Aston Villa v Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[darren woolley]

0-2 Chelsea but I hope I'm wrong.

[paulcomben]

Can we request a postponement due to chronic injuries and no goalscorers at all?!

[markeeeebeeee2005]

I know this is awful and I do feel bad for thinking it, but I'm not as hungry for a win as usual, as I just see it as prolonging a slow and painful death.

How bad is that? And does anyone else have similar guilty thoughts?

[Legion]

I just want the season to be over with us having a little breathing space at the end.

[levico]

Easy win for them as we slip closer to the precipice.

[Chipsticks]

With the news that N'Zog and Hutton will miss the game, here's the team I'd select:


                                                            Agbonlahor

                        Bannan                           Ireland                          Albrighton

                                              Petrov                       Gardner

                         Warnock           Collins              Cuellar               Herd
 
                                                                 Given


Obvious lack of big Emile, and if he plays it must be considered a tactical tragedy at the hand of Big 'Eck. Bannan seems to obvious replacement in his position out wide on the left, with Gabby on his up front, though alternatively you could play Gabby out wide with Super Weimann leading the line, though I don't think Alex would start Weimann in such a big game.

I'm somewhat positive about this side, as two players that have come across as lethargic so far this season are forced out of the side, in a game in which we're going to need to give it our all. Hopefully this relatively young side should have little problem putting their egos aside, and will have to sweat blood to ensure that we get a decent result. A 2-1 win with an optimistic, eyebrow-raising, adrenaline-pumping performance that we've needed so badly.


Fuck 'em, we're Aston Villa.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Villa 9 Chelsea 8  (HT 0-8)

McLeish sacked at half-time.

[l_mckay]

us 0-3 chelesa.

[Pete3206]

I think they have bloody cheek making this category AA.

[Billy Walker]

We destroyed them at their place...why not more of the same at ours?  Villa win.

[Jimbo]

We'll come out cowering and Chelsea will fix us a new sluice pipe.

[Rick_avfc]

We destroyed them at their place...why not more of the same at ours?  Villa win.

Are you forgetting that they had a manager who most of the senior members of the squad didnt like which affected their team performance?  He is now gone and playing for a caretaker manager whom they seem to want to play for until the end of the season.  We're gonna get spanked as we are worse than them. 

[hulkamania]

I think we all need to listen to what Mcleish is saying and be realistic if we think we can expect to come up against these elite teams Chelsea, Arsenal, QPR, Swansea, Wigan, Liverpool, Man United etc etc and think we can win.....

Oh hang on a second is that the same Mcleish who said in the end of the interview with the beeb that  there is no team in this league that can't be beaten!?

I'm confused, Alex!

Anyhoo we will score 0 and Chelsea will score as many as they like

[Newquay_AVFC]

3-0 home win. Gabby, Gardner and Heskey.

[glasses]

Blind faith

2-1 Villa

Gabby x2
Some ****** for them

I hate Chelsea