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Author Topic: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread  (Read 138683 times)

Offline Pete3206

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #45 on: January 01, 2013, 02:34:11 PM »
Very worried

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #46 on: January 01, 2013, 02:35:07 PM »
Wow, is that the youngest team ever? Guzan aside is everyone under 24?

It's arguably one of the worst.  Albrighton AND Delph?  Jesus christ.

You haven't been following Villa for long if you think that's the worst teams we've fielded.

Given the options available, I thinks it's as good as could expect.
4-4-1-1

I've been following Villa for over 30 years.  Go on then, name a worse team in that time.

Absolutely agree, I guess there might be a one off instance or two just based on the law of averages but it is difficult to think of a worse team than the one put out today

Offline rob_bridge

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #47 on: January 01, 2013, 02:35:35 PM »
Bugger

Offline citizenDJ

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #48 on: January 01, 2013, 02:37:13 PM »
                   Guzan

          Lowton Herd Clark

Bennett                         Stevens

           Westwood Delph

Albrighton                  Weimann

                 Benteke

Nope, any way I try it on, that team looks pretty damn poor.

Offline DB

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #49 on: January 01, 2013, 02:38:13 PM »
Wow, is that the youngest team ever? Guzan aside is everyone under 24?

It's arguably one of the worst.  Albrighton AND Delph?  Jesus christ.

You haven't been following Villa for long if you think that's the worst teams we've fielded.

Given the options available, I thinks it's as good as could expect.
4-4-1-1

Let's hope Swansea have an off-day and we can keep it to below 3! Albrighton is awful.

Offline Risso

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #50 on: January 01, 2013, 02:38:18 PM »
                   Guzan

          Lowton Herd Clark

Bennett                         Stevens

           Westwood Delph

Albrighton                  Weimann

                 Benteke

Nope, any way I try it on, that team looks pretty damn poor.

I think that's unfortunately how we will line up, and the result will be similar to the last three games.

Offline chrisf

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #51 on: January 01, 2013, 02:38:52 PM »
Wow, is that the youngest team ever? Guzan aside is everyone under 24?

It's arguably one of the worst.  Albrighton AND Delph?  Jesus christ.

You haven't been following Villa for long if you think that's the worst teams we've fielded.

Given the options available, I thinks it's as good as could expect.
4-4-1-1

I've been following Villa for over 30 years.  Go on then, name a worse team in that time.

err ... the one that played on Saturday? Though I agree there's not much in it.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #52 on: January 01, 2013, 02:39:02 PM »
I can't immediately think of one I have to say, though I imagine we put out some pretty crap teams under gt mark 2 and dol. I'd agree that herd, albrighton, delph, Bennett and Stevens may all not be premier league quality at the moment 

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #53 on: January 01, 2013, 02:40:12 PM »
And Michu is a definite starter just to add to the good news oozing from every Villa related pore these days...

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #54 on: January 01, 2013, 02:40:24 PM »
On current form it looks terrible, but that's because on current form we're a bit of a rabble.

There's potntial there, and not many alternatives, so let's hope they confound us. It'll take massive performances by the likes of Clark, Westwood and Benteke.

Offline Chipsticks

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #55 on: January 01, 2013, 02:40:41 PM »
The dramatic in me wants to say that this is Lambert's statement to Lerner to force a surge of funds for the coming month.

Offline myf

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #56 on: January 01, 2013, 02:41:30 PM »
i thought KEA was rested on sat and now he's off to Africa! he should havecstarted on sat

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #57 on: January 01, 2013, 02:41:31 PM »
Wow, is that the youngest team ever? Guzan aside is everyone under 24?

It's arguably one of the worst.  Albrighton AND Delph?  Jesus christ.

I was hoping Jesus Christ was the missing sub, because we could do with him using divine intervention to guide some of Albrighton's crosses to Benteke.

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #58 on: January 01, 2013, 02:42:34 PM »
                   Guzan

          Lowton Herd Clark

Bennett                         Stevens

           Westwood Delph

Albrighton                  Weimann

                 Benteke

Nope, any way I try it on, that team looks pretty damn poor.

I think that's unfortunately how we will line up, and the result will be similar to the last three games.
I sincerely hope he goes flat 4 at the back and uses Bennett as a left MF; it'd be good to see us with a genuine left-footer on the left wing.

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Re: Swansea City v Aston Villa Match Thread
« Reply #59 on: January 01, 2013, 02:42:42 PM »
Buckle up everyone. Could be a long afternoon. That or we'll miraculously snap out of our funk and win this leaving us all massively bewildered.

 


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