Aston Villa vs Swansea City Pre-Match Thread

[alan_clarke]

Just got my ticket for this - start of a new (glorious?) era...

[Stu]

2-2 or some shit.

[Risso]

Really important that Smith gets off to a good start, and I think he will.  4-1 us.  Jack with a brace, Abraham and Bolasie with the other two. 

[Bad English]

I will comment on Tuesday the traditional day for starting Saturday match thread.

I didn't realise there was a day for it.

[RichardBatchelor]

I dreamt I was at this and it was strangely Bruce-esque, circa 2016. No goalscoring chances at either end and 0-0 in a terrible match, but very sound at the back, with Tuanzebe having a blinder. He was able to clear the ball incredible distances when under pressure in the box.

So I’ll go 4-3 Villa.

[TheMalandro]

F**k the f**kers. 3-1

[manic-road]

Smith won't be able to fix the defence overnight, I'll go for 1-1.

[darren woolley]

1-1 Draw for me.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

2-1.
Barry Hole, Jimmy Rimmer for us. Ivor Allchurch for them.

[levico]

No miracle cure, our defence is still terrible.
A draw probably. 2-2.

[Des Little]

It's time for the orange dot.

Villa 2 Swans 0.  There's lovely

[Drummond]

Nyland

-------Bree----- Chester----- Tuanzebe

Elmo---------------------------------------Albert

------------McGinn---Hourihane--------------

----------------Grealish-------------------------

----------Abraham----Kodjia-------------------

Subs: Bunn, Hutton, Jedinak, Lansbury, Bolasie, El Ghazi, Hogan

3-2 Home win.

[preston28]

Despite the optimism & a big crowd we'll lose 1-0.  Too early for Smith & Co. to sort out the squad. 

I'm actually going for reverse psychology here - I back us to win under Bruce and we didn't. So my logic is predict a loss and we'll get a big win...………………...

[auntiesledd]

It's time for the orange dot.

Villa 2 Swans 0.  There's lovely

'Twould be lovely indeed - but I don't think we'll be seeing that orange dot quite so soon, unfortunately.

I'm going for a cheeky 2-1 Villa win (although I'll be happy with any score if it means we snaffle the points). UTV!

[Proposition Joe]

Nyland

-------Bree----- Chester----- Tuanzebe

Elmo---------------------------------------Albert

------------McGinn---Hourihane--------------

----------------Grealish-------------------------

----------Abraham----Kodjia-------------------

Subs: Bunn, Hutton, Jedinak, Lansbury, Bolasie, El Ghazi, Hogan

3-2 Home win.

The trouble with that is that if I were a Swansea midfielder I could basically stroll right through the middle of the park and not see a challenge until I met Chester. Maybe put Bjarneson there instead of Hourihane? Or is my thinking too Brucey?