Guest av1 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 CC played great today so Lambert was certainly vidicated in his decision, but was anyone else surprised not to see this guy when Baker went off? yep very , but in Lambo I trust Oh so do I Richard, maybe I'm just impatient to see the guy. So far, this is the signing that has excited me the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Paying £4m for a player that doesn't get ahead of Clark in the pecking order defies all logic, maybe he was carrying a knock or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingysilvers Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think the tempo was just a bit too quick to be introducing too many of the new players today, especially in defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Paying £4m for a player that doesn't get ahead of Clark in the pecking order defies all logic, maybe he was carrying a knock or something. jesus christ. the guy played bugger all in preseason, he's not match fit yet. relax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 give him chance, cant expect all new buys to hit the ground running, granted benteke didnt too bad last season and luna seems to of done alright today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Paying £4m for a player that doesn't get ahead of Clark in the pecking order defies all logic, maybe he was carrying a knock or something. A team that just about scrapped premier survival beating a team that went 10 games unbeaten at the end of last season 'defies all logic' so Lambert got it right. My post certainly was a critasism of the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I wonder if he'll play vs Chelsea.. it's quite a risky thing to do. vs Liverpool I hope he plays though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Lambert is much about rotation, Jores gonna play next game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Paying £4m for a player that doesn't get ahead of Clark in the pecking order defies all logic, maybe he was carrying a knock or something. jesus christ. the guy played bugger all in preseason, he's not match fit yet. relax Yes, what I meant was that there must have been a reason he wasn't on instead of Clark. I am totally relaxed about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 If Lambert say's 'not yet', then thats all we need to know. I want to see this boy when he's 100% ready and busting a gut to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yeah though he would come on today. Maybe his debut will be the Rotherham game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Throw Okore in at the deep end at Arsenal after playing in just a couple of pre-season games, or hold out till Wednesday and let him play against a team he's already played against a few times? Second option seems most viable and I think it is what we will see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I was also surprised to see CC replace Baker as I wrongly assumed it would be Okore however that Paul Lambert seems to know his stuff because CC was our best defender so he made the correct call. It's pleasing to have options but if you ask what our best back 2 would be I doubt if any of us really knows yet. That isn't because we are overly blessed with quality in these positions more that they are all much of a muchness. Hopefully Okore will be our next Laursen, time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 You will definitely see Okore play a lot this season. If there is one player that we signed that will get plenty of time, it`s him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Would be nice to see him on Wednesday as he's dealt with Chelsea well once before and we'll need some pace to deal with theirs. It's just the lack of game time that he's had which is a concern to throw him in, but I'm all for it if he's picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfingers Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Theres a lot of sense posted on this page.Okore missed a lot of the pre-season through injury.I'm as keen as anyone to see him start but it was definitely the right decision to place him on the bench yesterday.The fact that he was not even chosen ahead of Clark when Baker went off tells us that he wasn't quite ready & we should trust Lambert in these decisions. I am a believer that "if its not broke,don't fix it" and would never change a winning side out of choice.Okore will get his chance but for me personaly,it wouldn't be at Chelsea.Likewise,KEA would start,regardless of whether Sylla was fit or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I don't know why people were surprised Clark came on over Okore. Lambert clearly favours having central defenders on their natural side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaslash Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I was the same and surprised when Clark came on but makes sense- natural side, okore didn't get a full preseason and I think we are lining him up as our CB for the next few years so no reason to give his first appearance in a situation where some villa fans would write him off if he had a bad sub appearance under duress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Pat Nevin on R5 today, here at 47.10 (comments on Villa start at 46.30, very complimentary). "Just look forward to this boy Okore. You're going to love him...I watched him playing a bit last year...if you think David Luiz is an exciting centre half who's running, taking chances, he's got nothing on Okore, who thinks he's a centre forward...and he's pretty spectacularly good at it..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 How was he tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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