Aston Villa v Swansea - Pre Match Thread..."Oh, the humanity"

[saunders_heroes]

Is Sherwood going to ever start Sanchez, Gueye and Veretout in a 3-man midfield.  This looks to me to be a balanced line up.

I was thinking this the other day. If you go back to last season, we had Westwood who was basically the holding midfielder, then Cleverley and Delph who were the busy two out of the three and got about the pitch. It worked really well and we need to go back to that again, with Grealish in the floating role.

Worked really well? We finished 17th.

We didn't go down and it helped us to a cup final, so yes it worked well.

Good god how our club's standards have lowered!

I think he means it worked well compared to how things were looking previously, rather than in absolute terms. Seeing as we have reached the FA Cup Final twice in my lifetime I don't personally think it is downgrading expectations to think that is not to be sniffed at.

Cup runs only count when you win the damn thing.
Nothing worked well last season, nothing.

[Clampy]

Is Sherwood going to ever start Sanchez, Gueye and Veretout in a 3-man midfield.  This looks to me to be a balanced line up.

I was thinking this the other day. If you go back to last season, we had Westwood who was basically the holding midfielder, then Cleverley and Delph who were the busy two out of the three and got about the pitch. It worked really well and we need to go back to that again, with Grealish in the floating role.

Worked really well? We finished 17th.

We didn't go down and it helped us to a cup final, so yes it worked well.

Good god how our club's standards have lowered!

I think he means it worked well compared to how things were looking previously, rather than in absolute terms. Seeing as we have reached the FA Cup Final twice in my lifetime I don't personally think it is downgrading expectations to think that is not to be sniffed at.

That's exactly what I meant. We were diabolical under Lambert and were lucky to win a corner in some games towards the end. Sherwood did have us playing with more urgency in the middle and I think we need that back.

Yeah, we lost the final, but we got there. It was a bonus at the time in a drab season. It's a shame we didn't turn up although Arsenal are a very good side.

[Dr Butler]

 ffs it's all in place for Swansea tomorrow...

    Swansea have only won two of their last 11 league games (D4, L5).
    They have gone five Premier League games without a win for the first time since October 2014.
    Swansea have yet to win an away game in any competition this season (D2, L3).
    They have failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last seven league games.
    Bafetimbi Gomis has failed to score in his last five Premier League games, having scored nine in his previous 10 league matches.

"sigh"
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[Duncan Shaw]

ffs it's all in place for Swansea tomorrow...

    Swansea have only won two of their last 11 league games (D4, L5).
    They have gone five Premier League games without a win for the first time since October 2014.
    Swansea have yet to win an away game in any competition this season (D2, L3).
    They have failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last seven league games.
    Bafetimbi Gomis has failed to score in his last five Premier League games, having scored nine in his previous 10 league matches.

"sigh"
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The Doc

Sigh indeed.
It's bloody written innit!

[Duncan Shaw]

And you can get 6 or 7 to one on Gomis as first goal scorer.........just saying......

[Des Little]

Let's send these bastards back down the mines with 4 goals rammed up their arse.

There's your team talk, Tim.

[Toronto Villa]

when the manager starts guaranteeing wins the end is nigh. I don't want desperation. I want a plan. You can't guarantee wins, but you can guarantee a well thought out plan, commitment and effort. It doesn't always work out because that's sports. I now fully expect us to fall flat on our face form the pressure the manager has just put on the players to deliver.

[Ron Manager]

Sherwood or Wilkins possibly look at online forums just in case someone has a good idea they can use.

Here is an idea Tim.  Play a midfield of Sanchez, Gueye and Veretout. I bet you haven't thought of that!

Now you do understand don't you Dougal?

[hipkiss92]

ffs it's all in place for Swansea tomorrow...

    Swansea have only won two of their last 11 league games (D4, L5).
    They have gone five Premier League games without a win for the first time since October 2014.
    Swansea have yet to win an away game in any competition this season (D2, L3).
    They have failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last seven league games.
    Bafetimbi Gomis has failed to score in his last five Premier League games, having scored nine in his previous 10 league matches.

"sigh"
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The Doc

Sigh indeed.
It's bloody written innit!

If every Villa fan puts a tenner on Gomis to score and Swansea to win, would we have enough winnings to buy the club come 4.45?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Relax - I had a dream that we were winning 3-1 away against Newcastle and Luke Moore had scored twice, so  that's got to be a good omen.

[mamuu]

our first trip up in a while. 0-1 then.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'll be meeting Leeg and the kids in the fun zone before the game, and then we'll head into the no fun zone for a couple of hours.

[Dr Butler]

I'll be meeting Leeg and the kids in the fun zone before the game, and then we'll head into the no fun zone for a couple of hours.

I could not of put that any better myself....which "fun zone" will you be in ?  Bartons ? Aston Tavern ?

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[PeterWithesShin]

The proper fun zone for the kids by the Village. I never want to play any of the games in there, honest.

[Legion]

Family Fun Zone in the Academy building at VP.