Sidwell out until Christmas

[N'ZMAV]

Osbourne. Play Him.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Think he need to get fit, go out on 3 months loan to find regular football and get him sharp and matchfit. I don't know if Reading Sidwell is a good player or not. Maybe we can send him to Reading on loan when recovered.

[supertom]

I love Salifou. I dunno why, I just do. I'd like to see him appear again in a Villa shirt. He may be bobbins, but I like him.

Sidwell? Meh! Ship him out!

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Stephen Warnock would be ideal to step into midfield.  If only we had a reserve left back. 

[Monty]

Stephen Warnock would be ideal to step into midfield.  If only we had a reserve left back. 

We could play Luke there and put in Lichaj or Cuellar at right back? I do like the look of Lichaj, actually, so it could be a decent shout. Warnock played very well in the midfield for Blackburn a few times, especially against us.

We could also put Collins in the midfield and play Dunne and Cuellar at the back - hardly a bad defensive pairing, you'd imagine.

[N'ZMAV]

Whatever happens tomorrow night we know a couple of the players will have to play out of position

[richard moore]

Thank god for that, hopefully he has played his last game for Villa. Hope this doesn't affect his selling price though which must be pretty low as it is...

[richard moore]

Yeah, to be fair to Sidwell, you don't want to mess about with an Achilles tendon injury.... if that snaps, that's your season over.

His season hasn't started.

Or did you mean 'Villa career'....?

[Monty]

Whatever happens tomorrow night we know a couple of the players will have to play out of position

Though, as Clark is showing, we have a few footballers who can play in many roles and positions.

[ozzjim]

Clark and Bannan deserve starting places based on the Blues and Fulham games. Ireland should then be next in line, with Warnock being the best option for a holding role though he dives in too much for my liking at Fulback and fear he would do it even more and more dangerously in the centre where free kicks would result in shots at goal.

Happy to let the kids do it till Jan and then if not good, sell the dead wood and let GH get a couple in he trusts.

[Clampy]

I can't get my head round why some people are glad Sidwell is injured, bearing in mind our current injury problems.

[Legion]

Another one bites the dust. Who's next I wonder?

[PeterWithesShin]

I can't get my head round why some people are glad Sidwell is injured, bearing in mind our current injury problems.

I can't get my head around anyone being glad a Villa player is injured, whatever the circumstances.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Not happy about Sidwell injury. But seriously think Clarke with Ireland in front of him will make us a better team ........

[Caiphus]

What about Herd? Is he still around? Didn't he have a pretty good loan spell at Lincoln last season?