Vive_La_Villa Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 6 hours ago, TRO said: The form guide( last 6 games) has Villa 15th and Wolves 4th. draw your own conclusions. Beat them tomorrow and we jump ahead of them on the form table. Whilst 4th to 15th looks significant. It’s tighter the table suggest. Also if you look at a 10 game form table we’re above them. I think we’ll get a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 7 hours ago, smg said: In your previous post you say that we should put Kessler in and then you put up a team including Elmo what changed your mind ? Or did you just say that yesterday looking for a reaction and had forgotten about it by the next post ? Personally I think it would be unfair to put Kessler in on Saturday as surely the first thing Wolves would do would be to put Traore up against him, not a great sight on your proper debut to see him hurtling towards you. Biggest troll I’ve ever come across. Amazed he is getting away with it for so long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Beat them tomorrow and we jump ahead of them on the form table. Whilst 4th to 15th looks significant. It’s tighter the table suggest. Also if you look at a 10 game form table we’re above them. I think we’ll get a point. I think form is more pertinent over 6 games 10 is too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Just now, TRO said: I think form is more pertinent over 6 games 10 is too many. Fair enough but even then it’s 4 points in it. We haven’t been playing great but I don’t think their form is significantly better than ours in terms of results. I’ve watched them a few times and they haven’t been great either. Managed to grind out a few wins similar to the way we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: Fair enough but even then it’s 4 points in it. We haven’t been playing great but I don’t think their form is significantly better than ours in terms of results. I’ve watched them a few times and they haven’t been great either. Managed to grind out a few wins similar to the way we did. I can't call it.....maybe a draw is a good shout. I would hate to have to select the team outside of the defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Morning all, game day and a nice local derby. The reverse fixture earlier this season was a tight one and won in the closing minutes by us. This will be similar I reckon, few chances and who takes them. Team pretty much picks itself here, with the main debate being who plays as the middle 3? Personally I’d go with: Martinez Elmo Konsa Mings Targett Nakamba Luiz McGinn Traore Watkins El Ghazi I don’t think starting Kesler would be right. Derby, up against Neto and Adama throughout, it would be a huge task and he firstly needs a couple of minutes here and there from the bench. They will target Elmo though, so we need to ensure he’s supported. I’ve put Nakamba in because I want him to stop the supply to their wide men and cover the back four. Basically breaking up the passing ability of Moutinho and Neves. We still need McGinn’s energy in the middle if nothing else. Luiz back in for Ramsey is my only change because I’d like us to keep the ball a bit better and provide some cutting edge. One goal is going to win this game like last time but I think we can do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Struggling to get excited for this one - ridiculous considering the season we have had, but Wednesday was such a frustrating one!! Need a big turnaround and this will be very tough against a disciplined Wolves team. I would go: Emi Elmo Konsa Mings Targett Luiz McGinn Barkley/Sanson Traore Watkins Ghazi Bit harsh on Nakamba maybe but I would like a bit more composure in the middle. Hard one to call between Barkley and Sanson - argument for either. Don’t think Ramsey has done enough to start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted March 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2021 10 hours ago, PaulC said: Quite true, the last time we played well was the first half against Burnley. Yep, that second half really killed our confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 0-0 written all over this one IMO. We'll probably lose 4-3 now I've said that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Back to our best today and we will win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 11 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Beat them tomorrow and we jump ahead of them on the form table. Whilst 4th to 15th looks significant. It’s tighter the table suggest. Also if you look at a 10 game form table we’re above them. I think we’ll get a point. Yep and Wolves had a 4 game run where they got 10 points with three very uninspiring, two of which very lucky wins. They're nothing to fear and they’re not playing well. Unfortunately we are the same at moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Emi Kesler - Konsa - Mings - Targett Sanson - Luiz - McGinn Traore - Watkins - El Ghazi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Those talking about Kesler - what’s he like as a player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 13 hours ago, PaulC said: Quite true, the last time we played well was the first half against Burnley. About time we saw a good performance really. What baffles me is how we can barely string three passes together these days. We often hear how we've had a great season but in actual fact we've had a great third of the season (up to Boxing Day) where we were averaging 2 points a game. Since then we've averaged just over 1 point a game which as far as I can work out would have us hovering just above the relegation zone. We also hear how we're overachieving, we're not. Expected goals, points, goals against etc is actually around par for where we are, if anything it's probably slightly lower than it should be. Maybe in comparison to where we were last season we are overachieving, but we strengthened in summer and players like Luiz, Konsa, Targett etc are a year older and have improved considerably. The main concern is performances. In pretty much every game in 2020 this season, we either matched our opponents or dominated the game, with the exception of Leeds at home. In 2021, that hasn't been the case. In fact, over the last 5 games, we only dominated one team in our last game, a team that is rock bottom and had 10 men for over a third of the game. We were sub par against Brighton and Leicester (despite having more rest than both of them as they had played midweek), and got 2 scrappy wins against Leeds and Arse. Our sub par performances started even with Jack in the side, but now he's out despite some writing him off I really pray Barkley can get some form. He's our most creative player after Jack and when he's firing he's a quality player. If he stops doing silly flicks trying to look good and focuses on having an impact in the final third, he may be able to help us while Jack is out. But sadly he's looked nowhere near on it in the last 10 games or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 We need players that will do 90 minutes on or off the ball, high energy today from everyone and they don't score but we will, tight 1-0 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nigel Posted March 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2021 Neto vs Elmo scares me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: He hasn't been great for them really. Not sure they'll start the young kid either upfront although he nearly scored in the December game. Thought they might just do a three of Podence, Neto and Adama but think Podence is still injured so perhaps just those two upfront in a 5-3-2. They'll be happy with a point....as we'd be you'd suspect after midweek so can't see anything but it panning out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2021 Please god dont let them go down to 10 men! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 No win for us again today according to mystic Lawro. Has he always disliked us or it is since the 7-2? If his predictions had come right this season, we would be 30 points behind Leeds now, and comfortably below Burnley and Brighton. 30 points ffs. Youd think he would have changed that bias as the season went on given that we've only been above them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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