darrenm Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Friday 1st Jan 2021 8pm Will 3 days rest be enough for Villa to put out mostly the same 11 and be competitive? Will Barkley be back? Does Mings come back in? It's good we've avoided cards in the Chelsea game so we can put out a full strength team. Predictions? I think we'll do em. 3-1 Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Let's beat these pricks. 2-0 Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Man United play Wolves tomorrow at 8, so we get a decent advantage from an extra day's rest which could be pretty important with how packed this week is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Does Mings go straight back in ? I think not after seeing Konse and Hause today, they seemed to be comfortable throughout. Interested to see reasons why he should. Perhaps we are building a squad and not just a team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darrenm Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, smg said: Does Mings go straight back in ? I think not after seeing Konse and Hause today, they seemed to be comfortable throughout. Interested to see reasons why he should. Perhaps we are building a squad and not just a team? Personally, I think we missed his ability to find a pass forward from the back tonight. Hause just wasn't as good at finding a man. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 They'll all want to play so no changes unless there are any fitness niggles that emerge in the next day or two. I was banging on about subs, today but listening to Dean's interview that hunger to play every game and continue momentum is probably the better option. After the United game it's 12 days until the spurs match, and so plenty of changes can be made for the cup game anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, darrenm said: Personally, I think we missed his ability to find a pass forward from the back tonight. Hause just wasn't as good at finding a man. Fair enough, but was Hause any worse defensively and might a match on the bench give Mings the kick up the arse that makes him push on and prove he is better than the two younger possibly hungrier teammates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Not getting my hopes up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I think Rashford unlikely to play which would be huge for our sake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, smg said: Fair enough, but was Hause any worse defensively and might a match on the bench give Mings the kick up the arse that makes him push on and prove he is better than the two younger possibly hungrier teammates Mings is basically co captain so like Grealish can't see either being dropped if fit and available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, coda said: Not getting my hopes up. Oh I think we win. Most interesting to me will be if/how Dean fits Barkley back in the starting XI with AEG on such a hot streak. I’d personally try AEG on the right (although I’ve heard Anwar is weak on the right), Jack on the left, and Barkley slots back in to the middle. Traore has been serviceable but nothing I’ve seen suggests he’s cemented himself in the XI. Mings starts on the bench for me. If for nothing else to show him that he needs to keep focus. Makes too many mistakes for my liking by trying to do too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Mings is basically co captain so like Grealish can't see either being dropped if fit and available If this is true he is seriously under threat from Martinez so has to step up his game in the coming weeks because Martinez is equally as vocal and has the same if not better organisational skills. We will see what happens.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Apparently Lindelof done his back in so might have Bailly and Axel in their back four tomorrow and v us as Wan Bisaaka has also been injured last few games. Similar defence to what we played tonight. Can certainly see us scoring but fear their forward players are in too good form to contain. If we only concede once I actually think we'll win this. Same as last year, 2-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, darrenm said: Personally, I think we missed his ability to find a pass forward from the back tonight. Hause just wasn't as good at finding a man. Exactamundo which is why Mings should go straight back in. Barkley can wait though, no way El Ghazi should be dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Barkley can wait though, no way El Ghazi should be dropped. Why would El Ghazi be dropped and not Traore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Neither El Ghazi or Barkley could play in Traore's position and Trezeguet is injured. Only alternative is Elmo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 We could be 15 points clear at the top of league playing a UTD B team and I still wouldn't be confident. Years of pain against this lot has killed all confidence with this fixture. God how I'd love to beat these sods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted December 29, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2020 I think Smith should go all out attack, ship two goals in the first three minutes and lose 6-2 while sitting on a bucket. Then sit back and enjoy the media praise that will surely come his way. 8 1 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Whilst not directly relevant to this game... Do you 'hint' to McGinn, Grealish and Targett that if they were to pick up a yellow card in this game then they'd be banned for the cup game they probably won't play in anyway rather than a league game... Innocently and completely coincidentally of course... Unless cards are competition specific which I'm never 100% sure on. Tough run of games come up and can see us losing all three at some point before the cut off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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