Man city v Villa

[pioneertrini]

a small match report I found, looks like samuel didnt have a great game.

David O'Leary suffered a Halloween horror at Eastlands as the spectre of Darius Vassell came back to haunt the under-pressure Aston Villa boss.
Vassell bagged a first-half brace as Manchester City won 3-1 and marched into the Barclays Premiership's top four, leaving Villa precariously placed on the fringes of a relegation fight.

On the day a 'preliminary approach' for the midlands club by the Comer Homes Group was confirmed, the club's fans will be concerned with the fact their club have just nine points - and are just two places and two points off the relegation zone.

The Villa boss' problems started before kick-off when Thomas Sorensen twisted an ankle in the warm-up, forcing O'Leary to replace him with stand-in stopper Stuart Taylor.

The former Arsenal man barely had time to settle before his goal was breached in ridiculous fashion.

There was no imminent danger to the Villa defence when Sylvain Distin launched a long, hopeful ball forward. On his own up front, Vassell did well to get his head to it. However, Jlloyd Samuel's failed to spot Taylor advancing out of his box, an error he compounded by heading past his 'keeper, allowing Vassell to run on and tap into an empty net.

O'Leary must have thought it could not get any worse, but it did when Andy Cole exposed young defender Liam Ridgewell with a marvellous piece of skill that saw him flick the ball over his head and then lob it to Vassell. He dispatched the ball with a superb right-footed volley into the bottom corner of the net.

The interval introduction of Patrick Berger for Samuel certainly made a difference. It was the Czech international's industry which created Villa's goal as he chased down a wayward Milner cross, then drilled the ball over for Ridgewell to bundle home.

Unfortunately for O'Leary, Berger lasted less than half an hour before he limped out of the action, forcing the Villa boss to substitute a substitute.

Cole's match-sealing effort saw the farce continue for O'Leary, as he saw the striker's shot loop off Delaney's outstretched leg, over Taylor and into the net.

Copyright (c) Press Association Ltd 2005, All Rights Reserved.

[TnTVillan]

However, Jlloyd Samuel's failed to spot Taylor advancing out of his box, an error he compounded by heading past his 'keeper, allowing Vassell to run on and tap into an empty net.

Thats BS. Taylor rush off he line like a moron. When Jlloyd clearly had it covered. I watched the play. It was clearly keeper error. You even saw Jlloyd telling Taylor to go back.

[FATZ]

This is from a report on soccernet, you should have watched the man play against Man City, he did a pack of shit, can we expect that kind of game from him if Been picks him against Bahrain, if so is best we just don't show up and give Bahrain a free send off party to the world cup.

Soccernet report
There was no imminent danger to the Villa defence when Sylvain Distin launched a long, hopeful ball forward. On his own up front, Vassell did well to get his head to it.

The striker deserves credit for following up his own efforts but even he could not have anticipated Jlloyd Samuel's failure to spot Taylor advancing out of his box, an error he compounded by heading past his `keeper, allowing Vassell to run on and tap into an empty net.

[Peong]

And Skysports takes Jlloyd's side in this report.

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=321536&CPID=8&clid=&lid=2&title=O'Leary+blasts+defensive+frailty

Wa yuh go do?

[Sam]

Sometimes people have off days....

Samuel will do good for T&T on the left wing....

[Redditch Valiant]

a small match report I found, looks like samuel didnt have a great game.

He didn't, that's why he was substituted at half time.

[TnTVillan]

a small match report I found, looks like samuel didnt have a great game.

He didn't, that's why he was substituted at half time.

Redditch who was he subbed off for? He came off for Patrik Berger the ex Liverpool midfielder who is an attacking midfielder. VIlla was down 2-0 and needed to attack hence the reason he came off for a midfielder as they switched to a 3-5-2 formation.
Get ya facts right before ya talk.

[Arimaman]

I saw the majority of the first half and he really had a poor game.  I agree the 1st goal was not entirely his fault because he was motioning with his hand for the keeper to stay in the box.

