Aston Villa (A) - Wed 6th Dec, 20:15 | PL | Pre Match Thread

[blue b4 the moon]

Not a big fan of that line up….would prefer Silva in the middle breaking up play rather than Alvarez, and that midfield of stones and Lewis looks piss weak…even with Akanji supporting…

Assuming that is the lineup I'd hope Bernie plays midfield with Alvarez wide.

 

[madloaf]

Yup, winner in extra, extra, extra injury time.

Immediately cancelled by VAR for.......

 

[Chi-town blues]

Erling to have a David White moment tonight.

hattrick incoming, it’s been a while .

 

[sir baconface]

Will Stones even getting back to his best after his injury if he get played today?

Whatever, he’ll be in the treatment room again before Xmas.

 

[jimharri]

so you going to completely bypass haaland the almost ballon winner , electric foden , woolian and bernie the duracell ? There are goals in them top class players .

We've been scoring fairly well (notwithstanding the chances we miss); 20 goals in our last six games. It's the other end where the problems are.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Rodri an obvious big miss, but then to compound it with that selection!!

 

[paulchapo]

Erling to have a David White moment tonight.

He fucking owes us one, in spite of being top scorer. Some of his misses have been baffling.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Assuming that is the lineup I'd hope Bernie plays midfield with Alvarez wide.

Hopefully we’ll all be lauding the genius of pep and a brilliant win later tonight….

 

[alexmcity]

If that's true, i'm surprised!

No Ake? No Kovacic?

That midfield seems light, even with Stones playing in there.

Ake isn't faultless. He was involved in the first goal for Wolves, in Arsenal's winner, in Spurs' equalizer, etc. I like him, he's a great squad player and a very likeable person, but if Pep prefers other players for certain games, e.g. Gvardiol, he has his reasons. Ake was fantastic vs Salah, mind. Maybe he isn't fully fit or Pep wants to unlock Gcardiol's potential?

 

[axlgod]

Immediately cancelled by VAR for.......

A sneeze by Silva that causes McGinn to fall over that happens in the third minute of the game.