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    Pre Match Thread

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    I'd almost be tempted to go with Hutton RB and Crespo LB (Clark and Richards at CB), just to try and get some solidity.

    Praying Gestede is dropped and Ayew takes his place up top.

    Get Grealish and Gil behind Ayew and they'll love him running the channels for their through balls.

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    in Villa Talk

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    Houllier had won silverware, so had McCleish. Lambert came in off the back of two promotions and a mid table finish with a team most thought would be relegated. Sherwood had......well......

     

    A 59% win ratio, which was second to none.

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    Rudy Gestede

    in Other Football

    Posted · Edited by Tom13

    Agree with most of what's being said in here. Useless unless we're crossing, yet we don't play a system in order to get regular crosses going in.

    He was completely useless and pointless on Saturday, why he stayed on the pitch is beyond me. I'd definitely play Ayew up top.

    Pre match thread

    in PL:Swansea h

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    Where does livescore.com get its (must be predicted) lineups from? It has lineups for tomorrow's games already and ours isn't a million miles off what I'd like to see! With the exception of Gestede...

    Guzan; Hutton, Richards, Clark, Amavi; Gana, Sanchez; Gil, Grealish, Ayew; Gestede

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    Carles Gil

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    He is very average. Ten years ago he would have been thought of alongside Sidwell in the 'what does he do' stakes.

     

    Shows how far we have fallen when people are desperate to find something in an attacking player who neither scores goals or creates them...and his corners are just as shit as Westwood's, maybe even worse.

    Really hope this is just a troll...

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    Carles Gil

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    Posted · Edited by Tom13

    No.5 on F365's list of top 10 misused players: http://www.football365.com/news/football365s-top-10-most-misused-players

    5. Carles Gil
    If anything sums up Tim Sherwood’s style of management it was his decision to reinstate Carles Gil to Aston Villa’s starting XI against Chelsea at the weekend after demoting the Spaniard to the bench against West Brom and Stoke. A trademark big call ahead of a pressure game from a guy who puts the ‘man’ in ‘manager’, with the predictable conclusion of a demoralising defeat.

     

    Of course, Gil provided a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel for Villa at Stamford Bridge, providing the most key passes of any visiting player (two), and making the second most passes at the second best rate of accuracy of all of his team-mates. Considering it was only Gil’s second start since February, the signs are positive.

     

    We’ve been here before, however. Gil’s only previous start this season came at Leicester, with his goal seemingly sending Villa on their way to a 2-0 victory before he was substituted on 66 minutes. By full-time and in Gil’s absence, Villa lost 3-2.

     

    But Gil’s first false start came after signing last January. The former Valencia man made four consecutive Premier League starts the following month, before being inexplicably dropped for the remainder of the season. Sherwood’s explanation? That he needed to use players he “trusted” during their relegation battle. With Villa currently in 19th this season, Sherwood would be best advised to place more faith in the 22-year-old.

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