Sandwell Town vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread

[Steve67]

Time for Jack to really stand out.

[Axl Rose]

2-1 us. Abraham with both. Morrison for them. He's been there for ages.

[Toronto Villa]

Our pace down the flanks will blow them away. 3-1 to us. Tammy, Conor and Kodjia to finish them off.

[Ads]

Watching them attack last night, they have quality out wide in Phillips. That said, Brentford seemed too narrow first half and you wonder what they'd muster if they were starting from deeper and with pace to worry about the other way.

Defensively they're very loose. The goal was soft and he's unmarked, while Brentford moved the ball through them a few times.

I'd be staggered if there's only 2 or 3 goals scored. First goal is key and I'm confident we will dominate the ball.

Moore doesn't seem to react and their game management is poor.

Nyland

Taylor
Chester
Tuanzebe
Hutton

Whelan
McGinn

Bolasie
Grealish
El Ghazi

Tammy

[JD]

Goals in this one. 4-2 to Villa.

[darren woolley]

2-1 Villa win.

[Three Spires Villa]

2-2 draw

[Matt Collins]

A boring game of few chances with us nicking it 1-0.

Have you been on holiday for a couple of weeks?

[Matt Collins]

Think the threats are there wide players - as are ours

They play two up I think, with the wide players cutting in a lot. Lolley caused mayhem doing that, partly because hourihane and the rest of the midfield werent protecting the back four. Well need to be better there. It worked v Boro but they didn't really have the same fluid, creative runners

On the flip side, there must be scope for el ghazi and Bolasie to get one v one and for us to outnumber their midfielders

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

A boring game of few chances with us nicking it 1-0.

Have you been on holiday for a couple of weeks?

We're due a poor game and I'll take the odd boring game if we get the points.
We're Aston Villa, we entertain when we want.

[Dr Butler]

keep another clean sheet and the stripey filth will be beaten....

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The Doc

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Having watched the very average Brentford last night pull out a draw. Even though albion missed three early chances. We have far to much for them. DS-Terry -O'Kelly in attendance. Plotting their assault. They will not know what has hit them when Bolasie & Ghazi mount their own assault. 1-3 Bolasie-El Ghazi- Grealish …….

[QuintonVilla]

Only 20k there last night, you can add 5-6k on to that on Friday. They've got 200 tickets remaining. Come to see the Villa.

[DesBremner]

Was at the game last night through work duties
Thought they were slow in attacking with Brentford playing what looked to me like 1-4-1-4-1 formation when out of possession, they struggled at times to break them down
Defence tried to play out from the back including Johnson which is something Moore is trying with them but they do not look comfortable doing it
If we play a high press as in previous games we should get some success in recovering possession quickly.
Brentford came for the draw got what they wanted and went home happy, the locals were not impressed though.
Strangely only seemed to get vocal when singing about us

[robbo1874]

Be very happy to be proved wrong, but I’ve gone for the draw. 75% in the poll, gone for an away win.

The people can’t be wrong, can they?

FTF