Aston Villa vs AFC Bournemouth pre match thread

[Chipsticks]

I took one of my lad's down to VP earlier.....looks fantastic, best it has looked for years. I won't spoil it by divulging anything but note Football Focus is live from there tomorrow in case you want to record it...

Absolutely can't wait, weather looks to be decent as well.

[john e]

I’m going for a Villa win

hoping for a change or two in the starting line up but I think we will be unchanged
never the less we have to go for this one and put the 3 points on the table

I will miss this game tomorrow
my eldest Daughter is getting married and apparently I’ve got things to do
so it will be a mobile phone job in the afternoon

Son in law is a MK Dons fan (local team) but we are converting him

[Drummond]

I’m going for a Villa win

hoping for a change or two in the starting line up but I think we will be unchanged
never the less we have to go for this one and put the 3 points on the table

I will miss this game tomorrow
my eldest Daughter is getting married and apparently I’ve got things to do
so it will be a mobile phone job in the afternoon

Son in law is a MK Dons fan (local team) but we are converting him

Bloody hell John, priorities mate!  Congratulations.

[Dogtanian]

I’m going for a Villa win

hoping for a change or two in the starting line up but I think we will be unchanged
never the less we have to go for this one and put the 3 points on the table

I will miss this game tomorrow
my eldest Daughter is getting married and apparently I’ve got things to do
so it will be a mobile phone job in the afternoon

Son in law is a MK Dons fan (local team) but we are converting him

Congratulations.  Don't be too drunk by kick-off though!

[cdbearsfan]

Have a great day, John.

[Risso]

All the best John.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Congratulations, John.

If you're looking for any inspiration..

[Axl Rose]

Atkinson is a cock. Moss is probably an even bigger cock. It won't be plain sailing with those pair of scamps about, even if we play out of our skin. They'll find something to penalise us for.

Anyway, the game. Put them to the sword, Villa. 3-1.

[j66acd]

I disagree...I don’t think Dean bottled anything and made wise decisions with his team selection against Spurs.

Clearly Elmo and Taylor are experienced heads in this team, and more defensive minded than both Guilbert and Targett. Away at last seasons Champions League finalists and 4th best team in the Premier League on the first game of the season, it has to be about containing them and playing on the counter. It could have been a cricket score with Guilbert and Targett playing in an unfamiliar defence, and they will be introduced over several games until they are ready to start and play 90 minutes.

Similarly, Marvelous and Luiz only joined up with the squad a couple of weeks ago so they both need to settle and be introduced slowly into the team game by game. Throwing them into the firing line at Spurs would have been a mistake. Like you say, Luiz isn’t ready to start yet and clearly it was a step too far to have both new midfielders as options from the bench.

I think we’ll see a few changes to the starting lineup against Bournemouth and may be more game time for a couple of the new players depending on how the game plays out in the second half. If Dean plays the same starting XI then he clearly thinks they aren’t ready yet and we just have to be patient for them to get up to speed.

The most sensible and realistic thing I’ve read about the game all week. Playing 3 out of the 4 of last seasons defence was definitely the right thing to do rather than start with a completely new back 4. It wasn’t the defences fault we lost last week, it was the midfield for not getting a hold of the ball and Wesley not holding it up.

Although i agree with your point if we had to point the blame at our own players, why can't we just admit that the main reason we lost the game was because Spurs were so good? We don't have a divine right to think that we should go to champions league finalist on the open day and get something after 3 years in the wilderness.

I suppose by Spurs being good, which they were, didn’t allow us to keep the ball or get a foothold in the second half. Put those together and you get the final result.

Can’t wait for tomorrow, first season ticket since the  Houllier glory days.

[Dr Butler]

any type of win please Villa 

UTV
The Doc

[Drummond]

Allez Allez Allez

Je pensais que vous étiez parti.

[Jon Crofts]

Absolutely fuck the fuckers Villa.

[ChicagoLion]

Have a wonderful day john.

[Diablo]

Have a brilliant day John (hopefully helped along with a Villa win)

[cdbearsfan]

I was at a wedding when Bournemouth won eight-nil at Small Heath. I may have had a bit of fun taking the piss out of the resident Heathens.

I'm not sure if this is or a good or a bad omen.