Your ideal starting lineup for Villa

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

              Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Okore Luna
Sylla  Westwood  Delph
Tonev Benteke Gabby

would be mine as Tonev will give us more creative and offensive weapons in set pieces

I like this.
And as Keeno says rotating Tonev/Gabby/Weimann.
We could win things with this team in the next few years!

[Archie]

With 4-3-3 I'd go with:
Guzan
Lowton - Okore - Vlaar - Tony Moon 
Sylla - Westwood - Delph
Weimann - Benteke - Agbonlahor

That, if Tonev is as good a she seems,  could be transfomed in 4-2-3-1 like that:

Guzan
Lowton - Okore - Vlaar - Tony Moon 
Sylla - Delph
Weimann - Tonev - Agbonlahor
Benteke

[Archie]

              Guzan
Lowton Vlaar Okore Luna
Sylla  Westwood  Delph
Tonev Benteke Gabby

would be mine as Tonev will give us more creative and offensive weapons in set pieces

I like this.
And as Keeno says rotating Tonev/Gabby/Weimann.
We could win things with this team in the next few years!

I would never renounce to Weimann, he does an obscure, precious job.

[supertom]

Tom, it's blasphemy about Westy but I was thinking the same thing - it looks like it's just not clicking for him at the moment. If we were to bring in Tonev in place of one of the deep midfielders and go 4-2-3-1 like we did at the end of the Chelsea game, I'd bring him in for Westwood at the moment.

He hasn't played as well as he can, but at the same time I'd not want to drop him. I think KEA has played well because he's got Westy behind him. I think KEA would struggle again playing as the deeper lying midfielder. I'm not sure who else could play Westy's Carrick sort of role. Though he's been below par so far (I've no doubts he'll be back up to speed soon anyway) I wouldn't drop him.

Thankfully though, Delphy has been immense.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Guzan
Lowton - Okore - Vlaar - Luna
KEA - Westwood - Delph
Weimann - Benteke - Agbonlahor

Vlaar needs to improve this season or I fear it may be the end for him here. He's in my team for experience more than anything.
Lowton, Westwood and Weimann need to step their game up. Loved them last season but there's plenty of competition in the squad now for them to just disappear in games.
Got KEA in there for now but again, that could change with the likes of Sylla, Gardner and Bacuna around.

[TheSandman]

Guzan

Lowton
Okore
Baker
Luna

Westwood
Sylla
Delph

Weimann
Benteke
Gabby

But at the moment Vlaar and El Ahmadi have the places at this time and aren't doing badly. I might want to put them in my team if they continue to play well. Not really seen enough of people like Tonev or Bacuna to say if they deserve starting berths.

[Toronto Villa]

I think KEA has been excellent so far, and I would certainly drop Weimann regardless of his mini drought. He's getting into all of the right spots. The only for change I'd make is Okore starting at the back next to Vlaar. It will be interesting to see when Tonev, Helenius, Bacuna come infor their first starts and what impact they all make.

[Matt Collins]

Pretty much as is at the moment. From what I've seen Westwood isn't dictating the play as he can, but he's vital to our shape still and helps to hold us together.

Ideally, is like to see us move to 4231, with Tonev in for KEA. But we'd need to ensure we werent too open as a result.

And I'd still love to think Clark can fulfil his potential and play alongside Okore.

[cdbearsfan]

Playing a 2-3-5 formation:

Hardy
Spencer
McGrath
Houghton, E
Mortimer
Cowans
McParland
Hunter, Archie
Waring
Shaw
Little

[dave.woodhall]

Playing a 2-3-5 formation:

Hardy
Spencer
McGrath
Houghton, E
Mortimer
Cowans
McParland
Hunter, Archie
Waring
Shaw
Little

Where's Billy Walker, lad?

[villan from luton]

Tom, it's blasphemy about Westy but I was thinking the same thing - it looks like it's just not clicking for him at the moment. If we were to bring in Tonev in place of one of the deep midfielders and go 4-2-3-1 like we did at the end of the Chelsea game, I'd bring him in for Westwood at the moment.

He hasn't played as well as he can, but at the same time I'd not want to drop him. I think KEA has played well because he's got Westy behind him. I think KEA would struggle again playing as the deeper lying midfielder. I'm not sure who else could play Westy's Carrick sort of role. Though he's been below par so far (I've no doubts he'll be back up to speed soon anyway) I wouldn't drop him.

Thankfully though, Delphy has been immense.

No, KEA has performed well because he has been asked to do a job and done it well

[cdbearsfan]

On the bench. At the risk of being considered a heretic, I prefer Pongo! 'Ampton's on the bench too.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, the Mortimer I've picked is Dennis, not Paul.

[villan from luton]

I would play the tight 3 in midfield away from home, but have an attacking player in the hole for majority of home games and lets be honest, Liverpool are a decent team like us but are missing their best player, surely we should go for it and not worry about them

[dave.woodhall]

On the bench. At the risk of being considered a heretic, I prefer Pongo! 'Ampton's on the bench too.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, the Mortimer I've picked is Dennis, not Paul.

Billy was an inside-forward and while you're at it what is McGrath doing at left-back and why do you have two centre-forwards and two half-backs?

[villan from luton]

On the bench. At the risk of being considered a heretic, I prefer Pongo! 'Ampton's on the bench too.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, the Mortimer I've picked is Dennis, not Paul.

You obviously been drinking then when choosing the Mortimer's. Which classy Andy Gray do you like, they were so similar in stature to our club