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The "Official" 2013/14 Other teams matches thread

Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Albrighton, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Giggs, Januzaj; Rooney, Welbeck
 
Jordinho said:
Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Albrighton, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Giggs, Januzaj; Rooney, Welbeck
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Take Rooney out of that side and there is nothing there, imo. Whoever is playing centre mid for Villa should fancy this game.
 
City's formation is clever, can get away with playing 442 as their wide players play like centre mids anyway so they don't get outnumbered there. Think something similar could work for us if we ever wanted to play Ade and Soldado/Defoe up front.
 
Mumorn said:
No Delph or Vlaar though. Not a great Villa side at all.
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Agreed. I'm not expert on Villa and rarely watch their games, but reading that start 11 up until Albrighton's name seems like a list of players that can be described as "mediocre at best". And even Albrighton and Agbonlahor are inconsistent and Benteke hasn't been scoring. I might be ignorant about some of their players and thus unfair in my judgement, but that team looks to me a lot worse than that United team player for player, even if ignoring Rooney.

Anyone more knowledgeable about Villa than me, who other than Benteke out of that Villa line-up would get into United's starting 11?
 
braineclipse said:
Agreed. I'm not expert on Villa and rarely watch their games, but reading that start 11 up until Albrighton's name seems like a list of players that can be described as "mediocre at best". And even Albrighton and Agbonlahor are inconsistent and Benteke hasn't been scoring. I might be ignorant about some of their players and thus unfair in my judgement, but that team looks to me a lot worse than that United team player for player, even if ignoring Rooney.

Anyone more knowledgeable about Villa than me, who other than Benteke out of that Villa line-up would get into United's starting 11?
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Rossi22 said:
City's formation is clever, can get away with playing 442 as their wide players play like centre mids anyway so they don't get outnumbered there. Think something similar could work for us if we ever wanted to play Ade and Soldado/Defoe up front.
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Thing is when Aguero went off, Negredo was isolated and didnt look anywhere near as good.
 
the dza said:
You are probably right. Ain't Villa also the worst side at home in the league?
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Not quite, but not far off either.

Tied for third worst along with West Ham and Fulham, all with 7 points each so far. Crushing Cardiff and Sunderland who have 5 and 3 respectively. (Fulham have played a game more at home than the rest, Cardiff a game less)
 
lurker of old said:
Delighted with Emirates Marketing Project's goals yesterday, even if their defending left something to be desired but.....as mentioned on another post I really like Pellegrini's attitude. Not following Spanish football, I had never heard of him before he went to City.
Question: does anyone here follow Spanish football, and has Pellegrini always played this kind of attacking football? Is it his trademark?
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His Villarreal team years ago with Senna and Riquelme were a joy to watch.
 
Rossi22 said:
City's formation is clever, can get away with playing 442 as their wide players play like centre mids anyway so they don't get outnumbered there. Think something similar could work for us if we ever wanted to play Ade and Soldado/Defoe up front.
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That was my point when debating about GB's 'we outplayed them in midfield' point regarding the City game. The point being made (not by GB) was that winning a midfield battle means winning a CENTRAL midfield battle...but in reality Navas and especially Nasri come in field a lot. Navas stays on the outside more than Nasri for sure but they way they set up is brilliant.
 
Wellbeck has the goals but Januzaj is the utd player that I've been impressed with the most this season.. Looks a real talent.
 
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