Tom13

I've got the assist machine Amavi in mine 

I'm not losing interest in any way.

Adama is an injury doubt.

"If we came here today,

and took 3 points away,

We would alllllllll say,

Thank you Idriiiiiiiisa Gueye"

To the beat of Locked Away by R City.

"If we came here today,

and took 3 points away,

We would alllllllll say,

Thank you Idriiiiiiiisa Gueye"

To the beat of Locked Away by R City.

Don't agree, he's just anonymous in every game he plays. Doesn't try and take his man on, just puts in extremely average performances.

If Agbonlahor and Sinclair both start...oh my days...

Haha...

My last few games have been...

Villa 0-1 Man City (2013)

Villa 0-2 West Ham (2014)

Villa 1-4 Stoke City (2014)

Villa 0-1 Swansea (2015)

Villa 0-1 Burnley (2015)

Villa 2-2 Sunderland (2015)

Liverpool 3-2 Villa (2015)

Played 7. Won 0, drawn 1, lost 6. Scored 5, conceded 14.

Glad we're all agreed on Sinclair at least!

Not sure that would work. Don't see Traore as the cutting inside type (if he was to play on the left) and if we swapped Gil to the left, don't think he has the pace to go on the outside regularly.

He doesn't need to have, to be that standard of player.

That was JUST banter.

I don't think I'd like Gil as a left winger, not sure he has the pace to go on the outside. Think he's best as a #10 or on the RW cutting in.

Yep Okore was dodgy as! He was carrying that knee injury though so let's hope that was the reason.

He is terrible in an advanced role though. Against Sunderland for example, when he gets on the ball in an advanced area or on a counter attack - he is awful. Maybe he should be given a run as the base CM but at the moment I think I'd rather see Sanchez and Gana as first choice, plus one if we're playing 4-3-3.

Who's Chery?

Hutton gets into loads of decent positions but his crossing is generally awful. Never shies away from receiving the ball though.

He could have prevented Liverpool's opening goal on Sat though, the ball was loose from Moreno's feet and there to be won but Hutton decided to leave it.

Our best central midfielder without a doubt, such a classy player. I agree that he does make the occasional error to lose possession but him and Amavi will become crucial for us.

Well, I'd love to see a 4-2-3-1 but it depends whether the likes of Gil/Grealish/Traore have the defensive work rate for it to work. Still worth a go though!

I still like Sherwood. I like his attitude in general and he deserves time to try and get it right. He gave us joy last season for the first time in a long time!

With Westwood, he's steady enough, but he's just too limited. He's never going to be able to move the ball quick enough in a dangerous area to create something out of nothing. He's not aggressive enough in the middle of the park and he's very slow. Gana and Sanchez (plus Veretout if we're going 4-3-3) is the way forward.

Wilkins = idiot if true.

I'm really starting to feel sorry for Gil. He's an obvious talent, and he played what...60-70 mins VS Leicester. In that he scored a wonder goal and created a clear goal scoring opportunity out of nothing for Grealish. Which is a lot more than anyone else is doing. Fair enough he didn't do a lot against WBA but I wanna see him back starting ASAP.

Yeah. Even if he's scoring goals, his all round game has to improve. He can't keep bringing our attacks to an end every time we go to his feet. Agree on Sinclair - he contributes nothing. Doesn't even try and take players on, just completely pointless playing him ATM.

New member, been a fan since I was a kid for over 20 years.

Have come to start discussing frustrations/positives and interested to see other fans opinions on our squad etc!