Reading v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[godzvilla]

Surprised O'Hare starting tonight

Would def have RHM in squad

Think pace on break could be important

Not sure if he ( RHM )  is 100% fit, yet. I have suspicion McCormack may be included tonight.........Godzvilla!

[old man villa fan]

For me, the enthusiasm has been drained as one decision after another that I don't think is the right way to go is made and then fails.  I'm not one for 'I told you so' but it's made me just shrug my shoulders after a defeat now. I guess it's down to seeing what good is and being honest with myself in saying this is not good.

[stuart r]

Jaap Stam clearly loves us. "Every time Villa come to the Madejski Stadium, their fans are very vocal and fill almost the whole stand behind the goal. Our fans need to be very loud as well to compete against them".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40858334

[eamonn]

"Every time" ? How long does he think we've been down in the Championship, a decade?! (Yes we've played them in cups and the Preemier but he wouldn't know that)

Happy Birthday Ads, the big 3-0 huh?

[aj2k77]

If we lose tonight I expect him fired tomorrow.

[sirlordbaltimore]

If we lose tonight I expect him fired tomorrow.

Not a chance.

[Drummond]

Bacuna will be bloody great tonight, he's used to passing to anything not in Claret and Blue.

I wish I didn't care as much. I wish I could switch off from it all. I wish I wasn't an optimist who always wants to believe the best will happen and become disappointed when it doesn't. I wish.

[Villa Lew]

Is it appalling that I couldn't care less?

If you really mean that, then you're not a true Villa fan, which I don't believe.

[Chris Jameson]

Is it appalling that I couldn't care less?

If you really mean that, then you're not a true Villa fan, which I don't believe.

There was a time when family and friends knew how Villa had got on by my mood, it's been a long time since my mood has been affected by any Villa result.

[avfcpg]

At least have a go at attacking them...if he knows how. Although I think he's gone, in terms of not knowing how to get a tune out of them.

------------Johnstone----------

Bree ----Chester--- Terry----Taylor

--------------Whelan---------------

---------Lansbury---Onamah-----

Adomah-----------------------Hourihane

------------------Hogan------------------

And I'd really like Onomah and Adomah to pass the ball to each other a lot just to annoy the commentators...

[aj2k77]

Hourihane is not a left sided Midfielder. Might as well put a scarecrow out there. We have to stop playing players out of position. He's out of form as it is, he won't find it being pushed out wide.

[Ads]

Cheers eamonn! I'm actually 31 this time unfortunately.

[avfcpg]

Hourihane is not a left sided Midfielder. Might as well put a scarecrow out there. We have to stop playing players out of position. He's out of form as it is, he won't find it being pushed out wide.

And he'll never get form unless he plays about 5+ games on the trot. Anyway, it's left side of centre...I know he's no winger but being as we don't have Green or Elmo would rather him than Gabby in midfield. Or stick him centre and play Onomah wide.

Whatever formation he plays just set them up to attack, get players forward and in the box. It's frightening just how few players we have in the box when the ball actually ventures in there.

[eamonn]

Cheers eamonn! I'm actually 31 this time unfortunately.

Nice one. You deserve a win and a happy forum tonight.

[villadelph]

Bacuna will be bloody great tonight, he's used to passing to anything not in Claret and Blue.

I wish I didn't care as much. I wish I could switch off from it all. I wish I wasn't an optimist who always wants to believe the best will happen and become disappointed when it doesn't. I wish.

I was about to post the same exact thing.

Bacuna is going to put in a shift tonight and doom us. Unfortunately I just don't see us getting a result tonight. It's funny how clubs consider us a scalp when we've been in trash football purgatory for half a decade now. We're bad and there for the taking tonight.

I hope I'm wrong but I'm going for 2-1 to Reading.