Con Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'd be surprised if Benteke, Weimann N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor all started. Extremely attacking line-up. If you have 4 defenders, that only leaves room for 2 midfielders. Who is going to supply them? 4-2-4 doesn't appeal to me. I think you need at least 3 midfielders out of Bannan, Sylla, Westwood, Delph, El Ahmadi and Ireland, and I think that's probably how any manager will set us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 As Con just said - Bannan, Sylla, Westwood, Delph, El Ahmadi and Ireland - no way will we bring in another center mid now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 makes no difference how good he is if he isnt played in the right formation good luck to the kid, i dont thnk anyone is expecting too much, just to get him settled at the club and prepare him for championship football next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 forgetting herd as well, whos better than delph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 On the positive side if he can pass a ball five yards he will be better than El-Ahmadi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I do hope this guy's decent. He doesn't have to be a world beater but I hope he's not a liability because we're desperate for someone to do his job. If he can hold his own our midfield will look a lot more balanced and our defence won't be quite so exposed. It's Bannan or Westwood for me - not both - and Delph or KEA. We don't have anyone else to be the big nasty bastard who stays put and wins the ball. Welcome Yacouba - no pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Must be better than Bannan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 makes no difference how good he is if he isnt played in the right formation good luck to the kid, i dont thnk anyone is expecting too much, just to get him settled at the club and prepare him for championship football next season More or less this. Though I still have a faint hope of survival. Normally kicks in about 48 hours before a game, then 49 hours and 50 minutes or so later, *poof* it's gone. Anyway, another kid to watch develop. Championship or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Play him alongside Westwood please and get Bannan out of the team once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Bannan has been doing very well and is the kind of player that is the future of football. Sylla is the player for a role that is becoming extinct (Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham, Arsenal, Swansea - no regular specialist defensive mid). Edit: except Ramires for Chelsea. This Sylla boy will be useful for us, especially right now in a relegation fight, but unless he can demonstrate an ability to pass and shoot like Dembele he will be rotated with a more offensive player when the occasion demands. Edited February 1, 2013 by Con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Bannan has been doing very well and is the kind of player that is the future of football. are you his dad or something? he's not very good he's not quite as bad as some around here make out, but you talk about him like he's genuinely a top class player. the guy wouldn't be in the top 50 midfielders in the premiership ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 not saying Sylla's gonna be mint coz ive never heard of him either but does anyone remember that young kid we signed who never went on to do anything in his career here or elsewhere that graham taylor took a punt on even though he played for some shit part time club on trinidad somewhere. Talk about a nowhere club in a nowhere league. Hadnt even scouted him just saw him play against us in a friendly I believe. Nightmare. Never played in a top league and he was like 15 or something!! what a stupid idea that was. much rather we signed players with prem league experience like Djemba Djemba - Beye - Heskey - Warnock - Hutton - Shorey - Jenas - Ireland......zzzzzzzzzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 and con, if you could find a stat for "player that makes the crowd groan with disappointment most" in a game I assure you this season Bannan is waaaaaaaaaay out front 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 **** it, just throw him straight in I say. Delph's not match fit just yet, so give him a run out alongside Westwood against Everton and see what he does. He's probably not very good but can he be worse than Bannan, at least he might run around and tackle players. I'm not writing him off, I just feel he isn't what we needed in our current situation. All the best though 'eh kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Interesting that he is a defensive midfielder and says "[sic]That is why we play football, to be spectacular" not the usual choice of words from a DM Gives me hope he can play a bit this bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 If he's fit just stick him in tomorrow and tell him to stop the big fella with the stupid hair do getting a kick! Can't hurt can it because Westwood and Bannan will get muellered by Fellani again if we play them both!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 He's big and athletic, so if he can put in a decent tackle and control the ball with just a medium degree of efficiency, it'll be an improvement on what we've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Cause he's fit been playing regularly all season I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I got a good feeling about this fella. He looks big and strong. Hopefully hes good in the air. Doesnt need to do much in attack at this stage. Just win the ball and give it to the attacking players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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