SHA v Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread

[Ads]

We're scared of playing at the Sty apparently.

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

[Toronto Villa]

I think tomorrow Smith will play Whelan in the defensive role in front of Jedinak and Mings. Hause stays at LB, Elmo at RB. McGinn will then do the running around like nutcase role winning everything, Grealish pulling all the strings and Conor playing in behind Tammy with El Ghazi out wide.

[KRS]

So you think he’ll drop Adomah?

[SoccerHQ]

So you think he’ll drop Adomah?

He's had two decent games in about 12 months, it's hardly the scandal of the century.

El Ghazi is playing better and he has more potential to be a match winner (although can equally go missing if things start going wrong).

[KRS]

Never said it was...I've said a few times that I'd drop Adomah too. We need to win the midfield battle and keep tight at the back so it makes complete sense to me.

[eamonn]

Gents, are certain parts of Birmingham all Villa or all Blues? Or what is the history behind the two tribes, based on religion, industry or other lines?

As an outsider, the level of rivalry seems a little strange given that in my lifetime both clubs have rarely been in the same division.

We're global, they're hyperlocal.

I saw a nose in Lincoln once. He looked like he was on the run from the police or overseeing the county lines operation.

Must have been the inspiration for Mark Williams' Fast Show sketch.

[The Man With A Stick]

I saw one of them abroad the other week.  Well, North Wales, if that counts.  There's millions of the fuckers in China though apparently.

[mr underhill]

I actually live next door to one and he's a Head Teacher. Anyway, only a win will do tomorrow.

[KRS]

My next door neighbour and his son are Noses (believe it or not, they are actually decent non-knuckledragger types), but they've stopped going to games and prefer going to the rugby instead now. Can't say I blame them but it takes the fun out of taking the piss out of them.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

I actually live next door to one and he's a Head Teacher. Anyway, only a win will do tomorrow.

He's not a scrawny bloke called Kevin is he?

[Deano's Mullet]

Anybody had any dreams about the game? I did the other night,  we won 1-0 with a Grealish goal.

[brontebilly]

I think tomorrow Smith will play Whelan in the defensive role in front of Jedinak and Mings. Hause stays at LB, Elmo at RB. McGinn will then do the running around like nutcase role winning everything, Grealish pulling all the strings and Conor playing in behind Tammy with El Ghazi out wide.

I think Smith has already hinted that Jedinak will come in as it's a single change in the back four, as opposed to Taylor coming in which would be three changes at the back.

It's a straight choice of Hourihane v McGinn in the middle, everything else is a fudge. If the Blues play two up top, then our three should dominate whatever two they have in there.

[Toronto Villa]

I don’t think he’ll drop a player who scored twice last game playing in his best position and it would be hard to drop Whelan. But given the choice if has to make one of those decisions I’m putting in McGinn for Whelan.

[Damo70]

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.

[LukeJames]

We're scared of playing at the Sty apparently.

I love this type of stuff in the build up, they always try and out do each other with this bollocks.