So then tactics and team tomorrow??..

Do people want/expect to see the same team and formation?

I would imagine so unless
snodgrass is preferred to Bennett. Snodgrass arguably carries a greater attacking threat whilst Bennett is a better all rounder.

With villa looking like needing to play a RB (Lowton) at CB they may be weaker in both CB & RB areas. As with us Lambert prefers the diamond which means their fullbacks are overworked and they play with little width and are vulnerable when other teams target the flanks.

That said Villa will target our weaknesses (players with pace) Bent, N'zogbia, Benteke and Agbonlahor all have pace so Hughton may instruct the defence to sit deep so they can't get behind us. It is likely we will try to take the sting out the game and be ruthless on the counter. If villa opt for the Lambert we'll score more than you strategy I hope that our new defensive discipline can hold up and allow us to take the points. Thankfully 3 of our best players are out wide snodgrass, bennett & Pilkington. They could all be key at different times tomorrow.

Really hope we push on with a confident performance and positive result to match.
OTBC

Posted By: loz, Oct 26, 18:41:27