dakid007 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Bunn Bacuna Richards Clark cissokho Westwood Sanchez Gil Gabby Sinclair Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 rest everybody that started the last 2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) Guzan Bacuna Richards Clark Bennett Sanchez Lyden Westwood Grealish Gabby Gestede Edited January 19, 2016 by Keyblade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just win. I fear both the loss of confidence and the backlash from the fans that would come from losing this. I don't mind a few rotations, but we should be playing a strong side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Strong team please. Keep the momentum going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It will be our 6th game of the month despite it only being the 19th. I think we'll have to rest some players. We can't afford to have fatigue mess up our league form. We should have enough about our reserves to win, and if not it's whatever. We have bigger fish to fry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2016 14 minutes ago, Keyblade said: It will be our 6th game of the month despite it only being the 19th. I think we'll have to rest some players. We can't afford to have fatigue mess up our league form. We should have enough about our reserves to win, and if not it's whatever. We have bigger fish to fry. I just think the confidence we've gained form the last couple of matches could be undone if we go and lose to a League 2 team. I agree people need to be rested. but we need to make sure we win, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I just think the confidence we've gained form the last couple of matches could be undone if we go and lose to a League 2 team. I agree people need to be rested. but we need to make sure we win, imo. I agree. We should try our best to win and play a strong team but at the same time need to plan for the event that we don't. If we lose with our strongest team and they end up fatigued and it messes up our league form, it would be a disaster. But at the same time if we play a weakened team and we lose and we lose confidence which affects our league form that would be bad too. I guess this is where Remi earns his wage. Personally I think the latter is less of a risk and I'd go for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Richards, Sanchez and Grealish to come in and give 3 players a rest. It needs to be a strong team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 31 minutes ago, Keyblade said: It will be our 6th game of the month despite it only being the 19th. I think we'll have to rest some players. We can't afford to have fatigue mess up our league form. We should have enough about our reserves to win, and if not it's whatever. We have bigger fish to fry. I agree with this, and I don't really believe the whole 'a loss will destroy the teams' confidence' idea either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 5 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Richards, Sanchez and Grealish to come in and give 3 players a rest. It needs to be a strong team. Richards at right back, Sanchez for Gana, Bacuna for either Veretout or Westwood and Grealish for Gil. Still seems reasonably strong to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I agree with this, and I don't really believe the whole 'a loss will destroy the teams' confidence' idea either. I wouldn't say it'll destroy confidence but it could hinder the momentum we've created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Three years ago, we lost to a League 2 team over 2 legs in a Cup semi-final before going on a run that saved our season. Sure, a defeat could hurt us, but it's one of those ideas that looks better in theory than in practice IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 1 hour ago, sexbelowsound said: Richards at right back, Sanchez for Gana, Bacuna for either Veretout or Westwood and Grealish for Gil. Still seems reasonably strong to me. This - but also give Ayew a rest. He runs so much we need him fully rested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: Three years ago, we lost to a League 2 team over 2 legs in a Cup semi-final before going on a run that saved our season. Sure, a defeat could hurt us, but it's one of those ideas that looks better in theory than in practice IMO. We at least won the home game though. Losing at home to a league 2 team now would kill us, although we're already clinically dead anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) I remain to be convinced, to put it mildly, that 'Group of Players A' losing a cup game to lower-league opposition massively damages the confidence of 'Group of Players B' who didn't play in the match. Edited January 19, 2016 by HanoiVillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I remain to be convinced, to put it mildly, that 'Group of Players A' losing a cup game to lower-league opposition massively damages the confidence of 'Group of Players B' who didn't play in the match. Yeah, that's daft but I think people meant if we put out our strongest side and they were beaten it would damage confidence. I agree that a team comprising of second string players shouldn't damage the confidence of our first choice players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) There's an U21 game at Bodymoor Heath today featuring many of the suggested players: Aston Villa FC @AVFCOfficial 33m33 minutes ago Our U21s take on a @Lega_B side in a behind-closed-doors match at Bodymoor today. Team news coming up... #AVFC Aston Villa FC @AVFCOfficial 11m11 minutes ago #AVFCU21 team (v @Lega_B): Sarkic, Webb, Toner, Suliman, Kinsella, Mason, Hale, Calder, Davies, Sellars, Green. Aston Villa FC @AVFCOfficial 5m5 minutes ago #AVFCU21 subs (v @Lega_B): Idem, Cowans, Leggett, Clark, Hayes. Edited January 19, 2016 by fightoffyour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Decent looking team, no Lyden which suggests he'll have a part to play tonight at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 and Hepburn-Murphy? or is he injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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