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

[I'm Blue]

No point anyway, he is shit in the air ha

And at everything else according to some on here and parts of the media.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Mobile's one word for it.

 

[I'm Blue]

How long before we hear the usual,City can be got at and vulnerable on the counter..

One advantage of being at the game is not having to listen to them biased cunts.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I hope not, far too light weight in MF

Rodri would like to have a word!

 

[Bozo]

Very into that team.

 

[Brewster's millions]

If players aren’t doing the business then they shouldn’t expect to be in the team.

That should go for everyone, De Bruyne and Haaland included.

 

[mosssideblue]

I know he hasn't been great of late but I would have played him in this one. I understand KDB sitting it out as he's going to need resting for some games but Haaland is young and, unless injured, I would start him. Alvarez works hard but doesn't have the pace to get behind their defence, nor the presence in the box to get on the end of many crosses.

We don't put in many crosses

 

[Axel Freed]

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.

The false 9 system at its peak was for me the finest team we’ve ever had, a level above even last season’s team

Whether it would be quite so effective without Gundog is debatable as is the question of whether even Pep would be brave enough to drop big Erl

 

[Blue and true]

Why ?
Might do him good, come on later in the game then with a point to prove

Hopefully. Just think he needs to play his way back into the goals.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Rodri would like to have a word!

I don’t think he’ll have the time…will be running his bollocks off

 

[Damien10]

I’m happy to see KDB on the bench. Him sulking when he come of still has me annoyed. He doesn’t seem sharp enough to play 90 minutes every game. He’s currently playing like it’s half way into pre season. And that’s not me digging him out. He just needs to be patient. And get back to his best.

 

[I'm Blue]

Mobile's one word for it.

Let’s hope it’s the latest iPhone and not a Nokia 3310 ; )

 

[SebastianBlue]

T-minus 3 minutes until Bluemoon meltdown.

 

[DMA's]

Becoming increasingly obvious that pep doesn’t rate Nunes. Gonna be tough to offload him and Phillips this summer. With a small squad we can’t carry passengers

 

[PragueBlue]

We don't put in many crosses

We don't put in as many as most teams but likely to be even less if Alvarez is the only target there. I think Haaland gives the opposition defence a lot more to worry about (even off form) than Alvarez does but we'll see what happens.

 

[youngbob]

Villa will take one look at this line-up and lick their lips.

 

[MCFC1993]

It'll be a very interesting end to the season if this team performs tonight.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Villa will take one look at this line-up and lick their lips.

Good, always easier play against a team full of chapped lips!

 

[Phil1]

The bench will look decent so that’s a bonus…

 

[GaudinoMotors]

All those happy to see our best creator benched - come back post match won't you.