Aston Villa vs Dogheads pre match - Wednesday, Jan 4th - 8pm

[Skerra]

Sorry guys but I have Villa to win as part of my accumulater…we know what comes next!!

[Ian.]

Sorry guys but I have Villa to win as part of my accumulater…we know what comes next!!

One rule of an accumulator - never pick your own club!

[pauliewalnuts]

Sorry guys but I have Villa to win as part of my accumulater…we know what comes next!!

One rule of an accumulator - never pick your own club!

I have a rule to never bet on Villa at all EXCEPT the one bet on them that I reckon I have made a decent profit from these last ten years - Villa to lead at half time, lose on 90 mins.

You can normally get at least 25/1 on that.

[Dave P]

Just put this on the VP Development thread but I've just been online and totted up 2014 seats available for tonight.  With everything going on such as schools back, train strikes, £50+ tickets etc, I'd say this is a great effort.

[Ian.]

Sorry guys but I have Villa to win as part of my accumulater…we know what comes next!!

One rule of an accumulator - never pick your own club!

I have a rule to never bet on Villa at all EXCEPT the one bet on them that I reckon I have made a decent profit from these last ten years - Villa to lead at half time, lose on 90 mins.

You can normally get at least 25/1 on that.

I only ever do five team accas and never bet on a single match, however, that is an excellent tip.

[Hookeysmith]

I don’t think Ramsey is walking back in after injury. Luiz has been in promo shots for the game. He will be fine I reckon. McGinn and Donck out. I see possibly this line up

Martinez
Cash
Digne
Konsa
Mings
Kamara
Luiz
Coutinho
Bailey
Buendia
Watkins

Coutinhio and Buendia both starting?

Surely you would want a bit of muscle in the midfield to complement Luis / Kamara? - i would play Sanson or Nakamba

[coreyfeldman]

I could see chambers starting next to Bouba for this

[Hookeysmith]

I could see chambers starting next to Bouba for this

Then Sanson and Nakamba might as well start packing as there cannot be any hope for them

[clash city rocker]

My bets tonight.
Villa to score 2 or more    5/4
Villa to score 3 or more     9/2

[Toronto Villa]

I don’t think Ramsey is walking back in after injury. Luiz has been in promo shots for the game. He will be fine I reckon. McGinn and Donck out. I see possibly this line up

Martinez
Cash
Digne
Konsa
Mings
Kamara
Luiz
Coutinho
Bailey
Buendia
Watkins

Coutinhio and Buendia both starting?

Surely you would want a bit of muscle in the midfield to complement Luis / Kamara? - i would play Sanson or Nakamba

I think this needing muscle thing is much less important than having players who can keep the ball, pass it quickly and accurately. Kamara isn’t exactly a strapping lad but he’s in the right place at the right time and makes simple passes well and makes complexes longer passes look simple. We need more of that and I think Coutinho has that ability as well being someone who can carry the ball from midfield into the final third. That’s a critical link between midfield and the forwards which we would be missing by adding a more conservative midfield player.

[Risso]

That's a decent idea TV, I just don't think he'll start both of them. If McGinn's out I think he'll stick Bailey wide right and put Ings up front next to Watkins.

[WarszaVillan]

That's a decent idea TV, I just don't think he'll start both of them. If McGinn's out I think he'll stick Bailey wide right and put Ings up front next to Watkins.

Or maybe Cash wide right, it worked well when he came on at Spurs.

[paul_e]

In the system we've been playing I think it's hard to fit Bailey, Buendia and Coutinho at the same time. If Buendia is fit then I wouldn't be surprised to see Bailey drop out from TVs team but I'm not sure who the replacement would be, Cash, Sanson and Ings all work but in different ways. I think we might see Ings and Watkins together for this one.

Martinez
Cash Konsa Mings Digne
Buendia Kamara Luiz Coutinho
Watkins Ings

but with us regularly shifting to a 433 to number up with them in midfield.

[coreyfeldman]

I could see chambers starting next to Bouba for this

Then Sanson and Nakamba might as well start packing as there cannot be any hope for them

I think that's been pretty obvious for quite some time

[ChicagoLion]

I think he might want some security in respect of Baby oil.