Aston Villa (A) - Pre-Match Thread

[alexmcity]

bravo is playing as a false 1

Haha, he was good the other day though.

 

[kaz7]

Jed Steer | Out
Tom Heaton | Out
Keinan Davis | Out
John McGinn | Out
Wesley Moraes | Out
Matt Targett | Doubt
Jonathan Kodjia | Doubt

Leroy Sané | Out
Aymeric Laporte | Out

 

[Oils]

For those that are going by train on Sunday, there are rail replacement buses being used on most journeys.

Don’t think it impacts the Piccadilly to new street ones that most of us will be on...at least I hope not?

 

[Deepest Blue]

It was boring for the last 30 games under Pearce, and pretty boring for most of the last 30 years until Mancini. Watching these players under this manager is a delight I'd never thought would come again.

The pleasure of having killed a game in the first hour makes it all worthwhile but no doubt that we have had quite a few pass and move exercises in the last couple of seasons.
It's being professional and forward thinking and I don't disagree with doing it but let's not pretend that it's not a bit boring.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Lawro predicts 3-0 to City, Charlie Nicholas 5-0. Villa fans website is quoting Basil Fawlty about "a damn good thrashing."

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

My favourite away ground.city for the win

 

[richards30]

Ederson
Walker
Fernandinho
Garcia
Mendy
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo Silva
Mahrez
Sterling
Aguero

 

[Rmcfc23]

We have to go in to this like went in against the scum buckets first half. It's goung to be all about attitude and how much we want it from here on in.

 

[worsleyweb]

So many non 3 pm kick offs this season. Was thinking of going but then getting back from brum in a Sunday night before work!! Not the most relaxing Sunday evening fighting the M6.

 

[Gabriel]

Villa found Leicester quite easy to contain the other night, but then the latter have little width and tend to funnel everything through the middle, where Villa are strong. Need to keep our wide men out on the lines and stretch play as much as possible. The home fixture would have been more comfortable had we taken our first-half chances, so here’s hoping we get one early.