It's Your Round Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: not even newcastle away. i just feel that you see a totally different aston villa away from home...i hope i'm proven wrong saturday That is true to be fair. We’re running out of chances to change our away form. Saturday is critical to our survival chances. I fear a loss but like you I hope I’m wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham t Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 14 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: My side for this match would be: Reina Konsa Engels Mings Guilbert Drinkwater Nakamba Targett El Ghazi Samatta Grealish Subs: Nyland, Elmohamady, Hause, Taylor, Hourihane, Trezeguet, Davis Not surprised you picked Drinkwater, any logical reason for picking a player so far off the pace? Perhaps you could slip Wesley onto the bench ? Regards, VLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Looking back to the 3-1 reverse in December, we were playing 433 with no Mings, an out of form Wesley up front, an injury to McGinn which disrupted our plans and a half arsed Kodjia coming on as our saviour. This time we’ll have Mings back and Samatta up front. Those two alone give me some faith that we can get a result here. We need to take our chances and not make any individual errors, a big ask considering the previous 26 games. But not impossible. They also have a few injuries, new signing Kyle Walker-Peters, Boufal and the biggest one - Nathan Redmond, who’s our for a month. Edited February 20, 2020 by It's Your Round 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Ken McNaughts Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Has to be Konsa - Mings - Hause for me. That Southampton frontline had Engels on toast at Villa Park. Even without Redmond, I'm sure Ings and Long will be itching for another go at him (with all those quick turns and dinks over the top). I dare say Bjorn is champing at the bit for redemption after the Spurs game, but I don't think this match-up suits him. We need our fastest back three. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, Five Ken McNaughts said: Has to be Konsa - Mings - Hause for me. That Southampton frontline had Engels on toast at Villa Park. Even without Redmond, I'm sure Ings and Long will be itching for another go at him (with all those quick turns and dinks over the top). I dare say Bjorn is champing at the bit for redemption after the Spurs game, but I don't think this match-up suits him. We need our fastest back three. Agreed, I’d let Engles sit this one out and go with that back three. I think we need to go for their throats in the first 20 mins, if we get a goal up quickly their home support will turn. They’ve got the worst home record and their fans are quick to get on the players’ backs (sounds familiar). I’d perhaps even go as far as saying whoever scores first will win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddytheVillan Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Must win for me. I'm sick of hearing about how well we've played against the big six and the better teams - simple fact is we've bottled all the games and dropped points. We can't rely on picking up any points against the City, Chelsea and Liverpools of this world. This makes games like Southampton away a must win. It's going to be really tough; I'd say they have a better squad than us. But we have Mings back, and we have Grealish who will be the best player on the park. Our defence owes us a big, disciplined performance. I'd have to go: Reina Konsa Mings Hause Guilbert Nakamba Luiz Targett Grealish Samatta Trezeguet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Graham t said: Not surprised you picked Drinkwater, any logical reason for picking a player so far off the pace? Perhaps you could slip Wesley onto the bench ? Regards, VLD. He’s only played a few times for our first team, he’s our only fit central midfielder that can get on the ball and dictate play. Also, I don’t think that Nakamba and Luiz compliment each other very well but they are good players individually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Play like we did against Spurs and we'll beat them. Problem is, more often than not in these sorts of games away from home we just don't turn up at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaluke Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He’s only played a few times for our first team, he’s our only fit central midfielder that can get on the ball and dictate play. Also, I don’t think that Nakamba and Luiz compliment each other very well but they are good players individually i dont understand why you havent even put luiz on the bench?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 7 hours ago, villaluke said: i dont understand why you havent even put luiz on the bench?! Well I think it was either him or Taylor so it was a no brainer..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 We struggle against teams that have the fans behind them. They seem to want it more. But I hear that isn’t the case with Southampton and the atmosphere can be quite toxic? Maybe that will help. Especially if we take the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 10 hours ago, villaluke said: i dont understand why you havent even put luiz on the bench?! He just slipped my mind, that is all, I’d drop Hourihane altogether and put Luiz on the bench instead of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 If we are to persist with playing Drinkwater I'd rather we went back to 4-3-3. We are painfully exposed in CM when playing a guy who cant move. A coin toss who plays alongside Mings at CB A midfield 3 of Drinkwater, Nakamba and Luiz might not be the worst idea And then El Ghazi Samatta, and Grealish as a front 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Our front 3 are key to this game. They need to pressure them high up the pitch, not let them pass it out of defence and try to force errors. Thankfully I think that style of play suits Samatta down to the ground and I can see him getting a goal or two tomorrow. El Ghazi/Trezeguet need to do the same. Mings should make a massive difference at the back as Engels would be dreadfully caught out by Ings and Long. Nakamba and Luiz need to make an impact on their centre mids too. They need to pressure them and not let them have any time on the ball. This game is very, very winnable. Do we have faith that our players will be up for it though? I really hope so because they need to start standing up and being counted. One positive, whatever the result, is that we'll be one game closer to Super John coming back, which I really believe will be the catalyst to keeping us up. Not only will we have him back, but it will also free up Grealish more as he won't have to do the work of 6 people and teams won't be able to triple mark him any more. UTV Edited February 21, 2020 by Okonokos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezzaleed Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 17/02/2020 at 13:15, GingerCollins29 said: Thought hause was ok yesterday he was better than konsa who was awful. one pass put him out of the game time and time again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 If Drinkwater starts we'll lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 We need a win here by hook or by crook. We can’t seem to keep clean sheet, so we’ll have to outscore them. Smith will probably start Drinkwater, but I pray he doesn’t. Here’s hoping for a 1-2 or a 1-3 win. Reina Konsa Mings Hause Guilbert Targett Nakamba Luiz Grealish AEG Samatta Subs: Nyland, Engels, Elmo, Drinkwater, Hourihane, Trez, Baston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Whatever we did at Burnley, more of that please. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It will be really tricky, but the players and the management, must understand the position we are in.....not lip service, a serious approach. If we don't win......we simply can't lose. losing simply gives confidence to those that are around us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only2McInallys Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 The odds on us to win are 4-1/5-1 are we really that bad?Southhampton have the worst home record in the prem . This is a big game for us .Must not lose. Samatta looks like he might add a bit of maturity to our squad,(which I think we have been lacking),he seems to hold the ball well and he seems to hover around the six yard box which all good strikers do. Hopefully Mings is back,keeping Ings quiet is going to be crucial. I have conflicting views on Drinkwater.The manager must see something in him and probably thinks he needs game time to improve.Smith must think Luiz and Nakamba don’t work well together and combining one of them with Drinkwater is the best option. Nakamba is a good ball winner but a poor passer Luiz is a poor ball winner but a really good passer. First goal tomorrow is vital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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