Aston Villa (H) - Tue 22nd April, 20:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[johnny crossan]

Does entering the ground impart football wisdom on a fan or something ?

if you've done it often enough ;-)

 

[DelToro]

C'mon City. Need a fast start and blow them away.

Not sure that team selection is built for a fast start.

 

[half & half derby scarf]

Surprised McAtee starts ahead of Doku tbh but less so by Kova replacing Gonzales. Neither of the two lads dropped can really complain too much and Pep is going back to the old guard once again - he has to really.

 

[Blueknows]

Why not integrate Gonzalez this season. Why keep sticking with the past it players

He's not done much wrong strange

 

[Barcon]

Do you honestly think we'll be pulling a 0-2 scoreline back against Villa, and against Everton we were absolutely insipid for 80 mins. Hopefully proven wrong again but I can see this game being over at half time

Kinell. Not even kicked off and we're down by two goals.

 

[Sky Blue]

He does like sticking the knife into the rags, does Gary chuckle.

I won't be turning on 'til kick off but what have those cunts got to do with anything?

 

[Alexia_Ko]

At what point does it start to become a concern that a £200m outlay on wingers in the past 4 years has produced three players who aren’t trusted to start games now.

We've not spent £200m on wingers maybe in euros but no where near in pounds

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

In the reverse fixture, during that horrific spell, we lost 2-1, with Foden getting a late consolation.

We weren't overrun, had slightly more possession and 12 shots to their 11, and 6 each on target.

City's eleven - Ederson, Stones, Gvardiol, Akanji, Lewis, Kova, Grealish, Gundogan, Silva, Foden, Haaland

Villa - Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Digne, Torres, McGinn, Tielemans, Onana, Rogers, Kamara, Duran.

I think we can get at them, but might be well into the second half before we open up a bit.

 

[N1985]

4-1 City. Fucking come on!

 

[johnny crossan]

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I expected worse for that tailpiece than the rotating llama ;-)

 

[HypnoticBlue]

That's the spirit!

I hope I’m wrong, but just don’t see anything other than a night of frustration.

 

[Bald fraud]

Loving the Aston Villa show on sky!

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Flappers already flapping? Lets see what happens during the game before making yourself look a prick.

But it does look like an old team. I think we might get the run-around in midfield. We're full of confidence though and our team do have that experience of managing these big games.

I hope our crowd are vocal from the start. The guys will need it but I am sure it will come if we need it.

Cmon blues!

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Loving the Aston Villa show on sky!

I just mentioned that. Unbelievable.

 

[Gumzy97]

I know Peps loyal to these players but that midfield is awful and slow. Bernardo has been off form all season I don't know why he keeps playing him.

 

[King Jay]

Probably something like thjs
Ortega
Dias gvardiol
Nunes, Kovacic, Gundo Bernardo , Reilly
KDB Mcatee
Marmoush

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Be reet.

 

[johnny crossan]

CityXtra showing their usual prescience in choice of pinned post

 

[mick10]

Going for a win. The history at Etihad is in City’s favour and as strange as it may seem, it seems to play the odds in many results in this sport with numerous teams.

 

[Great Kompany]

the quad of Kova Bernardo Gündogan KDB has an average age of 32 and are against clearly younger and faster Onana Kamara and Rodgers.

Basic logic and previous experience dictates that we are in for a lot of struggle in midfield.
If the veteran legends can reverse back time and help my beloved city win, I would be euphoric. But 24 mins to kickoff - i am not so sure about it!