Barnsley v Merchants of Sadness Pre-Match Thread

[Gregorys Boy]

Scappy 1-0 away win.  Chester.

[levico]

Scappy 1-0 away win.  Chester.

Now if we were playing Chester we might get a scrappy 1-0 win.

[AVH87]

Barnsley win. Over and out, Steve.

[Nelly]

I've gone from wanting us to bladder someone, to hoping we at least play well, to now hoping we don't get humiliated.

Sigh. Villa 'til I die.

[Matt Collins]

I do think he'll go if we lose

I imagine he might think that too

[nodge]

Despite all the negativity at Villa Park, forums and social media, I have a good feeling about this.
Barnsley 0 Villa 2

I'm sure it can't be your intention but, you make it sound like unwarranted negativity.

Negativity? I think the word you're looking for is hysteria.

[Villa75]

Despite all the negativity at Villa Park, forums and social media, I have a good feeling about this.
Barnsley 0 Villa 2

I'm sure it can't be your intention but, you make it sound like unwarranted negativity.

Negativity? I think the word you're looking for is hysteria.

You been talking to Bruce? 

[aj2k77]

Let's just smash the fuck out of these. No messing around, Bruce to go for it in a guts or glory last chance saloon formation and it to be the start of a 10 game winning run.

[ciggiesnbeer]

We should win, but we probably wont. A draw if Bruce is in charge and he has a good day.

[tomd2103]

Away on SKY against a team who will be bang up for it.  A recipe for another bad day at the office.

[Matt Collins]

Away on SKY against a team who will be bang up for it.  A recipe for another bad day at the office.

We've had a year + at this level and have only ever won away games against teams in the bottom 6 or so, plus a last minute winner at reading

There's really no reason to think we'll get a win

Not expecting to enjoy this one

[TaxDodger]

Tom Bradshaw will obviously score like he did at Villa Park because I went to school with him. We'll win though. 1-3. Terry to score our 2nd in the 86th minute and kiss the Villa badge in front of the away end.

[mr underhill]

in your dreams. might fork out for a day pass on now tv to watch this in the hope it's Bruce's Last Stand

[WarszaVillan]

I've gone from wanting us to bladder someone, to hoping we at least play well, to now hoping we don't get humiliated.

Sigh. Villa 'til I die.

Villa then I sigh

[paul_e]

in his press conference this morning he went with hysteria again, after a minute or 2 of talking about 7 points not being good enough and he doubled down on "if we took our chances we'd be fine" which I always take as a sign of a manager who knows he's fucked.  That's not to say it's wrong, scoring the chances you get is obviously a good habit, but it's always said as if there's nothing they can do in training or by changing tactics and it's just waiting for a bit of luck.  For me it's one of the clearest signs that a manager doesn't know how to fix the mess he's in.