mikeyp102 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 12 minutes ago, duke313 said: Who do we play though, Ramsey probably out, McGinn injured. Do we start Buendia? Or move Tielemans forward and start Barkley in CM, but can only do that if Onana is fit. Maatsen on the left and Philogene on the right 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 He gave it a try, clearly not fit and you could see it the previous game too. He looks 2 weeks away from being 2 weeks away. Injuries already piling up and the squad looks really thin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Yeah Don Unai has confirmed Bailey is not fit... I guess Bailey wants to play which is testament to his character. Good on him, just hope it doesn't impact on his recuperation. I can’t see it amongst the fans, even going by the comments in here people are pretty sympathetic towards Bailey at the moment. He probably had twenty good minutes in him and was on the bench in case we were chasing a goal at the end. JJs injury forced an unexpected change and Bailey had to come on sooner than expected. I don’t think him getting hooked after coming on has any impact here, he did his minutes and we got through the game. Sometimes I guess football is about crisis management and he bought us time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 14 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Maatsen on the left and Philogene on the right Really enjoying the Maatsen/Duran/Barkley second half substitution. Every game it’s totally lifted our performance and got us wins. Would be a shame to have to start any of them Would definitely start jaden after last night though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said: Maatsen on the left and Philogene on the right Yeah I think we'll do that. Jaden started off nervously as you'd expect but he grew nicely into the game and had some good runs down the left in both halves so more opportunity to do that on Sunday. Maatsen is well overdue a start in the premier league and if we keep Digne at LB we have him as a bit of a cheat player to come into space centrally. Man. United would massively struggle to pick him up with how slow their midfield generally is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Needs to stop playing when he's not fully fit. Without any explosive pace he's nullified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 looked more about having JPB covering their left winger so Konsa could move inside and play as a third CB When JJ went off and JPB Switched to the left , Munich were starting to exploit that Bailey couldn't do the defensive leg work , so Emery made a tactical change to fix it good management and Baileys reaction when he went off was of someone that understood this , he didn't sulk or throw a strop hopefully will have him back to his best in the next few weeks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, sne said: He looks 2 weeks away from being 2 weeks away. So, er, just for argument's sake, might one suggest he's about 4 weeks away, potentially!? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, duke313 said: Who do we play though, Ramsey probably out, McGinn injured. Do we start Buendia? Or move Tielemans forward and start Barkley in CM, but can only do that if Onana is fit. Yeah its not easy. I just don't want to risk Bailey if he's not right. We need him back fit asap as he's important to us. And without pace he's not really very effective, So, I think now is the time to get a formation with Duran and Watkins in the same team. How that will work in my mind is a midfield 3 of Kamara (Barkley until he's ready), Onana and Tielemans, with Rogers in a free role behind Watkins and Duran. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 A few more minutes in the tank hopefully working himself back to fitness and eventually the form will return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 I thought he was a bit better today. Still not at his peak but he looked a bit sharper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 8 minutes ago, M_Afro said: I thought he was a bit better today. Still not at his peak but he looked a bit sharper. Yes he took the fullback on a few times. He did fune but obviously not 100% fit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterDad Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 57 minutes ago, PaulC said: Yes he took the fullback on a few times. He did fune but obviously not 100% fit I thought he was very ordinary tbh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 I felt like we were trying to avoid using his wing most of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 12 minutes ago, ChesterDad said: I thought he was very ordinary tbh Trying to look at the positives. Both wide men were ordinary really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 It seems to take Bailey a long while to get back to top form after injury. His performance was a bit better today, but he’s a way off his scintillating best as seen last season. Give him time and he’ll get there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 20 minutes ago, mrchnry said: I felt like we were trying to avoid using his wing most of the game. Because he's losing the ball everytime he gets it. Electric Bailey is a joy but bad Bailey can't even pass the ball 5 yards, he's head down and blinkers on. Emery somehow put a stop to it 12 month ago but it's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 6 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6 2 hours ago, It's Your Round said: It seems to take Bailey a long while to get back to top form after injury. His performance was a bit better today, but he’s a way off his scintillating best as seen last season. Give him time and he’ll get there. unfortunately once he's back he tends to get injured again. if philogene keeps improving bailey won't be in the first 11, which might be for the best. i've found his better performances to be coming on as an impact sub anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Looks like the guy we were happy to get rid of. Hope he turns it round soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 He's not fit. Not sure why we started him really as was just a passenger. Guess we were running out of CMs so needed two wide players and to keep Rogers central but I'd have just gone with what we finished against Bayern with Maatsen wide left and JP out on the right. It's a frustrating spell. At this point all we can hope is he gets 100% from Feb onwards and has a flying end to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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