VILLAMARV

Im really not that fussed about how he plays for anyone else.

Kept us up when we bought him. The times he played under Lambert he was pretty poor imo. I can understand why he was stripped of the captaincy and dropped after Soton away in Lamberts first season.

Great day Sunday.Got up after finishing nightshift and put the game on to find we were causing the upset of the round by actually scoring.And what a goal.Then my son asks whats going on with Delph,something about a new deal.Unbelievable Jeff.I'm still in good form and I'm a moody so and so.

Echo this all the way

Id forgotten what enjoying being a villa fan was all about a little bit.This week I am loving the smiles on villa fans faces when i say "Gil" or "Delph"

Its also worth noting he didnt really get the chance to get eased back from his injury, just thrown in at the deep end. Maybe I am just finding excuses for the lad but I suppose I'll cut this bloke more slack than the others. If Kozac was about Id give him a run, fair enough, but as others have said I dont much rate the choices we have after him tbh.

I totally agree he looks out of sorts

not knocking the criticism of his performances sbs, just caught up with the weekends posts in this thread and there were a few calling for him to be dropped, even sold etc.

Just my way of saying i think thats insane with an obviously misplaced attempt at humour

Confidence in yourself after a bad injury is a weird thing. affects some and not others

I suppose i was one of the few people on here that thought we might regret not signing him if Delph left. Yesterdays announcement sort of instantly changed my mind on that stance

Still wouldnt mind him on a free if he actually wanted to be here.

nice to see some sanity back in here by monday morning

I wouldnt underestimate the injury guys. hes been back playing about 10 weeks hasnt he?

and his first touch has ALWAYS needed to improve. We're probably noticing it more as we're not pumping it up to him to win in the air most of the time.

At the end of the day, a squad which includea Guzan, Cissokho, Hutton, Okore, Vlaar, Delph, Westwood, Sanchez, Cleverley, N'Zogbia, Agbonlahor and Benteke should not be struggling. Whether he has spent 100m, 50m or 10m, the squad we have is not one which should be worrying about relegation!

Really?, I mean honestly?

What is more probable?

A: that all those individual players are all individually and collectively underperforming for various reasons week after week because of external influences (including the management)?

Or

B: that one persons opinion on the relative ability of all these players is a little overrated?

I personally think that that list of players looks like a recipe for a relegation battle. With the exception of Hutton Cissoko and Cleverley who played for better clubs before us and Gabby who finished 5/6 a couple of times all these players have ever done in the Premier League is basically fight off relegation. Add the rest of the squad to the list and it doesnt improve any Richardson, Weimann, Lowton, Herd, Clarke, Baker, Bacuna, Thats a list of players whose Premier league careers have been spent fighting off relegation. 

Who do we have in our squad that you cant really say that of? Given usually played for teams that finished higher than this and he's 38 and Joe Cole. And he's 33. And crocked.

Its all an opinion of course and I dont want to come across all ranty but seriously why do people think we're better than we constantly show we are?

maybe the manager feels he needs 100 games in 'mans football' ..........

now then, Alex Fergusons old AM couldnt be a bad thing for us could it?

As soon as I read that Phelan has left Norwich I felt compelled to come here and type something along the lines of this guy Paul, this guy

from the U21s I think Seigrist, Watkins, Drennan, Burke, Kinsella and Cowans

Herd

DJ

Vlaar

Delph

Enda

Bent

Best forward option we have by a long long way. Still needs to improve his first touch and positioning but I thought we all sort of knew that anyway. On top of that Its about 10 weeks hes been back from a long injury lay off which could be why he still looks a bit raw. Even without any support from his midfield hes managed to grab a couple of goals in that time. We all know what hes capable of. He, more than any other player, has kept us up over the last 2 years. Calls for him to be dropped are imo the most ridiculous thing I have read on here in a long time.

i understand why people wanna vent some anger and frustartion. Matt Kendrick included. Chanting you dont know what youre doing at the manager after XXX home games and no goal is exactly what everyone has the right to do.

Believe me Lambert got that. he heard it. whatever he's legally and professionally restrained to saying in any media interview he understands our feelings towards the present status quo

 

personally i accept his limitations. He is undoubtedly our best midfielder at present. His control and movement on the ball is exemplary. His shooting is generally woeful. And while he can turn over possession ok, all to often after beating one or even two players his final ball is found wanting. Not enough through balls, crosses, goals or assists to be a villa great for me but a good player. Classy at times and we'll be worse off without him for sure.

 

I have doubts on him being our best midfielder at present.

 

Knew I should have put an IMO in there

personally i accept his limitations. He is undoubtedly our best midfielder at present. His control and movement on the ball is exemplary. His shooting is generally woeful. And while he can turn over possession ok, all to often after beating one or even two players his final ball is found wanting. Not enough through balls, crosses, goals or assists to be a villa great for me but a good player. Classy at times and we'll be worse off without him for sure.

 

Yep, you might as well appoint a scout as manager if that's your recipe for success. Buy players and hope it works.

 

You might have just hit the nail on the head there in summng up Lamberts reign. And/Or any other managers who prefer to be less hands on in training

Brett Holman was better

thanks for that. Winter can be so depressing and I needed a laugh

are we allowed fractions? I mean can he wear the number 1/6th on his back?

I take it all back. We have actually signed someone and I am a little bit excited about it.

I really hope Benteke buries one past mignolet in the first 5 mins

wow. we actually signed him

Welcome to B6 Carles. We've only had Bannan and Tonev to compare you to in the last few years so im sure you'll do fine

 

but i honestly think those of us that are still cutting lambert enough slack to stay in the job are just a little bit more realistic about AVFC

 

Rubbish.

 

No that really is what I think

The 8m (if that's what has been agreed) fee applies to the player with 11/12 months left on his contract. Whether people feel we could have got around 8m for Delph in the summer with 11/12 months left on his contract is something we can all disagree on. But you cant compare the Delph situation now with the Cleverley one then. As far as I know through the media there are options over this loan where Utd could take him back or we could complete a full transfer in January. Not sure if legally we or Utd are really allowed to prevent the 3rd option which is Cleverley runs down his contract, avoids signing for us and sees where the free transfer market takes him in the summer. But the 8m fee has nothing to do with there being 6 months left on his contract.