Aston Villa vs Blackburn Rovers pre-Match thread

[Dave P]

Just got my tickets and it looks like there are only about 250 left, all in the Upper Trinity.  Amazing effort!

[KRS]

Fixtures for us to keep an eye on tomorrow:

Reading vs Preston (Preston level on pts)
Sheff Utd vs Bristol (Bristol 2 games in hand)
Derby vs Rotherham (Derby 1 game in hand)
Boro vs Norwich (Boro 1 game in hand)

...and some less so:
Stoke vs Sheff Weds
Forest vs Swansea

Preston and Derby have potential banana skins against 2 teams fighting relegation, where as wins for Norwich and Sheff Utd would be most helpful towards us securing a playoff spot.

We need to stay focused, one game at a time, and make sure we take 3pts tomorrow...a 3-0 win with an early goal would do nicely.

[Dazvillain]

Just got my tickets and it looks like there are only about 250 left, all in the Upper Trinity.  Amazing effort!

Bizarrely there are 10 available in lower DOUG Ellis in blocks normally for away ??
Also all 3 blocks in upper tier now on sale to home fans . Not seen that happen for a good long while

[Dazvillain]

Oh, and Deano,  nice to have Axel and Lansbury for bench but not too much tinkering please . I’m happy with back four of late but think he may opt for axel alongside Minga with Hause going to LB

[Lastfootstamper]

Just got my tickets and it looks like there are only about 250 left, all in the Upper Trinity.  Amazing effort!

Bizarrely there are 10 available in lower DOUG Ellis in blocks normally for away ??
Also all 3 blocks in upper tier now on sale to home fans . Not seen that happen for a good long while

A quick tot-up on the AVFC app shows 700+ still available in the UT, with mere smatterings around the rest of the ground, plus those 3 blocks released to us in the Upper Doug. I don't think it'll sell out, but there's a good chance we'll be nudging 40k.

[SoccerHQ]

Has Tammy been pictured in training? Papers said he was major doubt.

If he dosen't make it I reckon DS would start Davis ahead of Kodj.

Will go for 3-1 win. We always had a brilliant winning record v Blackburn in the premier league.

[Lastfootstamper]

Sky Sports News preview from one hour ago says he's fit

[simon ward 50]

Strangely optimistic for this one. That is a bad thing, right?

[in exile]

Another home win, this time 3-1

[cannock villa]

Just need to get a commanding lead as soon as possible then get Jack off to protect him for the run in.

[Damo70]

Fixtures for us to keep an eye on tomorrow:

Reading vs Preston (Preston level on pts)
Sheff Utd vs Bristol (Bristol 2 games in hand)
Derby vs Rotherham (Derby 1 game in hand)
Boro vs Norwich (Boro 1 game in hand)

...and some less so:
Stoke vs Sheff Weds
Forest vs Swansea

Preston and Derby have potential banana skins against 2 teams fighting relegation, where as wins for Norwich and Sheff Utd would be most helpful towards us securing a playoff spot.

We need to stay focused, one game at a time, and make sure we take 3pts tomorrow...a 3-0 win with an early goal would do nicely.

Preston to win at Reading
Sheffield United to beat Bristol City
Derby to beat Rotherham
Norwich to win at Boro
Stoke v Sheffield Wednesday is a tough one to call as Stoke have under performed all season and Wednesday are in decent form but I will go for Stoke to win.
I think Forest will beat Swansea.
Villa will beat Blackburn.

[KRS]

I'm hoping at least one of Reading and Rotherham will pick up an unexpected win or at least a draw. Sheff Weds and Forest dropping points to push them out of the picture wouldn't be a bad thing either.

[mallo]

I'm going to say 2-1 reasonably comfortable win. Early pressure to get a goal hopefully. Good to have options from the bench as well - Lansbury to play more than 10 minutes of competitive football without injury.

[Diablo]

Has Tammy been pictured in training? Papers said he was major doubt.

If he dosen't make it I reckon DS would start Davis ahead of Kodj.

Will go for 3-1 win. We always had a brilliant winning record v Blackburn in the premier league.

DS said that Tammy is fit in his pre match conference - said he'd not played in the internationals but that Tammy had received treatment on his calf (and groin?) whilst away. Said he was good for Blackburn.

[olaftab]

1-0 will do.