Manchester City v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[eastie]

4-0 home win

[VillaAlways]

Milner's got a toe injury apparently and won't be available

[JJ-AV]

William Hill are only offering 16/1 on a Balotelli hattrick.

[nordenvillain]

3-1 to them

Looking at who did not start for them yesterday is scary :

Richards (might be injured ?)
Maicon
Kolarov
Toure K
Barry
Milner
Nasri
Rodwell
Tevez
Balotelli

Bloody hell, that shows their confidence - They're gonna play us without a keeper !

[mrastonvilla]

I think both Maicon and Milner are injured and won't play

[Brend'Watkins]

I'm going into this game with a different frame of mind.  I am expecting the worst so, when the inevitable 3 goals against are administered I wont be that surprised or downhearted.

[Rigadon]

The way we are a the moment I'd dare anybody to predict with any confidence how we might play, having said all that:  City 2- Us 0

[Salsa Party Animal]

City 3 Villa 1

[tomd2103]

Tough decision for Lambert tomorrow in regards to what team he puts out.  With our next game being on Sunday, I think we go there with a fairly strong side, but also use it as an opportunity to give one or two a start.  I would go with a team looking something like:

                  Given

Lowton  Vlaar Baker Bennett

Holman  El Ahmadi Delph  N'Zogbia

              Gabby   Bent

Would be very nice to get a result and go through, but a good performance is important after the debacle on Saturday. 

 

[Des Little]

They'll hammer us.  4 or 5 nil.

[danlanza]

They'll hammer us.  4 or 5 nil.

Des, get a grip for fecksake. It's ours. 3-0 Villa.

[avfcpg]

I Haveno idea why but I reckon we will get something, over 90 mins anyway. 1-1 or 1-2.
Best go lay down now...

[littlevillain]

Did we sell our allocation?

[danlanza]

Did we sell our allocation?

I doubt it. Maybe 2000 Villa will make the trip in a crowd of 31000-33000.

[Ads]

Charlie needs to start in the hole, as I think he will be stepping in for Ireland.