Aston Villa v Norwich City Pre-Match Thread

[adrenachrome]

Villa 1 Norwich 0

Ray Graydon

ASTON VILLA
CANARY KILLA

[KevinGage]

1-1

Bent for us.   Robert Fleck for them.

[eamonn]

Does anyone know if we're paying Jenas' salary while injured? We had to subsidise most of Ireland's time at Newcastle cos he wasn't fit as far as I know.

[eastie]

Very impressed with the way norwich play and lambert could be one to keep an eye on in the future, i expect a very open game and a 2-2 scoreline ,i would like to see cuellar alongside dunne in the centre of defence but i expect alex to stick with the same back 4.

[UK Redsox]

Must win, 6-pointer blah blah blah...

Storming 4-2 win with Bent, Gabby and 2 from The Zogster

Sitting in the Trinity for only the third time since 1974 - do they allow swearing?

Depends where in the TR.

In the central part of the TR Lower, we tend towards sarcastic comments.

However, we do have one bloke designated as the one to have ago at the visiting manager.

[PaulTheVillan]

Draw 1-1.

Gabby & Holt

[PaulTheVillan]

Jenas will be on the bench if he's lucky.

[Newquay_AVFC]

Gone with draw but really don't know. I don't think we will lose so either 1-1 or a really crap display and nick it 2-1.

[darren woolley]

2-1 Bent and Gabby.

[PaulTheVillan]

I would really like us to switch to 442 for this game.

Given
Hutton Clark Dunne Warnock
Albrighton Petrov Herd N'Zogbia
Gabby Bent

[jembob]

Win for us 3-1. Norwich got really lucky against Blackburn at the weekend and should have been nailed. They seem pretty organised away from home but I Gabby and Bent to tear them a new one.

[Concrete John]

I've gone for a win.

Couple of things I'd like to see:-
1.  Heskey not playing
2.  A clean sheet
3.  N'Zogbia carry on from his display at Sunderland
4.  Bent on the scoresheet again

None of that will probably actually happen, so I'll settle for the win! 

[UsualSuspect]

When the fixtures came out, people rather naturally looked at this game and would have thought 'home banker'. However, their form and style of play will have surely prompted a rethink, and our own ability to cope with pressure and cause problems ourselves has been brought into question. I think we'd do quite well to get something out of this, and it really could go in any direction.

Totally agree Monty

Norwich will come out and have a go as the did at Anfield & OT

[Dave Cooper please]

4-0 to us, it's going to click eventually and this is the match.

[DB]

4-0 to us, it's going to click eventually and this is the match.

I hope you're right!
2-1 to us.