Newton Heath v Aston Villa Match Thread

[CJ]

Trying this - ok at mo

http://www.directon.tv/channels/3270/

[supertom]

Dunney needs shooting!! Do you think his upturn in jan was to get a move? Because now he looks as shite as aug-dec again. Fuck him off!

[Dan England]

Dunne doing his best to makesure the annual OT beating returns this year!

[Legion]

Is Cuellar on the bench? If so, get him on in place of Dunne.

[peter w]

Justhavea feeling that we'll come back into this. So, we'll lose 5-0 now. Worried by all this anti-Dunne stuff he must be having an absolute shocker. Have they targeted him?

[themossman]

Fucking hell Dunne playing like the fat bastard he is.

[pauliewalnuts]

Excellent passing there.

To describe Makoun as a bit of an upgrade on NRC is an understatement on the evidence so far.

[supertom]

Bents team play has improved over the last year imo.

[TonyD]

Fuck off Trev

[themossman]

Use of the ball in midfield 1000 times better.

[Somniloquism]

TBF he had some good games recently but I now wonder if that was him playing for his place with a worry that we were linked to a CB in the window. Now he knows no one is coming in he has decided to revert to type. Or he is pining for Ireland.

[D.boy]

I wasn't aware they did Mac.

[andyh]

This display is very heartening. We may be losing, but I reckon we are playing the best football of the season.
If we can take this forward, we are going to take teams apart, and Makoun looks to me like he will be the dogs bollox.

[Risso]

Excellent passing there.

To describe Makoun as a bit of an upgrade on NRC is an understatement on the evidence so far.

He hasn't attempted a single tackle yet that I can recall.  He's a neat and tidy passer.  A defensive midfielder he isn't.

[Arsey]

Makoun does look good but I hope there is a little more to his game.  So far he has been finding space, getting the ball and passing it 10 yards after 1 or 2 touches.  Can he hold the ball, drive forward and play a defence splitting pass?