Aston Villa v Newton Heath Pre-Match Thread

[Chico Hamilton III]

Anyone know who the ref is ?

It'll be the fat fella with the black kit on

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Mike Dean is the ref

[pauliewalnuts]

Hopefully Ferdinand will not be over his injury picked up on Wednesday night.

[pauliewalnuts]

Our record against them is horrible but they've been hard for every team to beat. We're due a win.

12.09.2009    Tottenham Hotspur    1-3    Manchester United    
13.12.2008    Tottenham Hotspur    0-0    Manchester United    
02.02.2008    Tottenham Hotspur    1-1    Manchester United    
04.02.2007    Tottenham Hotspur    0-4    Manchester United    
17.04.2006    Tottenham Hotspur    1-2    Manchester United    
25.09.2004    Tottenham Hotspur    0-1    Manchester United    
21.12.2003    Tottenham Hotspur    1-2    Manchester United    
27.04.2003    Tottenham Hotspur    0-2    Manchester United    
29.09.2001    Tottenham Hotspur    3-5    Manchester United    
19.05.2001    Tottenham Hotspur    3-1    Manchester United    
23.10.1999    Tottenham Hotspur    3-1    Manchester United    
12.12.1998    Tottenham Hotspur    2-2    Manchester United    
10.08.1997    Tottenham Hotspur    0-2    Manchester United    
12.01.1997    Tottenham Hotspur    1-2    Manchester United    
01.01.1996    Tottenham Hotspur    4-1    Manchester United    
27.08.1994    Tottenham Hotspur    0-1    Manchester United    
15.01.1994    Tottenham Hotspur    0-1    Manchester United    
19.09.1992    Tottenham Hotspur    1-1    Manchester United    
28.09.1991    Tottenham Hotspur    1-2    Manchester United

11.09.2010    Everton    3-3    Manchester United    
20.02.2010    Everton    3-1    Manchester United    
25.10.2008    Everton    1-1    Manchester United    
15.09.2007    Everton    0-1    Manchester United    
28.04.2007    Everton    2-4    Manchester United    
13.08.2005    Everton    0-2    Manchester United    
20.04.2005    Everton    1-0    Manchester United    
07.02.2004    Everton    3-4    Manchester United    
11.05.2003    Everton    1-2    Manchester United    
26.12.2001    Everton    0-2    Manchester United    
16.09.2000    Everton    1-3    Manchester United    
08.08.1999    Everton    1-1    Manchester United    
31.10.1998    Everton    1-4    Manchester United    
27.08.1997    Everton    0-2    Manchester United    
22.03.1997    Everton    0-2    Manchester United    
09.09.1995    Everton    2-3    Manchester United    
25.02.1995    Everton    1-0    Manchester United    
23.10.1993    Everton    0-1    Manchester United    
12.09.1992    Everton    0-2    Manchester United    
24.08.1991    Everton    0-0    Manchester United    
01.12.1990    Everton    0-1    Manchester United

True, they are hard to beat, but the two examples you've posted both have significantly better records at home to Man United than we do!

[Villa'Zawg]

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True, they are hard to beat, but the two examples you've posted both have significantly better records at home to Man United than we do!

You asked "Does any other PL team have such a bad home record against another PL side?" I'm not sure but our miserable 11 points should be considered relative to Everton 12 points and Spurs 13 points. We just need to smash them tomorrow :-)

[Yeltzer]

It will be 1-1. We'll take the lead in the first 10 minutes, they'll equalise in the last ten minutes. Sadly inevitable against that horrible, scummy lot.

[dave.woodhall]

It'd be better if Ferguson didn't have such obvious respect for us and keep insisting on putting his strongest team out here.

[Risso]

I'm optimistically going to go for a 2-1 victory to us.  Gabby has a good record against them, and I think the young lads will be well up for this.

[cheltenhamlion]

0-0

[MoetVillan]

a terrific Downing double sandwiching an Agbonlahor strike.  Nani getting a late commiseration goal.  As we will have beaten BBC United, expect us still to be last on Match of the Day.

[pauliewalnuts]

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True, they are hard to beat, but the two examples you've posted both have significantly better records at home to Man United than we do!

You asked "Does any other PL team have such a bad home record against another PL side?" I'm not sure but our miserable 11 points should be considered relative to Everton 12 points and Spurs 13 points. We just need to smash them tomorrow :-)

Since our last win, we have 5 points, not 11.

I saw something the other day about Spurs' results against the "big four" which was really quite surprising. To the point it looked like there was some kind of actual jinx in operation.

[pedro25]

The OS says this match is early tomorrow morning?  At the start of the week they were saying the Blackpool match was at the weekend and on the day of the game were saying it's in the afternoon.  That's so very poor.

[Dribbler]

We need to shut this game down early on and make it a boring and scrappy midfield encounter as with the Blues and Chelsea games. It won't be pretty but it is the best bet on us getting a result in this game, were also bound to get a few chances and hopefully we will be able to nick one on the break.

I would go for the same team we started with Blackpool, we don't have much choice really, and bring on Gabby as a super-sub in the second half. Could this be a game Ireland could shine in? Possibly, but considering his peformances I would leave him warming the bench.

[Simon Ward]

a terrific Downing double sandwiching an Agbonlahor strike.  Nani getting a late commiseration goal.  As we will have beaten BBC United, expect us still to be last on Match of the Day.

Guaranteed?

[Deano's Mullet]

The annual first visit of the season - because of cause we will end up drawing them in the FA Cup as usual - and the usual miserable home defeat. 1-3 to the Kent and Cornwall Gloryhunters.