Aston Villa vs West Ham Pre-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

Sunday 28th August, 2pm.

Villa 13/10, Draw 12/5, West Ham 21/10.

Here you go, F-V. Can we have a home win, please.

[richtheholtender]

1-2 Mcginn

[Footy-Vill]

Pressure is on if we lose and I can see last week performance wanting to be improved upon. We did well with a win and gain some confidence versus Bolton.

Would be nice for a clean sheet against a team that hasn't even score a goal this season. So let's say we get a win.
2-0.

Considering we don't seem to draw many games.
And I'm confident SG will field the select horses for this course:

Martinez
Cash, Chambers, Mings, Digne
Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn,
Bailey, Watkins, Coutinho

[Deano's Mullet]

They'll bully our midfield and no one hands out gifts to teams in need as frequently as the Villa. 1-3 defeat.

[Brazilian Villain]

3-0 with Cam coming off the bench to score the third with Villa Park rocking in the sunshine.

[Footy-Vill]

West Ham are bottom of the league lost all matches.
They haven't scored a goal
They have little turnaround time from playing in Denmark.
They are struggling to find right balance of new players and last seasons ones.

They lost to promoted Nottingham Forest away 1-0 so I think Villa can beat them with crowd behind us.

[Sexual Ealing]

"Are you a football team, or a football player, with a conspicuous problem with scoring goals? If so, Villa Park offers a number of attractive packages to get you back firing again without any resistance at all! Come to Villa Park at your earliest opportunity. We're just off the M6. You won't regret it!"

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

A difficult fixture for Villa! Gerrard vs Moyes.
McGinn and Ramsey continuing in midfield would be a worry, as would Cash and Digne pretending to be wingers.
A loss, with likely losses in the following 2 games will place pressure on our manager, so he needs a win.
Despite whu's poor early season form, if our team selection is off the mark, I can see us losing this one.

[LeonW]

"Are you a football team, or a football player, with a conspicuous problem with scoring goals? If so, Villa Park offers a number of attractive packages to get you back firing again without any resistance at all! Come to Villa Park at your earliest opportunity. We're just off the M6. You won't regret it!"

As it always seems to have been thus.

[Villa in Denmark]

West Ham are bottom of the league lost all matches.
They haven't scored a goal
They have little turnaround time from playing in Denmark.
They are struggling to find right balance of new players and last seasons ones.

They lost to promoted Nottingham Forest away 1-0 so I think Villa can beat them with crowd behind us.

They've been 600 miles across the North Sea, it's not like they've been to Azerbaijan.

It's barely more than Southampton playing Newcastle mid week.

[Ads]

Travelling is knackering.

[Baldy]

                                          Martinez

          Cash          Chambers             Mings            Digne

Buendia                   Luiz                Kamara                Ramsey

                                     Coutinho (roaming)

                                         Ings 

Be brave Stevie G. McGinn, Watkins currently don't deserve a first team spot and gives protection for our full backs to attack.                           

[Nii Lamptey]

If ever there was a dead cert with gambling, it's this one. Away win nailed on I'm afraid.

[ChicagoLion]

This is a big one for SG for all sorts of reasons.
If he puts the right team out we can beat them but it is a big IF.

[Ads]

My team;

Martinez

Cash
Chambers
Mings
Digne

Kamara
Luiz

Coutinho
Buendia

Ings
Watkins

I think a 4222, with the double box pressing aggressively is what's required. Looking at West Ham against Man City and Brighton, having their midfield forced narrow created a few problems. (1) it created passing lanes and space for the full backs to attack (2) it made them susceptible to the switch (3) it saw their double pivot was overran with numbers on a regular basis.

We have to do the basics better, we have to work incredibly hard and press aggressively as a unit high up the pitch. But with Ings dropping deeper into a false 9, it occupies Rice and a centre half (positionally at least) for Watkins to attack the gap with through balls. This is where Brighton scored their 2nd and Emi and Pip both played some lovely diagonals on Tuesday. If we create space for either, they're both good enough to punish it. Also gives us numbers when attacking wide, as both forwards and 10s can hit the box, with the double pivot higher up. One of the full backs has to be disciplined though.

This is where West Ham have come unstuck, feel this would amplify issues they've faced already so far with problems I dont think Moyes knows how to solve. Not the only way to beat them of course and I doubt we'll see it, but my musings nonetheless.