Aston Villa (H) - Wed 3rd April, 20:15 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[SWPISHOME]

And no McGinn either. We really should be winning this quite comfortably

Newcastle 5-1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa
Rags 3-2 Aston Villa

Some of their away results this season.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

They've given us Brighton away on a Thursday night 8pm kick-off instead.

Brighton also have 12 days free to prepare for it as well as they have no weekend game due to postponement.

The atmosphere won’t intimidate us as much as Palace does at night time. Their rest might be a big factor though.

 

[blueparrot]

They've given us Brighton away on a Thursday night 8pm kick-off instead.

Brighton also have 12 days free to prepare for it as well as they have no weekend game due to postponement.

This time of year it's normal for most of the teams we play to have longer to prepare,and we have 3 days, whether that's 7 days or 12 makes little difference to us.

 

[vanchi]

I know that but they also make it far easier for their clubs in the CL and rightly so.

Our FA take the proverbial, the CL brings huge prestige and the PL should help the clubs in the latter stages all they can.

yes it’s very strange. like the carabao cup/cwc schedule clash, it happened because an english club won the ucl and they act like that? so weird.

 

[Keeper!]

And no McGinn either. We really should be winning this quite comfortably

Big plus for us, come on boys get those 3 points in the bag.

 

[Mike N]

Always love to smash the most fickle of fans in the country!

 

[alexmcity]

They've given us Brighton away on a Thursday night 8pm kick-off instead.

Brighton also have 12 days free to prepare for it as well as they have no weekend game due to postponement.

12 days without games is too much at this stage of the season, they might struggle rhythm wise.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Palace away is arguably more difficult than Spurs away due to timing and injuries: 60 hours after Villa at home (that's 3 games in 6 days) and 3 days before Real away.

Pep has no choice but to play many squad players vs Palace, including Gomez, Bobb and Lewis. Imo, the selection at Palace will cause panic...

Edit: Palace play tonight and have more time to recover. IF we win tomorrow, that game at Palace will be difficult and decisive. Timing is absolutely brutal.

TV manipulation of fixtures in full effect.

 

[Legal Alien]

Must win was Spurs, Palace and Chelsea at home,

Those games are gone.

This game is a must win now to stand any chance of retaining the title, plus we owe villa for our worst performance of the season.

 

[lasereyes]

Palace away is arguably more difficult than Spurs away due to timing and injuries: 60 hours after Villa at home (that's 3 games in 6 days) and 3 days before Real away.

Pep has no choice but to play many squad players vs Palace, including Gomez, Bobb and Lewis. Imo, the selection at Palace will cause panic...

Edit: Palace play tonight and have more time to recover. IF we win tomorrow, that game at Palace will be difficult and decisive. Timing is absolutely brutal.

If we beat Villa, I am confident we will beat a pretty shit Palace side quite comfortably. They actually have a significantly better record against us at Etihad than at Selhurst.

Overall, I can see us winning 8 of our last 9 games and then there is Spurs which is a toss-up. Fortunately, we broke our duck there in the Cup - needed that monkey off our backs.

 

[Legal Alien]

I'm hoping Stones can be risked and i would start Nunes, Foden and Alvarez behind Erling to instill a bit of pace and energy.

Ortega

Akanji
Stones
Dias
Gvardiol

Rodri
Kovacic

Nunes
Foden
Alvarez

Haaland

3-0 to us, we owe them!

 

[alexmcity]

If we beat Villa, I am confident we will beat a pretty shit Palace side quite comfortably. They actually have a significantly better record against us at Etihad than at Selhurst.

Overall, I can see us winning 8 of our last 9 games and then there is Spurs which is a toss-up. Fortunately, we broke our duck there in the Cup - needed that monkey off our backs.

We beat them 1:0 with a late Haaland penalty last season. And all the stars played. Now, given we play them 60 hours after Villa and 3 days before Real away, we'll have to use many squad players. I hope you are right but nothing suggests we are going to batter them with Lewis, Nunes, Doku and Bobb in the team. And I rate these players higher than many on here. Liverpool needed help from the referees to win 2:1.

 

[Gray]

Doku’s problem is he has the same finishing ability as Raheem.

 

[Tb1981]

I reckon we score 4/5 tomorrow
It’s time to absolutely leather someone and start a run
Sorry villa

 

[heslops barnet]

Doku’s problem is he has the same finishing ability as Raheem.

Just a bit green……needs to improve his final ball

 

[kaz7]

Doku’s problem is he has the same finishing ability as Raheem.

Razzer scored over a hundred goals for us , from the wing , second only to sergio ,for the life of me i dont get why he gets such grief

 

[hilts]

Could we maybe try De Bruyne on the right and Foden in the middle?

Don't be daft.

 

[super_city_si]

Doku’s problem is he has the same finishing ability as Raheem.

I wish he had the same finishing as Raheem.

 

[Bluewars II]

Those games are gone.

This game is a must win now to stand any chance of retaining the title, plus we owe villa for our worst performance of the season.

We don't have the facilities to retain the title, that's been evident in our big game performances. We'll probably beat villa and drop points against Palace.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

We don't have the facilities to retain the title, that's been evident in our big game performances. We'll probably beat villa and drop points against Palace.

I bet most of us said that last season after we drew at home to Everton.

Having won the treble from there, anything is still possible with this team.