Aston Villa (A) 6/3/21 Build-Up & Match Thread

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

It's Villa so shouldn't really be experimenting but:
----‐---‐-----------Rui‐‐‐-----‐--------------
--Semedo--Boly--Coady--Jonny--
---------------Otasowie‐-----------------
-----------Neves-----Donk‐-------------
------Neto------Fabio-----Adama---

 

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

Shocking.. No-one is bleating for Otasowie to start....

Jeez the lad had a brain fart against a rampant City. He wasn't the only one. He just got punished for it. He shouldn't have been on the pitch, given the match scenario at the time. You might not rate him. That's your pov. However, he's not been given a fair crack of the whip since playing so well against Chelsea at Molineux, last December, in arguably the best match of this arduous season.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Rui
Semedo Boly Saiss Jonny
Neves Donk
Neto MGW Traore
Silva

 

[YoungWolf]

Jeez the lad had a brain fart against a rampant City. He wasn't the only one. He just got punished for it. He shouldn't have been on the pitch, given the match scenario at the time. You might not rate him. That's your pov. However, he's not been given a fair crack of the whip since playing so well against Chelsea at Molineux, last December, in arguably the best match of this arduous season.

I feel sorry for him after that (as mental as his mistake was!).

Nuno rates him enough to be in the matchday squad, and we've seen some of his qualities. He's not a DM though in Nuno's eyes I don't think though.

 

[Sniffer]

There were 3 Wolves players close to him and none gave him an option to pass to. You could say he should have put it in row z but we were losing with a couple of minutes left. There’s also him wanting to shine but only having 2 minutes to impress.

 

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

I feel sorry for him after that (as mental as his mistake was!).

Nuno rates him enough to be in the matchday squad, and we've seen some of his qualities. He's not a DM though in Nuno's eyes I don't think though.

Ok it's only me but I would have thrown Jose on, instead of OO, who I hope gets a better chance to show us what he can/can't do. Those minutes against a rampant City would have done more harm than good to the kid. Poor from Nuno, for me. Young players need a bit of protection.

 

[YoungWolf]

Who did he come on for, Moutinho? Guess he was the most like for like sub to make at that point, if the sub was neccesary

 

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

Rui
Semedo Boly Saiss Jonny
Neves Donk
Neto MGW Traore
Silva

Must admit to liking the look of that. Has the added bonus of giving "one of our own" another chance.

 

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

Who did he come on for, Moutinho? Guess he was the most like for like sub to make at that point, if the sub was neccesary

If you referring to OO against City, it was for Neves. The irony being Moutinho was by that stage walking around the pitch.

 

[Loki]

Don`t think the lad had been on long had he?

 

[Lupo]

Smith confirms that Greasy will miss the game

 

[YoungWolf]

Don`t think the lad had been on long had he?

Was his only touch I think!

 

[Kenny]

Was his only touch I think!

So does that mean his last 2 touches have = Missing a sitter for a last second winner and giving the ball away for a goal

Really testing his mental ability right now!

 

[Tony Towner]

Smith confirms that Greasy will miss the game

He actually said unlikely

 

[Walnut]

I heard he as shin splinters. Probably from all the falling over he does

 

[Norman Deeley]

Ok it's only me but I would have thrown Jose on, instead of OO, who I hope gets a better chance to show us what he can/can't do. Those minutes against a rampant City would have done more harm than good to the kid. Poor from Nuno, for me. Young players need a bit of protection.

Couldn't agree more. That it was a ridiculous substitution.

 

[Kenny]

It's only a ridiculous sub if he knows within a minute he will give the ball away. Maybe he thought 5 or so mins getting a close up view of how a world class team operate would be a nice part of his education.
Bastard easy to be the smart arse after the event. If you are not careful Boris will have to stop calling SKS Captain Hindsight and start throwing it around on here.

What happens if Jose comes on, loses a challenge and City ping it forward and they score. Apart from dealing with Deutsch falling over to type angry words about him do we claim it was a ridiculous sub and Owen or Vintinha or MGW should have come on?

 

[AndyWolves]

Jonny has transferred out WJ and transferred in Ollie Watkins in his FPL team

No reports of any villa putting Grealish in but then there are no reports of any villa doing anything

 

[YoungWolf]

So when Jonny fouls Watkins in the box we will know why...

 

[Kenny]

Jonny has transferred out WJ and transferred in Ollie Watkins in his FPL team

No reports of any villa putting Grealish in but then there are no reports of any villa doing anything

Not dropped just Jonny talking with Dan I think