Aly Cissokho - sold

[old man villa fan]

I didn't think he was too bad at the start of the season. However, his performances deteriorated to mirror the team in general and once Lambert came up with that brilliant plan to play the ball around at the back, that was it.

You could almost see him thinking "what the f***" when Guzan kicked the ball out to him. Mind you, not much different the rest of the defence and midfield.

[Villa in Denmark]

Read the 2 sentences separately, they completely contradict each other because the first should say he hopes it doesn't mean.

At least someone else got it. The irony of s_h advocating not spending money is fantastic.

[Toronto Villa]

Read the 2 sentences separately, they completely contradict each other because the first should say he hopes it doesn't mean.

At least someone else got it. The irony of s_h advocating not spending money is fantastic.

He'll spin it into not wanting Randy to spend any money and to sell up and go.

[David_Nab]

When your current choices are Richardson or Bacuna than its worth taking a look at him again.He did play under Remi at Lyon .His attacking isn't that bad he is fast and powerful but his end product got worse and worse under Lambert.

In his first game against Stoke he hit a few decent balls into the bow

I think his extra height will help us at set pieces too and overall he is a better defender than Richardson and Bacuna

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

Wasn't it great to have a marauding left back once again?

He's obviously not Amavi's level going forward, but he worked tirelessly up and down the pitch, and was extremely strong at the back towards the end of the game

This guy was loaned out for the season, enabling Richardson to play full back. Think about that.

[PaulWinch again]

Did very well last night, and ran himself into the ground.

[Confusious says]

Cissokho  has come back and it appears that he has breached our fullback problem, Remi has knowledge of him
and I am sure he will get the best out of him. which brings me to think of how well Kozack did last night when played,
could the same be tried with Senderos as an experienced central defender who would like to perform for international
selection this summer.

[Toronto Villa]

Cissokho as a back up to Amavi is very solid at that position. He's done well so far but I wouldn't want him as our dedicated LB option long term.

[rougegorge]

Played quite well last night. I don't think he's necessarily the answer but our expectations are currently not as high as they once were, and he's certainly an improvement on what we've seen before.

However, I don't think Amavi is the answer at full-back either; lots of people were questioning his defensive capabilities before his injury. Now he could improve on those, but he would be much better further up the field.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Played well last night I thought, mind you I can't help but think how much better we'd look down the left if Amavi was fit again.

[Mister E]

Let's hope Remi offloads Richardson this month; it would remove any temptation to play the fucker again.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

Played well last night I thought, mind you I can't help but think how much better we'd look down the left if Amavi was fit again.

Yep, but as good as he is, it's worth remembering that Amavi has defensive frailties and has made a couple of errors at crucial times early in the season. In the last half hour of that game, it was a full back capable of defensive work like Cissokho that we really needed, and he stepped up.

I wouldn't be against pushing Amavi further forward next season if we're in the championship.

[David_Nab]

Wasn't it great to have a marauding left back once again?

He's obviously not Amavi's level going forward, but he worked tirelessly up and down the pitch, and was extremely strong at the back towards the end of the game

This guy was loaned out for the season, enabling Richardson to play full back. Think about that.

Cissoko has his limitations but I just can not seen how anyone would have Richardson over him ....

[Villafirst]

Never really understood why Cissokho was loaned out. He looked good when he first came in but lost his way under Lamberts rubbish tactics. Stupid move to play Richardson over him. If the team we picked last night had been selected 2 months ago we'd probably have maybe 6 more points.

[ASHTONVILLA]

I really liked Cissokho at the start of his first season, and thought we finally had a proper left back. He tailed off, but certainly I'd have kept him over both Bennett and Richardson to compete with Amavi.