Chelsea v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[darren woolley]

I'm sad to say 4-0 again.

[VillaAlways]

When I caught the BBC news report on the Arsenal-Chelsea match and watched Terry and Lampard troop off at the end with faces like thunder, my immediate thought was, shit,  we're going to get the backlash.

Well lets hope Bolton get the backlash tonight and we only lose 3-0 on Sunday

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Lets do a Sunderland to em !

[TheBarneyArmy]

4-0 Chelsea...
followed by another 3 in the 2nd half and the dismissal of GH.

[john2710]

We need to just get this game out of the way & hope that we don't have a repeat of last season's result. Anything would be a bonus.

It's time to take all of the kids out of the team, including Allbrighton, for the next few games we need experience.

The season starts again against Sunderland.

[CJ]

Bit defeatist but I've already written this game off, and to be honest all I'm hoping is that we don't get another tonking.  I'm more concerned with getting our season back on track, kick-starting with the Sunderland and Sheffield games

[Clampy]

My one bit of hope is that other than the 7-1 tonking last season, we've got a pretty good record against Chelsea, we do normally seem to do well against them. I hope the players bear that in mind and have a go because like us, they're not playing with a great deal of confidence either.

[Pete3206]

Do a Blackpool and go for it. 2 up front.

We're dead if we defend anyway. Give them to some work to do at the back at least.

[pablopicasso_10]

absolutely dreading this...

could be a cricket score...

[koreanmeatballs]

Seriously, what happens if we play like we did at Man City/ Liverpool?

The performance at Man City should be the bottom of the barrel, the complete lack of everything was astonishing.
If Geddy can't get them to bounce back (Give it a f**king good go and show some pride, even in a loss) then I think we're up a creek.

It doesn't matter about the result he needs to show that he can get a reaction from these players, the majority of these gobshites will be playing for the rest of the season. We need a glimmer of hope.

[Moorski]

3 or 4 Nil beckons, I would love to see us win but it ain't going to happen is it.

[burtonreferees]

5-0

Lampard pen (as always)
Anelka 3
Terry

And they will take the piss 2nd half...unless we show some kind of spine..which has been totally lacking in recent times !

[phantom limb]

God I hate Chelsea. We're going to get a thumping, with Chelsea setting a new record for the most penalties won in any game, ever.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Either 8-0 to them or 1-0 to us.

[damon loves JT]

I do hope we win. We already have a wide selection of arseholes, and don't need another.