Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest - Pre Match Thread

[TheTimVilla]

Nothing but 3 points will be acceptable.

Glad you said that, agree with you. Hopefully, this will be the start of a nice long winning run...

[olaftab]

No more excuses now. If we don't start winning now we will fall into a downward spiral from where it my be difficult to get out.

[Nelly]

If we keep creating chances, we won't go too far wrong. They will start sticking eventually, hopefully tomorrow.

[exigo]

What attendance we looking at? I think anything over 33,000 would be decent when you factor in Sky, ticket prices (some tickets £36+ for a televised early kick off? Madness) and our start to the season.

Decent looking at the latest seatplan. Holte should be nearly full with walk-ups; only the North Stand has any great amount of space left.

[Toronto Villa]

Nothing but 3 points will be acceptable.

We simply have to win. This is a must win as much for the points but we need to start some positive momentum.

[atomicjam]

3-1 home win.

[sickbeggar]

The team hasn't meshed yet which isn't surprising given the complete rebuild in the summer. When/If it does, we'll be comfortably in the running for the play-offs or more. A villa side with a few consecutive wins under its belt will be a totally different proposition to the current side confidence wise

[Matt Collins]

I agree. It's also a case for not chucking everyone in at once - for example we could see four home debuts today but there's a case for a bit more stability. Injuries may dictate that of course

We've basically been in front for almost all of our minutes at home this season. Hope the crowd doesn't get too angsty if that changes today. We should have enough goals in this side to come back at teams provided the mentality is there. The crowd can help or hinder that

[VinnieChase84]

Confident 4-0 smashing

[Bottom Right 89]

Its time this old lion awoke from its slumber and posted a message of its intent to reclaim the jungle - lets hit them for 6. Forest are the epitome of what can happen when you stay in this division too long, players not quite good enough content with their lot playing for a premier league club at a lower level.

4 wins on the bounce for newcastle we need to step it up.

[ozzjim]

I reckon we will either win very comfortably or lose in the last 5 minutes with a stupid mistake having missed enough chances to win 5 games.

[Matt Collins]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jack-grealish-fitness-update-ahead-11870682

Grealish looks like being fit, which is great news

If any one other injured player could be fit I hope it's Tshibola. He's the only one with energy to really get around the pitch (unless Jedinak surprises me) and that's vital given how attacking our line up is.

[wittonwarrior]

Come on villa we really need this

[claret+blue ed]

As long as we get the 3 points to kick start a winning run, I'm not too bothered how we get it

[Tony Erdington]

Win