Aston Villa vs Leeds United Pre Match Thread

[Border villan]

I remember going up there and getting battered 4-1 in the League Cup QF, them singing 'lets all laugh at Villa' , being fucking frozen with a hacking cough and the first Gulf War breaking out on the way home.

Yep, I was at that. A miserable evening.

We won the important League Cup meeting. 😊

The delayed reaction after Savo's goal will live with me forever

My thought process went;

What
He's never
F*ck
Yes

Happy Days

I was quite high up behind the goal and like many around me threw myself to the ground when Savo shaped to shoot!. Not really.

[Gregorys Boy]

A win like this would be such a shot in the arm  heading into Christmas.  I'm going to be positive and go for a 2-1 Villa win, Tammy to score both.  Leeds to have a play sent off!

[Toronto Villa]

team I’d go for vs Leeds is

Nyland, Elmo, Taylor, AT, Chester, BB, Hourihane, McGinn, El Ghazi, Tammy, Bolasie

Subs: Bunn, Kodjia, Hogan, Whelan, O’Hare, Bree, Jedinak

[TonyD]

The Carbone game was a cracker.  I remember all the Leeds fans looking like the Mitchell brothers.

[VinnieChase84]

BB in for Whelan 🙏🏻

[Clampy]

I'd be surprised if he threw Bjarnsson straight back in after being out unless he's played some behind closed door games.

[ChicagoLion]

Whelan was not the problem against Stoke.
Hourihane was and needs replacing.

[Toronto Villa]

Whelan is the problem. When he plays the entire team drops deeper because he is a cumbersome, slow plodder who gets caught in possession too often.

[Pete3206]

Spot on Chicago

[wittonwarrior]

Whelan slows the play down, not his fault he gives 110% but not effective for us.  As for Hourihane take way his worldies and not much left . 

As for Sunday, we always have a difficult time aginst Leeds. Heart says 4-0, head says  0-0.  Thats scoreline has to pop up sometime.

[Lastfootstamper]

I think we won't be involved in a goalless draw the rest of this season.

Bjarnason back in and nobody has an off day, we'll be left wondering how many we'd have got if Jack would've played.

Can't see fewer than 5 goals in this. 3-2 us in the best Championship game all season.

[Neil Hawkes]

I remember going up there and getting battered 4-1 in the League Cup QF, them singing 'lets all laugh at Villa' , being fucking frozen with a hacking cough and the first Gulf War breaking out on the way home.

Leeds has a bit of a reputation - but "the first Gulf War breaking out on the way home", was not their fault; perhaps.

[SirSteveUK]

anyone remember Jim Combes letting one slip under his body against Leeds a million years ago

think it might have been the first game of the season but memory fades

I think that may have been our opening game of Div 1 in 1976 at home at Villa Park, we lost 0-2 if I remember rightly. My Dad took me and a school mate to that game who was a Liverpool fan, we converted him over time and in 1982 we stood together as Villa fans on the Holte End watching us beat Anderlecht in the EC SF.

Opening game 75/76 season - lost 1-2 (Phillips) - Jim only played in 5 more games before leaving

Or it could have been 72/73 FLCup  Oct    1- 1 draw in home leg (Rioch) - lost 2-0 away

[Ads]

I remember going up there and getting battered 4-1 in the League Cup QF, them singing 'lets all laugh at Villa' , being fucking frozen with a hacking cough and the first Gulf War breaking out on the way home.

Leeds has a bit of a reputation - but "the first Gulf War breaking out on the way home", was not their fault; perhaps.

Leeds would have invaded Kuwait more.

[andyh]

I think we all know that we have intentions of going up, especially via the top 2, this really is one of those ‘must win’ games.
We need to win a big game where Jack doesn’t play, to give the team that belief that we don’t rely on him to much (even though we do).

Nervy finish in 2-1 home victory.