Bazzmand Show said:People keep saying we dont need a DMF and to play Ireland instead? This completely defeats the purpose as Ireland is then asked to play a more defensive role and his attacking ability is basically null because of this. The team should have De Jong sitting deep, Barry Just infront of him and Ireland ahead of Barry, that is the midfield and should be for every game I dont fucking understand why Hughes cant see this. Of course when Johnno comes back I would play him in Barry or Irelands position depending on fitness etc. There are people who say against the weaker teams we should play Barry in De Jongs role. What people dont understand is that Barry, while a top player, simply is not effective in De-Jongs role. His main criticism from many Villa fans over the years was that he was not strong enough in the tackle and I have always seen him as more of a receive and distribute midfielder who keeps things ticking over. I would never trust Barry in the DMF position as he simply does not have the intensity or strength over the ball required to play that really deep position.
dom said:Bazzmand Show said:People keep saying we dont need a DMF and to play Ireland instead? This completely defeats the purpose as Ireland is then asked to play a more defensive role and his attacking ability is basically null because of this. The team should have De Jong sitting deep, Barry Just infront of him and Ireland ahead of Barry, that is the midfield and should be for every game I dont fucking understand why Hughes cant see this. Of course when Johnno comes back I would play him in Barry or Irelands position depending on fitness etc. There are people who say against the weaker teams we should play Barry in De Jongs role. What people dont understand is that Barry, while a top player, simply is not effective in De-Jongs role. His main criticism from many Villa fans over the years was that he was not strong enough in the tackle and I have always seen him as more of a receive and distribute midfielder who keeps things ticking over. I would never trust Barry in the DMF position as he simply does not have the intensity or strength over the ball required to play that really deep position.
Intersting shout..
Could you set ot the team for us in diagram form ? Reason bein that I am struggling to see where our width might come from .
Your midfield seeems to look more like a queue than a formation..