mightysasquatch Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) I think we'll go with these two fake no 10's... that's what Sherwood called them I believe, he had Jack & Zog in those role vs Liverpool at Wembley. Haven't heard much on the Chery link (saw QPR mentioned somewhere looking at him now) in a while but he plays in the no 10 role. Two high energy mids in Delp/Gueye & a holding player. Width from full backs. Edited July 16, 2015 by mightysasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Delph Gueye Westwood Sanchez Praet Gardner? Grealish New signing Gil Sinclair/N'zogbia How I see it really. We will need depth playing 3 in there plus attacking options. What is this showing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Starters and backups it looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Starting formation for next season? Introduction of the controversial 2-2-1-1-2-2 by Tim? Not sure about Delph and Gueye as full backs tho 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 i hope N'Zogbia doesnt even get near the first team, not even to attend the stadium on match day, hes a fraud. as for the lying judas, now that he has gone, i hope Westwood can fill that role seeing as we have Gueye and Sanchez as our 2 defensive midfielders hopefully Gardner comes good as well but we still need another attacking mid, Praet, Chery, Embolo or Sako, one of them will sign surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Starting formation for next season? Introduction of the controversial 2-2-1-1-2-2 by Tim? Not sure about Delph and Gueye as full backs tho I just put it as starters with back ups underneath so a 4-3-2-1 which served us well in the run in. Obviously now we need a Delph replacement, if people think Idrissa Gueye is that then we need a Tom Cleverley replacement and we still need an attacking one as Delph maybe would've scored some goals next season. So two more needed again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 said it before and this is probably the thread but our current midfield including Delph is possibly the worst midfield I have seen for Villa with the exception of the 2002/03 season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) What about the Bakke/McCann Midfield Was that 2002/03? Edited July 17, 2015 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 that was 05/06 but I remember Davis was playing well during that time and also had Hendrie, Hitz and Barry which is a lot better than what we had last few seasons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 So potentially we could have a three man midfield (with a no.10 playing behind the strikers) of Dardar.westwood.gueye (not too bad) Gardner.sanchez.calder/mason (we're in the crap!) Fibian has left us in the lurch and we need another cm in as well as darder (who isn't guaranteed on joining yet!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 not sure if anything in Darder interest but at moment we have Sanchez, Gueye, Westwood and Gardner which is ok and steady but we need a box to box runner and a player with some creativity I think we are in a better position midfield wise than last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Sanchez and Westwood should really just be squad players this season. I don't mind either but you wouldn't expect good form from either for over 30 games, I like Ash but he just tends to play well in spurts of 4-5 games and then dips in form. He's also one of the regular first 11 you'd be looking to upgrade anyway with better signings. So for me Sanchez and Westwood on the bench as back up and Gueye with two new midfielders alongside him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Darder and Praet in - CM sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Darder and Praet in - CM sorted. Would like to add a dembele or cambiasso too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Darder and Praet in - CM sorted. Depends if they can adapt to the league or not but yes in pure numbers terms that would be those two, Gueye, Sanchez, Westwood and Gardner so 7 options for 3 places is more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 So as per the Gueye interview, we're looking at a 4-3-3, with a 3 man central midfield, with Gueye slated in to play on the right. I think we should be looking to invest in a couple more CMs then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 So as per the Gueye interview, we're looking at a 4-3-3, with a 3 man central midfield, with Gueye slated in to play on the right. I think we should be looking to invest in a couple more CMs then. One who is a natural ball winner, someone stronger in the tackle who cleans the man out too. Those sorts of players are tougher to find but it's a position we've lacked for quite some time, perhaps Sanchez can play it, especially with Gueye wanting to support but we need to break up plays, it's sad when players like Mccann are actually players who would improve our current tactics. (not doing him a disservice but we should aim higher...) I also think midfield needs a natural crosser on the wing, I can see Bacuna being pushed a little higher. He certainly isn't a natural central player though. We have an interesting mix of midfielders, ones which I suspect many clubs would take in their squads. Yet we lack that real bite and I don't think we're technically talented enough as a team to use possession as a means of forcing the opposition into mistakes. I am interested to see what sort of defensive player Gueye is, whether he's a true engine who can pressure/tackle chasing backward or a box to box body, something Delph was more like. If he can defend and attack properly we might be able to get away with a holding midfielder who closes and an engine pressuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 At the minute: arguably the worst midfield in the premiership now we've lost Cleverley and delph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Too early to write off the midfield, let's see what happens before 1st Sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) What about the Bakke/McCann Midfield Was that 2002/03? I see your Bakke/McCann and raise you a Kinsella/Leonhardsen. (Bakke/McCann was the last season of DO'L IIRC so would have been 2005/06?) Edit sorry just read the post above yours. Edited July 21, 2015 by El-Reacho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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