Aston Villa v Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[adrenachrome]

Is Petrov out then ?

Seems like it.. he's "sick" but my guess is he's just allergic to all the bullshit.

we don't have a chance,
we don't have a chance,
we've already beat them,
but we don't have a chance.

we don't have a chance,
we don't have a chance,
let's be realistic,
we don't have a chance.

Good luck firing up the troops this time around McLeish, you clueless asshat.

Or maybe a slightly amended version of the song we did at their place this season:

We're winning at home
We're winning at home
How shit must you be
We're winning at home

[JUAN PABLO]

who needs Fernando

we have our Ivanhoe


ffs   

[Villafirst]

Will the match go ahead after Stan's terrible news? Bolton didn't play us at VP on the Tuesday night even though Muamba had started to recover - thoughts? I'm still in shock

[Rick_avfc]

Will the match go ahead after Stan's terrible news? Bolton didn't play us at VP on the Tuesday night even though Muamba had started to recover - thoughts? I'm still in shock

I believe it is going ahead as Stan has insisted on it

[Matt C]

If ever there was a time to pull a performance out of the bag then its now.

[TheSandman]

We're going to bury them, for Stan.

[Fergal]

I don't really care about football at the moment, I do however want us to make Stan proud.

[supertom]

I don't care about the result tomorrow, I just want to see all our players on the pitch giving it their all. Who-ever plays has to show the same sort of effort and passion as Stan does week in week out. Over the last few years we've had far too many whiny, moaning primadonas. It stops now! If someone has to play where they don't want, so be it!
Lets have some bloody passion Villa! Lets have it for the fans, the club and most of all for Stan! And you know what, same goes for us lot! We need to raise the roof and not just in the moments we want to moan! Lets give 90 minutes of noise pollution to VP, and all in Stan's honour!

[Holtenderinthesky]

Shocked, saddened and deeply upset.  Come on Stan, you can pull through. As for the match tomorrow.  CALL THE GAME OFF.

[Legion]

Shocked, saddened and deeply upset.  Come on Stan, you can pull through. As for the match tomorrow.  CALL THE GAME OFF.

Why? Stan himself has insisted it must take place.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don't care about the result tomorrow, I just want to see all our players on the pitch giving it their all. Who-ever plays has to show the same sort of effort and passion as Stan does week in week out. Over the last few years we've had far too many whiny, moaning primadonas. It stops now! If someone has to play where they don't want, so be it!
Lets have some bloody passion Villa! Lets have it for the fans, the club and most of all for Stan! And you know what, same goes for us lot! We need to raise the roof and not just in the moments we want to moan! Lets give 90 minutes of noise pollution to VP, and all in Stan's honour!

100% this.

[villanic]

Shocked, saddened and deeply upset.  Come on Stan, you can pull through. As for the match tomorrow.  CALL THE GAME OFF.

No way the game should be called off. Stan wants it to go ahead so we should all get behind the players and try and get a result for Stan, I’m sure that will give him a massive lift at this difficult time.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Shocked, saddened and deeply upset.  Come on Stan, you can pull through. As for the match tomorrow.  CALL THE GAME OFF.

Why? Stan himself has insisted it must take place.

Because our players, Stan's friends and colleagues, will not be of the right state of mind surely. Same reason our game vs Bolton was called off.

[villanic]

Shocked, saddened and deeply upset.  Come on Stan, you can pull through. As for the match tomorrow.  CALL THE GAME OFF.

Why? Stan himself has insisted it must take place.

Because our players, Stan's friends and colleagues, will not be of the right state of mind surely. Same reason our game vs Bolton was called off.

Surely their captain telling them he wants the game to go on will help get them in the right state of mind.

[Summers]

I think we're in for some trouble.. our team looks thread bare.. however hopefully we can get some of our talented youth into the squad and then we can go for it.

And I mean go for it. 90 minutes of complete hard work, dedication and hopefully goals. Let's make Petrov proud.