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Who was your man of the match?  

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  1. 1. Who was your man of the match?

    • Given
      3
    • Clark
      0
    • Bennett
      23
    • Lichaj
      0
    • Baker
      1
    • N'Zogbia
      9
    • Albrighton
      0
    • Delph
      8
    • Bannan
      2
    • Bent
      6
    • Bowery
      2
    • Weimann (for Albrighton 43)
      8
    • Agbonlahor (for Bowery 62)
      1
    • Ireland (for N'Zgobia 82)
      0


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Pretty much everything I read on the Guardian about Villa is negative - two memorable quotes from this season being 'Swansea committing the mortal sin of losing to Aston Villa' after our 2-0 win, and something else about us becoming 'worryingly fashionable to like' after the Liverpool win.

Its actually pretty hard to find anyone in the media who says anything positive about the club.

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Why do the media hate us so much? We are hardly a Liverpool?

Woah, woah, woah...calm down there chaps and think for a second. It's a very naive thing to say the media 'hate us'. The reason we're not as admired as others clubs right now is due to the position we find ourselves in. People forget, that under MON about 4 years ago, people were raving about us. Every week on MOTD Hansen and co would rave about the likes of Ashley Young and the gang and praise our exciting brand of attacking football. Now we're a club falling on hard times in a serious relegation scrap after a season where we were very fortunate to stay up. With the likes of Swansea, WBA among others doing well this season, it's easy to see why they are currently getting all the plaudits.

With regards to getting stick from the media after losing three games. You're forgetting we lost 8-0, 4-0 and 3-0!! And the 3-0 was at HOME, to WIGAN! Ever wonder we've been battered in the media!!

People also forget after beating Liverpool the other week the press loved us...Charlie on Soccer Saturday comparing our play to Barcelona - hardly words of hatred are they?

Who gives a frig what the media make of us? If anything, negative press will only spur on the players further. If we get in some good players in Jan, tighten up at the back and continue moving forward under Lambert's regime, I guarantee we'll get the recognition we deserve. But for now it's pretty easy to see why we haven't exactly captured the hearts and imagination of the country with our footballing displays.

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Regarding the match and general team selection. N'Zog HAS to play. Already proven he is a class act and could be that play maker we're looking for. If he excels in that number 10 role then a midfield bruiser or two and a defender of experience would stand us in good stead.

With the rise of Westwood, Benteke, Guzan, Clark and Weimann and adding the experience of Bent, NZog, Gabby, Vlaar, Dunne and Ireland we have the makings of a team that really should be in the top half right now.

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Woah, woah, woah...calm down there chaps and think for a second. It's a very naive thing to say the media 'hate us'. The reason we're not as admired as others clubs right now is due to the position we find ourselves in. People forget, that under MON about 4 years ago, people were raving about us. Every week on MOTD Hansen and co would rave about the likes of Ashley Young and the gang and praise our exciting brand of attacking football. Now we're a club falling on hard times in a serious relegation scrap after a season where we were very fortunate to stay up. With the likes of Swansea, WBA among others doing well this season, it's easy to see why they are currently getting all the plaudits.

With regards to getting stick from the media after losing three games. You're forgetting we lost 8-0, 4-0 and 3-0!! And the 3-0 was at HOME, to WIGAN! Ever wonder we've been battered in the media!!

People also forget after beating Liverpool the other week the press loved us...Charlie on Soccer Saturday comparing our play to Barcelona - hardly words of hatred are they?

Who gives a frig what the media make of us? If anything, negative press will only spur on the players further. If we get in some good players in Jan, tighten up at the back and continue moving forward under Lambert's regime, I guarantee we'll get the recognition we deserve. But for now it's pretty easy to see why we haven't exactly captured the hearts and imagination of the country with our footballing displays.

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Regarding the match and general team selection. N'Zog HAS to play. Already proven he is a class act and could be that play maker we're looking for. If he excels in that number 10 role then a midfield bruiser or two and a defender of experience would stand us in good stead.

With the rise of Westwood, Benteke, Guzan, Clark and Weimann and adding the experience of Bent, NZog, Gabby, Vlaar, Dunne and Ireland we have the makings of a team that really should be in the top half right now.

Agree with the above, good post mate.

And in regards to our January squad building; Lambert has also come out and praised Guzan this week saying if it werent for him we could have conceded 35 instead of 17 in our last 4 league games, so he clearly knows where our problems and frailties lie in defence. Have to think he will bring bodies in sharpish. And he, like anyone not requiring a guide dog, can see our midfield is built like a rizla, you'd like to think he will finally strengthen there too this month (this week hopefully).

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Always good to win, no matter what opposition, no matter what competition. The F.A. cup has always been a cup for underdogs in the first rounds. Coming back from one behind will hopefully be good for the players' confidences. Good to hear that N'Zog, Gabby and Bennett had good games, and that Bent had a good game and scored. We have a few good attacking players. We need them to deliver to ease up the pressure for the defence. Two good goals.

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@Bleedclaretandblue - Thanks mate

I agree with what you said there. RE Guzan, I never expected him to turn out this good and it just shows how inept Mcleish was to release him and possibly how good Lambert is to resign him and drop Given. I think with Vlaar and Dunne back and a new LB our defence will be fine and similarly with Benteke, Weimann, Gabby and Bent our attacking options actually look quite tasty, it is indeed midfield where we severely lack quality. Bannan and Westwood are decent holding, ball-playing midfielders but we need a James Milner type player who will grab the game by the scruff of the neck and add a presence in the middle.

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Re the media dislike, I don't agree, after the Norwich and Liverpool wins the media were fawning over lambert and his approach. Sadly it all went tits so didn't gather momentum. I think the media want to like us but simply can't at the moment

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