QuoteHe's third in line after Vlaar and Petrov. Actually, Dunne is probably ahead of him too.Originally Posted by tricky_colour
He thinks he was fouled
Having seen it again he might have been but hard to tell from an internet stream.
However he should not have got himself into such a position in the first place.
Last edited by tricky_colour; 04/03/2013 at 7:58 PM.
He's third in line after Vlaar and Petrov. Actually, Dunne is probably ahead of him too.
He wasn't fouled. I'm watching it live on tv. Grade A howler.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
But he actually played alright apart from that. He's going to be a good cb.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
I'm all over this thread saying O'Dea is a better option but I'm happy to take that back. As long as he has a head like O'Shea or Vlaar alongside him, he's a very good player.
Can I have a pint of what your drinking?
Clarks got mistakes in him in every game.
Unlucky could of got a foul but never should of tried a fancy turn.
villa were really solid in the second half, but were missing something the final ball to find the net. Hart wasn't really troubled.
At the other end, Clark really improved as the game progressed, keeping Dzeko quiet, which is no easy feat. To be honest, the goal was the only real mistake he made, but when you're at the bottom of the league, you don't get the breaks
I think that's a fair summation Tets. He was good enough throughout and actually was a big part in Villa soaking up a lot of City pressure from around 25' to 40'. He also underhit a back pass around 80' where his partner recovered and picked up the loose ball but it was only of minor danger. A couple of things he can work on, decision making with the ball obviously and playing off his weak side. These are things that are fixable. I certainly haven't condemned him to the scrap heap like the doc has.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
You'll notice I didn't include you under the the column of experienced heads to play alongside him.
Clark was superb today, he made one mistake the entire match! Poor guy.
Is that the first positive thing you've ever said about an Irish footballer?
Probably. I've always had a soft spot for Kevin Kilbane though. He just seems like such a nice fella.
He's been making theses mistakes all season.
The Villa fans don't rate him at all, they should know having seen him all season.
Mark my words he will cost us dearly.
Trouble is as with McClean he's getting over hyped by Irish fans and look what happened there?
Fools on here keep saying " He will be so much better with an older experienced player along side him.
The truth is he won't!
Just seeing Clark's brain-fart now: http://rutube.ru/video/cc16093d90d72...1af4458d0de38/
Looks like he was clipped, so probably a foul, but it was slack to first allow Dzeko to get so close to him and reckless to then attempt a turn like that being the last man back. To be fair to him, he nearly got back and stopped Tevez' shot on the line.
Yes there may have been and element of a foul but you can't try to be too clever in that area of the pitch.
I didn't see much of a foul there boyos! Being generous. His feet seemed to get tangled up in a combination of pressure and a fancy pirouette...black Swan.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
To be fair to him, Gary Neville slowed it down in studio and he's clearly tripped with the benefit of hindsight. You tend to lose these tight calls when you're near the bottom of the league. He won't be trying that again anytime soon.
Dunney is always at that, has been caught out a few times. As have plenty other centre halfs who fancy themselves as a bit of a baller. Rio for example. Meh, as long as he doesn't do it in an Irish shirt, I couldn't give a ****.
It does look like he was tripped. I was impressed that his first instinct was to go turn around and try to prevent the goal even though he felt he'd been tripped. A lot of defenders would just have given up or started shouting at the ref.
Yeah, didn't see the slow-mo close up in fairness so you could well be right and he was tripped. It didn't appear that way live though!
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
It's hard to see the foul without the slow motion. In that clip posted earlier, it looked as if he was falling before any contact, pity because it was a neat bit of footwork after he dallied.
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