Manchester City v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Matt C]

1-1 and Manchini arguing with the officials on the pitch after the match about something or other.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Manchester City 3-0 Villa

We'll beat Arsenal though.

[SoccerHQ]

3-1 loss, I predicted 4-1 last year.

I'm quite confident about the Arsenal game aswell, fair to say our season properly starts then.

[silhillvilla]

I agree, we can beat arsenal IMHO.

[devilla]

I've just had a look at the pre-match thread on bluemoon. A lot of people there are giving us a lot more respect after the manure game. Hopefully they'll rest a couple before their CL game against Madrid next week.

2- 1 Villa. Benteke 32, Ireland 72.

[silhillvilla]

No chance they're already OUT of the CL in effect.

[Matt C]

...and probably have little desire to play in the Europa League I suspect.

[peter w]

I think the last 4 weeks have shown how upand down we'll be this season.

A) v Fulham - Disappointing defeat

H) v Norwich - Scored but still diasspointing. SCraped a draw.

A) v Sunderland Won andwere the better team

H) v Man U - for an hour great then dropped away.

Sp- L- D- W thenna good performance that was ultimately a loss. I think we'll go back to square one on Sat.

[Matt Collins]

I think it will either be a fairly disappointing or heavy defeat, or a high scoring draw. Hopefully hart has a couple of ricks in him. Looking fwds to benteke v nastasic

[Total knob-head]

I love the positivity of this thread

Don't see why not. City have got to lose at some point. Well they lose to Villa.

Plus I am going to back the game with a £20 free bet. 

[Matt Collins]

Mate, your user name makes me feel a bit sick. Any chance of changing it?

I think bannan has a knee knock and is a slight doubt, at least according to fantasy premier league. Would be a shame. He's playing well and city look vulnerable at set pieces. Not sure who'd take them if he is out

[pooligan]

Pretty much the same as last week i'm afraid. Can see Villa scoring a goal or two,but our defence is so poor i can see them getting 3 or 4 . 4-2 to City

[kippaxvilla2]

4-0 Citeh - Benteke to sign a pre contract agreement with Citeh before Kick Off thinking that he is signing for Manure, on the outskirts of North London.

[levico]

Slightly worrying is that if we do lose to Citeh (quite likely) and reading beat Everton at home (less likely but possible), then we will be in the bottom 3 by 5 pm Saturday. I just hope this doesn't get to the players at a time when we are beginning to gel as a team.

[matpaulin]

With us being 15/1 on Betfair - gotta be worth a fiver for an unexpected surprise 0-1 (Ireland) win