Aston Villa v Manchester City Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Sunday afternoon.

[Nev]

Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Petrov, Gardner, Heskey, Albrighton, Keane, Bent.


I'm off to the pub.

[PaulWinch again]

See I'm happy that Gardner starts, but Heskey instead of Ireland is fucking mental.

[Martyn Smith]

Any links, anyone?

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and at least Warnock is dropped.

[berneboy]

Aston Villa FC - Official
Villa v Man City: Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Petrov, Gardner, Heskey, Albrighton, Keane, Bent. Subs: Guzan, Ireland, Warnock, Bannan, Baker, Weimann, N’Zogbia.

Man City v Villa: Hart, Kompany, Lescott, Zabaleta, Kolarov, De Jong, Barry, Milner, Silva, Johnson, Aguero. Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Clichy, Savic, Nasri, Pizarro, Dzeko.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The only positive about Heskey starting is he can't be brought on as a sub.

[D.boy]

Heskey! Will he never learn? I fear a tonking I'm afraid (and on bloody TV as well). 

[Ozzjim]

Thanks Barneboy for getting the side up on both threads.

Heskey for Ireland in a midfield with Petrov and Gardner? Fuck me. It is beyond a joke.

No Herd, Clark. Worrying afternoon ahead.

5-1 to them.

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible decision starting Heskey, I don't think he's learned from Tottenham, Liverpool or Man Utd.

[Mr Diggles]

Is Clark injured?

[timeoutbigbar]

Leaving out one of our best performers over the past couple of months to bring in tumbling fucking bear.  Great.

[TheSandman]

Who's left back??? Hutton or one of the CBs? Worrying either way.

[pauliewalnuts]

One thing I will say is that if today goes badly, the presence of Heskey from the start is going to make the backlash even worse.

[gervilla]

Oh FFS.
I am in disbelief that Heskey is starting.
It's gonna be hard enough with 11 men but with 10 it's going to be a slaughtering.