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The midfield is lost in the 352 and offer nothing to the lonely strikers, the defenders look all over the place at times and it has fluidity to the system. Also the boring 352 shouldn't surprise anyone apart from one game at the wc holland were also boring imo.

As for someone mentioning evans declining, i agree he has massively and he isn't the only one since the moyes era.
We don't have a midfield!
 
Lol yeah backs up my point ... Hard to blame LVG though as his players haven't been fit although the line-up today still had enough firepower to put away Villa easily

Mata, Falcao, Rooney and Van Persie. As good a attack as any in Europe

Still not convinced he's anywhere near the Falcao I used to remember.
 
Yes RB has been a. I would have sooner given Janko,Verjmil or Vareala a spot as back up this season. But to say our football wont be affected due to injuries is non sense.

Again you keep mentioning these reserve players, the problem is we should have signed a proper one no reason or excuse for this it's not as if rafael is world class or always fit.
 
That's wrong. Evans and Jones were fit to start. Rafael was back to training at least 2 weeks back and he posted that. Also McNair did well in a 2 CB system so Carrick could have played in the midfield from the word go.

Worst case, we could have played Jones as RB, McNair and Evans as CB,

Even those are tripe lets face it. Jones has no brain, I'm convinced.
 
We don't have a midfield!

We do carrick, blind, fellaini, herrera and di maria they just don't happen all to be fit and it's funny you say this because i was clamoring for more midfielders in the summer but said we're fine because di maria can play as a cm.
 
Even those are tripe lets face it. Jones has no brain, I'm convinced.

He said there were no fit CBs and I mentioned the fit CBs.

Jones has no brain? Because he plays aggressively? That's nonsense. He is a good CB but his injury problems are very worrying. He is just 22.
 
He said there were no fit CBs and I mentioned the fit CBs.

Jones has no brain? Because he plays aggressively? That's nonsense. He is a good CB but his injury problems are very worrying. He is just 22.

Not only that, if you watched him you see him make stupid decisions a lot of the time, one being near the start of the second half with Benteke close by and then suddenly he does something and he ends up going on a rampaging run into the heart of our defence needlessly.

Can't remember specifically but it was down to a clumsy decision by him.
 
We do carrick, blind, fellaini, herrera and di maria they just don't happen all to be fit and it's funny you say this because i was clamoring for more midfielders in the summer but said we're fine because di maria can play as a cm.
LOL. We defo had enough CMs you cant keep buying just in case we have a massive injury crisis which we do.
 
Not only that, if you watched him you see him make stupid decisions a lot of the time, one being near the start of the second half with Benteke close by and then suddenly he does something and he ends up going on a rampaging run into the heart of our defence needlessly.

Can't remember specifically but it was down to a clumsy decision by him.


So what? Every player makes mistakes. He is a proactive CB who steps out of line to win the ball. Sometimes he gets caught out like he did vs WBA but most times he wins the ball.
 
LOL. We defo had enough CMs you cant keep buying just in case we have a massive injury crisis which we do.

Well you never said that, you said we have no midfield and we still need another CM imo a dynamic one to be exact and wait didn't you say not to long ago we need a couple more? or was that someone else.
 
So what? Every player makes mistakes. He is a proactive CB who steps out of line to win the ball. Sometimes he gets caught out like he did vs WBA but most times he wins the ball.

Genuine question, who would you rather have Vlaar and Okore or Jones and Evans. This is Aston Villa's defence we're comparing to, a justifiable question for a team who are often just trying to fight off relegation.
 
Players available.

Jones, Evans, McNair(dealt with West Ham and Everton team) were available to play 2 CB roles. Rafael was fit enough. So he could have opted to play 4 man defense. Then Carrick Rooney in the midfield along with Valencia Mata would have added nice balance.
 
Genuine question, who would you rather have Vlaar and Okore or Jones and Evans. This is Aston Villa's defence we're comparing to, a justifiable question for a team who are often just trying to fight off relegation.

Not much difference between them tbh which is hilarious, Vlaar is easily the best of the 4, then **** knows it's a tossup but on current ability and form evans is the worse of the 4.

Sadly the evans of 2010-2012 was far far better.
 
Genuine question, who would you rather have Vlaar and Okore or Jones and Evans. This is Aston Villa's defence we're comparing to, a justifiable question for a team who are often just trying to fight off relegation.

I would have Vlaar and Jones. If it's a long term then Jones easily. I don't know much about Okore.

I'l repeat, Jones is just 22.
 
Well you never said that, you said we have no midfield and we still need another CM imo a dynamic one to be exact and wait didn't you say not to long ago we need a couple more? or was that someone else.
Was not me mate, only said we do in summer as a few will be leaving so will need replacing.
 
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