Manchester City v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[DeKuip]

How many have we sold so far?

Not that many, I'd have a guess at 2 - 2.5k to be honest.

Hope we take more, but it's on ITV.

Thats poor if true. If it were the other way round they would have brought 4000-5000 to us easily.

Really??  They were given virtually the whole away end at Stoke in the 5th rnd last season and only sold 2,500. Night match like this one.
They also took just 1,800 to Albion this season on a Sunday afternoon, in what was going to be their all-conquering season.
Not knocking them, they are good fans, but this is 2011 and a lot of people cannot afford the combined costs of tickets and petrol etc.

[dave.woodhall]

Delph Bannan and Bradley as a midfield 3.

a decent championship midfield this.

Two of the most promising young midfielders in the country and one who's never played a full game for us. You must be incredibly perceptive to make such a snap judgement.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Fancy a win up there. There team are tired and we have players biting at the bit. 1-2 Bent and Young.......Tevez

[bones.]

the allocation is 4,000 and still not sold out. apparently you can buy tix at eastlands aswell.

Tickets definitely available at Citys ticket office on the night. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2304598,00.html

[Matt Collins]

Hoping we go 4-4-2, Friedel, Walker, Dunne, Collins, Clark, Downing (rm), petrov, Reo-coker, Young (lm), Gabby, Heskey

I always look out for the 442 suggestion from someone. One day my fruend, one day

[PaulTheVillan]

GH likes the rotation. I think Pires & NRC will be dropped.

Friedel
Walker Dunne Collins Clark
Albrighton Delph Petrov Downing
Young
Agbonlahor

[*shellac*]

GH likes the rotation. I think Pires & NRC will be dropped.

Albrighton Delph Petrov Downing

Nige in place of Delph.

[Matt C]

Be Young & Gabby up top for me. Gabby needs to take his chance to stake a claim.

[VillaAlways]

Fancy a win up there. There team are tired and we have players biting at the bit. 1-2 Bent and Young.......Tevez

Bents cup tied remember

[garyshawsknee]

Can Bradley play in the cup?

[Mazrim]

I should think so. He wouldn't have played in it with anybody else.

[Merv]

Rotation's working okay for us at the moment, but I'd keep NRC in for this one. He's our form central midfielder, with Makoun out, Petrov fading, Bradley untried, Delph just re-finding his feet and Bannan seemingly taking a break.

I'd go:

Friedel

Walker    Dunne    Clark     Baker (if fit, if not Collins at CB, Clark LB)

Albrighton NRC     Delph     Downing

                     Young

                     Agbonlahor

Subs: Guzan, L Young, Collins, Bradley, Petrov, Heskey, Pires

[boboonthecorner]

4-1 City. Not a hammering but one of those games where every chance goes in, totally different to the game at Villa Park

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Reading the reports of thier game yesterday gives me some hope, Mancini complaining about fatigue and desire, Company and De jong doubtfull, just hope Tevez finally manages to saw his own head off.

If all our fans turn up to the ground with bells and start ringing them , we can definitely confuse Tevez on the pitch.

Is there a specific tune what quasimodo will recognise ??

[Simon Ward]

Plenty of tickets available I see!