S-Clarke

TBF, everyone said that about us last season. Momentum is a massive thing in football, if you have that in the lower leagues you can be hard to stop.

I think that's a fair thing to say. On their day, Arsenal can do that to any team - even established PL teams. If you're slightly off your game, and they're right on it - bang. They created shed loads of chances yesterday, but weren't as clinical (typically). Overall though, we've had a tough start but I think we've aquitted ourselves really well and - apart from the blemish of the Arsenal game - we've not really looked out of place against anyone. I'd worry more for Reading. They've had a pretty easy start fixtures wise, compared to us, but they're in a worse position. They don't score goals on the whole, or create many chances. That's why I think we'll be ok - we always create chances, against any team, and as long as we continue to do that we will win more than we lose. It's still hard to judge anything yet, give it until around November time and I think it will all start taking a little bit of shape.

I assume you've just looked at the Barnsley score? He kept that score down fwiw. Will be a very good keeper, but still learning the ropes.

He's got his head down and is playing with the right attitude. He's had a mixed time here, to say the least, but he's been given a 2nd chance and he's taken it with both hands. He's a talented player, but he just needs to work on his consistency, his game can still be a little eratic - if he had that, then he'd have been a PL player long before now.

I also had no idea what that was about.

I posted some classics in the match thread. Totally deluded. Not sure who they think they are. This is what happens when you constantly sell your best players. You become ****. HTH.

I also cannot see anything on his twitter feed.

Listening to Adkins, he said that ''Boruc comes in as our number 3 keeper"

Funny you should say that...from a Chelski fan. Anonymous via text: "I am serious about swapping Fernando Torres for Rickie Lambert. I have been following Lambert since he was at Bristol Rovers and I would say there has been no better English striker than him, apart from Rooney on a really good day, in the last five years. The only thing he lacks is pace. He is top quality in every other attribute as you will come to recognise this season. This player is a mix of Shearer, Gerrard and Drogba! I am not joking. I swear on my life."

Very uneducated fans methinks. Still living in the MoN era.

SDR is the forgotten man, but quite simply, he's not up to it which is why he's not been involved. Would expect Cork to be on the bench, and get a 30min or so run out. Would expect the likes of Rodriguez, Mayuka, Seaborne etc to get starts.

What planet are Villa fans living on? They're not as massive as they think they are. ''Got outplayed by the worst team in the league'' ''let's be honest, soton are ****'' ''we got done by, essenially, a championship team'' ''Not one of Southampton's players would get in our 11, that's the worrying thing'' errr...ok, out of the clouds you come Villa. You are now a pretty **** team, full of average young players. hth.

Very effective 15mins. His pace caused all sorts of problems, looked to have a great touch as well as he brought one down and hit it...just wide. I think he's going to be a very exciting weapon for us to use this season. Teams won't know a great deal about him for a start.

This thread just makes you realise what a great journey we've been on. 2nd half team - Richardson, Fonte, Lallana, Morgan, Punch, Lambert - all from our L1 team. A real rise to success, a real refreshing football story.

I don't know, he's not afraid to get stuck in and he did help out at the back at times. Very strong and so hard to get the ball off of, Villa struggled all 2nd half (and even when he got in the first half)

He creates time and space for himself, a class above anyone else we have If I'm honest. Will be a pleasure to watch him this year. Still confused as to how we actually managed it, as he's quite clearly Liverpool or Spurs class!

Well it is for me, as I've not been around much...!

We looked edgy and nervy in the first half, which is to be expected I guess. I didn't Villa looked much cop either, a pretty dour 1st half really - so nice for us to gift them a goal, and that's what it was. Another incredibly avoidable goal, really frustrating that we keep conceding these duff goals. We seemed to lose the plot a little after that, and I must admit I didn't see where we'd get our increased tempo from. The 2nd half was terrific though, but we massively benefited from the departure of Ireland. In the first half he kept picking up pockets of space, all over the midfield - and we struggle to get hold of it in there. Their replacement for him was a young kid from the academy, and he looked like that. Very inexperienced and sloppy on the ball, and straight away our midfield dominated the game. Once Ramirez got into his stride we were on to a winner, he was picking the ball up in space, spraying it left to right - he just looked excellent. We were a little slow in a build up in the first half, but in the 2nd half you could see quite clearly that the instruction was to get it up there as quickly as possibly and get players in and around Lambert - and it worked brilliantly. Villa couldn't handle Lambert, he had the beating of Dutch international Ron Vlaar all afternoon - terrific to see. Clyne's switch to the left allowed us to throw a little more unpredictability into proceedings, as rather than just running down blind ally's - he cut in, and he cut in with terrific effect. I'd like to see more of him at LB on that showing if I'm honest, a very veristile player. Defensively we were assured, Fonte - who hasn't been bad this year at all - had a very solid game, but the debut from Yoshida was terrific, easy to see that he's a very capable footballing centre half - who isn't afraid to throw himself into it if needed (and he keeps trying over head kicks..!) It was nice to see the interchanging in the 2nd half, we looked much more free and vibrant rather than the static way we played in the first half. Puncheon was terrific, floating all over the front 3 - Lallana switching sides, Ramirez popping up everywhere. It was great to see, and it shows that we have some real footballers in our starting 11 as the movement off the ball at times was terrific. Mayuka came on and made an impression as well. Very direct, terrific touch and very pacy - looks to have a lot about his game and I'm quite exciting by him if I'm honest. I think the main emotion at the end of today's game is relief - but also a real sense of satisfaction as we have finally shown what we're capable of. Ok, Villa aren't any great shakes, but we totally bossed that game in the 2nd half and if we play like that against the likes of Reading or even WBA at home - I reckon we will come out on top.

He was immense for Foritentina last season. This signing has shocked me, totally out of the blue. Thanks for everything Davis, but it's good to see the club have acted to sort our clear shortcomings in that area.

I believe that's just landed on the moon.

Made a good stop from Bent at 1-0 - on 46ish mins. If that went in, possibly too much for us to climb from. Turning point right there. Didn't get tested much after that though, but has a bit of confidence about him.

Looked very composed, made our defense look easier on the eye straight away. Good pace, good touch, comfortable on either foot - dominant in the air as well, against 2 big strikers.

You can tell he is a top, top, top player just by the amount of space he finds - that's not luck, that's a nack. From the highlights I saw before he joined I always felt he had a brain on him, always painting a picture - very much the case. Strong, composed, skilful - our best player by a mile. Let's enjoy him.

Is anyone going to crack down on this poster? As clear a WUM you'll ever see.

Nah Kenton was signed by WGS when we were in the PL.