Aston Villa vs Derby Pre Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

Ii'm expecting him to score a hat-trick and get a few assists, even if he's only on for 20 minutes.

Wuss. Only a hat-trick? And if it is only three then one of the goals will be a 20 yard back heel volley.

[Russ aka Big Nose]

What happened to James Chester? He was potentially in contention to play versus Sheffield Utd and has not been in a matchday squad or mentioned in injury updates since.

Has anyone heard anything?

I think Mings is great (performance and attitude), Hause looks promising and will get better, but Tommy Elphick still worries me. He is shot for pace, seems to lose concentration/positional sense, and makes several mistakes a game in my view. UTV.

[Dr Butler]

just fucking win Villa...so the journey back to East Anglia is bearable...

UTV
The Doc

[villa `cross the mersey]

Is Abrahams injured?

[in exile]

He's a Smurf isn't he?

If you mean Abraham, he posted on social media that he is fit

[mike]

I think we all remember our first game, the noise, the smells the atmosphere.
I hope you have a great day.

My first match was amazing because it was under floodlights. I'd never seen anything like that luminous green pitch. Sadly, my dad would didn't follow any team so as Villa were in the third division, it was at St Andrews which means I also remember a load of fighting and blokes covered in blood.

[mr underhill]

only a win will do.

[KRS]

There could be a big concertina affect on the table the way the fixtures have lined up tomorrow:

Preston vs Bristol
Villa vs Derby
Hull vs Blose
Stoke vs Forest

If there are home wins in all those games then the chase for that 6th spot is still on!

Also Sheff Weds vs Sheff Utd will either mean the chasing pack is even tighter...or we’ll go above them and Baggies chase for automatic place will be all but over given the form of the top 3 clubs.

[SirSteveUK]

Andy King out injured for them.  Bit of a boost.

And Mount & Lawrence, I think

[Axl Rose]

2-1 Villa.

Abraham with both.

[Ads]

It's like Christmas Day in my house. I've been told several.times that we need to go or we're going to miss it apparently!

He's got a lot to learn about my time keeping!

[PaulTheVillan]

Big game, need a win.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Come on the Villa starting 11!  A win please which hopefully triggers a long winning run of games. UTV!

[Clark W Griswold]

1-2

We're coasting towards another massive squad turnover this summer and they're still fighting for the play offs and it'll show.

[Richard E]

I fancy us today. 2-0, Tammy double.