Aston Villa on Saturday - Pre Match thread.....

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

An Arsenal win would suit us better than a Spurs win.

Spurs just gone 2-1 up! :(

 

[SWP's back]

An Arsenal win would suit us better than a Spurs win.

Give your head a wobble.

We beat Villa and the game in the hand and top four looks a bit better.

 

[deano ou812]

He's won a trophy so will feel vindicated and can now see out the reminder of season not giving a toss,all this talk he's a prefessional he wouldn't do that is bollocks ...

 

[Heart.net]

Silva should be rested, and Bony should be fucked off.

 

[welsh_andy]

Bony over Kelechi, .

is he just trying to get fans backs up, i would play nacho all day long at villa, kids got passion and speed run rings round the fuckers, yet we play fucking barndoor, ffs

 

[BigOscar]

Teams makes some sense to me tbh, considering we will be playing against a flat back 8 parked inside their own box. No space in behind for Sterling, need a physical presence up front to occupy some of the defenders and give Aguero a bit more space. Would probably have played Kolarov though if I was planning on breaking down a team who won't attack. Maybe I'm just being overly optimistic.

 

[wattle]

Why on earth is he playing Silva?

He's not going to get his form back sitting on the bench to be fair. Bony over nacho is mind boggling though

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Its just incredible he picks Bony ahead of Kelechi.

I agree.....after the way Kelechi played against them in the last game, I would have started him over Bony, all day long!!

 

[super_city_si]

Good point,could have give Garcia a start and mangala as you said..

Garcia is a good call, I'd play mangala cos I think villas biggest threatens height, especially if they play gestede.

 

[mancityscot]

Bony over iheanacho just sums pellegrini up tbh. cant wait til he's away

 

[kupest]

Bony was the only one who came out of the Pool game with any credit. Willing to give him a chance today.

 

[Mr HJ]

Much as I don't like him, you would think with paying two up top against a side that is frankly shit and who shouldn't give us any problems defensively, that Kolorov would have been selected rather than Clichy. He plays him when there is no one to smash his crosses into but overlooks him when we do.

Personally I would have made a couple more changes today to freshen things up a bit.

No the only good call by Manuel is keeping Kolarov on the bench - anyway leaving late for the game, hope traffic is not too bad.

 

[deano ou812]

Off topic Spurs arse 2.2 now

 

[Phil1]

He's not going to get his form back sitting on the bench to be fair. Bony over nacho is mind boggling though

He needs a rest. Today was a perfect chance to get that playing against the worse team in the country. I take your point and want nothing more than to see him get back to his best but on this occasion I'd have given him the day off.

 

[M14Exile]

Arsenal just equalised

 

[Hungarian blue]

Thank fuck we go with 2 real strikers upfront as it seems like they play with 3CBs, and with quite shit CBs, frankly.

But yeah, having Bony instead of Kelechi baffles me.

 

[razman]

Hugo lloris gets way too much praise here and else where.. Makes basic errors

 

[Silva_Spell]

Typical MP. Big money player over the younger one who has actually done the business

 

[Glenn Ponder]

When did the pre match thread get as bad as the match thread?!

 

[Phil1]

When did the pre match thread get as bad as the match thread?!

When our manager starting picking the team.