Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Saturday afternoon.

[PaulWinch again]

Right come on you Villa boys.

[Ozzjim]

Yep. Win is a must.

[Monty]

Guzan, Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Warnock; N’Zogbia, Petrov, Herd, Albrighton, Agbonlahor, Bent.

Looks like 4-4-2. Might be good for a rapid counter-attacking strategy, but we're relying on Petrov to play the outball like Barry used to, and I'm not sure he's got it in him anymore. Still, there's hope.

[PaulWinch again]

This is essentially a must win, so win Villa.

[Matt Collins]

Guzan - Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Warnock - Albrighton, Petrov, Herd, N'Zogbia - Gabby, Bent.

Subs: Marshall, Cuellar, Ireland, Heskey, Weimann, Delfouneso

The team's not far off what I would have played, though I'd play Bannan not Albrighton. I reckon that side will struggle to keep the ball.

Bench extremely attacking too.

Over all, I'd have thought McLeish is trying to demonstrate that he is an attacking manager. I'd rather he coached the side to pass the ball properly than stick an almost ridiculous amount of attacking players in the 16. We could get caught out if we need to bolster the backline through injury.

[Iago]

Come on Villa.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It is a must win game for both teams. Very strong, attacking line up. Looking forward to the game now.

[berneboy]

Who's this Cahill bloke?

BOLTON: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Cahill, Tuncay, Knight, K Davies, M Davies, Klasnic, Eagles, Pratley, Boyata. Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Muamba, Petrov, Kakuta, O'Halloran, N'Gog.

14:09
Paul AVFC: VILLA: Guzan, Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Warnock; N’Zogbia, Petrov, Herd, Albrighton, Agbonlahor, Bent. Subs: Ireland, Marshall, Clark, Weimann, Delfouneso, Bannan, Heskey.

[Gaztonniller]

Fancy it'll be a thrilling 2-2 result.

[berneboy]

Cuellar is not on the bench but Bannan is

Guzan - Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Warnock - Albrighton, Petrov, Herd, N'Zogbia - Gabby, Bent.

Subs: Marshall, Cuellar, Ireland, Heskey, Weimann, Delfouneso

The team's not far off what I would have played, though I'd play Bannan not Albrighton. I reckon that side will struggle to keep the ball.

Bench extremely attacking too.

[timeoutbigbar]

Come on you Villa boys!  Not convinced with Albrighton either, didn't do a great deal last week (who did?).  Decent options from the bench though.

[Matt Collins]

Sorry, you're right, I meant Bannan (hence the 'very attacking bench' comment!)

[Matt Collins]

Plus Clark  ..

[JUAN PABLO]

the line up looks attacking as long as we dont go to the Collins hoof tatics .