Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[WikiVilla]

Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

An untried youngster who's never played a game in his life over Pires? Are you serious?

Yes, Gardner is the future, not sure what Pires is ? Why bother playing him again he's past it and a liability

[levico]

Trying to curb my natural instinct to expect the worst under GED, I have voted for a Villa win. This is on the basis that after the Man City debacle he has to get the players up for this one. Only bizarre team selection can stand in the way of our third away win.

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Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

An untried youngster who's never played a game in his life over Pires? Are you serious?

Yes, Gardner is the future, not sure what Pires is ? Why bother playing him again he's past it and a liability

You are spot on. We should drop a player who played a major role in our last league victory! He was given a standing ovation against Blackburn. Did you see that game?

[Holtenderinthesky]

Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

I think would rather see Salifou over Bradley.  I don't see why we can't just have Ash playing in front of NRC and Delph with SD and Marc on the wings playing behind Bent.

[WikiVilla]

Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

An untried youngster who's never played a game in his life over Pires? Are you serious?

Yes, Gardner is the future, not sure what Pires is ? Why bother playing him again he's past it and a liability

You are spot on. We should drop a player who played a major role in our last league victory! He was given a standing ovation against Blackburn. Did you see that game?

Yes i was at the game, 1st half was appalling, Blackburn were the worst team i've seen for a long time

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

An untried youngster who's never played a game in his life over Pires? Are you serious?

Yes, Gardner is the future, not sure what Pires is ? Why bother playing him again he's past it and a liability

You are spot on. We should drop a player who played a major role in our last league victory! He was given a standing ovation against Blackburn. Did you see that game?

Yes i was at the game, 1st half was appalling, Blackburn were the worst team i've seen for a long time

Doesn't detract from the fact that Pires had a good game and was candidate for MOTM.
I'm one of his biggest critics, but credit where due and he can hopefully produce a couple of good cameo displays for us, between now and the end of the season.

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Bolton away is no game for Pires. I'd rather see Gardner in there or heaven forbid Bradley again

An untried youngster who's never played a game in his life over Pires? Are you serious?

Yes, Gardner is the future, not sure what Pires is ? Why bother playing him again he's past it and a liability

You are spot on. We should drop a player who played a major role in our last league victory! He was given a standing ovation against Blackburn. Did you see that game?

Yes i was at the game, 1st half was appalling, Blackburn were the worst team i've seen for a long time

Pires was one of the bright spots in the 1st half and good in the 2nd half too. Maybe one of the reasons Blackburn were so bad was because our ball retention was so much better. Pires played a big role in that.

[WikiVilla]

Pires did well 2nd half, can't deny that, I just can't see why he's with us. We need to have one eye on next season now & games / experience for the likes of Gardner can only be good. Also Bradley, shit on Weds but he needs another run, lets find out if he can cut it. Delph should definitely start & ideally not at LB

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Pires did well 2nd half, can't deny that, I just can't see why he's with us. We need to have one eye on next season now & games / experience for the likes of Gardner can only be good. Also Bradley, shit on Weds but he needs another run, lets find out if he can cut it. Delph should definitely start & ideally not at LB

After seeing Bradley against Man City, i'm warming more to Pires.
Next season the central 2 will surely be Makoun and Delph.
I'll be surprised if Reo Coker and Bradley are still here.

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Pires did well 2nd half, can't deny that, I just can't see why he's with us. We need to have one eye on next season now & games / experience for the likes of Gardner can only be good. Also Bradley, shit on Weds but he needs another run, lets find out if he can cut it. Delph should definitely start & ideally not at LB

We need wins first. If we lost tomorrow we could be within 2 pts of the bottom 3, heading into a massive game vs Wolves. Luckily I think Houllier will go with experience where he can, and we will win the game.

Lets be safe first before blooding youngsters.

[villa for life]

huge game. Lose and we are back in the thick of it. Win and we are pretty much guaranteed a spot in the premiership next season.

[WikiVilla]

huge game. Lose and we are back in the thick of it. Win and we are pretty much guaranteed a spot in the premiership next season.

I'm copying & pasting that line as I think we'll be rolling that one out up to the Liverpool game in May

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huge game. Lose and we are back in the thick of it. Win and we are pretty much guaranteed a spot in the premiership next season.

I'm copying & pasting that line as I think we'll be rolling that one out up to the Liverpool game in May

I will have a bet with you that it will not be possible for us to get relegated by then.

[villa for life]

I just think a win tomorrow will be enough...not enough in itself, but I can't see us failing to pick up 5 or 6 points after that...whether we win tomorrow is another thing!!

[VillaAlways]

GH just said in press conference that Collins should be fit.No mention of L.Young