Tag: squad
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Garde Looking to pick a new 11
After the humiliating defeat to Liverpool over the weekend, Remi Garde has hinted that he would select a starting 11 of players that actually want to be on the pitch. But is that even possible? Villa have a lot of injuries, Agbonlahor remains Villa’s only fit/available forward. So what does leave Garde? Well the youth…
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Grealish Banished to Development Squad
Jack Grealish made the news lines again, but for the wrong reasons. Pictures surfaced of Grealish going out and partying after Villa’s 4-0 defeat to Everton. An article to those pictures can be found here. But following the release of these pictures, Remi Garde has decided to send Grealish to play with the U21 and…
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Injury Update Ahead of Crystal Palace Game
Jack Grealish is in contention to feature against Crystal Palace after playing 90 minutes in Villa’s reserve game against Derby earlier in the week. Grealish ended up scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory. “I thought Jack was very good. He played to the last minute. He looked fit enough to maybe be up…
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Burnley an Audition Stage for Change
During our defeat to Southampton I couldn’t help but think that keeping the same starting 11 made Aston Villa to predictable and very easy to play against. Prior to games, opposition teams will send out scouts to analysis their opponents style of play. With Sherwood sticking with roughly the same starting 11 for several consecutive…
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Injury Updates – Benteke, Kozak, Cissokho, Okore and Vlaar
Lets start with the good news, Christian Benteke is ahead of schedule and will beginning training during the International Break! He torn his Achilles and is well ahead of schedule, he has already started some light jogging and light ball work. He will start joining his team-mates within a week. Kozak on the other hand…