Neville starts for Reserves

macheda doing well .. all alone upfront
he is going to be huge
 
macheda doing well .. all alone upfront
he is going to be huge


I wanted him on the first team bench (in cup games) earlier in the season. We simply don't have a striker in the squad of that type.
He'll probably be loaned out next season so it'll be quite a while before we see what he looks like in the first team.
 
hattrick kiko ..
wowser

james + macheda will rip villa apart
 
I wanted him on the first team bench (in cup games) earlier in the season. We simply don't have a striker in the squad of that type.
He'll probably be loaned out next season so it'll be quite a while before we see what he looks like in the first team.

I seriously doubt he will be loaned out a we don't tend to loan out youngsters that young. Although I think he will struggle to get a look in in terms of the first team as he is behind Welbeck for the fourth spot.
 
Good game that. Thought we did well aside from having a bit of a shocker in the middle of the park. Not sure what's going on with Possebon. Every time you think he's getting back on track, he produces an absolute stinker. Age I guess.

Aside from that though, usual good performances from Martin and Eckersley, and absolutely ridiculous finishing from Macheda, who already looks like he finds reserve football far too easy. The third goal was Ruud like.

Thought that robotic Wes Brown thing did quite well when it came on as well, and Stewart's acceleration has become silly. The amount of times he beats a player just by speeding up is almost terryfying. Shame it also causes him to die of exhaustion after 60 minutes of each game.
 
What a cracking last goal!

Kiko looks like a decent talent indeed.

Out of interest how did young Brown do?
 
Brilliant game of football! Macheda will quite deservedly get all the headlines but some of the passing displayed by James and Eikrem was sensational. The latter gave his best performance at reserve team level for the second game in a row and I'm starting to think some of the seemingly over the top things Ole has been saying about him to the Noggie media isn't just nepotism.

At 17 Nile Ranger looks like a bit of a prospect by the way. For a moment there I thought he was Welbeck in a wig.
 
James was good. Macheda clinical. Martin tireless.
Possebon needs a kick up the arse.
Gaz looked two weeks away from a full game imo..
The ref was an utter c0ck.
Shame Norwood's freekick didn't go in at the end and Macheda was offside. Norwood can hit 'em.
Great game to watch.
 
The second and third goals are beauties. Two excellent assists for James, and great finishing from Macheda. Macheda looks like he's well built, so that'll help him cope with the next step.