nepal_villan

48 minutes ago, Vancvillan said:

Our bench tonight had four senior players (Axel, Hause, Ings, Trez) and five youth players, and it wasn't by choice. I don't think we have the depth for a European campaign while also trying to get higher than 8th.

Unless you bring high priced U23 players, there is only so much depth you can have both in the PL and European competitions both in terms of regulations and squad harmony. 

The biggest area where we are under performing is with the two #10s (Buendia, Bailey, Young, etc.) we play behind the striker. If we get some strong performances there, we will be a very difficult side to play. 

He should be making cameos not be center stage.  Great for the squad but not starting eleven.

buendia is spent

Good half.  Just feel Young offers us very little as an attacking threat. Would move Watkins wide and bring Ings up top.

3 minutes ago, lexicon said:

Sanson will more than likely start against Norwich, I imagine - might feel like he has a point to prove against Smith. 

There will be a lot of rotation between Norwich and Burnley.  He'll start in one of the games.

Good podcast  interview with former CEO Tom Fox. Touches on his time at Villa.  At the end of the podcast he talks about Randy Lerner. I agree with Fox that owning/running a football club is a thankless endeavor - you'll only be liked until your next loss. 

I know there is a gulf in class, but still expected us to show a bit more than we have. They are simply attacking in waves.

39 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Hilarious they have villains in their name. 

I wonder what evil they are planning

Frankly, think it would be better for the branding to be distinct from Aston Villa.  If I am a fan of another Premier League club it would feel awkward to root for a team which is overtly tied to AVFC. Furthermore, there will be a presumption that the club is a feeder team of Aston Villa which will turn off fans as well. 

If we get 7-9 pts from our next 5 matches which includes Norwich, Burnley and Leed - we will be on pace to get 52-56 pts at season's end. That will definitely get us in the top-half and potentially as high as 8th position. Given our disastrous start that would a good achievement.

I'd give him the rest of the year off to get to 100% fitness. 

42 minutes ago, PieFacE said:

Looks insanely raw and no where near the finished article. Needs a lot of coaching to be more of a team player.

 £30m is a lot to pay for a player with these attributes

Think tonight showed that Luiz is better as an 8.  Chuck still raw - should go out on loan. We have good options in  Ramsey and Sanson.

Yes they are world class, but teams worse than us have played better against them. That's my disappointment.

Thank you for the 20 minutes against Everton.

Thought he was off the pace and made a couple of bad decisions. Would stick with our current trio in midfield.

Midfield and Targett have been great. Let's get this!

4 hours ago, nick76 said:

There is nothing wrong with our current one, we should stick with that.  

Not everybody will be happy with whatever we have so no point changing because the current one is fine.  

Imagine the cost of changing everything that has a badge on, it would be a fortune and that money is better spent elsewhere.

The lack of contrast between the gold lion and the light blue background and Aston Villa (the most beautiful club name) not being spelled out are the two biggest gripes with the current badge. 

Norwich just updated their crest.  Very nice explanation on the update on their official website and special crest website

Had we held on against Wolves we would be 9th.  

Looked pedestrian. Hopefully SG can light his fuse.

Don't like that we are taking long throw ins at every chance in the oppositions third. Save it for a few times in the match. Other than the Ings goal, can't remember too many times we looked very threatening from it.

His chance will come. The current formation is not optimal for him.

There will be a lot of experimenting with this squad, so feel we need to be patient until the 2nd half of the season when we will have a better idea of what works best.