O'Leary ponders Aston Villa's defensive worries
I thought Bouma was a central defender. Under that illusion, I thought Villa did really well to get him during the transfer window. But O'Leary has him at left fullback, where he has been pretty shaky. Why not move him infield and restore the interestingly named Jlloyd Samuel to left back?
Instead I guess they'll rely on their right-sided utility men, Hughes and Delaney (when healthy). Or maybe they'll move Barry back into defense. Though they're probably even thinner in the midfield.
This squad building thing is a bit harder without Peter Risdale writing blank (and eventually rubber) checks.
At least they have your boy Milner in midfield and he seems to have rediscovered his form under his old boss O'Leary.
ReplyDeleteHe never lost his form. Just hard to show it 5 mins here... 3 mins there.
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember something about you including him in your line-up while he was still at Newcastle that didn't work out so well :-)
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