Your season so far - Villa Fan

[tomzep]

I posted on here before and after you embarrassed us at your place and found it a decent forum so i thought id pop back

I was wondering how you see your season so far?

1)Where do you think youll finish?
2)What players have stepped up to the premier league?
3)Which players havent?
4)Who would you like to get in January?
5)Whats been youve favourite result so far?

1)I think youll finish 15th
2)Ricardo Fuller has shown he has premiership quality, and our old boy Sorenson has been good for you
3)Griffin looks awful IMO
4)Im not sure who you should be targeting
5)Im hoping its not the villa but i imagine first prem home game was a bloody good day for you lot!

[ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views]

1) 15th
2) Fuller stands out
3) Seyi has been a little liteweight but everyone to some extent as stepped up (wilko not given chance really but was very poor at Bolton)
4) Gareth Barry
5) Villa was the best one im afriad as it was the first and the last min. West Brazil is always a highlight because they genuinely are completely deluded!!

Good luck in the uefa tonight!

[Done it for scfcbuxton]

1) 12th, with a bit of strengthening in January
2) Sidibe, Fuller, Griffin, Diao and Delap, with feet aswell as hands, have made the step up, new signings Abdo Faye, Higgy and Sorro have impressed the most
3) Cresswell(as expected) has struggled and new signings Kitson, Olofinjana and Amdy Faye have struggled
4) a nippy striker, a poacher, a CM who can pass and a winger maybe Harewood, Manucho, Huddlestone, Ledley although Huddlestone plays now Redknapp's at Spurs
5) Beating the Arse at home and seeing them all throw a strop for the next fortnight.

[Funky]

1)Out of the bottom 3
2)Mama Sidibe
3)Liam Lawrence
4)I'd like to get Robinho
5)Beating Arsenal

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ha ha, i just read my post and agreed with it, then realised it was my post!

[ManderBeast]

Welcome Back Fella.

In answer to your questions:

1) 14th
2) I really think after his lay-off, Shawcross has stepped up to the plate. Fuller looks like he's making up for lost time. Delap is proving a revelation. But the most improved, or most Effective, ive gotta say Mama Sidibe.... he's been truly imense so far, with a few vital goals.. non other than yours truly
3) There are quite a few, but these were expected.... Cresswell, Pugh, Pericard, Wilkinson, Dickinson... i fully expect 3 out of them 5 to move on soon..
4) Benjani has been in the media & a fair few rumours are spread that a 5 million bid would get his signature.. IMO great signing. Were in need of a creative pacey winger... so kightly or Bristol City's left winger.. think its McIndoe? not sure. but seems to have good raw talent, just nneed a little nurchuring & be given a 2nd name thats memorable..
5) The result against you lot will be in my mind on my death bed i'm sure of it. A script im confident that J.K Rowling would struggle to conclude...
But just because of the magnitude of the oppostition... the history & heritage...& the MOANING there after... it has to be the win against Arsenal...

Av It!

[twinedwitherlangen]

1) Haven't a clue, dunna like to make predictions like that, ideally i'd like us to be automatically safe with 5/6 games left

2) Ricardo Fuller and also, Mama is playing the football of his life, Ryan Shawcross has pleased after a shakey start and although not new to the prem, but new/returning to Stoke - Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham and Sorensen have been top notch

3) Kitson has had a rough time, Cresswell has looked out of his depth, Diao has had bad games as have Amdy Faye and Olofinjana, and Griff's had some dodgy moments, but against Arsenal in particular he was immense, but no one who's played for us so far has looked totally totally lost, which is good

4) Not sure about names, dunna follow whos available that closely to be honest, obviously love some pace on the wing(s) - and one or two strikers would be lovely, i'd welcome Harewood, as he has been linked with us

5) Beating Villa was special for us, first game back in the top flight, last minute winner etc - getting a point at Anfield and beating Arsenal too - three results that are what we've been dreaming of for seasons

[ManderBeast]

erasure

[tomzep]

Glad to see you lot are confident, nothing worse than dreading the rest of a season ie: the O'leary years!

I'd be very very worried if you signed Harewood if i were you, the man looks lost and if he doesnt have a good first five minutes he totally disappears and looks heart broken

I think Routledge on the otehr hand could bea good move for you guys, fast tricky winger who just cant quite get into our team, could be what your after and i reckon youd get him for £1.5million as that would cover our investment

I think Benjani would be a good move for you guys, he has incredible work rate so would be good when the chips are down and time to dig in

How much do you think Fuller would cost at the en of the season if you were to go down?

