closed Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea
PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS



2019/20 Premier League Match 30
21st June, Sunday 2020
Villa Park
16:15 Kick Off (UK time)

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Keep this going!! Dont drop points if Leicester do before hand..make this into a lovely run of wins.

[Jase 43,479]

CAN WE GET OUR FIRST AWAY LEAGUE WIN SINCE LATE DECEMBER?!

[Laylabelle 9,359]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

CAN WE GET OUR FIRST AWAY LEAGUE WIN SINCE LATE DECEMBER?!

Wow has it been that long?! That's bad. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Laylabelle said:

Wow has it been that long?! That's bad. 

Yup, our last away win in the league was that smash-and-grab at Arsenal. Since then, 3 draws and 1 loss. 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Yup, our last away win in the league was that smash-and-grab at Arsenal. Since then, 3 draws and 1 loss. 

Top four from. 🙂

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Win this..and hope somehow Spurs get something from Man U...

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

Giroud

Pedro----------------Willian

Mount

Kovacic----Gilmour

Alonso---Zouma---Rudiger---James

Kepa 

[LAM09 6,752]

Giroud

Pedro----------------Willian

Mount

Kovacic----Gilmour

Alonso---Zouma---Rudiger---James

Kepa 

Surely Barkley deserves to keep his place?

I'd pick the same XI, if all are fit.

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Surely Barkley deserves to keep his place?

I'd pick the same XI, if all are fit.

That would be a mistake for me personally. Especially if Kovacic is fit. 

Performing well for a stretch of games, hell even two in a row, has never been Barkely's forte 

[Tomo 21,733]

18 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

That would be a mistake for me personally. Especially if Kovacic is fit. 

Performing well for a stretch of games, hell even two in a row, has never been Barkely's forte 

For the Bayern game I'd be inclined to agree but for Villa I'm confident if he's playing more deeper he will have another good game.

[LAM09 6,752]

That would be a mistake for me personally. Especially if Kovacic is fit. 
Performing well for a stretch of games, hell even two in a row, has never been Barkely's forte 

I'd prefer to keep Kovacic fresh for Bayern. Our hopes are slim but crazier things have happened.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

16 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Giroud

Pedro----------------Willian

Mount

Kovacic----Gilmour

Alonso---Zouma---Rudiger---James

Kepa 

No way we change team who kept two clean sheets in a row. So Azpi will play. 

And we are playing with one number 6 and two number 8.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

16 hours ago, Tomo said:

For the Bayern game I'd be inclined to agree but for Villa I'm confident if he's playing more deeper he will have another good game.

What do you mean by deeper? 

One number 6 (Gilmour/Jorginho) and two number 8 is the way to go (like we played last couple of games). Number 8 is best position for all Mount, RLC, Barkley. Not sure about Kovacic. He's probably best suited for 4-2-3-1 but that system is archaic in modern football. 

[Tomo 21,733]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

What do you mean by deeper? 

One number 6 (Gilmour/Jorginho) and two number 8 is the way to go (like we played last couple of games). Number 8 is best position for all Mount, RLC, Barkley. Not sure about Kovacic. He's probably best suited for 4-2-3-1 but that system is archaic in modern football. 

When Ross plays with Mount (in a 4-3-3) he doesn't seem to play as advanced as he does when he's the most attacking midfielder, which seems to suit him a lot more. Aside from that little purple patch under Sarri i can't think of a single performance of his playing with 2 of Kova, Jorgi, Kante that he's impressed me, he overthinks things and doesn't seem to be able to handle the pressure of having to be the main guy for end product from midfield.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

5 minutes ago, Tomo said:

When Ross plays with Mount (in a 4-3-3) he doesn't seem to play as advanced as he does when he's the most attacking midfielder, which seems to suit him a lot more. Aside from that little purple patch under Sarri i can't think of a single performance of his playing with 2 of Kova, Jorgi, Kante that he's impressed me, he overthinks things and doesn't seem to be able to handle the pressure of having to be the main guy for end product from midfield.

Yes there's a difference probably because Kovacic and Kante are different type of players. They don't offer much going forward in 4-3-3. But I felt Mount and Barkley played completely same position last two games just on different sides.

[communicate 2,703]

On 3/9/2020 at 9:37 AM, MoroccanBlue said:

That would be a mistake for me personally. Especially if Kovacic is fit. 

Performing well for a stretch of games, hell even two in a row, has never been Barkely's forte 

There is no reason to drop player who play well unless he is injured, tired or being rested. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,487]

Villa looked horrible against Leicester. It would pain me if we couldn't take care of business against this team.