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Title: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: olaftab on August 26, 2025, 03:06:58 PM
When: Sunday 31 August kick off 7pm.
Where: Villa Park

Time to stop being silly and get the season going properly.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Dave P on August 26, 2025, 03:18:23 PM
They would have had a flea in their ear all week and we're due to beat Palace.  I'm going for an unconvincing 2-0 win that still provides more questions than answers.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Des Little on August 26, 2025, 03:32:03 PM
A few shots at goal would be nice
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: RamboandBruno on August 26, 2025, 03:38:56 PM
Christ.
Nervy Villa Park, shite time. Cliche but need an early goal, or nerves will take over. Ive heard they’ve returned lots of tickets, if true I can’t say I blame them, given the journey and such a shit time of the week. We need to be noisy.

Head says 0-2 them, but feck that, 2-0 us (Watkins 2).
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: cdbearsfan on August 26, 2025, 03:56:26 PM
Crystal sodding Palace. Hello darkness my old friend. I know they've sold him but I still expect Eze to score against us. Can someone buy Sarr before Sunday, please?
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: PeterWithesShin on August 26, 2025, 04:01:41 PM
Palace only took the lower tier of the away allocation so anyone wanting tickets together may have more joy in the upper as it can be a struggle elsewhere.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Drummond on August 26, 2025, 04:03:48 PM
We don't let them bring a drum do we?
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: PaulWinch again on August 26, 2025, 04:12:09 PM
Don’t be meek please Unai.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Brazilian Villain on August 26, 2025, 04:13:50 PM
We badly need a win. It'll be a draw.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Smirker on August 26, 2025, 04:14:55 PM
Drop Watkins and Rogers, start Malen and Guessand.

3-1 Villa FTF.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: VancouverLion on August 26, 2025, 04:23:07 PM
Tielemans and SJM double pivot.

Malen   Rogers  Guessand

           Watkins

Please Unai.
2-1.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: aldridgeboy on August 26, 2025, 04:25:35 PM
Of all teams to play when we’re nervy.
The streak ends here.


We score a late goal to nick it by one.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: brontebilly on August 26, 2025, 04:37:43 PM
Martinez
Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen
Tielemans, McGinn
Malen, Rogers, Guessand
Watkins

We can hardly be as bad again
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Dave on August 26, 2025, 04:40:20 PM
Palace only took the lower tier of the away allocation so anyone wanting tickets together may have more joy in the upper as it can be a struggle elsewhere.

Yup, loads in P8-P11 at the moment. First of the season for me and the kids.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Ads on August 26, 2025, 05:06:16 PM
Their support outside of London is shite.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: RamboandBruno on August 26, 2025, 05:14:47 PM
Martinez
Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen
Tielemans, McGinn
Malen, Rogers, Guessand
Watkins

We can hardly be as bad again
Would probably go with this.

Been thinking back to our first bad run under Unai, when from memory we got tonked at home by Leicester, Liverpool away and Arsenal at home in successive weeks. Didnt we scrape a 1-0 at home to Palace to stop the rot and then weht on a great run.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: aj2k77 on August 26, 2025, 05:18:46 PM
We owe these drum wankers one.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Toronto Villa on August 26, 2025, 05:34:34 PM
we will come out flying and we will win.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Martyn Smith on August 26, 2025, 05:48:15 PM
Their support outside of London is shite.

I've never met any outside of the CR and double digit SE postcodes. They are a locals' team. Can't see what appeal the team would have outside of that area tbh

Getting out of and into that area at that time on a Sunday for a game that's on TV; I can see the appeal of not going...
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Martyn Smith on August 26, 2025, 05:49:59 PM
We'll squeak a narrow win and I'll try to hide my smirk in the office Mon...
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Martyn Smith on August 26, 2025, 05:51:48 PM
One of the many reasons I love having been born a Villa fan is that we don't have any of the drum and Ultras wank going on...
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Small Rodent on August 26, 2025, 06:04:23 PM
Their support outside of London is shite.

I've never met any outside of the CR and double digit SE postcodes. They are a locals' team. Can't see what appeal the team would have outside of that area tbh

Getting out of and into that area at that time on a Sunday for a game that's on TV; I can see the appeal of not going...

It used to be you had 10% off a season ticket if you were a CR council tax payer.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Brazilian Villain on August 26, 2025, 06:15:58 PM
we will come out flying and we will win.

If we parade all our latest summer signings before kick-off, it could help give the team and crowd a lift.
Title: Re: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Post by: Behind Bluenose Lines on August 26, 2025, 06:34:30 PM
We don't let them bring a drum do we?
Oh don't! I've still got a migraine from the one they brought into Wembley stadium (with the illicit fireworks while I got my handbag-sized hairspray confiscated: riddle me that???)

Let's do 'em under the Villa Park lights 3-0.

No, I haven't had a drink!
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