SHA v Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread

[thick_mike]

We're scared of playing at the Sty apparently.

A place we've lost 3 times in the league in 35 years.

I think they mean that as fans we are scared of going there because they are all as hard as nails and we are a bunch of fannies. I have been going there since I was ten and the only thing I have ever been scared of is catching a nasty disease. Although at the Frank Worthington testimonial* in 1986 a bird** shit on my head.

*I think he played for them for about three years but apparently he is one of their legends.
** A bird from the sky, I think it was a pigeon. Just in case you thought it was a female nose who objected to me cheering on Villa from their main stand.

I remember going in the 80's when Gary Thompson scored a brace. I'll admit it was a nasty atmosphere , one I hadn't experienced before hand. One thing that did reassure me was the fact that there was probably as many Villa fans in the sty as bluenoses. Another fact they have wiped from their sad history.

I was stood on the Kop that day with my girlfriend. Couldn’t get in the villa end and left the queue before they opened the turnstiles like at Hillsborough. Wouldn’t say my celebrations were exactly exuberant though.

[russon]

Just off a flight from Fort Lauderdale to find my connecting one to Edinburgh now departs just as the second half kicks off.  Yesterday was my 15th anniversary without a drink but that sobriety might be in jeopardy depending on the news I receive upon arrival in Scotland!

Nevertheless, I predict a 1-2 with the home support getting all worked up with their (rightful) inferiority complex and Gardner getting a red card.

[Ads]

Snow on the way down. Let's hope it warms up.

[Clampy]

I can't decide between a 2-2 draw or a 1-3 win to us. I just hope we start the game better than we did last time.

[wittonwarrior]

Snow on the way down. Let's hope it warms up.

It clears up in a bit for you just arriving wolves and it’s clear

[Breezeblock]

Heart says "fuck the fuckers as usual!" My head says "they are long overdue a win and the odds are shortening!" I've just started a new job 400 yards away from the Hawthorns and the place is naturally brimming with bogeyes.  Should we lose the piss-taking will be fearsome. I hate these games. I feel a bit sick!

[Nev]

Is Jedinak at CB a serious proposition? Good God.

[The Man With A Stick]

If they get a draw they will be starting to dream of a new mirror being released.

Jesus wept.

I don't remember the 0-0 very well (was it the one when the fat Dunn lad tried the rabona?) but the 2-2 can't even go down as one of their legendary "moral victories", not even by their pitiful standards.

[wittonwarrior]

Let’s do it for basil aka cricket jumper Steve

[Tony Erdington]

off to the Stockland , business as usual , McGinn with a screamer.

[Clampy]

McGinn is on the bench.

[Legion]

Taylor starts.

[saint13]

At that Gary Thompson game we were singing ‘there’s only 6000 Blues fans.’

I was at this game in '87 and along with the March '03 match at Villa Park I think they were two of the most hostile atmospheres I have ever witnessed.

Today concerns me simply because I think they are due a win.

I hope I am wrong...

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Phone silence from the Bluenose Lines (aka Nose family members) this week: not one "Mind the Gap" text, even.

 I can't decide whether it's a good omen or not!

[Ads]

All a bit heated by the Forge with the Villa Stone Island lot. A Nose kicking off on a fellow Nose too with his daughter who was visibly distressed.

They're utter scum.