Tom13

Anyone else think his playing style is really unorthodox? Like even in that clip of his injury, the tackle he makes, it's strange that he goes for that with his right foot. Not that it makes him any less of player, it's just weird on the eye.

Gutted :(

I hate international breaks! Hopefully we can get something here, and think we can. Need to stop Deulofeu, Barkley and Lukaku and do our own thing.

Makes you question...is he working himself into those...or is it the opposition letting him have space as they know he won't deliver I like Hutton though, you'll never see him hiding, always wants the ball.

I'm not convinced Richards would be great at RB anyway, he's not the most composed on the ball. Sure, he'd power down the flank, but would probably be as ineffective as Hutton with his final ball.

But that is the problem (and it's not pointed at all the fans) but where I sit - every time a player loses the ball or tries something that fails - he gets slagged off and the groans start. I have to bite my lip in case it starts off cos that really irks!. Bloke behind me just goes off on one after EVERY misplaced pass or failed attempt to defend or whatever. He even went off on one when Gil lost the ball and started slagging him off! Maybe he's a bit apprehensive seeing as some fans don't seem to have the patience/control during a game. Just my take - I think as he plays more and gets confident he (and others) will start taking more risks and attempt at least to score more often! People who slag off everything like that often have no experience of playing the game themselves. So they don't know how hard it is to stay tidy with your passing etc when exhausted, or when running at a high speed, or with the opposition buzzing round trying to intercept everything.

I'd drop Hutton, Veretout and Gana to a 7, and Sinclair, Bacuna and Ayew to a 6. Also I don't think Gil was held back? He was just unlucky that Kolarov was covering Fernando or Fernandinho (what's the difference between those two anyway? :D).

After one game it's obvious he'll offer much more than Westwood. He can actually manipulate the ball in tight areas and drive forwards. Very impressed with the glimpses he showed. That midfield 3 has a lot of potential, time for it be realised now!

This ref has given us nothing all game!

Amavi sprinting to stick up for Gestede...what a man

Souness sharing his prehistoric views. Obviously has no idea about our squad either.

This, absolutely loving the lineup. Someone with some common sense! Come on boys.

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A key pass is a pass that leads to a shot I think. Whether they count when someone lays the ball off for a 30-yard effort, I'm not sure.

The thing is, we can criticise a player all we want (and I've given Gabby as much stick as anyone over the years!) but at the end of the day it's the manager that picks him. He doesn't pick himself. If he's never been left out regularly he'll never learn.

Our only poor summer signings were Lescott and arguably Gestede. All the others are either good already or potentially very good. Jury out on Veretout as well I guess. Gana, Richards, Amavi and Ayew all look great signings.

Yep comes across really well. Onwards and upwards for us now!

My main problem with Westwood is that he's too timid. Just the type of person he is I guess. I get the impression that if he had the opportunity to move to a Championship club where less is expected of him, he'd be happy to take it.

Is that definitely his page though? As he was liking comments saying Sherwood should be sacked etc

Let's take performances, for e.g. Ayew scores against Swansea, comes on against Soton wins a penalty, then comes on yesterday and scores. If KMac was in charge for weekend, you'd bet a pound to think Ayew would not start considering the past evidence. We have all said it numerous times here, Westwood and Sanchez together as a pair do not work, they never have and never will but yet we continue. Richardson is arguably the worst left back the club has ever seen yet we leave the one we spent just over 8million on, on the bench. Adama, it's no coincidence since his comment on FB about only being given 5mins, that he's been dropped completely. The most bizarre of all is that the a player who is probably the fittest we have is deemed fatigued considering he had 9 days rest. A coincidence that the only player used by KMac yesterday which we'd purchased in the summer was Lescott, so that's nearly 50 odd million worth of talent that is just sitting there. We can sit there and say they are not good enough, but have they really been given a chance, look at Ayew, everyone said he's shit, waste of money, bought the wrong Ayew, a few games and look how much he's putting in. We have been grossly mismanaged and for me KMac and Tony Parkes should be sacked as soon as possible if they truly think that was the best team available to them last night. That was a team picked for their pal Tim Sherwood and not for the interests of Aston Villa. What's this comment from Traore on Facebook?

Sanchez is a confident player who will put himself in the firing line and take responsibility on the pitch. Too many timid players (Westwood, Richardson, to a certain extent Bacuna) who take no responsibility and just want to get rid of the ball as soon as they get it. You can physically see their nerves half the time.

The apparently amazing Gary Neville last night described him as 'jinky'. Basically, the media don't know enough to really analyse a teams state of affairs, well, at least those in the bottom half, as these teams aren't considered important enough. It's not much to ask that those who are paid several million pounds a year to sit on their arse in a Sky studio, to actually have in depth knowledge of every single team and squad in the premier league. Sadly these morons aren't held to a high enough standard, and that's why punditry in this country is an absolute joke. It's pretty much exclusively former players making huge sums of money off of their names without bothering to do any leg work, and as a result, they offer absolutely zero insight into the game. I wasn't thinking pundits specifically, but in press conferences. Why are our managers (well...Sherwood) never questioned directly why they're not playing him is what I was thinking.

I did see an article a few weeks back listing him as the 5th most underused player in the league in terms of poistion/role played and amount of minutes. Don't think it was by a major media outlet though. Yeah, I posted that on here actually. Was Football365.

When is his first training session? Can't wait till he's out on that field whipping them into shape and getting some proper organisation going.

I thought I was on the KanyeToThe forums at first