AstonMartin82

Well, given Palace's potential signings today I'd be surprised if Bannan even made the squad going forward. Wouldn't surprise me if they got rid... I would be surprised if he decided to swap the Palace bench for the Swansea one though.

Whoever wrote the article has obviously come across this thread because of the sheer comedy factor. The fact they are running it as a joke in an article shows how wrong Con is about Bannan.

Palace were a very good team prior to Dougie Freedman leaving to join Bolton and Holloway took over. He took them over top of the league and on course for winning the league. Won no more than a handful of games and stumbled over the play-off line. They continued that form into this season and he resigned. It is no surprise to me they are now doing better than people thought they would. Pulis has taken a good team and solidified them. Chances are they will now stay up. Plus he dropped Bannan and they keep winning. (Sorry... couldn't resist it!)

Jeez... all Pulis has done is drop Bannan.

Dropped and we win. Simples mate. Same pattern at Palace. Besides his shitness is backed up by all the shit performances he put in despite whether we won or lost. The fact you want to pay £37m for Rodriguez ahead of Mata based on stats shows just how flawed your analysis on players really is.

Also, I've shown already in this thread that Villa's best form period during the 12/13 season occurred with Bannan in the team and that the up-tick in form toward then end of the season was not when Bannan was dropped - he started in two of the winning games during the late form period. Actually, I think you have shown that Villa's best form came when Bannan was well and truly out of the squad. You know, that time that we propelled ourselves up the league table? So basically red all to the 2 easiest games in the season against QPR and Reading. He played awfully in these games followed by the worst performance I've ever witnessed from any Villa player against Liverpool (where he played Suarez clean through on goal TWICE in one game) and got dropped. We then go on excellent form, only losing to top quality teams, and continue that form into this season. Yeah, that's really proved your point!!

I **** hate Villa.

It's funny how Palace's form improves when Bannan got dumped in the same way that Villa's form improved when he got dumped.

Palace win again. Bannan doesn't play again. What were you saying about win rates last season Con? The most important stat in the world isn't it?

Again. And Palace winning. Again.

If Kroos is related to Bannan then Con will be related to Kroos. As such the guy will be amazing. If there is no relation then obviously although his pass rate is good his key pass success rate is very poor and he is no Bannan.

I wonder if you had that opinion of Bent during the summer after he saved us from relegation. I very much doubt it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it is a fairly strong argument to say that Bent saved us over £100m due to the fact his goals kept us in the league. Most other signings don't come close to generating that kind of revenue.

The fact that Bannan is having his best season and still can't get into the leagues relegation favorites team should tell you everything you need to know.

No, Mata is one of the best players on the world. Bannan is one of the worst players in the league. Please stop posting for effect. You are simply trolling. Again.

Excellent point. Reminds me of how Sidwell's best moment at Villa was when he was warming up and got an assist for getting the ball back for a throw so quickly.

Con there is a massive difference between Bannan playing well and his 3rd best game etc... His best game and he still sucked. I think what you are asking for is Pulis to build his team around Bannan so then he will have 2 goals and 4 assists to brag about at the ens of the season. There's only two problems with that though. 1. Palace would be relegated 2. Bannan is in no way shape or size good enough to be able to build a team around. Sorry mate but he sucks and is Championship material (because Championship teams can't defend corners, as witnessed on Saturday).

My example of Wigan having 15 attempts to clear the ball is clearly an exaggeration. An exaggeration of the same magnitude as your comparison to Mata. However, the major difference is it is obvious I am being tongue in cheek whereas you are being very serious. Once again you are taking incredibly small sample sizes to try to prove your ridiculous point. Take 4 years of comparisons and Bannan would not be worthy of even cleaning Mata's shoes. However, you take a few games where Bannan has been told to be the main man (and failed) and Mata has been played out of his position and not to his strengths in the slightest. You're not stupid Con, and I think if you were reading what you wrote from a neutral point of view you would probably scoff at the suggestions you are making. However, I'm glad to read you have slightly reduced your expectations of Bannan. However, you are still clearly quite deluded. He is Championship standard... this is why he might be able to get assists in that division... because the defending is incredibly lax... as witnessed on Saturday by the appaulling defending from those woeful corners he put in.

You think that 1 assist (which wasn't an assist in mine and pretty much everyone else's book) against a poor Championship team where the defenders had about 15 chances to clear the ball answers 2 years of statements saying he is world class and will end up playing for the Champions? Delusion of the highest magnitude.

Pulis: "Stop doing those *ucking ridiculous, pointless backwards spinny things on your corners you tw@t." Bannan: "Aye boss" Next game Bannan does more of the stupid pointless backward spinny things. Pulis: "Holloway told me he bought you because of you're world class into the net. You played my first few games and I was like WTF was Ian going on about! I called him again and listened properly...he actually said "you're world class ON the net" and LOL'd. Apparently there is some wind up merchant online trying to trick thousands of people online. But we paid 2 bob for you now so I'm going to give you a run out in our cup games because we need to save a bit of face and we don't give a shit about the cup." Next Cup game Palace get a corner. Bannan has no idea what to do as he has never kicked a ball without backspin loft so tries something new... and skuffs it. TWICE!

He must have also known that the first defender each time is going to completely fluff the clearance... a clearance you would expect school boys to make.

Two terrible corners... both of them scuffed and bouncing before it gets into the danger area. Uwe Rosler must be fuming about that goal... they had so many chances to clear the danger. Any decent team would have defended these with no issues at all and is probably why Bannan fails at the Premier League level... his crosses are far to easy to defend against.

That's hardly an attacking threat. It's a corner which the defenders mucked up. Bannan wouldn't have aimed or meant to hit the post.

Nope, I didn't say anything of the sort and from memory I don't think anyone else did either. I thought Palace would win today even though I expected Bannan to play. Turns out he did play and they didn't win... the polar opposite of their last match. The "assist" from what I hear was a corner and a lot of mess and a fumble into the net. I doubt it would go down as an assist if that is the case.

yet Bannan keeps proving you wrong? assist vs Wigan today. game still in progress. Palace have 52% possession and Pulis has made his 3 substutions. he wants to win this game and so is keeping Bannan on. in the league he is all out defence and hoof it forward. in the cup Bannan plays because he's a match winner. 38% possession today. What's the excuse now? How can Bannan not perform when the whole team is not centered around his strength? Haha. Gone quite quiet here Con. Found that evidence of the lie you posted about me?

Please prove where I posted today saying I expected Palace to lose and Bannan not to get any assists or goals? Once again, you are making up nonsense. As a matter of fact, Palace were in my accumulator to win today.