Aston Villa v SHA: Pre-match Thread

[Villa75]

McGinn is the one player I think we'd really miss against this lot.

[Clampy]

I reckon they will score first but we'll end up winning 2-1. Chester and Grealish with ours.

[FrankyH]

Had a vivid dream that an early defensive cock up allowed the denizens of Hades to score early on, and then hold out for the win. Woke up thinking the game had already been played, it was that vivid.

Anyway, fuck that. Come on, Villa.

Unless your dreams involve Salma Hayek , can you please keep them to yourself

[Ads]

far more worse when you lot when you in the big league that's for sure shinny

yourselves, leeds and sunderland who i think are big clubs wouldn't survive up here in the current climate . wolves got lucky

forget the prem and stay in the championship !

Don't worry love. We're loaded.

[Axl Rose]

Not a great deal to fear from Blues in my opinion. They'll be up for it, Monk is a decent manager, and he'll have them prepared, I'm sure.

Whether they score first or not, I trust that Smith will have us playing exciting stuff and we will create chances, which is a great relief. We also have the players to bury those chances.

If McGinn is out, it gives someone else a chance to stake a claim.

3-1 to us.

[Ads]

They'll have pashun. So will we. And we will also have the overwhelming majority of the ball and a lot more quality going forwards.

[auntiesledd]

It's nearly time to smash these barstewards, so let's hope we can put 'em to the sword from the off.

So 4-1 to the good guys & FTF's!!!

[Clampy]

It'll be interesting to see who he puts in if McGinn doesn't make it.

[LeeB]

4-1.

Abraham with 2, one for Jack and Jairzinho Hourihane with a late free kick special.

[russon]

Is anybody watching this in Baku at all?  I’ve just moved here this week and feeling a bit lost!

Same here, stuck in Aberdeen and the only person in the city who even knows the game is on.

[tomd2103]

It'll be interesting to see who he puts in if McGinn doesn't make it.

Hourihane will just push a bit further on I would have thought and Whelan or Jedinak will come in.

[QuintonVilla]

Pictures of the players arriving. O'Hare there, would guess that means no McGinn?

[QuintonVilla]

McGinn is out. Whelan starts. From my ITK source

[waynejames]

Quinton Villa
A ticket has become available at short notice.
You sorted?

[Rigadon]

Shame if that's true about McGinn, but we should still have more than enough to win the game