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Radii · 09-28-2011, 03:59 PM

December 28th, 2021

Aston Villa(11-3-4, 4th) @ Ipswich(7-4-8, 11th)

Aston Villa are 4:5 favorites at Portman Road today, we are 3:1 dogs. We're 1-3-5 lifetime against them, with a 0:0 draw on the road in our opening match of the season back in August. Our coaches tell us that Aston Villa struggle against a 4-1-3-2 formation with a DMC and 3 MC's. I decide that's a good excuse to rest Hughes and Gordon and try it out.

GK: Capitani
D: Kirkland/Quartey/O'Brien/Jackson
DMC: Clifford
M: Donnelly/Mills/Mariga
F: Bryan/Constantino

Aston Villa have Sam Vokes with 10 goals and Arsenio Valpoort with 7 goals, two very dangerous strikers that I've been playing against for years now (Vokes back to the Championship when he was with Wolverhampton). Only Valpoort starts today.

9': We look to start up our offense as Clive Jackson has the ball ... but its taken away from him by star MC Fabian Delph, a pass ahead to ST Coutinho... he blows by Quartey as a tackle is missed, and two huge mistakes lead to an easy clear cut chance and goal. 0-1

30': We've taken 3 shots, Donnelly just missed one a little wide from 20 yards out... Aston Villa 7 but we haven't seen any more in highlights.

33': they take a goal kick, Kirkland wins the header on our side of midfield and directs it forward to Constantino... Constantino draws 4 defenders, makes a nice move to get a little space and passes ahead to Chris Bryan. Bryan is free in the penalty area, shoots near post... and beats the keeper!! His second league goal! 1-1

HALF: We see them send a couple shots wide but that's it for the rest of the half. They certainly feel like the much stronger team, with a 64/36 possession edge and an 11-6 edge in shots. They do have 8 shots from long range and only 3 on target, but we need a bit better control of possession to keep them from overwhelming us here.

62': Mattila in for Mills, Guarin in for Mariga. Donnelly and Mattila take over the more aggressive MC roles. We also change to a defensive mindset.

83': Hughes in for Bryan, moves to DC so 5-1-3-1 now to try to close it out. We are just tired and not as deep as them on 2 days rest so we play for the tie.

Ipswich 1 : 1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa have owned Ipswich for the most part so I'm thrilled to pick up two draws against them.

Man of the Match: Chris Bryan (7.8)
Goal: Bryan
Assist: Constantino (7.3)
Notable: Kirkland (7.4)

Everyone else is 6.8-6.9.

Some round numbers as Donnelly plays in his 300th league match and Mariga his 100th league match for Ipswich. Chris Bryan was good today. He was poised and handled himself really well when one on one against their keeper.

09-28-2011, 03:59 PM	#1030
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	December 28th, 2021 Aston Villa(11-3-4, 4th) @ Ipswich(7-4-8, 11th) Aston Villa are 4:5 favorites at Portman Road today, we are 3:1 dogs. We're 1-3-5 lifetime against them, with a 0:0 draw on the road in our opening match of the season back in August. Our coaches tell us that Aston Villa struggle against a 4-1-3-2 formation with a DMC and 3 MC's. I decide that's a good excuse to rest Hughes and Gordon and try it out. GK: Capitani D: Kirkland/Quartey/O'Brien/Jackson DMC: Clifford M: Donnelly/Mills/Mariga F: Bryan/Constantino Aston Villa have Sam Vokes with 10 goals and Arsenio Valpoort with 7 goals, two very dangerous strikers that I've been playing against for years now (Vokes back to the Championship when he was with Wolverhampton). Only Valpoort starts today. 9': We look to start up our offense as Clive Jackson has the ball ... but its taken away from him by star MC Fabian Delph, a pass ahead to ST Coutinho... he blows by Quartey as a tackle is missed, and two huge mistakes lead to an easy clear cut chance and goal. 0-1 30': We've taken 3 shots, Donnelly just missed one a little wide from 20 yards out... Aston Villa 7 but we haven't seen any more in highlights. 33': they take a goal kick, Kirkland wins the header on our side of midfield and directs it forward to Constantino... Constantino draws 4 defenders, makes a nice move to get a little space and passes ahead to Chris Bryan. Bryan is free in the penalty area, shoots near post... and beats the keeper!! His second league goal! 1-1 HALF: We see them send a couple shots wide but that's it for the rest of the half. They certainly feel like the much stronger team, with a 64/36 possession edge and an 11-6 edge in shots. They do have 8 shots from long range and only 3 on target, but we need a bit better control of possession to keep them from overwhelming us here. 62': Mattila in for Mills, Guarin in for Mariga. Donnelly and Mattila take over the more aggressive MC roles. We also change to a defensive mindset. 83': Hughes in for Bryan, moves to DC so 5-1-3-1 now to try to close it out. We are just tired and not as deep as them on 2 days rest so we play for the tie. Ipswich 1 : 1 Aston Villa Aston Villa have owned Ipswich for the most part so I'm thrilled to pick up two draws against them. Man of the Match: Chris Bryan (7.8) Goal: Bryan Assist: Constantino (7.3) Notable: Kirkland (7.4) Everyone else is 6.8-6.9. Some round numbers as Donnelly plays in his 300th league match and Mariga his 100th league match for Ipswich. Chris Bryan was good today. He was poised and handled himself really well when one on one against their keeper.