Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre-Match Thread

[Tom_Mc9?]

Aston Villa 1-3 Crystal Palace. Boos galore.

[devilla]

How are Palace not odds on to win? One of the best teams away from home in the league, their away form under Pardew has been title winning form and they are unbeaten away since October. 7/5 is a big price for them, printing money surely.

As much as I hate to admit it, I just can't see a win for us and 2.54 on Betfair was just too good to turn down. I would be extremely happy to lose that bet though.

[Boz]

I can not imagine that the players are looking forward to this.
Palace score and it will get very ugly.

Especially if they score first

[SoccerHQ]

How are Palace not odds on to win? One of the best teams away from home in the league, their away form under Pardew has been title winning form and they are unbeaten away since October. 7/5 is a big price for them, printing money surely.

As much as I hate to admit it, I just can't see a win for us and 2.54 on Betfair was just too good to turn down. I would be extremely happy to lose that bet though.

Lump on the draw aswell as 1 point is next to useless aswell for us.

[john e]

over 73% think we will lose, including me

as it ever been as high as that for a non champs league team

[postal]

First of all: apologies for showing some faith in Westwood for the cup game.... so sorry, wont happen again..... 

I was surprised that CP have only scored 7 more league goals than us ( tho' they have let in 18 less as well...)

Still, not expecting anything new against CP... but who knows? (yep, we do)

[Jockey Randall]

Counter attacking, decent at set pieces, very solid at the back - I've lost count of the amount of teams like this we've been comfortably beaten by at home over the last few years. First goal should be very important, they're obviously most likely to get it.

[AVH87]

------------ Bunn -------------

Richards Okore Lescott Cissokho

---------- Westwood ----------
------- Gana  Veretout -------
------------  Gil -------------

-------- Ayew Kozak ---------

Lots of CP fans moaning about Clattenburg being the ref, let's hope it ends up being with good reason.

[darren woolley]

2-0 Win for Palace.

[Lobsterboy]

Not sure either Guzan or Lescott will feature after #HubbaBubbaGate so we may line up as follows: Bunn, Richards, Okore, Clark, Cissokho, Gana, Veretout, Westwood, Sinclair, Gil, Ayew

Subs: Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub. Oh and Gabby

[tomd2103]

Counter attacking, decent at set pieces, very solid at the back - I've lost count of the amount of teams like this we've been comfortably beaten by at home over the last few years. First goal should be very important, they're obviously most likely to get it.

Counter attacking with a lot of pace out wide.  Sounds like a disaster if Richardson and 'the wanderer'  Richards are the full-backs.  Still hoping against all reason that we can win the next two and at least give ourselves hope.

[aj2k77]

You'd have to think surely Bacuna, Richardson, Guzan, Westwood and Gestede would be dropped.

[David_Nab]

Our hope is they rock up taking the game easy because of our position and we fluke a win somehow.We go behind and it will be all over their defence is too good and they will destroy us on the counter if we commit too many men forward chasing an equalizer

[Nii Lamptey]

Villa 0-3 Palace

Bacuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase
Bacuna Matata, ain't no passing craze
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It's our problem free philosophy, Bacuna Matata

[brontebilly]

You'd have to think surely Bacuna, Richardson, Guzan, Westwood and Gestede would be dropped.

when the replacements are the likes of Cissokho, Bunn, Flabby and Sinclair does it really matter?

Palace are a hardy crew down the middle, they could pulverise us physically tomorrow night without Sanchez particularly

Id bring back in Flabby for JustHead for a small bit of extra mobility but it could be our worst lineup for the season tomorrow night. Getting Richards away down the right might be our best bet of creating something

------------Guzan
Richards, Okore, Clark, Cissokho
----Veretout, Westwood, Rico
--------Gil, Flabby, Ayew

Bench - Bunn, Bacuna, Lescott, Kozak, Sinclair, JustHead, Lyden