Aston Villa v West Ham United Pre-Match Thread

[Witton Warrior]

Looking at the weather we may camp out after the match and try and get home Tuesday - the warm glow of winning will keep us going

[mr woo]

Blimey. I put us down for a win.

What's that all about then?

[PeterWithesShin]

For anyone interested, apparently Peter Withe is at the Sacred Heart before the game tomorrow from 11.30-12.30.

[Nastylee]

Pivotal weekend with results going the way they have.  Time has come for us to start winning rather than talking about it. West Ham will sit back and look to hit us from deadballs. It'll be up to us to defend them and break them down. Time to start winning ugly

[paul_e]

Pivotal weekend with results going the way they have.  Time has come for us to start winning rather than talking about it. West Ham will sit back and look to hit us from deadballs. It'll be up to us to defend them and break them down. Time to start winning ugly

Agree totally, this has gone from already being a must win game to something on another level now, if man city beat southampton the winner tomorrow will be the only team in the bottom half to take 3 points.  That's an opportunity we can't afford to miss.

[pauliewalnuts]

I reckon the most simple, nailed-on bet for this match is for Kevin Nolan to score.

Knock down from Carroll, utter chaos in our defence, in nips Nolan.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Worryingly, it's very easy to visualise that happening, Paulie

[TonyD]

5.3 to us

Could be worth a couple of quid!

Having a look on Oddschecker now.  The last bet I placed was 1.3 at Liverpool at 125 to 1.  Nice £1250 return.  I was thinking of 2.3 at Everton but didn't have that full on conviction in my water so didn't bet which saved me a tenner.

[Chipsticks]

Just watch all the diagonal balls to Carroll on our Left Back.

[Rigadon]

We must win this one.  No excuses, no draws.  A win. 

[andyh]

If we really are going to make a fist of staying up, we all know it really has to start against West Ham.
No more fuck ups, no more excuses.
Win tomorrow and its game on.
Anything else and the writing is on the wall.

This is THE game for the boys to step up, and do the business.
No more talking a good a game, JUST FUCKING DO IT BOYS.

[Jockey Randall]

I don't buy all this must win stuff. A draw isn't the end of the world. At the end of the day we need roughly 16-18 points from all the remaining games. I couldn't care less what games they came in as long as they come. Unexpected results happen all the time, look at Saints today. I just hope people don't put too much emphasis on this game and start throwing their toys out the pram if we don't win. It's a tough game against a well drilled side.

[Chris Smith]

I don't buy all this must win stuff. A draw isn't the end of the world. At the end of the day we need roughly 16-18 points from all the remaining games. I couldn't care less what games they came in as long as they come. Unexpected results happen all the time, look at Saints today. I just hope people don't put too much emphasis on this game and start throwing their toys out the pram if we don't win. It's a tough game against a well drilled side.

You're right, but psychologically, after the performance at Everton and the way results have gone (mostly) for us today, a win would be huge.

[Des Little]

I don't buy all this must win stuff. A draw isn't the end of the world. At the end of the day we need roughly 16-18 points from all the remaining games. I couldn't care less what games they came in as long as they come. Unexpected results happen all the time, look at Saints today. I just hope people don't put too much emphasis on this game and start throwing their toys out the pram if we don't win. It's a tough game against a well drilled side.

I have to disagree. Saints aside, everything has gone our way today. It's starting to look like 3 from 4 and if we ever have a chance we need a win tomorrow. Anything less and I think we are done for.

[brian green]

I think our away form will do more to keep us up than VP games.