Pongo Waring Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 West ham beat them both home and away in the conference semi finals last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villa87 Posted October 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2023 Think I’d go: Emi Cash Carlos Pau Digne McGinn Tielemans Kamara Zaniolo Bailey Watkins Give Dougie, Konsa and Diaby a rest. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dillon66 Posted October 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2023 I think you could make a reasonable argument that AZ are stronger than Luton, so if Unai's thinking about resting players then maybe Sunday's the day to do it ? We need a statement result in this competition. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 3rd kit curse no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 11 hours ago, smg said: Why the fixation on making changes ? We need to win this to create some breathing space , we should also be able to play a few days later at home and deal with Luton and then move on from there. Our replacements as individuals are ok as a unit less so. We also need to forget about players that are unavailable, as far as February is concerned they will be on full power and filling in for injured or knackered teammates it’s the way a squad works Going out of league cup means we always have a full week's recovery between Luton and Forest. I don't think the fixture list is that brutal currently compared to March/April. If we win the group we'll also have a couple more free midweeks in February so more the reason to put out a very strong side tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 11 hours ago, smg said: Why the fixation on making changes ? We need to win this to create some breathing space , we should also be able to play a few days later at home and deal with Luton and then move on from there. Our replacements as individuals are ok as a unit less so. We also need to forget about players that are unavailable, as far as February is concerned they will be on full power and filling in for injured or knackered teammates it’s the way a squad works Going out of league cup means we always have a full week's recovery between Luton and Forest. I don't think the fixture list is that brutal currently compared to March/April. If we win the group we'll also have a couple more free midweeks in February so more the reason to put out a very strong side tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Villa87 said: Think I’d go: Emi Cash Carlos Pau Digne McGinn Tielemans Kamara Zaniolo Bailey Watkins Give Dougie, Konsa and Diaby a rest. Pretty much this, No way should we be making 5/6 changes again as it just doesn't work. IMO this will be a tougher game than the one away in Poland so we should respect that accordingly considering they have won 8/9 of there first league games this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: West ham beat them both home and away in the conference semi finals last season. The away match was incredibly tight. West Ham basically defended for a 0-0 and then scored breakaway in 94th minute. A point will be fine. We'd then need to win the two home games to win the group. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 If we can get 4 points or more in these 2 Alkmaar games than that should get us in a good position, with chances to maybe rotate more in the last 2 games. Need to get the points on the board first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 They are flying this season but we’re not doing to bad either in a much tougher league, go with a strong 11 and we can get a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I'd go pretty much full strength to start and then bring key players off if/when we get in control. Better that than chasing the last 30mins with first teamers. Same with Luton tbh. Don't want to underestimate them and cock things up by being complacent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul33 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) Full strength team for this one otherwise what was the point of battling to get into Europe ? Players can easily recover in time for Sunday ...... no excuses ! Edited October 25, 2023 by Paul33 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just in case anyone is flying with KLM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post troon_villan Posted October 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Mister_a said: Just in case anyone is flying with KLM Probably still skint after burning that million quid back in the 90's 1 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 No screwing about tomorrow. Az are a very good team in very good form. We need to play our best 11. With all due respect to Luton tomorrows game has to be the priority . We need to repeat the tempo that we saw v West Ham. And we havent been able to do that so far in midweek games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincenzo Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Think Unai will go with Olsen in goal and Carlos at the back etc…cup run will be great but champions league is the priority… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I think we can drop points against Luton and still win the title so for that reason strong side tomorrow pls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 13 hours ago, troon_villan said: Probably still skint after burning that million quid back in the 90's Fans are probably better off taking the last train to ZaanCentraal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted October 26, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2023 They may be doing well in the Dutch league but they’re still not very Gouda really. Actually, they’re shite, 3-0 Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 So I guess we can call this the AZ test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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