[potters11]

1)Where do you think youll finish? - 17th (Originally thought 19th)
2)What players have stepped up to the premier league? - Fuller, Griffin (he has been outstanding.) Cort when called upon has pleasantly surprsied me. Edit - how could I forget MAMA, he has been oustanding. Shawcross also deserves a mention! Too many!
3)Which players havent? Lawrence didn't before his injury, Kitson has been very poor so far.
4)Who would you like to get in January? A couple of forwards and a decent winger and a re-vitalised Dave Kitson.
5)Whats been youve favourite result so far? Beating the Villa, beating Arsenal and the point at Anfield both ran the Villa game close.

[ManderBeast]

in all fairness mate, cant see fuller goin anywhere if we go down...

he's too injury prone, & if im right in thinking he's 30.... would be a big gamble. Temprement aint the best neither...

[Done it for scfcbuxton]

Plus he realises he owes Pulis a lot. If he did move it'd be fvor a lot more than the 500k we paid for him

[salopstick]

fuller is not worth no money beacuse of his knees
he is invaluable to us

would we sell NO
would he go to probably sit on the bench somewhere NO

[ManderBeast]

its the perfect scenario for both parties..

he'll for sure go downn in SCFC folklore... if not already

[Deleted]

1) Top
2) Pericard
3) Buxton - he's gone to Sheff Wed.
4) Kaka.
5) Hull 0-5 Wigan was pretty funny.

[dexter97]

1) About where we are now; 14th - 16th
2) A few of them have surprised me. We all expected Fuller and Lawrence to do the business, but Mama, Delap, Shawcross (after a shaky start) and Griffin have all exceeded my pre-season expectations. Sorensen, Abdy Faye and Higgy were established Premier League players, so no surprises there. Not seen enough of Tonge or Soares yet, but they both look like they could make the grade.
3) Jury's out on Ololfinjana, and Kitson's been disappointing.
4) Left midfielder and a couple of forwards. We're fairly well-stocked at the back and in the middle of the park.
5) The Arse would be the obvious one, and I didn't stop smiling for 24 hours after we beat your lot (Nothing personal, but a last-minute winner in the first game back in the top flight, against a team predicted to do well... I think anyone would be well-chuffed). However I'm going to break with popular opinion here and say that the result against the Boggies last week has been my favourite.

[sweetandinnocent]

1) 16th and if we can pick up an away win or 2 along the way maybe 14th

2) Fuller, Shawcross, Delap & Sidibe and imo griffin has been great for us so far.

3) Amdy Faye, Olofinjana ( as of yet, allthough i still have a feeling he will turn out a good signing) Creswell( allthough he is still played out of position, so you can't really knock him as he still gives 110% )

4) Scott Sinclair, Victor Moses, Kevin Doyle, Wayne Routledge, Mark Stein( if i had a time machine to take him back a few years), Steve Sidwell, Micheal Kightly, Benjani, Zoltan Gera, Kevin Nolan.
Mainly a creative CM, a pacey winger with a good cross and a nippy hardworking striker.

5) Stoke City 2 - 1 Arsenal allthough it has to be said a lot of Stokies were very confident of a result against these.




if i could sign any striker at the moment from the premiership i would sign your G Agbonlahor! Quality player he is, do you think you can hold on to him in January or is it worth making a cheeky bid? ;D

[tomzep]

on the griffin front its probably the fact that i only normally see MOTD highlights and he seems to get a lot of crosses put past him

IMO Gabi is one of the most over rated players in th eleague, atm. I can see him getting better week in week out, literally, and in 3 years time i believe he will be one of th ebest strikers in the league. ATM hes a very quick lad with good instinct finishing, but when he has to think he struggles. His hold up play is getting better every game and recently hes even played upfront on his own. Hes not great.......yet! He wpuldnt be much use to you at the moment as he relies on players like barry and young teeing him up atm

[sweetandinnocent]

If Carlsberg made Stoke City signings.................................................................................................................................






















We'd sign Ashley Young too .

[dexter97]

Nov 27, 2008 12:28:45 GMT tomzep said:

on the griffin front its probably the fact that i only normally see MOTD highlights and he seems to get a lot of crosses put past him

I often wonder if I'm just being paranoid, but whenever I've watched the MOTD highlights of games I've been to, I've been convinced that they're edited to fit Stoke's media stereotype.

