Aston Villa v Wolves match thread

[ozzjim]

As I worried, we do look weak defensively on the right.

herd is being left severely exposed by n'zogbia for me.

He does not work the wing like Ashley did in terms of team play. Good on the ball and flashy, but need to settle into the role. He needs to get higher up the pitch too, seems to be getting the ball quite deep.

[steve.t]

We are very poor in defence. It's going to be a long season. Expect some tankings against good oposition. After being top six steadily and pushing for higher this is very depressing.

[Mister E]

Petrov sounds lively and we're certainly getting plenty of forward momentum.

[PaulWinch again]

Bannan on in second half please.

[hilts_coolerking]

Jesus this is dull.

[JUAN PABLO]

Gabby the only one who looks dangerous

[Mister E]

As I worried, we do look weak defensively on the right.

herd is being left severely exposed by n'zogbia for me.

He does not work the wing like Ashley did in terms of team play. Good on the ball and flashy, but need to settle into the role. He needs to get higher up the pitch too, seems to be getting the ball quite deep.

Agreed - that's why I think we should play narrower, with an authentic 3rd midfielder instead of Heskey and N'Zog and Gabby playing as support to Bent.

Perhaps we need Jarvis to complement our wing play ...

[ozzjim]

Good chance that

[taylorsworkrate]

Bannan on in second half please.

Definitely, Heskey's final ball and control are at best poor.

[Astral Weeks]

Jesus this is dull.

Ain't it though? I'm struggling to keep interested.

[taylorsworkrate]

Our tempo is so slow.

Get some fuckin urgency into the game.

[berneboy]

Delph has disappeared

[Mister E]

We are very poor in defence. It's going to be a long season. Expect some tankings against good oposition. After being top six steadily and pushing for higher this is very depressing.

Well, I think losing LY will hurt more than might appear, unless we replace with similarly-effective defender. His cover-play was very important to us when he played.
Ideally we'd get two new FB - one for each side.

[Risso]

I know Wolves have started OK, but they're not very good are they?  I worry for when we start to have to play the good teams.

[Risso]

We are very poor in defence. It's going to be a long season. Expect some tankings against good oposition. After being top six steadily and pushing for higher this is very depressing.

Well, I think losing LY will hurt more than might appear, unless we replace with similarly-effective defender. His cover-play was very important to us when he played.
Ideally we'd get two new FB - one for each side.

Selling Luke Young is absolute madness.