Tag: defence
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Lescott Is Way Past It
Joleon Lescott recently moved to Aston Villa from West Brom for a fee of £2 million as Sherwood looked to add experience to the backline following the departure of Ron Vlaar. And yet, he has yet to improve the defence and his experience doesn’t really seem to count for much. Lescott has been brought into…
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Ciaran Clark Stepped Up As Leader
Ciaran Clark produced a fantastic display in yesterday’s 1-1 draw against Southampton. Going into the game, the Villa defence was labelled as ‘very weak’ by many journalists and fans who had predicted that Southampton would be able to exploit Villa last night. Instead, Clark produced a very strong leadership role in defence alongside young centre-back…
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Bertrand Solves Left-Back Issues
Ryan Bertrand has joined Aston Vill on loan this January and following his great performance against Liverpool last weekend, it appears as though Aston Villa have finally solved their left-back issues. The last time Aston Villa had a quality left-back was Stephen Warnock, he arrived from Blackburn and he performed well in 2009 and 2010.…
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Vlaar the Heart of the Improved Defence
Ron Vlaar joined Aston Villa last season and with the task of being Aston Villa’s main defender, that player that organised the back line and was a team leader. Last season he was definitely a team leader, but his performances and defensive ability was often questioned. This season however, Vlaar is a completely changed man…
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Clark and Bacuna Behind the Improved Defence
Last season Aston Villa had one of the worst defence’s in the Premier League, conceding a total of 69 goals. Youth and inexperienced was blamed for poor marking, and Villa’s incapability of defending set pieces. This season, players have matured and as a result, Villa’s defence has already kept 2 clean sheets and only conceded…