Aston Villa v Sheffield United Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

Stronger team than I expected - lets hope benteke can rediscover his scoring touch - Guzan and gabby aside that's possibly the strongest team he could play .

I was very much hoping Benteke would play and finally gets back to banging in goals. I think that's how Lambert has seem it too.

[Richard]

Nice one Lambert, get well ahead by the hour mark and bring the subs on !

[PaulWinch again]

Come on Villa win please.

[eastie]

pity its not televised

Mr Woodward will be my commentator this afternoon .

[WarszaVillan]

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[Toronto Villa]

More than anything I want us to go at the opposition from the off. This is VP, and we've been awful for the most part. We need to play today like we did against Everton and take our chances. This game, though against lower league opposition can help exorcise some demons, or at least start the process.

[eastie]

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Excellent - a better option I feel:)

[garyshawsknee]

Would have been nice to have seen Gardner or Johnson on the bench. Like the team though, be good if Benteke scored an early couple, then he could throw Helenius on. UTV

[hilts_coolerking]

How bizarre.  All that fuss midweek and he puts out a strong side.  Good to see of course; I wonder whether changed his mind at some point over the last couple of days?

It's only bizarre if it was interpreted as it was by some, as opposed to what he actually meant by what he said.

No, it's bizarre because all that fuss could have been completely avoided by giving his customary straight bat answers.

[eastie]

More than anything I want us to go at the opposition from the off. This is VP, and we've been awful for the most part. We need to play today like we did against Everton and take our chances. This game, though against lower league opposition can help exorcise some demons, or at least start the process.

Indeed, a resounding home win followed by a couple of experienced signings would give a boost to all .

[olaftab]

Villa: Steer, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Luna, Westwood, Bacuna, Weimann, Delph, Albrighton, Benteke.

Nice one. I like it so I am not going to moan about Guzan not there.

[Toronto Villa]

How bizarre.  All that fuss midweek and he puts out a strong side.  Good to see of course; I wonder whether changed his mind at some point over the last couple of days?

It's only bizarre if it was interpreted as it was by some, as opposed to what he actually meant by what he said.

No, it's bizarre because all that fuss could have been completely avoided by giving his customary straight bat answers.

The fuss has been created by people deciding he'd given up on the FA Cup, which was never the case and has been proved to be completely wrong.

[peter w]

Villa manager in replying to answer shock. Angers Villa fans who need to tub thump because they just, well, need to.

[hilts_coolerking]

The fuss has been created by people deciding he'd given up on the FA Cup, which was never the case and has been proved to be completely wrong.

No.  The fuss was created by a Premier League manager saying he could do without the FA Cup.  He dropped a bollock there and invited pressure on himself.  There's no shame in that though, I expect he was caught a little off guard given the news about Kozak.

[Dave Clark Five]

Strong team selected then.