Amo69 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Am I correct in Stevens was looking our best bet at LB before he got injured? Or did I dream this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2012 balls out... guzan clark vlaar baker albrighton westwood bannan nzogbia weimann benteke gabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Why would Delph be in the first choice starting XI? Because CI is Delph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Am I correct in Stevens was looking our best bet at LB before he got injured? Or did I dream this? I thought the same thing myself,dont need to waste anymore money at left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Hard to know when we're in such a slump and nobody seems to be in form. People tend to have selective memories about players who have been out of the team for a while - when we're playing well, they are crap & good riddance to them, but when we're losing suddenly people think Hutton would be good Think we've generally been strongest at the back when it was a back for with Vlaar-Clark in the centre. Dunne might be good for a short term fix, but hard to know how he'll come back. This injury has been worryingly prolonged. Lowton only option for RB, while LB could be Bennett or Stevens, not sure we've seen either enough to know. Westwood-Bannan was best CM combo we've used, though it's clear that they are not ready to play every game & keep up their level of performance. If they were fresh & on form they'd be my choice. Similar story with Weimann-Benteke-Agbonlahor, but again I think it's the best we've got. Final place is between Ireland, Holman or N'Zogbia and I'd rather the former though it's getting hard to retain belief in him. That would leave pretty much the team vs Man Utd (of course it is also pretty much the team that lost 5-0 at Man City, but there's no-one who's played this season who isn't tainted with bad results!): Guzan Lowton-Vlaar-Clark-Bennett Westwood-Bannan Weimann-Ireland-Agbonlahor Benteke Bench: Given, Baker, Herd, Holman, N'Zogbia, Albrighton, Bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Win vs Swansea Guzan 1 Lowtan 1 Vlaar 1 Clark 1 Lichaj 1 El Ahmadi 1 Bannan 1 Holman 1 Ireland 1 Weimann 1 Bent 1 Win vs Sunderland Guzan 2 Lowtan 2 Vlaar 2 Clark 2 Lichaj 2 Westwood 1 Bannan 2 Agbonlahor 1 Ireland 2 Weimann 2 Benteke 1 Win vs Reading (when only goal scored) Guzan 3 Lowtan 3 Clark 3 Baker 1 Lichaj 3 Albrighton 1 Westwood 2 Bannan 3 Ireland 3 Weimann 3 Benteke 2 Win vs Liverpool Guzan 4 Lowtan 4 Herd 1 Clark 4 Baker 2 Lichaj 4 Westwood 3 Bannan 4 Weimann 4 Holman 2 Benteke 3 Six players present for every victory... Guzan, Lowtan, Clark, Lichaj, Bannan, Weimann. (Five of them ex-reserve teamers. Chemistry, anyone?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) --------------Guzan------------- Lowton--Vlaar--Clark--Bennett --Holman-Westwood-Bannan-- --Weimann--Benteke--Gabby And I'd say, Holman, Bannan, Clark and Gabby* should be on the bench and new players should come in. So that is a new CB, two midfielders and a striker/winger. Not looking likely. *If Gabby finds form then he should be on the right alongside Benteke with a new player on the left. Edited December 31, 2012 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 balls out... guzan clark vlaar baker albrighton westwood bannan nzogbia weimann benteke gabby It looks very good on paper but if you think we conceded a lot of goals previously, I can only imagine how many we'd concede with Albrighton and N'Zogbia as our wingbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ...........................Guzan ......................... Herd ....Vlaar .....Dunne .......Warnock Albrighton ....Petrov ....Bannan ...Gabby ...........Bent .....Weiman............ On the bench: Given,Benteke,Lowton,Ireland,El Ahmadi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Are you seriously saying that you would start Herd over Lowton at right back? That for me is where you lost all credibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Don't want Herd anywhere near the defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 31, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2012 It looks very good on paper but if you think we conceded a lot of goals previously, I can only imagine how many we'd concede with Albrighton and N'Zogbia as our wingbacks. yeah, i did say it was balls out! i'd like us to try a proper 3-4-3 though seeing as we've played a few games with 3 at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaywasawesome Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) Guzan Lowton-Vlaar-Baker-Lichaj Westwood Holman-Ireland-Bannan Bent-Weimann I actually think Bent-Weimann worked pretty well in the first few games, good link-up play in and around the box. Benteke is too inconsistent, and we tend to play more hoofball with him, when really I don't think that's the best way to retain possession, because even though he tends to win them, we still end up losing the ball. And I don't know why Lichaj gets such a bad rep, he does okay at LB, he's defensively solid, whereas Bennett is a severe liability. You rewatch the Spurs game, during the second half, almost none of the attacks came down the right, most came down the left and through the centre.Why? because Bennett was the weak link in our defense and they targeted that area as he's constantly being sucked into the centre and then doesn't have the pace to recover when the ball is played out wide back to his flank. And Vlaar-Baker instead of Vlaar-Clark because Baker has shown to be the better defender in the past few games. Edited December 31, 2012 by Alpaywasawesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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