TRon Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I think we'll get a draw from this one, Villa aren't in the best run of form either. 1-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Brummie what do you reckon the Villa team will be?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I suspect Villa will line up thus: Carson Mellberg - Davies - Laursen - Bouma Routledge - Reo Coker - Barry - Young Carew - Maloney Although rumour has it Gabby may be fit. He has played Maloney off Carew before and it worked (Chelsea away), so I suspect he may try it again. This assumes Routledge is fit, if not, I suspect he might play Gardner right side midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cheers there team looks decent and Faye needs to play as he is the only one who will be able to defend crosses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Harper Beye Faye Taylor Enrique Milner Barton Emre Duff Owen Viduka/Martins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Harper Beye Faye Taylor Enrique Milner Barton Emre Duff Owen Viduka/Martins Agree but Given for Harper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Harper Beye Faye Taylor Enrique Milner Barton Emre Duff Owen Viduka/Martins Agree but Given for Harper Why Given's been poor lately and he deserves to be dropped. He needs to realise he has to work for his place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Would stick by our best player over the last few years who is dropped a little in form but is still a brilliant keeper and better than Harper When Harper plays people realise how much better Given is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Immsy7 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Brummie.. won't Salifou play if Routledge is injured? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Would stick by our best player over the last few years who is dropped a little in form but is still a brilliant keeper and better than Harper When Harper plays people realise how much better Given is I don't, I realise how much more confident the defence is to have a keeper that makes consistent decisions. Given's shotstopping has even gone downhill lately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Brummie.. won't Salifou play if Routledge is injured? Salifou is a fair way off being ready to start a PL game, tbh. I suspect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep456 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Would stick by our best player over the last few years who is dropped a little in form but is still a brilliant keeper and better than Harper When Harper plays people realise how much better Given is I don't, I realise how much more confident the defence is to have a keeper that makes consistent decisions. Given's shotstopping has even gone downhill lately. All this Given bashing is doing my head in. Don't you realise this constant pressure being put on Given isn't helping. Yes he has had a dip in form, but he will soon get back to his best. Shotstopping and general skills from him are great. Only things that are suspect are his decisions during penalties and his kicking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Would stick by our best player over the last few years who is dropped a little in form but is still a brilliant keeper and better than Harper When Harper plays people realise how much better Given is I don't, I realise how much more confident the defence is to have a keeper that makes consistent decisions. Given's shotstopping has even gone downhill lately. All this Given bashing is doing my head in. Don't you realise this constant pressure being put on Given isn't helping. Yes he has had a dip in form, but he will soon get back to his best. Shotstopping and general skills from him are great. Only things that are suspect are his decisions during penalties and his kicking. His kicking has firmly sunk into the 'shite' level now, it's now his positioning that's gradually starting to deteriorate. Really poor decision making during the Boro game, even though he did pull off one or two decent saves (something he'll always do). Really is sad watching him perform so poorly this season. But in any case, i don't see how there's more pressure on him than before. What a few people on here say is hardly going to effect Given is it? He's not getting jeered by the crowd and probably never will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Would stick by our best player over the last few years who is dropped a little in form but is still a brilliant keeper and better than Harper When Harper plays people realise how much better Given is I don't, I realise how much more confident the defence is to have a keeper that makes consistent decisions. Given's shotstopping has even gone downhill lately. All this Given bashing is doing my head in. Don't you realise this constant pressure being put on Given isn't helping. Yes he has had a dip in form, but he will soon get back to his best. Shotstopping and general skills from him are great. Only things that are suspect are his decisions during penalties and his kicking. Its a disgrace that people even consider dropping him!Also maybe if we stopped fucking passing the ball back to him,i.e Taylor and Capaca are fucking terrible for it especially who likes to hammer them at him as well!Theres no doubt Shay will be back to his best before long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 This season we are really getting our act together re attendances and starting to show our potential. 