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Completely ruined the game and our potential result. This is why technology should be used. Action has to be taken, this is ridiculous.

I hope AM is watching this game so he can teach our defenders how to attack from the back a la Swansea. Great match BTW.

Not gonna lie, I lol'd.

Yeah, because the Al-Sadd players are the ones hosting the world cup.

Bull. No way he can string together so many English words.

Oh how our midfield combinations would've looked tasty with Makoun in the side.

No disrespect to any of these teams but I hardly think oals against Crewe, Walsall, Hartlepool and Stockport are evidence to suggest he can be the player we need in the premier league I would also say, looking at the "goal of the season" against Brighton, that given the defence of Brighton for that match, the freedom he got to take the ball the length of the pitch unchallenged and then to get a shot off on the edge of the box I may very well have had a stab at that goal too. It was hardly Dalian Atkinson v Wimbledon He was what, 18? If Delfonso went on loan and did that now we would be waxing lyrical. As for not being able to control a ball, thats just ridiculous. Give the kid a break, move onto another scapegoat, there are far worse in the team. How is it ridiculous when he's shown in the past couple of games that he is inept at controlling simple passes and even giving them. Not having a go or anything but he's been shocking these past few games. The talent is there; he put in 2 MOTM performances at the start of the season.

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I think this is a very interesting assessment by AM of the game against City. At least he seems to understand where we went wrong and how to go about fixing it. Last year GH was all "Ah well, we'll wait until the summer. Not my fault *shrug*".

edit: wrong thread.

What a game. Newcastle look very solid this year. Something about their squad that our's is missing, I just can't put my finger on it (apart from the excellent CM pairing of course). Also Coloccini's distribution from the back is something our CB's should take not of, especially Collins. Totally calm, and not afraid to try adventurous passes.

Delph's passing isn't too bad, it's his first touch that's absolutely horrendous almost every time. I used to think it was because of where he was playing on the pitch, but these are basic things he's getting wrong. Even when he was out on the left for a short spell, it was the same thing.

Not exactly. Our last 2 games (well, 1.5) our attack looked quite poised. And Gabby wasn't even playing for half of our win against Blackburn. I get what you're trying to say, our manager is sort of average, and you'd like what appears to be a world beater. Frankly, I don't see how we'd ever attract one, but it's silly to knock people who are content with what we have at the moment.

Yeah, it's ridiculous. At least use a kipper for a change. Caught between trot and tout :oops: .

Wow, how wide of the mark can you be? Tactically limited, dour and uninspiring with an average managerial record. I couldnt give a crap who he managed before, or indeed manages after, I just want him out of the villa. For someone who speaks a lot about 'trouting the same lines', you seem to be doing the same with this 'tactically limited' stuff. Care to explain why he's such a bad manager? For what it's worth, I still think you'd be having a moan should someone with an 'excellent managerial record', who was absolutely exiting got off to a similar start to AM.

The only person I'd literally shed a tear if he was sold is wee Barry. Gabby, I'd just be really disappointed.

Except that Randy Lerner isn't exactly Sheikh Mansour.

So McLeish is just here to find another manager?

Or because the players chose to ignore AMcL's negative boring tactics and came up with their own. As ridiculous as this sounds, this sort of reasoning was actually used after the QPR game :shock: .

Actually, the word doing the rounds is that Eck had worked up a Three Stooges routine with Arteta, but the moody Spaniard didn't want to have his eyes poked at and wussed out.

Is it in the game against Azerbaijan? Edit: Nevermind, it was against Scotland...digging for highlights now.

Aguero and Balotelli injured, plus Villareal and United to face after us. I doubt we'd see a full strength City team. We should try to go for this one.

If we're going to go for it, I'd like to see us line up like this: ---------Gabby---Bent--------- Ireland------------------N'Zogbia -------Bannan-----Petrov--------- -------------Back 5-------------------- If not, I think we'll go with this: Gabby-----Bent------N'zogbia ------------Heskey------------- ------Delph------Petrov--------- ----------- Back 5---------------

This. I bet he's absolutely ecstatic that he might get to line up against Xavi and co. no matter the result.

He's twenty-one; give him a little more development time and he'll polish up. Frustratingly enough though, I reckon by the time he's in his mid-twenties and has become the sort of incisive, productive midfielder some of us think he can become, he'll be doing it at a club other than Villa. I'm not slating him, it's just a part of his game he needs to work on. Apart from that he's brilliant. Wee Barry, MOTM for Scotland yet again (imo).