Mat Kendrick's Dentist

Think I saw Aaron Ramsey?

Best player to ever wear the shirt. Even when he's shit he's still brilliant. With the money we've spent, he should be surrounded by better players than Trez, Hourihane and Targett

Delfouneso actually was very good at the time though. I remember he was top scorer at the Euro U19 championship, and that was while he was playing for the age group above. Didn't kick on in senior football after initially looking very promising in the UEFA/domestic cups sadly. RHM on the other hand is clearly gash

I dunno, that lad was a diamond

I definitely wouldn't make that argument!

I don't normally like the term but he's an absolute fraud

Disappointing result but these games are more about developing young talent. Great to see Barry net a brace

https://www.villatalk.com/topic/13462-micah-richards/page/82/

I'm not saying Richards was good by any means (he was poor), but we've had worse defenders IMO. I clicked on a random page of his thread during the relegation season (before he had a run-in with fans vs Wycombe), and he was seen as one of our better players (not saying much admittedly)

Nah Hutton was total shite, even in the Championship. Richards was poor, but it was mainly off-the-pitch matters that made everyone hate him and Lescott. On the pitch they were no worse than our other CBs in the relegation campaign (ie poor)

Orjan Nyland - Calamitous from start to finish, bar the cup semi final vs Leicester; Alan Hutton - Bizarrely rated by many, largely appalling throughout his 8 seasons at the club Kortney Hause - I have better technique than him. Absolutely not a footballer Joe Bennett - Admittedly shoehorned in at CB, as we've had countless dreadful LBs Kieran Richardson - The worst of a horrendous bunch of LBs. Clearance off the line vs Liverpool the only good thing he did in his time at the club. Unsurprisingly, he barely played a minute's football after leaving us; Glenn Whelan - So many awful performances. Gained popularity towards the end for a dubious reputation of "doing the unseen work". Watching him over many years with ROI and Villa, most of his "seen" work was an eyesore. He's at the base of the diamond Danny Drinkwater - Danny takes his place in the engine room, playing box-to-box. He had the worst debut I've ever seen from a footballer including Ali Dia. Continued in a similar vein for all other appearances and then nutted Jota Steve Sidwell - No ability, and used to wind me up any time he was picked. Truly Shitwell Aleksandr Tonev (C) - In the Number 10 role is the worst player I've ever seen in the shirt. Had a front row seat for the friendly match vs Shamrock Rovers when he'd just joined. Genuinely looked like a lad from the crowd had run on and joined in. Went on to shoot miles wide every time he got the ball in any particular game. "Performance" against Norwich the worst thing (football-related or otherwise) I've ever seen. Also came on late vs Liverpool with us 0-1 down and really knocking on the door. We had one last free kick 40 yards out, which he proceeded to shoot with no run-up (inevitably into row Z). Also a racist bastard; Grant Holt - A proper man Jordan Bowery - Signed from League 2 (where he had a worse than 1-in-8) goalscoring record. Predictably went on to never score a goal for us Manager - Paul Lambert - Spoiled for choice here, but it's got to be Lambert. Absolutely dreadful "coach". Highlights include the 0-15 over Christmas, constantly humiliated by lower-league sides (including League 2 Bradford over 2 legs when an average Swansea awaited us in the cup final), regularly going 37 games without a goal, generally playing the most turgid shite imaginable before going to watch Pep's Bayern training and coming back with the idea of playing out from the back only to realize he was far too clueless to implement it, and making me want to hurl myself off the nearest bridge any time he spoke Dishonorable mentions Mark Bunn Andre Moreira Neil Taylor Richard Dunne (Behaviour as much as anything) James Collins (Ditto) Yacouba Sylla Mark Kinsella Birkir Bjarnason Scott Sinclair

Scored 3 if you count the cup!

Yup, I would say there is a world class French number 9 (Benzema), but they don't pick him!

You said no world class goalscorer And he's far more of a (wide) forward than a winger IMO

Chukwuemeka has impressed me the last few times I've seen him. Any chance of a brief review of the game/performances, mate?

The GOAT

Gareth? Is that you?

Interesting. It seems that Kesler is playing up an age group so

Madness to blame Mings for this. Our coaching staff have set us up with Mings minding a defensive zone at set pieces, along with Konsa, etc. This leaves some of our shorter players doing the man-marking. The coaches are to blame for organizational mistakes like McGinn being left to mark Vestergaard. You could maybe attribute a chunk of the blame to McGinn for not insisting that we change it after the first set piece (where Adams scored the disallowed goal, with McGinn again marking Vestergaard).

We're incredibly lucky to have Jack. Any of the other players in the world who are as good as him are at absolutely elite clubs. The GOAT

Yup! Fourth is great too

Or maybe he just could've been goal-side, or in line with the other defenders, or making some effort to mark Salah, given that he's Mo Salah and might be quite dangerous? Looks like you've already picked your scapegoat in Mings though

Sadly couldn't watch today, so thanks for the report. From the stats I've seen, we had very little possession, so it's interesting to read that Chuk and the Ramseys played well. From what I've seen, they (along with Barry) are the ones who could make it from those who played tonight

Are you insane? Who did I rubbish? I literally said Targett wasn't "excellent", and said, from the afore-mentioned list of free agents, I wouldn't mind Clichy as a short-term upgrade on Taylor, and experienced competition for Targett. Hardly slaughtering him is it?! Is everything ok at home?