Had enough...

[adamski villa]

Dowing and Ash have been our best two senior players this season

[Shrek]

...long time reader, firs time poster...

Cant stand it anymore, I've had enough.

How the hell is Stewart Downing anywhere near our first team. He's a joke of a footballer.

Somehow he's our leading goalscorer but the boy is a disgrace...

Defenders of Downing I ask you...

When has he won a 50-50?
When has he ever left 'some one for dead'
When has he put a decent cross in?
When has he tracked back (Not fucking walking, I mean ran back and put a tackle in)

Yawn.

[Clark W Griswold]

Shit

[Stu]

Shit

Are you and your family looking for sex?

[pauliewalnuts]

Shit

M-A-R-T-Y M-O-O-S-E

Marty Moose Marty Moose!

That's me!

[Ads]

We'll meet again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when!
But I know we'll meet again
In some other moody thread!

[Clark W Griswold]

I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose. Praise Marty Moose. Holy shit!

[vilan461]

Dowing and Ash have been our best two senior players this season

Can,t argue with that --101% bang on.

[The Walshmeister]

FFS, get a grip lads I can smell blose all over this thread maker. Spooky his name is my signature, which I nicked off SHA!

Ban this twat.........

[atomicjam]

Crazy. Our best player this season, you do not have your finger on the pulse!

[KevinGage]

In the same way that posts acclaiming him as our best player of the season are OTT the opening post is also way wide of the mark.

He's been much improved this year.

He'll never be an all action midfielder barging the opposition of the ball and flying into tackles. Where he comes into his own is his use of the ball, delivery, chance creation and so on. So I tend to judge him on that.

Still more to come from him I reckon. But when he's played well this year we've looked a better side. Getting him to deliver that more often and Albrighton to continue as he has done so far this season will be key in turning our season around. That and sticking Fatty Dunne on the treadmill, obv.

[koreanmeatballs]

First and foremost I must apologise, few beers in the system and being frustrated at Villa meant I didn't put my point across that well.

I'm not a Bluenose not to worry, have had a season ticket have done for 20 years and the blokes signature I have as my name, I never realised it was your signature. Whoops.

Anyway on to Stewie, I'm just amazed and frustrated with the bloke.

Frustrated because with our total lack of squad depth this was a great time for him to step up to the plate. He's our 'record signing' he's our second highest earner. Now is the time to show us why. Clark has really stepped up in our little 'crisis,' Bannan has imposed himself on games more then Downing.
Downing should be leading the way for these youngsters, he simply isn't. Don't want to use the phrase, 'set an example'  but he should be. Stewie don't bottle challenges, track back now and again and don't disappear for most of the game. He's in his favoured position he should be doing more.

I'm amazed because he's managed to score quite a few goals for but yet done sweet F.A.

I honestly think we could get stuck in a bit of a relegation scrap and our big players should be doing everything they can to get the results we need. For me Downing hasn't and Dunne isn't doing himself any favours.

Scapegoats? Maybe, but there is a reason they are.

Anyway that's my point of view. Oh and I wished we attacked more yesterday, Arsenals defence looked pretty shoddy, they wont win the league with that back line.

[alanclare]

Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear. Will someone please pick his teddy up and put it back in the pram for him. Downing's doing O.K. as far as I'm concerned, but as someone wiser than me has already pointed out, it's all in the eye and mind of the beholder - it's a matter of opinion, not of fact.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Downing has been one of our most improved players & he did track back yesterday, at one point he lost possession but he raced back won the ball back and played it to Friedel.

The one and only think I will say is that he doesn't like 50-50's or sticking his head where somone's boot is, ie the cross in the box in the 2nd half he didn't fancy other than that you are talking utter bollocks

[Dave]

He's our 'record signing'

No he isn't. The £10m we paid for Downing is less than the £12m we paid for Milner.