West Ham United vs. Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread

[Dave]

1-3

Ba

Bent
Downing
Young

[UsualSuspect]

1-1

[Rip Van We Go Again]

1-1 Downing.

Although we should be beating them, they're shit.

[Concrete John]

1-1.  Bent for us.

[Risso]

You could argue this is one of the most important games of the season.  Win, and I'd say we're definitely safe.  We'd be 8 points clear of West Ham, and could breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.  Lose, and we'd be right back down in the shit.  I'm going for a draw, as I think we'll prolong the agony a bit longer.

[paulcomben]

From McAllister on official site: "The management team use one of the world leaders in sports match analysis, tracking technology and data creation while scouts give them detailed dossiers on the opposition for each given weekend."
Yeah?  As in Villa 0 Wolves 1 (Jarvis), Villa 0 Sunderland 1 (Bardsley), plus numerous goals conceded from set pieces....

[*shellac*]

London Fakers 2 - 2 Original Claret & Blue

Hitz
Ba

Bent
Bent

[VillaAlways]

Think were going to lose this.This game to them is as important as the Newcastle game was for us.

2-1 to them

[WikiVilla]

We don't do back to back wins, West Ham will have more desire for this and will come from behind to win
West Ham 2 - 1 Villa

Cole 44
Der Hammer 90+3

Bent 17

* now with added goal times

[Monty]

Think were going to lose this.This game to them is as important as the Newcastle game was for us.

2-1 to them

It's more important to us, though, than the Newcastle game was to Newcastle.

We could go 4-4-2 in this because they will attack us, which could give us space on the counter. It would be risky, though, as their 4-3-3 has looked successful recently and could dominate us in midfield if we're not careful. I'll go for a draw.

[andyh]

The first and most important requirement for Saturday

JUST

DON'T

LOSE

2-2 draw for me.

[Comrade Blitz]

1-1

West Ham snatch late draw from the jaws of defeat.

[WikiVilla]

Speaking to a few west ham fans, with their run-in, they see this game as must win or they're down
Atmosphere should be very tense

[Dave P]

We don't do back to back wins

And we certainly dont do back to back clean sheets !  1-1 which wouldn't be a disater.  Cole and Bent.

[Brend'Watkins]

2-1 to us.  West Ham will be a bag of nerves, us less so.