Aston Villa vs Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[richtheholtender]

Haven't they only beat us once in league at Villa Park since 98? Villa 2-1 win.

[nodge]

They play the old guard, Terry, Lampard etc and are leading 1-0 with 20 minutes left.  We go on to win 3-1 and in the after match interview Gabby says " we knew they'd tire after 70 minutes because they're old and we're all babbies loike"

[PaulWinch again]

We'll have our revenge.

[holte hero]

They play the old guard, Terry, Lampard etc and are leading 1-0 with 20 minutes left.  We go on to win 3-1 and in the after match interview Gabby says " we knew they'd tire after 70 minutes because they're old and we're all babbies loike"

Brilliant, really made me giggle

[danlanza]

This will do for me, every time. UTV

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

They play the old guard, Terry, Lampard etc and are leading 1-0 with 20 minutes left.  We go on to win 3-1 and in the after match interview Gabby says " we knew they'd tire after 70 minutes because they're old and we're all babbies loike"

Brilliant, really made me giggle

Nodge i got the picture in my head of Gabby actually saying that ..... Quality ....

[SoccerHQ]

Would love us to win.

After the draw tonight, Chelsea need 3 points to guarantee top 4 hmmm.

Think Chelsea will win 3-2 as they'll play a stronger team now and our defence it's fair to say isn't great against pace and movement.

[tomd2103]

Would love to see John Terry start on Saturday and get an absolute mauling from Benteke all game long.  Can see us getting at least a draw. 

[Jimbo]

They'll smash us. 0:3.

[ozzjim]

Think we will get a point.


I really, really hope Cahill plays and Benteke is in the mood.

[The Left Side]

1-1 draw but hope we win of course

[ciggiesnbeer]

Surprising amount of positivity in here. Hope the players feel the same way as you lot, coz I am dreading the game.

[TaxDodger]

Haven't they only beat us once in league at Villa Park since 98? Villa 2-1 win.

Twice after last season.

[not3bad]

A lot will depend on how much the Europa final is playing on their minds.  They'll say the league is their priority and they might be sincere but winning that final will mean a lot to Benitez and there's a good chance that will affect the players.

[peter w]

I think this will be a better game for lowton and Bennett. They don't play with wingers crossing the ball and anyone forward player out wide usually look to cut in. That should suit our style of play and won't see Lowton and esoecially bennett isolated. They look to get overlapping full-backs - as do we - but our front 3 threat should negate that by counter-attacking as soon as they lose the ball.

If they score early and get on top then we may struggle to get back into it as we'll need to chase it. But they need the 3 points (as of course do we) so if its 0-0 (yeah right) they will have to push on more so creating more space and opportunities for us. They're last game is at home against Everton whilst Arsenal and Tottenham have two relatively 'easier' games to overtake Chelsea.

They will come at us with a full strength team and are likely to take the points. But, knowing how they play, if we can avoid conceding early (or at all would be nice) this could be set up nicely for us.