Aston Villa (H) - Sun 12th Feb, 16:30 | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction

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Victorinodennistua said:
I am expecting a big response after that debacle this week. We need to get our fluidity back starting with the back 4 . Walker, Dias Leadership Laporte and Ake. It’s a big shame about John Stones missing. Foden to play wide with Grealish inside. Then onto Wednesday with the same. From now to the end of the season we need to show this pisspot of a league that when the Trojan horse is in town, there’s no fu@£ing hiding. So please Pep get them armoured up and stop messing with it.
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The thing is, we've created less than 1xG in the last three games. I think a big part of that is our fullbacks. Walker and Ake give us nothing offensively. We'll see in a bit.
 
Cannot wait for this match to start after the accusations of the past few days. Hope the team are as fired up as the fans and we are at their throats from the first whistle.
 
Need a big show from City today both on and off the pitch. If Villa sing that "European Champions you'll never sing that" crap....sing "Full Memnbers Cup Finalists...you'll never sing that" right back at them.
 
Shaffer92 said:
The thing is, we've created less than 1xG in the last three games. I think a big part of that is our fullbacks. Walker and Ake give us nothing offensively. We'll see in a bit.
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When Walker plays in a traditional fullback position instead of a side center back he offers good offensive contribution with his pace and overlapping - maybe not as good as Cancelo but still well enough. We can see it from Jack's derby goal.

Ake and Walker are put regularly in the center back position right now and you cannot ask too much from there.

Pep's new 3-4-2-1 system put one extra man in the midfield to make up the lacking from Halaand pressing comparing to false 9. Thus our wing play suffers. The real problem is that the striker must deliver enough output to justify the sacrifice the team makes for him.
 
So; what do we reckon?

Rodri in goal
Haaland at LB
Bernie as RB
De Bruyne and Foden as the CB pairing
Alvares as DM
Ederson on the RW
Lewis on the LW
Dias as the playmaker in MF
Laporte in the hole between Walker and Dias
Walker up front







I've just stuck €50 on that line up.
 
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