ROTTERDAM1982 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 His positioning is very poor.For the 2nd goall, probably the killer goal, i'm not sure what he was supposed to be doing.You could argue he was n't in the right position for the 3rd goal either. Hes never going to be any good, i would rather play Okores and let him sink or swim than play Clark tbh 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PieFacE Posted September 20, 2014 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2014 Shame he had to come back to a game against arsenal rather than "lesser" opposition. Crazy 10 minutes where the whole team switched off but no doubt it will all be Clark's fault 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Definitely to blame for 2nd goal but overall performance wasn't great either. Should definitely have scored and would have done if headed back across the 'keeper, which should be common practice. Surely 5th choice when all CB's are fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton All the defenders, including Sissokho, were fine, except the one who seemed to say "on you go Danny, you run along over there and I'll just stand here with my back to you". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I usually defend the youngsters but today he was garbage. Needs to do a lot better if he wants to play for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 He's looked no worse than Senderos in this game. Difference between the two is that Senderos has looked good with two other partners this season, whereas I am struggling to remember Clark looking good with any partner. It is like he drags them all down to his level. Hopefully Okore can step up to the level required, then we won't be seeing much more of Clark in the team, as he will be at 5th choice in the ranking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I usually defend the youngsters but today he was garbage. Needs to do a lot better if he wants to play for us. He's 25 in 6 days, our Ciaran isn't a kid anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan501 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Clark will never ever make it at villa as a centre half he simply cant defend hes ok as a def mid no better im afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 He was a player with potential and he never reached it, perhaps he needs games but perhaps he also needs to be sold. Wasn't his fault we lost today, that was down to managerial ineptitude, but he certainly didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I actually thought he was o.k first half, was quite agressive and heading it away from a few corners. We are a bit leaden footed at the back though, that was my main worry the first team we played a team with real pace and quality upfront as we saw today. Different game if he scores his chance at 0-0 though, should've buried it from that range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton All the defenders, including Sissokho, were fine, except the one who seemed to say "on you go Danny, you run along over there and I'll just stand here with my back to you". Apart from Sissokho playing for Newcastle instead of defending for us and then changing his name slightly and scoring a unlucky but needless own goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton All the defenders, including Sissokho, were fine, except the one who seemed to say "on you go Danny, you run along over there and I'll just stand here with my back to you". Apart from Sissokho playing for Newcastle instead of defending for us and then changing his name slightly and scoring a unlucky but needless own goal. It wasn't completely needless. He needed to get a touch on it. Just not such a perfectly-timed heavy touch. (I promise to research the correct spelling of his name and return to VT the better for it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton All the defenders, including Sissokho, were fine, except the one who seemed to say "on you go Danny, you run along over there and I'll just stand here with my back to you". Apart from Sissokho playing for Newcastle instead of defending for us and then changing his name slightly and scoring a unlucky but needless own goal. It wasn't completely needless. He needed to get a touch on it. Just not such a perfectly-timed heavy touch. (I promise to research the correct spelling of his name and return to VT the better for it). It's true he wasn't great today and this is his second own goal, but he's still the best left back we have had in years although the competition hasn't been great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyvilla Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 there is no point in making him into a scape goat, only defender who was any good today for us was Hutton All the defenders, including Sissokho, were fine, except the one who seemed to say "on you go Danny, you run along over there and I'll just stand here with my back to you". Apart from Sissokho playing for Newcastle instead of defending for us and then changing his name slightly and scoring a unlucky but needless own goal. It wasn't completely needless. He needed to get a touch on it. Just not such a perfectly-timed heavy touch. (I promise to research the correct spelling of his name and return to VT the better for it). Looked to be heading well wide from where i was sat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It wasn't completely needless. He needed to get a touch on it. Just not such a perfectly-timed heavy touch. (I promise to research the correct spelling of his name and return to VT the better for it). Looked to be heading well wide from where i was sat It would have gone wide, but there was a narsenal player ready to send it back across the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Could be the final nail in the coffin for him unfortunately. Today was nowhere near good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Could be the final nail in the coffin for him unfortunately. Today was nowhere near good enough. I agree. He's a talented footballer, but if you're a central defender you need to know where the attacking players are in the box, and not let them run around without following them. Basic stuff which he's had long enough to learn. Does anyone who's watched the second goal again disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Could be the final nail in the coffin for him unfortunately. Today was nowhere near good enough. I agree. He's a talented footballer, but if you're a central defender you need to know where the attacking players are in the box, and not let them run around without following them. Basic stuff which he's had long enough to learn. Does anyone who's watched the second goal again disagree? Agree - people can say what they want about Baker but he would've done a lot better today IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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