AFC Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic versus L'Aston Villa Pre Match Thread.

[john e]

I heard butch Wilkins say Bournmouth have also signed as many players as we have,
so with a bit of luck they will still be getting used to playing together like us

I would take a draw as I think it is the worst time to play Bournmouth, so i'l go 1-1

[Matt Collins]

Yeah but they haven't sold half their first team. That's the difference

[Gregorys Boy]

0-0 draw.

[The Laughing Policeman]

2-0 win.
Nous sommes la célèbre Aston Villa et nous allons gagner la ligue

[TonyDaleysHair]

A belter of a 3 - 3 draw and first on MOTD!

[simon ward 50]

Villa all over them and then they score in injury time! Same old!

[mrastonvilla]

We'll win! The Blue Rinse Brigade won't know whats hit them.

[Legion]

0-2 away win.

Kozak
Sinclair

[Quiet Lion]

The last four years have conditioned me to look at a game like this as a certain loss.

2-0 Them

Haven't we won our last two opening games both away from home?

I was more thinking about our performance vs. newly promoted or lower league sides where we tend to not perform as we should.

[Villa in Denmark]

Yeah but they haven't sold half their first team. That's the difference

But they can't play all of them.

Either
The majority of the new signings sit it out = Bournemouth no better than the team that got promoted that the manager thought needed 8 new players.
The new signings play = Bournemouth in the same boat as us.
A good chunk of the new signings play = potentially no-mans land with not enough of the new higher quality players on the pitch to make a difference and not enough of the old hands on the pitch to provide the coherence of play that got them promoted.
Or he goes the last one and gets lucky with the blend to get the best of both worlds.

He's got a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right and could be filled with doubt as to which way to turn.
Sherwood on the other hand has no doubts as to which way to go and can focus exclusively on one solution.
The only thing that can cloud his thinking right now is if there's another deal or 2 in the offing.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

I'd take a draw. Think we'll have quite a few high scoring games under Sherwood, so let's go for 3-3 and a Sinclair hat-trick.

[ADVILLAFAN]

I don't think it'll take very long for Callum Wilson to really wind up our fans.

[Dave Cooper please]

When did Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic drop the latter part of their moniker? When i was a kid i think they had the longest name in the league.

1971 according to the excellent Football Club History Database.
Linky

[*shellac*]

Them 2 - 3 Us

Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner for them.

Barney Greenway's hat-trick for us.

[somec]

Does anybody know any boozers in Birmingham likely to be showing this match?

I asked in mooch bar yesterday but they said they no longer show Saturday 3pm games.