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

[AliBobbyJ]

Villa fans can sing "you'll never win that" as they wave replicas of the West Midlands Cup at us.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I thought Doku did ok when he came on and should start. We were too predictable today.

April Fool!

 

[Blue Steel]

Going by who I think is available:

Ortega
Akanji
Lewis
Dias
Gvardiol
Rodri
Kovacic
Foden
Bernardo
Grealish
Haaland

Think Kev needs a rest to get his best form back. Things tend to go well when Grealish and Haaland start together. Gvardiol and Kova have played themselves into the line up for me.

Possible Subs: Alvarez for Haaland (really need to see Alvarez in his best position again), then minutes for Bobb and Kev later on.

 

[aka blue jambo]

Decided to give this a miss as obviously just back today but already gutted I sold my ticket. But madrid away Wembley and a broken combi boiler clinched it

 

[M43 blue]

Ortega
Lewis dias gvardiol ake
Rodri kovacic
Bobb foden doku
Alvarez

Haaland
Kdb
Nunes
Sliva
Grealish
All to come at some point fresh legs to start the match

 

[blueparsman]

Why give kev a rest. He just been off for 2 weeks. He needs to play to get sharp. Take him off at 70 mins

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Watkins is out with a hamstring issue?

Fancy us, regardless.

 

[citymad]

Watkins is out with a hamstring issue?

Fancy us, regardless.

Need to keep an eye on Bailey, he's top quality on his day.

 

[citymad]

Dilemma for Pep whether to rest Kev. Can't be without him vs Madrid.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Need to keep an eye on Bailey, he's top quality on his day.

Villa won't have much of the ball and I'm expecting Haaland to remind a few people how stupid they sound...