Sheffield United v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Surrey Villain]

5,000,  that's a brilliant following taking into consideration the recent performances and position in the table,money,travel etc.

I wonder how many tickets were bought between Sunday and Wednesday, like myself buying tickets for the Blues game when I swore I would never go again a month ago, on a short wave of optimism before the Sunderland horror.

[littlevillain]

still a decent following.

[hawkeye]

houlier should use this game to combine the talent and experience at his disposal, play albrighton and young on the wings, bannan in the middle and Cuellar alongside dunne with gabby up front

[paulcomben]

Pires confirms rifts & Houllier reveals Randy will not pay for Makoun just like Fofana,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/8246909/Robert-Pires-reveals-strains-between-Gerard-Houllier-and-Aston-Villa-players.html

[WikiVilla]

Pires confirms rifts & Houllier reveals Randy will not pay for Makoun just like Fofana,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/8246909/Robert-Pires-reveals-strains-between-Gerard-Houllier-and-Aston-Villa-players.html

So Lerner is neither backing houllier in the transfer Market or sacking him
Bizarre

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Its still the magic of the FA Cup!
Scarfs out the window please if your driving up. We dont want to be outdone by Wolves fans going to Doncaster or 4,000 Dover fans going to Huddersfield.

[TonyD]

5,000 is a great number considering the present situation.   

Come on you Lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[villajk]

Goodness only knows why, but feeling optimistic about this. 

I'm going for 4-1 to us.  Nurse, where's those tablets..........................

[Nev]

For the first time in years I greet 3rd Round day with apathy. Partly our situation and also the continual pissing about with the FA Cup.

Just remember if we do make the final, and it isn't against one of the top four in the Premier League it will become a sideshow due to the presence of league games on the same day. Why? so that Wembley can host the Champions League final. A competition that has overshadowed the FA Cup for the biggest clubs in the land and goes against the very principles of the worlds oldest cup competition. A cash cow to cement the place of the rich at the top table at the expense of competiton, wieghted against those who don't draw the biggest viewing figures or can't attract maximum revenue from the sponsors.

The future of the Cup is bleak, expect no replays and eventual seeding to ensure maximum money and minimum sport.

[OzVilla]

Pires confirms rifts & Houllier reveals Randy will not pay for Makoun just like Fofana,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/8246909/Robert-Pires-reveals-strains-between-Gerard-Houllier-and-Aston-Villa-players.html

I'm sorry but what the feck is Pires playing at talking to the press about player disharmony, he's only been here five minutes, is he rallying for his mate Houllier through the press, is he Patrick Berger is disguise. 

Is there ANY flippin discipline at our Club right now.  We really are a complete fecking shambles.

I hope we should be good enough to atleast get these back to VP for a replay - not sure we'd win it though mind.

[OzVilla]

For the first time in years I greet 3rd Round day with apathy. Partly our situation and also the continual pissing about with the FA Cup.

Just remember if we do make the final, and it isn't against one of the top four in the Premier League it will become a sideshow due to the presence of league games on the same day. Why? so that Wembley can host the Champions League final. A competition that has overshadowed the FA Cup for the biggest clubs in the land and goes against the very principles of the worlds oldest cup competition. A cash cow to cement the place of the rich at the top table at the expense of competiton, wieghted against those who don't draw the biggest viewing figures or can't attract maximum revenue from the sponsors.

The future of the Cup is bleak, expect no replays and eventual seeding to ensure maximum money and minimum sport.

I had no idea about that - what an absolute disgrace.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

For the first time in years I greet 3rd Round day with apathy. Partly our situation and also the continual pissing about with the FA Cup.

Just remember if we do make the final, and it isn't against one of the top four in the Premier League it will become a sideshow due to the presence of league games on the same day. Why? so that Wembley can host the Champions League final. A competition that has overshadowed the FA Cup for the biggest clubs in the land and goes against the very principles of the worlds oldest cup competition. A cash cow to cement the place of the rich at the top table at the expense of competiton, wieghted against those who don't draw the biggest viewing figures or can't attract maximum revenue from the sponsors.

The future of the Cup is bleak, expect no replays and eventual seeding to ensure maximum money and minimum sport.

I had no idea about that - what an absolute disgrace.

A thread here on this.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=41476.0

There may be moves afoot to rearrange the fixture schedule that day, can anybody enlighten us ?

[Irish villain]

Hoping we can win today, 3-1 villa. I wouldn't like a replay at villa park given our home form.

[WikiVilla]

Well petrov has already gone on record saying he doesn't care about the fa cup, doesn't bode well 1-3 defeat

[OzVilla]

Well petrov has already gone on record saying he doesn't care about the fa cup, doesn't bode well 1-3 defeat

Petrov said that.  Paul H McGrath, they really don't have the first idea what makes us tick do they.