Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on March 01, 2026, 06:26:39 PM
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A massive game in midweek. We have allowed Man City and Arsenal to vanish into the distance, Man U and Liverpool to catch us. We cannot allow Chelsea to do the same. We need a win and a return to some positive energy. It’s been really gloomy of late. This needs to be a springboard to the balance of the season in the league and Europa. I want to see us open up a bit and play faster more flowing football. I’m probably asking too much. So I’ll go for an edgy nervy 2-1 win.
Rogers and Tammy for us. Palmer penalty for them.
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Dread.
Fucking do them, Villa.
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Villa 0 Chelsea 3
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Head says no fooking chance in our current form.
But try not to listen to my head too much.
2-1 Villa, somehow, Dougie, Abraham
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While a win would be great, do not lose. A 6 point gap with 9 to go is massive psychologically.
1-1
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Another opportunity to reset and really hammer home the advantage - remarkable really given how rubbish we’ve been of late. Turn up Villa, ffs.
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Play the right team first .
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Start Tammy, don't start Bailey. Or Bring Bailey on. Or let him in the stadium.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Luiz
Onana
Rogers
Sancho
Tammy
Watkins
Two up top and direct. Lots of high balls into their box.
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We have a good record against them, and they're coming off the back of a demoralising defeat against their local rivals. 2-1 to the Villa Boys.
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0-4.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Luiz
Onana
Rogers
Sancho
Tammy
Watkins
Two up top and direct. Lots of high balls into their box.
Yes I thought that earlier re two up top and a more direct approach.
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No Neto for them I assume which helps. He generally tears us a new down their right
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We've had 46 hours more prep time plus Emery is a a professor while Liam is still on his teaching practice. 4-1.
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They will be massively up for this, it’s one of their ‘shit or bust’ games.
3-1 away win I fear.
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0-3
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One thing I’m certain of is if we approach the game like we have recently and play like we have we will lose. If we show more proactivity Chelsea are at the most vulnerable in defence, we need a proper attacking strategy. We have to attack the game, which will then get the crowd into the game.
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Please, for the love of god, just win this one.
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0-4
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Another reason to really attack this - we’ve had nearly two days more recovery.
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I would take the world’s scruffiest 0-0 at this point, just to maintain the six point gap while moving another week closer to McGinn and Tielemans coming back. Though if we play the way we have in recent games it’s a dead cert loss.
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Another reason to really attack this - we’ve had nearly two days more recovery.
I'm trying to remember when that last helped us. We're at our best playing Thursday and Sunday. Give these pillocks one game a week and we struggle.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Luiz
Onana
Rogers
Sancho
Tammy
Watkins
Two up top and direct. Lots of high balls into their box.
Think I’d start Maatsen in this one.
Think Luiz and Onana might struggle as a two against Caicedo and Fernandes, would be tempted to start Barkley and just leave Tammy up maybe.
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I'd play Maatsen instead of Digne, Abraham instead of Watkins and Barkley instead of Buendia.
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Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Luiz
Onana
Rogers
Sancho
Tammy
Watkins
Two up top and direct. Lots of high balls into their box.
Think I’d start Maatsen in this one.
Think Luiz and Onana might struggle as a two against Caicedo and Fernandes, would be tempted to start Barkley and just leave Tammy up maybe.
Barkley only useful if we are dominating possession. Can't run and that's a big problem. Maybe switch up to 433/451 with Alysson and Rogers on wings. Bogarde into midfield. Maatsen on left. Let's make it a scrap anyway. Lindelof into LCB.