Ah, Pires v Clichy in a footrace. Should make ugly viewing...
About time Villa got an injury this season.
He's been a key player for you this season. Looks like Pires may be getting shifted out onto the wing against Arsenal eh?![]()
Clichy is out tonight, so maybe won't make it for the weekend. Even so, who needs pace when you have a brain like Pires does?
Just a hint of sarcasm there, big shame though as its been nice seeing one of the bigger clubs play a young english player week after week
Unlucky for Villa as he's been fantastic, but I doubt Pires will be the automatic replacement. Only going by the brief MotD piece on his debut, but wasn't he playing more centrally?
Shame tbf, i heard Ridgewell wanted to end the kid come the 1st![]()
Ha! Last time a Brum player tried to take on a Villa one, the little turncoat ended up running away from Da Nige. Besides, Albrighton did Evra three times in one match and Evra, unlike Ridgwell, isn't about as mobile as a lamed girder welded to the ground.![]()
Run away XD you wish...
And fair enough, ye i know the kids quick, he would cause a couple of problems, shame he will have to wait to face us then really :$
Mmm, he's probably gutted. He really wants to play you lot as well, proper Villan that he is. I'm still waiting for Hleb to hit top gear (if he still has it) and I have a sneaking suspicion that if he plays against us he will...
Is he proper villa fan? Or is this just another he's a local lad thing like Craig Gardner. Then comes out with the truth <)
Erm... Im unsure whether he still has it, he played well against yourselves at vile park i thought, with his lack of pace he has lost that impact that he once had on games, but he is definitely still doing the business just doing his job, just nothing more than that as of yet, however Big Eck suggests there is a lot more to come!
Im glad that Albrighton wont make the cup tie, because he is an unknown threat to us, we know what were getting from the rest, with him he could prove the difference, or have no impact at all.
I really wouldn't drop all bets about Gary Gardner, it is rare when brothers support different teams, so don't count your chickens 8-|Pfft, nah. ShitGardner was always a blue, he just never told anyone. Albrighton and GoodGardner (Gary) are both out-and-out Villans, and make no bones about it.
Ye i agree i have faith in Big Eck's ability to do something special with him, its hard to find the right position for him tbh, and i think it would be very wrong to base the team around him, which is what Big Eck seemed to do when we were playing awful, he dropped him, and we have benefited.Yeah, I'm undecided about Hleb. Almost certainly not the threat he was, but then again he used to be superb for Arsenal, one of the best young talents in the world at that time. McLeish is a good manager, if there's anything left in the tank he'll get the best out of him.
Not true! We can deploy the awesome unknown power of Stephen Ireland!
XD