Reserves Live on Liverpool TV Now

[UK Redsox]

It was good to see David Fairclough being interviewed after the game.

He was one of the reasons that I was nominally a Liverpool fan as a kid. I lived a couple of doors away from his aunt and uncle. Their daughter (ie David's cousin) was my primary school teacher.

[fredm]

For those who went/watched - did Marc Albrighton play centrally up front?

If he did, maybe this is GH's way of him learning to be a striker as opposed to a winger - then next season could see him and Downing flanking Bent as our front three when Ashley departs for pastures new.

Marc needs to be more of a danger in front of goal, to be a bit more clinical with his finishing before he is an all round front man and playing up there in the stiffs will allow him to learn this (hopefully)

[timeoutbigbar]

For those who went/watched - did Marc Albrighton play centrally up front?

If he did, maybe this is GH's way of him learning to be a striker as opposed to a winger - then next season could see him and Downing flanking Bent as our front three when Ashley departs for pastures new.

Marc needs to be more of a danger in front of goal, to be a bit more clinical with his finishing before he is an all round front man and playing up there in the stiffs will allow him to learn this (hopefully)

Whilst I can see your point about Marc being played there to become more clinical in front of goal, I wouldn't say he was particularly any worse a finisher than Young already.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

For those who went/watched - did Marc Albrighton play centrally up front?

If he did, maybe this is GH's way of him learning to be a striker as opposed to a winger - then next season could see him and Downing flanking Bent as our front three when Ashley departs for pastures new.

Marc needs to be more of a danger in front of goal, to be a bit more clinical with his finishing before he is an all round front man and playing up there in the stiffs will allow him to learn this (hopefully)

Whilst I can see your point about Marc being played there to become more clinical in front of goal, I wouldn't say he was particularly any worse a finisher than Young already.

Albrighton played on the wing. He was very effective and put in some great balls. Gardner played up front and scored a cracking header. Hate to say it but he should be in before Gabby every week ....

[not3bad]

Gardner played up front and scored a cracking header. Hate to say it but he should be in before Gabby every week ....

Considering Gabby isn't even being played up front I don't think that's a fair comparison.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Gardner played up front and scored a cracking header. Hate to say it but he should be in before Gabby every week ....

Considering Gabby isn't even being played up front I don't think that's a fair comparison.

I was refering to Albrighton. Who has been much more effective on the wing ...

[not3bad]

Gardner played up front and scored a cracking header. Hate to say it but he should be in before Gabby every week ....

Considering Gabby isn't even being played up front I don't think that's a fair comparison.

I was refering to Albrighton. Who has been much more effective on the wing ...

Oh, no arguments there. 

[OasisVillain]

I recorded a re-run of this match yesterday on Liverpool TV and started to watch it last night.

It's been a good few years since I last went to a reserve match at Villa Park but I was surprised as to how few people were there. Was there only that one block of seats in the Trinity Middle open for the game?

[Dave Cooper please]

It's been a good few years since I last went to a reserve match at Villa Park but I was surprised as to how few people were there. Was there only that one block of seats in the Trinity Middle open for the game?

I've been saying for ages that the club could do more to get people to go to reserve games, make them family days, advertise them properly, play them at non-league grounds a bit nearer to our heartland than Hinckley etc. but the club seem to be going in the opposite direction and making it even harder to find out when they are on, and if you do find out, it turns out they could be being played on a Wednesday afternoon at Bodymoor!

 It's not the biggest issue of course, but I like reserve games but I'm not schlepping off to bloody Hinckley to watch 'em!

[VillaZogmariner]

The first I knew the match was on was when someone posted it on here.

What the club should've done was tied it in with the meet at the Holte Suite for the "Bells Are Ringing" sing song. Maybe even recorded the fans singing it inside the stadium whilst the game was on.

[WikiVilla]

is it still free to watch the stiffs ?

[The Left Side]

is it still free to watch the stiffs ?

Only if you have a season ticket, I think.

[Goldie.7]

Villa v Liverpool reserves live on Liverpool TV tonight [ko 7pm]

[amfy]

This surely has to be the most confusing recovery of an old thread ever? I know the mods can be strict about not starting a new topic before you've searched to see if it already exists,but i think you might've been forgiven for letting this one go!

[Percy McCarthy]

Not sure what's confusing about it amfy.