Aston Villa v The Knuckledraggers Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Sunday morning.

[PaulWinch again]

Come on Villa, please please win.

[Jimbo]

Any links up yet?

[TheTimVilla]

Still no team news?

[eastie]

clark or collins in midfield , luke back , only heskey up front
ireland , beye out ,
friedal
young dunne collins warnock
downing clark reo coker sidwell a young
heskey

[TheTimVilla]

Here we go:

VILLA: Friedel; Luke Young, Dunne, Clark, Collins, Warnock; A Young, Reo-Coker, Downing, Sidwell; Heskey. Subs: Ireland, Carew, Delfouneso, Guzan, Cuellar, Bannan, Lichaj.

[eastie]

tight scrappy game i think, wm expecting clark to sit in front of back 4

[PaulWinch again]

interesting selection of Clark. As I say come on you Villa boys.

[eastie]

ireland on bench so interesting to see collins or clark in defensive midfield role

[eastie]

negative line up , cant see where the goals are coming from , maybe a 1-0 if we are lucky.
both teams going one up front , maybe a 0-0

[Shrek]

Quality lineup, I am really confident now, Sidwell might do ok without the defensive responsibilities.

COME ON

[PaulWinch again]

I suppose starting with that team means there are attacking options on the bench to change the game.

[VillaZogmariner]

Ireland should play ahead of Sidwell if it's an attacking midfield.

Worried about the goals, also how Clark would fair in the midfield too.

[ajmant]

I like the look of Clark as I think he can play a bit, but whether this is the time or the place to try him there i'm not too sure.

Ireland has been all over the place recently so I'm ok with him on bench but then there's Sidders........ 

I think we had to go with 5 in midfield, especially as one of them is Sidwell, and the games often pass him by.

Time will tell, but from what we have available, it's ok.

[eastie]

not sure if collins or clark will play the holding role? interesting if it works out well though , not looking good for irelands chances if sidwell get in ahead of him.