Re: Aston Villa Texas Tour 2014: Match Reports and Comments Thread

[USVillan]

Villa [First Half]: Given [c], Hutton, Okore, Stevens, Baker, Herd, Bacuna, Gardner, Weimann, Bent, Grealish.

Villa [Second Half]: Steer, Lowton, Senderos, Clark, Bennett, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Delph, N’Zogbia, Agbonlahor, Richardson.

No Joe Cole already?!?

[Trotters]

WTF is going on there? How does Richardson and Bennett fit into that 2nd half line up?

[Green Villan]

Thanks USVillan :)

Trotters maybe Lambert is going to try Bennett at LM?

[USVillan]

Formations?

4-1-2-3
Given.
Hutton Okore Baker Stevens
Herd
Bacuna Gardner
Weimann  Bent  Grealish

4-2-3-1
Steer
Lowton Senderos Clark Richardson
Westwood Delph
N'Zogbia El Ahmadi Bennett(??????)
Agbonlahor

[Trotters]

And who the fuck is Stevens? Is that Enda Stevens? I thought we got rid of him ages ago?

If that is him, then why play him in that left back slot when he's never getting near the first team and then use two players who might at the same time in the 2nd game?

Either I'm confused or the heat has gotten to Lambert already.

[Trotters]

Formations?

4-1-2-3
Given.
Hutton Okore Baker Stevens
Herd
Bacuna Gardner
Weimann  Bent  Grealish

4-2-3-1
Steer
Lowton Senderos Clark Richardson
Westwood Delph
N'Zogbia El Ahmadi Bennett(??????)
Agbonlahor

Those make sense although swap Westwood and KEA.

[Green Villan]

I'd like to chalk it down to the heat mate but Lambert is known for his dodgy formations and line ups.

[USVillan]

And who the fuck is Stevens? Is that Enda Stevens? I thought we got rid of him ages ago?

If that is him, then why play him in that left back slot when he's never getting near the first team and then use two players who might at the same time in the 2nd game?

Either I'm confused or the heat has gotten to Lambert already.

It's Enda Stevens. Only ever loaned him out. Maybe this is last-chance saloon for him...He gets 45 minutes to prove his worth. If he can't, he doesn't make the Houston game.

Also, no Joe Cole, so needed to move someone into midfield to replace him (so probably how Bennett, who'd be a much better LM than Stevens, gets that role)

[Trotters]

Yeah, makes sense too. Cheers.

Cole injured?

[USVillan]

Yeah, makes sense too. Cheers.

Cole injured?

There were Twatter mumblings earlier today about him having a knock. Probably being held out as a precaution. He trained yesterday in the open session, apparently.

[USVillan]

Actually think first half will be a 4-1-3-2, possibly with Gardner dropping back. Possibly even a 4-2-3-1 with Herd and gardner holding/box-to-boxing and Weimann playing through the middle behind Bent.

Given.
Hutton Okore Baker Stevens
Herd
Bacuna Gardner Grealish
Weimann Bent

[Green Villan]

Nice girl singing the anthem.

[Green Villan]

Line up is 4-4-2 with Grealish as striker.

[South London Villan]

Comeon you lions!

[Green Villan]

Enda Stevens is looking confident, he's playing pretty good at the mo'.

[Trotters]

Okore looking a bit dodgy. Grealish (who my phone Autocorrects to Freakish) looks comfortable.

[Green Villan]

I thought Grealish has made a few mistakes.

[Keyser Soze]

What's the score?

[Green Villan]

0-0

Check out the game stream on youtube mate

[USVillan]

Actually really like Villa's off the ball movement right now. Everyone's moving around trying to get into open spaces. Nice shot by Stevens...

[USVillan]

Yep...that faint glimmer of hope that Chris Herd might, actually, be a football player has been completely dashed. Garbage player.

[Trotters]

We play in "clarette and blue" looololol.

[The Utterer]

Some shocking errors thus far from Herd, Okore & one or two others.. Giving the ball away far too softly often in dangerous areas too

[USVillan]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Weimann. 0-1 Villa

[Trotters]

Bent Weimann combo. One zero.

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