Manchester United v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[ciggiesnbeer]

I cant stand ManU. They play such crap and still win. Straight loss I am afraid. A nasty little club who have been gifted the best manager I have ever seen.

SAF will sink us, he always does.

[PaulWinch again]

A win please Villa, a win.

[Salsa Party Animal]

 If we win the next game Bye Bye Reading and QPR.

[john2710]

This game is an opportunity, as no one expects us to win. If we sit back we'll get beaten, if we attack we might just surprise them. What we must avoid, is getting a good beating, as this will do a lot of harm.

[pauliewalnuts]

This game is an opportunity, as no one expects us to win. If we sit back we'll get beaten, if we attack we might just surprise them. What we must avoid, is getting a good beating, as this will do a lot of harm.

Yup.

First concern must be not to get a confidence-sapping twatting.

[silhillvilla]

Monday's are bad enough without the thought of MNF and Utd away after a long day at the office. Not looking forward to this, may listen on radio as that could be less painful.

That'd be even worse imo.   Alan Green spouting off about the referee, or fans in the stands standing up, or obsessing for ten minutes about Wayne Roooonay's future, all the while bemoaning Villa's lack of quality. When all you really want to hear is who has the ball and where on the pitch they are.

Me personally I'm going to watch it with the sound down, from behind the sofa.

Ha ha, I would listen to WM, can't stand Alan green.

[dave.woodhall]

Monday's are bad enough without the thought of MNF and Utd away after a long day at the office. Not looking forward to this, may listen on radio as that could be less painful.

That'd be even worse imo.   Alan Green spouting off about the referee, or fans in the stands standing up, or obsessing for ten minutes about Wayne Roooonay's future, all the while bemoaning Villa's lack of quality. When all you really want to hear is who has the ball and where on the pitch they are.

Me personally I'm going to watch it with the sound down, from behind the sofa.

Ha ha, I would listen to WM, can't stand Alan green.

Great. Two hours of how bad Villa are.

[eastie]

Alan green has left 606 , not sure if he was pushed or jumped, i heard him a couple of weeks ago saying it was his farewell.

[Lobsterboy]

Given that I live ten minutes from Man Ure's ground this is the one I look forward to the most each season; it's such a shame we have such a bloody awful record against them!

They're not playing great but if Man Citeh slip up v Spurs they could potentially be playing for the title and be right up for it so if that is the scenario then I fear the worst

I'm not envisaging anything on the scale of the Chelsea defeat but think they'll win this one comfortably - I'll go 3-1 with Benteke again on the scoresheet for us

[robbo1874]

Never thought I'd be saying this, but after the nightmare of this weekend's other results.....'thank fuck for west ham'

I'd take a point now definitely.

Still think we'll get gubbed though unfortunately. I'm normally a believer, but all the stats point to a routine utd win 2-0

[ozzjim]

A point would be an amazingly good outcome. Lets hope eh.

[cdbearsfan]

Why do we always have to play them at football? Surely it's our turn to pick the game? I reckon we'd batter them at Connect Four.

[russon]

Why do we always have to play them at football? Surely it's our turn to pick the game? I reckon we'd batter them at Connect Four.

Top Trumps would be better. Provided we nobble the dealer and get all Man Utd cards, we could play our Van Persie for goals scored and hope they're holding their Joe Bennett card. Then for tallest player we'd lay our Ferdinand against their Bannan and so on. We could cream them with their own players, Fergie would be coughing up blood. I've got 48 hrs to get approval from the FA, I'll come back to you.

[Matt Collins]

I'd take a point now definitely.

No shit!

Do we want spurs to win today so they're more motivated for their remaining games? Or not so man can't win the league on Monday? I think I want spurs to win still. But Man U have been drifting recently but they could be jolted back into form

[Rancid custard]

I've got a funny feeling we're going to nick a 1 - o win.