MaVilla Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Think we will lose this one and get cut adrift a bit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Looking at this from a Watford standpoint, if they can't win this one where are their points going to come from? This is a massive game for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digavilla Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 If we can keep Deulofeu & Deeney quiet we will win , but won’t be easy. They were all over Sheffield Utd & were unlucky .. Cmon Villa ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Think we will lose this one and get cut adrift a bit..... Such positivity, if we do lose we will not be cut adrift, even a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Just now, Digavilla said: If we can keep Deulofeu & Deeney quiet we will win , but won’t be easy. They were all over Sheffield Utd & were unlucky .. Cmon Villa ! Unlucky? Their keeper made 2 unbelievable saves to get them a point. This is going to be a tough one. We are playing terrible and have an awful striker playing every game. They seem to be a bit rejuvenated. Just don't lose. A point is fine here today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Delofeu against our defenders won't be a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Just don't lose. A point is fine here today. In isolation, I agree. The circumstances make this look like quite a difficult game. Roll back a week though, and consider only getting 4 points from our run of 3 games against the 3 other weakest teams in the division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Hourihane should start. He does have a habit of going missing, but his free kicks are invaluable, especially with Grealish drawing constant fouls. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I want to see us play positive attacking football with passion and energy. Use 14 players effectively to get at Watford for 90 minutes, if we do then there's another three points for the taking. We aren't sufficiently reliable as a defensive unit, so let's get back to the simple plan of scoring more goals than the opposition. It's up to us Dean! UTV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 27/12/2019 at 11:37, TheStagMan said: Jesus Christ. Come on guys. This will not be a walk-over for Watford. Cagey game and I recon a 1-2 win for Villa. Please never let that name darken our door again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Don't like team. Elmo keeps place. Trez + Ghazi out. Hourihane, Luiz, Lansbury, Grealish, Jota all start. Presume Grealish back to LW? Wes starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 I think this will be a draw in all likelihood, even a 0-0... both teams will likely be too scared to lose so will batten down the hatches. Barring some individual brilliance from Jack or Conor I think we’ll draw. Tbh, as boring as it would be, 0-0 would be just fine, but I think we can win if we concentrate on dominating that midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: Don't like team. Elmo keeps place. Trez + Ghazi out. Hourihane, Luiz, Lansbury, Grealish, Jota all start. Presume Grealish back to LW? Wes starts. Can you post a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Will be really interesting to see what formation we play. Last game we switched to a somewhat 4-2-3-1/4-5-1, we did similar changes when we were in a bad run last year. The trusted 4-3-3 that we use to play is adventurous and fun to see, it gives us the goal galore games that we have witnessed over the last year. But it is also a bit naive in the PL and quite risky. Even the top teams often play with two holding midfielders. Thinking that we with unexperienced and defensively not so strong players can play with only one holding midfielder and at the same time having both full backs and the other two midfielders high up the pitch is like playing roulette. That formation hinges on us scoring more goals than the opposition. It worked last year when we had players who were among the best in the league and Tammy Abraham who made goals for himself. With Wesleys lack of goals and our other attacking players bar Grealish being average PL players, or at least not so far having proved to be better, it's imo too much of a gamble to play 4-3-3. Playing the 4-2-3-1/4-5-1 will make us less fluid, less attractive football, more boring, a bit Steve Bruce-ish, but in the situation we are I think that's what we should be aiming at. Keep tight and grind out results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: and our other attacking players bar Grealish being average PL players That's the kindest assessment of them I've ever seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Can you post a link? Team here 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Don't like team. Elmo keeps place. Trez + Ghazi out. Hourihane, Luiz, Lansbury, Grealish, Jota all start. Presume Grealish back to LW? Wes starts. To be fair Trez + Ghazi have been utter dog shit for weeks. Would be better off playing me and I would be unable to run after the first 5 minutes so Jota and Lansbury will be a significant upgrade I would say. He damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. He's given it a go of changing it around, let's hope it pays off. To put the last team out would be a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I would've kept Grealish through the middle but the wingers were shite against Norwich tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 28, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: Team here What a jerk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Away games this season is almost an guaranteed loss. Prove me wrong Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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