TrentVilla Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 Looks like it is 4-5-1 from them as I predicted. Worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 442 kinda makes sense, as I can imagine the midfields will be getting by-passed a lot in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 Samba and Nelson are decent enough at CB I think. Are they 4-4-2 there? Grella--Nzonzi(who?)--Dunn--Pedersen Diouf---Di Santo ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 Samba and Nelson are decent enough at CB I think. Are they 4-4-2 there? Grella--Nzonzi(who?)--Dunn--Pedersen Diouf---Di Santo ??? I think it's a 4-5-1 mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Their back four really is woeful.... Samba and Nelson are decent, although hopefully not against a speed merchant like Gabby. Ok, but they aren't exactly top class CB's and our forwards should be able to score. Plus Milner and Young should have a good day on the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Samba and Nelson are decent enough at CB I think. Are they 4-4-2 there? Grella--Nzonzi(who?)--Dunn--Pedersen Diouf---Di Santo ??? More like --------Nzoni - Grella Diouf------Dunn-------Pedersen -----Di Santo. Just guessing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Diouf tends to play wide, I think it'll be more a 4231 Grella-Nzonzi Diouf-Dunn-Pedersen Di Santo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Oh dear, deary deary me. If this goes wrong there'll only be one man to blame...Just what is playing at? It's a case of getting the line up completely wrong in order to accommodate Carew. I'm not looking forward to this. These tactics he employs are fast becoming comical. Blackburn are better than cardiff, and arguably better than Wigan. They'll beat us unless they play crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 isnt that just typical mon? gives a press conference about how it will be a defensive approach and then picks arguably his most attacking available line up!! one thing is for sure - it doesnt look like he is going there to come back with a point. it may be a bad decision - only time will tell but i think we should maybe look at the positives of this selection and say at least we are going into this types of 'winable' away game with the intention of attacking and going for the win rather than soaking up the pressure and hoping to nick a goal on the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steell Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Why Petrov and Delph again. They really didn't work against Wigan. That is what worries me. Very difficult to hold on to any opinion that's based on the Wigan match - first game of the season, Petrov and Delph never played together before, etc. I'm not saying it will work but I'm just not as concerned as some of you, as long as Cuellar snuffs out the threat from Pedersen then I can't see them hurting us. Villa win 2-0. Delph and Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Randy_Villan Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Delph will do better without 35000+ watching his every move at VP. Not as many to impress, so he won't try anything silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I'm going for 4-2 to villa, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 So Young and Milner will have to work very hard as they'll generally have two men on them all game, Petrov should be able to protect our back four pretty well so we shouldn't concede more than one. If Delph can beat both Nonzi and Grella he can help out. I don't see Carew getting much from Nelson and Samba. Villa to win by however many goals Gabby can muster today is my prediction and I reckon that means 1-0. (Or if Gabby doesn't score, 0-0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 They'll beat us unless they play crap. shut up! maybe we will play brilliantly and deserve to win. that sort of comment is the epitomy of negative villa fans - we only win when the oppostion are bad - just as some said after the liverpool game. occassionally, you know, we do actually deserve the good things that happen to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 I think O'Neill has got it wrong today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I'm glad we've gone for 4-4-2 we need to be attacking against teams like this if we want to win. The blues game showed that playing 4-5-1 against a team who are going to sit back and defend is not going to work well enough. If we want to finish top 4 we can't go to places like Ewood park with a defensive attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I think O'Neill has got it wrong today. I also think he may have got it wrong, however he will be judged on results and that can only happen after the match. Here's hoping for a win. UTV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 They'll beat us unless they play crap. shut up! maybe we will play brilliantly and deserve to win. that sort of comment is the epitomy of negative villa fans - we only win when the oppostion are bad - just as some said after the liverpool game. occassionally, you know, we do actually deserve the good things that happen to us. Yes you are right, although the situation is this- when we play 4-5-1, we don't lose, the opposition can't break us down. When we play 4-4-2 with petrov, we invariably get outplayed by poor opposition. So in this case my only optism is that Rovers are very poor, otherwise we will be overrun again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 I think O'Neill has got it wrong today. I also think he may have got it wrong, however he will be judged on results and that can only happen after the match. Here's hoping for a win. UTV! Indeed, I hope to be proved wrong later this afternoon I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 I think we attack better from a 4-5-1. In a 4-4-2 there's too much onus on Young and Milner to work at supporting midfield, in a 4-5-1 they can bomb on and do what they're good at. With the players were using, 4-5-1 is more attacking than 4-4-2. I know that sounds wrong, but it's true imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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