Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Clark W Griswold on September 02, 2015, 10:08:50 AM
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I think at the moment I would go;
4-4-2
Guzan
Hutton
Amavi
Richards
Lescott
Sanchez
Gueye
Traore
Grealish
Sinclair
Gestede
Bunn
Clark
Bacuna
Veretout
Westwood
Gill
Kozak
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4-2-3-1
Guzan
Hutton
Amavi
Richards
Lescott
Sanchez
Gueye
Grealish
Gil
Traore
Sinclair
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Bunn
Clark
Ilori
Veretout
Westwood
Gestede
Kozak
There's flexibility to drop Sinclair back into the 3 and stick Kozak/Gestede up top.
Similarly, Veretout and/or Westwood would come in, depending on opposition.
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I know Sinclair has been great recently but I'm not sure he could play 2 positions :-)
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I know Sinclair has been great recently but I'm not sure he could play 2 positions :-)
Edited - thanks. I knew what I meant...
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4-2-3-1
Guzan
Hutton
Amavi
Richards
Lescott
Sanchez
Gueye
Grealish
Gil
Traore
Sinclair
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Bunn
Clark
Ilori
Veretout
Westwood
Gestede
Kozak
There's flexibility to drop Sinclair back into the 3 and stick Kozak/Gestede up top.
Similarly, Veretout and/or Westwood would come in, depending on opposition.
Yep that is pretty much the team I would go for except I would have Sinclair on the left of the 3 behind the striker with Grealish or Gil in the middle and Gestede, Gabby or Kozak starting up front.
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All the squad fit, I'd pick:
Guzan
Richards Okore Lescott Amavi
Sanchez Gana
Adama Grealish Gil
Sinclair
Subs
Bunn
Bacuna
Ilori
Veretout
Gabby
Gestede
Clark
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Looks like you've all written off Ayew already then!
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I would also go for that team line up Percy.
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Looks like you've all written off Ayew already then!
The only player I've written off (available to us right now) is NZogbia.
Ayew, Richardson, Cole, Crespo, Tiago, Okore and hell, even Gabby still could force their way into the 18 or even maybe the 11. We are in quite a good place now squad wise.
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so does no one think Veretout is good enough to start or is it just lack of fitness?
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so does no one think Veretout is good enough to start or is it just lack of fitness?
I think he needs time. Can see him being a regular starter next season, maybe earlier.
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so does no one think Veretout is good enough to start or is it just lack of fitness?
I'm in . though he needs to make a place his own. And up to fitness ! Perhaps similar to milner in that he's got a great engine adap table to play holding, central and number 10. He tackles as well as delph you see! Okay so I think out of the central midfielder if we categorize him as such for discussion sake up against sanchez , Westwood,Ghana he will score the most goals ! You can book mark that! I would think he's going to play more than won't and start more matches.
He will be the highest scoring midfielder this season.
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so does no one think Veretout is good enough to start or is it just lack of fitness?
I think he needs time. Can see him being a regular starter next season, maybe earlier.
I think once he gets up to speed he'll be a regular starter this season - have high hopes of this player.
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I'd like to see Veretout in attacking midfield, with Gana and Sanchez defensive midfield and wingers either side of him.
GK Guzan
RB Hutton
LB Amavi
CB Richards
CB Lescott
DM Gana Gueye
DM Sanchez
RW Traore
AM Veretout
CF Sinclair
LW Grealish
SUBS
Bunn
Crespo
Clark
Westwood
Gil
Ayew
Gestede
It's actually quite tricky to limit yourself to eighteen, which is pretty positive.
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Guzan, Hutton, Amavi, Richards, Lescott, Gueye, Sanchez, Traore, Grealish, Sinclair, Gestede (4-2-3-1)
Subs: Bunn, Clark, Westwood, Veretout, Agbonlahor, Gil, Ayew
That still gives us the likes of Kozak, Ilori, Bacuna etc to bring in as required.
It looks on paper a decent squad, let's hope that look translates on to the pitch!
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For now as we get to grips with things I'd go
Guzan - Hutton Richards lescott Amavi - Westwood Sanchez Gana - grealish - Gestede Sinclair
As we get up to speed i hope we can go more attacking:
Guzan - bacuna Richards lescott Amavi - Sanchez Gana - Traore grealish Sinclair - Gestede
Westwood and veretout to be regulars in there too, for Sanchez and one of the three AMs
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Guzan, Hutton, Amavi, Richards, Lescott, Gueye, Sanchez, Traore, Grealish, Sinclair, Gestede (4-2-3-1)
Subs: Bunn, Clark, Westwood, Veretout, Agbonlahor, Gil, Ayew
That still gives us the likes of Kozak, Ilori, Bacuna etc to bring in as required.
It looks on paper a decent squad, let's hope that look translates on to the pitch!
I like the look of the starting XI
I think we have to have a focal CF to bring a very dynamic and mobile attacking midfield into play. There are certainly players who now can get above the forward if the ball is held a fraction
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I like the fact that we have several options now and something Sherwood was keen on creating, different ways of playing. The side should mature and evolve to the point that we can mix and match based on availability and opponents. Look at squad now vs what Lambert had and it appears on paper at least that it is so much stronger everywhere other than our primary striker. And let's see how that comes along because hopefully the midfield gets a lot more involved in creating and taking chances, and players like Gestede and Ayew get up to speed.
Lots of reason for optimism.
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I agree, there are many different variations on offer based on going more defensive or attacking. A formation that intrigues me but would mean not playing Grealish and Traore (so therefore is pretty unthinkable) would be 5-3-2 like Little used to play. I think we could have the best pair of wing backs in the league potentially and go
Guzan
RCB Okore
CB Richards
LCB Lescott
RWB Bacuna
LWB Amavi
DM Sanchez
AM Gueye
AM Veretout
CF Gestede
CF Sinclair
But at this stage i would sooner see what Traore and Grealish can do as wingers than play with wing backs.
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I think Veretout willl be the first name on the teamsheet by Christmas, he just needs to get his fitness up to speed, but I really think he's got the lot in his locker.
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Veretout does have a great rep. The YouTube videos presumably don't do him justice as he looks pretty functional in those
Really happy with having a proper squad for once. But whichever team you pick from those above, the variations in attack leave a lot of question marks
And just to labour the point, I really really don't think Sinclair can play the 1 in a 4231 or 433. I just don't see it at all.
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I am unsure to Sinclair playing as a front man.
GK GUZAN
LB AMAVI
CB LESCOTT
CB CLARK
RB RICHARDS
CM GUEYE
CM VERETOUT / WESTWOOD
CM(A) GREALISH
LM) TRAORE
RM) SINCLAIR
ST) GESTEDE
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The positive now is that we have a squad which is good and competitive enough to have flexibility. My opinion is that Sherwood may set up either differently for home and away or pick sides depending on the opposition. Players will have to be used to being a squad rather than team member and that no one is guaranteed a place. The result should be that every player will be busting a gut each game they play as to make harder for TS to drop them. A couple of wins under the belt and this squad could really be flying by Christmas. Bring it on!