0-0 sounds about right.
Is Cahill suspended after red card yesterday?
I have never seen us lose when I've gone to an away match*, and I'm pleased (???) to say I'm going this weekend.
1-2 (Bent & Gabby)
*This may be something to do with the teams we've played against in those away fixtures: (in no particular order) Coventry, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Everton, Derby, West Ham & Sheffield Wednesday
A lot of Bolton fans up here are worried as both Wheater and Cahill will be suspended.Bolton are appealing Cahills red
Right, total change of plan, tactics and approach for this one.Jenas must be arriving extremely late in the box judging by your team ;-)
Guzan
Herd
Clark
Dunne
Warnock
Albrighton
Bannan
Petrov
N'Zogbia
Agbonlahor
Bent
That's what I'd pick. 4-4-2. Let's press high up the pitch. Let's get the ball wide. Let's get service to Bent. Let's try and get Gabby in behind with a few balls in behind their centre backs. Let's get Herd and Warnock hitting their wingers early to stop the balls coming in the box. Let's get Jenas arriving late in the box....
Easy, isn't it?
This is a nailed-on draw.
The thing is, a draw will only be marginally less damaging for him than a loss.
you have missed 2a.The thing is, a draw will only be marginally less damaging for him than a loss.
In order of importance for the Ginger wanker
1/ Dont lose - do everything to not concede a goal
2/ Draw - much better than a loss and a good result in the wonderful prem (irrespective of the opposition or their form - tosser)
3/ Steal a win - do all the above and then hope you get lucky and on the odd occasion we get in their half we nick a goal then defend for our lives
Utter utter dross
This is a nailed-on draw.
...for 90 mins, then Bolton to win it in the 8th minute of stoppage time.
Bolton 1 - Crisis Club Aston Villa 0
Doesn't Cahill usually play shit against us?Didn't he get 2 goals against us at their place last season ?
Doesn't Cahill usually play shit against us?Didn't he get 2 goals against us at their place last season ?
He usually scores but has a crap game defensively.
Will Herd be fit?
This dreadful Bolton team outplayed at VP in the League Cup !
I'll go for 1-2 Bolton.
I am hoping we can get all the points. Prove me wrong AM.
I do not believe we will win this game, I have Bolton for the victory. I want us to win.I am hoping we can get all the points. Prove me wrong AM.
So you want us to win but want AM to prove you wrong so we don't win? ???
I'm suddenly more hopeful after Mcleish revealed we are trying to copy Holland's footballing style.
Heskey is a perfect fit for what he described as "fluid football"
I'm suddenly more hopeful after Mcleish revealed we are trying to copy Holland's footballing style.
Heskey is a perfect fit for what he described as "fluid football"
Did Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?
Closer we get to the game, the less confident I am am. Defeat. Followed by another week of calling for his head. I don't think, by the time he leaves, there will ever have been a more unpopular manager of Aston Villa.
Did Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?Laughable. AM really does love this guy, I suppose they can recall their favourite Blues moments to each other.
QuoteDid Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?Laughable.
Im still shocked about the Jenas deal . my goldfish would have made sure there was a clause in it with an injury prone player . 17-0 to Bolton please , Mcthick to go , Faulkner to go with him and Randy , please wake the f**k up .
whats happened to us ? ;(
I'm suddenly more hopeful after Mcleish revealed we are trying to copy Holland's footballing style.
Heskey is a perfect fit for what he described as "fluid football"
Did Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?
Closer we get to the game, the less confident I am am. Defeat. Followed by another week of calling for his head. I don't think, by the time he leaves, there will ever have been a more unpopular manager of Aston Villa.
The Heskey comment was a joke.
To a lot of you, MON was just as unpopular, as was DOL, many were also slagging off Houllier. It's just the way some people operate. The only difference this time is that they turned after 18 minutes not 18 months.
Im still shocked about the Jenas deal . my goldfish would have made sure there was a clause in it with an injury prone player . 17-0 to Bolton please , Mcthick to go , Faulkner to go with him and Randy , please wake the f**k up .
whats happened to us ? ;(
The most shocking thing to me is the amount of people who actually want us to lose.
i never ever want us to lose!Im still shocked about the Jenas deal . my goldfish would have made sure there was a clause in it with an injury prone player . 17-0 to Bolton please , Mcthick to go , Faulkner to go with him and Randy , please wake the f**k up .
whats happened to us ? ;(
The most shocking thing to me is the amount of people who actually want us to lose.
well I think 17-0 would be the final nail in AM's Villa coffin ;)
maybe I should not have put please ....
Think we'll either get our standard 2-2 draw or go up there and spank them, 4-0. All the McLeish haters will quickly turn and it'll all be the other way round.I hope so.
