Aston Villa (H) - Wed 3rd April, 20:15 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You should start an ITK twitter account with the insight you have. Then people can repost it on here with giving it validation.

It could have been

Akanji Stones Dias Gvardiol though.

Think this just means Stones will be on the bench.

 

[stonerblue]

8.15 Kick off - i am turning into a moaning old bastad but fuck that i will watch from home. Really cant be arced stuck in Traffic on the Mancunian Way at 10.45 on a school night when up at 6.

Don't blame you Worsley. Fucking ridiculous scheduling

 

[stonerblue]

Villa are going to sit back and counter attack. Without McGinn, Watkins and Ramsay they're weaker but they still have the players to play intricate football and then release Diaby/Bailey in behind. I think if we play Kovacic and Rodri we risk having the same lack of goal threat as we did at the weekend through a lack of numbers in the box.

Have a back three of Gvardiol-Dias-Akanji (if Stones isn't fit) when is possession with Lewis tucked in alongside Rodri. Foden operating in the style of Gundo picking up space off Haaland and Grealish-De Bruyne-Bernardo.

That way we'll keep the ball and pin them in still, but have extra numbers in the box.

Villa's form away from home is okay. 7 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses. It's their home form that has seen them have such a great season. But they have the gameplan and players that usually cause us problems.

We can't be any worse than we were at Villa Park though - that was one of the worst games we've played under Pep.

Are those 3 you mention first definitely out?

 

[Lowtower]

Why is it 8.15?

Whats the thinking behind this?

 

[phargrave]

Pretty much win or bust in the PL tonight - not going to complain much if we do fail after last season we've done so well to even be in the mix

You’ll catch a few talking sense like that…..

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Have Shackleton, Hillary and Scott given their apologies.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Why is it 8.15?

Whats the thinking behind this?

TNT have a game starting at 7:30pm and one at 8:15pm to start at half time of the other game. Must maximise ratings.

 

[OntarioBlue]

8.15 Kick off - i am turning into a moaning old bastad but fuck that i will watch from home. Really cant be arced stuck in Traffic on the Mancunian Way at 10.45 on a school night when up at 6.

I’m just sat at home watching Pointless thinking do I really want to go out in the wind and rain to get home around midnight. Of course I’ll be leaving soon - it’s my duty !

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Have Shackleton, Hillary and Scott given their apologies.

Yep, they said they were Etihaded out.

 

[TINY]

Gonna be empty tonight, going off what I’ve seen on Twitter and this thresd