Dchitz

Played well and played football because the likes of Ireland, nzogbia and albrighton played in a formation they were comfortable in, could play like this week in week out if mcleish played to our strengths instead of banging heskey etc in there because they are "disruptive"

Ireland was a long way off his best but still made a number of nice passes, two excellent runs and could of nicked 2 goals, he made team look more dangerous the they have for a while, his off the ball movement really is very good, perhaps with a bit more game time he would of finished one of them,

That said it was a solid performance, wingers played like wingers, dunne was exceptional,

Happy to see a good attacking performance despite score, a lot of mediocre teams would of been beaten by that performance

1-2 arsenal....goal from Ireland

Mcleish put out the team everyone wanted to see....fair play

But his instructions completely destroyed the players then, I don't blame the players for not keeping possession, midfielders are set to rigidly, it isn't bannan or jenas natural way to pass and sit, these players pass and go, he has obv instructed them to sit back after they pass and hold position, which is the job u would think herd was in there to do, no ones getting ahead of the ball hence there is no open passes forcing midfielders to play it backwards for the hoof.

Once early on yest bannan got ahead of the ball and made a penetrating run into the utd box and only for a poor touch would of created something. There are some good players there but everything mcleish does contradicts what he says. Numerous people on the site have said they have heard from players etc Ireland is amazing in training, mcleish says during the week he is one of best trainers, praises his forward runs and then at one down plays it safe with petrov when he had nothing to lose, a two or three nil loss is the same as one nil to me especially against united,

And then after the game he praises the second have performance, it was slighty better than the first but still pathetic.

Utterly clueless tripe talking clown

6 defenders and not one putting in tackles, how do premiership players not understand the doubling up concept, thats what your there to do hutton you bellend, everyone except herd is just watching them play and even when possession is won in midfield forwards are dropping deep and creating nothing,

Id haul any of hutton, heskey, bent, or collins to be honest, all dreadful

Drink driving is non excusable in my book, by no means should he be kicked out of the club but I admire the stance they have taken suspending him.

Players need to act more responsibly.

Why would they send him to train with the kids if he was so good?

Ya, adebayor, Bellamy onuaha, are all shite too, give it a rest

Why would they send him to train with the kids if he was so good?

Ya, adebayor, Bellamy onuaha, are all shite too, give it a rest

Why would they send him to train with the kids if he was so good?

Ya, adebayor, Bellamy onuaha, are all shite too, give it a rest

Get play gabby, how bad was the first touch thou

I cant believe Ireland is getting slated. He has been decent I think.

I can same 3 or 4 boo boys slating him all the time, wouldn't take much notice

are bannan and ireland the only 2 who can play 1 touch football and find their own man, other players touches are horrible....

albrighton makes terrible decisions and cost the 3 points today in my opinion by opting to shoot when he could of played wiemann in or ran to corner

if you get into brilliant positions and no one else can pick a pass out of 9 other outfielders (who all earn a lot of money) its your fault?? How many pple actually watched the game and are not just jumping on the chances bandwagon, and how many were ball watching while a few actually looked at the positions others were in to receive the ball. He gives outlets if players can spot him which is alot more then the wingers have been doing all year.

It's everyone elses fault but Ireland's it seems.

Dont be daft, the same could be said for bent

if you get into brilliant positions and no one else can pick a pass out of 9 other outfielders (who all earn a lot of money) its your fault?? How many pple actually watched the game and are not just jumping on the chances bandwagon, and how many were ball watching while a few actually looked at the positions others were in to receive the ball. He gives outlets if players can spot him which is alot more then the wingers have been doing all year.

Alongside Dunne, Stephen Ireland shouldn't be anywhere near Aston Villa now.

agreed only a fool would play these two players alongside one another

Would consider trying gabby up there on his own in next game with Ireland and bannan both playing, bannan on left

Albrighton is so frustrating fouled every time it came near him, benty finishing poor, still undefeated though

I thought he was very good today except for the pen; lots of good tackling, good passing. I think he's coming along nicely.

Wow we must of watched different games.....thought he was beyond terrible

full backs looked worryingly poor, hopefully that was hutton carrying a knock/unfit, we should be happy with todays result as we really robbed a point,

Must remember this the next time we batter someone and give up a lead twice

Did ireland do anything when he came on?

Yes he most definitely got stuck in and made two amazing runs where we couldnt pick him out, especially one in the very last second but ball was kicked to the wrong corner

grt run ireland

this a joke, ireland isnt been given any chances, mcleish chats absolute rubbish, give him and albrighton a go, cant be much worse, inzogbia been awful

wasted on bench

Impressed with him, looked bright, very versatile to, potential to be great squad player

Headless chicken, lots of possession no end product, afforded very little support to rb in first half and made wolve look decent on the left, we all know hunt, ward etc are very poor players

Thing with Ireland it doesn't matter if he had a pre season or not he is not fit and will not be fully fit for awhile. His sharpness and muscle strength will take awhile to come. He always has niggling injuries. AM has stated that they have got him working with the fitness coaches to improve his conditioning. I reckon we will see a lot more of him as the season develops, we can't chuck in a player who hasnt played consistently for God knows how long and expect him to be at the level of Bent or someone in terms of fitness. I think AM is being complimentary of him in the press as he doesn't want him to feel as if he isn't in his first team plans and to give up in training, he wants him to get to the level he was before and is just sweetening him up. I think its good man management personally. Better then GH slagging him off!

Agree with second part of your post, first part is rubbish, he played 90 during the week easily could of played 20 yesterday, large spells of possession where he defo would of created something