Aston Villa vs Norwich City Pre-Match Thread

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Don't think we'll lose but that is about as optimistic as I can get. See the noses are are home as well on Saturday  to Sheffield wed. .seems a bit strange that. Certainly hope those  knuckledraggers  don't upset the ambience of my pre match drinks in bham.

I wouldn't worry, the unwashed will still be travelling back from Brugge/The leyland DAF/Prison

[aj2k77]

0-0. Unless we shoot ourselves in the face or they do a major balls up like the keeper throwing the ball between his legs again.

[Des Little]

Villa 4 Norwich 0

Let's be 'avin you!

[Lobsterboy]

1-2 and the misery continues...

[levico]

Best we can hope for is 0-0. No chance of us scoring.

[SoccerHQ]

0-0.

[devilla]

I hope Bacuna doesn't play. i thought he was very poor last night.
And i would play Jack. I don't know what's been going on re attitude, etc., but he has class and can open things up.

I agree. One thing he can do is win free kicks around the box. That may be our best chance of scoring if we don't have any strikers.

Norwich are terrible at the moment - a run of 5 defeats in a row but we all know what happens when a team play us when they're on a run like that don't we?

Fuck it. One nil to us, Lescott header.

[Skerra]

Once again, 70% of pollsters saying we won't lose. Incredible!! As I've said on many occasions, to win a team has to score. When was the last match that we looked likely to score?? Please tell me, who is going to score 1 goal for us let alone 2 or more?

As regards the board, why on earth appoint any manager on a fairly high wage when you are not going to back the guy with some money for transfers? If cost cutting means that much to them, they could have appointed me on say £3,000 per MONTH and, sure with this current playing squad could have achieved the same results. Much, much better though, for all of us, having made the right appointment, Garde, at least back him to the hilt. The money is there (see comments regarding us being near the top of the league regarding shirt sales!!) so why not spend some of it for the Manager's and our sakes to at least have given us a little hope!!

[Dr Butler]

3 nil Villa as we get the 3 penalties we should of got vs West Barcelona, Wet Sham and Licecester...

J.Vertout 28(pen), 46(pen) and 85(pen)

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[django]

I'd start with the same team as last night but put grealish wide left, Gabby up top on his own and start Gil in the hole where he started quite brightly last night.

Gil and Grealish are underwhelming and a pair of fannies but if the rest of the team shows some of the urgency from last night it should make up for it. Norwich have had several pastings back to back I reckon they'll be shitting themselves and we could take advantage.

Gabby to score.


edit. Grealish in for Ayew obviously.

[VancouverLion]

2-0 us. Gabby 64, Sinclair 81

The march up the table well and truly on!

[andyh]

No goals in our team so the question is, can we keep a clean sheet?

I think not and so 0-1.

[QuintonVilla]

0-2. Who is going to score for us?!

[ROBBO]

We are so weak up front I would be tempted to experiment and play Richards to lead the pack up front, he may not score but he may cause enough problems to allow the other forwards more opportunities.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd play Guzan up front. He's the only one in the squad that knows how to find the back of the net having spent so much time in it the last few years.