Aston Villa Banter Archive December 06 2011

06 Dec 2011 13:32:12
Like many villa fans I was prepared to give Mcleish the chance to prove himself at Villa, but I have to say he is failing the examination. Our performance for the first 70 minutes on Saturday was appauling, the players didn't look interested and there was no great motivation (almost as bad as the Spurs game) we were poor at the back, lacked imagination going forward and gave Man U far to much space in midfield. If Mcleish builds his teams on defensive qualities then, apart from the odd bright moment and with the exception of Shay Given, this strategy isn't working, our defending from set pieces this season as been abysmal. Let's hope that January brings some quality signings, a wide player to provide service for Bent would be a start, before he decides to join the exodus, and hopefully Sunderland might be in the market for some of the MON signings that haven't made the grade ! we all know who these are.