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

[M Gaudino]

is it Bernardo on the right wing? fucking aids

 

[hilts]

Wonder why Pep just won't ever play O'Reilly or Mcatee. Can't be any worse than Gundogan and Bernie right now

They must be in training I guess

 

[Stelea]

Got to be an injury in the warm up

 

[Don Karleone]

We can't be shit from now to the end of the season, it has to change at some point. Please let it be today.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I wouldn't take too much notice of what that poster says, to be honest.

Why are you having a sly pop at me?

Wasn’t even me who got into a spat with that poster ffs

 

[Gumzy97]

Stones and Akanji probably not fully fit. This is the problem we have , we’ve got to rush them back as no one else is fit. Then they get injured again.

 

[Blu1]

I’m amazed Gundogan hasn’t broken down yet. The guy came back to play the odd few minutes as a little swan song and he’s been chucked out of a helicopter to fight on the front line. Not fair at all.

I’ve criticised all our players and rightly so this season but he’s probably the only one who gets a free pass in my view.

100% the guy is giving all he can

 

[ufo]

Any chance we can have a more reasonable match thread today , i report every post that calls them cunts, plenty of other people in the world to call cunts , as i do ! But not our own, they are trying to get us out of this funk

 

[ancoats]

11 players starting in City shirts, it doesn't matter who, just get behind the team and Pep and Merry Christmas

 

[Blu1]

We can't be shit from now to the end of the season, it has to change at some point. Please let it be today.

I have been saying this for the last 12 games lol let’s hope it changes today

 

[Paleblue2]

Weirdly hopeful for today, come on lads!

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Is Stones up to this? Sure I saw talk of a foot op being needed only a couple of weeks ago

 

[fulabeer]

Difficult period, but i'm hoping for a win. Normally i'd be saying an ugly win will do.
I would actually prefer a decent performance given the circumstances.
I have no time for this "in fighting". We support them win or lose. Oh and how they need this support right now.

So just a solid match will do. Comes on Blues!

 

[Blu1]

Let’s be honest that villa team is shite on paper

 

[johnny crossan]

Cheesy on TNT - naught for anybody's comfort from him or his oppo - Pep might be offsky is his version of seasonal cheer. Deliberately downbeat assessment before a big game - very disappointing.

 

[Goater101]

Bernardo Foden Gundo Grealish… a whopping combined 1 league goal between them!

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

You know better than pep then , do you see them in training ? Know who is fit to start ? Thank god we have you !

It’s tiresome the way some people post with such authority.

Savinho has done nothing as yet to warrant a start (he’ll be better next season undoubtedly) and Doku is still flattering to deceive with a lack of end product.

Ake is probably on the bench for show only.

That team isn’t far off the best we can put out in the circumstances and has several players that are suited to come on and change the game positively. I’ll take that right now.

 

[johnny crossan]

Bernardo Foden Gundo Grealish… a whopping combined 1 league goal between them!

when did you start counting?

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Cheesy on TNT - naught for anybody's comfort from him or his oppo - Pep might be offsky is his version of seasonal cheer. Deliberately downbeat assessment before a big game - very disappointing.

Can you translate that into English pal?

 

[ufo]

Every week almost without fail a player Pep fails to mention will not be available this time Nunes doesn't make it to match day.

The fragility of our squad is more than worrying.

3 players who started last week unavailable this week including our only close to on field leader currently for 4 weeks.

if this doesn't change and we don't get a settled back four we have little hope of getting back to near what is required to dominate on the field and the scoreboard.

what? so you are upset coz pep doesn’t disclose injury report to blast the whole fucking world ?