Matthew Lowton

[Des Little]

Weimann is woefully out of form and must be dropped.  Bacuna at wide right and Lowton at right back.  Even a blind man can see it.

[RussellC]

Wiemann showed against WBA that he can be a decent option from the bench, and then showed against Fulham that he's currently completely anonymous when starting.

You do the math.

[bobdylan]

Wiemann showed against WBA that he can be a decent option from the bench, and then showed against Fulham that he's currently completely anonymous when starting.

You do the math.

But Sylla's last showing against West Brom was woeful, I've been less impressed with him this season out of the 3 of them so I'd have Weimann and Bacuna in and leave Sylla out.  Weiman had a cracking game V Man U at home last season.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

[eastie]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

Twitter, so I believe.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Stupid woman, where else is he going to earn £20k + week. That fucking stupid wife of Colin Doyle at Blues is as bad, Always having a go because he's not playing. The fact that he's a shit keeper has no bearing on the matter

[Des Little]

Does anyone give a tinker's cuss what Lowton's wife thinks anyway? Apart from him of course. How utterly pointless.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

Twitter, so I believe.

Did you notice this or did someone tell you it had been said?, only the last bit is vague

She's entitled to her opinion regardless. Just because she's a footballers wife it doesn't mean she should button it and stay in the kitchen. If Lowton himself had said something then fair enough, we employ him not her.

Anyway, there's no way he wont start on Sunday surely. Looking forward to getting him back in the side

[eastie]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

Twitter, so I believe.

Did you notice this or did someone tell you it had been said?, only the last bit is vague

She's entitled to her opinion regardless. Just because she's a footballers wife it doesn't mean she should button it and stay in the kitchen. If Lowton himself had said something then fair enough, we employ him not her.

Anyway, there's no way he wont start on Sunday surely. Looking forward to getting him back in the side

I heard about it and checked for myself - the upheaval of his wife being unsettled and a new baby imminent may have contributed to his loss of form ,  who knows , different players react to things in  different ways.

[Clampy]

Twitter sometimes has a lot to answer for.

[Ads]

If she doesn't like it, maybe she should hand back the keys to her Evoke and find somebody with a 9-5 job?

[peter w]

Not sure what anyone has seen that suggests Bacuna has any of the qualities to do the job that Weimann does. Iagree that weimann looks poor and may be dropped. If Kozac is fit I thinkhe'd play.

[eamonn]

How many babbies does Lowts have?

[Ad@m]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

What a ridiculous attitude. I don't care how much you earn, I think it's entirely understandable that a woman who has just given birth would be upset to see the father of her child have to disappear to go and sit on the bench and do nothing. 

[pauliewalnuts]

I noticed his mrs commented on him having to leave his one hour old baby last week to join up with the squad and then be on the bench .

Commented where? She needs to remember Villa pay for them to lead a good fucking life, footballers wives should be seen but not heard

What a ridiculous attitude. I don't care how much you earn, I think it's entirely understandable that a woman who has just given birth would be upset to see the father of her child have to disappear to go and sit on the bench and do nothing. 

Isn't it part of the deal, though?

They have to put up with being played or not played from one week to the next. They have to do stuff like train on Christmas Day, too. Stuff you or I don't have to do.

It doesn't strike me as that bad a deal in return for a million pound salary.

It isn't even that big a deal in the context of football - you often hear about players missing the births of their children because they're off playing in some tournament or other.

At the end of the day, it's a job. An exceptionally well paid one which is almost entirely about positives. They get a remarkably good life in return for what they put in.