West Ham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Big Dick Edwards]

West Ham's home record last season wasn't overly impressive. My heart is going for a 2-1 Villa win, Bent and Holman.

[Concrete John]

Head says 2-2, but although it may be wishful thinking, I've got a good feeling for us, both for this game and the season as a whole.

Fuck it......1-3 Villa.  Bent, Holman and N'Zogbia after coming on as a sub.

[Monty]

I think we should have a poll for where we will be on MOD tonight. Hopefully not last, it should be more entertaining than anything we saw last season.
I'll go for 3rd game....

4th I think, Arsenal (no RVP), Liverpool (first Rodgers game) and Spurs (first AVB game) will be ahead of us.

[cdbearsfan]

They usually show the newly-promoted teams fairly early on day one so I reckon we'll be on third or fourth.

[PeterWithesShin]

We'll be on first or second when we stick 7 past them later.

[CJ]

Motty's the commentator and with no really outstanding fixtures today I reckon we'll be on second after Newcastle/Spurs

[junxs]

Has the team been announced yet? Normally gets announced around 1pm..

[Singapore Villa]

I am itching for the team news.  Anyone got any info yet?

[OasisVillain]

Fancy us for a 2-1 win, Bent and Ireland to get on the scoresheet (assuming Ireland plays)

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

We havent lost on an opening day away since 2003.

That was when Pig Face came in and decided to drop Mellberg to the bench at Portsmouth.

[bertlambshank]

Is it worth starting a streaming thread so the match thread wont get mashed?

[wellmace]

3-2 Villa. Ireland scores 2 and sets-up Benty for the 3rd.

[meddavillan_dd]

Is it live on the telly anywhere?

[oldtimernow]

1-1 Holman and Collins

[ozzjim]

Is it worth starting a streaming thread so the match thread wont get mashed?

Can we stop discussing streams please guys, there are many reasons why, as you can imagine.