Condimentalist Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Decent half, cissokho looking good. Need to take our chances though. Hope to see Bent soon, should've started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 We definitely look the better team in the first half. Maybe bring on Grealish for Zoggy. Nzogbia is playing well, why take him off? Grealish and Bent on for Gabby and Weimann would be my preference. He's not though, he has been poor in possession. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtysanchez Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 After watching that first half it makes me wonder what really went on behind the scenes with Hutton, he looks really solid and working hard, hope he keeps it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 16, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2014 Are stoke still playing like thugs or has the Hughes effect calmed them a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 The current player up front for the villa is offering nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtysanchez Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 We definitely look the better team in the first half. Maybe bring on Grealish for Zoggy. Nzogbia is playing well, why take him off? Grealish and Bent on for Gabby and Weimann would be my preference. He's not though, he has been poor in possession. He is comfortable on the ball and is the only one who can pick a killer pass, maybe it's my stream deceiving me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Pretty happy with that half. Took a while to grow into the game but clearly were the better team by the end of the half. Gabby and Weinman are the weak links at the moment, need more from them. I'm hoping Lambert subs on Grealish for one of them around the 60 minute mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I don't think Nzogbia has done too badly at all and certainly hasn't been the worst player in attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Are stoke still playing like thugs or has the Hughes effect calmed them a bit? It's still more or less the same personnel, but they're not quite as rough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villanun Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I went off to get some crisps. Any half-time changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted August 16, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2014 Man, folks must really want to believe we've turned the corner based on the assessments of the first half. Villa were the better team, to be sure, but that's not necessarily saying much. Defense has looked solid, which is a big plus, but my god some of the decisions and execution going forward have been pretty poor. At the tail end of last season a half like that would have caused people to say we'd have trouble staying in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 If Cissokho is the answer to our LB problems we'll owe Liverpool a debt of thanks for getting his price down for us. Better than Berty so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) From what I've read it sounds like Nzog, Gabby and Weimann all need to come off. Because of this I fully expect Aly to come off for Baker and to switch to 5-3-2 Edited August 16, 2014 by skarroki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Marc Wilson's beard is stupid. It looks like a stick-on one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Foul throw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Aston Villa may have had a dressing down at the interval. Who plays the 'good cop' in this double act? A frightening thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Did I just see a professional footballer do a foul throw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 WISEMAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 WEINMAN!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Weeeeeeiiiiiiman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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