briggaman Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 No Albrighton on the wing?! Sure, he had a poor pre-season but he's more than capable of stepping it up. Heskey on the wing is a **** joke... Makoun not playing is another odd decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtelower Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Petrov and Delph , Heskey , Gabby , Zoggy in midfield Well, looks attacking anyway - I dont like heskey / Albrighton - cant see the point - but at least its attacking. Petrov Delph though - can see us getting ripped apart by better sides - but Fulhams midfield isnt exactly Barcas so should be OK today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Given, Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Delph, N'Zogbia, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Bent (AVFCOfficial) So Delph gets the nod over Makoun - the only slight surprise. Unless JM is injured again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Makoun been good preseason, suprised he doesn't start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 No Albrighton on the wing?! Sure, he had a poor pre-season but he's more than capable of stepping it up. Heskey on the wing is a **** joke... Makoun not playing is another odd decision. AM likes experience. So why would he pick a young player who has poor in pre season - not s surprise for me. Never been a Makoun fan - but I would guess that was pretty close call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns_grin Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I hope there is none of the usual overreaction at the end of the game. New season, new start lets get behind the Villa boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Hierro Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Strong bench though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 AM likes experience. So why would he pick a young player who has poor in pre season - not s surprise for me. I see what you are saying but I would rather have an inexperienced winger who can actually cross the ball and knows the position than a slow player (Heskey) who isn't a winger in the slightest. I would even rather have Gabby out on the wing than Heskey, even though Gabby isn't even good on the wing. We are going to really struggle this season if this is the sign of things to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coops_AVFC Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Not sure about this line-up. Not going to be overly negative, just seems an odd selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Disappointed Makoun isn't starting. Our midfield looks more slick and fluid with him in there. I fear we'll be seeing a pedestrian midfield again, passing sideways and backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Narrow 4-3-3. Very interesting. I'm really looking forward to seeing how that works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I hope there is none of the usual overreaction at the end of the game. New season, new start lets get behind the Villa boys. What you mean if we win ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 That centre midfield could be completely exposed, was terribly poor the couple of times it was tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns_grin Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I hope there is none of the usual overreaction at the end of the game. New season, new start lets get behind the Villa boys. What you mean if we win ? Whatever. We lose its the apocalypse we're going down, all the boards fault. Draw see above, not good enough blah blah blah. Win, its was lucky not going to happen very often, Heskey shouldn't have played. Typical VT étiquette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 For reasons beyond my understanding I've a feeling that today we might just go out and give Fulham a thumping. 0-4. Go with your gut! Did you start drinking before Gringo? Let's hope the glorious start/giving them a thumping turns out to be correct, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 AM likes experience. So why would he pick a young player who has poor in pre season - not s surprise for me. I see what you are saying but I would rather have an inexperienced winger who can actually cross the ball and knows the position than a slow player (Heskey) who isn't a winger in the slightest. I would even rather have Gabby out on the wing than Heskey, even though Gabby isn't even good on the wing. We are going to really struggle this season if this is the sign of things to come... For quite a few years we have played with 2 wide players. - A lot of teams don't - maybe Mcleish will only use one wide player. Don't forget Zogg hasn't played much pre season - so he may only play an hour or so.....a lot depends on what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will87 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Heskey, Bent, Agbonalhor and N'Zogbia all starting? wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Makoun injured or just on the bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coops_AVFC Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dchitz Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow some ppl really forgetting who our gaffer is here, I'd be shocked if makoun,Ireland or albrighton play, really really shocked, reckon delph will play in the middle with petrov. No way he'll put footballers in their because he will be shitting it to lose his first game. Reckon well get a draw with zero football but an away point is a point In any case Hate to say I told ye so, but I had a feeling he would do this alright, would nearly go back a draw now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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