Greg Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'm going to be in Las Vegas when this is on. Does anyone know where I might be able to watch it? Kick off at 5:30 am :-\ Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk It's on Fox Soccer Channel and since Las Vegas has 24 hour drinking and bars, any sports bar that is open will happily show this for you (as there will be no competing events on TV). Also the hotel you are in might have this channel. One other possibility: foxsoccer.tv online will be showing it legally and sometimes the internet service offered by hotels has this as free. Other than that I have heard rumours that you can watch games online on "other" sites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Villa is not an easy team Kean's arrival seems to galvanizing them. I play Perch as DM and try to be compact.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardsley Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks. The hotel has fox sports, but would be good to see it in a proper sports bar. Like you say, not much competition at that time in the morning. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 no idea sent from my daughters toshiba laptop using my fingers, my nose and my knob for the full stop. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 no idea sent from my daughters toshiba laptop using my fingers, my nose and my knob for the full stop. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I see people wanting 4-4-2, with HBA on the wing and possibly Perch at CM next to Guthrie - I find this baffling. IMO 4-4-2 works well with Tiote and Cabaye because as a partnership they are arguably one of the best in the PL. Tiote has the experience and sheer strength and stamina while Cabaye has the required intelligence and is crafty in possession. They both have the "know-how" to play CM in a 4-4-2 and are able to work well with our wingers while also providing the necessary defensive cover when needed. Perch as CM in a 4-4-2 is a step too far for him and will place extra strain on Guthrie who really is a back-up to Cabaye and not in the same class. So having a Perch + Guthrie combo in a 4-4-2 with HBA on the wing is asking for the same kind of trouble experienced yesterday. The kind where HBA is isolated as our two CMs struggle to gain control in the middle of the park. This has a further knock on effect on the full back behind HBA because tracking back to help the fullback is not his strength. Before we know it, either Willo or Colo are being pulled out of the centre to help the fullback or Perch falls back to help, further isolating Guthrie. When this happens our two strikers are only ever going to get balls hoofed at them from defence and it they fail to hold it up long enough to get support, we lose possession and the process repeat itself. We should be looking at our personel and then select a formation that plays to their strengths. The top four teams are able to select a formation and then add the personel. We cannot, we dont have a large enough squad and our back up players are not nearly as good as our first XI. I agree we should adapt the formation to the resources we have seeing as we're lacking players but we should also play a formation that puts us on the front foot and puts bodies in the penalty area. We're at home to a beatable Villa side and have to attack them. We've also not had much success with 4-3-3 and I'm not sure it suits the players we have. Sure it gives us an extra body in midfield, but if Villa decide to do the same it's gonna be a scrappy game with 6 bodies running around the middle of the park and only 1 pressuring each penalty area - IMO this suits Villa being the away team, they'll see us as a tough fixture despite our injuries. I think the home advantage and the addition of Ba and Cisse alone will see an improved performance on Blackburn. But lessons have to be learned from that game. Raylor in the middle doesn't work, and while Perch shored it up a little, we were still overrun. I'd gamble on Abeid who seems to be highly rated and is a natural DM. If he can't get a chance to start a league game now then you wonder when he will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Krul Simmo Willo Colo Santo Perch Abeid HBA Vuckic Jonas Ba Cisse on for Vuckic towards end, Ba drops deep and Cisse taking his place upfront (i imagine he'll only get a debut, maybe he'll get a start, in which place Ba in the hole behind and Cisse upfront Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Vuckic that hasn't even been on the bench lately? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Yeah not sure but it was either that or HBA central and obertan on the wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Krul Simpson Will colo Santon Raylor Abeid Guthrie Jonas Ben Arfa Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 no idea sent from my daughters toshiba laptop using my fingers, my nose and my knob for the full stop. That's the smallest full stop I've ever seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 no idea sent from my daughters toshiba laptop using my fingers, my nose and my knob for the full stop. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone know a good bar to catch this game in Barcelona?.