dakid007

weed to keep possession

start 4-4-2 if not working bring on delph with 25 mins to go so he can score a wonder goal and **** up the man u fans weekend

1 pass 2 pass 3 pass... nah just hump it forward

we r the only team in league that cant put 3 or more passes together without humping it forward

Young wasnt at the top of his game but made up for it with sheer hard work, tracking back, tough tackles etc. first he needs a rest and then a goal and he will be back on form.we are 2 signings away from being serious top 4 contenders. We look like a solid confident, organised team

he is a very good defender he just a more attacking midfield in front of him who some dont offer enough protection

4-5-1 with milner,young,downing as our main attackers cant see us getting vdv now

Just cant wait to see Downing.

Who knows lets get Dunne sorted and see what happens from there either way im quite excited !

our team is alot better than we give them credit for. downing is going to be a very good player for us. dunne is a done deal he is waiting on a big 6m payoff from city then he a villain. i think we need a st more than a creative midfielder as we can use young, downing and milner in this role

4-5-1 with milner,young,downing as our main attackers cant see us getting vdv now

he will not score enough goals. mon has given him a role of holding up the ball and to defend from the front

got a feeling were gonna win

this is gonna be the best chance to catch liverpool on the down and beat them at anfield finally

my team for next game playing 4-2-3-1

friedel

beye - cuellar - davies - lichaj

coker - sidwell

gabby - young - milner

carew

Friedel: 7 – Couldn’t do much about the first goal and a little unfortunate with the second. Only really player to come out with much credit on today’s performance.

Beye: 5 – Started brightly but faded in the second half. Was rightly substituted but I feel will com good.

Shorey: 3 – He was shown up today against players with speed. He is two slow but did make a few good recovery runs.

Cueller: 5 – Does not know how to cover his defensive partner and cannot pass the all under and sort of pressure. He needs to learn to drop and cover when Davies steps forward.

Davies: 4 – I believe he has been hanging around too many pubs in the off season.

Petrov: 4 – I was disappointed when he was given the captaincy ahead of NRC and I think I was proved right today. He is not a captain of any sorts; not drive and was lost today. He must have been missing his buddy today.

Delph: 4 – Too early for him today. He tried but was just not up to speed. He is going to come good though.

Milner: 6 – He tried and tried but could not make it happen. He seemed more effective when he came inside. He was very frustrated at the end of the game. I am sure it was down to his own performance.

Young: 5 – Showed a lot of attacking skills today but just wouldn’t pass the ball when it was needed.

Gabby: 4 - Still doesn’t know how to move off the ball. He still has his speed!!!

Heskey: 5 – He was one of the few who have given their all today just wasn’t good enough. He didn’t have much support but created our best chance in the second half.

Subs: 5 – They did what they could.

MON: 4 – Poor decision to play Delph in front NRC and not getting the left back position sorted. He looked out of ideas and very dejected at the end of the game.

Fans who booed: 0 – That’s really going to help.

What people have to realize is that Wigan is made up of players who a lot of Villa fans on here wouldn’t even sign. Bramble and Koumas have both been scoffed at but out played our players today. Villa need to sign players who can do a job and not have a fancy name.

I have been a coach for many years and truly believe you have to play the formation to suit your players. MON doesn’t do that and plays what was good for Clough when he was a player. MON, you have to bring in NRC or equivalent in as captain or this could be a very long season. We need leadership and we had zero today. We need to switch to 451 until we have players who can play 442. He will need o upset players when they sit on the bench but if the players don’t wish to fight and do what’s best for Villa then move them on.

i agree.

we dont have the team for a 4-4-2 we should play 4-5-1 and when were a few goals up we can switcc to 4-3-3 to stretch the defence. the only positive was that this will prove to mon and the club we need more players asap. sidwell, petrov and coker should play in midfield.

the way we got beat today was exactly what we needed to bring us back to reality

the team didnt play that bad it just was that wigan were a alot sharper. we need some defenders asap. we know teams on gonna double up on a.young so we should give him a license to play in the space and also swap gabby and a young during the game to keep defenders guessing. not really anthing to panic as we had the most possession and shots. we will get some more players and kick on from there.

CB & LB priority! & we cant rely on 1 player to get us points.

Team rating today = 6.5 out of 10

TOP 5 finish. we will get some players in before end of window and 1 or 2 more in jan

i reckon we will have a better squad than last season by the start of this season