Aston Villa v Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[darren woolley]

I would go for 1-1 aswell with Heskey scoring if he plays.

[Deano's Mullet]

1-3 Chelsea. We'll have a real go at them, lot of huff and puff from the Villa  but Drogba will score a couple for them.

[richardb]

Divide in ability will tell. 0-2

[Blackcountry Villa]

3-1 defeat

[Gazza1982]

1-0 Villa, Young....bet your house on it.

[villa1]

1 - 1.

Downing.

[eamonn]

RD completed 90 minutes last week.

Two nights ago actually. How he got man of the match for giving away the free-kick that led to the Prussian's first, deflected past a wrong-footed Given for the third and was beaten for pace on the turn on a few occassions I'm not sure.

I'd be happy with Collins and Cuellar for this but Dunne's seniority and the respect he gets will mean he's number one in central defence for a while yet.

[JUAN PABLO]

Villa win 1-0      Ireland   59 min

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Really worried about our midfield with Chelsea`s being so strong. Be happy with a draw .......

[*shellac*]

Us 2 - 1 Them

Us: Collins (89), A Young (93)
Them: Drogba (1)

[OzVilla]

I'm expecting nothing less than a resounding defeat.

We are a decent side but they are in a different class to us.

1-4 to the 2nd Division team that won the pools.

[VillaAlways]

I'm expecting nothing less than a resounding defeat.

We are a decent side but they are in a different class to us.

1-4 to the 2nd Division team that won the pools.

How on earth did we manage to win 2-1 last season ?

[OzVilla]

Simple, that was then.

I don't think we are as good a side as we were last season.

I think they are better than they were last season.

[VillaAlways]

Hard to judge as they've had a pretty easy run up  to Man City away ( which they lost ) yes they beat Arsenal after.I wou'd be thrilled with a draw and would hope we could do better than losing 4-1 on our own patch

[Newquay_AVFC]

1-0 Villa Heskey 11.