Aston Villa v West Ham United Match Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

get charlie on , we need his free kick .  oh ;(

[ozzjim]

We're passing better than usual, but we look utterly clueless as to how we can break them down.

We have absolutely zero width, either.

I'm also concerned at how often the full backs are giving them loads of space, Lowton in particular. If I were a betting man (or, more precisely, if I had more money to bet with), I'd have a few quid on Jarvis to score. He seems to be getting into a lot of space.

I have only watched 10 minutes and been screaming at Lowton to close up

[Matt Collins]

In a game like this, we either need to find a way to be more creative, which I think means Albrighton as we haven't got anyone else. The front three just don't have the technical skills to help us break a team down.

Or it means going long ball. The conditions prevented that in the first half, but could enable it in the second. I'd rather we didn't play like that, but I can see it going that way.

Either way, surely we can't go another summer transfer window without buying one or two players with the skills to break a team down in the final third. Unless Grealish or Carruthers come good, we just don't have that kind of player at all.

[David_Nab]

Awful half of football the front 3 been off the pace really and at the back its a shambles as we expected.

Palace looking good for the win only 2 points off us if stays the same , 2 new signings scoring too..

[villa `cross the mersey]

I thought MON was stubborn - Lambert seems to very much in a similar mould - we need some width to feed Benteke - but Lambert does not seem to favour this style of play.We are crying out for some individual flair in the team.

[peter w]

The problem is that we need to take one of the front 3 off to add stability in front of the back 4. But who? And who do you bring on? Would Albrighton be any better than what we have on their? 4-4-2 would win this for us.

[PaulWinch again]

We're passing better than usual, but we look utterly clueless as to how we can break them down.

We have absolutely zero width, either.

I'm also concerned at how often the full backs are giving them loads of space, Lowton in particular. If I were a betting man (or, more precisely, if I had more money to bet with), I'd have a few quid on Jarvis to score. He seems to be getting into a lot of space.

I have only watched 10 minutes and been screaming at Lowton to close up

Lowton's positional play is some of the worst I've ever seen.

[JUAN PABLO]

MON is Lamberts dad .

[ez]

Well that was mainly crap. Sort it out Lambert.

[Monty]

The problem is that we need to take one of the front 3 off to add stability in front of the back 4. But who? And who do you bring on? Would Albrighton be any better than what we have on their? 4-4-2 would win this for us.

I don't agree. We're struggling to gain any foothold as it is, and look static anyway when we do have the ball. 4-4-2 would leave us completely overrun.

[E I Adio]

We're pretty poor generally, but it's in the last third that we're making no impact. We have so very little movement off the ball as usual and that coupled to the fact that we have no one willing to beat a man means that we revert to sideways or backward passing as soon as a defender comes within 10 yards, inevitably resulting in losing possession.

Difficult to see it improving second half unless there are drastic changes.

[JUAN PABLO]

albrighton will at least give it a go , he hasnt got the quality a times  but hes worked hard when hes play .

Some of the forward players today have been poor.

[PaulWinch again]

Movement and brains please Villa.

[pauliewalnuts]

We're pretty poor generally, but it's in the last third that we're making no impact. We have so very little movement off the ball as usual and that coupled to the fact that we have no one willing to beat a man means that we revert to sideways or backward passing as soon as a defender comes within 10 yards, inevitably resulting in losing possession.

The strikers may as well not be on the pitch. Weimann and Benteke have barely merited a mention so far.

[Matt Collins]

Not 442 - I don't think we could get away with that.

But we could push Bacuna tight on the right, with Gabby left, Weimann playing behind the striker. Or we could be more adventurous and push Bacuna back with Albrighton wider.

Personally, I'd do the latter. Not least because I can't believe we can get away with another 45 minutes where Lowton lets Jarvis in time and time again.