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Very good goal will do his confidence wonders

Didn't Burke get a couple minutes last yr? But agreed with the rest

Frimpong hasn't been the same since petrov broke him

If you could get him fit and we weren't paying his full wages Richards would be an incredible signing. Really can't see lambert going for it though

Be interesting to see if he gets a match day squad place now vlaar injured. Think he would be a better option than herd for sub cb

Flicking between bbc live feed and here. So happy now. Can't wait for motd

The three first teamers from last week don't make starting line up tonight

I would drop the beast but can't see it happening. Then again watching motd last night showed southampton struggling to contain 442, but surely that will be looked at in their training. I actually think it will be the same starting line up as Saturday. Away from home this is normally affective, but we need CB to up his game, as without him holding up the ball the counter attack won't work

At the German market today I tried the reindeer burger. Very tasty

Worst game in a villa shirt

The lack of movement is appalling. We can't even keep possession from throw ins as no one moves. We seem to lack people with a "football" brain

Worst performance in a villa shirt today. No excuse for being lazy and not even trying. Not doing his World Cup chances much help. Lukaku must be miles ahead of him now. Needs to be dropped to give him a kick up the backside

First twenty minutes Sunderland were absolutely bricking it and were there for the taking. Unfortunately we stopped pushing and allowed Sunderland to gain in confidence. Can't break a team down, never looked like scoring. Awful turgid performance. Benteke had his worst game by far in a villa shirt and should've been taken off earlier.

This should be a fairly easier game but knowing villa we'll find a way to make it hard. I think we'll go: Guzan Bacuna. Vlaar. Clark. Luna Delph. Westwood. Kea . Gabby Kozak Benteke Be looking for gabby to run both channels (even though probably will stay more left. With the fullbacks to offer more width

It was the last day of the loan window, so I'm not sure it was an emergency loan.

It's not the first time he was exposed in his own. Against Cardiff every time they attacked it was 2v1 on the right hand side

Do you think he will start? Yeah I do. Think lambert likes him and the beast up top. With either andi/ gabby to come off the bench.

Think he will score on sat

Looked like he helped out benteke and that they enjoyed playing together. Thought nzog would play best if he was in andi's position and not in midfield. But then andi was playing decent last yr.

Libor looked better, but I still don't think we'll see him at his best until we are putting better balls into the box

Starting for u21s tonight along with herd and Bowery

Was bemused at how many empty seats there were. Pride of the midlands my arse!

HH you have made some interesting points. But I would have to disagree about us being too narrow being "absolute bollocks". On the left Tonev and Clark did offer some width and outlet for the team, but down the right if Bacuna couldn't get forward we had nothing there. There were numerous times when both Benteke and Westwood (probably others as well) had the ball 40 odd yards from goal looked right for a pass but no one was there so they had to check back and either go through the congested middle or go back. In my eyes we needed a wider player there to give the attack more balance. This happened when Andi and Gabby came on.

Very poor yesterday. Did anyone else notice the sky commentators were calling him shilla? Idiots

He did start yesterday