Dr_Pangloss Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I didn't think Sorensen was awful, in my opinion, he was a very good goalkeeper, why did you think he was awful? He made loads of mistakes and let in a lot of soft goals, simply not reliable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2016 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2016 It's the second day of Christmas, and I was originally thinking we need a right back. It's a tough one this, as we've had a few pretty average ones but it's hard to find one who stands out as being the worst of the bunch. We've had Phil Bardsley on loan, Hutton, Ulises de la Cruz (lovely guy though) and Eric Lichaj. But we've had a wealth of truly awful central defenders, so I'm going to match the 3-5-2 formation I adopted for the Advent Villa team and will start with someone who I really thought would bring experience, calmness and guile to our defence - a man who once cost £18m. Turned out his legs were shot and he was an absolute pipe cleaner. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowlersrs Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Did we seriously pay 18m for lescott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 16 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: He made loads of mistakes and let in a lot of soft goals, simply not reliable. Every goalkeeper makes mistakes, it's a given (no pun intended), in my opinion, he was great for us and probably all the other clubs he has played at. He had an aura, he dominated his penalty area and he played for Denmark 101 times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just now, sir_gary_cahill said: Every goalkeeper makes mistakes, it's a given (no pun intended), in my opinion, he was great for us and probably all the other clubs he has played at. He had an aura, he dominated his penalty area and he played for Denmark 101 times! He really wasn't great and certainly didn't dominate his area, he had continual issues communicating with Mellberg and let in soft goals from crosses he should have claimed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: He really wasn't great and certainly didn't dominate his area, he had continual issues communicating with Mellberg and let in soft goals from crosses he should have claimed. He played 101 times for Denmark! He must have had something about him, from what I remember, he was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 13 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He played 101 times for Denmark! He must have had something about him, from what I remember, he was great Odd given he was from Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 18 minutes ago, Fowlersrs said: Did we seriously pay 18m for lescott We didn't, Manchester City did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just now, TrentVilla said: Odd given he was from Finland. I think we've moved onto Sørensen now. Still no mention of Scott Carson yet either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowlersrs Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, NurembergVillan said: We didn't, Manchester City did. Thank God for that. I must admit he's probably one of the biggest let downs we've ever signed. I really thought he was gonna be a massive player for us and see out his career. Instead he was a complete joke. PS I think Sorensen was an average keeper. Had a few bad days but also had some good ones. Edited December 26, 2016 by Fowlersrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Fowlersrs said: Thank God for that. I must admit he's probably one of the biggest let downs we've ever signed. I really thought he was gonna be a massive player for us and see out his career. Instead he was a complete joke. Agreed. With the (rather long) shortlist I've put together for this thread, I'm definitely drawn towards letdowns like Ginola and Collymore than some of the genuine tripe we've witnessed. Sadly Lescott was both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 If you are going for three at the back it has to be Unsworth on the left side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 23 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: If you are going for three at the back it has to be Unsworth on the left side! I was thinking that, but reckon I need to focus on people who played for us at least a couple of times. I might throw him in there though, because he was like a Christmas present that took itself back to the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: As a number two Enckleman wasn't all that bad, he was pretty decent when he stepped in in place of the Scheimicheal for a run of games in the 2000-2001 season, if I remember correctly. However the following season as a number 1 was an utter car crash, aside from letting in some poor goals you had those two unforgivable errors in both games against Blues. I actually thought his replacement, Tommy Sorensen, was an awful keeper for us too but Enckleman really stands out based on the errors he made. I remember Enckelman was in goal for a game at Arsenal we were winning 2-0 at half time and still lost, think he made a bad kick in that game think Sorensen gets a bad time from hans, he wasnt as bad as people made out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: Think Sorensen gets a bad time from hans, he wasnt as bad as people made out Yeah bloody Hans is always giving him a hard time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Calamity James? And Bryan Small would surely be in defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I expect a few of these lads will certainly make it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_69 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Adam Rachel (just for that appearance away at Blackburn ....shudder).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 27, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 27, 2016 22 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Odd given he was from Finland. Sorensen dude. Get with the programme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 27, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, blandy said: Sorensen dude. Get with the programme You're 22 hours late mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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