lukesmith17 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) Well something has to change and fast! Jack must be moved back into the middle! Burnley are a decent side at home so dont expect much from this but who knows. We looked a decent side till a couple of weeks ago our confidence has been hit hard. Edited December 28, 2019 by lukesmith17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 In the BBC live text today some other Villa fan said the same, that Smith shouldn't be playing Grealish on the wing. It will be interesting to see if that changes or not in the next few weeks. I suppose a bit of our loss of confidence is probably due to Mings being out, as he's such a confident person and a vocal member of the team. Hope he's back on New Year's Day By the way, who's Sheffield United's centre forward??? And if only we could have signed him in the summer. : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) Another 3-0 loss Edited December 29, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Fear this one will go the same way as the Sheffield United and Watford games where we could get out-worked, out-muscled and out-thought. Man for man, I believe we are at least as good as they are and we possess the best player on the pitch by some distance BUT we need to go out there and dare I say it "roll up wor sleeves"! Crucial that we have Mings back, just as much for his leadership qualities as is playing abilities. I think Kodjia or Davis (if fit) needs to start because Smith ain't doing himself any favours by sticking with Wesley. Apart from big Wes I do think Smith as a rule has been trying to play players who have done well in the previous game and omit ones that have been poor, but for whatever reason the ones that start each game are just not consistently playing well. I'd like to see either a 3-5-2 or a 4-2-3-1 formation to (at least) give something else a try, because the current formation is just not working and we are conceding way too many efforts on goal. Although Jack can play anywhere, with McGinn out he needs to play central. Depending on certain individuals fitness I'd go either; Heaton Konsa Engels Mings Guilbert Targett Luiz Nakamba Grealish Davis Kodjia Or; Heaton Guilbert Engels Mings Hause Luiz Nakamba Hourihane Grealish Davis Kodjia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 4-0 Burnley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) We need to change it, but we will still lose. Heaton Guilbert Engels Mings Hause Nakamba Luiz Hourihane Grealish El Ghazi Kodjia There's no point playing wingers, we don't utilise them. Pack out the midfield with a diamond and retain possession. Two up front to work from, if Davis is back I would be tempted to start him over El Ghazi. El Ghazi would at least offer some pace up front. Edited December 29, 2019 by wilko154 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 hour ago, wilko154 said: We need to change it, but we will still lose. Heaton Guilbert Engels Mings Hause Nakamba Luiz Hourihane Grealish El Ghazi Kodjia There's no point playing wingers, we don't utilise them. Pack out the midfield with a diamond and retain possession. Two up front to work from, if Davis is back I would be tempted to start him over El Ghazi. El Ghazi would at least offer some pace up front. I’d go with that but I would put Chester in with Mings and swap Grealish and Hourihane around as Jack puts more effort in going back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumstopdogs Posted December 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2019 I think our organised defence will contain all that they throw at us and our pass and move sublime attacking game will be too much for Burnley to deal with. Wesley to score at least 2 in a comfortable victory. UTV. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 4-2-3-1 for me. Luiz and Nakamba just go round kicking people even if it’s our own players kick them. Grealish has to play in the number 10 role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I think we will win this 4-2 with El Ghazi and Wesley both getting two goals each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Wood and Barnes will bully our backline just like Deeney did. 2-0 Burnley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) The first game of a new decade. We will start this game unbeaten in 2020 and we will need to keep our defeats down to a minimum next year, if we are to avoid the unthinkable, that we are all currently thinking . Burnley aren't Liverpool or Manchester City, they have no superstars. What they have is a team that will try to bully our boys and that will work until they drop, and then work a bit more to get a win against us (a little like Watford then ). Turf Moor has been an awful ground for us over the years. Our last league win there was way back in 1936, since then we have made 24 visits to Turf Moor, without winning a single league game there. That's an abysmal record and it is high time that we won another game there. On the positive side, we are unbeaten on our last three league visits, having drawn there in 2014, 2009 and in 1975. Overall, we have won 40 and have drawn 23 of the 99 league games, that there have been between the two clubs. A win would take us within 3 points of our hosts, a fourth successive draw there would certainly represent a significant improvement on our last embarrassing display, but we have come to the point now where we need to start winning games like this one. Win it for us Villa!!! Edited December 29, 2019 by John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Can we have a poll? Options can be lose and the subs come after 80 minutes, lose & concede just after half time, and finally lose & concede even when they go down to 10 men. We need the option to select all three though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 at the back has not worked for us for almos 20 years for some reason many have tried it but it always a disaster, constant choping and changing is a sign of despeation, I remember on sherwoods run to the sack He said “I’L keep chopping and changing till I get it right” I’d like to think Smith knows what he's doing and not chopping and changing formations for the sake of it but at the same time I do agree he is way to stubborn with the 4-3-3 ,we had an identity last season dont know where its gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Can we have a poll? Options can be lose and the subs come after 80 minutes, lose & concede just after half time, and finally lose & concede even when they go down to 10 men. We need the option to select all three though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 29, 2019 Administrator Share Posted December 29, 2019 17 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Can we have a poll? Click "Start new topic". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Just popping in to say that from Tuesday I’m off on holiday for two weeks. I’ll miss this game, along with the Fulham and Leicester cup games and Man City. I’m determined to forget about football while I’m away, I don’t want to bring my holiday down by getting annoyed about it. I just hope that when I get back we’ve not lost every game and have a new striker. Will we get a result at Burnley? Who knows, it depends which Villa turn up. If it’s the same effort we’ve seen over the last few games then we’ll lose. But there’s always hope we’ll find the win somehow, that somehow being a moment of magic from Grealish... again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Is Chester fully fit soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasterpocket68 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 23 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Just popping in to say that from Tuesday I’m off on holiday for two weeks. I’ll miss this game, along with the Fulham and Leicester cup games and Man City. I’m determined to forget about football while I’m away, I don’t want to bring my holiday down by getting annoyed about it. I just hope that when I get back we’ve not lost every game and have a new striker. Will we get a result at Burnley? Who knows, it depends which Villa turn up. If it’s the same effort we’ve seen over the last few games then we’ll lose. But there’s always hope we’ll find the win somehow, that somehow being a moment of magic from Grealish... again. enjoy your holiday mate - i don't expect much will have changed when you return . UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 29, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Is Chester fully fit soon? Hope so. We'd be better defensively, and he'd score a goal from a corner occationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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