Aston Villa vs The Kit Stealers Pre-Match Thread - Monday 16th at 8pm.

[Villa Lew]

The good news is Kevin Friend is not the ref, bad news is it's Mike Dean.

[SoccerHQ]

Wonder if we might bring Hourihane in to really strengthen the midfield. Have Grealish and Jota floating off Wesley.  4-3-2-1.

[olaftab]

Both Lawro and Motty have predicted a Villa win so nothing can go wrong.

[olaftab]

My prediction:

The game will be entertaining.

Both teams will score.

Whatever the result, a lot of us will be saying we need 2 DCM's.

And "we are so naive".

[in exile]

45 returns available for this, so it will be another 41500+ attendance.

Heaton

Taylor
Engels
Mings
Guilbert

Douglas
Grealish
McGinn

El Ghazi
Wesley
Jota

Jota needs a rest...please

[Clampy]

45 returns available for this, so it will be another 41500+ attendance.

Heaton

Taylor
Engels
Mings
Guilbert

Douglas
Grealish
McGinn

El Ghazi
Wesley
Jota

Jota needs a rest...please

Why does he?

[PeterWithesShin]

He hasn't played for 2 weeks and is yet to play a full game this season, why does he need a rest?

[taylorsworkrate]

Maybe he's taking advantage of the nice weather and working on his garden, but he's overdone it?

[cdbearsfan]

Would expect Jota to be making more impact in home games, no way would I be resting him, especially with Trezeguet out.

[Steve67]

I hope West Ham are typically inconsistent as they seem to have started the season well.  I'd be happy with a point to be honest.  I hope that Nakamba starts alongside Douglas too.

[Risso]

Hoping for another Everton type atmosphere and a straightforward 2-0 win.  Need to win this as can’t see us getting much at Arsenal.

[alanclare]

Their average attendance for this season so far has been 59,910. Pretty impressive.

[Pete3206]

Looking at West Ham's midfield, I fancy us to win that particular battle, if we get Connor involved, at the expense  of El Ghazi.

[JUAN PABLO]

Our set pieces and corners , when we get any , have been awful .
We really miss Conor when it comes to free kicks , its just trying to get him in the team .   Lansburys really improved and I think DS really likes him but cant see him starting for a while yet.
Id try get either Luis or Marvellous and Conor in there If he can with SJM and JG .

[Saintsidcowans]

Anyone know of any bars in Tokyo that will be showing this?
Failing that, any way to watch on TV here?
Thankyou