Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Pre-Match Thread

[dekko]

Wigan will come here and fancy their chances, it will be a very tough game , Lowton may need to step into centre defence the way things are going, am i right in thinking Delph is suspended too?

Yeah, he is.  Do we know for sure that Westwood picked up an injury last night, or was he subbed off for tactical reasons?

[Clampy]

Wigan will come here and fancy their chances, it will be a very tough game , Lowton may need to step into centre defence the way things are going, am i right in thinking Delph is suspended too?

Yeah, he is.  Do we know for sure that Westwood picked up an injury last night, or was he subbed off for tactical reasons?

Not sure, i presumed it was for an injury at the time.

[Des Little]

Wigan will be licking their lips at the thought of playing us.  There are more holes in our side than a tramp's vest at the minute. We need two up top if we are to even get a sniff of a goal that's for certain. I'm actually pleased Delph is out, as I think he's a liability. if there's any chance of Gabby and or Ron getting back for it we need them more than ever.

[eastie]

Wigan will come here and fancy their chances, it will be a very tough game , Lowton may need to step into centre defence the way things are going, am i right in thinking Delph is suspended too?

Yeah, he is.  Do we know for sure that Westwood picked up an injury last night, or was he subbed off for tactical reasons?

Lambert mentioned 5 players injured when interviewed afterwards gabby, baker, Vlaar ,nzogbia and Weimann- he never mentioned Westwood being injured and no mention of an injury elsewhere so I assume he is fit .

Of those 5 it's unlikely any will be fit for the weekend.

[tomd2103]

Wigan will come here and fancy their chances, it will be a very tough game , Lowton may need to step into centre defence the way things are going, am i right in thinking Delph is suspended too?

Yeah, he is.  Do we know for sure that Westwood picked up an injury last night, or was he subbed off for tactical reasons?

Not sure, i presumed it was for an injury at the time.

Noticed that he had a lot of vapour rub on his shirt against Chelsea, so I wonder if he's not been well.   

[Chipsticks]

I think we'll win and win well, in this season of more inconsistency than my old man's bowel movements.

[eamonn]

Wigan will come here and fancy their chances, it will be a very tough game , Lowton may need to step into centre defence the way things are going, am i right in thinking Delph is suspended too?

Yeah, he is.  Do we know for sure that Westwood picked up an injury last night, or was he subbed off for tactical reasons?

Not sure, i presumed it was for an injury at the time.

Noticed that he had a lot of vapour rub on his shirt against Chelsea, so I wonder if he's not been well.   

They all vicks-vapourize their shirts these days. Poofs, the lot of 'em.

[paul_e]

I'm afraid KEA is utterly inept.
A poor signing.

agree, him and Delph gave away the ball all night.

They both had an 86% pass success rate last night. Only 2 of the Spurs starters (Defoe and Dembele) had better.

I wonder how many passes were over 10 yards or more though, kea looked good in pre season and of all the signings I thought he would have the biggest impact, he really has flattered to deceive .]

I mentioned elsewhere, their individual passing accuracy only tells a small part of the story, what Bannan and Westwood provide is an outlet when they don't have the ball, Delph and KEA don't do that anything like well enough, that's why the first 2 look much more effective, despite the stats being similar.

[TonyD]

Must win game or please not another beasting.   No idea.

[brontebilly]

would be no harm to bring in some actual kids for this game like carruthers. its tragic watching albrighton these days. think lowton needs a breather. id drop him for this one and play lichaj on the right.

[eastie]

would be no harm to bring in some actual kids for this game like carruthers. its tragic watching albrighton these days. think lowton needs a breather. id drop him for this one and play lichaj on the right.

Carruthers looked to take people on and run at them last season , I'd love to see him given a chance , I was impressed with him and his attitude.

[Clampy]

would be no harm to bring in some actual kids for this game like carruthers. its tragic watching albrighton these days. think lowton needs a breather. id drop him for this one and play lichaj on the right.

You're probably right about Lowton needing a breather, all young players do from time to time but with the defence the way it is injury wise, we can't really leave him out at the moment.

[silhillvilla]

Since taking Westwood off we conceded 5 at Chelsea and 4 v spurs.
We are much better side with him on the field.
Has KEA fucked off to Africa yet ? I really don't want to see him v Wigan albeit I know we are running low on players.
Might take my boots .

[silhillvilla]

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[SoccerHQ]

If we stick with the ridiculous 3-5-2 we'll lose and be in the bottom three again.

Only if Southampton beat Stoke.

It wouldn't be clever to lose this at all, it certainly has the feeling of the Bolton home game last year when I honestly thought that was the end of us as a premier league team but it wasn't.

Wigan are a better team than Reading and will get chances on the break if it's one of those 0-0 type nervy games which I suspect it will turn out to be.