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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Dave P on December 30, 2018, 04:52:12 PM
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Let’s see what 2019 has in store for us. We keep saying it but we need to start a run. I’m going 2-1 Villa. Conor and Tammy.
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I'm not one for being negative but not feeling confident at all about this one with all the injuries and lack of options in defence, midfield...and now goalkeeper.
1-2.
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Steer
Hutton
Elphick
Chester
Bree
Hourihane
McGinn
BB
Kodjia
Tammy
Albert
Wingers need rotating out and we need Thor in midfield as he moves the ball on quicker and has the legs to press.
I fancy us to play a much higher line and dominate the ball again. QPR won't get away with it again.
Villa to click without the elderly one.
3-1 Villa.
Happy 2019 brothers.
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I was unlucky enough to see OPR fuck us over big time just when we needed a win most last season. Please win, Villa.
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2-0 win
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2-2.
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3-0.
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Twitter-verse is in overdrive today...
So, with Dean and Jack embroiled in a non-injury Spurs cover up, Tammy going back to Chelsea , Nyland out for the season, and everything apparently turning to shit....
I'd say 0-3.
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Not confident at all about this
Agree with Ads team above. Including would play hourihane deepest to get on the ball and bjarnason to drive fwds.
Definitely would play adomah and Kodjia. Definitely would start elphick. Was just watching the Preston highlights. My god that defence looked all over the place
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They keep coming thick and fast don't they. A draw. We need reinforcements.
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Not confident at all about this
Agree with Ads team above. Including would play hourihane deepest to get on the ball and bjarnason to drive fwds.
Definitely would play adomah and Kodjia. Definitely would start elphick. Was just watching the Preston highlights. My god that defence looked all over the place
It was the hit ball. Ignore the bollocks about Johnson, Preston only looked dangerous when they pumped a long ball.
Chester in the first half wanted shooting and it was that chance that was the catalyst for them lumping endless balls second half.
Same story as at QPR. Chester cannot deal with the high ball.
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Things need freshening up, even though we are lacking numbers. I guess Kalinic, Elphick will start. I'd like to see Albert, BB and Kodjia start too. We owe this lot a beating after the game at their place.
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1-1
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1-1
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After predicting a villa win last time, i'm going back to form rather than the heart. QPR Beat forest and boro in the last 5 games as well as ipswich, disappointing result against reading and lost to leeds. We've been plagued by draws although wba a good result on form and swansea. With our defence and the fact they've managed 3 clean sheets in a row i'm going 2-1 to them
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Steer
Bree Elphick Chester Hutton
Bjarnason Hourihane McGinn
Kodjia Tammy Albert
2-1 Villa.
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Bunn
Bree Elphick Chester Hutton
Elmohamady McGinn Hourihane El Ghazi
Abraham Bolasie
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I think Wheelie bin will play.
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Bunn in goal and Elphick in the team. It’s like Bruce never happened. Draw.
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Bunn
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie. Bjarnson. Mcginn. Adomah
Hogan
Tammy
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Starting with Hogan? Good lord.
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A draw. We look knackered.
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Where has starting with Steer come from? Have we recalled him or are people just hoping we do?
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Qpr have 4 key players missing Massimo Luongo away Asia cup , Loan striker Tomer Hemed , american midfield plodder /stalwart Geoff Cameron and the evergreen full back excellent named Angel Rangel .
I like to think Villa get back to winning ways against a tired team who couldn't see off Reading.
I can see nyland last match for sometime
elphick welcome back
Elmo drops out Bree to right back
Albert to support Hutts on the left
Kodjia in
El ghazi dropped for not passing to Tammy Abraham in last match when he could have
Let's say 2-0 kodjia and Abraham
Nyland
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie BB. Mcginn. Adomah
Kodjia
Tammy
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Did you miss the news Footy? Nyland has done his achilles, and is out for ages.
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We can get 5th or 6th spot.
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Starting with Hogan? Good lord.
As a number 10😂
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The Wally With The Brolly
Is unfortunately a very astute Manager.
If Steve was still here, I'd expect a Loss..... with DS.... I expect a tactical battle
:D
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Villa 8 (Abraham 3, McGinn, Chester, Bolasie 2, El Ghazi)
QPR 6 (Elphick 6)
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Bunn
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie. Bjarnson. Mcginn. Adomah
Hogan
Tammy
Pretty cavalier playing Bunn over by the corner flag. But nowhere near as crazy as starting Hogan.
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I know someone already said this
But hogan as a number 10. You've seen him play right?
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Bunn
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie. Bjarnson. Mcginn. Adomah
Hogan
Tammy
Pretty cavalier playing Bunn over by the corner flag. But nowhere near as crazy as starting Hogan.
Perhaps the theory is that it'll make the opposition shoot at him?
As for Hogan, mYbebifa a similar theory, start him so deep that he might actually touch the ball.
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2-1. Certainly not Hogan for us.
McGinn and Hourihane for us.
A Mark Bunn own goal for QPR. Hopefully his last game ever.
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and there are a few more you can say that about!
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2-1 Villa win.
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I'd bring in Barney and Kodjia and if there wasn't a cup game coming up, I'd have been tempted to leave Chester out as well but he can sit out the Swansea game instead. Two weeks rest until the Wigan game might help him.
2-1. Abraham and Kodjia.
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1-1
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Did you miss the news Footy? Nyland has done his achilles, and is out for ages.
Oh yes I had till this morning! Came up on news feed.
That's hard luck on the chap.
