Watford vs Aston Villa Pre match thread - Saturday, Aug 14th 3pm

[sickbeggar]

*shudders*

[Drummond]

Fucking hell. From 5 years ago. May 2016

My god. That's a side to strike fear into the opposition supporters.

[Risso]

Fucking hell. From 5 years ago. May 2016

That should come in NSFW tags!

[Risso]

I wonder if Young could play DM? Old and wise, should be able to read the game better than anyone. I'm spitballing. Not sure if he'd have the legs though.

No, no, no, no and no. No.

Please can we stop suggesting players who aren't defensive midfielders, and just buy a good one? Thank you.

[Smithy]

I'd start Young wide left instead of El Ghazi. He's looked sharp as fuck.

I haven't seen any of the pre-season games beyond the highlights, but has Young been playing further forward? I thought he'd been brought in to compete with Targett?  If he's still got it going forward, then great, but hasn't he been playing as a left-back for about the last five years?

[Drummond]

I think Watkins could play as DM. He's got the pace and legs for it........ hahaha, no, not ever, not really etc etc.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Gueye and Ayew (and maybe Westwood) were decent.

The rest is horrific.

[sickbeggar]

I'd forgotten about some of them. Must be the mind's way of protecting you from trauma.

[KRS]

Fucking hell. From 5 years ago. May 2016

Christ on a bike…that’s scary! 😳

What was the result that day?

[Risso]

Bunn

Lyden, Lescott, Toner, Cissokho.

That must be the single worst keeper and back four combination in Villa's entire 150 year history. Bloody hell.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Truly depressing day out. Villa fans cheering as Arsenal’s goals went in. I honestly thought it would be our last premier league game for many years.

[Toronto Villa]

Fucking hell. From 5 years ago. May 2016

Christ on a bike…that’s scary! 😳

What was the result that day?

We conceded after 5 min as everyone expected us to do and then kept it “tight” until late on when they scored 3 times capped off by a Bunn OG. A bigger team of turds you’d be hard pushed to find. Final score 4-0.

[caster troy]

Fucking hell. From 5 years ago. May 2016

Christ on a bike…that’s scary! 😳

What was the result that day?

We conceded after 5 min as everyone expected us to do and then kept it “tight” until late on when they scored 3 times capped off by a Bunn OG. A bigger team of turds you’d be hard pushed to find. Final score 4-0.

Did a 'where are they now' for that lot. With the exception of Gueye, it doesn't make good reading.

Bunn - Retired
Cissokho - Thai league 2
Lescott - Retired
Toner - Spanish Division 4
Bacuna - Cardiff
Gueye - PSG
Westwood - Burnley
Sanchez - Free agent
Lyden - Swindon
Sinclair - Preston
Ayew - Crystal Palace

[sickbeggar]

Lyden got promoted I think with Swindon. Think he's still a bit injury prone though.

[Risso]

That final game was our 12th defeat in 13 games. Subs that day:

1   (G)   B Guzan
4   (D)   M Richards (65)
25   (M)   Carles Gil
40   (M)   G Ratboy (75)
20   (F)   A Traore
29   (F)   R Hepburn-Murphy
39   (F)   R Gestede