Aston Villa v QPR Pre-Match Thread

[devilla]

2-0 Home win. Please. Pretty please. Pretty please with bells on.

Sat 16.3.71 KO 3pm.

Benteke 42, 71

Bollocks, I'm 42 years late. Did we win?

[Legion]

Well spotted!

[Damo70]

Nervy 2-1 win. I fancy Weimann to score. Remy will score for them.

[l_mckay]

Asking as we don't concede first ill say 3-1 villa win. Benteke x2 and gabby to score

[Rip Van We Go Again]

1-0 to us and a rare clean sheet.

Gabby to score.

[Ads]

I think them playing 4-4-2 away from home is playing into their oppositions hands, whoever they may be.

Its alright at home when you have got to win, especially when your pitch is the size of your average back garden, but at a big pitch like Villa Park, I think they will come unstuck, especially given how poor they are. I cannot see them playing it to be honest.

I am minded to go with three central again, but would not be adverse to seeing Charlie come back in either.

[Meanwood Villa]

Went for a win last Sat, gone for a win this Sat. Come on the Villa, prove me right again.

[VillaSpen]

3-3.

[CJ]

Bit of a tense start but we get the first goal to settle nerves and go on to be 3 up with 5 minutes to go, QPR then score and we start shitting ourselves but run out winners after they hit the bar with the last kick of the game. 3-2 to us.

I really believe we have to win this to stay up - a defeat won't put us down mathematically but we really need to put some breathing space between us and the dead men, and we're running out of 'winnable' games. To be honest if we can't beat the likes of Southampton, Wigan, Newcastle, Norwich and QPR at home we don't deserve to stay up.

[maidstonevillain]

I think them playing 4-4-2 away from home is playing into their oppositions hands, whoever they may be.

Its alright at home when you have got to win, especially when your pitch is the size of your average back garden, but at a big pitch like Villa Park, I think they will come unstuck, especially given how poor they are. I cannot see them playing it to be honest.

I am minded to go with three central again, but would not be adverse to seeing Charlie come back in either.

The pitches are the same length, and there's only a couple of yards in the width.

[Stu]

Once more Villa, 3 points please please please.

Orange dot time?

[Surrey Villain]

I think them playing 4-4-2 away from home is playing into their oppositions hands, whoever they may be.

Its alright at home when you have got to win, especially when your pitch is the size of your average back garden, but at a big pitch like Villa Park, I think they will come unstuck, especially given how poor they are. I cannot see them playing it to be honest.

I am minded to go with three central again, but would not be adverse to seeing Charlie come back in either.

The pitches are the same length, and there's only a couple of yards in the width.

There will still be loads of corners and free kicks hurled into our area and they have taller players so I would like to see Baker continuing.  They are also one of the growing number of teams who, in my opinion, foul the goalkeeper at every set piece.
It will be ugly but that's 'war'.

[Steve R]

Last week Redknapp picked a team to play against O'Neill. He knew full well that he could put Lord Lucan in central midfield and still expect to dominate play.

To all intents and purposes that is exactly what he did when Remy was subbed late on. Lucan even scored.

Redknapp may not be that sanguine against us. Depends on whether he fancies his chances of exploiting our right flank in the same way Reading did.

We are overdue two wins on the bounce, a goal from open play, a clean sheet and a ref that understands the laws of the game. It's got to happen some time.

[peter w]

Although QPR have been poor its fair to say that this is almost a new team and not the crap one that got Hughes the sack. plenty of signing in january, a change of system, and players like Taraabt being dropped also have helped. This will be tight and I think if we win we'll get a huge lift that should see us through. However, with the press urging QPR on and the full eyes of the media being on this one i think we'll struggle. A draw at best and me to stop watching from about 50 minutes in.

[supertom]

Christ knows why I'm feeling optimistic but I fancy we'll win this one. I think Ranger's will huff and puff a bit. I just think Benteke could have a field day against their backline. Samba's good but the rest are average, and I'd still fancy Benteke against Samba anyway.

3-1
Benteke
Wiemann
Gabby.

Stefan Moore for them. He still plays for them right?