Petrov not good enough

[barrysleftfoot]

  Is he playing tonight?


  Hes had one good season in 5.Jenas is a better player, lets hope he is dropped for him, and Banna/Ireland play.

[lovejoy]

How many times have you seen Jenas in the last 2 years?

[Karlos96]

Jenas is shit.

[Dave]

  Hes had one good season in 5.Jenas is a better player, lets hope he is dropped for him, and Banna/Ireland play.

It's good to know that in his hiatus barrysleftfoot still doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

[Hillbilly]

It could be my memory failing with old age but I think our form has slumped when Petrov has been out of the team. Could be wrong but I'd be interested to see a comparison of results with and without him. Evidence, evidence, evidence...

[villan1975]

Petrov has been our best and most consistent player so far this season.He is definetly good enough to achieve the mid table mediocrity that we now strive for.

[fredm]

The worry I have is when he has been away on these double international weeks, plus the travelling, he seems to run out of steam half way through the following match for us.  Hope AM keeps an eye on this and is prepared to replace him (would be a good start for Jenas to get half a game)

[BC54 VFC]

The worry I have is when he has been away on these double international weeks, plus the travelling, he seems to run out of steam half way through the following match for us.  Hope AM keeps an eye on this and is prepared to replace him (would be a good start for Jenas to get half a game)

Jenas is not even fit to lace Petrov's boots.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Smart Arse yet againd Dave.......theres a surprise.

  Look foward to your grovelling apology.

  I have'nt seen much of Jenas in the last 2 years, granted, but from what i have seen i am confident that he will have a positive impact on us, IF he replaces Petrov.More mobile, better passer, more pace, on loan.....whats there not to like.

  Did'nt know we was'nt able to have a differing view to you Dave, sorry about that.

[Dave]

  Smart Arse yet againd Dave.......theres a surprise.

  Look foward to your grovelling apology.

  I have'nt seen much of Jenas in the last 2 years, granted, but from what i have seen i am confident that he will have a positive impact on us, IF he replaces Petrov.More mobile, better passer, more pace, on loan.....whats there not to like.

  Did'nt know we was'nt able to have a differing view to you Dave, sorry about that.

You can hold whatever view you like. But if you think that Jenas is a better passer than Petrov then you are in for a shock.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Fair enough Dave.

[KRS]

If there was a football players top trumps I'm pretty sure Jenas would score higher than Petrov in most categories...

Age
Speed
Passing
Tackling
Shooting
Vision

...Petrov might win the leadership category.

On paper it would be a close call to be honest, but we havent seen him play in a Villa shirt yet so I think its best we all reserve judgement until after a few games.

[olofmilosevic]

we look weak without petrov!!he is our anchor and our only experienced central midfielder!!

[ktvillan]

Well Jenas has the advantage in that he looks like he can actually run, pass forwards occasionally and is willing to have a shot.   And he probably doesn't sweat like a pervert in a playground either.

[BC54 VFC]

Loking at the stats for last season, Stan started 22 league games, from which we accrued a total of 31 points, i.e. 1.41 points per match. In the 16 games which he did not start we gained 17 points, an average of 1.06 points per match. That indicates that Stan starting league games resulted in a 33% improvement in points gained per match, a clear indication of his impact on results!