Aston Villa v MartinO'Neill'sSunderland Pre-Match Thread

[mal]

1-1.

Goals: Villa - Heskey (hoping to impress his potential new manager)
Sunderland - Larsson (player we should have signed)

O god pleeeeeeeeease let this happen and the former part actually work...with that in mind, 3-0 Villa with Ireland Hutton and Heskey to score sounds like a perfect day all round.

[Moorski]

You just know how this is going to end! O'Neill,Larsson & Craig Gardner will have more will to win than our whole team!!

[Villafirst]

It just shows how far we've slumped to think we probably won't beat a very average Sunderland side who recently got thumped 4-0 by the Baggies. McLeish is the epitomy of boredom although it's high time the fans turned on Lerner who is a useless leader. He needs to sell up and let someone with vision, passion (who talks to us) takeover. To think that prick owns all the shares!

[Steve R]

There's no chance of McLeish getting the sack after this game if it goes bad. Even if they were of a mind to give McLeish the hoof, it is hardly likely that Lerner/Faulkner will give O'Scab the pleasure of sacking our manager.

I'll go for 0-0, with the ball being booted upfield at the start of each half and both teams racing back to their respective penalty areas and quaking like a jelly on springs for 45 minutes.

Possession will be 70-30 in favour of Given, who can be a real expert at timewasting.

If it does all go nipples up, a half empty stadium will spare us another 03/03/03.

[Villanation]

This game will either be akin to a major earthquake and we will suffer the worst defeat of the season, or it will fizzle out as atypical end of season dull load of crap affair in which case, 0-0

[danlanza]

Iwould love to see a Villa win but i really cannot see it happening,sorry to say it but i think we will be lucky to get anything out of our last few games at all.Shocking as it may be to say it but i really think we are in desperate trouble and nothing will change until Mcgiveinbeforethegamestartsleish stops sucking massive amounts of opposition managers cocks.Fucking theatre of dreams comment came from a bloke who has no confidence and obviously cannot be giving any confidence to the players.Its the sort of thing a manager from the Blue Square Premier division would say after drawing a premiership team in the F.A Cup for gods sake!I don't think there is an ounce of positivity in our club at the moment from the top right down to the bottom.What the fuck are the board thinking about?I just don't get it at all.You can see that those young lads are bursting to run and play for this club if the ginger twat would just let them play the game they know they can we would be watching far better football and also be in a much better position in the Prem.If we were giving the same performances at our jobs we would be on the fucking dole in an instant.He has to go,surely he has to.Regardless of whatever payout is written into his contract it can't be as expensive as us being relegated can it?Get rid of him now and employ somebody who can pick our lads up and let them play football!ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE MR LERNER.While were on the subject of sacking people why dont you FUCK OFF ASWELL!! take Faulkner while you are on the way out of the door and do us a massive favour.Remember,you are not very popular at the Cleveland Browns either.Has it never occured to your thick Yank brain that maybe you just are not very good at this stuff?FUCK OFF ALL THREE OF YOU!!Wankers.

[luke25]

Iwould love to see a Villa win but i really cannot see it happening,sorry to say it but i think we will be lucky to get anything out of our last few games at all.Shocking as it may be to say it but i really think we are in desperate trouble and nothing will change until Mcgiveinbeforethegamestartsleish stops sucking massive amounts of opposition managers cocks.Fucking theatre of dreams comment came from a bloke who has no confidence and obviously cannot be giving any confidence to the players.Its the sort of thing a manager from the Blue Square Premier division would say after drawing a premiership team in the F.A Cup for gods sake!I don't think there is an ounce of positivity in our club at the moment from the top right down to the bottom.What the fuck are the board thinking about?I just don't get it at all.You can see that those young lads are bursting to run and play for this club if the ginger twat would just let them play the game they know they can we would be watching far better football and also be in a much better position in the Prem.If we were giving the same performances at our jobs we would be on the fucking dole in an instant.He has to go,surely he has to.Regardless of whatever payout is written into his contract it can't be as expensive as us being relegated can it?Get rid of him now and employ somebody who can pick our lads up and let them play football!ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE MR LERNER.While were on the subject of sacking people why dont you FUCK OFF ASWELL!! take Faulkner while you are on the way out of the door and do us a massive favour.Remember,you are not very popular at the Cleveland Browns either.Has it never occured to your thick Yank brain that maybe you just are not very good at this stuff?FUCK OFF ALL THREE OF YOU!!Wankers.

You going for a Sunderland win then?

[richard moore]

Iwould love to see a Villa win but i really cannot see it happening,sorry to say it but i think we will be lucky to get anything out of our last few games at all.Shocking as it may be to say it but i really think we are in desperate trouble and nothing will change until Mcgiveinbeforethegamestartsleish stops sucking massive amounts of opposition managers cocks.Fucking theatre of dreams comment came from a bloke who has no confidence and obviously cannot be giving any confidence to the players.Its the sort of thing a manager from the Blue Square Premier division would say after drawing a premiership team in the F.A Cup for gods sake!I don't think there is an ounce of positivity in our club at the moment from the top right down to the bottom.What the fuck are the board thinking about?I just don't get it at all.You can see that those young lads are bursting to run and play for this club if the ginger twat would just let them play the game they know they can we would be watching far better football and also be in a much better position in the Prem.If we were giving the same performances at our jobs we would be on the fucking dole in an instant.He has to go,surely he has to.Regardless of whatever payout is written into his contract it can't be as expensive as us being relegated can it?Get rid of him now and employ somebody who can pick our lads up and let them play football!ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE MR LERNER.While were on the subject of sacking people why dont you FUCK OFF ASWELL!! take Faulkner while you are on the way out of the door and do us a massive favour.Remember,you are not very popular at the Cleveland Browns either.Has it never occured to your thick Yank brain that maybe you just are not very good at this stuff?FUCK OFF ALL THREE OF YOU!!Wankers.

