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Hause must be axed for Taylor after Villa horror show

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Aston Villa’s injury time defeat to Brentford would have been a sucker punch for Dean Smith and his men – although not entirely unexpected after one of the most uninspiring performances of the season.

The Villans were second best for nearly all of the outing at Griffin Park and while they did create a handful of chances to score, the attackers showing a worrying lack of composure up top, they were few and far between.

However, it was not the attackers who had the worst day on Wednesday – that honour falls to the defenders and perhaps most notably Kortney House.

Now the 6’3″ (source: Transfermarkt) giant might have been shoehorned into an unfamilar left back role against the Bees but he would not have been put in if Smith did not think he had the ability to perform there.

Unfortunately for the manager he was let down massively with a dreadful display from the 23-year-old, who has probably ended any chance of playing on the left side of the defence again.

It was injury which forced Smith’s hand to play the Wolves loanee as a makeshift option but thankfully for Villa fans the boss now has a more natural option to take Hause’s place against West Brom this weekend – Neil Taylor.

As revealed by the club’s official Twitter account, the Welsh international is on the brink of a full recovery from his setback and this behind-the-scenes reveal must mean that Hause finds himself dumped out of the starting XI with immediate effect.

Tommy Elphick and Tyrone Mings look to be the best centre back partnership without the absent Axel Tuanzebe and James Chester and so there is just not a place for the Wolves man in this team – especially not after his dire display in midweek.

Smith might have been pondering how to take him out of the side regardless of Taylor’s fitness but thisĀ  update should seal his fate – hopefully he can learn from his mistakes and come back stronger.

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