Of course we should know that the home ground of Feyenoord was the scene of our greatest triumph.
Will post team news as it comes but according to a poster on VT Feyenoord are playing a youth team
Rosettastoned who is at the ground has posted on Vital Villa
just watched the lads get off the bus, didnt see milner get off though… got som photos but not one fecker waved.
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TEAM NEWS
Guzan,
Beye, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock,
Downing, Young, Albrighton, Petrov, Reo-Coker,
Agbonlahor.
Subs: Friedel, Bannan, Davies, Lichaj, Clark, Sidwell, Shorey, Carew, Delfouneso, Heskey.
Formation is 4-4-1-1 with young supporting Gabby and the omission of Young and of course Milner will set off all the speculation again
On the OS blog they are censoring posts about Milner, too awkward to answer ?
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FULL TIME : Game petered out but very useful run out with a coupel of cracking goals.
77 mins – Sidwell scores a 20 yarder from a corner
74 mins – fonz on for Young
72 mins – Heskey scores after a Young free kick was scrambled out and ball crossed, neat finish
62 mins – Villa much better and Albrighton forces a save
59 mins – Carew goal ruled out for offside
57 min – Young cross and Davies should have scored, straight at keeper
56 mins – young forces a good save from a free kick
53 mins – All Feyenoord, deflected shot wide
50 mins – Fey shoot wide
SECOND HALF – Heskey, Carew, Davies, Lichaj, Sidwell and Shorey ON
FINALLY OS mention Milner –
Yes he’s here with the rest of the lads. He is available tomorrow night.
HALF TIME – Not much to report, slow paced in hot temperatures and Feyenoord threatened with pace but Villa quiet overall apart from Albrighton’s stunning strike
44 mins – Feyenoord strike post then hoot wide and then shoot over
42 mins – Quick break causes Villa problems at the back, the counter attack and Downing clean on goals lets ball run away from him
36 mins – Keeper saves Young Free Kick and then NRC gets booked
28 mins, Young nearly connects from a Downing cross (I think !)
25 mins – Beye shoots over
21 mins, nothing really happened but so hot out there, every Villa shirt dripping in sweat
14 mins – poor defence from Beye allows right winger to score
9 mins – We still do feck all from corners 
4 Mins – GOAL – fantastic shot by Albrighton, he HAS to start against West Ham
3 mins – young playing basically up front, few hundred there, good Villan attendance
Not long to KO and showing pictures of where the stand collapsed last night, weird
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Stevie, where you been?!
Holy Shit – another player peaking early! Help!
wow. think that was sidwell’s 1rst shot on target in like 3 yrs
Now everyone is going to be trying from long range.
A bit uncalled for Carew lol
Albrighton has to start. You see him nutmeg that guy? It fell apart thereafter–terrible shot–but he is a real threat out there.
Being American, I may be biased. But what’s not to like about Lichaj? Good on the ball and rather solid defensively. I thought he did well tonight.
totally agree VFT so much better when he replaced Beye !
looks ready for PL
3-1 game. Got better but still nothing special.
lichaj ball watches too much, positioning is off and makes it harder for himself
Much better second half.
Based on that I think we can say
Lichaj over Beye
Albrighton over Downing
Sidwell over NRC
Warnock v Shorey – undecided
All CBs are fine
Strikers did ok
Young behind Gabby isn’t really the answer
Also, seeing as its pre-season I’d like to see us try a little bit of experimenting
Young behind Carew, with Albrighton and Downing on wings, Sidwell and Petrov in middle
Also Albrighton and Young as wingers, supported by Lichaj and Warnock with Carew and Gabby up top
And for a bit of craziness why not play Carew/Heskey on his own with five in midfield of
Gabby, Young, Alrighton, Petrov/NRC and Downing/Sidwell
Will a very attacking midfield work?
PS
What was the penalty shootout all about?
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/FootballNewsDetail/0,,10265~2107776,00.html
Oh my god O’Neill… Really?
i think marks ready and ripped his back wtf