UpTheVilla26 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Looks to me like Moyes has basically come here and tried to stop us doing anything. Therefore, I'd stick Grealish at CAM, El Ghazi left, hook Barkley and get Traore on the right. This is playing into their hands, they are doubling up on Jack. AEG has been poor but I'd rather take Barkley off who has lost the ball a lot and seems to slow our play at times. Whatever we do, injecting a bit of life and tempo into this game wouldn't go amiss, it's been a bit of a chess game so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: Tough game so far, Anwar's been rubbish And that’s being kind. Smith has to take him off. There’s being quite bad and there is having a half he’s just had. Dreadful. This is genuinely the first time this season where I think Smith needs to make changes at half time. Not after 55 mins, not after 60 mins, but now. I’d start with Traore for El Ghazi and then think about either Ramsey or Sanson for McGinn/Barkley (who have both been very poor). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaAlex Posted February 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2021 Watkins has been awesome. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Playing with 10 men. El ghazi a complete passenger And McGinn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted February 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, VillaFaninLondon said: DS will actually have to make subs early if we continue to play like this, we’ve been really, really poor. Grt into them at HT, if no uplift in performance in first 10 he needs to start being proactive and looking to tweak things. 2 minutes ago, MackHaakon said: Move Grealish away from Koufal and take off AEG. I expect Smith to show some sort of tactical creativity now. I will die of shock if he changes it before 75 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I think we’ve looked poor since the Covid break. Did some great defending against Man City, had an average performance against an awful Newcastle, defensively poor against Burnley (tho some lovely stuff in the first half) then lucky v Southampton. We look a completely different team to the December one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 For all our poor play we've hit the post and missed the best chance. Its not all doom and gloom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Dean must be proactive here. We need to get the win, we’ve had a couple of chances but id still fancy them To score first on balance of that half. We have good options off the bench. Surely we cant be that bad second half. McGinn just cant get into games, shadow of his former self atm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, troon_villan said: If Ghazi comes out for the second I'll ve very disappointed in Smith You know this isn't happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just now, VillaAlex said: Watkins has been awesome. I bet he’s thinking, what the hell has happened to the rest of you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewportStu Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 We look tired. AEG and Barkley in particular are passengers and gave the ball away countless times. Looking forward to seeing the French duo of Sanson and Traore come on in the second half and switch it up. UTV! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 El Ghazi always looks mince on the right, need big Bert on either for Anwar or Ross if Ross switch Anwar to the left where he has offered some threat this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 El Ghazi not good enough????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, pacbuddies said: And McGinn. And Barkley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Barkley's final ball sometimes let's him down. A lot more urgency needed in this second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted February 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just now, Delphinho123 said: And that’s being kind. Smith has to take him off. There’s being quite bad and there is having a half he’s just had. Dreadful. This is genuinely the first time this season where I think Smith needs to make changes at half time. Not after 55 mins, not after 60 mins, but now. I’d start with Traore for El Ghazi and then think about either Ramsey or Sanson for McGinn/Barkley (who have both been very poor). Barkley and mcginn were worse at southampton and played the whole game. Not holding my breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Barkley seems like a West Ham player with the amount of times his touches end up with them getting possession. Is El Ghazi on the pitch? Simply not suited for these games, he's a flat track bully. West Ham looking good, Lingard has given them an extra dimension. We need to improve our build up play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 tbh it started looking a bit better when Grealish and AEG swopped sides, but we need to be much sharper than we currently are if we're to get anything out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Cosmik Debris said: That’s hilarious... First successful pass by el Gaz and the whistle blows Just thought exactly this ^^ El Ghazi has been garbage in that half and given the ball away way too many times. I would definitely swap him for Bertie if he's fit. Why did it take until 40 minutes for Jack and El Ghazi to swap wings? They have clearly doubled up on Jack and he's had no joy down the left. El Ghazi has been playing well on the left in previous games so they should have switched much earlier. Barkley has also been guilty of giving the ball away far too much. There was one great through-ball from Jack that Watkins was running on to but Barkley intercepted it and lost it. He's had a poor half. For me, the best two Villa players have been Watkins and Martinez. Konsa, Luiz, Cash and Targett have each given the ball away in dangerous positions. McGinn had been quiet by his standards. Maybe this is a game for Trez and Bertie with Jack playing behind Watkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Not a great half, but not a terrible half. They've had the better of it, but only 1 proper chance. We’ve also had 1 proper chance. It feels like 1 moment of magic or 1 mistake will settle the match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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