the exile 11:47 Mon Feb 1
Team for Villa.
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It's back down to earth with a bump, as we get a serious footballing lesson from Liverpool. Sadly my prediction that we wouldn't let them walk all over us turned out to be wide of the mark, which was very disappointing. It can't just be that Liverpool were brilliant. I can't help feeling that if we had played with the same spirit that we saw at Palace we would have made a contest out of it. Anyway, let's hope we can put this behind us and reproduce something like the form we showed at Palace.
Despite the poor performance, I don't expect Moyes to change the side for this one. I would be surprised if Lingard starts, but if he does I would expect it to be in place of Fornals, who had a particularly poor game yesterday. But Lingard will probably make his debut from the bench at some stage.
Fabianski
Coufal Dawson Ogbonna Cresswell
Bowen Rice Soucek Fornals
Benrahma
Antonio
Subs: Martin, Fredericks, Johnson, Balbuena, Noble, Lanzini, Lingard, Yarmolenko, Odubeko.
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Troy McClure
11:50 Mon Feb 1
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Villa's gonna be tough and I think I'd take a point now if offered. Think the team will be the same.
How many subs can be named nowadays?
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ornchurch ammer
11:57 Mon Feb 1
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The team will be the same.
Lingard is not fit enough to start and we have no one else to improve it.
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ludo21
12:02 Mon Feb 1
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Villa were unlucky at Burnley and lucky at Southampton.
They have a few good players but stop Grealish and we will win (if we turn up).
I have faith in Coufal to stop Grealish.
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Darby_
12:03 Mon Feb 1
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Same team. It must be close to or best team. The problem wasn't the team or the formation. It was the frightened, passive way we played.
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AKA ERNIE
12:03 Mon Feb 1
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Randolph
Coufal ogbonna dawson cresswell
Rice souchek
Yarmalenko fornals lanzini
Antonio
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Sajmo1
12:14 Mon Feb 1
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Hopefully we've learned something from the last time we played them as they completely dominated us despite the result telling otherwise
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Lato
12:32 Mon Feb 1
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Same again even in the unlikely event that we sign a striker today who would probably be signed too late to play.
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ornchurch ammer
12:37 Mon Feb 1
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I would never pick Yarma to start.
Technique is ok but lack of mobility let’s him down and I question his attitude as well.
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boltkunt
12:47 Mon Feb 1
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The same side. Makes no sense to change it off the back one poor result.
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JayeMPee
12:47 Mon Feb 1
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As yesterday but start as we did at Palace and not yesterday.
Surprised Grealish is starting, he collapses on the ground rolling and groaning so often I can't believe he doesn't get injured. Hopefully we have a decent ref!
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Vexed
12:50 Mon Feb 1
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Same side, just with a game plan to actually win the game rather than surrender immediately.
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Dandy Lyon
12:53 Mon Feb 1
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Is there any point to these threads?
We don’t have a squad to have a real choice in the starting XI.
So it’ll be as you stated and just more set pieces won
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Bernie
12:56 Mon Feb 1
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Liverpool ran us ragged, a few players might be struggling a bit, wouldn't be surprised at all to see some bench players starting, Balbuena, Fredericks, Lanzini, Yarmolenko, Noble, Lingard all candidates
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Vexed
1:01 Mon Feb 1
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I'd be tempted to drop Bowen if we had anyone decent to replace him.
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Come On You Irons
1:05 Mon Feb 1
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Same team for me aside from one change. Fredericks in for Benhrama. I'd play Fredericks as a right forward, Bowen on the left and Fornals behind Antonio.
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Faux Bare
1:06 Mon Feb 1
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Flappy
Fredericks...Balbuena...Ogbonna...Johnson
Lingard...Rice...Soucek...Fornals
Lanzini
Odubeko
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british is best
1:37 Mon Feb 1
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I'd be tempted to put Antonio on the right .and rest Bowen he's knackered and needs a break and put obedeku up front . Other than that keep it the same.
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factory seconds
2:35 Mon Feb 1
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i've been confident going into every game for the last couple of months, including chelsea and the scousers.
not confident at all for this one.
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Side of Ham
2:40 Mon Feb 1
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Using our in-depth squad and to shake it up a bit i'd bring in..........
.........Tumbleweed
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Glenn Rodent
2:44 Mon Feb 1
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..........................Fabianski..............................
...Coufal...Dawson....Ogbonna....Cresswell....
....Bowen......Soucek......Rice......Fornals........
.........................Benrahma...............................
...........................Antonio.................................
Randolph / Martin
Balbuena
Fredericks
Noble
Lanzini
Lingard
Yarmolenko
Johnson
Diop
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