through we had scored from there would be a lot on here saying he did well and deserves a shot against bradford, such was the tidiness of the rest of his performance. It wasn't his day, he didn't do anything massive of note and such he is a parasite. The short termist football fan in a nutshell
i'd say he was the opposite of the short termist football fan. He probably remembers Ireland slagging us to high heaven when he thought he was joining Newcastle.
"For a start, Birmingham is a crap city and I wasn’t going to make the effort, especially as I wasn’t playing. Might as well be in Manchester if I had to stay home on match days – though I don’t bear Houllier any grudges; it wasn’t him who chose me after all.”
Any wonder he calls him a parasite?
That is the point gnasher, houllier didn't choose Ireland, o Neill had left so why the hell was Ireland signed on such a huge deal by a club without a manager at the time- who made that decision? Lerner or Faulkner?
On paper he seemed a good player but it was crazy to do the deal without a manager .
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All the goals (http://tinyurl.com/bd525c3)
Ireland looks SO happy when Weimann scores.
To be fair he is applauding as Weimann runs off.
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Can people rate Ireland's appearance without giving your opinion on the player? Like, yeah, he may be a bit of a lost gobshite but how did he actually play?
I read tha an Ipswich guy got booked for fouling him and a couple of level-headed posters suggested he did ok but was it enough to push for a start at Bradford for example?
He didn't do very much I don't think. I can't really recall a particular contribution, compared to those of Gabby, CNZ and Weimann.
A big reason we won the game was because Weimann and Gabby offered so much more of a threat than Albrighton and Bowery had. Though Bowery did ok considering he was out of position
He did ok tbh. He came looking for the ball and was very tidy in small interchanges of play. He was the one who kept coming short to lay off frim throw ins when no one else seems to want to, The guy above calling him a parasite is being an idiot. Ireland may not be the greatest worker but he really links play well. If he had played a ball through we had scored from there would be a lot on here saying he did well and deserves a shot against bradford, such was the tidiness of the rest of his performance. It wasn't his day, he didn't do anything massive of note and such he is a parasite. The short termist football fan in a nutshell
I don't think the Bradford first leg would do him any good.
It's going to be fast and passionate, they will try not to give us a second on the ball.
I think we're going to need a team if fighters the first half at least.
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Yep Holman all day for the Bradford game. Probably herd too. Can't see it being a bannan game tho we have little in the way of options
Nzogbia and gabby against tired legs late on could be useful. And possibly Bent's movement
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Bennett just got better and better as the game went on. His cross for the winner was perfection.
Bannan gets lots of stick but his crisp, twenty-yard pass to Charlie made the equaliser possible.
Baker was at fault for the goal; the turning point may have been Shay's 'unusual' save that stopped us going 2-0 down.
By the way, Ipswich are not a struggling side over their last six matches.