Ireland Injury

[Neil Hawkes]

North African restaurants that offer shisha pipes to customers are a dime a dozen these days. Technically you're not smoking anything, though I haven't tried it. Isn't it just steam or something?

We've got one and you can 'smoke' anything from pot, to tobacco, to fruit flavoured concoctions and even others like chocolate.

Our favourite is the apple flavour, I'm fairly certain there is no tobacco in the fruit/chocolate flavoured varieties.

[Dave Javu]

  Yet again SI can do no right.Whats he actually done wrong?

More like  "Yet again SI can do no wrong. What's he actually done right?"

I patiently await Stevie's next vile tattoo, to be emblazoned in red across his chest:

"Why always me?"

[villasjf]

  Yet again SI can do no right.Whats he actually done wrong?

  Shock horror, a footballer smokes/drinks.......could be worse we could have Balotelli.

Yes its not SI fault that we were stupid enough to pay £8m for him and give him £80k a week to take the piss and show no effort when playing for ASTON VILLA

[Dave Javu]

Poor love.

[sidcowans10]

I hope he smokes more often

[PaulWinch again]

Bow down

[PeterWithesShin]

I'll have some of what he's smoking!

[Shrek]

Welcome to Aston Villa Stevie!!!! MOTM

[Mellin]

Superb. Best performance from a Villa player this season.

Now keep it up.

[hawkeye]

The thing is Ireland could decide, right I am going to work hard get my head down and show every one what a great fooballer I am. Has he chosen to do this? No he allows his stupid girlfriend to post this on the Internet.

Maybe he did get up this mornng and do something I thought he never would, Play for the shirt. That was a fantastic performance.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Well then..............without doubt he has ability, if he keeps performing like that then he can be as big for us as Platt was.Top Quality today, kept the ball, supported the player with the ball, kept working, kept moving.Everything you want as an attacking midfield player.........oh and he scored.

  My reference to Balotelli was more about publicity than ability tbh.

[Toronto Villa]

I was critical of Ireland for the photo and I'm delighted he took the advice of his manager to sort himself out. He has the potential to be the player we all know he has been and can be again. If he wants it enough. Today was a terrific step forward and the goal will do him a power of good. Well done Stephen.

[Mac]

Just imagine how our team would be transformed creatively if both Ireland and N'Zogbia started to turn it on consistently. We know they can do it.

Just quoting

[Dave Javu]

18 months. 1 decent game. 1 goal. Umpteen presses of the self-des
truct button.

It'll take a while before I'm convinced.

[Toronto Villa]

18 months. 1 decent game. 1 goal. Umpteen presses of the self-des
truct button.

It'll take a while before I'm convinced.

how about give him credit where it is due? Just for one day.