newhavenhibby

Hereford United for me till they went out of existence     and now since 2014,  the new club, Hereford FC . Only get down to the games right up in the North of England within National League North.

Apart from Darren Peacock my favourite player was local lad, Chris Price........a cracking fullback..........wonder what happened to him?   

1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said:

Bit of a talking photograph.

 

Was at the home game 2 weeks before. Unfortunately couldn't get to the away leg but a great effort by the side that night.

Even if the gers beat Leipzig I cannot see them beating West Ham who are stronger in every department. ........although Frankfurt may still have a say.

Only good thing from last night was they will have some tired limbs after extra time and may feel their exertions on Sunday v Celtic in the semi final.

Feel sorry for the people and town of Seville if Rangers get there. 

'mon Leipzig  /  or hammers / Frankfurt if needed.

Sid and Dixie, two of my all time favourites from a time when I followed Villa home and away.

So sad to hear this news and best of luck to them and their families.

Got on for just under half an hour replacing their flying winger Forrest, without much impact.

However against a very good Hearts team it was always going to be difficult.

Bruce Anderson, the main Livingston striker has just injured his ankle and could be out for a while. Could be an opportunity for Caleb to step up and get some game time. They play tomorrow at Hearts so will keep an eye on the teams and the game.

Really think his time is up at Livi and needs to come back to Villa for them to look at other loan options where he can get some game time.

Martindale, apparently, is quite an intense person to get on with and am wondering if there is a clash of personalities with Caleb.

11 hours ago, MaVilla said:

wasnt in the squad for their game on 2nd Mar.

Injured....or?

Don't think so. Martindale has an issue with him and the physicality of the game up here.  Says he is trying to get him ready through training but  only seems to make the bench every other game??   Has been talk that there is a section of Livi fans who have been giving him stick although didn't hear anything when they played us a couple of weeks ago and he was in the squad that day.

They play today v Celtic so will have to wait and see if he makes the bench and more importantly gets on the park.

Our forum is discussing exactly the same issues of certain fans shouting abuse at players who are out of favour. It, unfortunately, is part of the modern game ( especially in all seater stadia) with the crowd only really getting loud when something on the pitch gets everyone out of their seats or the team are playing really well and the stadium gets going with singing and chanting. If things aren't going so well then everybody sits back in their seats, starts to look at their phones and these abusive fans can be heard. Most of it is frustration with their side ( as all fans will feel) but this is no excuse for ranting especially when the player is close by as Mings was yesterday.

Bad news if they have a  Season Ticket next to you.

Perhaps safe standing will bring back a strong core of vocal song and support which can get the atmosphere raised a notch or two throughout the game and drown a few of these clowns out. Certainly works at Celtic Park.......mind you they are usually winning

On 05/02/2022 at 23:17, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said:

@newhavenhibby Shaun Maloney looking like a bit of a disastrous appointment?

Bit of a gamble to be honest with no previous experience of being in the hot seat.

Trying to get us playing like Belgium ( where he was assistant) ............without the players with the talent. At present we are playing out from the back all the time and haven't the skill to escape the high press that teams are now putting on us. We have been caught umpteen times just outside our box leading to goals against and a load of near misses and lucky escapes. 

He was unfortunate that just after he arrived the Board sold our best attacking player, Martin Boyle, to a team in Saudi and now we have a distinct lack of pace up front.

Time will tell

Great result for the Gers.

They certainly raised their game today as they have shown one or two signs of a dip in form in recent weeks giving a last minute to equaliser to Ross County and losing to Celtic. 

Well done Rangers...............and you won't hear me say that too often.

I think the substitution was more a question of wasting time and disrupting play ( refs never add on enough) as Aberdeen were pressing for a late equaliser. He came on in the 83rd and left at 90. I think Martindale wanted to leave on the other players who he probably thought were more up for the fight.  There is also a question as to whether he was receiving abuse from the home supporters which if true is very hard on a young lad starting out on his senior career.

Livingston have a great guy second in charge .......Marvin Bartley. Hopefully he can help sort this out.

Haven't looked to see if he is in the squad today for the Hearts cup tie but will keep an eye on it.

