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Texas_Mike

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  1. It seems that our biggest headache for being crap (no defence) is now our biggest headache for knowing who to select.

    I hope Vlaar doesn't now sign a 3 year contract on screw up their progress because I can see us losing one them if they don't get playing time.

  2. He actually pulled back for a pass. it wasn't laziness. he tried to find space and it back fired. No complaints there.

    I do think he took his eye off the ball in the final minute though, no idea why he didn't just head the thing regardless of their keeper.

  3. He sucked today and doesn't look ready at all for the Premier League. But you have to give him time. He had no pre-season and was thrown into this game at the last minute.

    Let's see against the lower half of the table in a couple of months time before we write him off.

  4. I don't want to say I am in the know but .... We are not for sale anymore. The search was pulled out of a month ago. Not to say someone couldn't approach Lerner but there is no one out there looking for buyers. My only hesitation in saying what I was told is that I would have expected some news hound to have said this before now.... I am 95% certain my info is correct.

  5. I always thought that he would eventually become a solid player that most Premier League teams would be happy to have. It is so hard to judge how good someone is when they have no left or right back to help you. and at times a central partner that is as shaky as the rest. He did make too many mistakes though. Hopefully he will mature this season now that the pressure is off him.

  6. Well Con that is a confusing opinion....

      - he will sign a new contract

      - we will sell him January

      - he is not good enough for top teams

     

    I think he will sign and we will not sell him. He probably wouldn't get the playing time for top teams given the players they already have so I will give you 2 out 3 my friend - which isn't too shabby!!!

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  7. Lerner actually did his bit at the end and was ready to stump up another 7 million. I don't blame Villa for not paying 60k to Ceverly because then a new contract to Ron would have been 70k, Delph 60k and Gabby up there also. Plus we have Grealish. Before you know we are back in the shit with salaries again.

     

    Let's take care of the above and hope we are still OK come January when we can push on again.

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  8. Well I obviously don't have the deep insight that some people have. IMO we had the potential to move onwards and upwards after year 1. The biggest mistake was year 2 purchases. We should have purchased a couple of proven quality players than the 4 or 5 that were too crap to improve the team.

     

    But all of this is hindsight. Anyone can be correct when looking back. If AVFC1982 has posts back in 2012 stating Lowton is crap then I have nothing but praise for his abilities.

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  9. avfc1982,.... I didn't fall for any PRr crap. The first year was difficult but we came out of it feeling good. IMO Lowton did more than OK, he even scored a couple of great goals and had some assists. I was watching on a game on TV later in the season and someone (David Pleat... maybe) said if Lowton continues the develop the way he is, then he would soon be challenging for an England spot. I don't think such comments were a result of PR crap but what he had seen on field. Regardless, Lowton followed up the next season with total crapness and I m not sure he has ever recovered.

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  10. I hated Hutton when I saw him play and wanted him out of the team so fast but..... if what I saw in Dallas and Houston is how he will play this year then he is the best right back that we have. Time will tell but Lowton appears to have lost it and he probably should go back up north. Amazing really because after the 1st year he had a real opportunity to become a successful and highly paid right back. If he really threw it all away because of his wife not liking Birmingham then good luck to him when she starts complaining about living off half the money he gets now in somewhere like Middlesbough.

  11. Did more than OK against FC Dallas and was great against Houston. Needs to be a part of the squad and used when it makes sense. He is going to get caught in possession and will make a bad pass or two because he did it over here so FFS keep the boo boys away because he looks like one day he will attack and wriggle his way into winning us games when nobody else can.

  12. Saw the kit up close for the first time and purchased both of them...... IMO they are better than we have had in several seasons. Very nice!!!

     

    I had to go up a size for some reason and I am as buff as I was (haha) -- so they must be smaller than before.

  13. OK everyone.... time to cut this guy some slack. It may be pre-season, it may only be MLS teams (ask Arsenal how that worked out for them) but in 2 games he looked solid and apart from one stumble against FC Dallas (that he recovered from), he hasn't put a foot wrong.

     

    Welcome Philippe..... right now you are starting against Stoke City!

  14. In all honesty I don't understand why a broken leg is taking so long.  Is it 7 months now? Surely he should have been running after 3 and by now be 100% back.

     

    Am I the only one that thinks this is taking way too long? I blame Lerner or maybe Lambert, actually it is Lee Hendrie's fault.

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  15. Maybe he is just playing like a person who wants to be a first team regular. 

     

    I saw both games and he is giving his all.. Unfortunately in both games he made a couple of really bad passes that could and probably would cost us a goal in in the Premier League.

    For this reason I would say right now he won't be starting unless we have injuries.  

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