Sheffield United v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[PaulTheVillan]

Is it Sat 3pm KO ?

Yes

[CJ]

If nothing else it's a cheap day out - £12 for a ticket (did Villa subsidise the prices?)

Must have, mine says £17 on it, and I only paid £12.

I only just noticed that! Saw the price on the OS and didn't look at the ticket when it turned up

[The Left Side]

I went with a draw but after last night I am not optimistic, they are struggling and will relish a chance to forget about the league for a weekend. It'd be nice if young Walker popped up with a winning goal against his old club on his debut.

[Blackcountry Villa]

If nothing else it's a cheap day out - £12 for a ticket (did Villa subsidise the prices?)

Must have, mine says £17 on it, and I only paid £12.

I only just noticed that! Saw the price on the OS and didn't look at the ticket when it turned up

It was £17 for non-season ticket holders.

[LeeB]

3-0 us. We'll finally win this bastard thing but will have been relegated the week before.

[JUAN PABLO]

Im in two minds about playing Downing. I think he should be dropped but then again he does alright against championship sides....

[TopDeck113]

3-0 us. We'll finally win this bastard thing but will have been relegated the week before.

No, we'll do it better than that.  This season the PL finishes a week after the Cup Final.

So we'll parade the trophy and then lose the relegation decider against Liverpool.

[Clampy]

I'd start with Bannan, he did more in the 5 minutes he was on  last night than Petrov did in the other 85. I'd also be tempted to start Fonz, with Young and Albrighton on the flanks.

[JUAN PABLO]

   friedel
walker cuellar Dunne clark
 young Bannon  NRC  albrighton
      fonz   Agbonlahor

[Ads]

Villa win to get some confidence flowing. New players to come in the following week and we smash the shite to leap four or five places up the league and get some respectability back.

[Des Little]

I'm going but I really couldn't care less about the Cup this year.  Staying in the Prem is the be-all and end-all for me.

That said, a dicey 2-1 win for our boys.

[Lobsterboy]

A dull 0-0 draw with Houllier trying to convince us that despite creating a single chance in 90 minutes the fact that we have kept a clean sheet means we have turned the corner again and can now kick on for a Europa Cup place and in all likelihood win the FA Cup

Oh and of course we will lose the replay 0-1

[TheSandman]

I think we'll lose.

My team would be:

Friedel

Lichaj----Collins----Dunne[C]----Clark

Albrighton----Hogg----Delph----Bannan

Agbonlahor----Delfouneso

[Big Dick Edwards]

I'm going but I really couldn't care less about the Cup this year.  Staying in the Prem is the be-all and end-all for me.

Same here. I'm just going for a good day out on 3rd Round Day.

That said, a dicey 2-1 win for our boys.

[olaftab]

Expect some experimentation with players positions from Houllier.

                                                          GK  Bannan

                           Young(A)         Albrighton         Agbonlahor        Carew

                      McAllister          Faulkner           Ireland(Cpt)              Collins

                                          Dunne
                                                              Friedel                           
                                                                               

Can you not come up with something new. Houllier played this in the last 5 mins against Sunderland!