Stephen Ireland

[stubbsyandy]

Some bloke called Jason called the WM phone in after the game to say he thought Ireland was man of the match and he booed because he thought it was the wrong decision to bring him off!
I wanted him off after 5 minutes.

[dl9]

Some bloke called Jason called the WM phone in after the game to say he thought Ireland was man of the match and he booed because he thought it was the wrong decision to bring him off!
I wanted him off after 5 minutes.

Probably David Jason aka Del Trotter, he knew nothing about football either..

[AV82EC]

This seasons scapegoat player.

[LeeB]

This seasons scapegoat player.

And he's 100% deserving of that status.

I think that was the first time I've booed a Villa player off the pitch since Callaghan against QPR.

[tomd2103]

This seasons scapegoat player.

I think you will find criticisms of Ireland have been aired on a pretty regular basis during his entire time at the club.  It's not just us either - he still gets booed at Newcastle for the way he treated that club when he was on loan there a couple of seasons ago.  Houllier had his card marked and he would have been gone that summer had the managerial change not happened.

[Pete3206]

This seasons scapegoat player.

Ireland was an utter disgrace yesterday.

[Clampy]

This seasons scapegoat player.

Ireland was an utter disgrace yesterday.

I'm not sure about utter disgrace. He played a few lovely balls during the game yesterday but he just dose'nt try and take the game by the scruff of the neck. We all expected so much more and other than the odd decent game here and there, he's just been pretty average.

[TopDeck113]

I said at the time, and I've said since, the biggest kick in the teeth when we sold Milner was that we were somehow bounced into taking one of Citeh's overvalued cast-offs.  Citeh have thrown money in the direction of every club who have a player they want, yet the Villa are seemingly the only one who has had to do a player-exchange.  On to the subject of another thread, but that alone speaks volumes for the people we have in charge.

[paul_e]

Terrible player who I don't understand the defense of.  If he hadn't had 1 season at Man City 5 years ago where he looked great no one would defend him for his Villa performances.  He was far and away the most experienced player we had yesterday and he did fuck all other than play a couple of pretty passes in the 15 minute spell before half time.

Of the midfield 3 yesterday the only one who deserved to still be on the pitch after half an hour was Bannan.  He also wasn't great but he at least tried to make himself available and have an effect on the game.

The sooner we're rid of Ireland the better, he's easily the biggest waste of money we've ever had at the club.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Too many times yday he lost the ball, and couldn't be arsed to try and get it back.A real shame, but a great example of what PL means by "hungry players"

[Witton Warrior]

  Too many times yday he lost the ball, and couldn't be arsed to try and get it back.A real shame, but a great example of what PL means by "hungry players"

Spot on - sulked when he didn't get free kicks, sulked when someone didn't get on the end of his passes, sulked when the opposition ran past him. Won the ball, lost it immediately, stood up and watched the opposition running at our defence -.

A lot of us hoped he would be good so we gave him time -  time run out now - get rid as he takes up a valuable place

[stubbsyandy]

  Too many times yday he lost the ball, and couldn't be arsed to try and get it back.A real shame, but a great example of what PL means by "hungry players"

Spot on - sulked when he didn't get free kicks, sulked when someone didn't get on the end of his passes, sulked when the opposition ran past him. Won the ball, lost it immediately, stood up and watched the opposition running at our defence -.

A lot of us hoped he would be good so we gave him time -  time run out now - get rid as he takes up a valuable place

Yep..spot on both of you

[ozzjim]

I would be delighted if we got rid of Ireland for a couple of million and bought a proper destroyer like Boateng we have been linked with, or Frimpong for example. Ireland can't tackle, throws his arms about and is a total waste of a shirt. Time to get rid, and buy 2 hard central midfield players that can at least get about the pitch and give us an opportunity to get the ball. He doesn't score, doesn't create, can't tackle, and hardly runs. What is the fecking point of him.

[CJ]

The Independent pretty accurately summed up his performance yesterday as "little other than casual plodding and profligacy".  It's a shame because we all know he can be a good footballer but really now the only option is to find someone to take him and his exorbitant wages off our hands.

[silhillvilla]

I want him out of our club. I hope he reads this.