Must have gotten injured in the warm up. Was in the first XI 40 minutes ago:
zteiger Richard Bondén
villa: Friedel, L Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Albrighton, Clark, Hogg, Downing, Young, Agbonlahor
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Must have gotten injured in the warm up. Was in the first XI 40 minutes ago:
zteiger Richard Bondén
villa: Friedel, L Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Albrighton, Clark, Hogg, Downing, Young, Agbonlahor
Sounds like he failed a late fitness test so. Reporter at match said that Clark had picked up a knock in the mid week matchQuote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
oops :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
Good luck to him, but all of a sudden I don't care about him anymore.
Out with a calf injury according to the commentators in the Aston Villa/Manchester United match.
Starts 2day again V Arsenal. Looks to be playing in central mid with Hogg dropped to the bench. Presume it was centre half he played in the last game with Collins out injured was it? Houllier must really rate him highly. Dunne playing with Ireland on the bench
Hogg, not Hobbs.
He's looked poor so far today, passing has been sideways or backwards, tackling so-so.
Villa were absolutely steamrolled by Arsenal in the first half. Villa centre midfield was non-existent
Arsenal are all over them, Dunne having his usual game. Clarke hasn't done much, but then hasn't had the chance to
Apologies was doing two things at the same time. That's the problem having to work on a saturdayQuote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
Dunne was lucky not to add to his 8 o.g.s with the clearance following Clark's poor header.
Ah it's hard to keep track of all these Villa nursery players.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
WOW! Unreal goal from Clarke!
Have it!!!
What fantastic control, and shooting. I take back everything I said.
Great finish from Clark from the edge of the box, won't see many better finishes this week!
Showed his inexperience getting booked straight away afterwards.
Haha another for Clarke!
Another goal for Clark, Robbie's replacement???
Dunne with the assist too.
Should have had a hat trick. Missed another great chance. Great to see him get two
Is he now playing as an attacking midfielder with Ireland sitting back??!!
Aye Ireland held back. Interstingly Dunne was sent up forward for the last ten minutes, was a pretty decent target man too.
Dunne up front with Clark playing behind him could be the Irish team's "Plan B" perhaps?
Wow great day for CC! ESPN had that game on hi def and i almost turned to off at the half... glad i didnt.
Hope he gets blooded soon.
Fair play to him
Looking forward to seeing the goals
:plane::plane::plane:
I think losing might have soured his day somewhat, but good goals nonetheless. The first was a great strike. Best player in a dire Villa team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
wait is Ciaran clark not a defender how did he get 2 goals?!
The match was on too early for me but he does play in midfield sometimes. Then again Pascal Cygan once got two goals from defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
He was playing in central midfield today. Despite the two goals he played very poorly and I doubt we'll see him play in this role again.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
The whole Villa team were terrible today but Clark did well in the last 20 minutes. He has played in this role a couple of times already this season and has given a good account of himself so we more than likely will see him in this role again, especially considering the lengthy injury list Villa have (including Petrov and Reo-Coker) at the momentQuote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Clarke for England!
No way he was the best player. Pretty non-existent apart from the goals. As was Bannan. Arsenal just bypassed the Villa midfield. Downing was Villa's star man today, I thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
He played ok, did well for both goals. But Villa by and large were very poor today, particularly when you compare today to their performance versus Man U. The team is very inexperienced and they really need the likes of Young and Downing to show the way, Young in particular was very poor! S Ireland came on, looked lively for ten mins and then did his usual disappearing act.
Meh. He didnt play very poorly. I suspect you suffer from seasonal affective disorder up there in Canada. You seem to be more negative the other 11 months than in your summer month.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Trap needs to ask FIFA if they can blood some players any way other than playing them in games. Can't he just get McCarthy and Clark in a basement and burn some cards and tell them not to rat on their friends like the mafia used to do?
Downing spent most of his time crossing into the crowd and pulling out of tackles. Bit too much of the Downing of last season for my liking - tbh Clark got the nod simply because he scored. No Villa player particularly deserved the time of day after yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...538467,00.html
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Aston Villa starlet Ciaran Clark insists he has no regrets about pledging his international allegiance to Republic of Ireland. Clark, who could have played for England after representing them at Under 18, U 19 and U 20 level, decided to play his international football for the Ireland. The 21-year-old, who has impressed for Villa this season, is hoping to make his Republic of Ireland debut against Macedonia in March and he is happy with his choice of snubbing England.
"I've made my decision, I am Irish," Clark told The Mirror.
"I've played for England in the younger age groups but the time has come and I've decided to play for Ireland if selected. All my family is based in Ireland. If selected I'm sure I will have so much support over there. I am just looking forward to the next international game now as I was injured for the last one but there are a lot of games before then for Villa."
Clark, who scored two goals for Villa as an emergency midfielder against Arsenal on Saturday, admits he did not have time to enjoy his goals as he tried to get his side back into the game before going on to lose 4-2. He added: "I didn't have time to celebrate, I just wanted to get the ball back and push on for the next one."
"I've decided to play for Ireland if selected" - what a refreshing attitude.
That's not what he meant. He meant if he gets a call up, he was being humble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Jaysus Fox you are a glass half empty kind of person ;)
I am pretty sure Yard of Pace means the same thing as you!!
It is good to see Clark say that - its suppose to be a privlege to play for your country - not an entitlement
Ah my sarcasm meter is on by default. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kennedmc