Aston Villa vs Manchester United Post-Match thread

[MorrisNielson]

Ugo made his debut long before that Norwich game.

Ugo made his debut vs Arsenal August 1991 as full-back. Looked shaky that game aswell.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

Just re-watched the game and it's left me feeling a lot more positive than i was beforehand

Amavi and Gueye look as though they're going to be successful signings

I'm reserving judgement on Ayew, he did better than i initially thought, but didn't get given the ball enough to show what he can do

Sanchez looked impressive when he came on too, his passing abilities are underrated

Having such a good left back really shows up how limited our right backs are though. You have Amavi dribbling, making by line crosses, starting attacks, tracking back and winning the ball, where as Bacuna's generally okay defensively, but going forward only really attempts crosses from deep. The same energy isn't there

[silhillvilla]

What I noticed about Yanited is as soon as the wide midfielder gets passed the ball the fullback is turning the afterburners on to make an overlapping run.
Something we just don't do.

[oldhill_avfc]

I want Libor Kozak out on loan for two reasons, firstly fully to reestablish his fitness after an horrendous injury and over a season out of the game and secondly to find out whether the goal scoring ability he appears to have can outweigh his lack of pace which on everything I have seen he comes up short. If for no other reason than respect for a player we should allow them to show what they can do and that goes for Ayew.  I could give you a yawn inducing list of poor debutants at Villa from Johnny Dixon (flat feet) Peter McParland (can't dribble) Tony Hateley (Douglas Bader) Andy Gray (too short) Gerry Hitchens (too flash) to Christian Benteke (Bambi on ice) but I won't I refer you Allan Evans who got slated as a centre forward but became  a fantastic, full blooded Villa hero as a centre back. Talent will out.

Agree with you on the gist of your post that debuts are not always telling on how good a player will eventually prove.  I liked the look of Gestede - he seemed to do the simple things well.  Amavi showed a lot got forward.

Having said that, the others were worrying.

Veretout - unfit and out of his depth. 
Guye - too many mistakes, looked like another Sanchez.
Ayew - slow of mind/too many touches.

We'll need them to gel/improve soon to avoid being serious relegation fodder.