Any sign of a dot of the orange variety?
Quote from: Gregorys Boy on April 07, 2015, 09:45:45 AMStill confident of us winning this one despite their result at the weekend. West Brom have taken their foot of the pendle a bit, but I with a lot of work still to do I don't think Sherwood would allow us to do that. Also, its a night game and the atmosphere at VP should be pretty rockin' which normally helps us. As long as we attack early, use our pace and go direct to the strikers then I think we should win. I would start with Gabby and Benteke this time in a 4-4-2. Think he went with Weinmann on Saturday because he is better at defending. But Gabby and Benteke are in decent form and this is the sort of fixture made for them.2-0 Villa. Gabby and Sinclair.Thought Sinclair was out?
Still confident of us winning this one despite their result at the weekend. West Brom have taken their foot of the pendle a bit, but I with a lot of work still to do I don't think Sherwood would allow us to do that. Also, its a night game and the atmosphere at VP should be pretty rockin' which normally helps us. As long as we attack early, use our pace and go direct to the strikers then I think we should win. I would start with Gabby and Benteke this time in a 4-4-2. Think he went with Weinmann on Saturday because he is better at defending. But Gabby and Benteke are in decent form and this is the sort of fixture made for them.2-0 Villa. Gabby and Sinclair.
All 7 of the people I usually ask to go down to Villa with have been unable to make this one, so I've decided today that for the first time in my life I'm going to go down on my own - tonight's one of those games I'm really feeling that I need to be there. Just bought a ticket in the Holte Lower L7.Is this weird? I feel like more people go on their own to football than I'd think.
Tim Sherwood says he wants "relentless pressure" for 90 minutes against QPR - and heroes to emerge in the survival battle.Sherwood is adamant that it's time for his players to "stand up and be counted."He wants a performance full of bravery as the claret and blues look to put six points between them and their opponents - and move higher up the Barclays Premier League table.He said: "QPR are coming into this one on the back of a good result at West Brom. They will be very confident. They have their threats."We have to treat them with respect but not too much respect. It's about what Aston Villa can do on the night."I want relentless pressure from our team on to theirs."If we take our chances and get the rub of the green, we will win the game."We expect that Villa Park crowd to be right behind us. They will be an extra man for us."I think the boys realise they are good enough to win football matches. They have just got to go out there and play with a lot of confidence - and less fear."They can't worry about losing - and they can't be apprehensive in their performance."They have to go and take that huge following that will be behind us and use it to our advantage."It's about getting out there. I don't hide it from them - I tell them how crucial it is. We want to come away with three points."You try and be a hero. That's the aim."We want some guys to come forward and be the hero on the night."We know there's a lot of work to be done after this game but this is a massive platform for us."Sherwood would prefer his side not to be in a basement battle - but he says it's now about looking forward and not back.He added: "We all hoped we wouldn't be [in a relegation fight] - but we are realistic."Tim Sherwood didn't come here with a magic wand. We won five games in 25 before I came here."I was asked to win the same amount of games in 13. So we knew it was going to be a tough task."We are happy to be in the mix. It's a great opportunity for us to put six points between us and QPR on Tuesday. That's our focus."We think we are capable of doing it. It would jump us up the league a couple of spots and give us some breathing space above that line."We can't rely on others. We have to do our job and win a considerable amount of games between now and the end of the season to keep safe. That's what we expect to do."
Quote from: Chipsticks on April 07, 2015, 12:27:31 PMAll 7 of the people I usually ask to go down to Villa with have been unable to make this one, so I've decided today that for the first time in my life I'm going to go down on my own - tonight's one of those games I'm really feeling that I need to be there. Just bought a ticket in the Holte Lower L7.Is this weird? I feel like more people go on their own to football than I'd think.Not weird at all. I'm the last man standing of the group of people I used to go with. Whether that says more about what they think of me or what they think about the Villa, who knows?
Down to the players tonight. They all need to show up and deliver. No excuses.
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