Aston Villa vs Sunderland Match Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

get weimann offf

[RussellC]

Could do with a couple of wingers on our shopping list to play eitherside of Benteke. Might actually make some chances then.

Those 2 wide-attacking areas have long been our major weakness. The fact that our strongest 11 contains 2 players that had long been at the club when Lambert arrived at the club says much about his success in the transfer market in my opinion.

[JUAN PABLO]

maybe he will score now Ive said that

[Malandro]

I think our style at the moment can be summed up as all fart no shit.

Mind you, the previous style was no shit, not even any fart.

The previous style was just shit.

a painful, smelly, slow shit

[supertom]

Put in anyone half reasonable in this side in place of Cleverley, Zogbia and Weimann and we'd probably look half decent.
I think for starters, bringing on Bacuna and Grealish for 2 of those 3 would see us improve off the bat. We actually looked better when Grealish came on against Swansea as he had a bit of movement and composure in between midfield and attack.

[Summers]

Could do with a couple of wingers on our shopping list to play eitherside of Benteke. Might actually make some chances then.

Those 2 wide-attacking areas have long been our major weakness. The fact that our strongest 11 contains 2 players that had long been at the club when Lambert arrived at the club says much about his success in the transfer market in my opinion.

It's normally three strikers up front, with two of them being quite limited and being expected to play as wingers. Two actual talented wingers up there instead would make a world of difference. When our other option seems to be bloody N'Zogbia, it just gets worse too.

[Axl Rose]

It's incredibly boring to watch. Urgency. Please. Villa.

Cleverley is fucking shit.

[Tuscans]

How on earth does Cleverley get away with taking free kicks all the time?

[supertom]

It's incredibly boring to watch. Urgency. Please. Villa.

Cleverley is fucking shit.

Can we have Karim back?

Never thought I'd ever think that.

[Jimbo]

Forward a bit, back, forwards, back, sideways, forward a bit, sideways, back, forward, hoof, turn around and back.

It's like the fucking okey-cokey.

[RussellC]

Put in anyone half reasonable in this side in place of Cleverley, Zogbia and Weimann and we'd probably look half decent.
I think for starters, bringing on Bacuna and Grealish for 2 of those 3 would see us improve off the bat. We actually looked better when Grealish came on against Swansea as he had a bit of movement and composure in between midfield and attack.

We just don't carry anywhere near enough of a goal-threat. That's the reason that we lose to so many lower league sides in cup-competitions. It's almost like we forget the point of the game at some points during a match. That Hutton free-kick being a prime example.

[Malandro]

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Put in anyone half reasonable in this side in place of Cleverley, Zogbia and Weimann and we'd probably look half decent.
I think for starters, bringing on Bacuna and Grealish for 2 of those 3 would see us improve off the bat. We actually looked better when Grealish came on against Swansea as he had a bit of movement and composure in between midfield and attack.

madness Bacuna not playing

[Tuscans]

Fuck me, we have one of the best strikers in Europe and no one wants to put a ball into him....

[supertom]

At least Sunderland look as wretched as we do.
This looks like a nailed on 0-0 snooze fest which will probably have Westley doing cartwheels around Villa park.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cleverley, Weimann, N'Zogbia offer the combined sum of fuck-all.

Total nothing players. Weimann has been shit all season and despite clearly looking off the pace, keeps getting picked. N'Zogbia looks increasingly like he has Darren Bent levels of commitment. Cleverley just looks unbelievably average.

Given that, I don't see where the creative spark to turn this game is going to come from. Sunderland are awful but are vaguely competent defensively. This is exactly the sort of match we should win, but struggle to.