11 hours ago, useless said:

From what I've seen I think it's less about him being unprepared for first team football and more that he's just been unfortunate to be involved when the games have been really scrappy with not much in the way of football being played, lower league football is one thing, but this was something completely different, almost like a different sport, never mind Caleb, I think some of our first team players would take some getting used to it.

 

 

Absolutely spot on............yes it is a poor standard but extremely physical and the games are often very scrappy. 

We have a lad on loan from Norwich City ( Rocky Bushiri)  and he has made frequent comments since coming into the 1st team 3 weeks ago, it is taking him some time to adjust to the robust nature of the game. In 3 games he has already had to change his boots twice as studs have been put through them.........how he finished the Hearts game I have no idea after he posted a pic of his  bloodied foot and boot.

Fortunately being a centreback he is a big lad and enjoys the rough stuff    Caleb is slighter built and being a forward likes to beat players with quick feet..........unfortunately up here he becomes a target for the cloggers of Scottish football. In England the defenders will try to guide the opposition player where they know there is less danger, ie: show them the inside or outside and wait for an opportunity to knick the ball or block a pass or cross. Up here if you are known to be a player like Caleb then they will be straight into him and will rotate the fouls so the ref doesn't build up a count against any one player. 

He has not been given a chance by Martindale yet who prefers to play the brick outhouse Nouble through the middle and Alan Forrest wide left. Unfortunately it doesn't leave much opportunity for Caleb to make an impact. If I was Villa I'd pull him now especially if some lower IQ Livi fans are giving him grief........idiots. That can be a problem when playing at the "Toni Macaroni" in that they don't have many fans so if a group want to start shouting abuse you can hear every insult.............bring him home

I think yesterday he was used by Martindale simply to waste time as Aberdeen were pushing for an equaliser . No reports of an injury

Came on in the 84th minute today but taken off again in the 90th ..........presume injured so will try to find out.

1 hour ago, rodders0223 said:

I often watch the Scottish football if in on a Sunday, it's an early kick off before super sunday and it's the only game often often at that time.

The links to Rangers players were always hilarious to me. It's barely even mid table championship standard at times.

 

Blimey, as good as that!!  

5 hours ago, Zatman said:

The manager managed there so probably knows them. I think they are usually good technical players they produce

Probably missing a bit of grit sometimes or how to win nasty

Seen more of Kyogo Furuhashi before he got injured , again. He certainly has a few cheating tactics in his armoury.............the one trying to fool the ref v Hearts against John Souttar was one of  the most outrageous I've seen ever.  The best against us was in the Cup final where he took a huge dive, not knowing our player had stopped and there was a clear yard of space.

Watching Caleb in warm up, he looked quite lightweight compared to some of the other "bruisers" Livi have, so feel he won't get too much game time up here?  As I said earlier he would have to displace Alan Forrest ( brother of James at Celtic) who today looked the real deal.

Sorry lads, Caleb never got on as they already had too much for us lol.  From what I saw Livi have quite a lot up front including pace so be interesting to see how much game time he gets.............Alan Forrest for pace and Joel Nouble for strength and aggression will keep him out the side, (+ not forgetting Omeonga )

Only got on for 10 minutes when Livi had to change from a neat defensive unit into chasing the game following the Rangers goal after 70 odd minutes. Not much time for him.

I expect Martindale will come to our place on Saturday with a more expansive game plan so hopefully I will see more of Caleb.

Starts on bench tonight at Ibrox...........expect him to get on at some stage.

3 hours ago, Dante_Lockhart said:

Dammit Caleb, just knock someone out FFS!

As long as he does it tonight and not on Saturday..

Apart from when they play each other, both the uglies have their away games televised and not the run of the mill home games. Therefore tomorrow, Hearts v Celtic will be the choice.

Livingston play us on Saturday at Easter Road so will watch Caleb closely ( more than I normally watch the opposition players lol)  and report back on the game he has. With us in transition he may well find more space than normal in the attacking third.

Matindale ( Livi manager) thought he needed more time to get his mindset / fitness a wee bit better and that the game up here has been a bit of a shock to him. He thought he needs to work at being a little more aggressive / stronger when in possession. Martindale says he will coach this into him.

I watched some of it and thought he was doing OK, as did their fans vote online who thought he was good.  

Think he will do just fine and both games so far have been on their cr*p artificial pitch...........lets see what he can do in the wide open spaces at Ibrox and Celtic Park.