villan95 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Double keeper power move on the bench. Extra powerup when both sub keepers are youth players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 So happy with this Carlos comeback, top class CB on his day - when fit and in form. A great option to have in the absence of Ty. Such a tough and unlucky start to his Villa career but it’s his time now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 17, 2023 Brilliant experience for Proctor - if you'd suggested to him he'd be on the bench this season I reckon he'd have thought you were bonkers. A lot on Matty Cash's shoulders in midfield - unless we play a five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) Hopefully Cash can produce a performance more like against Burnley than Spurs Edited December 17, 2023 by villan95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, TRO said: I think the more accurate narrative is that folk think we should be more like Everton and West Ham in terms of their results away ( who we have beaten at home comfortably) they have won 5 & 4 away respectively against our 3. Its not a crisis, by any stretch of the imagination.....but Wolves ,Forest and Bournemouth, we might have done better. Forest was particularly disappointing in comparison to our general season, we could have beaten Wolves, with a last Minute effort, and Bournemouth we done well to salvage a point....but none of those games was convincing. It depends, what we want, before evaluating what we should expect.....Personally, I think we will do well to finish 6th, as we are still WIP. I still think we can win.....with the right application, but its down to that, for me. That would be the same West Ham we destroyed at VP....yes. They were even luckier to beat Spurs away than we were. Also scrambled a 2-1 at Burnley late on while we strolled to a win there so I wouldn't say that's a great template to follow. Everton are ridiculous on the road currently, won 5 of their last six which is more away wins than what they produced in 21-23 combined. That's just an abnormality though, same as Bournemouth winning their last three away games out of nowhere. We're doing o.k. By end of season I'd expect us to have won 8 away games and drawn 4-5 so we accumulate around 30 away points. We do that and we only need 40 points from our home games (we're currently on 24) to get top 4 most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Can’t really complain with that lineup (considering the absences), a few options on the bench to change things up too. Looking forward to seeing McGinn run that central midfield - he’s excelling under Unai’s tutelage and really driving us on! Minutes for JJ, the sooner he hits form the better for us. Time for Diaby to step up and stake a claim for that starting position. Great competition between him and Bailey now… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 minute ago, villan95 said: Hopefully Cash can produce a performance more like against Burnley than Spurs I think he’ll be RWB not RW - that lineup to me says a 3-5-2 to compensate for Dougie missing. We will see though, Emery is smarter than me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Them not having M'Buemo is ideal. Wissa is rapid but I don't look at their side and fear many of them. Let's just hope that prick Ben Mee doesn't decide to try and snap one of our players in half today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Would have been good to see kellyman make the bench tbh Hopefully timmy gets some minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Too much fixation on Cash let him play don’t jump on the first perceived error and see what happens. At the end of the day Emery has selected him and he sees/ knows a lot more in football terms than anyone on here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 20 hours ago, Farlz said: Our record away at Brentford is pretty awful. We aren't particularly good away from home either as is and then add to that we've got Dougie missing. Would take a point honestly. Villa have never this and villa have never that…. PROFESSOR EMERY is all i need to say previous stats and records matter not with this man in charge However I’ll take a draw UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 17, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 17, 2023 So, missing are; Mings, Buendia, Olsen, Digne, Douglas Luiz, Tielemans and Traore,? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Adam2003 said: I think he’ll be RWB not RW - that lineup to me says a 3-5-2 to compensate for Dougie missing. We will see though, Emery is smarter than me. Hmm I would have thought it's our usual shape but as you say we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 We could try not conceding early like we do in every away game. We might try that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 We are missing players but so are they. If we want to finish top 4 we can't conclude that these types of games are too hard. I think we can definitely win today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, villan95 said: That's a nonsense team. 0-5 Villa. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: So, missing are; Mings, Buendia, Olsen, Digne, Douglas Luiz, Tielemans and Traore,? cant believe I am saying this BUT. I don't think we have missed Ming's and his one a match clanger. The way we play this high line, he would worry me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, villan95 said: Hmm I would have thought it's our usual shape but as you say we'll see Yeah will be our usual shape. 4 4 2 out of possession and 3 2 4 1 in possession. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Time to get back on that goal trail Ollie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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