Aston Villa v Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[Concrete John]

After the semi-final and the drubbing they gave us,, you sort of feel the lads should be up for this one.  But then there a gulf in class and if Drogba or Essien are on their game we have nothing to cope with them.

I'm going for a Chelsea win, but with us playing well and walking out saying "That's edge a top player can give you."

[TimTheVillain]

1-3 Chelsea

Can't see us winning, can see them scoring a few.

[luke25]

2-2 ash x2, lampard, drogba

[Shrek]

Terry is now a doubt, Lampard is coming back from a month off.

So 1.0  villa

[Pete3206]

Villa 2 Chelsea 1

[timeoutbigbar]

1-1 Downing for us, Drogba for them. 

[Salsa Party Animal]

1-0 to Villa with John Terry's Own Goal

[steve.t]

We will go 1-0 up and then retreat into our for the inevitable 2 goal sucker punch please let me be wrong

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Sorry to be a misery guts, but I can't see beyond 2-0 to Chelsea.
Plus, Defensively, we're not quite at the races at the moment.

They are far and away the best team in the country.

I'd be made up with a draw.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Terry' s a doubt I presume as he is missing the England game tonight, I think Alex is injured as well and Frank 'looks to the heavens' Lampard is just coming back from injury. So we have a chance if we can just contain Drogba, Anelka, Malouda, Cole and Essien.

We'll give them a game but I fear they will have too much for us.

[PaulTheVillan]

I think NRC has to start this game and add defensive cover to any threat coming down the left from Cole and Malouda.

[SoccerHQ]

1-2 Chelsea but we'll give them a good game.

Would start Cuellar and Dunney at centre half, rest Albrighton, move Young back to the wing and bring in Ireland otherwise Heskey will get isolated.

[SoccerHQ]

Chelsea only won once against us at VP since 1999 so this is a bogey ground for them.

[Namaste]

A draw would be nice.

Got to play Reo-Coker and Cuellar in this one.

[barrysleftfoot]

   Don't know why, but quite confident about Sat.

  Would definatley play Heskey up front, and Gabby on the right though.ACole can't handle Gabby, and i think he might be a bit too much for Albrighton to handle.