QuoteBobby Robson is back !!??Originally Posted by geysir
Stan's sidekick, our old vice manager, takes temporary charge of Villa.
Meanwhile the search for a Tim lookalike is set in motion,
top candidate is Remi Garde
Bobby Robson is back !!??
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
First assistant manager, second assistant manager, whatever.
says he is "back from injury"
Grealish on bench, but it is a cup match so not gonna draw any conclusions from the selection.
2-0 down now.
Last edited by tricky_colour; 28/10/2015 at 8:19 PM.
Clark was poor for the second goal as he left Pelle drift in behind him. The first goal was the other centre backs fault I think, presumably Crespo. Clark followed his man but Crespo was too slow closing down Yoshida and then seemed to turn his back on the shot.
Was it CD with another great one liner about having Clark for a man marking job on lewandoski or something? Dembele juat brushed him aside.woeful defending.
No Paul, I learned my lesson long ago to only ever predict players to make mistakes.
He was terrible for the first goal and it sounds like he is having a nervy game all round. BBC website saying he doesn't look like a Premier League defender.
Didn't see much of it but I really felt for him for the goal. It's one of those ones where you kind of know straight away that you've got too close and are in trouble. He'd have probably got away with it against a lot of players but Dembele's as strong as a horse! His fellow defenders, Lescott in particular, could have helped him out too but were slow to react to the danger. What does a Premier League defender look like anyway?! Every week we see pathetic defending from most clubs, individually and collectively. Clark may have had a bad night but he's a good player I think and will keep improving.
It was terrible defending but equally it was very odd how a centre back got isolated on the touch line and Dembele's run to goal went totally unchecked. Did nobody see fit to try and cover?
I like Clark and wouldn't be unhappy if he played in the play offs. I'm not 100pc convinced by any of our CBs.
His biggest crime was probably not just dragging him to the ground before he got into the box. He got too close to a guy out by the touchline, it was very poor but there's no way that mistake should result in a goal, or at least not a goal for Dembele. Yeah, God knows why he was out there in the first place. Hopefully Garde won't hold it against him for too long. I'm sure Lescott and Richards will have their moments as well, maybe Clark's ability on the ball will be a positive factor with this manager.
Last edited by DeLorean; 04/11/2015 at 10:21 AM.
I know Clarky, he's a good lad, but anyone who thinks he will get any better and cut out his regular mistakes is living in a dream world.
The thought of Clark and Keogh as a CB pairing is frightening!
Almost as frightening as Keogh and SSL.
Good point. Defenders never improve with age and experience. You know your footie
How long has he been making such mistakes and still not improving?Good point. Defenders never improve with age and experience. You know your footie
He has enough experience now yet still makes errors.
Same with Keogh.
Oh Chazza, you're such a hoot! Yawn!!!!!
Says who? He was playing very well during the initial Sherwood revival last season until he got injured.
There are much better and more experienced defenders than Clark still making errors. Vincent Kompany could put out his own bloopers DVD for his performances over the past couple of seasons. The easiest thing in the world is to highlight a defender making mistakes, they're never too far away, but Clark does need to cut down on the really bad ones like the other night.
Had one howler recently but is having a fine season. Would definitely prefer better than him against Bosnia though, no doubt.
Last edited by DeLorean; 06/11/2015 at 3:00 PM.
Encouragingly Clark retains his place for this afternoon's game with Manchester City. Micah Richards returns from suspension but it's Lescott that has dropped to the bench. City's performance midweek would make you fear for him a bit but at least Silva and Aguero are still absent.
He was lucky not to concede a penalty as he made contact with Sterling's toe in the penalty area as he was trying to side step him. It would have been soft enough but probably was a penalty. Sterling's delayed reaction and generally going down like a little bitch helped Clarky out I think. One more scary moment shortly afterwards where he should have put the ball out for a throw but miss hit it and De Bruyne ran clear down the right, but his ball across was just too fast for Sterling to get on the end of it. Other than that it's been fairly easy for Villa so far, City not motoring at all really.
Edit- nice clean sheet for Clark and a good point for Villa. He had a decent second half which included one of his vintage tackles on Navas. He also made a good job of covering for his left backs mistake at one point in a very similar situation to when he was hung out to dry on Monday night! Surely a starter in Bosnia?
Last edited by DeLorean; 08/11/2015 at 2:23 PM.
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