Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion - Match Thread

[TonyD]

Shoot!!!

[dean saunders left boot]

Gestede coming on

[citizenDJ]

Here we are, Gestede on.

[villadelph]

bottom three as it stands.

it needs the right substitutions this time or it's not going to be pretty

Poised to be our worst start since we were last relegated, no?

[pauliewalnuts]

This is what will happen in the second half. We'll continue in much the same way, passing it back and forth in front of a comfortable Albion midfield. We'll lump the ball up to Gabby, who will fall over and try to get us a penalty. He may even succeed. Either way, it'll either finish 1-1, if we're really, really lucky, or we will lose. And we'll thoroughly deserve the defeat.

We'll play a bit better and have a 25 minute spell when we are much the better side.

We won't score, though, they'll get another.

Next week plenty of us will be saying how we at least played decently for a bit and how the football is much better than under Lambert.

I also suspect the master tactician Sherwood will do something absolutely fucking stupid. In fact, it will be him doing something brainless that will allow them back into the game.

[Risso]

Dire stuff.  We effectively have no strikers, which is going to make not getting relegated this year interesting.  I'm guessing that Tim's tactical master stroke will be to bring Gestede on for Sinclair.

[Goldie.7]

Sinclair off...............WTF

[Malandro]

why the fuck not take gabby off

[villadelph]

Why take Sinclair off for Rudy?

Gabby is dead.

[Quiet Lion]

Dire stuff.  We effectively have no strikers, which is going to make not getting relegated this year interesting.  I'm guessing that Tim's tactical master stroke will be to bring Gestede on for Sinclair.

Take a bow

[Tuscans]

Dire stuff.  We effectively have no strikers, which is going to make not getting relegated this year interesting.  I'm guessing that Tim's tactical master stroke will be to bring Gestede on for Sinclair.

We have lots, they're just not all that

[Jimbo]

Westwood. Can't. Kick. A. Football.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Hopefully Sherwood will bring Sinclair on second half. Hoofing it up to Gabby is making it very easy for Albion to defend. The same goes with high balls into the box. Albion are very compact so we need to explore other options.

Very open game, either team could have gone in one up but Albion created more chances so probably deserve it if you had to give it to one. Shocking defending from Amavi and the defence again doesn't fill me with confidence.

I thought Sinclair started?

He did, not that you'd notice.  We're not getting him involved in the game, it's like playing with ten men. He's wasted if we don't change the ridiculous attacking tactics. He needs to be more involved.

[pauliewalnuts]

Hopefully Sherwood will bring Sinclair on second half. Hoofing it up to Gabby is making it very easy for Albion to defend. The same goes with high balls into the box. Albion are very compact so we need to explore other options.

Very open game, either team could have gone in one up but Albion created more chances so probably deserve it if you had to give it to one. Shocking defending from Amavi and the defence again doesn't fill me with confidence.

I thought Sinclair started?

He did, not that you'd notice.  We're not getting him involved in the game, it's like playing with ten men. He's wasted if we don't change the ridiculous attacking tactics. He needs to be more involved.

I wouldn't hold your breath for that.

[citizenDJ]

Pulis already with the time wasting.