Aston Villa | EFL Cup Final | Pre-Match Thread

[pavelsrnicek]

Delighted to see Foden start but concerned about Gundogan and Silva start together as 8s. So many of our bad performances have been when they start together as our movement is fairly pedestrian.

 

[cibaman]

Pep said he was concerned about the possibility of being mentally flat after the Madrid game so I’m not surprised at the number of changes. Good to see foden playing

 

[oakiecokie]

Bravo, Stones and Silva making their last appearance for us at Wembley maybe? Just a thought.

Nah !! Still got FA Cup Final day yet.

 

[PragueBlue]

Not the team I would've picked but hopefully should still be good enough. Midfield is perhaps the biggest worry. Mahrez gave them a lot of problems last time and I think we'll miss the energy and creativity of KDB and Bernardo. Bench is very strong but we can only use 3 of them.

Anyway if we play as well as we can do, we should win this.

 

[mac]

The team sheet might give villa a lift but when they cannot get the ball off us their heads will drop. Some fannies out there.

 

[Harrilew]

4-2-3-1?

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Can't you just give us one game without the stress Pep?

 

[city saint]

might lull villa into having a go and leave us some space up front

 

[vmsuhail]

You can't ever blame Pep for not rotating, that's for sure

Not in a cup final though. Villa players must be happy seeing that lineup.

 

[Fame Monster]

4-2-3-1?

Yep.

Pep playing Rodri and Gundogan as a holding pair again after the success of the first 70 minutes against Real on Wednesday night.