Middlesbrough v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Chris Jameson]

Prehistoric man v Bruceosaurus. I feel sorry for the ball.

It will have some lovely views of the north east

It won’t in Middlesbrough.

[gpbarr]

This will be messy - 3-0 to Boro

[SoccerHQ]

Really can't see past 1-0 to Boro given it's Pulis first game.

Again would love to be proved wrong but that dosen't seem to be happening much in December.

[Dougs Socks]

I thought Taylor has done ok , I would b tempted to play Hutton at centre back

Elphick scares the life out of me

I actually thought Elphick was amongst the better of a bad bunch the other night

Me too.

[Toronto Villa]

Prehistoric man v Bruceosaurus. I feel sorry for the ball.

It will have some lovely views of the north east

There’s no such thing. And certainly not in Middlesbrough

[JD]

Terry to return and give some players a kick up the backside.
Pulis to totally confuse the Boro players with his idea of how football should be played and they have no idea what he is talking about.
Albert to destroy his previous team.
It can only end in a 3-1 win to Villa (please).

[LeeB]

I thought Taylor has done ok , I would b tempted to play Hutton at centre back

Elphick scares the life out of me

I actually thought Elphick was amongst the better of a bad bunch the other night

Me too.

Yeah, especially when be tried to dribble between two forwards, lost the ball and then pulled down their player.

[adrenachrome]

You can get 10/3 against a Villa win, so the betting markets have finally twigged our dismal state.

[Risso]

4-5 Villa in a thrilling feast of footballing entertainment that will live long in the memory. Villa’s winner coming in the 93rd minute as Scott Hogan finishes off a 43 pass move.

[The Laughing Policeman]

0-0 bore fest. I've just caught Stan Collymore on Russia Today (by accident) apparently he has a show on there every week. He was talking to Savo and Sir Brian. If only we could have the likes of those three playing up front for us now.

[preston28]

4-5 Villa in a thrilling feast of footballing entertainment that will live long in the memory. Villa’s winner coming in the 93rd minute as Scott Hogan finishes off a 43 pass move.

That's the spirit!

[john e]

4-5 Villa in a thrilling feast of footballing entertainment that will live long in the memory. Villa’s winner coming in the 93rd minute as Scott Hogan finishes off a 43 pass move.

Maaaaatron

[Des Little]

4-5 Villa in a thrilling feast of footballing entertainment that will live long in the memory. Villa’s winner coming in the 93rd minute as Scott Hogan finishes off a 43 pass move.

That's the spirit!

...white spirit

[Chris Jameson]

Prehistoric man v Bruceosaurus. I feel sorry for the ball.

It will have some lovely views of the north east

There’s no such thing. And certainly not in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is awful but there are some stunning views and places in the north east.

[eamonn]

0-0 bore fest. I've just caught Stan Collymore on Russia Today (by accident) apparently he has a show on there every week. He was talking to Savo and Sir Brian. If only we could have the likes of those three playing up front for us now.

Proper Pravda! Do you have a link?