hogso Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Lawro has predicted a 1-0 Villa win. Uh oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The fact that Hull played on Thursday should help us but we are so poor at home it's impossible to predict a win for us, especially when we have no decent striker. 0-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicmaji Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 You know maybe if we played with two strikers we might not have as much of a issue scoring.... If only it were that simple. 2 strikers means two central midfielders. Now, if Sanchez turns out to be great then this may work going forward. But if you assume our midfield two would be Delph and Westwood for now, then they aren't strong enough as a pairing for that to work. Imo. You use two defensive midfielders. One with a mixed profile deep lying playmaker a la Xabi Alonso and one with a more pure defensive Makelele kind role. You use two wingers alongside them and and your fullbacks that function more like wingbacks than fullbacks. It's a formation that seems more offensive than it is. The second defensive midfielder in the makelele role can compress back and form a line of three when the fullbacks are diving forward if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'd be tempted to give Cole some game time in this one. I personally don't think he was too bad on Wednesday night; showed some good touches and made a few nice moves. I think it was down to his lack of a proper pre-season that he looked off the pace in his first competitive game, but hopefully having had some minutes he'll look a bit sharper. Either way, he's the kind of player that we need at home, as the line-up that we used against Newcastle isn't really the kind to break a team down. Grealish definitely deserves a role, either as a starter or a sub on 60 minutes as opposed to a last minute sub. I think he's shown that he can influence a game and be creative. Hopefully we'll have a full strength back four and continue our league shutouts, just need someone to put the bloody ball in the net! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 3 points no excuses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 You use two defensive midfielders. One with a mixed profile deep lying playmaker a la Xabi Alonso and one with a more pure defensive Makelele kind role. You use two wingers alongside them and and your fullbacks that function more like wingbacks than fullbacks. It's a formation that seems more offensive than it is. The second defensive midfielder in the makelele role can compress back and form a line of three when the fullbacks are diving forward if need be. Makelele and Alonso roles you say? So we should play a midfield two of Sanchez and... presumably Westwood? No place in the middle for Delph then. If there's one thing we absolutely certainly not do it's drop Delph from the middle of the park for one of our shit striking options. We've suffered having an overrun midfield for ages and as soon as it looks like we're going to be competitive in that area you want to dismantle it in favour of playing two of Gabby, Weimann and Bent up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 think we'll win this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villalad21 Posted August 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2014 R Ron Vlaar and Cissokho looks fine. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sun_never_sets Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 ---------------Guzan--------------- Hutton Vlaar Senderos Cissokho --------------Sanchez------------- --------Delph---Westwood------- N'zogbia-----------------Grealish -------------Weimann------------- 2-0 Villa Exactly this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Needs to put out an attacking team. I think it would be a mistake to start the same midfield that finished against newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelc Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Two poorish sides . 0-0 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamsonwoodVillan Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Guzan Hutton Vlaar Senderos Cissokho N'Zogbia Sanchez Delph Westwood Richardson Agbonlahor 90 minutes of frustration... 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I can see a sub 30,000 crowd. Its Hull, its on tv and its on Sunday. 1-1 and totally forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 29, 2014 Administrator Share Posted August 29, 2014 I can see a sub 30,000 crowd. Its Hull, its on tv and its on Sunday. 1-1 and totally forgettable. It's not on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Guzan Hutton.vlaar.senderos.cissokho Westwood. Sanchez. Delph Zog gabby bacuna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I can see a sub 30,000 crowd. Its Hull, its on tv and its on Sunday. 1-1 and totally forgettable. It's not on TV. So why is it 1.30 ko? Just to annoy the fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Hull played in Europe on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 30, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2014 We'll win this one tomorrow. Guaranteed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 We'll win this one tomorrow. Guaranteed! I don't think we'll win it,cause we don't create chances. But i don't think we'll lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westholmevillan Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Guzan Hutton Vlaar Senderos Cissokho Sanchez CNZ Delph Grealish Weimann Bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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