theunderstudy

We will get team 50!

Clark is the same age as him... Weimann is the player I think's ready out of the two, Andreas seems to have excellent "popping up in the right place" ability... Fonz will come good, but IMO he needs a loan out.

Ray mears, every day of the week. legend.

Just heard him being interviewed on MOTD.... I thought he would have a tinge of an Irish accent for some reason!

Sounds like a bitch Villaninireland, longest I've been at an airport was 15 hours at Jersey Airport in 2001. That was a fun evening/night, at least the England 5-1 thrashing of Germany helped.

Who cares? Tbf Carew wasn't exactly dancing around in front of Flappianski, the keeper could have gone right a bit rather than bob from side to side trying to see round a bloke about 12 yards away. It was a cracking strike.

Muchos gracias.

Anyone got a link for a clip of his first goal, I want to see it again.

York City away?

Really? I thought that was only about 6 years ago.

An interesting point is who would do better as manager? Because considering our resources, there don't appear to be many that would.

He's got excellent prediction of the ball, and to be fair, he can hit a ball, it was a sweet goal he scored.

To be fair we were bypassed through the wings, not through the centre, our full backs are the ones in dire need of dropping, which we can't do as we don't have the cover for it.

None of our defenders are fast enough, and only Cuellar and Clark have good enough game-reading ability.

Poor? He was still good today even without his two goals.

His first goal was a barnstormer.

Clark was clearly our MOTM.... Maybe we should have a Villain of the match

I managed to eventually watch it, albeit after complaining I had stomach cramps and went "for a lie down upstairs"

Shame about the **** game.

The entire defence in the first half was awful -

for the first goal, why the **** did both go for it yet not get it? And then Arshavin wasn't closed down, he was allowed back in! Clatter him out wide, at least then he doesn't have such a clear shot at goal

Second goal, why no-one picking up nasri? He was clearly going to have a pop, and an awful deflection goes in.

HT - Throw on Delfouneso, go 4-4-2. Although Carew is one of the worst players I've seen at Villa at the minute, we look a lot better and a smashing strike gets us back in it. 3rd goal we switch off again and Friedel is far too slow to come out. But the defence should have tackled Chamakh.

Clark second, good header, gave us hope

Wilsheres goal a last one to put the game beyond us, poor defending again, Herd, (IIRC) playing Chamakh onside, Friedel should have been straight there.

Our defence needs a clear out. Collins and Dunne are a good heading partnership, but you need (IMO) 1 fast defender to chase players like Chamakh. Warnock is playing like he's a youth team player, basic mistakes, poor tackling and positional sense, we need a Left back brought in.

No DMC there to chase the ball aroud like NRC does.

And Carew utterly useless. Delfouneso and Gabby together yes, Carew in the team, no.

Frustrated really, but our second half performance was much better.

The worst thing is my Dad used to be a semi-professional footballer for Nuneaton Borough.

And the rest of my family (save my brother) don't care much for football. Bleeeurgh got dinner now. If I'n any time in the next 2 hours, I'm doing well!

Basically at my parents house for the weekend.... they've deliberately arranged a meal with our family (grandparents etc) for today (rather than the more convenient day of tomorrow) and they've still not finished cooking it now. And family rules - not allowed to leave the table as it's rude. So I can't even go to the ppub to watch it meaning I'm going to have to try and sneak away for the second half and as I'm blocked in on the drive I can't leave to the pub, so I'll need a stream.

:x Bottom line parents being dicks.

Next time I'm not bothering to go to the rents house, I'm staying at mine. Or go into work on the weekend. Either one's better.

Twattenburg and Clownd, what more could we want? Just throw in Twatwell and Coward Webb and we've got the full compliment.

Because they're having a "family dinner" which means no escaping to watch football on my laptop at the end and being bored to tears. Brilliant.

I'll try and sneak on using my BlackBerry though.

Anyone got a stream for today's match?

We can win, so it's up to the lads to show it!

I reckon so.

Relations are already a little frosty (scuse the pun) and no, no Sky at my parents house and both village pubs aren't showing it :x