Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just now, birdman said: He has played up front before if I recall correctly Last season when we didnt have any strikers available? I'm sure someone will confirm or deny... Yes. Played 3 in a row. Man City Brighton Watford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I think the Targett, Barkley and Grealish connection is so good. Grealish has to come back to the left imo. El Ghazi on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I think the Targett, Barkley and Grealish connection is so good. Grealish has to come back to the left imo. El Ghazi on the right If he is to continue yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 I don't think enough can be said about what that penalty and Tyrone Mings has done for him and by extension Aston Villa. The question with El Ghazi has always been about his mentality, often due to his own lack of belief in himself. His mates picked him up that day and he has rewarded them and us for it. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I think the Targett, Barkley and Grealish connection is so good. Grealish has to come back to the left imo. El Ghazi on the right He's nowhere near as good on the right as he is on the left though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Superb again tonight, he's a man reborn. Such a confidence player, but it helps him so much when he plays his own game. My biggest criticism of him in the Championship and last season was that he rarely took on a full back; with the skills and control he has he should be facing up players every time he gets the ball. Finally he has started doing just this. I wouldn't change a thing on Friday, if Barkley is back then bring him off the bench for the last half an hour. Absolutely no need to rush him back and potentially unbalance a team in this form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I have no idea what we do with Barkley but El Ghazi can't play on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I think if we bring back barkley we play 4-2-2-2 with El Ghazi as the 2nd striker. He was so effective in that role against Palace. Him, Jack and Ollie drift side whilst barkley stays more central. Only issue is defensive formation because we probably want jack to stay upfield but if el ghazi covers down the left and barkley down the right it could be very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: I think if we bring back barkley we play 4-2-2-2 with El Ghazi as the 2nd striker. He was so effective in that role against Palace Huh? We went 441 El Ghazi on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Huh? We went 441 El Ghazi on the right we purposefully left a man out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, osmark86 said: we purposefully left a man out? Mings got sent off so we went 441 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Mings got sent off so we went 441 oh right I completely forgot about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, osmark86 said: oh right I completely forgot about that Understandable. It felt like Palace had a player less than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Understandable. It felt like Palace had a player less than us I could have sworn we were talking about last season, but yes, I'd also forgive anyone for thinking we had 15 men on the pitch against them this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Keeps his spot on the left. Jack keeps his spot in the middle. Traore/Trez fight it out for the right. Barkley on the bench. He's only on loan and needs to earn his place back as we've been better without him. If Barkley plays a blinder when Jack serves his inevitable 5 yellow one game ban, then Jack comes back in for whoever played worse and if that means Barkley middle, Jack and El Ghazi swapping sides during the game then so be it. They're both capable of playing anywhere across the three. Great problem to have. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, WooJung said: He's nowhere near as good on the right as he is on the left though That's fair enough. Point is that Grealish is 10 x the footballer AEG is, and having a Jack on form in a position he thrives in is more important than what AEG can do on the left compared to the right. And correct me if I'm wrong, but didn’t AEG score from the right side just 2 days ago? Edited December 28, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: That's fair enough. Point is that Grealish is 10 x the footballer AEG is, and having a Jack on form in a position he thrives in is more important than what AEG can do on the left compared to the right. And correct me if I'm wrong, but didn’t AEG score from the right side just 2 days ago? we're talking Grealish, he could play CB and still be the best player on the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, osmark86 said: we're talking Grealish, he could play CB and still be the best player on the pitch I think Kenjis point is that, say, Grealish left wing is him at 100%, and he's only at 90% in the middle. But then AEG is 100% left and 60% right. And whoever else we use is equally effective anywhere for arguments sake... Is it better to have a 100% grealish and 60% AEG, or 90% Grealish and 100% AEG. Kenji thinks the former. Its a tough call given their respective average performance levels, but with AEG on 5 in 5, and Jack clearly thriving in the middle, there is no sense to change it for me. Can't be too scientific about it while it's working. Don't break it Edited December 28, 2020 by MrBlack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, MrBlack said: I think Kenjis point is that, say, Grealish left wing is him at 100%, and he's only at 90% in the middle. But then AEG is 100% left and 60% right. And whoever else we use is equally effective anywhere for arguments sake... Is it better to have a 100% grealish and 60% AEG, or 90% Grealish and 100% AEG. Kenji thinks the former. Its a tough call given their respective average performance levels, but with AEG on 5 in 5, and Jack clearly thriving in the middle, there is no sense to change it for me. Can't be too scientific about it while it's working. Don't break it Jack thrived on the left as he's thriving in the middle. My point is that I'm sure he'll be just as effective on the right. In any case I get Kenji's argument, but I don't agree as I'm more for the latter . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, MrBlack said: I think Kenjis point is that, say, Grealish left wing is him at 100%, and he's only at 90% in the middle. But then AEG is 100% left and 60% right. And whoever else we use is equally effective anywhere for arguments sake... Is it better to have a 100% grealish and 60% AEG, or 90% Grealish and 100% AEG. Kenji thinks the former. Its a tough call given their respective average performance levels, but with AEG on 5 in 5, and Jack clearly thriving in the middle, there is no sense to change it for me. Can't be too scientific about it while it's working. Don't break it Jack left vs Jack in the middle is virtually identical imo. In fact I'd go even further and say that through the middle he has more license to roam and isn't restricted to just one side of the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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