AndyBM Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 its a sad situation when 3 of our 4 best defenders at the club, are all young an inexperienced, just shows that the 'experienced' defenders at the club just arent very good either way, stevens seems to of done himself no harm in giving him another go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I had a dig at this kid for the Man Utd goals last week and I am afraid I am going to have another go this week. For the 4th goal he did exactly the same as what he did for Utd's first last week. The other three defenders pushed out and he stayed in to play his man on-side. Last week, he lost Hernandez for Utd's third and today he did the same with Tevez for the City 5th. Tevez just drifted off him to the back post to allow himself a tap in. I know he is new to Premier League football but surely they must work on these things in training? I would rather us not take risks with our Premier League status and loan this kid out in January whilst bringing in a decent quality left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I think after today this will be the enda his run in the team for a while Looked so out of his depth he'd need a snorkel to get back into the first team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Sorry didn't play well enough today for me. Needs to be out i'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 He can certainly cross the ball, his defending is not so good though. Bennett needs to come back when fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Certainly need to have Bennett or Lichaj back as soon as possible. Stevens is not terrible, but nowhere near ready to play week in/week out for us. A major problem when we play Stevens is half the time, Bannan ends up having to track very far back and cover for him or provide him support, making it harder for Bannan to perform his midfield duties. Stevens does have a nice cross on him though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 He's an inexperienced kid. He's definitely got potential going forward and whipped in a superb cross for Benteke today but at the back he's still got a lot to learn. End of the day, he wouldn't be playing if we had players fit but that isn't he case. I don't personally think he'll ever be that good but there's definitely room for improvement and never say never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I had a dig at this kid for the Man Utd goals last week and I am afraid I am going to have another go this week. For the 4th goal he did exactly the same as what he did for Utd's first last week. The other three defenders pushed out and he stayed in to play his man on-side. Last week, he lost Hernandez for Utd's third and today he did the same with Tevez for the City 5th. Tevez just drifted off him to the back post to allow himself a tap in. I know he is new to Premier League football but surely they must work on these things in training? I would rather us not take risks with our Premier League status and loan this kid out in January whilst bringing in a decent quality left back. I am glad he is learning and can learn from his mistakes in massive games that we are not expecting much from anyway. He played really well again today for me and he found he crossing great. I think once we have signed our new LB he might well be loaned out but that depends how much he can kick on until we do get a new LB. I believe he will be learning a hell of alot from the last 2 games. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 its a bit harsh to judge a player when his 1st 2 games are against the best teams in the league. He can only improve from the experience as wont come up against them players every weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I thought he played really well yesterday He needs to work on his positioning a little (he should have stopped their fifth goal) but generally i have been very surprised by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Lichaj will start against Arsenal at left back imo. He seems to do well against wingers with pace as he's had good games against Lennon and bale the last two years so I reckon we need to play him against Walcott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Stick him on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Stick him on the wing. Yeah agree, seems to have a good cross on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 its a bit harsh to judge a player when his 1st 2 games are against the best teams in the league. He can only improve from the experience as wont come up against them players every weekend Yeah, he hasn't really had the easiest of starts in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 He had a 20 min patch against Arsenal where he was in serious trouble, but he was great in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Still not convinced by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not good enough IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 24, 2012 He's doing a job, but he's not good enough to hold that position long term. LB in January please, Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 24, 2012 Author Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2012 Quite simply very out of his depth, not good enough for this level. Not his fault but he will get exposed time and time again regardless of who we are playing. I've seen enough personally to think he has no future at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 He was OK today, he at times looked composed but then had a spell where he was out of it. I don't really get all the not good enough claims off the back of today though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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