northstandblanchy

He warmed up for 15-20 minutes, got called over to come on and then Mancini changed his mind. I looked over to see if he was coming on and his body language was very down. Compare this to when he was bossing our midfield last year, scoring the pen at wembley and the pen against the blues. It such a shame to see him being wasted as lets face it, last year he was tipped for massive things with England. I think he knows he made an error leaving and given the chance, he would have left it another year to improve. He has gone backwards and for a player with that talent, it's a shame!

--------------friedel----------------- beye---cuellar---davies---shorey milner---delph----sidwell----young --------carew----heskey------- subs- guzan, clark, reo-coker, gardener, albrighton, gabby, the fonz

i read it like it was a poem... i agree on many points, though goalkeeper and full backs (maybe a right back) are not really a necessity in my opinion! cuellar and davies dont play great together so a centre back is a must!! im excited yet very apprehensive about the coming weeks!! UP THE VILLA!!