Aston Villa (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[balotellishaircut]

Great apart from Jesus.

Not Jesus fault though, he played fantastic against Leicester away and scored, then Pep drops him for Dortmund at home, so he can’t get that continuity going, I’d start him at Villa

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Villa is now a must win game. We have to play our strongest team to bounce back from Saturday. Pep has always said that momentum is everything. If we beat Villa we will beat Spurs and have confidence going into the PSG game. If we lose to Villa then all bets are off.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Daft, nonsense and knee-jerk - so you don’t like the idea then, lol?
fwiw @blusull i can see where you’re coming from because the square root of fuck all was offered yesterday. I’d certainly be more than happy to see one or both of Delap and Palmer involved in the squad or even team next Sunday.
Duh - sorry, getting my threads mixed up here .. I would stand by the above for the league cup but not for the Villa game.

It’s ok throw away comments on here, but really if you were in Pep’s shoes when we have done so well over the course of this season you would put in two players from the youth system when every game counts? Your point about the surprise element flies if you introduce one (given we’re talking about the forward line), but putting in two without the benefit of two experienced players in pressure games is surely to detriment of both players and the harmony of the squad. Yes nothing was offered yesterday. But then again I’ve never seen a team fight on four fronts at this time of the season. After the Dortmund game there was an air of inevitability about yesterday’s game (how it panned out) for me. I was hoping we could sneak a win and for once rely on some luck but it didn’t happen.

Putting in two kids, particularly on the same part of the pitch at this point of the season is in my opinion the worst idea since Abraham Lincoln decided to take in a show. If Pep did that and we lost it could destroy their confidence and you’ve hacked off the squad.

 

[wagonman]

Do not put Sterling anywhere near this team again.

Behave again...

JJ

 

[Roachy]

I don’t give a shit about the Caraboa Cup. We need to win this game. All I want to see is our 1st team. And the players who are in-form.

Given the hard choice now we’re out of the FA Cup, and the quadruple dream is over, the PL title, and the CL, are the priority. If the Caraboa Cup has to be sacrificed next Sunday, so be it, with Palace and PSG to come after that.

Shouldn't have wasted time and energy getting there then if that's the case.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Ederson

Walker
Dias
Stones
Zinchenko

Rodri
Gundogan
Bernardo

Mahrez
Foden
Jesus

 

[Cornish_Blue]

Behave again...

JJ

Surely you can’t defend him after yesterday’s diabolical display.
Laughing at his own mistakes, jogging around like he’s on a kick about with some pals.
His work rate and delivery had been awful for some time now. He CANNOT expect to negotiate a new pay rise Ande deal with these performances.
If he was horse, he’d have been shot.

 

[jrb]

Shouldn't have wasted time and energy getting there then if that's the case.

Shouldn’t have dropped 3 points against Leeds, and lost to Chelsea, with wholesale team changes.

You’ll see, Pep will make the same wholesale changes for the Carabao final 3 days before PSG game.

Do you think those squad players who got beat by Leeds and Chelsea will beat Spurs? Mo, neither do I.

The priority is now the PL title and getting into the CL final. Which means unless Pep surprises us all, he wil pick another squad based team for the Carabao Cup final.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Start strong with some fucking tempo, win the game by halftime then take players off.

Sounds simple written like that and certainly the opposite of what Pep tried again yesterday....double pivot!!!!! ....worked so well early season not.

Results elsewhere have generally gone our way this season, a result of any kind for Burnley would be very welcome, I'm not in the flapper camp by any streach but it'd help take some (very small) pressure off.

 

[Roachy]

Shouldn’t have dropped 3 points against Leeds, and lost to Chelsea, with wholesale team changes.

You’ll see, Pep will make the same wholesale changes for the Carabao final 3 days before PSG game.

Do you think those squad players who got beat by Leeds and Chelsea will beat Spurs? Mo, neither do I.

The priority is now the PL title and getting into the CL final. Which means unless Pep surprises us all, he wil pick another squad based team for the Carabao Cup final.

Fair do's, the Leeds game was a shitter, regardless of those on here who think it was OK to lose.