CI Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Bannan has 5 games now to really stake his claim Its time for him to step up to the plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Bannan is rubbish and along with mugs like Heskey should just be got rid of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Some of you lot dont mince your words. Its time for the wee man to show us how good he is. Your club needs you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_The_Villan Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Bannan is a good player but his confidence is shot to bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 His confidence, are you kidding me, the way the guy plays is not a man shot on confidence it is a man who thinks he's better than he actually is, constantly playing hollywood balls, when a simple pass is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_The_Villan Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The whole teams confidence is shot to bits. I actually praise Bannan for being the one player in our team who tries something a bit different, rather than play a 20 yard backpass to the keeper everytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2012 Bannan helped Blackpool to gain promotion 2 years ago back at that stage in his development so I think he can handle himself in the Championship. He's a Premier League player in my view. He just needs to be in a better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 If i remember rightly he was mainly a sub at Blackpool, Charlie Adam and Seamus Coleman ran the show for Blackpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2012 He went there for half a season and made 20 appearances. 12 of which were as a sub. In a discussion about whether he could hold himself in the Championship I think he has already proven 2 years ago that he could. It's ridiculous to suggest that he couldn't 2 years on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2012 And if I recall correctly, Holloway wanted to sign him once they got promoted but we wouldn't sell him. That suggests the manager at the time not only saw enough to handle the Championship but that he saw enough to help them in the Premier League too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 My point being he wasn't a crucial part to Blackpool's promotion push was he? He didn't even come on in the Play-Off final. The lad for me is not good enough, and this season it is being proven. We have overcooked some of these youngsters by making out we have a great academy, however a lot of them are average and are only playing due to the fact we have no-one else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 If Bannan was at Swansea for example i'm 100% certain he'd probably have a few more assists to his name and he'd probably play in a system that suits him. Truth is this manager has sucked the life out of the attacking play we had and pretty much every attacking player is failing to make an impact (besides Weimann but fear not - McLeish will get to him too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's what I'm getting at DVIN. At Villa he's almost a luxury player because it doesn't suit what we're trying to do i.e. crucify the beautiful game. As a 20 year old he played half a season in the championship, and actually did come on in the play-off final albeit for the final few minutes. He is good enough. He just doesn't suit this current Villa side which; I think you'll agree; is hardly a damning indictment of the bloke given what this Villa side is like at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'd like to say a few things which I think are not that controversial He is more comfortable on the ball than most. He does have an eye for a pass. He is not covering himself in glory right now. (Trying too much and suffering from inaccuracy with a number of his passes. Sometimes I feel his vision is better than his football ability.) I don't think this is all down to the system we are playing. He has to take some responsibility and grab his chance when he gets it. He is not however a winger and never will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'd like to say a few things which I think are not that controversial He is more comfortable on the ball than most. He does have an eye for a pass. He is not covering himself in glory right now. (Trying too much and suffering from inaccuracy with a number of his passes. Sometimes I feel his vision is better than his football ability.) I don't think this is all down to the system we are playing. He has to take some responsibility and grab his chance when he gets it. He is not however a winger and never will be.Sums him up perfectly for me. However, as for him being more comfortable on the ball than most, I had a thought after watching him closely for his last couple of games: his first touch is often quite clumsy for a 'luxury' player. It tends to contribute to his anonymity and our failing possession, especially when the midfield is congested or overrun, because he just can't challenge for the second ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 As a midfielder Bannan isn't strong, he is poor at heading, he isn't quick, is poor at shooting, hardly ever scores and he is below average at tackling. The thing people claim he is good at is passing and even that he's not that great at. He hardly ever passes in areas that hurt the opposition. Let's get rid of this poor player as he'll never make the grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I cant remember the last time he found himself in a position to take on a long range shot. When he burst on the scene, and when playing for Scotland he possessed a good deal of confidence in his long range shooting. It strikes me that as he isnt picking up the ball in attacking positions, he cant express the better parts of his game, rather he is restricted to being stuck as a deep winger or deep central midfielder, neither of which he will show his true colours. Realistically, Ireland has hindered his progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc443 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Even Ashley Young was knocking him off the ball against Man U, and Young is made of paper. It shows how crap we are that he starts for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 As a midfielder Bannan isn't strong, he is poor at heading he is 5 foot, when does he ever get a chance to head the ball he isn't quick either is Xavi or Paul Scholes (and no im not comparing their abilities) is poor at shooting he has quite a decent shot but as we dont take shots its hard for him to show people hardly ever scores again not really his fault the team he is in Truth is Bannan loses the ball so much because he tries to start attacks and pass forward unlike most of our players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The one thing I really like about Bannan is that he is never afraid to show for the ball In a crap team, that takes a pair of cohoneys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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