Aston Villa 0:1 Manchester United

Señor · Aug 14, 2015

Imagine if you moved each player behind Rooney down one.

From Mata-Depay-Januzaj
...to Januzaj-Mata-Depay

ottosec · Aug 14, 2015

Just noticed that Richards is captain for Villa, thats weird.

Giggs86 · Aug 14, 2015

Not sure if i'm glad to see Januzaj starting. I would assume he'd been given a chance to prove himself before LVG makes his decision regarding whether he's shipped for a loan or not.

togg · Aug 14, 2015

Mali_Zeus said:
Why do you think that....?

I don't know....LVG is so unpredictable. Feels like he's giving him a big chance.

Ixion · Aug 14, 2015

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee let our away form improve this season

#07 · Aug 14, 2015

I'm glad that Van Gaal has canned the Memphis at #10 experiment.

Big vote of confidence in Adnan starting him off Rooney. Its a massive responsibility as, again, if our double pivot drops deep Adnan will have to show the in-game intelligence to close the space between our lines. Good luck to him.

milemuncher777 · Aug 14, 2015

Agbonlahor will rinse Blind.

badkins · Aug 14, 2015

SirAF said:
Mata on paper is great as #10, but he has never done very well for us there.

With van Gaal we can feel privileged Mata's starting at all!

He's a goalscoring midfielder and that's what he probably likes about Mata, even from the right wing he cuts inside quite a lot and provides additional threat in the box, great finisher too.

Summit · Aug 14, 2015

Why is he continuing to play Memphis through the middle when we have Mata/Herrera?

Raw · Aug 14, 2015

Our bench is quite something isn't it?

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

kid777 said:
Agbonlahor will rinse Blind.

Not only him. Whole Villa team will.

togg · Aug 14, 2015

Raw said:
Our bench is quite something isn't it?

we certainly have strength in depth...

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

togg said:
I don't know....LVG is so unpredictable. Feels like he's giving him a big chance.

Or he's just... Starting a game... I know, crazy.

milemuncher777 · Aug 14, 2015

Summit said:
Why is he continuing to play Memphis through the middle when we have Mata/Herrera?

Because he's thick?

togg · Aug 14, 2015

Mali_Zeus said:
Or he's just... Starting a game... I know, crazy.

fine...it's only an opinion....

JPRouve · Aug 14, 2015

K2K said:
How did you get Januzaj, was there a clue that the rest of us missed?

LVG complimented Januzaj this week, maybe it was a clue. @Mali_Zeus didn't saw it though.

shabadu84 · Aug 14, 2015

11/11 on my first ever try. Should quit while I'm ahead!

nachomuska · Aug 14, 2015

Januzaj as 9, Rooney in the hole

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

badkins said:
With van Gaal we can feel privileged Mata's starting at all!

He's a goalscoring midfielder and that's what he probably likes about Mata, even from the right wing he cuts inside quite a lot and provides additional threat in the box, great finisher too.

You mean Mata who has been starting games since December or January.

RonaldoVII · Aug 14, 2015

Summit said:
Why is he continuing to play Memphis through the middle when we have Mata/Herrera?

How do you know Memphis is through the middle tonight?

R'hllor · Aug 14, 2015

Wonder will i ever see us playing proper 4-3-3 instead of this 4-2-3-1 thing

MarkC · Aug 14, 2015

Adcuth said:
What is it about Mata that LVG doesn't like as a No10. His qualities are more suited to that than as a winger.

No pace. He said pre season he likes pace through the middle as we are lacking it otherwise which is very true.

Ramshock said:
Wish Periera would kick on and at least make the bench

Pity if he never made the bench? I thought he would have been ideal to bring on against Spurs after pre-season but to be fair Adnan should be higher up the pecking order. Hopefully he gets his chance soon.

Varun · Aug 14, 2015

Summit said:
9 out of 11. Shit at this line up game.

Who else did you get wrong? Doubt anyone hit 11 today. Most would have got 10.

Riz · Aug 14, 2015

nachomuska said:
Januzaj as 9, Rooney in the hole

That's not actually a bad shout. :lol:

Freak · Aug 14, 2015

I reckon starting Januzaj over young will help us improve our creativity.

JPRouve · Aug 14, 2015

Mali_Zeus said:
You mean Mata who has been starting games since December or January.

Or Mata who is described as one of his best player, very early last season.

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

JPRouve said:
LVG complimented Januzaj this week, maybe it was a clue. @Mali_Zeus didn't saw it though.

If only I did see it. But I dont think I'd put him anyway. Nice surprise,dont care about that one point.

Dobba · Aug 14, 2015

royboy16 said:
Any good rivers in Birmingham if you know what I mean ? -Thanks

More canals than Venice.

milemuncher777 · Aug 14, 2015

rivers please.

JPRouve · Aug 14, 2015

nachomuska said:
Januzaj as 9, Rooney in the hole

You might be right.

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

JPRouve said:
Or Mata who is described as one of his best player, very early last season.

That too.

Fully Fledged · Aug 14, 2015

anyone guess the team?

Sandikan · Aug 14, 2015

Varun said:
Who else did you get wrong? Doubt anyone hit 11 today. Most would have got 10.

anyone predicting Januzaj starting must be a mind reader.

Summit · Aug 14, 2015

Varun said:
Who else did you get wrong? Doubt anyone hit 11 today. Most would have got 10.

I put Steiger in for Carrick. I thought he would have saved Carrick for next week's CL game.

Mali_Zeus · Aug 14, 2015

Just an advice, dont ask for rivers in here folks.

Adisa · Aug 14, 2015

A guy in the newbies was saying as early as yesterday that he heard from a player that Januzaj would start. Thought he was telling porkies. Or a stab in the dark.

K2K · Aug 14, 2015

JPRouve said:
LVG complimented Januzaj this week, maybe it was a clue. @Mali_Zeus didn't saw it though.

I thought that was just about him not being sold..I dont really know what to follow in the Media..Last week I removed Romero for Johnstone based on Ladyman...ah, this isnt easy

royboy16 · Aug 14, 2015

Dobba said:
More canals than Venice.

Canals will do too

OldRed73 · Aug 14, 2015

I thought we'd be unchanged so got 10 right

Come on son!

sully1 · Aug 14, 2015

anyone got a river for me please

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