Villa5shitty1-down-u-go Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If Ireland is fit for Stoke - agree he needs Stan and reo - coker behind him & Gabby uptop. Any news tho?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hmmm. If we're playing a good attacking team, then yes we need two holding players behind him. Against teams like Stoke, I'd fancy him as one of the deeper players - but only if partnered with NRC, or Delph next year. He and Petrov are too lightweight together. But for all that I'd rest Downing and play as people are suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNichollsToe Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If he's gonna play him against Stoke, it has got to be in the hole with two sitting midfielders. Please, please, please! Rest DJ or Albrighton. I would not risk DJ against Stoke. They will just try and bully us, and im not sure he has the bottle for a fight, and young Mark does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Stuart Downing is in poor form...he should be dropped simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xliosive Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If he's gonna play him against Stoke, it has got to be in the hole with two sitting midfielders. Please, please, please! Rest DJ or Albrighton. I would not risk DJ against Stoke. They will just try and bully us, and im not sure he has the bottle for a fight, and young Mark does. Who the smeg is DJ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If he's gonna play him against Stoke, it has got to be in the hole with two sitting midfielders. Please, please, please! Rest DJ or Albrighton. I would not risk DJ against Stoke. They will just try and bully us, and im not sure he has the bottle for a fight, and young Mark does. Who the smeg is DJ?! I told you lads! We need a "Frequently Asked Questions" sticky in the VillaTalk section!!! This would be one of the answers.. Downing likes to DJ... Hence "DJ Downing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Ireland's looked shit so far. Headless chicken springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I take it you missed the first 45 minutes of the Vienna match then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaztonVilla Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Ireland's looked shit so far. Headless chicken springs to mind. Expand on this please.. What's been shit? His distribution? Work-rate? Defensive duties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Ireland's looked shit so far. Headless chicken springs to mind. Ever the optimist *rolly eyes* Hes played twice...his first lots of 90 minutes in over 9 months, trained for about a week with his new team mates. Can i just ask what the hell you were expecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Really? I assumed DJ stood for "Deserting Jackass" what with Downing's propensity to go completely AWOL in matches. At least with Heskey we know he's on the floor somewhere, Stewart Houdining's vanishing acts are baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Really? I assumed DJ stood for "Deserting Jackass" what with Downing's propensity to go completely AWOL in matches. At least with Heskey we know he's on the floor somewhere, Stewart Houdining's vanishing acts are baffling. Couldn't help but laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I take it you missed the first 45 minutes of the Vienna match then. No, I sat through it, in the rain just as I did the second 45 minutes. He looked lost against Newcastle, left gaps all over the midfield, didn't do anything of any great substance going forward and certainly did nothing defensively - I must add, this is based on only seeing the first 25 mins of the Newcastle match, once I knew the score the recording was quickly deleted off the planner, but I can't imagine his performance picking up greatly being as we went on to lose 6-0. RV - are a poor team, I'd probably equate them to Bolton? Maybe Blackburn if on a bad day? We looked poor as a team, little cutting edge. Ireland did nothing to create space for himself, got bogged down and invariably ended up playing backwards or sideways, except for a great burst down the inside left channel which resulted in him being tackled. Granted it's only two games but my impression, from those two games is that he's been shit and has looked like a headless chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Oh, the Newcastle game. Yeah, I agree. Ireland was the only player who played poorly in that one. Surprising really that he played so poorly in that one, considering he hasn't played a full 90 minutes in the PL for well over a year. And Ireland played very well in the first half against Vienna. Some lovely balls and there are definite glimpses of quality. There is a real crispness to his passing that has been long missing from our team. Granted he was lost in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Im lost for words bannedfromhandv i really am!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I take it you missed the first 45 minutes of the Vienna match then. No, I sat through it, in the rain just as I did the second 45 minutes. You should sit in Upper the Holte, we just spend every match watching other people getting rained on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Ireland just needs to get a full pre-season under his belt, he's only just coming back from being out of action for good long while. Hang on a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Surprising really that he played so poorly in that one, considering he hasn't played a full 90 minutes in the PL for well over a year. And Ireland played very well in the first half against Vienna. Some lovely balls and there are definite glimpses of quality. There is a real crispness to his passing that has been long missing from our team. . I said this on the previous page, a weeks training with his new team mates, lack of match fitness and his 1st 90 minutes in over a year!?!? There really really is just no pleasing some people!! Im sure if we magically landed Mourinho and he brought Ronaldo with him some on here would still find reason to moan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Some people just expect him to suddenly turn into that player that made him Man City POTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Some people just expect him to suddenly turn into that player that made him Man City POTY. Twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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