The Midfield

[footyskillz]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

[brian green]

Bloody hell footy.  A contextual flair player?   Nobody says that kinda thing in these here parts.   

[BOB MANSFIELD]

Brian, I think he means Benny Carbone........hmmmm.

[Clark W Griswold]

I'd expect it to look something like this...

------------------Johnstone---------------
Hutton-------Chester----Baker-----Amavi
--------------Jedinak---Hourahane--------
Adomah----------Lansbury-----------Ayew
--------------------Kodjia-------------------

But I hope we get a better right back and a
Proper left attacker before the end of the window.

[footyskillz]

Who scored.com article sums things up -

"Villa, beyond Kodjia, simply lack difference makers in the final third, which is why Lansbury has been signed. The new addition has averaged 1.7 key passes per game this season - only struggling Ross McCormack has averaged more for Villa - and it’s telling that the club’s destroyer in the middle of the park Mile Jedinak has created the most chances from open play (12) of all the central midfielders.

While Lansbury should prove an astute acquisition in that regard, Bruce’s interest in Barnsley captain Conor Hourihane is perhaps the more pertinent. The former Sunderland youth player has registered more assists than any other Championship player this season (11) and while that owes much to his superb ability over a dead ball, his vision in picking out his striker would be a real asset.

His set pieces certainly account for a large amount of his 59 key passes - almost three times as many as any Villa player (20) - but over half have been from open play. Moreover, the energy and tenacity that both he and Lansbury would bring to the midfield would make Villa are far more difficult to dominate in the middle ground, were they to flank Jedinak as would be expected. With a combined average of 7 tackles per game between that trio, Bruce would have a strong blend of brawn and brains in a position that to now has been overrun since his appointment.

Lansbury and Hourihane's arrivals wouldn’t change the fact that Aston Villa’s mission is now looking improbable, if not impossible, but a midfield revamp is just what the Dr ordered as Tony Xia continues to put his money where his mouth is."

[footyskillz]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

[Alex77]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

[Alex77]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Or perhaps, if you could bring one midfielder back from the last 20 years and slot him straight in to the current side, who would it be?

[dave.woodhall]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Or perhaps, if you could bring one midfielder back from the last 20 years and slot him straight in to the current side, who would it be?

Andy Townsend.

[Axl Rose]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Or perhaps, if you could bring one midfielder back from the last 20 years and slot him straight in to the current side, who would it be?

Andy Townsend.

Merson instead of Grealish.

[Alex77]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Or perhaps, if you could bring one midfielder back from the last 20 years and slot him straight in to the current side, who would it be?

Andy Townsend.

Merson instead of Grealish.

Taylor would be a close second but Carbone is the source of many happy memories for me. I was there at the Leeds match when he destroyed them. It was all short lived but still good times!

[footyskillz]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Barry Milner Petrov

[footyskillz]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Or perhaps, if you could bring one midfielder back from the last 20 years and slot him straight in to the current side, who would it be?

Barry

[Alex77]

Fair play to Bruce.  looking to fix midfield and certainly give both opportunity to play 2 in there with robust and dynamism as Well as at times a 3. I see new look midfield as being able to sit and hold and one go while other can also makes run from deep.
Hourihane Lansbury and I wouldn't be averse to a contextual flair player from abroad coming too for midfield savvy.

 It’s not often a team gets relegated and ends up with a better midfield.

Is this Icelandic player okay for us as the contextual flair player from abroad ??
Yes sir he is.
Trust !

You wouldn't have thought it would be that difficult considering the crap on offer! What do you think  the last top quality central midfield partnership we had was?

Barry Milner Petrov

Not so sure on Petrov,  but I'd take either of the other two. What are the chances of bringing them back? (Ps. Don't answer)

[ASHTONVILLA]

Does Cowans scrape into the last 20 years? If not then Townsend or Parker.