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

[BELFAST_BLUE_BOY]

58% of fans on here dont think we can beat Villa....WTF?

 

[John Wayne]

Phillips, Nunes and Kovacic all terrible recruitment

Nunes has played less than 500 minutes for us. How can we honestly say he's been a terrible signing at this point? I'll grant you the first one but the second two need way more time to be judged.

 

[Eoiyflem]

58% of fans on here dont think we can beat Villa....WTF?

Difference between can and will.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Nunes has played less than 500 minutes for us. How can we honestly say he's been a terrible signing at this point? I'll grant you the first one but the second two need way more time to be judged.

The lads in the pub probably told him

 

[youngbob]

58% of fans on here dont think we can beat Villa....WTF?

Tbf I vote "loss" every week because I'm weird and superstitious.

 

[dadnlad]

You must have thought the same about most of our other signings. They’ve barely played, so I’m not sure how you’ve come to that conclusion already

think it's Txiki bunner account

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Nunes has played less than 500 minutes for us. How can we honestly say he's been a terrible signing at this point? I'll grant you the first one but the second two need way more time to be judged.

I think he’ll be great for us, just needs a bit of time to bed in

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Which clown is reffing this one?

Clowns to the left [of the field] jokers to the right and here we are stuck with them [ at the Villa].

I’ll have a Royale with Cheese!

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Tbf I vote "loss" every week because I'm weird and superstitious.

I have voted wins for games versus Chelsea, Red Scouse and Spurs. I’m going back to revert to my default position of ignoring that score predictor tab

 

[RodneyRodney]

I'm not looking for "excuses", I'm explaining why I think we're in trouble on Wednesday.

As you said, we were a shambles at the back against spurs missing 9 players.

From that line up we have now also lost rodri, doku and grealish.

That is why I don't see us winning. It's not an excuse, it's an opinion

The point I'm making is Spurs were missing 9 players and they weren't a shambles ; if they can manage a performance in that situation, so can we ; If Ange can manage it , so can Pep.
Rodri Doku & Jack are 3 players ; football is a game for 11. This is where Pep earns his $$$

If we think we're beaten before a ball is kicked , there's no point in turning up ; that attitude is for Rags

 

[kenbelly]

I think we will come out fighting and hammer them, spurs created a bucket load of chances against them in the first 20 minutes of their game.

 

[Blue2202]

Too early to judge Kovacic and Nunes. I think both will come good, especially in the last 2-3 months of the season.

What have you seen from either to predict this out of interest?
Kovacic did ok first few games but had a big wobble since the arsenal game
Nunes hasn't shown a thing to suggest he's at citys level

 

[chris85mcfc]

I've gone full 360 in the last 24 hours

Starting to feel like we're going to come out fighting and be 3 up after half an hour! Daft thing is, we'll probably have 3 or 4 guilt edge chances in the first half, and as always it'll be a case of us taking them, and keeping them our of our own net.

For some reason this game feels fairly pivotal, backs to the wall type stuff, which could really ignite us for the rest of December.

Think it's time to go to bed!

 

[Eoiyflem]

The point I'm making is Spurs were missing 9 players and they weren't a shambles ; if they can manage a performance in that situation, so can we ; If Ange can manage it , so can Pep.
Rodri Doku & Jack are 3 players ; football is a game for 11. This is where Pep earns his $$$

If we think we're beaten before a ball is kicked , there's no point in turning up ; that attitude is for Rags

Admire the optimism but we don't live in a world where you just wish for things and they happen. We live in reality.

The reality is that we can win this game but based on the evidence of the last few games and the fact that we lose pretty much every game rodri doesn't play, I don't think we will get 3 points. It's got fuck all to do with the rags

 

[Fordyboy46]

58% of fans on here dont think we can beat Villa....WTF?

Of course we think we can, but the odds are stacked against us on Wednesday with lots of key players missing

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I'd go stones and Bernardo mid 2
Walker akanji Dias Lewis back 4
Foden nunes att mid
Haaland alverez up top
4-2-2-2

 

[eyalluvitt]

Which clown is reffing this one?

Grealish’s dad, with Benny from Crossroads on VAR

 

[Ric]

We’ve concede 10 goals in our last four games. That’s an average of 2.5 goals a game. Clearly that’s not sustainable. Rodri being out, in particular, is a big blow in that regard but we really need to tighten things up a bit. We’ll always create chances, do need to start grinding out wins.

Posted a slightly different team last night, but would play a midfield three of Stones, Kovacic and Lewis on Wednesday so we don’t get overrun. Bernardo on the right, Foden on the left, and Haaland up front.

 

[SamBlue]

A solid 2:2 draw!

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

The worry, if Kovacic and Stones are both fit to start, is that it's likely they'll both be gassed after an hour. Can't see Phillips starting, so probably little choice.

I think we need to find a solution and put Bernardo in the middle alongside Rico and with whoever else is available. That might mean Foden and Alvarez wide.