Premier League 21st-23rd February Discussion Thread

Do Villa ever actually beat the big teams?

Villa 2-0 Chelsea (2007/08)

Arsenal 0-2 Villa (if you consider Arse is a big teams)

I thought Villa played preaty good today.

wtf

1425: BOLTON v WEST HAM LINE-UPS
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Puygrenier, Samuel, Kevin Davies, Mark Davies, McCann, Gardner, Taylor, Elmander.
Subs: Al Habsi, Muamba, Smolarek, Makukula, Shittu, Basham, Andrew O'Brien.
West Ham: Green, Spector, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Stokes.
Subs: Lastuvka, Lopez, Nsereko, Kovac, Tristan, Tomkins, Sears.

Isn't he injured?

Cirque du Barcelona wrote:I thought Villa played preaty good today.

Pretty Pretty Pretty good?

well done Villa, you lasted a bit longer than Hull but now it's time to tumble down the table to about 13th where you belong

With a better manager they might have had a shot at the CL places, can't see many of this squad staying in the summer, maybe they'll hold onto Shory and Sidwell, possibly Brad Guzan.

Never can understand these thick c**ts who dont just hoof it when there's about 15 seconds to go.

Damn. Arsenal have hope

Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

I think they have numerous ways to be or play, but they haven't had a good week. Martin O'Neil was known for long ball at Celtic, but Villa usually can play good stuff to an extent. At the end they didn't really have many ideas, but i still see them getting 4th and improving. New manager always usually gets a result.

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

L-r d wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

I think they have numerous ways to be or play, but they haven't had a good week. Martin O'Neil was known for long ball at Celtic, but Villa usually can play good stuff to an extent. At the end they didn't really have many ideas, but i still see them getting 4th and improving. New manager always usually gets a result.

Yeah hoofing the ball upfront, or passing it wide to Young or Milner to cross.

Thats at least 2 dimensions.

The Professor wrote:

L-r d wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

I think they have numerous ways to be or play, but they haven't had a good week. Martin O'Neil was known for long ball at Celtic, but Villa usually can play good stuff to an extent. At the end they didn't really have many ideas, but i still see them getting 4th and improving. New manager always usually gets a result.

Yeah hoofing the ball upfront, or passing it wide to Young or Milner to cross.

On days like this it looks very limited. But in general it works well and you can mix it up a lot. Barry can create through the middle, they can be good on the counter, play it long, play with lots of crosses. But today it seemed they just had long balls to Heskey. But it's distorted. If you even saw Man Utd on some days, it would seem like all the team does is cross, but it's not true of course.

Glenny Dalglish wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

The Arsenal and Liverpool squad is about the same. You have more numbers and quality in CM than us, but that's it.

So, Villa > Arsenal = Liverpool.

Just saw Anelka's goal, brilliant feet by Lampard and sweet finish.

Still think we're a bit gash though

The Professor wrote:

Glenny Dalglish wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

The Arsenal and Liverpool squad is about the same. You have more numbers and quality in CM than us, but that's it.

So, Villa > Arsenal = Liverpool.

We have a better keeper, better defence, better central midfield and with torres up front we have one of the world's best strikers. That makes the core of our team far superior to Arsenal's.

The Professor wrote:

Glenny Dalglish wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

The Arsenal and Liverpool squad is about the same. You have more numbers and quality in CM than us, but that's it.

So, Villa > Arsenal = Liverpool.

?? Half of the season your sub bench is 17 year old kids who have never played a premiership game. Villa only had Carew to bring on today as a sub who could influence the game.

Liverpool's squad is better than both Arsenal's and Villa's. How is that in doubt?

Fortunately for Villa Arsenal also have to face the same big 4 sides as they did in the same locations in the run in, so no great loss.

COTR wrote:

The Professor wrote:

Glenny Dalglish wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

The Arsenal and Liverpool squad is about the same. You have more numbers and quality in CM than us, but that's it.

So, Villa > Arsenal = Liverpool.

We have a better keeper, better defence, better central midfield and with torres up front we have one of the world's best strikers. That makes the core of our team far superior to Arsenal's.

Reina > Almunia
Fabianski is no less than that Brazilian keeper of yours.

