Aston Villa vs Rotherham United Pre-Match Thread

[brian green]

Jack Russell is good at painting like William McGonagall is good at poetry.

[preston28]

I'm going for a 1-1 here. First poin,t but more importantly the start of a 16 game unbeaten run.................................

[Rudy65]

can anyone go in the Holte suite for pre and post match drinks or is it just members or season ticket holders?

[Ads]

Anybody seen the state of Traore? Picture snapped with his top off in the training room.

I'm not sure whether he looks like a Middle Weight boxer or an Olympic Sprinter. He's fucking huge.

[SoccerHQ]

Tshibola will start I'd imagine but with Westwood leaving....Gardner will have to start again surely as do we actually have anyone else to play CM?

There's Lyden but I don't think of him as a starting player at this point and he didn't feature v Luton so clearly not high up in RDM's thoughts.

Team looking unbalanced still and we really need to sign a CM or two next week as Derby will murder us in that area.

Still Rotherham will be one of the relegation teams I think so not good signs if we can't win this with the firepower we have.

[mallo]

Paper over the cracks with a heroic 2-2 draw. Get some more players in and have a group electro-convulsive therapy holding on to the metal rails to forget the last 5 years.

[brontebilly]

Do players have to be signed by a certain time to be available for Saturday? Presume Westwood is as good as gone

--------------Gollini
Bacuna, Elphick, Chester, Amavi
--------Veretout, Tshibola
Ayew, Mccormick, Grealish
---------------gabby

...runs for cover

[Ads]

He has to be registered by 12:00 I believe.

[SoccerHQ]

Veretout dosen't want to be here...pointless playing him.

It will have to be Gardner and Tshibola unless Westwood to Burnley isn't as far down the line as people on the net are claiming, wouldn't be the first time.

[simon ward 50]

Is this how low we have fallen that nearly 39% of us are afraid we will lose to Rotherham?

[Hairbandinho]

Yes, we have fallen that far. It's not an unrealistic prediction sadly!

[JUAN PABLO]

Be good to get Chester in as it looks like injury prone Baker could be out .

[ASHTONVILLA]

Was hoping we'd have signed that midfielder by now. With the squad as it stands I'd go for

                          Gollini

Hutton      Elphick      Chester       Cissokho

Grealish     Tsibola     Gardner      Amavi

                 McCormack    Ayew

Tell Hutton and Cissokho to stay in their own half, Gardner to sit back, Tsibola box to box, Grealish and Amavi to provide width but also cover the fullbacks. McCormack and Ayew to stay up front and get the ball in the net.

We should be beating Rotherham comfortably, but I said that about Luton. Hopefully with Elphick back in the team and no Richards in defence we wont crumble at the first sign of pressure. I think McCormack will score a couple.

[Clark W Griswold]

Not sure Chester will play, and otherwise I think it's only Kozak out. I'd go
                          Gollini
Hutton         Elphick     Baker       Bennett

Traore          Tsibola     Westwood    Amavi

                  Ayew         McCormack

If Bennett and Traore are fit and ready, throw em' in and give them a try.

[PeterWithesShin]