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His confidence will be very high now he's scored in two successive games, I'm excited. More of the same, please!

Why? Based on his performances for us I fail to see in what way he would have contributed.

I coulnt' care less. Get them out of the starting 11.

The moment he came off we lost it though.

As soon as we had Gabby and Weimann up front it was Lambert all over again. Neither of them contributes to anything. Awful mistake from Vlaar.

Brilliant corner....

Agbonlahor + Weimann = Zero creativity. The sooner Sherwood realizes this, the better.

Do Cissokho's crosses ever beat the first man?

Not much less than what he usually does.

Very poor from Delph. He totally forgot about Ireland, and Cissokho had Walters under control.

Hutton sometimes thinks he is a centre back

Guzan hasn't lived up to the expectations he set 2 seasons ago, but I still think he is a brilliant keeper (certainly for the level we're at) despite a few mistakes. He is a commanding presence in the box and helps the entire back 4 perform better. Given doesn't do that. Great back up, though.

No, cuz of long diagonal balls beyond our back line always caught him out. 1 vs 1, I'd back him, but he hasn't got the awareness for the job full time. Or maybe he just had to learn to defend, given that he had never played in that position.

Hasn't worked our for Lambert though, has it? If Sherwood has any intelligence he will try to learn from Lambert's mistakes.

Thing is, he was rubbish with McLeish and Houllier as well...

I haven't seen the Arsenal game and therefore I haven't witnessed Sanchez's poorness, but on what I have seen so far I'd have Sanchez ahead of Westwood any day of the week.

Thing is, he wasn't even given a chance to express himself this season under Lambert. Only 2 starts, one of them in the cup, the other due to half of our midfield being injured. Some things I will never understand.

I'd rather have a former poor manager than a current poor player.

a] He's signed a creative player - 2 years and a half after his arrival. This hardly suggests he is looking for ability. This is supported by the way he perseverated with unskillful players such as Gabby and Weimann - which lead me to b] His finishing is average, and that's on a good day. And that's all he has, because his touch, ball control, dribbling and crossing are ALL dreadful. a] Benteke? Okore? Westwood? Bacuna? Sanchez? These are all technically good players. Gabby and Weimann are decent (average, sure) forwards who were already on our books. b] We disagree then, because I think his finishing is decent. Especially when taking shots first time. His dribbling is also pretty good, but his touch isn't great (touch and ball control being the same thing?). But none of them are creative players in themselves, with the possible exception of Bacuna, who was nevertheless played mainly as a RB and only started one league game since Hutton's return to the team - and today - Villa's first match without Lambert - he has shown what he can do. Okore is a CB, so techincal ability isn't the first thing you look at- Westwood and Sanchez are deep lying midfielders (Sanchez a defensive one, for that matter) and Benteke was supposed to be the main goal threat (as indicated by the fee spent for him), so obviously he had to have some quality about him. As for Weimann, we obviously disagree. I differentiated first touch and control - One has to do with receiving the ball, the other one is being able to run with the ball (I come from Italy, so maybe the distinction just a "cultural" difference)

I'm sorry but this Lambertesque view of being good is the main reason we have been so dire going forward. Lambertesque how exactly? Hard work over ability. You need to find a compromise between the two. Lambert never really seemed to go for the most skillful players, just for those who were hard workers. In which case you're wrong on 2 counts; a] Hard work over ability being "Lambertesque" - he's signed the most technically gifted players at our club. Ability is what he wanted (as with most managers?!) b] That you're assuming I think Weimann has no ability. He does have ability. His finishing shows this. a] He's signed a creative player - 2 years and a half after his arrival. This hardly suggests he is looking for ability. This is supported by the way he perseverated with unskillful players such as Gabby and Weimann - which lead me to b] His finishing is average, and that's on a good day. And that's all he has, because his touch, ball control, dribbling and crossing are ALL dreadful.

Except that his finishing is not good. Too many times his shots fly straight into the crowd.

I'm sorry but this Lambertesque view of being good is the main reason we have been so dire going forward. Lambertesque how exactly? Hard work over ability. You need to find a compromise between the two. Lambert never really seemed to go for the most skillful players, just for those who were hard workers.

I'm sorry but this Lambertesque view of being good is the main reason we have been so dire going forward.

He was by far our most creative player today, he put good crosses in the box, assisted Benteke's disallowed goal after a good passing move, scored a brilliant goal. Puts a shift in defensively. He can be very sloppy at times, but it's a tradeoff I'd be more than willing to take. I'd have him over Gabby or Weimann in that wide position any day of the week. I would go so far as arguing that he has been our most influential player in this cup run.

Weiman is an anti-footballer. How on earth he gets to play in the Premier League is beyond me. That touch is something you don't even see in pub players.