Popular Post Risso Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Our entire midfield has 1 assist between them all season. 2, if you include Kieran Richardson. That's unbelievably pathetic. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Westwood is ok(ish) for where we are, he does the simple basic things and nothing more. He's not making us a better team, but he's at least not actively making us worse unlike Gabby, Andi & N'Zogbia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Westwood and Sanchez will make a good midfield pairing. It's what is ahead of them that needs sorting. I'd also prefer Sanchez to play as the deepest midfielder as he clearly gets fatigued and better suits the deep role with his physique. You wouldn't play delph? Ye I would but I'm more thinking about long term. I hope Westwood, Sanchez and Delph are the midfield next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Our entire midfield has 1 assist between them all season. 2, if you include Kieran Richardson. That's unbelievably pathetic. For the next game I wouldn't be against both Westwood and Cleverley being dropped. It would be interesting to Sanchez and Delph in midfield with 2 wingers and 2 up front. The less central midfielders offering no goals and no assists in the team the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Sanchez alongside Delph/Bacuna, would allow you to play 3 attacking players, playing of CB. Hopefully 3 new players by next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Yes id agree Rots, I like Westwood but he always seems to need to take an extra nudge which slows us down and is one factor in our lack of fluidity. Really good example was in one Benteke shot in second half (deflected a bit and saved from edge of area) it was quite a nice move (one of very few) and was crying out for a first time pass from Ash but he inexplicably took a touch I can only assume it is hard wired in, he did in fact manage to bumble it through to Benteke but the moment was gone. I think in effort to jump start our woeful scoring record id go Sanchez and Delphi deep with Cole, presumably Gill and fingers crossed someone else new behind Benteke. Edited January 11, 2015 by villaglint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think he's more reliable than Sanchez and he's not only able to see a forward pass but execute it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Can't think of any examples of that Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think he's more reliable than Sanchez and he's not only able to see a forward pass but execute it as well. Couldn't disagree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think he's more reliable than Sanchez and he's not only able to see a forward pass but execute it as well.Does the 'C' stand for a middle name? (and is your last name 'Lambert'?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Not sure why Westwood divides opinion, he is a neat and tidy player with an eye for a pass. The problem is there is two people in a pass, the passer and the receiver. At Villa, the receiver only seems to be moving in the middle third, the final third sees a stationary Benteke and not much more. Its alright having full backs provide width, but only if they are supported by overlaps, that doesn't happen. Without wittering on, there is no movement from the front three and no midfielders running with or beyond the ball. Means we go from side to side and not much more. Need to play a two up there ala John Carew/ Gabby. Make the opposition play deep to contain Gabby and let the big man do the knockdowns on the edge of the box. Its a bit GT but it puts the opposition on the back foot and we can move the whole team forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Our entire midfield has 1 assist between them all season. 2, if you include Kieran Richardson. That's unbelievably pathetic. Been saying for a while that it's up there with the worst midfields in prem history. Without doubt the main issue with the team (away from the manager) and has been for the past two years, Awful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think he's more reliable than Sanchez and he's not only able to see a forward pass but execute it as well. Does the 'C' stand for a middle name? (and is your last name 'Lambert'?) last name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Wherever it is westwood, delph, sanchez or cleverley one of them has to start scoring some goals or we are going to be struggling for the rest of the season. If they could get 10 between them that would be a massive advantage. It is also massively unlikely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Totally unlikely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Our entire midfield has 1 assist between them all season. 2, if you include Kieran Richardson. That's unbelievably pathetic. Been saying for a while that it's up there with the worst midfields in prem history. Without doubt the main issue with the team (away from the manager) and has been for the past two years, Awful! Completely agree. Westwood and Cleverley are just utterly anonymous. Neat and tidy, but with just about zero output worthy of the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Westwood is like Carrick, does the simple things well. He's not the problem, hopefully we sign Gil and he's the answer to our attacking midfield problem. If we get the balance right we'll be ok, a midfield of Westwood, Cleverley, Cole and Sanchez is not going to work. Cole of 5 years ago yes but he's legs have gone now. Cleverley is just being played out of position. But he's not the answer either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 He's pretty much our only midfielder who can make a forward pass. He attempted more forward passes against Leicester than Cleverley has in his whole time here. In the first 20 mins or so when we actually looked half threatening before falling apart, he was the main reason for that. Always looks forward as soon as he gets the ball, not his fault that the 3 forwards are always standing next to each other motionless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The thing with neat and tidy players like Scholes, Pirlo or even someone like Carrick is that you have to have movement around you. Pirlo has Pogba and Vidal - probably two of the most athletic and powerful players in Serie A. Scholes had Ronaldo, Valencia, Rooney towards the end of his career, all of them a pretty incredible athletes (apart from Rooney maybe ) Carrick is the same now with Young, Valencia, Rooney, Falcao etc, they all have good movement and probably cover a lot of ground between them. And my last example is Barry in his last year with us, who had Young, Downing and Milner who all added manoeuvrability to the side. Villa unfortunately at this moment, can't afford that luxury as we play far too narrow and our lack of a good left wing back (Aly is a good full back), severly weakens our side as we're completely lop-sided. Our front three in Gabby, Benteke and Weimann are also (disappointingly) static, so our outballs are always played to forwards with their backs to goal. I think the main problem is that we're in between two styles of football and our personnel don't really allow that adaptability to capitalise on either. We're no longer athletic enough to be a good counter attacking team - we also have zero natural wingers in the team. And by the same token, we don't have enough technique in the squad and footballing brains to implement a passing, possession based game. And that's where I think Lambert must improve. He must ask himself where we're going, does he want possession based football? And who are the players to get us playing that style. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Westwood is like Carrick, does the simple things well. He's not the problem, hopefully we sign Gil and he's the answer to our attacking midfield problem. If we get the balance right we'll be ok, a midfield of Westwood, Cleverley, Cole and Sanchez is not going to work. Cole of 5 years ago yes but he's legs have gone now. Cleverley is just being played out of position. But he's not the answer either. Westwood does some of the simple things well but if we're going to get the balance of midfield right IMO both him and Cleverley should miss out. Neither does enough defensively and neither offers enough offensively. Get Delph and Sanchez in the middle with 2 wingers and 2 up top. Simples! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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