12.45 ko, not particularly glam fixture (sorry, but you know what I mean), live on the telly, sold out just under 43k. I know sell outs have become second nature for you lot over recent years, but finally, FINALLY, we've got bright owners who have stopped us being run like a fucking corner shop, and know exactly how to drag our support out of the coma it has been in for the last 15 years. Everything is so shiny and nice at the moment. Anyway, 1-1 draw I reckon, dull as shit match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 This season we are really getting our act together re attendances and starting to show our potential. 12.45 ko, not particularly glam fixture (sorry, but you know what I mean), live on the telly, sold out just under 43k. I know sell outs have become second nature for you lot over recent years, but finally, FINALLY, we've got bright owners who have stopped us being run like a f****** corner shop, and know exactly how to drag our support out of the coma it has been in for the last 15 years. Everything is so shiny and nice at the moment. Anyway, 1-1 draw I reckon, dull as s*** match. Oi Brummie what ya mean?Your playing a big club live on sky!If its half as nail bitting as the last 15mins as the Boro match will be a cracker irc! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Ya...voted twice on the pfas team of the year [2002+2006]with such a shit defence in front of him as well!!I think thats our fans mentality...dying for a chance to shoot the players down..needs to stop!Name the keeper you would prefer to have here who we could sign n place of Given? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better He was a brilliant keeper. He peaked in the 04/05 season where he was just about the most vital player in the team. He was fantastic that season, voted the Premiership's best in the May. It's such a shame we were shite then. It's odd because he's only 31 at the moment. Should still have a lot left in him but it seems to be sapping out of him by the game. I bet a lot of it traces back to that injury with Harewood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Ya...voted twice on the pfas team of the year [2002+2006]with such a s*** defence in front of him as well!!I think thats our fans mentality...dying for a chance to shoot the players down..needs to stop!Name the keeper you would prefer to have here who we could sign n place of Given? name the keeper we could sign? what the fuck does that have to do with whether or not Given is a brilliant keeper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 i'd like to see given beye faye taylor enrique duff emre barton milner owen oba i can see him playing smith and butt though. smith for oba and butt for barton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Ya...voted twice on the pfas team of the year [2002+2006]with such a s*** defence in front of him as well!!I think thats our fans mentality...dying for a chance to shoot the players down..needs to stop!Name the keeper you would prefer to have here who we could sign n place of Given? name the keeper we could sign? what the f*** does that have to do with whether or not Given is a brilliant keeper? Well...you said Givens only an average keeper so I presume you would prefer a different keeper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Ya...voted twice on the pfas team of the year [2002+2006]with such a s*** defence in front of him as well!!I think thats our fans mentality...dying for a chance to shoot the players down..needs to stop!Name the keeper you would prefer to have here who we could sign n place of Given? name the keeper we could sign? what the f*** does that have to do with whether or not Given is a brilliant keeper? Well...you said Givens only an average keeper so I presume you would prefer a different keeper? of course i would i'd also prefer a different striker to Owen and a different DM to Butt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 cant believe anyone thinks Shay Given is a brilliant keeper, we're just used to his standard after 10 years he's decent, no better Ya...voted twice on the pfas team of the year [2002+2006]with such a s*** defence in front of him as well!!I think thats our fans mentality...dying for a chance to shoot the players down..needs to stop!Name the keeper you would prefer to have here who we could sign n place of Given? name the keeper we could sign? what the f*** does that have to do with whether or not Given is a brilliant keeper? Well...you said Givens only an average keeper so I presume you would prefer a different keeper? of course i would i'd also prefer a different striker to Owen and a different DM to Butt In fairness, we have only one player who i'd REALLY want to keep, and only a handful i'd keep if we were a top 6 club. As for tomorrows game: i think we might scrape a 1-1 draw, as Villa seem slightly subdued recently. This woudl be a good result for us, i reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Well i'd rather go attack for this game. Given Beye Cacapa Faye Enrique Milner Emre Barton Duff Owen Martins Draw i reckon, which i'd be happy with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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