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Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« on: October 03, 2015, 02:03:17 PM »
I'll give this another shot

Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Crespo, Amavi, Veretout, Gana, Westwood, Sinclair, Gestede

subs: Bunn, Bacuna, Richardson, Ayew, Sancez, Gil, Grealish
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2015, 02:04:02 PM »
Three full backs?
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2015, 02:04:11 PM »
3-5-2 possibly. The undroppable Westwood, remains er... undropped and all the creativity remains on the bench
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2015, 02:04:36 PM »
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on October 03, 2015, 02:04:02 PM
Three full backs?

Creeps can play across the back four, so assuming he is a CB today
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Offline Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?

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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2015, 02:04:46 PM »
Not sure about that. Seems a strange team.

Can someone inform me what position Crespo is? Presumably a midfielder? Defensive? Attacking? Out wide? We signed so many I can't remember where everyone plays.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2015, 02:04:56 PM »
That looks shit.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2015, 02:05:02 PM »
So five at the back, at home to Stoke?
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2015, 02:06:07 PM »
Another week another strange selection and formation. This better work.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2015, 02:06:32 PM »
Presumably Crespo is a defender then from the way you guys are talking? Even stranger team selection then.

We looked good under TS when we attacked teams, so not sure why he's trying to move away from that?
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2015, 02:06:45 PM »
What a shite team/formation.

Definite defeat today!
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2015, 02:07:17 PM »
I'm assuming it's five at the back, no creativity and bloody Westwood starts again. Not impressed.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2015, 02:08:08 PM »
A midfield of the Crab, Vertetout and Gueye, I can't see where any kind of chances are going to come from apart from pinpoint Amavi overlaps. With no Grealish we will also get to see again the most shit corner kicks possible.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2015, 02:09:27 PM »
It's disappointingly a very conservative approach. We all hope we are wrong but the recent defeats appear to have scared Sherwood into behaving like McLeish or Lambert. I can see a fist pump at the end of this when we finish 0-0.
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2015, 02:09:37 PM »
Random line up !

If 3 centre halves surely Bacuna a better bet than Hutton ?

Strong bench at least, assume Gabby, Traore and Clark unfit
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Re: Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2015, 02:09:43 PM »
How he doesn't start Ayew at home is beyond me. Does he draw the names from a tombola? 
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