Barry "Messi" Bannan - again

[john e]

Bannan might well not be good enough, he might well need to leave VP and start again, and if you dont rate him thats fair enough every one has the right to an opinion

what i just cant understand is the people around me last night and at other games as well were just abusing him for everything he did, even when he passed the ball to a Villa player it was the wrong option,
he could do no right, it was a semi final and we were giving our own player the same sort of shit i have seen handed out to Trevor Francis in the past, its pathetic

and i didnt think he played well last night even in the first half when everyone else did play well, i thought he was poor,
 but the constant abuse is not going to help his game one bit, and all we are doing is abusing our own team, thats normaly the job for the away supporters

[aj2k77]

Why does he keep dropping to take the ball off the defenders toes? Vlaar needs to tell him to fuck off and play further forward.

[Ad@m]

Why does he keep dropping to take the ball off the defenders toes? Vlaar needs to tell him to fuck off and play further forward.

I imagine that's what Lambert's told him to do.

Lambert appears to want to play like Barcelona (no wingers, tippy-tappy passing, players playing out of position, etc) but with a squad of players that are utterly incapable of doing so.  Whilst Bannan should not be good enough for us at the moment, it's Lambert who picks him, and whilst Delph's in the team I'd argue he's not the worst midfielder we have.

[VinnieChase84]

I think it's been said, but the reason he gets so much stick is not only is he not good enough but due to the age of info, we think he is a class a bellend off the pitch

[Mortimer's Bear]

Has he featured in 'great scapegoats of our time' yet? Once he does they should retire the article in his honour.

[paul_e]

I think it's been said, but the reason he gets so much stick is not only is he not good enough but due to the age of info, we think he is a class a bellend off the pitch

No, people think he's not good enough because they think he's a class a bellend.  That's the problem.  He can be far from the worst player on the pitch and have done nothing wrong and people are still calling for him to be subbed because he's shit.

[rutski]

I think it's been said, but the reason he gets so much stick is not only is he not good enough but due to the age of info, we think he is a class a bellend off the pitch

No, people think he's not good enough because they think he's a class a bellend.  That's the problem.  He can be far from the worst player on the pitch and have done nothing wrong and people are still calling for him to be subbed because he's shit.

what does he do off the pitch?

[paul_e]

I think it's been said, but the reason he gets so much stick is not only is he not good enough but due to the age of info, we think he is a class a bellend off the pitch

No, people think he's not good enough because they think he's a class a bellend.  That's the problem.  He can be far from the worst player on the pitch and have done nothing wrong and people are still calling for him to be subbed because he's shit.

what does he do off the pitch?

well getting convicted of drink-driving and leaving the scene of an accident are the main ones.

there's a few 'do you know who I am' anecdotes around as well.

[SoccerHQ]

Send him packing to Celtic his favourite team.

The SPL is his level.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think he could still turn out to be decent, but I'm tired of watching his corners float 20 feet above everyone's head and out of play for a throw in.

[PONGO49]

I think this thread is going down the wrong road by constant criticism of Bannan for everything that is going wrong at the moment at villa park, why blame a young lad when experienced pros are not performing any better. i.e. Ireland, Nzogbia, Agbonlahor,

[tomd2103]

I think this thread is going down the wrong road by constant criticism of Bannan for everything that is going wrong at the moment at villa park, why blame a young lad when experienced pros are not performing any better. i.e. Ireland, Nzogbia, Agbonlahor,

He's 23, so doesn't really qualify as a "young lad".  The fact is he has been in and around the first team for three years now (I accept that he's not always been played in a position that suits him), but hasn't shown any discernible improvement in that time.       

[PONGO49]

I think this thread is going down the wrong road by constant criticism of Bannan for everything that is going wrong at the moment at villa park, why blame a young lad when experienced pros are not performing any better. i.e. Ireland, Nzogbia, Agbonlahor,

He's 23, so doesn't really qualify as a "young lad".  The fact is he has been in and around the first team for three years now (I accept that he's not always been played in a position that suits him), but hasn't shown any discernible improvement in that time.       

But what I'm trying to get across, there is more experienced players who are playing worse than he is that are not getting the stick he is getting.  And 23 is still young, just about

[Clampy]

I think this thread is going down the wrong road by constant criticism of Bannan for everything that is going wrong at the moment at villa park, why blame a young lad when experienced pros are not performing any better. i.e. Ireland, Nzogbia, Agbonlahor,

Is the right answer.

[Le Lapin]

Send him packing to Celtic his favourite team.

The SPL is his level.

Agree with you, he'd flourish in the white heat of competition for the SPL title up there.