Aston Villa v Swansea City Match Thread

[ozzjim]

It does mean there is no way we can play the route 1 stuff today. Maybe Lambert has not actually advocated it and is frustrated with us doing it constantly.

[PGW]

Swansea,
Tremmell, Tiendalli, Williams, Chico, Davies, Canas, De Guzman,, Shelvey, Hernandez, Lamah, Bony

[PGW]

Subs, Zabret, Rangel, Amat, Britton, Pozuelo, , Routledge and Vazquez

[Matt Collins]

I may be wrong but looks like 4312 to me. 3 new players to bring energy in midfield. Much will depend on how Delph and bacuna protect the full backs v Swansea wingers and whether baker is switched on v their movement

[supertom]

It does mean there is no way we can play the route 1 stuff today. Maybe Lambert has not actually advocated it and is frustrated with us doing it constantly.

I wouldn't be counting on us not lumping it up to Gabby in vein hope if we're struggling to get beyond the half way line. I'd have personally kept Kozak in because he's the only one in anything close to goal-scoring form.

[richard moore]

What a shit line up. Not that we've got many other options of course as we build towards being Borussia Dortmund in 2025

[Lamb_Stockmix]

4-3-1-2?
 
                   Guzan

Lowton    Clark    Baker    Moon

    Bacuna  Westwood  Delph

                    Tonev

        Weimann     Gabby

[eric woolban woolban]

Paul Kerr would get in this team.  And he's been retired for years.

What a sad state of affairs this once great football club has become.

Rotten and festering from top to bottom.

[boboonthecorner]

Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, Bacuna, Weimann, Delph, Agbonlahor (c), Tonev

This is right up there with some of the worst line ups I've ever seen. We'd put out line ups in the stiffs 5 years ago that were far better than this to be honest.

What would your eleven have been today?

[supertom]

There's players on Swanseas bench (fucking Swansea!) who would absolutely walk into our first 11 with ease.

Our bench has Bowery on it still. Nuff said really.

[boboonthecorner]

Paul Kerr would get in this team.  And he's been retired for years.

What a sad state of affairs this once great football club has become.

Rotten and festering from top to bottom.

You're the manager, what do you do?

[ozzjim]

4-3-1-2?
 
                   Guzan

Lowton    Clark    Baker    Moon

    Bacuna  Westwood  Delph

                    Tonev

        Weimann     Gabby

I did think it might be 3-5-2

Guzan

Clark
Baker
Lowton

Bacuna
Luna

Delph
Westwood
Tonev

Gabby
Weimann

[supertom]

Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, Bacuna, Weimann, Delph, Agbonlahor (c), Tonev

This is right up there with some of the worst line ups I've ever seen. We'd put out line ups in the stiffs 5 years ago that were far better than this to be honest.

What would your eleven have been today?

I honestly couldn't tell you mate, but I didn't bring the squad to this point. We're just cobbling together a load of players who aren't really good enough.
Personally I'd have left out a lot of the dross cheap signings and played some of our promising yoof players, like Johnson, Robinson etc. I'd have had Grealish in by now. Being too young isn't an excuse we can use any more.

[Jimsta]

Here we go for another woeful game.

[Matt Collins]

Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, Bacuna, Weimann, Delph, Agbonlahor (c), Tonev

This is right up there with some of the worst line ups I've ever seen. We'd put out line ups in the stiffs 5 years ago that were far better than this to be honest.

What would your eleven have been today?

I'm sure people have been saying villa are rotten from top to bottom for the majority of the time I've been supporting villa.