Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa (F.A. Cup 3rd round): Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Saturday evening.

[caster troy]

Heskey on the wing, great.

[Legion]

Villa v Bristol Rovers: Guzan, Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Petrov, Albrighton, Clark, Ireland, Bent, Heskey. Subs: Agbonlahor, Bannan, Marshall, Gardner, Weimann, Delph, N’Zogbia.

[TaxDodger]

Bent deal done is it? Piss off Mirror.

[PaulWinch again]

Why play Heskey? fucking hell. Oh well come on Villa, win easily please.

[VillaAlways]

Great to see Bent start

[Phil from the upper holte]

Heskey might be up front? 4-4-2?

[Chris Smith]

Why play Heskey? fucking hell. Oh well come on Villa, win easily please.

To give Gabby a well earned rest? Good option to bring off the bench if we need him.

[PaulWinch again]

Then I'd rather play Bannan there.

[spangley1812]

Then I'd rather play Bannan there.

Up front................

[VillaAlways]

Heskey might be up front? 4-4-2?

Ireland on the wing?

[Chris Smith]

Then I'd rather play Bannan there.

I'm sure the Rovers defenders would rather be facing Bannan then Heskey too.

[CJ]

Heskey might be up front? 4-4-2?

That's the way I see it - probably just behind Bent to flick on Collins' hoofs

[Dave]

Presumably it'll be a 4-3-3 with Ireland pushing forward from the midfield and Albrighton and Heskey either side of Bent.

Although why it is Heskey in that position instead of N'Zogbia I have no idea.

[Pete3206]

Don't think the pitch would suit Zog and Gabby with the problems they've had with it this week. Hoooooooooffffff!!!!!