Small Heath Alliance v Aston Villa League Cup Quarter Final Pre-Match Thread

[Merv]

Gabby and Fonz instead of Pires and Carew for me please, otherwise same as Sat.  Might have had Ireland over Fonz if available to stiffen the midfield up, but the running of the front pair should help push us up the park and hopefully the young boys in the middle will play well like down at Fulham.

Yep. We've got to take the game to them, put them under pressure with a pacey front two (three, because we'll get Young in the game too) and stretch them at the back. We haven't got the personnel in the side, or the form in defence, to play a patient, soak it up, type of approach.

[The Situation]

If the noses sit back and try and defend against us aka parking the bus which they do all the time... I just know we'll score another late winner. It'll get to 80 minutes we'll probably make a sub or two strengthening our attack, they'll just be content with defending more waiting till ET, we'll push them even further, their defence will start to crumble and we'll probably score from a set-piece or something.

Oh, I had a funny moment today coming into contact with a nose (I had my pocketsized anti-bacterial handwash ready before shaking his hand), he still wasn't that confident playing us despite us having 12 players injured. Tbf, I wouldn't be confident either I was a nose... they've only finished a massive 2 times ahead of us in the league in 20+ odd years. No doubt if they beat us (shudder) they'll completely disregard the fact of all our injuries and will start patheticially saying "stop making excuses".

[N'ZMAV]

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[sheldon nose]

If the noses sit back and try and defend against us aka parking the bus which they do all the time... I just know we'll score another late winner. It'll get to 80 minutes we'll probably make a sub or two strengthening our attack, they'll just be content with defending more waiting till ET, we'll push them even further, their defence will start to crumble and we'll probably score from a set-piece or something.

Oh, I had a funny moment today coming into contact with a nose (I had my pocketsized anti-bacterial handwash ready before shaking his hand), he still wasn't that confident playing us despite us having 12 players injured. Tbf, I wouldn't be confident either I was a nose... they've only finished a massive 2 times ahead of us in the league in 20+ odd years. No doubt if they beat us (shudder) they'll completely disregard the fact of all our injuries and will start patheticially saying "stop making excuses".

yep stop making excuses SITUATION will you,it aint blues fault that you got injuries is it????we have injuries and every other club gets them! stop harping on about them just in case we beat you and get on with it for feck sake.....you got a strong line up with this team ..........Friedel
Young Collins Dunne Warnock
Young Bannan Clark Downing
.............Gabby Carew

[N'ZMAV]

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[N'ZMAV]

Blues are higher in the league, have more of their first team available and are at home. We are the underdogs. Pressure is all on them.

[dave.woodhall]

yep stop making excuses SITUATION will you,it aint blues fault that you got injuries is it????we have injuries and every other club gets them! stop harping on about them just in case we beat you and get on with it for feck sake.....you got a strong line up with this team ..........Friedel
Young Collins Dunne Warnock
Young Bannan Clark Downing
.............Gabby Carew

That's made me feel more optimistic than anything else has because that team on anything like form should rip Small Heath to bits.

[D.boy]

This made me chuckle
Who needs Carl the octopus?

[The Situation]

If the noses sit back and try and defend against us aka parking the bus which they do all the time... I just know we'll score another late winner. It'll get to 80 minutes we'll probably make a sub or two strengthening our attack, they'll just be content with defending more waiting till ET, we'll push them even further, their defence will start to crumble and we'll probably score from a set-piece or something.

Oh, I had a funny moment today coming into contact with a nose (I had my pocketsized anti-bacterial handwash ready before shaking his hand), he still wasn't that confident playing us despite us having 12 players injured. Tbf, I wouldn't be confident either I was a nose... they've only finished a massive 2 times ahead of us in the league in 20+ odd years. No doubt if they beat us (shudder) they'll completely disregard the fact of all our injuries and will start patheticially saying "stop making excuses".

yep stop making excuses SITUATION will you,it aint blues fault that you got injuries is it????we have injuries and every other club gets them! stop harping on about them just in case we beat you and get on with it for feck sake.....you got a strong line up with this team ..........Friedel
Young Collins Dunne Warnock
Young Bannan Clark Downing
.............Gabby Carew

Strong line-up? If/when we beat you I don't want to see any "We lost to Vile reserves" on SHA forum. Still, we played an even weaker team that completely outplayed United that no other team will do this season, just play like that again and it'll be another routine victory against small heath.

[sheldon nose]

situation not many reserves in that line up...so if we beat it will be fair and square...dont want to hear any excuses then if you outplayed man u with that team.......

[The Situation]

This made me chuckle
Who needs Carl the octopus?

Even the meerkats think small heath are shit!

Sheldon; United fans were saying how there performance against our 'reserves/kids' was pathetic... like I said, more pressure on you to win, yet I still find it funny noses aren't very confident about this at all, even you view us as the favourites... says it all really lol.

[Merv]

I make it nine players out, we're down to bare bones and the team picks itself. Even at this stage, judging by the pattern of the last few weeks, someone will drop out tomorrow or in the warm-up.

Any other team in the league, with home advantage, would be pretty confident.

[sheldon nose]

This made me chuckle
Who needs Carl the octopus?

Even the meerkats think small heath are shit!

Sheldon; United fans were saying how there performance against our 'reserves/kids' was pathetic... like I said, more pressure on you to win, yet I still find it funny noses aren't very confident about this at all, even you view us as the favourites... says it all really lol.

How can we been confident?we aint beat you in 6/7 games.....plus you have the stronger side.....remember your the mighty aston villa the greatest side ever to grace the epl so it shouldnt be any problems for you should it SITUATION???erm lets see aye........see the table lately?

[PaulTheVillan]

This made me chuckle
Who needs Carl the octopus?

Even the meerkats think small heath are shit!

Sheldon; United fans were saying how there performance against our 'reserves/kids' was pathetic... like I said, more pressure on you to win, yet I still find it funny noses aren't very confident about this at all, even you view us as the favourites... says it all really lol.

How can we been confident?we aint beat you in 6/7 games.....plus you have the stronger side.....remember your the mighty aston villa the greatest side ever to grace the epl so it shouldnt be any problems for you should it SITUATION???erm lets see aye........see the table lately?

But you are above us in the league, that's what I've been hearing all week from a 'nose' that only goes once every 5 years & has to ask me who they are playing the weekend.

[PaulTheVillan]

I love it when noses say 'we are above you in the league'.