Aston Villa (A) - Sat 21st Dec, 12:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[93:20Blue]

Anyone down here yet?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Hoping a full week without a game and some real time for training and tactics, allows us to turn this horrendous form around.

Come on City!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

A must win game if we want a top 4 finish. Think we might surprise some.... not overly confident though.
Only want to win league, if that ain't going to happen then hope we finish outside ALL European places.

That will be a strong blow to any squad rebuild!

We NEED Champions League football, and I’m confident we will achieve it. However, currently, we are having a really shit time of things while those around us (with the possible exception of Chelsea) are looking bang average in some games and drawing games that they should be winning!

Given our run of form, one might expect us to be in the 10-13 range with the likes of NUFC, MUFC and THFC, but we are FIFTH!! Imagine what a few results, a bit of confidence and a few players back fit could do for us!!

 

[failsworthblueboy]

I've just voted win, with confidence, Sheik Mansour gave us all a scarf on his first game and I never washed it for luck, the luck has clearly ran out so, I've washed it with Bluemoon playing and brought it out of the dryer to The Boys in Blue.
That should get us back on track. Come on City!!!

 

[Damocles]

I voted lose because I keep voting win and we keep losing. Logic, you see.

 

[OldhamBlue94]

Praying kovacic starts over gundogan

 

[OldhamBlue94]

I voted lose because I keep voting win and we keep losing. Logic, you see.

Love a bit of reverse psychology

I’ve taken Haaland out of my FPL team because he’s been useless since I put him in. Hoping that will mean he bags a hat trick

 

[pudge]

Is it 2:30 yet?

 

[Father Paul]

Not going to be a mass exodus.

What? Maybe not in January but surely 6 or 7 are on their way sooner rather than later and it wouldn't be that hard to name that number.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

If I see Walker,Gundo,Bernardo starting might just go for a long walk instead

I hope it’s not raining where you are ….or you have a decent coat.

You can add Gvardiol and Nunes to that list too..

I’m just looking for pep to realise that doing the same thing every week usually ends in the same result….he needs to trust some of the younger players at some point too

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Given our recent run it’s hard to be positive ahead of this game.

So many out, so many coming back that are at risk of breaking down that we can ill afford.

We just need to dig in but Villa away is a tough one. I’m hoping that a full week of prep might be enough for us to find a performance.

At some point in this run surely we are going to stop gifting the opposition two goals per game?

Come 1230 tomorrow I’ll still get the feeling that we’ll pull a result out of the bag, come on to fuck City!

If playing a sub standard team today and getting the ones close to fitness in against Everton then so be it. We just can't keep rushing players back only for them to be out for another 3 to 6 weeks. This is an unprecedented injury list and we just need to wait until they're 100% fit, otherwise it'll be a spiral of doom which won't end until we get new heads in..whenever that is!

 

[madloaf]

Change the tactics. That's all I want. Win or lose or draw just don't bore the fucking shit out of everyone.

 

[blueparrot]

What? Maybe not in January but surely 6 or 7 are on their way sooner rather than later and it wouldn't be that hard to name that number.

No chance it's 6 or7, it just doesn't happen.Possibly 5 plus Phillips. No more than that though,even that's a bit of a stretch and will only happen if a couple of players ask to leave.

 

[ysmsa]

Knowing our luck af the moment the bus will break down, the driver become ill and the spare drive trip whilst taking his position and break something.

 

[Harvster]

Fuck the doomers. Erl to do a David White tribute act.

Is Jack playing the grumpy Mark Ward substitution role?

 

[ShaunMCFC]

Will be Kova won't it, please?

I’m hoping it is, we’ve missed him badly!

 

[.db.]

I feel like I do ahead of a title run-in game. I was pacing around the flat that much that I decided to clean the place top to bottom!

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

If playing a sub standard team today and getting the ones close to fitness in against Everton then so be it. We just can't keep rushing players back only for them to be out for another 3 to 6 weeks. This is an unprecedented injury list and we just need to wait until they're 100% fit, otherwise it'll be a spiral of doom which won't end until we get new heads in..whenever that is!

Don’t disagree with that logic, but players are always desperate to get back and help out.

I’d take a battling draw today and hope that we can get wins against Everton and Leicester ahead of the window opening.

Who knows we might even sneak a win today!

 

[.db.]

Fuck the doomers. Erl to do a David White tribute act.

Loved our kit that day. White shirts, sky blue shorts, navy socks… class!

 

[Ric]

Uh oh...