Joleon Lescott - GONE

[PaulWinch again]

Pretty poor today.

[Grande Pablo]

Gave the ball away much too often again.

[Villafirst]

I'll probably get slated for saying it but I thought he was pretty poor

Two games running.

Three games running

I bloody told you all he was finished before we signed him!!!!

I see Lescott replaces Ayew for being no good. Give him a chance for God's sake! Not a single clue about the game.

[SoccerHQ]

Really struggling to fit into our defensive system.

Liam the Baggie did say he'd struggle in a back 4 that plays a high line as obviously Pulis parks his on the 6 yard box.

Early days I suppose.

[PeterWithesShin]

He was very poor tonight. Hopefully he just needs settling in.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I said I wasn't interested seen nothing to change my mind yet

[silhillvilla]

Think it's just a villa fan living his boyhood dream and being nervous. Class will prevail.

[SoccerHQ]

He's never been good on the ball so that won't improve, his distribution was poor at City when they were signing him for 20 odd million.

[maidstonevillain]

Really struggling to fit into our defensive system.

Liam the Baggie did say he'd struggle in a back 4 that plays a high line as obviously Pulis parks his on the 6 yard box.

Early days I suppose.

Since when did we have a defensive system.

[glasses]

He was gash tonight.

Clark was gash in centre mid, then great at centre half.

Micah Richards is the best CB we have had since Martin Laursen. Absolutely immense tonight

[Matt Collins]

I really think Richards has been fantastic to date

I was sceptical on him at centre back but he's been great

[adrenachrome]

In addition to being extremely competent, Micah has been inspirational to the team and supporters.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I really think Richards has been fantastic to date

I was sceptical on him at centre back but he's been great

My thoughts exactly.

He was outstanding tonight.

[KRS]

Richards is and should be an inspiration to the rest of the players...he's immense and a great choice as captain.

Re: Lescott...part way through the first half he cleared a ball into the Trinity with one of their players closing him down. I'm still trying to work out if he was jogging or sprinting...he was proper slow so if he was sprinting then it's not a good sign (I'll update once I've watched the game back).

[KRS]

Turns out it was a slightly faster than normal jog rather than a sprint.

Having watched the game back, Lescott didn't cover himself in glory tonight...far too many mistakes, giving away possession cheaply, passing back to Guzan far too much, rushing forward and getting caught out of position, and failing to make a decent challenge. TS said that he intended to bring Lescott off at half time, and Clark was a rock in comparison in the second half.

Clark deserves his starting place against Liverpool and I'd have Lescott as back up...he may be half way to the knackers yard but we're going to need him with the way Clark is clocking up all these yellow cards (4 already this season).

Worryingly TS did mention that he thinks Clark can play in midfield based on the fact that he used to play there, but he showed tonight that he's not good enough on the ball and his best position is CB. I'd like to think that TS only really played him in midfield in the first half just to give him some game time as we have much better options available.