Aston Villa vs Fulham Pre-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I will go on Saturday and we will win.

[NorthYvillan]

Rogers needs a rest. He's not reading the game as well as he usually does - holding the ball too long, taking on "just one more" (and one too many) man - and losing possession too often. We have players who can step into his position so I think both he and the team would benefit.

[Hookeysmith]

Martinez (although if Olsen was a better class of keeper i would actually drop him to bring him back to earth.)

Garcia
Konsa
Mings (Limited ball player and i love Torres but he boiled my piss on Sat) Have to combat the treat from Jimenez
Maatsen

Onana  (thought Kamara was crap on Sat)
Tielemans

Ramsay
McGinn
Bailey (only one who had any credit on Sat)

Malen (Watkins acting like a spoilt brat because Rashford was picked over him) and was crap on sat

A few of them need a kick up the arse

[Toronto Villa]

We need to win and get some help from others slipping up. This last weekend was horrific on multiple levels.

[NorthYvillan]

Mings (Limited ball player

A bit harsh Hookeysmith. He may not be quites as good as Torres, but he's not bad for an English centre back - in fact I would say well above average

[Hookeysmith]

Mings (Limited ball player

A bit harsh Hookeysmith. He may not be quites as good as Torres, but he's not bad for an English centre back - in fact I would say well above average

Each to their own - If Mings plays a killer direct pass forward then it is the exception rather than the rule - but he is a great last ditch, body on the line, man in the trenches (think that is enough cliches) defender which i feel we need.

Palace was not the game for Torres and i cannot for the life of me see how SUE thought it was?

Fulham are direct and get the balls into the box - we need Mings and we will need him against Spurs with Wanky Solanki who also is decent in the air.

Bournemouth and Redfilth i would use Torres

[LeeB]

It's a game a week now we are out the cups so plenty of rest anyway . No Need to rest Rogers .

Not sure I follow that logic. We could rest him for the next match in the hope we get more from him in the final three. He's still knackered.

Logic?

[Paul.S]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

[ChicagoLion]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

I think we will carry on with rope a dope though.

[Villa Lew]

I'm confident we can overtake Chelsea, they have a tough run in,  plus the European matches, but Forest not so, we're almost certainly gonna have to win all 4 matches to have any chance.

[Paul.S]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

I think we will carry on with rope a dope though.

We’ve got some fresh players that should come in. Maatsen, Mings, Garcia, Ramsey and Onana should all start. There’s absolutely no reason we can’t go at them from the off.

[ChicagoLion]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

I think we will carry on with rope a dope though.

We’ve got some fresh players that should come in. Maatsen, Mings, Garcia, Ramsey and Onana should all start. There’s absolutely no reason we can’t go at them from the off.

The manager.

[Paul.S]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

I think we will carry on with rope a dope though.

We’ve got some fresh players that should come in. Maatsen, Mings, Garcia, Ramsey and Onana should all start. There’s absolutely no reason we can’t go at them from the off.

The manager.

Luckily he’s a world class coach so I’ll back his judgement.

[ChicagoLion]

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t go at the next 4 games full throttle.
Struggling to get up for this after Saturday’s capitulation but I’m sure the players will be at it. Win and it’s going to be European football again next season, 3 more wins after that and who knows?
We cannot allow this season the end on a low.

I think we will carry on with rope a dope though.

We’ve got some fresh players that should come in. Maatsen, Mings, Garcia, Ramsey and Onana should all start. There’s absolutely no reason we can’t go at them from the off.

The manager.

Luckily he’s a world class coach so I’ll back his judgement.

Yes, and he decides if we can “ go at them from the off “

[Monty]

Our problem is hardly not being attacking enough - if anything we're too attacking! We have too many players on the pitch who don't want to keep the ball but drive riskily at the defence leaving big gaps behind. The slow pace happens when we're looking for a way through and we have too many options stuck at the far end of the pitch, and not enough in the middle of the pitch.