Aston Villa v Cardiff City Pre-Match Thread

[sirlordbaltimore]

a win, it's simply got to be.

2-1

[dekko]

                           Guzan

Lowton.    Clark.     Vlaar.     Baker


      Westwood.     Sylla

 Bacuna.     Delph.   Tonev

          Benteke

I like your style

[supertom]

                           Guzan

Lowton.    Clark.     Vlaar.     Baker


      Westwood.     Sylla

 Bacuna.     Delph.   Tonev

          Benteke

I like your style

This. Although if at all possible I'd avoid having Baker at left back. Honestly I'm not sure why Clark isn't preferred over Baker in that position. He's quicker (or less slow might be more apt) and better on the ball. When is Tony Moon back?

[eastie]

Not heard anything regarding moon or Bennett but if either are available than obviously I wouldn't put baker in .
Would use gabby as an impact sub if needed.

[taylorsworkrate]

                           Guzan

Lowton.    Clark.     Vlaar.     Baker


      Westwood.     Sylla

 Bacuna.     Delph.   Tonev

          Benteke

They'll flippin murder us with that much space down our left

[eastie]

We are talkng about Cardiff not barcelona - instead of worrying what they might do to is , how about thinking what we can do to them.

Tonev and bacuna can provide some width as well as cover for the full backs if needed , but I would like to see bacuna Delph and tonev all getting forward to support benteke .

Gabby and andi have one goal between them this season , neither provide natural width and the 433 had flopped at home too often - lets shake it up and give Cardiff something to worry about.

[taylorsworkrate]

We are talkng about Cardiff not barcelona - instead of worrying what they might do to is , how about thinking what we can do to them.

It was more a joke at the way your formation slanted!

[eastie]

We are talkng about Cardiff not barcelona - instead of worrying what they might do to is , how about thinking what we can do to them.

It was more a joke at the way your formation slanted!

You old rascal

[edgysatsuma89]

With Eastie's formation (but not Baker) : 3.1

With probable formation: 1.0

[CJ]

We'll definitely need the Orange Dot now - the game has been jinxed by the thread becoming un-stickied

[SoccerHQ]

I think we will do something unusual; score first and score early.

From what I have seen, Cardiff appear quite limited going forward and a threat mainly from set pieces. I think we'll have enough.

They remind me of the year Stoke came up, very difficult to beat at home but very limited away (mind you we didn't beat Stoke that season). Their last away game was 0-0 at Norwich but Norwich battered them all game.

They beat City by scoring from two corners and also Swansea so good test four our back 4/5 to see how far we've come on from last season in that regard.

Gabby really needs to be fit for this one, concern for me is Lambert would just go for Kozak which would be horrible to watch us booting it up for Cardiff's CBs to head away for 90 minutes. Would rather see Tonev get another go or even Helenius.

[Matt C]

Whittingham was presumably score so we'll need two to win.

2-1 Villa.

[Nelly]

I hate to be pessimistic but I can see us losing this. I'd love to be utterly wrong.

[danlanza]

Put the stickie back on the thread ffs.

[Legion]

Put the stickie back on the thread ffs.

Errr... I re-stickied it hours ago after another Mod accidently unstickied it.