And breathe in Mr Danlanza, then count to three when I take the thermometer out of your mouth

Rant of the month, love it!

[richard moore]

It just shows how far we've slumped to think we probably won't beat a very average Sunderland side who recently got thumped 4-0 by the Baggies. McLeish is the epitomy of boredom although it's high time the fans turned on Lerner who is a useless leader. He needs to sell up and let someone with vision, passion (who talks to us) takeover. To think that prick owns all the shares!

Don't bloody remind me, I have my embossed share certificate framed on my landing wall to remind me about ten times a day

[Top Cat]

I said to my mate we should sit behind the dugout in the trinity and boo them both, if they outclass us I really fear the worst

Want to sit on my lap?!

I think we should all get behind McLeish and make MON relealize that we don't miss him at all.

[danlanza]

Iwould love to see a Villa win but i really cannot see it happening,sorry to say it but i think we will be lucky to get anything out of our last few games at all.Shocking as it may be to say it but i really think we are in desperate trouble and nothing will change until Mcgiveinbeforethegamestartsleish stops sucking massive amounts of opposition managers cocks.Fucking theatre of dreams comment came from a bloke who has no confidence and obviously cannot be giving any confidence to the players.Its the sort of thing a manager from the Blue Square Premier division would say after drawing a premiership team in the F.A Cup for gods sake!I don't think there is an ounce of positivity in our club at the moment from the top right down to the bottom.What the fuck are the board thinking about?I just don't get it at all.You can see that those young lads are bursting to run and play for this club if the ginger twat would just let them play the game they know they can we would be watching far better football and also be in a much better position in the Prem.If we were giving the same performances at our jobs we would be on the fucking dole in an instant.He has to go,surely he has to.Regardless of whatever payout is written into his contract it can't be as expensive as us being relegated can it?Get rid of him now and employ somebody who can pick our lads up and let them play football!ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE MR LERNER.While were on the subject of sacking people why dont you FUCK OFF ASWELL!! take Faulkner while you are on the way out of the door and do us a massive favour.Remember,you are not very popular at the Cleveland Browns either.Has it never occured to your thick Yank brain that maybe you just are not very good at this stuff?FUCK OFF ALL THREE OF YOU!!Wankers.

And breathe in Mr Danlanza, then count to three when I take the thermometer out of your mouth

Rant of the month, love it!

Just taken a breath.Good job as i think i was turning a bit blue!

[Legion]

A space after each punctuation mark would help.

[danlanza]

Iwould love to see a Villa win but i really cannot see it happening,sorry to say it but i think we will be lucky to get anything out of our last few games at all.Shocking as it may be to say it but i really think we are in desperate trouble and nothing will change until Mcgiveinbeforethegamestartsleish stops sucking massive amounts of opposition managers cocks.Fucking theatre of dreams comment came from a bloke who has no confidence and obviously cannot be giving any confidence to the players.Its the sort of thing a manager from the Blue Square Premier division would say after drawing a premiership team in the F.A Cup for gods sake!I don't think there is an ounce of positivity in our club at the moment from the top right down to the bottom.What the fuck are the board thinking about?I just don't get it at all.You can see that those young lads are bursting to run and play for this club if the ginger twat would just let them play the game they know they can we would be watching far better football and also be in a much better position in the Prem.If we were giving the same performances at our jobs we would be on the fucking dole in an instant.He has to go,surely he has to.Regardless of whatever payout is written into his contract it can't be as expensive as us being relegated can it?Get rid of him now and employ somebody who can pick our lads up and let them play football!ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE MR LERNER.While were on the subject of sacking people why dont you FUCK OFF ASWELL!! take Faulkner while you are on the way out of the door and do us a massive favour.Remember,you are not very popular at the Cleveland Browns either.Has it never occured to your thick Yank brain that maybe you just are not very good at this stuff?FUCK OFF ALL THREE OF YOU!!Wankers.

You going for a Sunderland win then?

I will go for a draw,just to be more positive and also so i can put the rope back in the garage!!

[Brian Taylor]

Unless we get a few of the injured players back, and Gabby finds form again, I sense a draw will be the best we can hope for!

[supertom]

We are going to get royally buggered. As long as Pube head brings us some flowers and choccy's first, just to be gentlemanly.
Having no discernable game plan or any organisation at all is a big problem. O Neill will know better than anyone how much Villa always struggle to dominate teams at VP and take the game to the opposition. It was something MON could never fix, and he's good at organising teams to counter away from home. They'll tear us apart, and given they're hardly a quality side, I think it's a sad indication of how bad we look.
We have decent kids but they're rudderless, lost and are having any attacking guile sucked out of them. Bannan is struggling playing as a right side midfielder.