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I reckon Toby to start as he's missed a lot of football and could do with sharpening up a bit more. He's not put a foot wrong since his return from injury though.
You have a point there. Also, keeping Toby sharp for the West Brom game (where we'll be relying on him to head clearances from set pieces) would be a good idea.
Perhaps start him with a view to subbing off after 60 minutes if the match is won?
Any americans know if this will be on tv?
It's on ESPN here in Australia so it should be televised somewhere.
If not, there will be stream of it available.
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I know Villa aren't Gillingham, but we really need to prove to ourselves (as well as the players involved tomorrow) that our squad can cope with being in 3 competitions...
yes yes yes the Premier League is first and foremost... but come on, if we don't win it, it would be nice to win something... that's where theUEFA Cup Europa League and F.A Cup (and the fringe players in our squad) come in!
I really wanna win the F.A Cup... does that make me a bad man?
Man City look like they were taking it seriously last night... and they're minted! ...plus i'm pretty sure they've also got eyes on the PL too...
I'd like to think we could challenge for the League, whilst still taking the Cups seriously... guess what, we can have our cake and eat it!
yes yes yes the Premier League is first and foremost... but come on, if we don't win it, it would be nice to win something... that's where the
I really wanna win the F.A Cup... does that make me a bad man?
Man City look like they were taking it seriously last night... and they're minted! ...plus i'm pretty sure they've also got eyes on the PL too...
I'd like to think we could challenge for the League, whilst still taking the Cups seriously... guess what, we can have our cake and eat it!
...and lest we forget, WBA are a much better team this season, than in any of the previous few seasons where they seem to have been able to take points off us!
Then again, this season's Chelsea are supposedly a much better team than previous incarnations that have had so much success against us down the last 2 decades!!
Rest all the CFC starters bar Toby and Eric.
Keep the back 3, get the other 8 outfield players to get familiar with it. And Vorm.
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Trippier Sissoko Winks Davies
Son Jannsen GKN
Strong defence;
Gives game time to alot who need it;
Lots of pace up front;
Good crossing from both sides, Janssen is good in the air;
Wanyama is best used in games where we need to get possession off the other team (Citeh, Chavs). Villa will be a rotated Championship team, not the same at all.
Kane Moose and Rose to come off the bench if things going tits up.
This rotated team is 100 times better than the misfits who lost 2 years ago at home to Leicester.
Keep the back 3, get the other 8 outfield players to get familiar with it. And Vorm.
Vorm
Dier Toby Wimmer
Trippier Sissoko Winks Davies
Son Jannsen GKN
Strong defence;
Gives game time to alot who need it;
Lots of pace up front;
Good crossing from both sides, Janssen is good in the air;
Wanyama is best used in games where we need to get possession off the other team (Citeh, Chavs). Villa will be a rotated Championship team, not the same at all.
Kane Moose and Rose to come off the bench if things going tits up.
This rotated team is 100 times better than the misfits who lost 2 years ago at home to Leicester.
Is it live? Thought they were only showing it Monday at 4pm
I'm pretty sure, mate. ESPN2 at 3am is what I read.
We will win this game imo. Villa are in the doldrums.
The difficulty comes if/when we draw a good PL side in the FA cup, are still in the EL & still chasing top 4. The games start to come thick & fast then, & we will likely start to see burnout if the squad isn't rotated correctly. Wholesale changes never really seem to work for us, but I wouldn't expect to see too many of the first XI tomorrow.
Getting the job done early is the key. Then use subs to increase integration of the younger players.
The difficulty comes if/when we draw a good PL side in the FA cup, are still in the EL & still chasing top 4. The games start to come thick & fast then, & we will likely start to see burnout if the squad isn't rotated correctly. Wholesale changes never really seem to work for us, but I wouldn't expect to see too many of the first XI tomorrow.
Getting the job done early is the key. Then use subs to increase integration of the younger players.
Thanks dude
At Southampton he probably felt similar to at Espanyol - that he couldn't win the league title with them, only maybe the cups, or quality for the Europa and try to win that. With us though, he can win anything he likes.
In fairness, it looked from the outside like his motivation for leaving Southampton was over them firing Cortese and letting all their good players go (he was certainly right regarding player sales, as the following two seasons have shown).
You're right about us though. Spurs are unique amongst the top 6 when you consider the radical changes to our training ground and stadium that have happened/will happen in the past few years.
We also have a youth/transfer policy that seems almost tailor made to him.
At Spurs, he could genuinely become a club legend if our trajectory continues the way it is. If he can keep us stable for a couple of years then we'll also be bringing in match revenue to push our wage structure into the same playing field as the other big boys (what we do with our current wage structure is staggering and criminally overlooked by pundits).
