Aston Villa v Sunderland - Match Thread

[LTA]

I hope Amavi isn't another Luna.  Starts well, but gets progressively worse.

[citizenDJ]

I hope Amavi isn't another Luna.  Starts well, but gets progressively worse.

Absolutely no chance!

I really like the look of Gana, I must say. Very good player so far.

[PaulWinch again]

Gestede needs to be a lot more lively.

[Deano's Mullet]

Very important we win this.

[Quiet Lion]

Blimey Sunderland look terrible.

The certainly are, we must get 3 points here

[supertom]

Gana and Sanchez are running midfield. They look very good.

[citizenDJ]

Gana and Sanchez are running midfield. They look very good.

Yep. I think it's going to work, that pairing.

[ChicagoLion]

i never understand why refs allow the amount of holding

[brontebilly]

I think we have been pretty poor so far, no shape to our midfield whatsoever and Gestede has been really poor so far

But Sunderland are disgracefully bad, if we get any head of steam up it could be another 6-1 type scoreline.

Need Gil on at the break

[supertom]

If we don't buy a CF in the next 2 days I'll be pretty worried. We're still short. I think Kozak needs to play more as things stand.

[citizenDJ]

I think we have been pretty poor so far, no shape to our midfield whatsoever

I'm really surprised to hear that - I think the midfield looks very fluid, very focussed, with Gana and Westwood switching frequently and Sanchez sitting deeper to act as a 'blocker'. Opinions, eh?!

[Tuscans]

I think we have been pretty poor so far, no shape to our midfield whatsoever

I'm really surprised to hear that - I think the midfield looks very fluid, very focussed, with Gana and Westwood switching frequently and Sanchez sitting deeper to act as a 'blocker'. Opinions, eh?!

Yeah I'm surprised too. It's really not that bad all things considered

[citizenDJ]

I don;t know why it's so funny when Liverpool fuck up, but it really is!

[Tuscans]

Decent move with Hutton moving forward....not the best of balls

[supertom]

Gestede is having a mare. But he's one of those players who's probably not going to offer much if he's not scoring. Ultimately I think he'll be a better impact player than regular starter. But we also need to be a bit more imaginitive about how we get the ball to him.