23-07-2019, 02:44 PM
So, we are now down to the final 3 - 2 winger and a central forward:
Let's start with wingers first. He we find our big superstar. Lolley must be the first name on the team sheet. He is usually on the right-hand side acting as an "inverted" winger to great effect but he is also allowed to interchange with the winger on the other side and thus adding a bit of unpredictability to the side which can cause havoc for the opposition’s defense which only increases if you have full backs contributes in the attack.
On the left side we have some options. The most obvious option is Adomah who has a lot of experience. He played in most of Aston Villa's games last season starting in 24 of them and making a sub appearance in 15 matches. It is a bit disappointing that he only managed 4 goals and 2 assists considering how much he played. The positive thing for me is that he's very much prepared to help out defensively and I do also think that he's well suited to the 4-3-3 formation. Biggest drawback for me is that he doesn't have that all important pace.
Adomah's first challenger for the jersey is Amoebi who showed good form at struggling Bolton last season. Sammy is technically good, but he too is lacking that extra bit of speed. It will be interesting to see if he's able to force his way into the starting 11.
One that has some of that necessary speed is youngster Appiah. He is only 18 but is showing great maturity in the pre-season games already played. I wouldn't be surprised if Appiah would slowly play himself into a starting place at some point during the season.
One other candidate is of course Cash who played as a winger last season but early signs points to him being retrained as a FB. It will be interesting to see if Cash will be considered for other positions a well besides FB.
A can also see a scenario where Sari is using Carvalho as a winger in a 4-3-3 system. Â
Rumors are saying that we are to recruit 4 or 5 new players and I really hope that 2 or 3 of those new players are attacking ones with some real pace. That could really make the difference between top 6 and top 2.
With the players we have now I believe that the 2 starting wingers will be Lolley and Adomah but we could easily see a pairing of Lolley and Amoebi for the first game of the season.
The central forward will be Grabban as I don't see Walker as a serious challenger yet. We will most likely see 1 or 2 new CFs coming in hopefully before the start of the season.
Let's start with wingers first. He we find our big superstar. Lolley must be the first name on the team sheet. He is usually on the right-hand side acting as an "inverted" winger to great effect but he is also allowed to interchange with the winger on the other side and thus adding a bit of unpredictability to the side which can cause havoc for the opposition’s defense which only increases if you have full backs contributes in the attack.
On the left side we have some options. The most obvious option is Adomah who has a lot of experience. He played in most of Aston Villa's games last season starting in 24 of them and making a sub appearance in 15 matches. It is a bit disappointing that he only managed 4 goals and 2 assists considering how much he played. The positive thing for me is that he's very much prepared to help out defensively and I do also think that he's well suited to the 4-3-3 formation. Biggest drawback for me is that he doesn't have that all important pace.
Adomah's first challenger for the jersey is Amoebi who showed good form at struggling Bolton last season. Sammy is technically good, but he too is lacking that extra bit of speed. It will be interesting to see if he's able to force his way into the starting 11.
One that has some of that necessary speed is youngster Appiah. He is only 18 but is showing great maturity in the pre-season games already played. I wouldn't be surprised if Appiah would slowly play himself into a starting place at some point during the season.
One other candidate is of course Cash who played as a winger last season but early signs points to him being retrained as a FB. It will be interesting to see if Cash will be considered for other positions a well besides FB.
A can also see a scenario where Sari is using Carvalho as a winger in a 4-3-3 system. Â
Rumors are saying that we are to recruit 4 or 5 new players and I really hope that 2 or 3 of those new players are attacking ones with some real pace. That could really make the difference between top 6 and top 2.
With the players we have now I believe that the 2 starting wingers will be Lolley and Adomah but we could easily see a pairing of Lolley and Amoebi for the first game of the season.
The central forward will be Grabban as I don't see Walker as a serious challenger yet. We will most likely see 1 or 2 new CFs coming in hopefully before the start of the season.