Don't forget that Bolton have the world class Nigel Reo-Coker in their side. He will boss the game and score a hat-trick.I think NRC is injured
Don't forget that Bolton have the world class Nigel Reo-Coker in their side. He will boss the game and score a hat-trick.I think NRC is injured
Bolton are a very very poor side.
0-0
Bolton are a very very poor side.
0-0
The same 'poor' side that knocked us out the Carling Cup a few months ago? I think we'll lose 2-1...... McLeish out!!
Bolton are a very very poor side.
0-0
The same 'poor' side that knocked us out the Carling Cup a few months ago? I think we'll lose 2-1...... McLeish out!!
The table, their performances and results this season, and for most of the latter last, would suggest their toilet.
I'm suddenly more hopeful after Mcleish revealed we are trying to copy Holland's footballing style.
Heskey is a perfect fit for what he described as "fluid football"
Did Houllier not refer to Heskey as Beckenbauer?
Closer we get to the game, the less confident I am am. Defeat. Followed by another week of calling for his head. I don't think, by the time he leaves, there will ever have been a more unpopular manager of Aston Villa.
The Heskey comment was a joke.
To a lot of you, MON was just as unpopular, as was DOL, many were also slagging off Houllier. It's just the way some people operate. The only difference this time is that they turned after 18 minutes not 18 months.
In MoN's last season there were a number of polls about him and generally it was something like Sixty-Odd per cent in favour of him continuing as manager IIRC. Admittedly, a lot of people criticised him for what he did that they did not like but even some of them thought he should have stayed manager. I wonder if McLeish has an approval rating as strong as that? Even Houllier got around 20-30% on the polls on here, a level I doubt McLeish will match. As bad as things were under Ged they actually look quite good now. We've left the frying pan and are now in a far worse position in the fire.
I think Lawrenson has summed it up really:-You cannot just aim for mid-table, you need to go out to win in all games.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, have got to decide what they want to do. I look at them and it's exactly like watching Birmingham last season - they've made themselves compact, difficult to beat and don't commit too many men forward - but I feel they've got more attacking quality than that.
They've got to go for it a bit more - and if they did that they'd win more than they'd lose. In Gabriel Agbonlahor and Darren Bent they have two very good players, but they are just not getting the best out of them. They're a little bit conservative. I think Alex McLeish is aiming for mid-table - and that's probably exactly what they'll get, no more, no less.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
Very tiresome indeed.So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
What the fuck is wrong with that post? It's an indisputable fact that many people on here wanted MON out all the way through his last season, they then wanted Houllier out after a couple of months and they now want McLeish out.
You're acting like a bunch of bullies, because I don't fall into line and have an independent view you all think it is open season to have a pop at me.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Chris there are a lot of people who wanted him out because of his connection with the other lot, there were quite a few that were concerned by his track record and style of football. You have to admit the way he sets up the team and the style we play is mind numbingly dull and failing. The only arguement could be that with the resources he has available that he has no other choice. I am not sure that holds much water.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
Very tiresome indeed.So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
Very tiresome indeed.So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
But nowhere near as boring or tiresome as the way a handful of posters are turning every thread into the Everything is Shit show.
it is pretty difficult to find much to be enthusiastic about, we are playing dreadfull football, there is a lack of enthusiasm both on and off the pitch, people are voting with thier feet and thier is no indication that anything is going to change any time soon.Very tiresome indeed.So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
But nowhere near as boring or tiresome as the way a handful of posters are turning every thread into the Everything is Shit show.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
Chris, I wanted Mon out but not houllier. He had a long term vision. Mon and eck seem not too and play turgid football at home to boot.Same here Ozz, I would have liked to have seen Houllier have a preseason and a full season, but alas it was not to be. At least the football would have been better than it is at the moment.
This site wouldn't work without them.Very tiresome indeed.So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
But nowhere near as boring or tiresome as the way a handful of posters are turning every thread into the Everything is Shit show.
So 40% wanted him sacked, that's "a lot" isn't it, considering the relatively strong position we were in at the time? At that time, amongst those people, he was just as unpopular as McLeish is now. Similarly Houllier and DOL got the dog's abuse.Another thread turned into the the Chris smith show.How boring it is getting.
I'm beginning to detect a pattern.
What the fuck is wrong with that post? It's an indisputable fact that many people on here wanted MON out all the way through his last season, they then wanted Houllier out after a couple of months and they now want McLeish out.
You're acting like a bunch of bullies, because I don't fall into line and have an independent view you all think it is open season to have a pop at me.
On the train. Optimism is creeping in. I think we'll win 2-1
On the train. Optimism is creeping in. I think we'll win 2-1
Beer will do that to you.
I predict Jaaskelinen will be sat on a deckchair on the six yard line with a pack of cigars bored out of his brains after about 35 minutes laughing his head off at Emile hitting a shot out for a throw in.
On the train. Optimism is creeping in. I think we'll win 2-1