Aston Villa v Chelsea Match Thread

[Steve kirk]

Same midfield 3 yet again, why buy Dendoncker ? Sanson and Nakamba warming the bench forever with hardly any chance of any game time.

[Proposition Joe]

Another game where we are going to use Underpants Gnomes tactics and nothing else.

Step 1. Do crosses
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Score goals

[ez]

Shit or bust by the look of it.

[PaulWinch again]

Good grief that’s a horror show. Oh well win please.

[KevinGage]

Another game where we are going to use Underpants Gnomes tactics and nothing else.

Step 1. Do crosses
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Score goals

Sounds about right.

Billy McBingo rehashed.

[Steve67]

Shit or bust by the look of it.

That's my reading of it Ez. 

[dave.woodhall]

Gotta love a bench with 0 attackers.

Well if Archer isn’t fit enough then we don’t have any other out-and-out strikers. Coutinho and Buendia are front three forward players though.

Surely there's someone in the under-23s who could get on the bench instead of midfielders who won't get a runout short of nuclear war.

[kippaxvilla2]

He’s just said on sky it’s to improve us in the final third and make us more potent. Agree with that.  Then he went on to say other than that performances have been good.  Strangely I disagree with that.

[ez]

Sorry for the cliche but it screams of rearranging the deckchairs on the titanic.

[PaulWinch again]

I just think whatever shape that midfield is it’s horribly unbalanced. The front two then just don’t work.

[SamTheMouse]

Well the line-up looks turd and we're all expecting to get thumped.

So we'll probably end up putting in our best performance of the season.

[levico]

Very relaxed about todays game. I don’t expect anything so I won’t be too disappointed.

Might even lead to the hapless Scouser being sacked so….

[Goldie.7]

I wonder if Watkins will do anything today like maybe score a goal?

[Proposition Joe]

He’s just said on sky it’s to improve us in the final third and make us more potent. Agree with that.  Then he went on to say other than that performances have been good.  Strangely I disagree with that.

Strikers won't improve us in the final third. Having a system that creates chances will.

[villadelph]

Broadcast is showing it’s a 4-4-2 with a diamond in the midfield and Bailey behind the strikers..?