Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Pre-match thread

[Ad@m]

I'll be going to this with my daughter, we only get to 1 or 2 games a season when we get over to Brum and she started to come with me during Houllier's season. Her record so far over the : 4 defeats and 2 draws

I've had a season ticket for several years and since the Houllier season my record isn't much better.

[PeterWithesShin]

We'll win 0.5-0

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Can't see many changes to our line up. I think we will be taking this seriously as we need a win from somewhere. I find the tension of our league games horrible so I am looking forward to this.

Agree wv.
We're not playing well so we need to keep working at it with a few minor adjustments to create chances...Gil needs to start instead of Cleverley and Weimann not playing wide would be an improvement I think.
It'll be just like a league game - they're good. :-(

[silhillvilla]

Enda is long gone.

Cissokho is far from 'gash'. He is a decent, solid defender.

Ok, I mean in the role he's being asked to play ie. wing back. He's useless . No right foot whatsoever .

[Legion]

I agree that he is not very good going forward.

[levico]

They're probably on the way up and we're possibly on the way down.

Comfortable away win.

[olaftab]

4-3 home win .

I know I know. We are 3-0 down at HT. Lambert is sacked on the spot by Fox. Ian Taylor comes down from the Hole End and takes over. Makes some changes, gives a lion heart talk and we go out and whip them with a Grealish hat trick and Clark thunder bolt from halfway line.

[mallo]

Aston villa nil... Them probably not nil

[The Left Side]

0-0 bore draw, yawn

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

If it's anything like any of our other "giantkilling" ventures over the last 3 seasons they will have something resembling a plan and outwit us tactically by about 700%.

[Dazvillain]

They've been playing their second / third choice in previous rounds . Their tickets went on general sale today . They've got great support and a have sold out upper north and virtually upper DOUG ellis....over 4000 so far .
Gonna be scarey !

Fair play....sold 5300 of 6000 allocation as at 8pm now !!

[Ian.]

I've a feeling he might go for a 0-10-0 formation.

It does have the Hallmarks of a new Lambert crab formation.

[silhillvilla]

What neither side will want is a replay .

[Gregorys Boy]

1-1.  Us to scrap by in the replay by which time I hope we will have someone different in the dugout

[Steve67]

Massive game now for Lambert. Can't afford any experimental line ups, get it won.