are there 2 ashley youngs?

[The Left Side]

Young has not been great for over 18 months, watching England it was nice to see that he still does have talent but for what ever reason does not show it for Villa.

Just watched yesterday's highlights on youtube, he did look good... I can only hope GH was watching the game too and he changes the formation and shifts young to the wing.

[WikiVilla]

Get Young back on the right wing, downing on the left and with the squad fit and tactics correct I think we can pick up plenty of points over the last 8 games

[UsualSuspect]

Get Young back on the right wing, downing on the left and with the squad fit and tactics correct I think we can pick up plenty of points over the last 8 games

Agree 100%

However I listened to Talksport this morning and found it quite worrying listening to the Darren bent interview after the game when he said he liked playing in a 4-3-3 because "that's the formation we play at Villa"

Really?

[Monty]

Get Young back on the right wing, downing on the left and with the squad fit and tactics correct I think we can pick up plenty of points over the last 8 games

Agree 100%

However I listened to Talksport this morning and found it quite worrying listening to the Darren bent interview after the game when he said he liked playing in a 4-3-3 because "that's the formation we play at Villa"

Really?

That just says to me that either Darren Bent is bizarrely clueless foor a footballer about what his own team is doing, or Ash is disobeying tactical orders by constantly running so far up the pitch as to make it look like 4-4-2.

[UsualSuspect]

Get Young back on the right wing, downing on the left and with the squad fit and tactics correct I think we can pick up plenty of points over the last 8 games

Agree 100%

However I listened to Talksport this morning and found it quite worrying listening to the Darren bent interview after the game when he said he liked playing in a 4-3-3 because "that's the formation we play at Villa"

Really?

That just says to me that either Darren Bent is bizarrely clueless foor a footballer about what his own team is doing, or Ash is disobeying tactical orders by constantly running so far up the pitch as to make it look like 4-4-2.

I think its a bit of both!

like Downing thinking we played well against Wolves and we weren't in relegation trouble

[peter w]

Get Young back on the right wing, downing on the left and with the squad fit and tactics correct I think we can pick up plenty of points over the last 8 games

Agree 100%

However I listened to Talksport this morning and found it quite worrying listening to the Darren bent interview after the game when he said he liked playing in a 4-3-3 because "that's the formation we play at Villa"

Really?

Well yes it is. The problem being for England Ash is one of the wide men in the three. for Villa he plays as the attacking midfielder option in the hole. making us lose our shape as that job should have been Stephen ireland's. If Ash was on one wing - as we'd all prefer, and Downing or Albrighton on the other side who would be our midfield 3? one or two to hold, and one to be the playmaker. Who have we currently got good enough? Bannan is a season or two away from being that person and all we've got left is makoun, NRC and Petrov. Delph maybe that player but again he's not there yet. That's why we look so disjointed at times. When it comes off (Blackburn) its brilliant in its destructiveness. But we don't see it often enough because the forwards have to do it for 90 mins as they know we're always one calamity away from conceding at the other end. As we do in nearly every game.

[hawkeye]

we play

 Downing        NRC       Makoun Albrighton
                   
                        Young
                         
                           Bent 

We should play

          NRC Petrov    Makoun

        Downing  Bent    Young

you swap the personel but we do not play the formation that england have played

[Shrek]

Makoun NRC Delph

Ash Bent Downing


Quite simple.

[ozzjim]

Same for me Shrek. Bring on Albrighton and Gabby as options.

[peter w]

we play

 Downing        NRC       Makoun Albrighton
                   
                        Young
                         
                           Bent 

We should play

          NRC Petrov    Makoun

        Downing  Bent    Young

you swap the personel but we do not play the formation that england have played

And you think Petrov is good enough to be our playmaker? never in a month of Sundays.

[WikiVilla]

Ash created a goal from CM tonite
Oh shit !

[dicedlam]

we play

 Downing        NRC       Makoun Albrighton
                   
                        Young
                         
                           Bent 

We should play

          NRC Petrov    Makoun

        Downing  Bent    Young

you swap the personel but we do not play the formation that england have played

And you think Petrov is good enough to be our playmaker? never in a month of Sundays.

No.

Swop Petrov for Delph and I would agree with the formation.

[WikiVilla]

we need Petrov's experience and gui;e over the next 8 games IMO

[hawkeye]

we play

 Downing        NRC       Makoun Albrighton
                   
                        Young
                         
                           Bent 

We should play

          NRC Petrov    Makoun

        Downing  Bent    Young

you swap the personel but we do not play the formation that england have played

And you think Petrov is good enough to be our playmaker? never in a month of Sundays.

I wasnt advocating Petrov in particular, and I dont the central midfield player in a 3 is not necessarily a playmaker, we are trying to use Young as a playmaker behind Bent, it aint working.

[robbo1874]

Yes there are, if you believe the papers.

There's the one who is currently employed by Villa and there is apparantly another one who has joined man utd, but won't be playing until next season