Aston Villa v Manchester City Pre-Match Thread

[Chipsticks]

1-1 exciting draw.

Downing to score late in front of the Holte and kiss the badge - ending speculation about his move to Liverpool.

Barry to score for them and to kiss the badge - which over the next few days will be re-designed into a wallet, and made out of solid gold.

[Des Little]

Villa 3 Citeh 2

Bent x 3 for us
Fatty Bum Bum & Big lugs Milner for them

[Jimbo]

A loss, despite the good feeling about potential signings. Might only be one or two goals in it, though.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Thought we'd win before the Bent news and so no reason to change my view now.  2-1 to the Villa.  Gabby and Downing to score for us, Dzeko for them.

[alanclare]

0-3 Citeh

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If we sign Bent and potentially a few others, I think confidence amongst everybody will rocket.

I’m as excited as hell, even Risso’s has cracked a smile! Confidence to be blown back into the players with the new faces and a sell-out Villa Park.

Villa to win.

[LeeB]

If we sign Bent and potentially a few others, I think confidence amongst everybody will rocket.

I’m as excited as hell, even Risso’s has cracked a smile! Confidence to be blown back into the players with the new faces and a sell-out Villa Park.

Villa to win.

And Bent to go on a Saunders/Dublin-esque run and fire us into Europe.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Villa 2-1 Bent & Agbonlahor

[SoccerHQ]

1-2, Man. City are bloody good away from home.

Bit worried Yaya Toure will dominate the midfield if we play 4-4-2 and Tevez against our centre halfs isn't filling me with confidence.

Pretty sure we'll win at Wigan though.

[The Walshmeister]

4 - 4

Walker         4 og's Dunne
Collins
Young
Petrov

Bent subbed after 61 mins when we were 4 - 0 down.

[Lobsterboy]

1-2

A much improved performance after the humiliation at Wastelands and hopefully plenty of positives to take into the Wigan match. Still see us losing though, Citeh are a seriously good side at the mo and the likes Tevez, Silva and Dzeko will have too much for our back four.

Hope I'm proved wrong though!

[damon loves JT]

Rousing 2-2 draw, we go behind twice to silly goals. Makoun to level it at the death and throw his jumper into the Holte, everyone scatters to avoid it

[nodge]

Rousing 2-2 draw, we go behind twice to silly goals. Makoun to level it at the death and throw his jumper into the Holte, everyone scatters to avoid it

Damon, you really should be on the stage.  I'm sniggering away like Muttley and the wife asks me what's so funny?

Try explaining to a woman who has no interest in football about a new signing at the Villa and the jumper he was wearing, and he might score a goal in a game that he probably won't be playing in etc, and she looks at me like I'm a mentallist.

[damon loves JT]

Life is good. You can almost forget that we're 'lowly Aston Villa' (© Colin Murray on MOTD)

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Rousing 2-2 draw, we go behind twice to silly goals. Makoun to level it at the death and throw his jumper into the Holte, everyone scatters to avoid it

Damon, you really should be on the stage.  I'm sniggering away like Muttley and the wife asks me what's so funny?

Try explaining to a woman who has no interest in football about a new signing at the Villa and the jumper he was wearing, and he might score a goal in a game that he probably won't be playing in etc, and she looks at me like I'm a mentallist.

Nodge, the exact same thing in my house!