AshVilla Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Clark and Baker against Fulham then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Clark and Baker against Fulham then This isn't your fathers Ciaran Clark. This isn't even your Ciaran Clark from last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Wasn't it a calf injury that Kept Vlaar out for around 8 games last season ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yes that would have to be a concern. Let's have some faith, Baker has faults but he's not a terrible centre half, indeed I remember last season he had two good games against Berbatov. Clark has improved significantly this season. I think we should get through tomorrow o.k particularly as Fulham themselves have defence problems, no Hangeland and a few other injuries so our strikers can bail us out if necessary. if it's a struggle then we really need Ron right for Man. United and probably Stoke aswell given they somehow managed 3 against Chelsea today. But then we scored 3 against Man. City and then didn't score for 4 games afterwards so you do get flukes like that sometimes when everything goes right in one half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Conspicuous by his absence against Fulham today. I'm sure we would have looked more like a team had he been available. He his our most important defender & we need him to recover from his injury pretty darn quickly. Come on Ron, get the Concrete out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Need him back ASAP. I can't help but feel like it would've been a completely different game today with him on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 According to BBC he was having a fitness test on the pitch before the game? We really need him back next weekend. This is the worst Man. United team for decades but Rooney and RVP will have a field day against that back 4 next week. We need Lowton starting and Ron and Luna back. For their own personal faults, that's a more solid unit than the excuse we had out today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Our defence returned to last season's standard without him today. A testament to how good he has been this season I suppose. We really need him fit throughout the rest of the season as I'd really fear for us if he picks up a long-term injury. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Need him back. Masked over a lot of our defensive frailties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AVTuco Posted December 8, 2013 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2013 I wasn't worried when Okore went down, because Clark had already shown significant improvement. Vlaar is another thing though. He is what keeps it all together. Our most important player this season. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I do think we missed Vlaar and I am a big fan of his, however, it doesn't help when the back four gets messed with week after week after week. One week Baker is left back then it's Bacuna and then Clark and now back to Baker. Herd appears from nowhere to play at centre back and Bacuna continues to play poorly at right back whilst last season's stand-out defender warms the bench. Hurry up back Ron but don't be surprised if the rest of your defending colleagues have had the confidence ripped out of them by the time you line up alongside them next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2013 I do think we missed Vlaar and I am a big fan of his, however, it doesn't help when the back four gets messed with week after week after week. One week Baker is left back then it's Bacuna and then Clark and now back to Baker. Herd appears from nowhere to play at centre back and Bacuna continues to play poorly at right back whilst last season's stand-out defender warms the bench. Hurry up back Ron but don't be surprised if the rest of your defending colleagues have had the confidence ripped out of them by the time you line up alongside them next! First I thought that this has been just because of injuries, but you're right, Lambert has mixed it up more than has been necessary. Not sure of the effect, but your observation is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Seriously hope he's back for the United game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1chuk Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Looks like he may be out for a 2 to 3 weeks with a calf strain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Looks like he may be out for a 2 to 3 weeks with a calf strain Where did you hear this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Fook, can't see anything out of the Man. United game unless our forwards all turn up for that game and Stoke will be a struggle to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) **** it was 2-3 weeks last season that turned into months ... We miss him because he is very good on the ball which helps out our powder puff midfield Edited December 8, 2013 by Nabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Ron Vlaar has missed 12 games for Villa our record in those games (Won 2, Drew 3, Lost 7, Conceded 25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Looks like he may be out for a 2 to 3 weeks with a calf strain Jesus Christ. This is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 This "news" about Vlaar being out for 2-3 weeks seems to have originated form AVFC Transfer Tweet. Is this guy actually connected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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