PieFacE Posted August 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2014 Assuming we sign Sanchez, this is the team I'd use on Saturday... Guzan Hutton - Vlaar - Okore - Cissokho Sanchez Westwood - Delph Weimann Nzogiba Bent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Yes our team is very bad..the worst team i have ever witnessed as a villa fan. And this will be a very painful season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Assuming we sign Sanchez, this is the team I'd use on Saturday... Guzan Hutton - Vlaar - Okore - Cissokho Sanchez Westwood - Delph Weimann Nzogiba Bent Replace Bent with Benteke when the latter is fit and that isn't a bad team at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Assuming we sign Sanchez, this is the team I'd use on Saturday... Guzan Hutton - Vlaar - Okore - Cissokho Sanchez Westwood - Delph Weimann Nzogiba Bent Goalie, defence and midfield look great imo but it's up front where we need help. I'd swap N'zogbia for Weimann and then put Richardson in instead of Weimann. Bent relies on wingers to supply him and I reckon N'zogbia and Richardson will be able to put in some good delivery. Sub Gabby and Weimann in at some stage and we would have a very competitive team on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Not sure I'd describe the defence as great but on paper it looks more solid than it has in recent years. Yet to see if Lambert can organise it correctly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Assuming we sign Sanchez, this is the team I'd use on Saturday... Guzan Hutton - Vlaar - Okore - Cissokho Sanchez Westwood - Delph Weimann Nzogiba Bent Goalie, defence and midfield look great imo but it's up front where we need help. I'd swap N'zogbia for Weimann and then put Richardson in instead of Weimann. Bent relies on wingers to supply him and I reckon N'zogbia and Richardson will be able to put in some good delivery. Sub Gabby and Weimann in at some stage and we would have a very competitive team on Saturday. Bunnski's team is the one I'd play as well if Sanchez and Cissokho are both fit and available. Though I might play Bacuna instead of Hutton. EDIT: Oops, missed that it contains Okore as well, should be Senderos IMO. Edited August 11, 2014 by HanoiVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Think last seasons team is certainly worse than this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Who knows? this team can be great on it's day but they are all to rare, the new players add experience so maybe the bad days will not be so often. I'm reasonably happy with the players Lambert has brought in but until Benteke is back I'm not sure where the goals are going to come from. I don't know I'm looking forward to "going again" but if we are fortunate not to have a stupid amount of injuries then I think we will be okay however it isn't going to be easy on the eye football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 if Sanchez signs maybe we could go with Guzan Hutton Okore Vlaar Cissokho Sanchez Westwood Delph Cole Weimann Bent attacking subs in Nzogbia, Gabby, Richardson, Grealish or Bacuna even KEA its a lot healthier than last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well we seem to be in most pundits predictions for relegation this season? Hopefully thats a bit of good luck? However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? West Brom, Burnley, Leicester, Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? West Brom, Burnley, Leicester, Palace. QPR, Swansea, Sunderland aren't much better same with a potential civil war at West Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Well we seem to be in most pundits predictions for relegation this season? Hopefully thats a bit of good luck? However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? That's because most people just tend to look at the last few games. It's why Phil McNulty (who has a massive hard-on for Man United, hence why he has them finishing 3rd) thinks we'll finish 17th but Sunderland, who were absolutely terrible for pretty much the entirety of last season barring those last couple of months, will finish 10th. Edited August 13, 2014 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well we seem to be in most pundits predictions for relegation this season? Hopefully thats a bit of good luck? However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? Really? IF Sanchez signs, it looks decent on paper. As soon as we get Kozak then Benteke back at least, that's a decent spine. Defence looks much improved too. It's quite an athletic side, which will stand us in good stead over the long term. I think we'll be down there again, but I genuinely believe we'll be better. 13th/14th perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well we seem to be in most pundits predictions for relegation this season? Hopefully thats a bit of good luck? However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? That's because most people just tend to look at the last few games. It's why Phil McNulty (who has a massive hard-on for Man United, hence why he has them finishing 3rd) thinks we'll finish 17th but Sunderland, who were absolutely terrible for pretty much the entirety of last season barring those last couple of months, will finish 10th. It's not just the pundits - Bloomberg just released a simulation with Opta (running each game 100,000 times) for next season. More info on how they got their numbers on their site. Not pretty reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well we seem to be in most pundits predictions for relegation this season? Hopefully thats a bit of good luck? However I am struggling to think of 3 worse teams than our current squad? That's because most people just tend to look at the last few games. It's why Phil McNulty (who has a massive hard-on for Man United, hence why he has them finishing 3rd) thinks we'll finish 17th but Sunderland, who were absolutely terrible for pretty much the entirety of last season barring those last couple of months, will finish 10th. It's not just the pundits - Bloomberg just released a simulation with Opta (running each game 100,000 times) for next season. More info on how they got their numbers on their site. Not pretty reading... Yeah, but still only 3 points away from 12th. We finished with 38 points last season. Think we're worth much more than 1 extra point this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yeah, but still only 3 points away from 12th. We finished with 38 points last season. Think we're worth much more than 1 extra point this year. To be clear: I think we're still a bit crap, but I think we'll get a good 6 points or so more than we did last year. That'd put us comfortably mid-table going by Opta's fancy guess-work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 For some perspective on the Bloomberg projections, here is last years... http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/001/004/596/BSportsEPL13-14PredictedTable_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=433&q=85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 With Benteke back, the spine of our team looks more like top 8 than bottom 3. I also think Richardson will be a good player for us, so if Cissokho is decent then the left side should be ok, bit worried about the right side though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 For some perspective on the Bloomberg projections, here is last years... http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/001/004/596/BSportsEPL13-14PredictedTable_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=433&q=85 Worth mentioning that out of their 20 predictions, they only got Arsenal (4th) spot on. Some were close (e.g. Man City were predicted to come 2nd, ended up 1st), some were miles off (Stoke predicted to come 17th, ended up 9th). On average, they were about 3 positions out. Not bad, but not amazing either. Definitely think we're better than they're giving us credit for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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