Aston Villa vs Brentford pre match thread

[Risso]

Guessing it's going to be something like this then:

Martinez
Cash Konsa Hause Young
Nakamba Luiz
Buendia Chuk El Ghazi
Ings

A Nakamba and Luiz partnership gives me horrible 'Nam style flashbacks to our Premier League season.

[dave.woodhall]

Stas, Richards, Lescott and Kozak.

[Ian.]

Add Jacob Ramsey and Mings, according to rumours.

I thought both of those had England calls up?

[cdbearsfan]

And McGinn has had a Scotland call up. Hasn't stopped rumours.

[Ian.]

Ok maybe, it’s just bollocks then.

[Risso]

And McGinn has had a Scotland call up. Hasn't stopped rumours.

It's up to the clubs when they pull them out I suppose, so if Smith was trying to play his cards close to his chest, he's hardly going to do it before this weekend. All clubs will surely decide who stays and goes to join up with England/Scotland after this weekend, surely?

[cdbearsfan]

None of the England/Scotland opponents are on the red list as far as I know, so I don't think clubs have any entitlement to refuse them going.

With McGinn, the rumour going around is that he would be unavailable for Scotland's first game but available again for their second and third.

He is so vital to the Scotland squad that I imagine they'd be happy to name him in the squad and take a chance that he was fit enough to join them for the latter matches. I'm not sure Mings is so vital to the England squad that Southgate would do the same.

[Monty]

If those rumours are true I'd play Conor rather than Chuck. Maximise the experience and improve our chances of nicking a set-piece goal. Bring on Carney if we're chasing the game, sure, but with an injury list that looks like that I'd forgive Dean for going safety first, second and third today.

[cdbearsfan]

Chuck is old enough, I reckon. Get him in. Bellingham is the same age and playing every week in Bundesliga. Play him further forward with Luiz and Nakamba behind and it isn't too high risk. We won plenty of games last season with Barkley doing an invisible man impression in the same spot. Alternatively, leave Buendia in the "Barkley" spot, bung JPB out wide.

[Monty]

I'd be really excited to see Chucky in there, I think he's a superstar in the making. I just mean that I'd understand if, with half the team in hospital, Smith felt more than a bit cautious.

[Lastfootstamper]

Conor.
Safety first.
There's three words not often seen in close proximity.

[Ian.]

Well he’s not been afraid to play Ramsey so it wouldn’t surprise me to see either Chuck or JPB in contention for a start.

[steamer]

Only commentary available again for the game on Villa TV
Same as watford
Only game from premier not on TV here, have we become camera shy ?

[cdbearsfan]

Where's "here"? They're banned from showing 3pm games live in the UK. There was an exception when crowds were banned as they had no other way of seeing the games. Now crowds are back, no 3pm games will be shown this season except for, maybe, the Scottish Cup Final.

Edit: he's not in the UK. Ignore this post.

[TonyD]

Play the kids Deano.