FA Cup Villa (A) 8pm Friday 10 Jan

ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
edited January 8 in Match Threads
Like us, Spurs and Manchester United, Aston Villa are having a “meh” season in the Premier League, at this stage last season they were 2nd on 42pts, just 3 points behind Liverpool but this season they are 8th on 32pts

Unlike us Unai Emery’s job security is not in doubt and they are still in Europe with an excellent chance of being seeded for the knockout stage of the Champions League if they can get results against Monaco away and Celtic home this month.

There will be a few noticeable absences from our loss at home in August,

Both teams will be missing their captains as John McGinn suffered a hamstring injury in the 2-1 win over Leicester at the weekend

On the bright side Jhon Duran will be serving the last match of a three match ban and Ollie Watkins has only scored 5 in the last 18 appearances. On the other side Watkins has scored against us in three of the last four at Villa Park

At the back Tyrone Mings got his second Premier League start of the season at the weekend thanks to the absence of Diego Carlos (knock) and Pau Torres who broke a metatarsal against Brighton

Morgan Rogers missed the Leicester game after picking up his 5th yellow while Jaden Philogene was out with a knock but the summer signing has only started twice in the league

So the obvious question is whether they have strength in depth to carry on in the Champions League, try to stay in contention for Europe in the Prem and have a run in the FA Cup?

Against Leicester Emery gave Ross Barkley a start so who knows


Best XI

Martinez
Cash Konsa Mings Digne
Kamara Onana
Bailey Tielemans Rogers
Watkins
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Comments

  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    Yeah, but we've got two managers 🙃
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited January 8
    Villa playing 7 matches in 23 days and we’ll be back at Villa Park on Sunday 26th

    Birmingham Mail predicting a starting XI with a few different names

    Olsen
    Bogarde, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen
    Onana, Barkley
    Bailey, Ramsey, Buendia
    Watkins

    Robin Olsen, 35yo Swedish GK, joined from Roma in 2022 but has only made 18 appearances since then and just one against Chelsea this season when Martinez got injured

    Lamare Bogarde, Dutch U20 RB/CB, joined the Villa academy in 2020, 6 appearances this season and is regarded as a huge prospect for the future

    Emiliano Buendía had 27 starts and played in every game last season but has had just 16 appearances with only 2 starts in the Carabao Cup this season

    Ian Maatsen has had 22 appearances but only 6 starts since joining from Chelsea in the summer

    Jacob Ramsey, 23yo, Villa youth, 18 appearances with 9 starts

    Emery will hold a press conference tomorrow so maybe we’ll get more of a hint
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    C&H reporting that Todibo has flown to France, possibly to see a specialist about his injury

    Potter likes to play three at the back so that could be a problem with only two fit centre backs
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited January 8
    Very hard to pick this team given it will be a new manager.

    I’d guess…

    Areola
    Mavropanos - Alvarez - Kilman
    Wan-Bissaka - Souček - Rodríguez - Emerson
    Kudus - Paquetá
    Füllkrug
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    Lukerz said:

    Very hard to pick this team given it will be a new manager.

    I’d guess…

    Areola
    Mavropanos - Alvarez - Kilman
    Wan-Bissaka - Souček - Rodríguez - Emerson
    Kudus - Paquetá
    Füllkrug

    I think we’ll see Soler rather than Rodriguez.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited January 8
    Lukerz said:

    Very hard to pick this team given it will be a new manager.

    I’d guess…

    Areola
    Mavropanos - Alvarez - Kilman
    Wan-Bissaka - Souček - Rodríguez - Emerson
    Kudus - Paquetá
    Füllkrug

    I'm not sure we'll see Alvarez squeezed into a back 3 given that Potter will have one training session to finalise tactics, set pieces both attacking and defending, and everything else in preparation of a tough match. Even if a back 3 is going to be Potter's preferred formation going forward, I suspect he'll stick with a back 4 for this one given how little time he'll have with the squad.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Ref is having a mare, so biased, how was that not a yellow?

    (Thought I'd get in early 😂🤣😂)
  • welovethehammerswelovethehammers
    If Potter is going to play his 3-4-2-1 formation and also if Todibo and Emerson are injured, then I'd line up with either one of these teams:

    --------- Fab ---------
    --- Mavro Kilman Cress --
    AWB Soler Soucek Scarles
    Kudus -------- Summerville
    -------- Fulkrug --------

    Or

    --------- Fab ---------
    --- AWB Mavro Kilman ---
    Paqueta Soler Soucek Scarles
    Kudus --------- Summerville
    -------- Fulkrug --------
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    What are the odds of Duran coming on and scoring a brace?
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    MIAHammer said:

    What are the odds of Duran coming on and scoring a brace?

    Unlikely, he is suspended.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Casey, Orford and Scarles have travelled with the squad.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    I'm not expecting miracles tonight, especially as Potter has only had a day to try and get the team prepared, but at least I'm excited to see us play. I agree with Jay in that we could easily have fewer points on the board than we currently have, but, maybe even worse than that, watching us play has begun to feel like a chore for me. I watch, because West Ham are important to me, but the matches haven't been something I've been looking forward to for much of this season; hopefully that will change now.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    COYI
    Looking forward to a new era. Already feels different, in a good way.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I am hoping for that bounce factor this evening that we always fear when we play a team with a new manager.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Álvarez, Souček ©, Paquetá, Kudus, Summerville, Füllkrug
    Subs: Foderingham (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Casey, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Luis Guilherme, Ings
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited January 10
    Fabiański
    Wan-Bissaka - Mavropanos - Kilman - Scarles
    Álvarez - Souček
    Kudus - Paquetá - Summerville
    Füllkrug

    Foderingham, Casey, Coufal, Cresswell, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Guilherme, Ings
  • PengemanPengeman

    Potter's first team selection

    West Ham United: Fabiański, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Álvarez, Souček ©, Paquetá, Kudus, Summerville, Füllkrug
    Subs: Foderingham (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Casey, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Luis Guilherme, Ings
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    No Emerson or Areola. Injured?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Time for the players to step up. Another poor display & it’ll become clear Lop was not the main issue.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    COYI ⚒⚒⚒
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    No VAR, there's gonna be a controversial decision, you just know it.
  • alderzalderz
    Summerville on the right, Kudus in the middle, Paqueta on the left. Don’t mind it!
  • stevesteve
    We lead
  • alderzalderz
    Really well worked goal too
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Get in, Paqueta.
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    Get in there!
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Nicely worked goal, Summerville did really well there
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Man down! Fulkrug down injured.
  • alderzalderz
    Fullkrug injured
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    Fulkrug injured, oh no.
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