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I just cannot understand why he turned back on himself. Forget blaming the strikers for not giving him an option. He had Dzeko up his arse - get **** rid. Absolute basics. For me he is not a premier league centre half.

All that hard work undone by a ridiculous error. Simply cannot afford stupid mistakes of that magnitude.

2-2

Jeez. How can you even compare these two? Weimann has taken his chance whereas Delfouneso repeatedly proved himself as not good enough. Absolute rubbish.

N'Zogbia has been very very poor. However, we are giving a good account here and anything could happen if the game carries on in this manner.

N'Zogbia is useless today. Losing it every time.

Bennett tackles himself. Ridiculous that he ever made it pro.

Great. This Bennett is absolute shite. I was wishfully thinking we might nick a point - not with this idiot playing. Think we are going to get well and truly hammered. Hope Vlaar isn't set for another lengthly spell out.

Former Aston Villa defender Paul McGrath on Twitter: "Brilliant win for Villa, onwards and upwards now."

Get in!!!! Absolutely massive. Hopefully the last couple of games has given us some belief to kick on and pick another couple of wins up. 5 more wins are needed. Thought Delph was brilliant today. He puts a foot in and is full of energy. Baker was class. Clark was much improved today. This keeps us alive. Anything other than 3 points and I think it would have been curtains.

Westwood is cup-tied!!!!

This guy will run the **** gauntlet if he **** us over.

Absolutely bricking it! Thankfully live in the city centre so have been to work and can still get to the ground in time. Absolutely buzzing!! No idea what to expect! A bit of bloody passion would be a start!

There has been no response what so ever this season. We are getting worse!

Awful awful defending but what a **** dive. Absolute cheat. Disgrace.

A player needs to be able to tackle and make interceptions. If either are lacking then the player is weaker for it. You can have a mixture of different qualities as a centre half. I would hope to see Clark develop the basics of the defensive side of his game to accompany the more 'cultured' side to his game. As it is, being able to pass the ball along the back line is not the makings of a good centre half.

Bennett and Given not even in the squad? I worry about that defence. Hopefully Vlaar is fit to start next week!

Firstly, I justify my claim that Clark is weak through watching him play. Through you stating that he wins 60% of aerial battles has emphasised my point! He is not commanding enough. I really do not get what you are trying to say about him being a 'play-making' centre half. I would much rather a defender who can defend first and foremost. On the deck - I am not denying that he is capable, or at least more capable on the ball than other defenders, but you rarely see him make crunching tackles - such as Baker. All defenders can be caught out of position, no player is infallible. However, Clark is caught out of position on a number of occasions. Play often bypasses him because of his poor aerial ability and because I do not think he is commanding enough to consistently go in and win the first ball. Ultimately, I think Clark has failed to quite live up to the promise made about him. He is an average defender, who might be better than average alongside another more commanding centre half. But it cannot be denied that Clark, along with the rest of the defence, is strongly accountable for our recent form.

If we lose today we are down.

Which is not up to scratch. As a defender he is left wanting on two key aspects of his game, positioning and strength. He does not attack the ball as a centre half should, either in the air or on the deck. It is not just him, but positionally he is all over the place and often loses his man from a cross. I would like to see him alongside a proven centre half, someone Laursenesque, in order to see if these flaws to his game improve. However, currently, he is of equal blame with the rest of the defence for how piss poor they are. The fact that he is captain is a joke in itself, although i appreciate that with the inexperience in our team there is little alternative. Placing him in the middle of the park alongside Westwood once Vlaar is back might be an option.

Think this is it guys. We have skirted with it for 2 seasons and steadily got worse. With stats like that and a genuine lack of faith in all but a handful of our players I think we might just go down. The media spotlight is going to be on us, and the pressure is going to mount. Everyone would love to see us go, like everyone did newcastle. The difference being, I do not think we will come back up quite so comprehensively. If we are to stand even a slither of hope we must win on Saturday.

Individually maybe not, but collectively they certainly are. Look at the average age compared to other teams... There certainly is a link in our performance this season with a reliance on young, inexperienced players who quite simply individually and collectively are not good enough.

Get rid of this useless useless player. When I see players like this, I wonder how I never made it!

I genuinely think we are going down now. Pretty certain of it. The kids just are not good enough. Simple as that. Lambert has got it all wrong and might have **** out premier league position because of his philosophy. They just cannot compete all together at this level. Shambles. Lowest i've felt in 20 years of following this club.

Speechless.