onmeedson Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 How simple this game is , get the right formation for the game, play the right player's in their best position's, bit of motivation in there and hey presto. This is what any fan wanted, your team playing to win and showing passion. Well done the villa boy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNTONVILLA Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 WE look so much stronger as a 4-5-1 unit. When we play 4-4-2 with 2 out ant out wingers it seems to leave the centre exposed. With 3 there breaking up play there always seems to be a pass and the front 3 can move around creating damage. this is much stronger and we should stick with it. when we played 4-4-2 with reo coke on the right we really played with 3 in the middle as he used to drift in anyway. Really proud last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Can't vote in this. There are so many more options than these two and the best sides can switch formation as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 This is why tactic's is so important, you have to get them right for the given game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenjos Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Its been so plain to see for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Got to be really after a performance like that, 4-5-1 that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Assuming Dunne arrives I would play the following team away from home (4-5-1): Friedal L. Young Cuellar Dunne Warnock Milner Reo-Coker Petrov Sidwell A. Young Carew or Agbonlahor (can't decide between them) At home I would play 4-4-2: Same as above except drop Petrov and add either Carew or Agbonlahor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 none of our centre midfielders are good enough to get away with just 2 in the middle - with our current personnel it should always be 3 in there otherwise we get dominated in midfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaceydeaceyaggro Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 4-5-1 away from home, yes. 4-5-1 at home, never. Fans just won't put up with one man up front at Villa Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc89 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 4-5-1 away from home, yes. 4-5-1 at home, never. Fans just won't put up with one man up front at Villa Park.It's better than playing 4-2-2 with Heskey up top, If I had to pick over the two I would pick 4-5-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 i agree to some extent i would always play 442 given good midfielders, but our midfielders just arent good enough to get away with just 2 players in there - we have been dominated in centre midfield every time we have played 442 for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 id prefer 2 upfront at home, but weve got to play 451 away definatly. to make the 442 with 2 wingers work though i think you need NRC in there, hes got the pace, energy and tackling to stop us getting overun in midfield. worked ok the season before last when he played there. theres also the 4312 we played when we beat bolton, blues derby etc scoring loads- we had Petrov,NRC and Barry with ash floating infront of them, and carew and gabby upfront. just replace barry with milner. would give more solidarity in the middle, stop ash getting easily marked out the game and gives us the 2 strikers. you probably wouldnt play this against teams with good wingers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Considering who our strikers are, 4-5-1 every game please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 We played 4-5-1 away to Vienna and lost 1 nil. We played the same team a week later in a 4-4-2 and won 2-1. Go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 we also got turned over and outplayed by wigan in a 442 at home but got a battling victory away to liverpool with a 451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 we also got turned over and outplayed by wigan in a 442 at home but got a battling victory away to liverpool with a 451 Yep, so clearly it is not a simple argument that one formation works and the other doesn't. Which is the point I was getting at. Horses for courses and all that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 our results over the last year have been far better in a 451 than a 442 and our personnel are a lot more suited to 451 so i would say that formation suits us a lot better and 451 away in vienna involved heskey upfront on his own, so it was effectively 460 formation. 451 is better for us, but only if you dont end up with heskey on the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdevonvillain Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Will never happen because Heskey plays for Aston Villa Football Club and MON will play him no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 If we play 4-4-2 NRC is a must because he has the legs to do the work. In fact Petrov IMO is the worst player we have to play in a 4-4-2 he's simply not mobile enough. But most teams these days flood the midfield and teams that play 4 against the 5 struggle unless they have some great players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 If we play 4-4-2 NRC is a must because he has the legs to do the work. In fact Petrov IMO is the worst player we have to play in a 4-4-2 he's simply not mobile enough. But most teams these days flood the midfield and teams that play 4 against the 5 struggle unless they have some great players. exactly, which is why we cant play with 2 centre midfielders in the middle as we dont have great players. 442 worked a couple of years back cus either petrov or nrc normally played on the right, but they always drifted in and were very narrow so it was pretty much three in centre midfield anyway most of the time milner hugs the touchline, so even tho he does track back well, he does not ease problems in the centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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