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Author Topic: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly  (Read 29782 times)

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #105 on: August 05, 2014, 08:14:07 PM »
Excellent cross from Hutton. he is playing like a man who.. err .. wants to play.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #106 on: August 05, 2014, 08:14:46 PM »
Hutton. To be fair he has been really good.

Agree, why the fuck has Lamberk ignored him for 2 years? Sheer incompetence.

Let's not get carried away, he's scored against Walsall.

We'll be lucky to hang on to Hutton once the champs league sides start calling

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #107 on: August 05, 2014, 08:16:08 PM »
Hutton. To be fair he has been really good.

Agree, why the fuck has Lamberk ignored him for 2 years? Sheer incompetence.

Let's not get carried away, he's scored against Walsall.

We'll be lucky to hang on to Hutton once the champs league sides start calling

Messi never scored against Walsall.

Advantage, Hutton.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #108 on: August 05, 2014, 08:16:10 PM »
Was that another glaring miss from Gabby?

he's become rather profligate has our Gabby. Gets in good positions which is the encouraging bit, but sharp as a a butter knife in front of goal.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #109 on: August 05, 2014, 08:16:39 PM »
Hutton. To be fair he has been really good.

Agree, why the fuck has Lamberk ignored him for 2 years? Sheer incompetence.

Probably for the same reason most fans said that he should not play for Villa again after the McLeish season.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #110 on: August 05, 2014, 08:17:57 PM »
Ha, forgot this was on

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #111 on: August 05, 2014, 08:19:28 PM »
the question with Hutton isn't when he is coming forward because he does look rather good, it is when he is asked to defend. Worse when he is asked to mark a winger as he becomes a liability. Now I will temper my views on Hutton because under McLeish he was asked to defend all the time and generally play only in his own half. Hardly playing to his strengths. It might be a whole new Hutton we see in a more attacking 3-5-2

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #112 on: August 05, 2014, 08:19:54 PM »
Can't get avtv on a tablet so instead I'm building a little Hutton shrine.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #113 on: August 05, 2014, 08:21:18 PM »
Bloody hell. Gabby and Weimann are awful. Probably both be outscored by Curtis Davies and Martin Skrtel again next season.

Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #114 on: August 05, 2014, 08:21:26 PM »
We were attacking then and Westwood decides to go back instead of a few strides forward into open space for a better option. These things annoy me.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #115 on: August 05, 2014, 08:21:59 PM »
the question with Hutton isn't when he is coming forward because he does look rather good, it is when he is asked to defend. Worse when he is asked to mark a winger as he becomes a liability. Now I will temper my views on Hutton because under McLeish he was asked to defend all the time and generally play only in his own half. Hardly playing to his strengths. It might be a whole new Hutton we see in a more attacking 3-5-2

Towards the end he just about gave up defending and was the furthest man forward (seriously he was ahead of the strikers). Not sure that is wise for a wing back but he is clearly desperate to play for us.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #116 on: August 05, 2014, 08:22:21 PM »
the question with Hutton isn't when he is coming forward because he does look rather good, it is when he is asked to defend. Worse when he is asked to mark a winger as he becomes a liability. Now I will temper my views on Hutton because under McLeish he was asked to defend all the time and generally play only in his own half. Hardly playing to his strengths. It might be a whole new Hutton we see in a more attacking 3-5-2

One of the problems in the past with Hutton was that he'd go wandering upfield or stroll out of position, and leave enough room to stage the Glastonbury Festival behind him.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #117 on: August 05, 2014, 08:24:12 PM »
I remember Brett Holman having a decent pre-season but being mostly naff once the season kicked off so it's best not to get carried away.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #118 on: August 05, 2014, 08:25:49 PM »
True but it beats being thrashed 4-1 by FC Groningen.

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Re: Walsall vs Aston Villa Pre-season friendly
« Reply #119 on: August 05, 2014, 08:27:11 PM »
True but it beats being thrashed 4-1 by FC Groningen.

The night is young.

 


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