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Mark Bunn is set to come out of retirement
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Until that defence is sorted we will struggle not to concede.... the initial new manager bounce is waning ..... I'm not confident hence 1-3 to QPR
Sincerely hope I am wrong though
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A plodding desperate backs to the wall 1-0 win. Chester to score.
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Any sort of win would be great
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Despite the handicap of having Bunn in goal, I still think we will win.
Just not brave enough to put a score line to it
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I'm confused over the goalie situation - Kalinic isn't available yet due to registrations but Steer can play, I wasn't even aware he'd come back from Charlton yet?
I assume Elphick starts. I'd have Adomah in too.
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Taking the lad tomorrow to his first league game. I'm fighting off some serious Liverpool influencing from his never-been-to-a-game grandad. Please, Villa, don't fuck this up.
Bunn in goal? Us by the odd goal in eleven.
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Steer; Bree, Elphick, Chester, Hutton; Whelan (I know), Hourihane, McGinn; Adomah, Abraham, Kodjia for me.
Fresh(ish) legs in the form of BB, Bolaise and El Ghazi as-and-when required.
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has to bring in Tommy , Kodja . Adomah and BB for me and of course Jedinak in goal .
needs freshening up big style and I dont want to see whelan and elmo start . rest Bolaise and Ronaldo too ..
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least Tommy will be match fit because of his playing time at Hull,
so that's a good thing
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least Tommy will be match fit because of his playing time at Hull,
so that's a good thing
hull as done great recently with Tommy getting a run but they have let in loads of goals . so he will fit in here right away :)
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Taking the lad tomorrow to his first league game. I'm fighting off some serious Liverpool influencing from his never-been-to-a-game grandad. Please, Villa, don't fuck this up.
Bunn in goal? Us by the odd goal in eleven.
How old is your lad LFS ?
I started driving VCTM jnr down from Merseyside when he was 4 or 5 - He was 18 last week and still hooked despite his Scouse mates trying to influence him - hope he has a great experience and he sees us win " for him"
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Bunn
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie. Bjarnson. Mcginn. Adomah
Hogan
Tammy
Pretty cavalier playing Bunn over by the corner flag. But nowhere near as crazy as starting Hogan.
Good points, but Hogan in the Hole has possibilities.
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A gigantic rubber bung?
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Bunn
Bree. Chester elphick. Hutton
Bolasie. Bjarnson. Mcginn. Adomah
Hogan
Tammy
Pretty cavalier playing Bunn over by the corner flag. But nowhere near as crazy as starting Hogan.
Very cavalier to have Bunn in goal at all!
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Steer recalled today. Could he play tomorrow?
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He is eligible.
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I'd obviously take any win but it would be nice to get back to the more convincing performances of a few weeks back and win 3-0.
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Steer recalled today. Could he play tomorrow?
Can he play at right back?
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Steer
Bree Chester Elphick Hutton
Thor McGinn Horihane
Kodja Tammy Bolasie
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Can see this one being a grim 0-0.
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With steer hopefully in nets, and fresh legs in BB, adomah, Kodjia and elphick, I'm starting to feel more optimistic
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Anyone know if this game is on Sky Sports Red Button tomorrow?
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Yes it is
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I know someone already said this
But hogan as a number 10. You've seen him play right?
I’ve seen him play. But I’ve never actually seen him kick the ball. Good at running around though.
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Taking the babby for her first game. It’s been a trek up from Devon / Cornwall border. So that all taken into account we’re gonna get done 3-1 with Beelzebub getting a hat trick.
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Beelzebub can score a hat trick again and substitute himself if we finish second at the end of the season like we did last time it happened!!!
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I remember that game. Travelled in the car with my late Bluenose granddad who only wanted to watch Francis play. I remember laughing at him wasting his money as Trev would obviously be way past it...
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Another draw, we are getting good at this!!!
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O'Hare recovered from his knock. Would be good to see him on the bench to provide a different central option
Not sure we'll see it though.
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When you can’t be arsed but duty calls. Sounds like work on a Monday morning
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I wonder what Smiths mindset is going into this. It could be:
A. We've looked poor on the ball and creatively since Jack got injured. We need an improvement. That might mean a more adventurous formation with a number 10. Especially as Qpr are conceding so few goals
B. Even with poorer perfrormances, we've still scored twice in each of our last two home games. And created a lot of chances in the last two away, relative to performance levels. With say tammy, Kodjia, Albert and hourihane we've enough goal threat to get a couple more. So if we can be better defensively we should win.
I expected Smith would tend to be more in category a. But I suspect its more b today. And perhaps that's right. Is it realistic that a bunch of pretty tired players are going to adjust to a new formation at short notice, and turn in a great free flowing performance whilst keeping it tight at the back despite less midfield cover, no proper left back, and two players coming straight into the defence?
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Going for a draw, not confident about this one, after the thrashing QPR took at the Hawthorns early season, McClaren has done an excellent job there, one of the form teams in the league.
Would play Kodj, Tammy and Albert up front today.
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well if Abraham isn't playing we know he's going I would think.
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I reckon he will play and score again.
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With all our injuries and this being Villa I don't think it will be straight forward but I will go for a scrappy 2-1 win to get us back on track. Tammy (if he plays!) and El Ghazi.
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I'm sure hell play if fit
Fancy him to score too
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Twitter chat that he isn’t in the squad.
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Twitter chat that he isn’t in the squad.
Don't pay too much attention to twatter.
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Steer
Bree Chester Elphick Hutton
Thor McGinn Horihane
Kodja Tammy Bolasie
Prophetic
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Twitter chat that he isn’t in the squad.
He's starting.
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Twitter chat that he isn’t in the squad.
He's starting.
That is indeed good news.