Isa Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 He's better defensively than Lowton but not as good offensively. People on here prioritise the latter when it comes to a full-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 He's better defensively than Lowton but not as good offensively. People on here prioritise the latter when it comes to a full-back. He's not a RB and it shows - he's much more valuable to us when he's further up the pitch - Lowton was excellent last season - and his eagerness to get forward along with his delivery is great. Lowton makes things tick when he bursts forward - but Bacuna becomes static. Sunderland were dominating down our right yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Football is a funny old game and we are definitely an unpredictable team. I'm gonna say 0-4 away win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) There are quite contradicting views on here regarding our full backs. Last year I undersood the stick Bennet got, but now I really don't. Full backs are not our problem, and yet some here want to change/drop them. Also, Lambert seems to want his full backs to take active part in attacking. Therefore, when assessing the quality of our full back's play, putting more weigh on their play forward is warranted. Edited December 1, 2013 by AVTuco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Under the narrow lambert system , our FB's are arguably the most important positions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Not going to be pretty. Though on one hand, since our center backs are prone to hoofing it up under any pressure or passing it back to Guzan, all it takes is for one line to be a bit too high. Wouldn't surprise me if Lambert comes out with the directive to try balls over the top on sight. Will be interesting to see if soton counters by not deploying their high line/high pressure norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Vlaar will need to get hold of lambert for starters . They are having a mini wobble and we can capitalise on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain4Life Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 This one I'd happily sell for a boring nil nil ... 'Surely' we'll play with 3 central defenders, so 3-5-2 or really more as it will be, 5-3-2 (10-0-0) and defending our one point. I would like to see Benteke dropped, but I don't think that'll happen. I'd also like to see Lowton back at RB and Bacuna in midfield, but that's probably also unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 No to three center back formations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 He's better defensively than Lowton but not as good offensively. People on here prioritise the latter when it comes to a full-back. He's not a RB and it shows - he's much more valuable to us when he's further up the pitch - Lowton was excellent last season - and his eagerness to get forward along with his delivery is great. Lowton makes things tick when he bursts forward - but Bacuna becomes static. Sunderland were dominating down our right yesterday. How does it 'show' exactly? I think lots of people just say this because they know he is not a natural right-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Guzan Lowton Vlaar Clark Luna Bacuna Westwood Delph Weimann Benteke Agbonlahor 2-1 win for us with them scoring in the first ten minutes. Benteke to get the winner with a deflection that ricochets off his thigh in to the bottom corner after a Delph shot from outside the box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I fear they will be too strong for us.....unless we find some form from somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) AVTuco. Off topic, I know, but I gotta say I love your name and Avatar. Brilliant movie. Can I just call you "the ugly" for short? Edited December 2, 2013 by srsmithusa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hopefully they'll come at us attacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Great matchup for Villa, a high pressing possession side that lets the fullbacks bomb forward and leave space in behind. I think this could be the type of game where Villa have somewhere in the 30s for possession but it ends up very high scoring, maybe Lambert will even go back to what made him a good manager with fast paced attacks, no clean sheets but a shitload of goals. Then again maybe he'll stay with this seasons crap and villa will lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 2, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2013 AVTuco. Off topic, I know, but I gotta say I love your name and Avatar. Brilliant movie. Can I just call you "the ugly" for short? Thank you very much for your kind words. Sure you can, although I think I'm quite handsome really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Sad days when a visit to Southampton means an almost certain loss. 2-0 to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Yep think we'll lose this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I reckon Benteke will be axed for Kozak - defend from the front - going to be tough to get anything from this....im going 2-0 saints.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Thread title says this game is on Tuesday. OS says it's Wednesday. Can someone clarify please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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