VillaParkAvenue Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Cash and Diaby benched after being poor last week feels right. I think Bailey will do well. Huge chance for Zaniolo too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Looks alright, good chance for Bailey and Zaniolo, and plenty of good options on the bench. Interested to see exactly how it shapes up on pitch with Bailey, Zaniolo, McGinn, Tielemans - a few possibilities there in terms of who takes Kamara and Diaby's roles. Suspect he might have it with Bailey and Zaniolo sticking wide with Tielemans/McGinn both central but taking turns who pushes up Bailey-McGinn-Luiz-Zaniolo Tielemans Watkins but there's various other possibilities (though not the bizarro lineup on the BBC page with Bailey-Tielemans in centre mid ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Surprising lineup for me. Wonder if McGinn might sit in next to Doug and Tielemans forward? Willing Zaniolo and Bailey to show they aren't just the 2023 Trez and El Ghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, AVTuco said: I'm not surprised Bailey starts, he deserves to after some great sub performances and some sub-par ones from Diaby. But at the same time I agree Bailey hasn't been great when starting. Hope that turns today. Also diaby started midweek and we have 2 important games coming up that could really shape the rest of our season. Resting him before them makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 If Zaniolo is playing as the second striker, I have a feeling he’s going to be immense today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Glad to see Bailey starting, he deserves that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 20 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: I think we've seen the beginning of the end of Cash as a regular starter Yep, easily now the weakest link in this side. He has some really good moments but I watched him against Legia in the week and he was getting skinned so easily, we need better to keep pushing on. Good rotation player but for me, he won't be a starter next season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2023 Zaniolo clearly has ability but it hasn't quite clicked yet. Today seems as good a day as any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, UpTheVilla26 said: He has some really good moments but I watched him against Legia in the week and he was getting skinned so easily, we need better to keep pushing on. Good rotation player but for me, he won't be a starter next season. Agreed. I don't dislike him, and he still has a role here, but he's the one regular starter who I look at and think "we can improve there". It's not that he's not very good, more that he's unsuited to this system. 1 vs 1 he is weak defensively though, and his positioning is a little suspect at times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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