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Soooo, do we know if we got our African lions back yet? Was hoping for a confirmation yesterday, but no word from the club. I am desperate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks. The hotel has fox sports, but would be good to see it in a proper sports bar. Like you say, not much competition at that time in the morning. Cheers there's a shopping centre sort of in between planet hollywood and planet hollywood westgate hotels with a few bars in it. i'd suggest having a look there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToonZA Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I see people wanting 4-4-2, with HBA on the wing and possibly Perch at CM next to Guthrie - I find this baffling. IMO 4-4-2 works well with Tiote and Cabaye because as a partnership they are arguably one of the best in the PL. Tiote has the experience and sheer strength and stamina while Cabaye has the required intelligence and is crafty in possession. They both have the "know-how" to play CM in a 4-4-2 and are able to work well with our wingers while also providing the necessary defensive cover when needed. Perch as CM in a 4-4-2 is a step too far for him and will place extra strain on Guthrie who really is a back-up to Cabaye and not in the same class. So having a Perch + Guthrie combo in a 4-4-2 with HBA on the wing is asking for the same kind of trouble experienced yesterday. The kind where HBA is isolated as our two CMs struggle to gain control in the middle of the park. This has a further knock on effect on the full back behind HBA because tracking back to help the fullback is not his strength. Before we know it, either Willo or Colo are being pulled out of the centre to help the fullback or Perch falls back to help, further isolating Guthrie. When this happens our two strikers are only ever going to get balls hoofed at them from defence and it they fail to hold it up long enough to get support, we lose possession and the process repeat itself. We should be looking at our personel and then select a formation that plays to their strengths. The top four teams are able to select a formation and then add the personel. We cannot, we dont have a large enough squad and our back up players are not nearly as good as our first XI. I agree we should adapt the formation to the resources we have seeing as we're lacking players but we should also play a formation that puts us on the front foot and puts bodies in the penalty area. We're at home to a beatable Villa side and have to attack them. We've also not had much success with 4-3-3 and I'm not sure it suits the players we have. Sure it gives us an extra body in midfield, but if Villa decide to do the same it's gonna be a scrappy game with 6 bodies running around the middle of the park and only 1 pressuring each penalty area - IMO this suits Villa being the away team, they'll see us as a tough fixture despite our injuries. I think the home advantage and the addition of Ba and Cisse alone will see an improved performance on Blackburn. But lessons have to be learned from that game. Raylor in the middle doesn't work, and while Perch shored it up a little, we were still overrun. I'd gamble on Abeid who seems to be highly rated and is a natural DM. If he can't get a chance to start a league game now then you wonder when he will. Good points and I agree about us getting at Villa and not getting over-run in midfield considering that like u say, they will probably play 3 in the middle and definitely play on the counter using the pace of their Gabby and Bent. So how do we find the balance of attacking them without exposing our fairly slow CB pairing? I posted this formation for the Blackburn game and think it will work better with some of our returning players as well as those who have shown to be in form (Perch and possibly Obertan) Krul Simpson Will Colo Santon Abeid/Perch Guthrie Raylor/Obertan Ben Arfa Jonas Ba Probably start with Raylor and bring on Obertan a lot earlier for another cameo depending on how the game pans out. I havent seen Abeid play but considering what people have been saying about him he might get a run out ahead of Perch and the bring Perch on if the Abeid experiment does not give us the desired results. With Cisse probably being on the bench we can revert to other formations to push him and Ba upfront. I just think we need to start well, get the crowd going, get an early goal; all of which will dent the fragile Villa confidence. With Keane, Bent and their own Gabby they can cause us problems, or they can be sh*t on the day. You just never know with those three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddydog Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 no idea sent from my daughters toshiba laptop using my fingers, my nose and my knob for the full stop. You're using your knob to operate you daughter's laptop? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone know a good bar to catch this game in Barcelona?.. Temple Bar, it's an Irish bar that shows all the English games. if you're on the Ramblas, it's about 20 metres down the street with KFC on the corner. http://english.templebarbcn.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 MirrorFootball @MirrorFootball Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Aston Villa team news: Agbonlahor doubtful for Newcastle trip bit.ly/yfa6CD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 MirrorFootball @MirrorFootball Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Aston Villa team news: Agbonlahor doubtful for Newcastle trip bit.ly/yfa6CD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone know a good bar to catch this game in Barcelona?.. Temple Bar, it's an Irish bar that shows all the English games. if you're on the Ramblas, it's about 20 metres down the street with KFC on the corner. http://english.templebarbcn.com/ Thank you very much... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 My view on Villa is that they have some talented players but a poor team. One of our best strengths is our teamwork and effort, it should give an edge in this game. The problem is whether we can create chances. With Ba back we should offer their defence a few problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Krul Simpson Colo Willo Santon Ben Arfa Guthrie Perch Jonas Ba Cisse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pintofscottsellers Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone know a good bar to catch this game in Barcelona?.. Temple Bar, it's an Irish bar that shows all the English games. if you're on the Ramblas, it's about 20 metres down the street with KFC on the corner. http://english.templebarbcn.com/ Pretty sure a ended up in there when a went to Barcelona, good bar from what I remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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