Aston Villa v Burton Albion 26.12.16 Pre Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

Don't count your chickens. Don't forget they were coming to get us.

Coming to get us? Have it missed something?

Its what they sang when going up.

Drab 1-1 draw. mcCormack nailed on score. If they take the lead it'll be 2-2.

Can't remember which politician said it about who but it reminds me of the quote "it's like being threatened by a dead sheep" lol

I think it was "savaged" rather than "threatened", and was (rather harshly) by Churchill about Attlee.

Dennis Healey used the phrase "on being criticized by the mild mannered Tory minister Geoffrey Howe in the UK House of Commons in June 1978".

Shows what I know! According to Google he called Attlee "a sheep in sheep's clothing", so I obviously got my ovine insults mixed up.

[brian green]

Denis.   Sorry.

[rob_bridge]

A sparkling 5-2 victory in an open game of free flowing attacking football

[AlloLion]

A sparkling 5-2 victory in an open game of free flowing attacking football

I'll have whatever you are drinking, crikey you have started early. Free flowing football and villa don't really go together - yet lol

[Skerra]

You been on the sherry Rob? If only Carlsberg did Villa eh?

[QuintonVilla]

4-0.

F*ck the Albion.

[Brend'Watkins]

Boxing Day, 3pm ko at Villa Park with a full house.  I am looking forward to this.  Please deliver in style Villa.

[PaulTheVillan]

Another win. Grealish in for McCormack.

Bunn
Hutton Chester Baker Amavi
Jedinak
Bacuna Gardner
Adomah                Grealish
Kodjia

Hopefully no sky diving Santa onto the pitch/trinity road stand

[Bad English]

How do people from Burton pronounce 'Olbiyun'? It's bugging me.

[mattjpa]

not underestimating our opponents but we need to start beating teams by more than one. Laughable after the last 2 years i know, but I just have a feeling goal difference my be crucial  on D-day and ours is relatively weak. Are the play off semis random or 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5 like in the NFL?

[ADVILLAFAN]

not underestimating our opponents but we need to start beating teams by more than one. Laughable after the last 2 years i know, but I just have a feeling goal difference my be crucial  on D-day and ours is relatively weak. Are the play off semis random or 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5 like in the NFL?

Play-Offs are 3 v 6 and 4 v 5.

[Hookeysmith]

Cant make this game or Leeds as will be on Honeymoon in New York  so hope they do the business

UTV

[UK Redsox]

not underestimating our opponents but we need to start beating teams by more than one. Laughable after the last 2 years i know, but I just have a feeling goal difference my be crucial  on D-day and ours is relatively weak. Are the play off semis random or 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5 like in the NFL?

Play-Offs are 3 v 6 and 4 v 5.

Knowing Villa's luck they'll have to play the New England Patriots in Foxborough

Bruce has done OK so far but Bill Belichick is a tactical genius

[Bottom Right 89]

On Boxing day in 2006 - Burton of the conference premier beat Tamworth away in front of just 2k, ten years later they are in the same league as us and set to play in front of their record league crowd. Hats off to Burton it's a great achievement none league to one below the prem in the space of 10 years.

They're a good attacking side with plenty of pace so if we're not on our game they will score, anyone thinking this plucky little outfit are coming for a draw think again. They are bringing the full allocation just short of 3k this should make for a great afternoon expecting a 4-3 or something ludicrous.

[dave.woodhall]

Yes, any Burton Albion fans reading this, we are arrogant.


Boxing Day should be a time for going to the match with your dad, so you can listen to him moaning about how nothing’s as good as it used to be while we draw 4-4 with Wolves in front of fifty thousand. Instead we get, and there’s no subtle way of putting it but what the FUCK are we doing playing Burton Albion in the league? It has to be some strange psychedelic experiment, that’s the only logical explanation. Still, we are and better make the best of it. Like all clubs with Albion in their name, well done to the plucky minnows for getting the act together and punching well above their weight. Bless. They’ll turn up in their thousands, some of them will know where their ground is and they’ll have a lovely time in the big city. They’ll probably go shopping as well. In 2007 their player of the year was goalkeeper Kevin Poole, who used to play for us just after the end of the Iron Age. He was 44 at the time. You can look at their current squad for as long as you like but unless you spend an unhealthy time watching that Channel Five programme on Saturday night you still won’t recognise any of them.   

Without getting too dramatic about it the very fact that this match is taking place makes it one of the most embarrassing events in our history. The only way round that is a decent win. Nothing less than double figures will be good enough. In fact, if we don’t score at least five we should give them the points.
 
Things newfooty fans don’t know - As much about Burton Albion as I did two years ago. And I don’t want to have to find anything else, thank you very much.