Crewe Alexandra v Aston Villa pre-match thread

[CT]

Steer
Guilbert Konsa Hause Targett
Hourihane Marvelous Lansbury
Jota Davis El Ghazi

Is the team I'd be picking.

I want Wes to play. Momentum is key for him and it would give him such a boost to carry on where he left off and bag a couple against Crewe. He's a young kid, he can get rest after he scores a few more vs Palace.

Not worth the risk that some League 2 shithouse crocks him, in my opinion.

Have we ever actually had any player put out of action by a lower league shithouse?

Notts County kicked the shit out of Traore on his debut.

[Border villan]

Steer
Guilbert Konsa Hause Targett
Hourihane Marvelous Lansbury
Jota Davis El Ghazi

Is the team I'd be picking.

I want Wes to play. Momentum is key for him and it would give him such a boost to carry on where he left off and bag a couple against Crewe. He's a young kid, he can get rest after he scores a few more vs Palace.

Not worth the risk that some League 2 shithouse crocks him, in my opinion.

Have we ever actually had any player put out of action by a lower league shithouse?

Notts County kicked the shit out of Traore on his debut.

Many years ago v Port Vale in the cup. Pouring with rain, a large, bald centre half, Aspinall?, kicked lumps out of Platt.

[CT]

Steer
Guilbert Konsa Hause Targett
Hourihane Marvelous Lansbury
Jota Davis El Ghazi

Is the team I'd be picking.

I want Wes to play. Momentum is key for him and it would give him such a boost to carry on where he left off and bag a couple against Crewe. He's a young kid, he can get rest after he scores a few more vs Palace.

Not worth the risk that some League 2 shithouse crocks him, in my opinion.

Have we ever actually had any player put out of action by a lower league shithouse?

Notts County kicked the shit out of Traore on his debut.

Many years ago v Port Vale in the cup. Pouring with rain, a large, bald centre half, Aspinall?, kicked lumps out of Platt.

Yep, the one we won 6-0?

[eamonn]

Not too many lumps then. Oh Platty, come back.

[Border villan]

Steer
Guilbert Konsa Hause Targett
Hourihane Marvelous Lansbury
Jota Davis El Ghazi

Is the team I'd be picking.

I want Wes to play. Momentum is key for him and it would give him such a boost to carry on where he left off and bag a couple against Crewe. He's a young kid, he can get rest after he scores a few more vs Palace.

Not worth the risk that some League 2 shithouse crocks him, in my opinion.

Have we ever actually had any player put out of action by a lower league shithouse?

Notts County kicked the shit out of Traore on his debut.

Many years ago v Port Vale in the cup. Pouring with rain, a large, bald centre half, Aspinall?, kicked lumps out of Platt.

Yep, the one we won 6-0?

Yes, just checked 6-0 and his name was Aspin.

[Axl Rose]

We'll win 5-0.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I'd like us to field as much of the first eleven as possible.

Nobody needs a rest at this stage of the season (although i'd probably give McGinn one and Mings if he's still sore)

We need to go and win and get some momentum going.

[Dogtanian]

I’m really interested to see who Smith picks for this match.  For once, we have the strength in depth to change every player and still field a capable team, but obviously doing so can be disruptive as they don’t play together like that week in week out.

Will be interesting to see who he carries over and who he drops in from the squad, and how they react and take their chance.

I know I keep saying it, but I really, really want us to have a good crack at the cups from now on.  The fans enjoy it, players always want to win stuff, and it can only add to the attempt to create a winning culture.

[Risso]

I’m really interested to see who Smith picks for this match.  For once, we have the strength in depth to change every player and still field a capable team, but obviously doing so can be disruptive as they don’t play together like that week in week out.

Will be interesting to see who he carries over and who he drops in from the squad, and how they react and take their chance.

I know I keep saying it, but I really, really want us to have a good crack at the cups from now on.  The fans enjoy it, players always want to win stuff, and it can only add to the attempt to create a winning culture.

It's also a valuable chance to give the fringe players chance to play.

[Toronto Villa]

We showed in pre season that we should be able to professionally handle lower league opponents. And while it isn’t pre season I don’t see any reason why we can’t get the job done and get into the next round even with a few new names in the side.

[Dogtanian]

We showed in pre season that we should be able to professionally handle lower league opponents. And while it isn’t pre season I don’t see any reason why we can’t get the job done and get into the next round even with a few new names in the side.

Yeah, I agree, I liked that in pre-season.  We often struggled with lower league opposition, but we seem now to have confidence without being too complacent.

[Dogtanian]

It's also a valuable chance to give the fringe players chance to play.

Yes, the better and deeper the squad the more games you need in order to keep people engaged as they know they’ll have chances.  Also helps with developing youth.

[London Villan]

I’d be fielding a strong team, based on units. Ie the centre halfs, the right side of the line up or the front  three. It’s a winnable game, so lets go and win it.

[pauliewalnuts]

We should be able to totally rotate out the team and still easily have enough to win this.

[Bad English]

I haven't had time to post while in the UK so let me just go back to the Everton game: fucking ace! The noise from the fans was deafening (and we were in the middle of the Trinity), I loved Guilbert, what a win, got a pic with Sir Brian and Li'l Lee, Tyrobe sauntered past us after the game but I was too alcoholically-challengedto react quickly enough to get up and ask him for a pic.

Great night, may there be many more. UTV!