Crystal Palace v Aston Villa - Pre Match Thread

[Stirchley Villain]

I'd bring both Jack and Gil into the midfield.

Dangerous when you consider Selhurst Park is up a hill.

excellent

We'll be unbeatable for 45 mins downhill then... even with those two carrying pails of water...

[MorrisNielson]

Omens aren’t particularly encouraging for tomorrow:

22 Aug   2010   a   Newcastle United L 0-6 Prem
22 Aug   1987   h   Birmingham City L 0-2 D2
22 Aug   1984   n   Boca Juniors   L 0-2 Pre-season game at Nou Camp
22 Aug   1961   a   Rotherham United   L 0-2 LC Final 1st Leg
                           
Only a few notable results:   
                        
22 Aug   2001   h   FC Basel W 4-1 InterToto
22 Aug   1981   n   Tottenham Hotspurs D 2-2 Charity Shield at Wembley
22 Aug   1887   a   Small Heath Alliance   W 3-0 Friendly

[KRS]

Are you the long lost cousin of silhillvilla?

[PeterWithesShin]

We've only beaten them away 3 times in our history. We're doooooooooooooooomed.

[VancouverLion]

Them 1-2 Us, Sinclair & Gestede in injury time!

UTV!!

[cdbearsfan]

Never knew we played Boca. Did we play Barcelona or anyone else fancy while we were there?

[Des Little]

1-1 draw. Which I'd take right now

[MorrisNielson]

Never knew we played Boca. Did we play Barcelona or anyone else fancy while we were there?

Aug 21 1984   n   Bayern Munich   L 1-2 at Nou Camp

[atomicjam]

2-1 Villa win

[cdbearsfan]

Cheers. We've a rubbish record there then. Nou Camp must be the Catalan equivalent of Selhurst Park.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

1-2 Traore to come on for the last 20 mins go round three defenders and calmly slot in the winner ........

[villa reject]

Tricky fixture... be interesting to see how Tim plays it as Gestede changes the way we play if he starts!

I'll go 1-2 villa ...with Awey and Gestede scoring for Villa and Cabaye from them.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Cheers. We've a rubbish record there then. Nou Camp must be the Catalan equivalent of Selhurst Park.

We won there last time. Some second-rate Gestede-wannabe scored if I remember correctly.

[silhillvilla]

Will be interesting to see what line up he picks. He's already said he wants us to be more attacking than we were v Yanited so I expect some changes. I hope he doesn't drop Sinclair as I feel once he gets up and running fully he's got +10 goals per season in him.

[Ian.]

Jack to said start, shine and score his first premiership goal. Also a confidence boosting goal for Jordan  Ayew as we stroll to a 2-0 away win.