However, overall he played poorly.  His marking was atrocious and seemed a step slow.

One game doesn't make the man.  Everyone's entitled to a poor game.  Let's hope he got the bad out of his system last night and not on the 12th or the 16th.

[JDB]

Redditch who was he subbed off for? He came off for Patrik Berger the ex Liverpool midfielder who is an attacking midfielder. VIlla was down 2-0 and needed to attack hence the reason he came off for a midfielder as they switched to a 3-5-2 formation.
Get ya facts right before ya talk.

Yes but if he was playing well they would have taken off someone else don't you think?

By all accounts he didn't have a good game, you can't fight down men for saying that.

[pioneertrini]

right now every villa player is having a bad game every week 

[TnTVillan]

Redditch who was he subbed off for? He came off for Patrik Berger the ex Liverpool midfielder who is an attacking midfielder. VIlla was down 2-0 and needed to attack hence the reason he came off for a midfielder as they switched to a 3-5-2 formation.
Get ya facts right before ya talk.

Yes but if he was playing well they would have taken off someone else don't you think?

By all accounts he didn't have a good game, you can't fight down men for saying that.

Not Necessarily cause they are bringing on a left footer so take off a left footer. Also 3-5-2 means the addition of another midfielder not losing one hence the reason Jlloyd came off instead of another player.

[dumpalewie]

I saw the majority of the first half and he really had a poor game.  I agree the 1st goal was not entirely his fault because he was motioning with his hand for the keeper to stay in the box.

However, overall he played poorly.  His marking was atrocious and seemed a step slow.

One game doesn't make the man.  Everyone's entitled to a poor game.  Let's hope he got the bad out of his system last night and not on the 12th or the 16th.

I couldn't agree more with this synopsis.

[Carib-Briton]

Samuel will do well in the future

[dwn]

whether the man had a good or bad game - theres not much you can take from it other than he had a good/bad game - in the scene of things and from the perspective of someone trying to analyse his ability to perform for trinidad it means nothing.

zidane has had bad games.

whats more relevant is - has he been poor/out of form in recent times/all season? how does the threat of bahrain compare to that of the premiership?

[FLi !]

He didn't even play a full game, he had a BAD 45 minutes in which he was involved in a goal which to be honest was predominantly the keepers fault.

So for all these men who saying yea he good or yea he bad, its impossible to properly assess the man based on that 45 minute spell.

p.s He must be doing something well to actually start for Villa though......

[SHOTTA]

the funny thing about football is dat if he did score a goal an villa had won then this thread wuda be soo different

[grim]

This is to notify all fellow forumites of a charter flight to T&T.
Lets take the forum to the stadium.
All die hard Warrior fans who are interested will have the opportunity to attend the game in Trinidad on Nov 12th. 

There are 20 spaces available with the possibility of more depending on request.

Two options are:
1. Game ticket ie, uncovered stands and airfare aboard BWIA IS $534.00
2. Game ticket ie, covered stands and airfare aboard BWIA is $550.00.

So forumites, lets go the extra mile or in this case thousand of miles and witness T&T on the road to Germany. 

This is giving you an opportunity to be part of history. 

ps.  Please note its last minute.  All interested parties respond immediately.

For further information call Grim 347 495 7503.

[FireBrand]

This is to notify all fellow forumites of a charter flight to T&T.
Lets take the forum to the stadium.
All die hard Warrior fans who are interested will have the opportunity to attend the game in Trinidad on Nov 12th. 

There are 20 spaces available with the possibility of more depending on request.

Two options are:
1. Game ticket ie, uncovered stands and airfare aboard BWIA IS $534.00
2. Game ticket ie, covered stands and airfare aboard BWIA is $550.00.

So forumites, lets go the extra mile or in this case thousand of miles and witness T&T on the road to Germany. 

This is giving you an opportunity to be part of history. 

ps.  Please note its last minute.  All interested parties respond immediately.

For further information call Grim 347 495 7503.

Grim yuh serving cook food and jammin soca on de flight like de bus ride to Hartford? If so ah dey!