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

[Corky]

The thread from April 1990 when we (unexpectedly) all but ended Villa's title challenge was ominous.

Graham Taylor: "It's not over - yet" after the game was realistic.

 

[alexmcity]

No, Liverpool play Sheffield Utd on Thursday.

And?

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Freshers’ night? If only they had phone with cameras back then would look messy.

Not been invited to a Threshers night, must be a royalty thing.

When I was 18/19 ish, my mate worked on the door on the Umist nightclub on Oxford Road. Free entry, very cheap and sometimes free beer and hundreds of fit students..Great days :)

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Think he means Freshers night?

Look out. The spelling police are back! Haha. I must of had wine on my mind ;-)

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

It ridiculous.
But get used to it.

Why is it on a 8.15 anyway

Because it suits the tv schedule.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Because it suits the tv schedule.

I don't see why 8.15 and not 7.45
What difference is it to tv.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

I don't see why 8.15 and not 7.45
What difference is it to tv.

The other 2 games tonight ko at 7.30 so I suppose they want people to switch over to watch the second half of our game when those have finished. Maximise viewing figures etc.

 

[Norbiton]

I don't see why 8.15 and not 7.45
What difference is it to tv.

The idea is that people who have been watching the earlier games will switch over for the second half of ours
Edit: Snap!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Was just looking at the trains back. One at 22:47 from Oxford Road or the next one after that is 23:28. Absolute joke of a kick off time, especially if there’s a long stoppage.

Then there’s the Villa fans having to travel back.

8pm should be the latest a game can kick off.

 

[RodneyRodney]

When I was 18/19 ish, my mate worked on the door on the Umist nightclub on Oxford Road. Free entry, very cheap and sometimes free beer and hundreds of fit students..Great days :)

Best ever heavy/prog rock disco Sat nights .

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Ortega
Akanji Dias Gvardiol
Lewis Rodri
Foden Bernardo Alvarez Grealish
Haaland

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Is Stones fit?

@Eccles Blue thinks he’s very fit.

 

[Longballutd]

Not sure what to expect tonight but it’s not abad time to play them after them losing key players to injury.

Just hope we don’t look like a team that has run out of ideas again.

 

[Chi-town blues]

fuck off roy keane ,go back to your cave.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Don’t think it’s such a good thing Watkins is missing.

That Duran is a monster In the air and Diaby has the pace of him.

Dias to the bench as they are both his frailtie?

 

[Axel Freed]

Yeah we're so poor at the minute that the team in second place come and parked the bus and resorted to fouling and minimal possession......And the team in first got a draw with us at their place via a penalty.

Too many of our fans are falling for the media narrative. Yeah being 3rd isn't ideal, but we're only 3 points behind with 9 games to go. The landscape could look a lot different by Sunday night, we've seem enough footy to know that.

As I mentioned above, our fans also falling for the narrative Haaland is out of form because he didn't score vs Arsenal and The Dippers, when in the games before that he scored 10 goals in all competitions within about 4-5 weeks of returning from injury. Tell me another player in the country that scored 10 goals within about a month...

Things aren't perfect but our fans shouldn't fall for the media bollocks just because they want to Dippers and Klopp to win it.

Spot on.

I haven’t checked the stats but he’s probably the most in form striker in the country since his return from injury.

He’s certainly scored more goals than any dipper or gooner in that time.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Every game is a must-win from here on out. Watkins is out for them, but they still have a strong attack in Diaby, Luiz, Bailey, and our former player Rogers. It's a tough lineup to call, but my best guess would be:

Ortega
Akanji Dias Gvardiol
Lewis Rodri
Bernardo Foden Alvarez Nunes
Haaland
​

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Best ever heavy/prog rock disco Sat nights .

Around 91-92. It was fuckin mental.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Spot on.

I haven’t checked the stats but he’s probably the most in form striker in the country since his return from injury.

He’s certainly scored more goals than any dipper or gooner in that time.

He doesn't look anywhere near fully fit or in elite condition.

Sluggish is how I'd describe him.

IMO....We now need much more movement and interchange of forward players and positions.

Vikingo coming orf the bench may be the best plan for a few games.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Vikingo coming orf the bench may be the best plan for a few games.

Bert Post of the Day winner.