[A-teen_six_T3]

1)Honestly think we will finish about 16th
2)its hard to say, cus many of our top performers are new boys and have prem experience - Sorro and Abd Faye been the main ones. From last season, Shawcross has addapted well, Griff, though he'd be getting skinned every week but he holding is own and Mama is proving tough for any defence to deal with
3)Lawrence in his few games before is injury was disappointing.
4)some strike cover for Fuller, a striker with a bit of pace, or a pacey left winger who could put good balls for a revitalised kitson, back to his fox in the box days at reading
5) I enjoyed beating the Arse because i fuckin' hate them!

[sgtpotter89]

1)Where do you think you'll finish? dont wanna say
2)What players have stepped up to the premier league? Fuller, Shawcross has done ok so far. cant believe i forgot big mama, the boy has been top class so far
3)Which players havent? Liam Lawrence but i believe he will come good when he gets some match practice
4)Who would you like to get in January? Marlon Harewood, Jermaine Pennant, Haminu Dramani or Joe Ledley
5)Whats been youve favourite result so far? stoke 2-1 arsenal

[Pretty Little Boother]

Nov 27, 2008 10:06:50 GMT ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views said:

ha ha, i just read my post and agreed with it, then realised it was my post!

;D

[garymoore26]

16th
sidibe
lawrence
chis iwelumo scott sinclar ebanks blake.
beating tottenham and sunderland in the same week!

[thepremierbanksy]

1- 17th. There are still some big boys underneath us who will probably pass us, but i think we are going to stay up at the moment. January is looking like a tough month for us, i think we might have to deal with getting sucked down for a bit.

2- Delap is I suppose the biggest surprise for me. His throws (which are basically the same as last season) are causing havoc for unknown reasons and have won us a few games, but also his performances as a left winger have been top notch. Fuller and sidibe's partnership looks better than ever. Actually no I am going to correct myself - Griff is the biggest surprise. He was absolutely useless for us last season, and i thought that our failure to replace him would relegate us on it's own, but he has put some fantastic perfomances in, not least against arsenal when he was a man possessed.

3. Not been disapointed by anyone really, although i guess lawrence was below par before he was out. The 3 defensive midfielders diao, amdy faye and olofinjana sometimes seem to struggle, but i think that is symptomatic of playing two out and out defensive mids the way we do.

4. A left midfielder and a spare striker in both the fuller and sidibe moulds.

5. As I wasn't at the villa match, Arsenal for me, although every win is an immense feeling. Arsenal though we were comprehensively the better side.

[Oatcake Andy]

1)17th - although slightly optimistic is could be a lot higher
2)Delap, Griffin, Mama, Fuller
3)Lawrence (although to be fair I think he struggled to recover from the summer op). Cresswell.
4)A forward and someone who can take a corner/free kick.
5)Arsenal, closely followed by Liverpool.

[Cupid Stunt]

Nov 27, 2008 9:55:35 GMT tomzep said:

I posted on here before and after you embarrassed us at your place and found it a decent forum so i thought id pop back

I was wondering how you see your season so far?

1)Where do you think youll finish?
2)What players have stepped up to the premier league?
3)Which players havent?
4)Who would you like to get in January?
5)Whats been youve favourite result so far?

1) Head says 18th :-(, heart says 17th or above
2) Fuller has, Mama Sidibe has, Shawcross is looking ok atm and Delap is running his bollocks off everyweek and I honestly didn't believe his throw ins would work, but they have done
3) I don't think Cresswell is a premier league player but he does work 'aaard
4) Agbohnlahor
5) 2-1 against Arsenal and the 0-0 draw at anfield were the best results but in enterainment terms as well as the result it has to be beating the Villa, but I hope you break into the top 4 because you're an honest, hard working side with true professionals and true fans.

[trebor63]

I'd love to see Routledge or someone of his ilk here cos we are desperate for that type of player to give us an 'out' at away matches!

Stoke are what we are! Very well organised, great team spirit and work ethic and quite physical (though NOT dirty as Arsehole Wenger claims)

I think we can avoid the drop and COULD finish towards halfway up the table so anywhere between 17th and 12th .

As for the Villa I hope and think you could crack the top four this year. I'd love us to put the spanner in Arsenals works on the last day of the season to help you guys out! The ultimate revenge on the lying mardarse from the mighty Potters!

[Oatcake Andy]

Nov 27, 2008 19:34:23 GMT trebor63 said:

As for the Villa I hope and think you could crack the top four this year. I'd love us to put the spanner in Arsenals works on the last day of the season to help you guys out! The ultimate revenge on the lying mardarse from the mighty Potters!

Seconded

[Deleted]

I might be wrong, but I don't think that Riccy could get another english club because of the Jamaican world ranking............