Aston Villa v West Ham United Pre-Match Thread

[Risso]

Villa 3 - West Ham 0

Yes, we will keep a clean sheet, and batter them like a 20 year old Mike Tyson tearing Trevor Berbick a new one.

[paul_e]

Their defence is very poor.  So is ours.

We have a beast up front and players around him that can make things happen.  Ditto for them.

4-2 for me.

[Simon Ward]

Gone for a win, don't care by how many or who scores! Now off to the GTC thread for the more important guessing!

[richtheholtender]

Is Messi injured ? I see that he's not in the Scotland squad

chuckle

[PaulTheVillan]

2-1 win.

[danlanza]

Looking forward to watching the game in a WestHam bar over here and smiling for the whole game, i hope.

[darren woolley]

1-1 Draw for me with Benteke scoring.

[MalcolmP]

0-8 Andy Carroll 7 from corners and Nolan from penalty spot

[N'ZMAV]

1-0 Benteke goal. Late goal.

[Jon Crofts]

Is this the most important game this season since the last most important game this season?

[OCD]

We must be due a win by now.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Well one thing for sure, West Ham are in good form, Carroll is showing he's more than a battering ram, he can play a bit too. It'll be a very tough game whereby unless we're at our best, we'll get stuffed. A draw is probably the likely result but we have shown signs that we're improving, so I'll go for a Villa win, just.

1-0 (with us finally holding out for the last 20 minutes and everybody too stressed and exhausted to really celebrate).

[DrGonzo]

No room for Bannan in anyone's lineup?

no

[DeKuip]

24 points off the Champions League places and only 13 games left. Fail to win this one and I'll be seriously doubting our chances of qualifying.

[N'ZMAV]

Bannan can just disappear. Forever.