Idrissa Gueye - now gone

[silhillvilla]

Be nice if Gana could at least make bench tomorrow then we bring him on to shore up a lead

You just said it was going to be 0-0.

It will be, but we can all dream

[silhillvilla]

Be nice if Gana could at least make bench tomorrow then we bring him on to shore up a lead

Can't Ayew do that?

Haha

[oldham_villa]

Missed him massively today

[SoccerHQ]

Need him and Traore fit A.S.A.P if we're to start picking up points again on a regular basis.

I suppose that's the one defence you can still give Sherwood. Gueye looks excellent first few games, injured since Sunderland. Traore has a brilliant cameo at Palace and we haven't seen him since.

[curiousorange]

Need him and Traore fit A.S.A.P if we're to start picking up points again on a regular basis.

I suppose that's the one defence you can still give Sherwood. Gueye looks excellent first few games, injured since Sunderland. Traore has a brilliant cameo at Palace and we haven't seen him since.

That's my defence of the Villa at the moment, but it's a bit of a pathetic one. Traore's a teenager that's played two games for us and we already can't win without him. Doesn't say much for the rest of the forward line.

[KRS]

Gueye is the best of our new players...arguably the best player in the team and we've missed him in midfield these last 2 games. The lineups, formation, tactics and results could have been very different with Gueye in the team.

[myf]

Thing is we can't rely upon one midfielder all season.  We're looking under equipped again. It's worrying

[KRS]

I agree and unfortunately Sanchez seems to be reverting to the player he was last season.

[Ads]

Poor teams rely on one or two good players. If they had a squad full of good players, then they wouldn't be poor.

[kiddylion]

Gone back to France for treatment on his hamstring,not surprised really it takes our physio 6 weeks to get Vlaar fit from a calf strain & Traore has been out 4 weeks now with a kick on his ankle so it's probably his best chance of being fit before Christmas

[kippaxvilla2]

That has made me laugh - I do not believe everything about us is crap but that just made me laugh at my desk.

[KRS]

So how long do we expect Gueye to be out for now...another 3 or 4 weeks? We could do with a poll!

TS is going to need to change to a 352 or 433 to give us something more in midfield whilst Gueye is out injured...Sanchez and Westwood simply can't do a job in the middle of the park on their own.

[Villafirst]

Just shows the lack of quality in the squad. Very worrying with 32 PL games to go. January's window will be pivotal.

[mr underhill]

 where's the money coming from though?

[Villafirst]

where's the money coming from though?

This is where the problem lies. Really, a net spend of less than £10M in the summer window is peanuts. Even the Baggies had a net spend of £24M. I wish we had Rondon and Berahino as forward options instead of Ayew and Gestede. Heaven knows when Lerner will sell up and we get new ambitious owners who will inject the necessary funds to take the club forward.