Manchester City v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Villafirst]

Grealish has travelled with the squad according to Mat Kendrick.

Good news. He'll probably be on the bench. What's the news on Gabby? The club aren't very good at informing the fans on these injuries.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Pretty sure Gabby is out injured.

[dave.woodhall]

Grealish has travelled with the squad according to Mat Kendrick.

Good news. He'll probably be on the bench. What's the news on Gabby? The club aren't very good at informing the fans on these injuries.

I think that might just have scraped the barrel of Things to Moan About.

[Hillbilly]

Interesting stats from the BBC:

Aston Villa
Villa's win against Hull at the weekend was their first in seven games.
They have picked up just two points from their last seven away games, and have lost the last four. They last lost five away games in a row in the league from December 2006 to February 2007.
Only Chelsea (16 points) have a better record than Aston Villa (10 points) against the current top four in the Premier League this season (W3, D1).
They have won their last three league matches on a Wednesday.

That can't be true. This is the worst Villa team ever.

It could be even weirder if you consider how we were dudded against Chelsea and Liverpool.

[timeoutbigbar]

4-0 City. 

Meh.

[Villafirst]

Pretty sure Gabby is out injured.

That's a shame - I'm sure City will be relieved not to face him - would be ideal for the counter-attack.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Odds have been slashed on a Villa victory from 20/1 to 18/1.

The draw is down to 8/1.

Villa win down to 16/1 now.

OK. Hands up. Who's putting money on the Villa?

[olaftab]

Me me over here. Placed a full Fiver last night at 20/1.

[Toronto Villa]

Grealish has travelled with the squad according to Mat Kendrick.

Good news. He'll probably be on the bench. What's the news on Gabby? The club aren't very good at informing the fans on these injuries.

Why would the club inform fans on injuries? More importantly why would they want that information public and therefore available to our opponents? Unless the injury is already known like Benteke or Okore it shoud be kept as private as possible.

[supertom]

Felt like pissing some money away today.
10 quid on Villa to win 2-0 at 100-1
Fiver on Delph to score in a Villa win- 66-1.

[pooligan]

City 5 Villa 0  Another good hiding in Manchester i fear

[Dr Butler]

a draw please and let Man Ci££y take the title on Sunday with a drubbing of Wet Sham....

[Jarpie]

Man City will come either all guns blazing and gives us a hiding, or then pressure has gotten to them and they can't score to save their lives.

[saunders_heroes]

I can't remember the last Villa game we've gone into without a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. It doesn't feel right feeling this relaxed!

[Jon Crofts]

A sound beating I fear, 4-0 cruise.