Villa v Reading - Match / Post-Match Thread

[john e]

I claim 23 minutes in the "Baker has treatment for injury" sweepstake

no way he'll make 23 minutes

[Villafirst]

Has Eric Black returned? Sorry, that's a shite line-up. Tshibola, Ayew, Amavi & McCormack on the bench? a fucking joke!

[pauliewalnuts]

I claim 23 minutes in the "Baker has treatment for injury" sweepstake

I reckon he'll come off after 12 minutes. Cause: bruised vagina.

[Risso]

That's a terrible looking team.  Straight forward 2-0 win to us then.

[JJ-AV]

442 with two wingers. Bacuna has the best delivery a the club. Keep it simple, we should win this.

I've been saying for ages that we're trying to play too intricately. We'll be better off without any of Grealish, Ayew or McCormack in the side IMO. Prove me right lads!

[brian green]

Pity Bunn is a goalie.  We could have a world first Happy Families substitution when Baker goes off.

[Villafirst]

It's hoofball time for the foreseeable future.  At least it should mean nobody has to think.  Just leather the fucker.  Our lot can just about grasp that.

Are you sure??

[KevinGage]

Might just munch on a few raw jalapenos for 90 minutes.  Or one of those ghost chillies. 

Got to be more pleasurable than any performance that ragtag bunch o' batstewards can deliver.

[PeterWithe]

I don't like to appear pessimistic but I'm not too hopeful of a result with that team.

[Richard]

Can't stand seeing Cissokho start but Baker in place of Elphick is fine by me. Can't understand Ayew on the bench and am sure Tish would have loved to start against his old side. Oh well.

[supertom]

Seeing our starting eleven really hits home how much of a Championship side we are.

it really pile-drives it into you face

Ever remember a Wrestler called Rikishi? Well it really stink faces it into your face. That's a piss poor lineup. If we play 4-3-3 we may get away with it, with Bacuna joining GG and Jedi, but then Kodija gets prodded out wide. But as a four-four-fucking-two, whilst it could be beneficial if we're able to pelt crosses in, that central two is fucking hideously slow.

[kipeye]

It's hoofball time for the foreseeable future.  At least it should mean nobody has to think.  Just leather the fucker.  Our lot can just about grasp that.

My thoughts too-he must intend to pretty much bypass midfield. Maybe it is the Championship way-but I doubt it.

[aj2k77]

Let's hope all Reading's midfielders are donkey plodders with no pace or energy.

[supertom]

It's hoofball time for the foreseeable future.  At least it should mean nobody has to think.  Just leather the fucker.  Our lot can just about grasp that.

My thoughts too-he must intend to pretty much bypass midfield. Maybe it is the Championship way-but I doubt it.

Equally it may be that he's resigned himself to the fact we actually have no midfield until he can rectify it in January.

[JJ-AV]

We're gonna dick 'em. Kodj will run riot with space, which he should get now Gestede is up there with him.