kurtsimonw Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I think he's a huge player for us, can't wait until he's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Maybe we'll start using the only score from set pieces trick then again or did everyone figure that one out already? Well you can't stop conceding set pieces. Otherwise no teams playing Stoke would ever give away a throw in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 How can anyone justify saying we don't miss one of our 2 strikers? Gabby is on his arse at the end of many games! ~He doesn't have to start to be missed, if we could throw him on wth 20 left, the pressure off the back 4 would be huuooaaggee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olejniker Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 As many has said it doesn't matter whether we have done better or worse with or without him. He's one of our better players, and our best striker. Having him back fit will be a huge bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent_Bob Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 By the same logic we haven't missed Laursen recently either. 19 games vs 2 games. Not a fair comparison. 12 vs 9 is fair. You can't just pick A and B randomly and say because A has happened without B then we don't need B to achieve C. There are other factors as well. Opposition. Their form. Other players form. Do we dominate in terms of possesion more or less without Carew than with him. And prove that what you come up with is related to Carews absence and nothing else. And even if you do prove it has been true, you also have to prove it will continue to be true in the future. By exactly the same logic as you I can say that he would have been top scorer for us had he not been injured. I am pretty sure he has a better goal per minute played ratio than Gabby. At least in the league, but I can't be bothered to look it up. I'm sure there is no coincidence that football clubs are being managed by experienced former players and not by mathematicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benevans Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 100% miss him. I'm not going to go into the hows, whys and whereabouts, but a good situation to compare this to is Liverpool's. They've been winning games and coping quite amicably without Torres in the team, but does that mean that they're a better team without him? Of course it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 11, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2009 He simply gives us more options when he is playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 well so far only 2 people have said that we don't miss him in the poll so I assume the majority of Villa fans on here know what a threat Carew is for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 We still miss him. In which way? Results? Nope, we get a lot more points. Goals? Nope, we score a lot more. Defence? Nope, we even concede less. What do we miss then? His presence ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sled Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Plenty of innuendo and nudge-nudge wink-wink stuff about Carew elsewhere by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David-Copenhagen Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 We miss him big time, can not wait to get him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstuart Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 we miss him big time and gabby up front on his own will start to go wrong if we dont change at home quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 11, 2009 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2009 P.S - if the mods were to stick a poll on this I rather suspect laursen1977 you would be out voted about 20 to 1 on this subject. Looks like I was about right there Laursen1977. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 can't answer this poll because it i not a simple yes/no answer like with any player injured we miss them all but clearly the results have not been affected, in fact been better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heystally! Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Think this debate is practically done. I can't wait for Big John Carew to be back and throwing his weight around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Plenty of innuendo and nudge-nudge wink-wink stuff about Carew elsewhere by the way. yeah I read that all BS and rumour we can not replicate here and I surprised that thread is still up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 11, 2009 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2009 Plenty of innuendo and nudge-nudge wink-wink stuff about Carew elsewhere by the way. yeah I read that all BS and rumour we can not replicate here and I surprised that thread is still up What thread where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 vital Villa but please anyone do no replicate it here as it would be libellous at thsi stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Not another one trying to prove a point with useless stats. :? Of course we miss one of our best players. Maybe the results haven't been affected by his absence, but I don't think that. I think he'd put away at least one of those crosses coming in against Fulham and probably also got a goal against Arsenal. Most people are screaming for us to sign at least one more striker this january and now we're discussing if we really miss Carew. That's a bit strange IMO. Let's sell him and go with only Gabby, Harewood and Delfouneso. We're doing great so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heystally! Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Plenty of innuendo and nudge-nudge wink-wink stuff about Carew elsewhere by the way. yeah I read that all BS and rumour we can not replicate here and I surprised that thread is still up It's just a joke. O'Neill is a 'take-no-shit' kind of guy, if there was a genuine problem, he wouldn't lie and say he was injured. He'd do it his way. Because everything at Villa is his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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