Sagna > Arbeloa
Eboue > whoever u play as a sub RB

Gallas > Carra
Agger?skrtel> Djourou (this might soon change If Djourou keeps on getting more games)


I would take Cesc above anyone u have in CM
Alonso, Nascherano> our other CMs

Nasri > kuyt
Arshavin > Reira

Torres and RVP are about the same. Injuries is what seperatye them at the moement.

Adebayor > any TM u have.

Rosicky, Walcott, Eduardo > most of your other subs.

Has RVP scored 20 goals a season, let alone 30?

Gerrard > Arshavin + Nasri together

Gallas > Carra .. sure thang buddy, his leadership skills have been apparent for all! hes an OK player, and an awful leader.

Masch > Denilson

Cesc > Alonso

Kuyt > Eboue

Rieira > Rosicky

The Professor wrote:

COTR wrote:

The Professor wrote:

Glenny Dalglish wrote:

The Professor wrote:Villa are incredibly one dimensional.

The fact that they are 7 points above us shows how shite we have been this season.

'3rd best squad in the league' - yeah right!

who said it was the 3rd best?

It's the 4th best.

The Arsenal and Liverpool squad is about the same. You have more numbers and quality in CM than us, but that's it.

So, Villa > Arsenal = Liverpool.

We have a better keeper, better defence, better central midfield and with torres up front we have one of the world's best strikers. That makes the core of our team far superior to Arsenal's.

Reina > Almunia
Fabianski is no less than that Brazilian keeper of yours.

Sagna > Arbeloa
Eboue > whoever u play as a sub RB

Gallas > Carra
Agger?skrtel> Djourou (this might soon change If Djourou keeps on getting more games)


I would take Cesc above anyone u have in CM
Alonso, Nascherano> our other CMs

Nasri > kuyt
Arshavin > Reira

Torres and RVP are about the same. Injuries is what seperatye them at the moement.

Adebayor > any TM u have.

Rosicky, Walcott, Eduardo > most of your other subs.

How is it this great squad is struggling to get into the top four then?

I'm sure you'll blame injuries, but you knew before buying nasri, rosicky etc that they can never play a full season. I'm pretty sure a fit benayoun is better than Rosicky on crutches. You seem pretty deluded.

Nice of you to leave Gerrard out of whatever you just did there Professor


None of your >>>> or <<<<< makes any difference to the fact that the core of our side is stronger than yours.

I'll repeat

We have a far superior goalkeeper

We have a better, more consistent defence with more squad depth and experience

We have a better, more consistent central midfield with more squad depth and experience

And we have one of the best strikers in the world.


You are not thinking about the balance of a squad and the important areas of it Prof. Try again

Reina
Sagna
Carra
Agger
Cliche
Masch
Cesc
Gerrard
RVP (cutting from the right)
Asharvin (cutting from the left)
Torres

4-2-3-1
That would be my team

COTR wrote:Nice of you to leave Gerrard out of whatever you just did there Professor

Dont think he did. Cesc is better than ANY CM you have he said

Unless Gerrard is no longer considered CM.

By the way, Alonso has dicked on Cesc's form for the last 8 months

1511: GOAL Bolton 2-0 West Ham
West Ham just have not started here and Johan Elmander turns over a decent cross from the right, the Hammers fail to clear their lines and Kevin Davies slots into the far corner.

1510: GOAL Bolton 1-0 West Ham
Jack Collison concedes a free-kick 22 yards out and Matty Taylor steps up to curl a beauty up and over the wall and into the top-ish corner of Rob Green's net - though the keeper's positioning may have left a little to be desired.

Deano?... whats happened? Ref been bribed? clearly West Ham are the superior outfit here

1525: Boro players and fans are furious after Lee Cattermole's crunching challenge on Didier Digard. The former Boro midfielder got the ball, but also left Digard in serious trouble. The Frenchman needs oxygen as he is stretchered off to a standing ovation, with Josh Walker coming on.

Didn't he do something similar to Beye

Never saw it but Kimbo wasnt happy. He's always the same, goes in like a nutter. Would have to see this one though, if he won the ball then I dont know what we can do about it.