Aston Villa (H) - Sun 12th Feb, 16:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Bloody hell. Looks like the return of the absolute disaster of an experiment that was Rodri at centre back.

Get behind the blues whatever team it is.

 

[mosssideblue]

How the hell has Bernardo gotten the start after that performance vs Tottenham???

same as Rodri

 

[Blu1]

Strange leaving ake out been our most consistent player.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Good starting 11 that.

Come out of the blocks firing and get a couple of early goals in the bag and then finish them off before HT.

 

[Chi-town blues]

How the hell has Bernardo gotten the start after that performance vs Tottenham???

He wasn’t the only one . How the hell you don’t see that ?

 

[discopop]

Strong team … let’s smash them and put the wind up those vanilla soya latte drinking Sacks of shits

Fucking hell has someone hacked this account? ;-)

 

[FantasyIreland]

So why does he think Kev and Gundo will work today as opposed to every other time its looked like shite?

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

When we play with all 4 midfielders it rarely works. I'm not too excited

That's the spirit.

 

[Shaffer92]

Villa looking stronger, Mings not playing.

I'm in the seemingly very small minority who rate Mings. He did well vs Haaland last game. Chambers is a downgrade IMO.

 

[domalino]

How the hell has Bernardo gotten the start after that performance vs Tottenham???

Well he can’t be that bad two games in a row

Bernardo is exactly the kind of player I can imagine being wound up by all the nonsense in the last week and pumped up by Peps presser.

 

[Chi-town blues]

So why does he think Kev and Gundo will work today as opposed to every other time its looked like shite?

Class is permanent

 

[Woody135]

Strange leaving ake out been our most consistent player.

Rested for Saka

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Good to see Fr Ruben back

 

[kaz7]

So why does he think Kev and Gundo will work today as opposed to every other time its looked like shite?

Because it didnt

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Disaster in the first half against Chelsea, I believe it was, so I wouldn't be surprised it'll happen again

Hopefully we have learned how to play it!

That’s arguably our three biggest hitters at the back (with Stones missing) and we should be dominating possession today.

Big atmosphere and I think the boys respond to what’s been going on this week.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Strange leaving ake out been our most consistent player.

He has been great, but he also doesn’t have the forward passing ability of Laporte or Dias.

We look to be ‘going for it’ today! So no ponderous passing from Akanji or Aké.

 

[Maly]

1930's 3-2-5 throwback formation

Looks like it might be an
W
M
Formation?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

So basically the system we're playing is...





No, not a bloody clue.

Exactly the same as normal, but our right back doesn’t go into midfield, our centre back does (Rodri).

 

[dhruvblue]

Well new experiment again. Will see how this works out

 

[Blu1]

Rested for Saka

We have to win this first but good point