S-Clarke

Well, what are we supposed to do? Name 5 subs?

Because he isn't actually been as bad as some of the worriers have been suggesting.

Build up to the Chelsea game?

A real blow for Guly, just as he was starting to find some form. That bench is pathetically bad though, we have to hope that 11 do the job.

Lambert isn't a poor manager what so ever. He's just taken the wrong move, he saw more potential at Villa than Norwich - but that's not paying off at the mo..

Nah, not at all to be honest. Looking at our up-coming fixtures, this really needs to be a 3 points. We couldn't really be playing Villa at a better time either. Injuries to all of their exprienced players, on the back of horrible defeats and a humbling to lower league opposition. They are rock bottom at the moment and we have to make the most of this chance. We're missing players, yep, but we should still have more than enough in our attack to cause their defense problems. If we don't, then I'd start to be very worried. We need to start winning more away games, and this has to be one we target as a win. Wigan went there, retained the ball and picked them off. We can do the same.

He's a talent, but has had to make some adjusting to life at this level, but for anyone wondering about his ability and quality to play at this level then just re-watch his goal against Chelsea. It was pure class. The run off the shoulder of the CB, the first touch which killed it and took him into goal, and the deft little flicked finish to take it into the back of the net. If RvP had scored that people would be raving. He is an incredibly gifted player in my eyes, but his chances have been limited mainly due to the fact we seemed to enjoy employing him out of position. I think he's looked very effective through the middle in recent weeks, both from the start and as a sub.

He probably isn't, but he's played like it this year. Probably being brought down to the level of those around him.

Newcastle are in complete meltdown. They're in the mix, no doubt about it.

So, that'll be the inexperienced back 4 of Joe Bennett - Nathan Baker - Cerian Clark and Lowton against us. We have to work that back 4, simple as that. No matter of training will make that back 4 better, it is just lower league rubbish.

We have been seriously unlucky this year in terms of injuries, and who has had them. We've lost massive players for long periods - Lallana, Ramirez, now Fonte, Clyne.....(but should be back soon), Cork etc.. you couldn't pick a worst bunch to be injured, as we have no depth below them.

very positive news. To the best of my knowledge he can't sign a professional long-term contract until the summer, but it seems to me that everything has been agreed in principle it's just a case of him signing on the dotted line when he turns 18. Goodbye Wenger.

People will say that we can't defend etc, but throughout the season we've always had a decent set up - at the start we were just a little gung ho, and many of the goals we conceded were from individual errors, slips, OG's etc. Gary Neville brought it up a few months back, paused it before a goal we conceded and said our set up was fine...it was just a slip which caused the goal. Happened a few other occasions as well. We've cut that out, players have adjusted, and we still have a decent defensive setup through the whole side, which now shows with a little tweaking. Villa, generally, don't. They just don't work or defend as a team anywhere, that's the difference in my book.

Bradford City have now beaten more Premier League teams so far this season than QPR. great stat...

Half of these twitter transfer feeds are rubbish, so I'd ignore anything you see from them. Only worth paying attention to journos with validated accounts tbh.

It would be a decent tactic, if he was actually any good. He'd just run into blind alleys, run into people, and give away free kicks.

Yeah, we need to start well. Put them under pressure from the off. They will be nervous, and edgy after this result. The last thing they want us the fans turning on them, which they will do if we start quickly. If we have a strong start, it will probably be similar to QPR away.

I don't think having those 4 available would have made any difference to us. That 40-50min spell Chelsea had was beyond what many teams could handle, let alone us.

We will never get close to competing at their level, so there's no point comparing us. We can do well with our own strategy, but at best it's mid-table PL and an outside Europa league shot. That's our realistic ''top'' level in this current day and age.

I think there attack is dangerous, and will cause us problems, but our attack should be all over that defense. It's hopeless. No underestimating there.

We should win if we play as we can play. We showed against them at St Mary's that when we turned it on against them, they had no answer. However if we play crap, like we're capable of, it gives them an opportunity. But i seriously believe that if we play anywhere near our best, this will be a lot easier than many anticipate.

Every game is different, as we've seen from Chelsea recently, but you can't polish a turd at the end of the day. - and that's what this Villa team is. That villa team is full of complete and utter dross, not good enough for top level football. Players like Nathan Baker, Joe Bennett, Delph, Lowton, Bannan are championship at absolute best. It's painful trying to watch them play in the PL as a neutral, so what the Villa fans must feel is beyond me! Defensively they are a shambles, it's not just a 1 off either. ''Oh we'll work on this in the training ground'' will be trotted out, I'm sure, but you can't make these players good in a week. Some of them will never make it. This Villa team reminds me so much of our team under Port and Wotte, Young players given an opportunity when it's painfully obvious that the vast majority of them will not cut it and shouldn't be playing at that level. How they won at Liverpool is beyond me, although being honest Liverpool should have been 4-0 up after their first half - so they used up a hell of a lot of luck there. To put it simply, they are unadulterated trash.

You've just jinxed him! but a cracking save.

He was exciting in that team with Young, Milner etc. I don't think they use him well enough anymore, I reckon he'd do very well at another club

Compared to us, I can't see an Italian club offering more than we are. Might sound far fetched, but there's no money over there anymore. The money and opportunities are abroad, which is why many of that leagues big names are moving away. You only have to have a look at the AC Milan squad to realise how weak that league has become. It's not the pull it once was.