So who is doing the write up? Let's hope we see some different tactics and players for this one. Watford 4-0 Aston Villa
2-1 Villa. Watford chasing a goal in the second half bring on Pantilimon for Gomes with 10 minutes to go in a cunning tactical move. Tough afternoon for the Quique Sanchez Flores chant.
The only things I'm interested in regarding the line up are that Berghuis and Jakubiak get a look in, and we STOP with the 4 CMs across the middle.
Gomes Paredes Cathcart Prodl Ake Suarez Watson Berghuis Jurado Amrabat Deeney 4-2-3-1. Would like us to have a go at this. I'm sure people have their own ideas on different players but I feel we have the right players for this formation
That's what I would go with but Behrami in for Watson and maybe even Anya in one of the full back positions.
Agreed definitely think he'll go 4-2-3-1 Deeney should be up for this one. Is a deeney fantasy football captain a bad gamble?
--------------Gomes------------ Nyom-- Cathcart Prodl Anya-- --------Suarez--Behrami------- Berghuis ---Jurado --Amrabat ------------Deeney------------- Jakubiak to get a run out also. We won't learn anything new from playing Ighalo, Britos, Ake etc.
QSF is as good as gone really if reports are to be believed so why will he bother trying anything new? It's of no benefit to him.
JB , like the formation but a bit risky playing Gomes, who is not a CM , in goal . An injured Capoue in goal would be my only alteration .
It's never too late in life for someone to change their ways, even more so in football. The odds on villa are too good to turn down. Betting against us for the first time maybe ever? Win win situation.
Gomes Paredes Cathcart Britos Ake Suarez Behrami Guedioura Jurado Amrabat Deeney Subs: Pantilimon Nyom Prodl Watson Berghuis Anya Ighalo
At the beginning of the season two colleagues of mine, who are both Villa fans, both bet me that Villa would finish above Watford and they would also beat us on aggregate in the two games. They bet £50 each for each bet. That means, if Watford draw or win at the weekend, I win £100 from each of them! I thought I would share some of their quotes at the beginning of the season. 1. 20th May - Aston Villa preparing £15m bid for Charlie Austin - "This is exactly who we need to play alongside Benteke. How could micky mouse clubs like Watford even try and compete against this force." 2. 25th June - Watford close to signing Etienne Capoue. "Isn't he the overpriced flunk from Spurs? Ah ok.... Micah Richards will gobble him up for breakfast. 3. 3rd July - Idrissa Gueye undergoes Villa medical. "Basically worth more than the entire Watford midfield. Just another squad player for us" 4. 31st July - 'Aston Villa's defence is probably in the top 5 defences in the league'....'If our 3 signings come through today, I really think we have a fighting chance of Europe' 5. 31st July - Aston Villa announce signing of Veretout - Another one who will pull the shorts down of the Watford midfield. 6. Watford beat interest from several clubs including Villa to sign Nathan Ake - Yeah, I could see the attraction of going to Watford over Villa. Wait, silly me, I’m being ridiculous. Of course I can’t!!! Our name is to boost the profile of the story. It’s like saying, Luke joined (insert my company name) against interest from JP Morgan, Coutts and Goldman Sachs. Cant wait to take their money.
I said at the start of the season that we were now a bigger club than Villa and was admonished for those views. Please extend your apologies in this thread.
I remember that, here's link to my tongue in check Scrabble post, it was good fun re-reading the comments on the previous two pages... http://www.wfcforums.com/showthread.php?55404-Odion-Ighalo&p=1124374&viewfull=1#post1124374
I'm still sulking about Sunday's tripe. Hope the players are feeling more upbeat than I am about all things WFC-related or this really will be a turgid afternoon
Kozaks sure been a beast in his 258 minutes of football (with 0 goals)! Somewhat funnily, the players ratios match up almost perfectly to those stats at the start of last season. In the PL this season Kozak: 0 goals in 3 games Ayew: 6 goals in 27 games. 1 goal every 4.5 games Gestede: 5 goals in 31 games. 1 goal every 6.2 games Gil: 2 goals in 23 games. 1 goal every 11.5 games Veretout: 0 goals in 25 games
Gomes; Nyom, Cathcart, Britos, Ake; Behrami, Watson; Guedioura, Deeney, Jurado; Ighalo SUBS: Pantilimon, Prodl, Paredes, Suarez, Abdi, Anya, Amrabat Nothing left to play for, so let's just finish the job and go out with a bang over the next four games.
Gomes Nyom Cathcart Britos Ake (I'd rather not play Ake as I don't see the point, but what is the alternative?) Suarez Watson Berghuis Jurado Holebas Deeney Berhuis and Holebas have some freedom to roam, swap sides, see what happens
I predict middle-aged men throughout the Rookery telling their kids off for misbehaving. The Dad is frustrated because Watford is his escape, and screaming abuse at the team and manager is the only way he can handle the void created by the most boring football ever. The kids are equally bored to misery, but can find retreat in trying to throw sweets in each others mouth. Of course, after some near misses, a sweet inevitably hits Dad in the face, and the bag of sweets explodes everywhere. The Dad is now even more furious, and the kids start crying. Both the Dad and the kids eventually settle in to a quiet sulk. With 84 minutes on the clock, Dad tells the kids to get their stuff together because they'll be leaving early to beat the traffic. Watford win 1-0 with a late scrambled goal from Ighalo. Steven Berghuis replaces him in the 88th minute. Flores tells the media that Aston Villa are an amazing team. Jurado tweets a picture of himself doing a spin with "GREAT VICTORY FOR GOLDEN BOYS. THANKU TO FANS!"
Aston Villa As the season is over, the manager's sacked and most of the squad will be moved on and replaced over the summer, are we bothering to post match threads anymore? Vyla is in Birmingham Architecture pictures They used to win **** now they are **** Key players - none History between the two sides - there are rivals local pubs - the gun barrels, the grant Game - football Likely outcome - two sets of fans not bothered by the result. Not sure if I was officially on the rota for this one or not.
