Skruff Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 People seem to forget how much a sever injury can set you back, yet alone two in a row. Add half a dozen small ones on top of that. First of all it completely hinders your development, secondly it affects your confidence. A player without belief in his own ability will never shine. Not to mention he returned from a severe injury under McLeish, who never would have gotten the best out of him to begin with, regardless of his injury history. He never really got to go on a proper consecutive run until Lambert got here. I'm glad that Lambert is our manager and not us fans, who have a tendency to write players off far to quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm glad that Lambert is our manager and not us fans, who have a tendency to write players off far to quickly. I agree, like KEA. On another site before the Arsenal game +75% said no to KEA in general, now closer to 55% Some people said he was terrible in pre-season clearly missing his 2 assists and build up play for the opener against Crewe, and his composed play that was part of a team 3-0 up within half an hour against CL QFs Malaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm glad that Lambert is our manager and not us fans, who have a tendency to write players off far to quickly. I agree, like KEA. On another site before the Arsenal game +75% said no to KEA in general, now closer to 55% Some people said he was terrible in pre-season clearly missing his 2 assists and build up play for the opener against Crewe, and his composed play that was part of a team 3-0 up within half an hour against CL QFs Malaga You do know there's a whole thread for KEA? Why are you talking about him in here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2013 important thing for delph is stay injury free this season and play a lot of games. he's obviously getting his confidence back, he has all the technical elements required to be a very good player, defensively and in attack. 30+ games this season and hopefully he'll be expressing himself more and making less mistakes. if that happens he'll be a very tidy player indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myko Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Off the ball i think he's our most important player. Does so much work to pressurise the opposition and i think a lot of people only notice that when he's not there. If he manages to get what i expect of at least five goals this season (along with westy) i think they could both be on the fringes of the England squad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Has improved yes but was starting from a very low point anyway. Still not convinced that he is actually good enough and if he is on the fringes of the England team then i would suggest that is more down to a dearth of quality available than anything else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Do you actually consider anyone to be good enough? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap of Steel Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Really like Delph, would have been great for him to score against Arsenal as he deserved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Is Delph better than Bannan Con? That is like comparing Ramires to Mata. For the record, I think Delph is much closer to the level of Ramires than Bannan is to Mata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) I can compare Ramires to Mata. Mata is better. I can compare Delph to Bannan. Delph is better. But let's not derail another thread with Bannan. This is about Delph. Edited August 20, 2013 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Do you actually consider anyone to be good enough? I'm the father and Aston Villa is my daughter so no player is good enough for my child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Someone had to ruin the thread and mention the B word... Pound in the swear jar please He is not even fit to lace Delph's boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2013 Do you actually consider anyone to be good enough? I'm the father and Aston Villa is my daughter so no player is good enough for my child. you clearly want to do less crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I love the craic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Starting to play with his brain now. I wasn't a huge fan of his, but to his credit his peformances warrant a starting place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Big game for the midfield at Stamford Bridge. They need to be strong, fit and ruthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I love the craic. What about some cocaine, figthing and Niclas Helenius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm the father and Aston Villa is my daughter so no player is good enough for my child. So in that case... who is your auntie? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 You're being ridiculously unfair on a player who, until last season, never had a pre longed run in the run. Lo and behold, he gets a run and is one of our best players in the run in and one of, if not, the best player on the pitch in a opening day win AT arsenal. Being a devils advocate is fine, but basing a whole forum persona on that concept is a tad odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm the father and Aston Villa is my daughter so no player is good enough for my child. So in that case... who is your auntie? WBA are definitely the creepy uncle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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