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HeathVillain

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  1. We looked much more solid with Reo-Coker in the team and he made a big difference. Ireland and Downing in the same midfield together is never going to work in a million years as they are both too weak imo. Downing had a shocker today - doesn't even looked like he is trying especially compared to his wing buddy albrighton who was throwing himself at everything. He deserves to be dropped for the next game.
  2. And Ashley Young....really looks to have stepped up to the plate.
  3. Personally I think we have looked much, much more solid with NRC in Centre Midfield. He has made some decent forward runs as well.
  4. This piece is absolutely stating the bleedin' obvious! This whole situation is driven by money and unfortunately it cannot be magicked out of thin air - you just have to do the best you can with the resources that are available. Surely our current situation is far better than in the last few years with Doug in charge. Let's not forget Randy has invested heavily in the last 4 years and we still have a decent squad with some quality players. I for one think we are doing absolutely the best we can with what is at our disposal - if MON cannot hack it without having a bottomless pit of money to spend then so be it and we will find someone who can! UTV!
  5. What a great result that is. Just amazing how much the team has clicked with the new midfield but the biggest revelation is what it has done to Stan - he just looks a completly different player alongside milner. Credit due to Heskey as well - I think he is doing pretty well at the moment and deserves his starting place. Get in!!!!
  6. I thought petrov made every player around him shit? Not quite but I still think we would be a much better team with Petrov firmly on the bench!
  7. Every time the Sidwell / Petrov central midfield partnership is broken up we win and are a million times more effective. Even MON is beginning to see this now!!!!!!
  8. I agree - you can feel an equaliser coming a mile off.
  9. Please Please Please lets get a 3rd asap! It would be utterly typical of us to concede an equaliser and then go out on pens!
  10. He's hardly been that good in a Villa shirt to warrant such adulation. He's just capatained a side that won 5-1, their biggest win in over a year. He's started 4 games this season, we've won all 4. He can't get a game while no other midfielders in our team are excelling, It's not as if are midfielders are brilliant but we're not getting the results, none of our midfielders are putting in consistantly good performances, so surely he at least deserves a go to make a position his own, well I suppose he did last week but I suppose winning 5-1 and being captain just isn't enough What else is he meant to do. Stats can be manipulated to suit any argument. For instance, in the Blues game it wasn't till NRC was substituted that we scored the only goal of the game, so his contribution to that win is debatable. And that's just from the top of my head. NRC isn't a bad player, but this adulation and hysterical calls for him to be picked is just baffling. He's done nothing in a Villa shirt to justify it. I think that some Villa fans with an agenda are using it as a convenient stick to beat O'Neill with. Its not adulation. Just from what I have seen this season the whole team functions better with him being there. Simple as that.
  11. How did Heskey play today? Last couple of times I have seen him at Wolves and Everton I thought he looked pretty lively when he came on. Coupled with a goal today and is it just me or is he starting to show some positive signs!?!?
  12. We're always going to be weaker than most in centre midfield because we play with 2 wingers. It puts too much pressure on the two centre midfield players because they're doing the work of three players. One solution would be to drop one winger and play another centre midfielder. The easier solution would be to drop the terminally ineffective Sidwell, and bring in Downing to play in Gareth Barry's old role. I think we'd be much stronger with that change. Totally agree. I would love to see Coker and Downing in CM. Coker as the defensive midfielder, breaking up the play and putting his foot in. Downing as the playmaker. I just cannot see what Petrov and Sidwell are giving to this team at the moment and am amazed at how untouchable they are (Petrov in particular).
  13. The problem is that the central midfield is super critical to any football team. We are strong everywhere else but because Petrov/Sidwell are so weak as a pair the negative impact on the rest of the team is immense. We can't get a foot in, get the ball down and play. These 2 run around like headless chickens, contribute little and the result is the defense comes under pressure and the attacking players can't get the ball. Selecting Petrov ahead of Reo-Coker in CM after a 5-1 win is a bizzare to say the least and I am baffled that it is so clear to everyone that the team functions better with Reo-Coker in the team but O'Neil does not see it. Baffled.
  14. hmmmmm, Collins just wrote on twitter that he is " proper pissed off". wonder if it is because he is not playing?? might not be that of course!
  15. Feedback from Juan Pablo via Twitter! JUANPABLOANGEL Watched the villa-bolton game great performance!! Great result!! back to wining ways!!
  16. What is clear from this game is that Petrov and Sidwell are absolutely not the strongest central midfield pairing we have. Lets just hope this is as blindingly obvious to MON as it is to everyone else who has seen villa play this season!
  17. Thank the lord we haven't got Knight and Cahill at the back for us!
  18. Reo-Coker is making a massive difference to us in this game. We look so much more solid in midfield. No way he can be dropped for the next game!
  19. What a great performance by the lads , massive commitment from the whole team to come back from behind against Chelski! Warnock was superb today - he made some huge challenges coming into the centre from full back. Friedel showed immense strenght of character to have such a good game after making a hash for their goal as well. Even Heskey did well when he came on! UTV!
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