Matthew Lowton

[Clampy]

Matt Lowton's goal was an amazing feeling .


 I was down after Stoke scored thinking not again Villa, how many times do we not kill teams off and then start jumping in to tackles and losing the ball  and look like 7 year old's. I thought 2 points dropped and we are going to feel the pressure again . My head did drop and I was moaning to myself 'damn you villa , why '

He hit it , I never saw the ball , then it was bouncing in the back of the net , laptop fell onto the floor and ran round the room like a mad wolf on heat .

it was an amazing feeling . What a time to score that .  I will remember that one for ever...

I am truly grateful to you jp that so will I remember it

 Must have been amazing to be there .

It was JP, the celebrations were mental.

[JUAN PABLO]

It was better than the Swansea goal.

No goalkeeper  in the world would have saved the Stoke one , a few goalkeepers probably would have saved the one against Swansea.

Much better than the Swansea goal, I felt the keeper should have saved that one , although the ball moved in the air it went near enough in the middle of goal and the keeper misread it - the goal at stoke was much harder to save.

we have scored some great goals this season , blimey If the defense had been ok , we would be half way up the league and probably in two cup finals.

[eastie]

It was better than the Swansea goal.

No goalkeeper  in the world would have saved the Stoke one , a few goalkeepers probably would have saved the one against Swansea.

Much better than the Swansea goal, I felt the keeper should have saved that one , although the ball moved in the air it went near enough in the middle of goal and the keeper misread it - the goal at stoke was much harder to save.

we have scored some great goals this season , blimey If the defense had been ok , we would be half way up the league and probably in two cup finals.

Strangely I said similar to a friend down the pub yesterday

[SamTheMouse]

Mark Delaney mk II.

[ozzjim]

I said this the other day when one or the other of the naysayers of doom were bleating on about how awful the season has been, when in truth, if we stay up which in reality we should from here with a bit more hard work, there are plenty of examples of excellent moments, some cracking individual and team goals scored, and some young players who have faced real adversity and fought through it. I think the idea it has been a total wreck is very harsh. 10 more points would have been great, but I would not sacrifice some of the experience gained this season for those points at the moment.

[ozzjim]

Mark Delaney mk II.

With the defending and attacking attributes sadly reversed!

[SamTheMouse]

Mark Delaney mk II.

With the defending and attacking attributes sadly reversed!

I actually don't think his defending is bad at all, given he effectively has the whole right flank to cover, and he doesn't have two (or three, actually) quality centre halves behind him to help him out.

[paul_e]

I said this the other day when one or the other of the naysayers of doom were bleating on about how awful the season has been, when in truth, if we stay up which in reality we should from here with a bit more hard work, there are plenty of examples of excellent moments, some cracking individual and team goals scored, and some young players who have faced real adversity and fought through it. I think the idea it has been a total wreck is very harsh. 10 more points would have been great, but I would not sacrifice some of the experience gained this season for those points at the moment.

Agree totally, the highlights reel for this season will be fantastic viewing.  Going forward our problem has been a lack of scrappy goals (like the Gabby one).  For most teams those goals make up a large percentage for the year, for us they're rare, with most of ours being really 'good' goals.  At the other end we've also conceded far too many of the scrappy goals where the ball bounces around for a bit.

[JUAN PABLO]

I said this the other day when one or the other of the naysayers of doom were bleating on about how awful the season has been, when in truth, if we stay up which in reality we should from here with a bit more hard work, there are plenty of examples of excellent moments, some cracking individual and team goals scored, and some young players who have faced real adversity and fought through it. I think the idea it has been a total wreck is very harsh. 10 more points would have been great, but I would not sacrifice some of the experience gained this season for those points at the moment.

to be fair Ozz , I think most of us thought it was going to be a roller coaster season . I was happy with Lambert and was expecting 5-2 defeats and 6-3 wins   but at times it was dire and some of the worse performances  I have witnessed and I was scratching my head with tactics but he will learn .

But I think most of us thought , If we stay up this season , the future is going to look mighty fine.

I am disappointed we have not got at least one trophy thou but I will have Prem status for now.

oh just listening to God on talksport , he loves us ...

[LeeB]

I said this the other day when one or the other of the naysayers of doom were bleating on about how awful the season has been, when in truth, if we stay up which in reality we should from here with a bit more hard work, there are plenty of examples of excellent moments, some cracking individual and team goals scored, and some young players who have faced real adversity and fought through it. I think the idea it has been a total wreck is very harsh. 10 more points would have been great, but I would not sacrifice some of the experience gained this season for those points at the moment.

to be fair Ozz , I think most of us thought it was going to be a roller coaster season . I was happy with Lambert and was expecting 5-2 defeats and 6-3 wins   but at times it was dire and some of the worse performances  I have witnessed and I was scratching my head with tactics but he will learn .

But I think most of us thought , If we stay up this season , the future is going to look mighty fine.

I am disappointed we have not got at least one trophy thou but I will have Prem status for now.

oh just listening to God on talksport , he loves us ...

Of course God loves us, that's why he gave us Birmingham City to laugh at.

[Lastfootstamper]

Out of interest, are we counting his goal as "scoring from a corner"?

[Mister E]

It was better than the Swansea goal.

No goalkeeper  in the world would have saved the Stoke one , a few goalkeepers probably would have saved the one against Swansea.

Much better than the Swansea goal, I felt the keeper should have saved that one , although the ball moved in the air it went near enough in the middle of goal and the keeper misread it - the goal at stoke was much harder to save.

we have scored some great goals this season , blimey If the defense had been ok , we would be half way up the league and probably in two cup finals.

Strangely I said similar to a friend down the pub yesterday

Lowton's goal was sheer class .
My season's favourite - so far - is Weimann's at Shamfield: I just loved the team element to it, the backheel and the first-time strike.

But I'm not going to fall out with anyone about which of the two is our goal of the season!

[supertom]

Mark Delaney mk II.

With the defending and attacking attributes sadly reversed!

I actually don't think his defending is bad at all, given he effectively has the whole right flank to cover, and he doesn't have two (or three, actually) quality centre halves behind him to help him out.

I agree.
He's young, he'll make errors. He can tackle. He just needs to work on his positioning. That could be helped, as is the case for the rest of our backline, by better coaching and a Laursen figure in the back line.
He hasn't had the luxury of a spell out when he was really struggling. I think he's handled this season remarkably well. In a year or two he could be playing for England.

[PaulWinch again]

Lowton just needs to work on his strength and positioning and he'll be fine.

[Hoppo]

Lowton will be better next season as will others. Ian Culverhouse was a decent right back to learn from.