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I certainly think we should play those fringe players that are capable. Why not? Give anyone needing a rest, a rest. Anyone who needs a game for sharpness or fitness, give them a game. No need to rotate the whole 11, but 4 or 5 changes, why? Still be loads of experience and ability enough to beat most teams, certainly Villa.
I've been working on my Klinsmann dive, but i can't promise anything
Those suggesting we rotate our entire 11; are you saying we concentrate on winning the league now?
We're in form, and i am encouraged by our current performances in the league, but i also remember how we fair in other comps when we play our "second string".
Poch has taken some proper flak on here for not prioritising cup comps in the past. Villa are no longer a Premiership side, but they are not Non-League either. If we want to advance we need to play a strong side.
I think Poch will do what he always does and play a mixture of youth and bench players with a couple of first teamers to give us an air of quality. I can see it being a tough game, possibly a replay.
Its a good point mate......he does get stick for the cups, and maybe its not fair for us to now say rest everyone because we've gatecrashed the party at the top.
For us, it should be balance. Personally I think that the fringe players need to be played in the cups and maybe get a bit longer run out in certain games. Example Janssen surely could have got longer than 2 minutes when 4-1 up against Southampton.
I dont really like half n half teams, but its difficult and unfair to play a full second string home to Villa all the way through the comp, then drop them should we get Chelsea away in the semis.
We saw the effects (or ineffectiveness) of Conte throwing on Batshuyai at the end there....a player you have no faith in, and one who has little motivation to prove himself due to any efforts going unrewarded will not likely turn a game when needed.
Not saying Poch has done this, but a little more gentle integration wouldnt go a miss for Vinny, Onomah and Nkoudo. They could easily rotate more with Son, who can be massively frustrating.
My point? Not sure really.....not full strength, but not mixed, but not full second string....hmmm, not easy for the manager really is it!
No Victoria line at all due to strike. No trains from Northumberland Park or Tottenham Hale due to engineering works, on either Greater Anglia or Stansted Express. Nothing from South Tottenham. Literally the only way back to central London will be from WHL station, that'll be fun... and then we'll all be stranded at Liverpool St.Tube strike from 6pm should fuck up all of us trying to get home
Hopefully it will get called off.
You do all know that mike dean is going to fuck us over don't you!
Agreed Villa is a proper club PL is worse off for losing them.Poor chaps. Villa are one of the few clubs I don't mind, Plenty of others I'd have rather seen go down before them.