Aston Villa v West Ham United Match Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

ffs  do sky think Carroll is Ronaldo or something

[JUAN PABLO]

Everyone can see our defence is dire except the people that matter, it's shocking.

signed two players and still not started them ...

[PaulWinch again]

Right come on the Villa, just win I don't care how just fucking win.

[Toronto Villa]

ffs  do sky think Carroll is Ronaldo or something

More the the point we might make him look like Drogba if we are not up to it. He's an average CB playing against a below average defence with two small blokes in front "protecting" it.

[Summers]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

[Mister E]

I know Bent hasn't exactly set the world alight of late, but FFS if he can't get a game ahead of Bowery

He'll be playing Bowery wide, I presume.

[JUAN PABLO]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

so he's playing CB then

[john e]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

Exactly,
Don't know if it will work, time will tell, but at least he is doing something about our set piece defensive problems,
Nothing to do with Bowery over Bent more to do with Height in defensive situations

[JUAN PABLO]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

Exactly,
Don't know if it will work, time will tell, but at least he is doing something about our set piece defensive problems,
Nothing to do with Bowery over Bent more to do with Height in defensive situations

so buy a bloody defender that can win headers then ...

[paulcomben]

Our players look edgy walking out.

[SamTheMouse]

I have flu, feel like utter shit, and yet somehow I know my day is going to get even worse...

[john e]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

Exactly,
Don't know if it will work, time will tell, but at least he is doing something about our set piece defensive problems,
Nothing to do with Bowery over Bent more to do with Height in defensive situations

so buy a bloody defender that can win headers then ...

Listen I'm not saying it will work, just saying that's the logic behind him playing, have you not seen how shit we are at corners/fre kicks ?

[Jimbo]

Just do it, Villa.

[Summers]

Bowery is tall and can win headers.

That's why he's starting. Simple logic.

so he's playing CB then

Set piece defending isn't just for CBs.

[Chipsticks]

I read that formation as 4-2-3-1 with Bowery and Weimann wide and Zog behind Benteke. Good plan I think, though we could probably have done with cylla in midfield to give us some fight.

Come on villa!