Aston Villa v QPR Pre-Match Thread

[levico]

Villa never win back to back matches. Can't see a win I'm afraid.

You cannot see anything but pain.



You've been predicting our relegation for the past three seasons.

I still think we can stay up, I just think we'll do it the hard way.

[Steve R]

....
Villa 4 QPR 0. Arry's Oops implode. QPR don't win either.

5-0. Redknapp's Rhubarb thrashed

[atticus snood]

Win for us. Time to break out of our self built cage.... the door is open, we just haven't realised it yet.

[SoccerHQ]

I've always been puzzled by the appeal of Samba, Always thought he was a bit lumbersome and lacked mobility.
Certainly not worth £100,000 a week.

If he was in our team there wouldn't have even been an issue of conceding from corners.

[adrenachrome]

Daily Mirror

Big issue: Aston Villa's Ron Vlaar counting down to "immense" six-pointer against QPR
12 Mar 2013 22:29

Relegation rivals meet at Villa Park on Saturday and fit-again Dutch defender is desperate to build on last weekend's victory over fellow strugglers Reading



Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar has pledged to fire up his team-mates for the “immense” relegation six-pointer with QPR.

Both sides recorded wins, over Reading and Sunderland respectively, last weekend to boost their survival hopes.

Now, they are preparing to meet at Villa Park on Saturday.

Vlaar, 28, missed the Brummies' slender defeats to Manchester City and Arsenal, but returned from injury to marshal Villa to victory at relegation-rivals Reading.

And he is anxious that his team continue the improved recent form which saw them beat West Ham and draw at Everton last month.

Holland centre-back Vlaar said: “That was a good start at Reading and we look forward to the next game.

“We knew these two games are immense for us. We know it, and QPR know.

“But besides the last two games against very good teams in City and Arsenal, we have had good results.

“That is what we have to do - we know we have to work hard and try to win games.

“We want to make everybody happy, with 34,000-35,000 people at home.”

Villa’s victory at Reading was their first three points on the road since December 15 when they won at Liverpool.

Vlaar added: “It was a very important win for us and we really needed this one against another team in a similar situation.”

And Vlaar was also eager to praise young defensive colleagues Ciaran Clark and Nathan Baker.

Clark, 23, was at fault for the only goal in the 1-0 home loss to the champions City, while Baker, 21, sliced into his own net at Reading.

Vlaar said: “It is not easy when something like that happens. But they keep their heads up the young players.

“They have to go on and it didn’t affect Nathan in the game at all.

“Ciaran too against Manchester City, I don’t think he thought back and that is very good.

“He knows what happens, but you have to get through it.”

[willywombat]

Nervy 1-0 win

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Changed my mind.

3-2 to us, Gabby (2) and Benteke.

[richard moore]

I've always been puzzled by the appeal of Samba, Always thought he was a bit lumbersome and lacked mobility.
Certainly not worth £100,000 a week.

If he was in our team there wouldn't have even been an issue of conceding from corners.

That may well be true Soccer but I agree with the original point - and if he was that good, he wouldn't be lumbering around the likes of QPR and Blackburn. Always thought he is very average vis a vis the hype that seems to surround him

[cheltenhamlion]

Villa win and lots of goals in a very open game. They will attack us as they need a win and I can see us picking them off on the counter.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I will eat my proverbial hat if we win to nil. We don't do clean sheets. I said after Man City that we'd win the next two, so I guess I should stick to that, that I wouldn't be surprised if we draw it. Whatever the result I still think there are easier games ahead - I think we'll pick up six points against Sunderland and Norwich, for example, so this game won't be the be all and end all.

I'm missing the game as I'll be in the Lake District. I'll probably have saved myself a couple of heart attacks in the process.

[JUAN PABLO]

I am hoping Bent is fit . Comes off the bench scores the winner and runs over to Twitch
and says ' Could your mrs score that Twitchy '

[Michel Sibble]

As said by Ads and elsewhere, QPR will be hitting us from out wide spraying crosses for our brittle, confidence-shaken defence to sort out. They'll have their big boys to get on the end of them, no doubt. We have to find a way to stop that, in short.

Last game we dominated through the midfield, we will need to do that again and perhaps get Bennett in with Sylla to help in with defence.


Oh, and Redknob's into mind-games now apparently... ARTICLE

[stubbsyandy]

Rednapp is a twit

[PaulTheVillan]

Rednapp is a twiat

 

[Clampy]

We should have beaten them in the first game.

I'm going for 2-2. Benteke and Weimann.