Colchester United vs Aston Villa (League Cup) Pre-Match Thread

[Three Spires Villa]

Of course we will win, wont we ?

[Axl Rose]

5-0 Villa

[Smirker]

Win please. I'd like us to have a decent go in one of the cups. Last season was pathetic.

[Brend'Watkins]

It should be easy but we will do our best to not make it that way. A spluttering performance will see us home.

[jwarry]

I know this is a new season and so form guide is irrelevant but we have only won 1 game in our last six and that was against you know who.  We need to win this and win it well or we might start getting jumpy

[cdbearsfan]

We have a 100% record against them away from home, though we have never played at their current ground.

1974-75 League Cup Quarter-Finals: Colchester 1 Villa 2 (Villa went on to win cup and gain promotion)

1979-80 League Cup Second Round, 1st Leg: Colchester 0 Villa 2
2nd Leg: Villa 0 Colchester 2 (AET, Villa won 9-8 on penalties).

We don't seem to have ever met in the FA Cup or the League.

[eamonn]

9-8 on pens! Is it our highest scoring penalty shoot-out ever?

[PeterWithesShin]

'Fun' facts about Colchester. They've averaged 10K once, their first league season in 1951. They've only spent 2 seasons in division 2. Their best major cup runs are 1 QF in both the FAC and LC. Their record transfer fee paid is £400K. And their record attendance is 19,042.

[Hookeysmith]

As always any team combination sent out should really be enough to blow these away

As usual on TV we will make either hard work of it or a complete pigs ear

Please Steve no more excuses

I would play

Steer for Johnstone

and only change Terry for Samba

Hourianne for Landsbury

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

'Fun' facts about Colchester. They've averaged 10K once, their first league season in 1951. They've only spent 2 seasons in division 2. Their best major cup runs are 1 QF in both the FAC and LC. Their record transfer fee paid is £400K. And their record attendance is 19,042.

Colchester chariot racing arena used to attract crowds of 15k.
But as the Colchester popular front say "Apart from chariot racing arenas what did the Romans ever do for us ? "

https://www.romancircus.co.uk/

[Clark W Griswold]

A shocking shit performance and 1-0 defeat.
I would pick 4-4-2
Johnstone
Bree
Taylor
Samba
Bedeau
Green
Bjarnasson
Hourahane
Onomah
Davis
Hogan

[brian green]

If he plays Bjork as a goal poacher (I know, I know) I think we should call him Dwight.  We might not get any goals but we would get a bloody good song back.

[ChicagoLion]

If we lose Bruce might get the sack.
Runs.

[Scratchins]

Was the 9-8 penalty shoot out the one where Bozzie was arguing because he was expected to take a penalty before the outfield players had? 

[AVH87]

Was the 9-8 penalty shoot out the one where Bozzie was arguing because he was expected to take a penalty before the outfield players had?

In 1980?!