Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Pre-Match Thread

[Ron Manager]

Isnt Warnock back with the club. Why not play him in midfield or for that matter left back.

[eastie]

Isnt Warnock back with the club. Why not play him in midfield or for that matter left back.

Still at Bolton the last I heard and they were looking to extend his loan on jan 1st.

[villan from luton]

I thought I had read that Warnock had returned to Villa and missed Bolton's last game

[tomd2103]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

I an seriously worried if that is the extent of standard of available players ........

[Dante Lavelli]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

It's certainly a team which lacks big names and established stars but it does have potential.

[villan from luton]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

I an seriously worried if that is the extent of standard of available players ........

Well there are not many other options I can think of, KEA and Ireland perhaps

[tomd2103]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

I an seriously worried if that is the extent of standard of available players ........

Well there are not many other options I can think of, KEA and Ireland perhaps

And that is the real worry.  I wasn't criticising your selection as there aren't too many other options, just commenting on how poor our team looks at the moment.

[villan from luton]

The trouble is we have Gabby, Weimann and Bent out up front, N'Zogbia, Gardner and Delph in the middle and Dunne, Baker and Stephens in defence. We have a thin squad as it is, this is really showing at a really tough time of the year. It is too much to ask Benteke to be the only person in a team who is likely to have a decent effort, let alone score

[tomd2103]

Guzan
Herd     Lowton     Clark     Bennett
         Westwood         Bannan
Albrighton       Holman     Carruthers
            Benteke

That would probably be the poorest Villa team I would have ever seen.

It's certainly a team which lacks big names and established stars but it does have potential.

It's a team that lacks a lot of things and looks more like a Premier League reserve team.  We're not really in a position where we can wait for players to fulfil their potential, we need results now.

[villan from luton]

Trouble is this is the position we are in and we have little other options at the moment

[Lobsterboy]

Given our current injury plight I think leaving Ireland out is madness; we need experience and despite his faults he at least has that

He can also pick a pass out and looks a more viable option behind Benteke than Bowery, Albrighton, Carruthers etc

[Dante Lavelli]

Given our current injury plight I think leaving Ireland out is madness; we need experience and despite his faults he at least has that

He can also pick a pass out and looks a more viable option behind Benteke than Bowery, Albrighton, Carruthers etc

I'd play him in a 4231.  I think it's important that the three support Benteke so he is not too isolated.  Obviously not all at the same time but one of the, hopefully alternating need to run off his shoulder and beyond him.

[villan from luton]

Given our current injury plight I think leaving Ireland out is madness; we need experience and despite his faults he at least has that

He can also pick a pass out and looks a more viable option behind Benteke than Bowery, Albrighton, Carruthers etc

He certainly can pick out a pass, but lets be honest, how many have we seen in his time at Villa? The guy has been a liability, even more so given the talent he undoubtedly has

[Lobsterboy]

Given our current injury plight I think leaving Ireland out is madness; we need experience and despite his faults he at least has that

He can also pick a pass out and looks a more viable option behind Benteke than Bowery, Albrighton, Carruthers etc

He certainly can pick out a pass, but lets be honest, how many have we seen in his time at Villa? The guy has been a liability, even more so given the talent he undoubtedly has

Agree he has not exactly earned his money thus far but given the piss poor squad we have available to pick from he surely has to be worth a spot above those named previously

We are paying him enough!