Ryan. Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Albrighton the new Beckham? A bold statement but **** me his crossing is superb. More like the new Steve Guppy, just superb crossing so far. Beckham could spray a pass or two as well. Mark has yet to develop to that He makes up for it by taking players on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaztonVilla Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 While Albrighton gets the plaudits, just want to mention Ciaran Clark. I haven't noticed him much so far, just the way it should be. He's looking comfortable and impressive again. A natural centre back. Keep it up Ciaran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Awesome so far. People forget how important it is to have a settled side who know each other well. I've been impressed with Albrighton again, if he continues improving his technical game (dribbling in particular), then with his speed, confidence and crossing ability he could be a fantastic player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaEire Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Best I have seen us play in ages. The players seem to be playing with more freedom. You just know under MON we would have retreated a bit after the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 good first half. still a few times where we were trying to bang in the ball from wide even if there was noone in the box, and a bit sloppy in possession, but Kev Macs only been working with them a few days. will take a bit of time to get the direct at all cost costs approach out of the players movement off the ball is much better though, and we are putting some nice moves together. be nice if we were really ruthless 2nd half, and rack up the goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 oh agreed gaz ciaran is looking impressive..luke young too..heck all of them are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWeedMcGrass Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Its still MON's tactics though, nothing has changed there otherwise the players wouldn't be so comfortable. The buildup and approach play is not at all like MoN though. This team looks confident passing the ball and does not lump it forward from deep positions, they are passing it around , playing it wide , crossing it with purpose rather than aimlessly hit it towards the general direction of the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 While Albrighton gets the plaudits, just want to mention Ciaran Clark. I haven't noticed him much so far, just the way it should be. He's looking comfortable and impressive again. A natural centre back. Keep it up Ciaran. I'll echo this to a point but he's not had much to do! They have one striker and the team is all over the shop. A quiet but solid performance would be great for his confidence though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 this is how we shouldve been playing in the past been saying it for years that the team is able to and it was just mons woeful tactical ability holding us back from being a good footballing team I think we need to calm down a bit as I can virtually gurantee you we won't be seeing football like this all through the season. West Ham is allowing us a lot of time on the ball, and we get space to play. They seem to be completely devoid of ideas, and that is not just down to us playing well (which we are). But you are right that we are playing very well at the moment, and we should enjoy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Another thing thats gone a bit unnoticed is how well Clark is playing, Dunne got caught out a couple of times and Clark was there to mop up, top performance so far! Oh, and yes, i hope to god that l.young stays, its been so unfair the way he has been treated the last few years, he is one of our best players so its nice to see him playing and playing well today. Hope he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2010 If we can get another goal or two I'd like to see Weimann and Bannan get a run out in the last quarter of an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 When we played well under MON, it wasn't exactly much difference to this tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 There will be calls to keep KM as permanent manager at this rate - and I wouldn't mind if he could keep up these performances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Hierro Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Pablo Barrera coming on. Very good player, hope we're aware of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc89 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Excellent, hopefully we can continue like this in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted August 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2010 While Albrighton gets the plaudits, just want to mention Ciaran Clark. I haven't noticed him much so far, just the way it should be. He's looking comfortable and impressive again. A natural centre back. Keep it up Ciaran. He looks completely composed and like he's been doing it for years - Reminds me of how Barry looked when he first broke into the 1st team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 When we played well under MON, it wasn't exactly much difference to this tbf. I agree its still cross after cross. Good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverPeacock Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I like the half time table on BBC Sport, 2nd place. Blackpool top of the league I've noticed Clark, as Ingram mentioned he has helped out Dunne a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 wish id read just before i posted lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 When we played well under MON, it wasn't exactly much difference to this tbf. How often was that though!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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