Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Monty]

Just every time I hear '6' it's on some Tifo podcast or other I've put on out of desperation.

[cdbearsfan]

Take it up with John Gregory's.

Or Brian Little's?

He played five at the back so you aren't comparing like with like. We have had absolutely loads of midfielders play number six. Your assertion that this is somehow new or wrong is crazy talk. Wibble.

Our current number six is a midfielder, for starters.

[LeeB]

It can be. But 4 and 5 is the standard and dismissing the idea of having a 6 in midfield as some modern Spanish fad is a crazy take. Don't let him persuade you, Lee. He only wants to count 6 as a defender as a way of sneaking in five at the back when we aren't looking. He can't be trusted.

I habn't thought of that, and forgot we were dealing with one of the victorian bearded, cereal for tea, unicyclist crowd.

[TelfordVilla]

Dennis Mortimer wore 6 and he was definitely a midfielder

[Sexual Ealing]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

[cdbearsfan]

Just every time I hear '6' it's on some Tifo podcast or other I've put on out of desperation.

I don't even know what Tifo is but this podcast sounds terrible. Would recommend you stop this behaviour immediately. I found some Alan Bennett diaries to listen to on YouTube while "working". Much nicer.

[Monty]

That mano-a-mano with SE was about 3 (THREE) at the back. As Little showed, it can win trophies - even with the Villa.

I prefer 4 at the back. 3 CAN be a good formation, but in most hands it becomes a trudging, horrible 5. Takes a hell of a coach and/or very good players to make 3 at the back exciting. Happy, you big cultists?

Just every time I hear '6' it's on some Tifo podcast or other I've put on out of desperation.

I don't even know what Tifo is but this podcast sounds terrible. Would recommend you stop this behaviour immediately. I found some Alan Bennett diaries to listen to on YouTube while "working". Much nicer.

Aye, with your flatcap, whippet, Mr Kipling cherry bakewells, 4-4-fuckin'-2 and a Daily Express, ta.

[LeeB]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

I preferred their eponymous debut myself.

[cdbearsfan]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

Suede are fine but they're no Caravan. (C) LeeB.

[luke:lamf]

Whilst it may be a Villa standard, the repetition that 4 & 5 is the standard doesn't bear much weight. Having quickly scrolled through a few FA Cup final lineups on Wiki from the mid-70s onwards, 5&6 as the centre-backs is the most frequent pairing, but all manner of pairings have also turned up - 4&5 of course, but also 3&4.

[Sexual Ealing]

Look, can't we all just agree that Dog Man Star is the best Suede album?

I preferred their eponymous debut myself.

Unlike your caravan and 'production values' posts, this is a defensible position, however wrong it is.

[olaftab]

Dennis Mortimer wore 6 and he was definitely a midfielder

One of my big disappointments from that era but there is no way anyone was going to ask Allan Evans to give up number 4.

[Monty]

Anyway! Can Buendia play 8 in a 4-3-3? I think his workrate and ball-winning stats suggest he can, but he'll need to get bullied off the ball less. Surely if Ramsey can work it out so can he.

[WarszaVillan]

Anyway! Can Buendia play 8 in a 4-3-3? I think his workrate and ball-winning stats suggest he can, but he'll need to get bullied off the ball less. Surely if Ramsey can work it out so can he.

8 is a second striker anyway - see Shaw and Little for indisputable evidence.

[Monty]

Anyway! Can Buendia play 8 in a 4-3-3? I think his workrate and ball-winning stats suggest he can, but he'll need to get bullied off the ball less. Surely if Ramsey can work it out so can he.

8 is a second striker anyway - see Shaw and Little for indisputable evidence.

*Weeps into lunchtime cereal*