Friday, 18 March 2011

Aston Villa v Wolves preview

Wolves travel to Aston Villa with no wins over their midlands rivals in seventeen, since 1980 and even longer since a win at Villa Park. So why are we all quite confident?

Villa boast an attack containing Stewart Downing, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Marc Albrighton, and Darren Bent that is amongst the best in the league, a worry for any defence anywhere. We will have to be wary of the counter attack, which is why it will be vital that Karl Henry plays as well as he has in the past couple of games. It's a type of game he usually excels in, I see him as the most important player for us tomorrow.

They will have to be aware themselves of our own attacking options. While we don't have the kind of big names that they possess, we have pace and a make shift back four is clearly their weak link. Richard Dunne, James Collins and Luke Young are injured, and Ciaran Clark is missing through suspension. They'll have a  young back four out there, we need to take advantage. Kyle Walker likes to bomb forward, leaving Matty Jarvis with plenty of space to attack.

Jamie O'Hara will be back in the team, offering us something different going forward. With him and Nenad Milijas in the side, we have enough graft to go with flair. I have a sneaky feeling Ronald Zubar will be restored to the side, with Kevin Foley pushing forward to right midfield instead of Adam Hammill.

That means this team:

Hennessey

Zubar
Stearman
Berra
Elokobi

Foley
O'Hara
Henry
Milijas
Jarvis

Doyle

On a massive pitch this will be tough for us, but Aston Villa have had a dodgy run of form and this isn't a bad time to play them. I have no doubt we will play well, but will that be enough?

Up the Wolves.

2 comments:

  1. where's your prediction bloggerwolf? 1-0 wolves SEB coming off the bench to score the winner

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  2. I'm sure it will be close, a goal either way but it could be on of those unlucky days for us. 2-1 Villa unfortunately

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