Aston Villa vs. Man City Match Thread

[Dave Cooper please]

Is Westwood injured. Not that i'm complaining if not, like.

Might still be suffering from concussion.

[Somniloquism]

Is Westwood injured. Not that i'm complaining if not, like.

Concussion remember, although he might not.

[PaulWinch again]

Come on Villa.

[purpletrousers]

Our current best 11 players on the pitch, in their best positions? What madness is this?

I know. I can't quite get my head around this!

It does make a change doesn't it. At least we've selected a team with some common sense!

[SamTheMouse]

That's the midfield three I was hoping to see: Gana, Sanchez and Veretout. That's a physical and energetic combination, and Veretout can knock it about a bit too. And Gil starts.

Even if we get spanked, at least it's a team selection that looks completely logical.

[Smirker]

We look better already.

[exigo]

Seems to be a sort of 4-1-4-1. And so far it looks good.

[Proposition Joe]

There's definitely a bit more coherence in our play, for want of a better word.

[Villa in Denmark]

What's all this passing the ball and movement off the ball bollocks?

[ez]

We're not playing like a club bottom of the league.

[ozzjim]

Gil is very much the focal point.

Keeping shape better.

Not convinced by Ayew at the top, think we need a bigger, stronger striker there with Ayew out wide

[tim]

Hutton's looking pretty convincing so far.

[SamTheMouse]

Gil is very much the focal point.

Keeping shape better.

Not convinced by Ayew at the top, think we need a bigger, stronger striker there with Ayew out wide

I suspect that will be a priority in January.

[villadelph]

Pretty impressive opening 10..

[maigrait]

Stroking the ball around nicely. Getting back into formation when city attack. For now look good...