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kiltorken

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  1. Thought he did very well, lacked a bit of composure which could have been very costly at times but made some vital interceptions as well, as others have said will definitely grow into the role and be a very fine centre half.
  2. Even his name is perfect. Boa means good in Portuguese, Villa means Villa in English so "Villas Good" Sign him up
  3. I think we're actually OK for left backs, could do with beefing up the cover at right back though.
  4. He was directly involved with 3 of Sheffield Uniteds goals, two clumsy free kicks given away around the box and carelessly lost the ball by not looking up which which led to the 4th goal. Early days but a lot of work to be done on the defensive side of his game if he's going to be playing at left midfield.
  5. Could see Boro being in the top two, so solid defensively. 8 hours without conceding a goal in the league apparently.
  6. He's listed as being 5'10, not sure what his jumping is like but I'd hope it's excepcional if he's playing centre half.
  7. I love all the pontificating by the "future of football" people here who think their opinions on the way to play football has to be played is the only relevant opinion. France won the world Cup recently with very negative, boring football relying largely on moments of individual brillance and resolute defending. Chelsea won the league last year playing defensive counterattacking football. Of course it would be great to get a manager in who could play man City style swashbuckling attacking football dominating games and winning the league or even to a lessor extent like Jokanovic's Fulham last season, who incidentally barely got over the line against by an odd goal in the playoff against our "dinosaur" tactics in his 3rd season at the club after failing in his previous playoff attempt. Fair enough if people want a particular style of play but it doesn't mean it will be successful or that every other opinion is to be ridiculed.
  8. Yeah same, think they look divine myself.
  9. Anyone have a link to the penalty? I'm intrigued about how shite it actually was.
  10. It was a sarcastic vote in fairness, I also gave Adomah the nod if that helps.
  11. Tuanzebe is a recognised holding midfielder though, he has played there for United.
  12. Boro didn't grind out a result against us in either of the two playoff games last season, barely had a shot of note as I recall.
  13. My thoughts exactly, still think we can kick on here and have a very successful season. I think this moving to playing on the front foot will be a bit of a transitional period though , while being nicer to watch it does leave you more exposed to counters and you also need to be able to breakdown smaller teams parking the bus. Even though I appreciate Bruce as a good manager for this level and am happy with him, I'm not sure this style is in his comfort zone, will become more clear in the coming months.
  14. Whelan was excellent again tonight yeah.
  15. As much as its completely obvious that Jedinak isn't a centre back, Id still have him over elphick who is basically Jedinak without being as strong in the air.
  16. Frustrating we didn't win of course, given our play was so good but we utterly dominated that game for 70 minutes and it's very hard to break down any team that is sat back defending for their lives. Brentford were parked defensively and were resolute, a moment of magic or a defensive lapse is pretty much all that could have broken them down with how they were playing due to the pressure being put on them. If we can continue that level of performance I'd be highly confident we'll go up.
  17. That is one of the most insane things I've read on here and that's says a lot.
  18. 15% of people voted Bruce as very poor for the game, its obvious that at least 15% of people voting here will never accept Bruce regardless of what happens.
  19. Agree with everything although I thought tuanzebe was reasonably good
  20. Villa were dominant tonight with some truly excellent football against one of the best teams in the league, tired in the last 20 minutes but showed great character (again) to get something from the game which we deserved. Get a good centre back in for Jedinak and and we'll be serious challengers.
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