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He probably just getting the word out that we are done bringing players in so teams dont think we are desperate to offload the bomb squad in order to fund our own transfers. Thats what I would like to believe anyway but wont be at all surprised if we are actually done for the summer.

The goals are coming up on SSN. just got a glimpse of the 2nd goal. Vlaar had the ball cleared but Clark slid in and deflected it back towards our goal to set up the Luton player.

Its ok we have Chrissy Herd

am still 100% sure what happened because there was no replays on the stream but it looked like Clark made a magnificent tackle on ....Vlaar! which cost us a goal am still not 100% sure what happened because there was no replays on the stream but it looked like Clark made a magnificent tackle on ....Vlaar! which cost us a goal

Yeah and he did the exact same thing for Ireland vs Austria in a qualifier few weeks after that mistake and cost Ireland a goal as well. Its ok for players to make mistakes but not learning from your mistakes is pathetic for a professional. The only position Ive ever thought he looked decent in was left back

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Pretty shit performance so far. Delph looking good, few nice bursts forward and a lovely through ball for Benteke. Cmon Villa dont let the first proper live pre season game be without a goal for us...

Nope, he's Irish because, although born outside of Ireland, he was raised Irish. It's no different to ex-pat British people raising their children as British even though they might have been born in Spain, America or whatever. It's like KEA choosing to play for Morocco. Respect Grealish's feelings, family and upbringing: no doubt they are proud Brummies and Villla fans BUT there is also a very strong Irish identity there too that they are equally as proud of. Nationality and identity is a very personal thing. So if Prince William raises his son as Chinese, is he Chinese? And KEA probably chose to play for Morocoo because he knew he wouldn't be good enough for Holland. Just admit it. you fackin ate poikeys!!

Headed duel Baker: 64% Vlaar: 63% Clark: 61% Tackle Vlaar: 71% Clark: 68% Baker: 60% Pass accuracy Vlaar: 82% Clark: 81% Baker: 78% Errors (lead to goal) Vlaar: 2 (1) Clark: 4 (2) Baker: 5 (1) IMO Clark is getting a lot of stick for one extra error that lead to a goal. Where is the stat for being out of position? and what about the stat for being a bad reader of the game? Stats are for baseball... 4th choice is what Clark deserves judging him on his performance from last season, I hope he has learnt enough to atleast progress this season and start showing that he can make it.

Dont know why people think we need to sign a right back. Herd has always looked good in that position to me and hes got a great leap on him for winning headers from corners for and against us. Dunno if Lambert sees him as a right back though due to him playing him at centre back in a few friendlies

Its actually the guy that Vlaar was marking that got the goal. He loses Vlaar and gets ahead of Clark so cant really blame him for that cus Clark was concentrating on marking his man.

Delph is actually the only midfielder who looks like he might score. sylla had one chance last year and neary scored and westwood had feck all

Well he be injured for half the season so he will have to be hitting a goal every game. good luck with that Andrew

There was a passage of play in the last friendly in Germany where delph won the ball back and then played a first time pass to Wiemann which n my opinion was pure class. Hope he keeps up his performances from the second half of last season and adds to it.

I don't know why people keep using this example. It's precisely because of the Andy Carroll to Liverpool deal that clubs are shying away from overpaying for a young guy who's only had one good season. Nobody wants to buy the next Carroll. (I am in NO WAY saying that Benteke is "the next Carroll." I'm only pointing out why a club like Spurs would be reluctant to break their transfer record for the second time in a couple of weeks, for a guy who's only had one season in the Premier League. I actually think Benteke would have been a beast for Spurs, so I'm delighted we get to keep him. I'm glad we're not playing against him next season.) Yeah but Andy Carroll didnt even have 1 season in the premier league under his belt he basically just hit some form for half a season. So yeah dont compare Benteke to him as at least Benteke done it for a full season bar a couple games at the start of the season The Carroll argument is irrelevant as Liverpool had just received £50million for Torres.If Spurs had received similar for Bale,I'm convinced they would have met our asking price. Likewise-I doubt we'd ever had bought Bent if Man City hadn't paid so much for Milner. Yeah thats what I was basically saying.

I don't know why people keep using this example. It's precisely because of the Andy Carroll to Liverpool deal that clubs are shying away from overpaying for a young guy who's only had one good season. Nobody wants to buy the next Carroll. (I am in NO WAY saying that Benteke is "the next Carroll." I'm only pointing out why a club like Spurs would be reluctant to break their transfer record for the second time in a couple of weeks, for a guy who's only had one season in the Premier League. I actually think Benteke would have been a beast for Spurs, so I'm delighted we get to keep him. I'm glad we're not playing against him next season.) Yeah but Andy Carroll didnt even have 1 season in the premier league under his belt he basically just hit some form for half a season. So yeah dont compare Benteke to him as at least Benteke done it for a full season bar a couple games at the start of the season

Im just gonna put it down to Lambert talking some sense into him, compared with the likes of his agent filling him with shite and Benteke being young and just going along with what he thinks is best. We can be 99% sure that he is gonna be here next season and who knows we might get up near the european places and maybe qualify for the europa places and that might be enough to keep him for anouther year, especially with Lambert as manager to keep him focused.

Agree purely from watching highlights from underage games. would of loved to of wached the full game today to see hw he got on but from what I have seen he looks smart enough to make the right decisions and play in a free role

Peronally think Kiyotake would be the best signing along with Benteke in years. The amount of assists he has from last season that are from free kicks landing it on the head of a team mate is worth taking notice of. I just keep imagining Kiyotake setting them up for Benteke to nod home. Will start geting carried away if we sign him

No

Its not gonna get sorted for today. amateurs

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Well this will give Lambert a chance to get into his head and hopefully talk a bit of sense into him. Ill give him 1 week from today to have a change of heart and then might just be able to force myself to forgive him

Kristof Terreur‏@HLNinEngeland5m Surprise. Christian #Benteke travelled to Birmingham today. He'll join the squad tomorrow. No bid of #THFC has arrived. #AVFC

same was happening for me when using internet exporer but it worked first time when I tried it with google chrome. Hope that helps